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Post by Tamrin on Sept 28, 2009 6:56:19 GMT 10
28 September0551 - BCE - Birth of Confucius, (as celebrated in Taiwan) 1066 - William the Conqueror lands in England 1841 – Birth of Georges Clemenceau, France, statesman/PM (defended Dreyfuss) 1856 - Birth of Edward Thompson, US archeologist who explored Mayan ruins 1906 - US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1953 - Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, deposed president of Philippines, dies  Georges Clemenceau(Born this day 1841) Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have,
and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 29, 2009 6:34:42 GMT 10
29 SeptemberRC, Ang, Luth: Feast of SS Michael, Gabriel, Raphael & all angels 1511 - Birth of Michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta) 1755 - Birth of Robert Lord Clive, founded British empire in India 1758 - Birth of Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero at Trafalgar 1829 - Scotland Yard formed in London 1895 - Louis Pasteur dies 1918 - Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line 1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at 76 of heart attack  Clive of India(Born this day 1755) It appears I am destined for something; I will live
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 30, 2009 6:58:12 GMT 10
30 SeptemberJewish: Succoth-feast (Feast of Booths) 1452 - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1791 - [Bro.] Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna 1870 - Birth of Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926) 1924 - Birth of Truman Capote, a short short story writer (In Cold Blood) 1928 - Birth of Elie Wiesel, author (Souls on Fire), Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) 1939 - Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland 1946 - 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg  Truman Capote(Born this day 1924) It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God,
or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 1, 2009 7:15:10 GMT 10
1 OctoberWorld: Vegetarian Day Nigeria: Independence Day (1960, 1963) 0331 - BCE - Alexander the Great, of Macedon defeats Persian army at Gaugamela 1847 - Birth of [Bro.] Annie Besant [Wood], England, philosopher/thesophist1847 - Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet 1894 - Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska 1958 - Inauguration of NASA 1972 - Louis Leakey anthropologist, dies at 68 1979 - US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)  Maria MitchellBesides learning to see, there is another art to be learned -- not to see what is not
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 2, 2009 6:34:26 GMT 10
2 OctoberIndia: Gandhi Jayanti 0322 – BCE - Aristotle dies of indigestion 1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders 1800 - Birth of Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion 1833 - NY Anti-Slavery Society organized 1851 - Birth of Ferdinand Foch, believed to be responsible for Allies winning WW I 1869 - Birth of Mohandas K Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist 1890 - Birth of Julius "Groucho" Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)  Groucho Marx(Born this day 1890) The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you've got it made
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 3, 2009 9:59:49 GMT 10
3 October2333 - BCE - Tangun establishes kingdom of Chosun (Korea) (legendary) 1605 - Birth of Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor 1900 - Birth of Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel) 1922 - 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC 1925 - Birth of Gore Vidal, writer/playwright (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln) 1929 - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1981 - Irish Nationalists at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7 month hunger strike  Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play.
No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do somethingBobby Sands
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 4, 2009 7:44:24 GMT 10
4 October1535 - London printer Miles Coverdale, 47, published his English version of the Bible. 1626 - Birth of Richard Cromwell, second lord protector of England (1658-59), third son of Oliver 1880 - Birth of Damon Runyon, writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work) 1904 - [Bro.] Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor ("Statue of Liberty"), died 1883 - Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1910 - Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England 1912 - Nicaraguan Gen. Zeledon, opponent of US occupation, is executed  Bro. Frederic Auguste Bertholdi (a.k.a. Amilcar Hasenfratz)(Died this day 1904) His memorials in Paris (left) and New York (right) The statue was born for this place which inspired its conception.
May God be pleased to bless my efforts and my work, and to crown it with success,
the duration and the moral influence which it ought to have
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 5, 2009 8:17:39 GMT 10
5 October1713 - Birth of [Bro.] Denis Diderot, France, encyclopedist ( Dictionnaire Encyclopédie) 1840 - Birth of John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics) 1887 - Birth of René Cassin, pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1968) 1923 - Birth of Philip Berrigan, militant priest (Chicago 7) 1981 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1990 - Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58  Philip Berrigan(Born this day 1923) Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced
by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted to violence,
so slavish before mediocre and treacherous leadership, so paranoid, deluded, lunatic?
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 6, 2009 6:04:25 GMT 10
6 OctoberAng, Luth: Commemoration of St William Tyndale, priest 1831 - Birth of Richard Dedekind, mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) 1846 - Birth of George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US [after Tesla] 1890 - Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1914 - Birth of Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku) 1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China 1949 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose), sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine [later pardoned] 1973 - Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel  Richard Dedekind(Born this day 1831) That which is provable, ought not to be believed in science without proof
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 7, 2009 6:23:30 GMT 10
7 October1849 - Birth of James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (The Raggedy Man) 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe poet, dies in Balt at 40 1879 - Birth of Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary leader/writer (Diary in Exile) 1885 - Birth of Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) 1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba 1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey & aligns with Greece 1959 - Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3  James Whitcomb Riley(Born this day 1849) When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck
and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck
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