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Post by Tamrin on Oct 8, 2009 6:12:57 GMT 10
8 October1840 - 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed 1872 - Birth of John Cowper Powys. British writer (Wood & Stone) 1873 - Birth of 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) 1895 - Birth of Juan Peron, Argentine Pres (1946-55, 1973-74) 1912 - 1st Balkan War begins 1939 - Germany annexes Western Poland 1941 - Birth of Jesse Jackson (D) clergyman/presidential candidate  John Cowper Powys(Born this day 1872) It is strange how few people make more than a casual cult of enjoying Nature.
And yet the earth is actually and literally the mother of us all.
One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 9, 2009 5:55:34 GMT 10
9 October1000 - Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) 1253 – [Robert] Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 1547 - Birth of Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote) 1635 - Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony [advocated separation of church & state] 1806 - Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 1967 - Che Guevara executed in Bolivia 1988 - Felix Wankel, developer of the Wankel rotary engine, dies  Benjamin Banneker(Died this day 1806) I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye;
and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe
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Post by maximus on Oct 9, 2009 11:57:57 GMT 10
1967 - Che Guevara executed in BoliviaYAY! ;D |
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 9, 2009 17:39:11 GMT 10
1967 - Che Guevara executed in BoliviaI wouldn't go that far, but nor am I a fan. The naive, romantic rebel image hid his dark side, which was expressed in retributions following the Cuban Revolution. |
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Post by maximus on Oct 9, 2009 23:19:31 GMT 10
He was a savage murderer of unarmed, innocent civilians. He also was an incompatant military commander. His legend is much greater than his real life accomplishments. That millions of naive young people wear his image today on T-shirts is sickening.  Reading articles written by those who lived through the Cuban revolution, his and Castro's rise to power was mostly accomplished due to a comedy of errors on the part of the Cuban government and a large dose of pure luck. |
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 10, 2009 7:40:55 GMT 10
Well, he's dead and I was no fan. Indeed, I would have liked to see him face a war crimes tribunal but then, even more, I would have liked to see Pinochet and others front one, for all the corruption, tortures, rapes and thousands of "disappearances" in Chile, following the overthrow of Dr. Allende's legitimate government. |
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 10, 2009 7:44:24 GMT 10
10 October1560 - Birth of Jacob Arminius, Dutch Protestant theologian opposed to Calvinism 1731 - Birth of Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen) 1861 - Birth of Fridtjof Nansen, Norweg Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922) 1868 - Cuba revolts for independence against Spain 1911 - Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day) 1930 - Birth of Harold Pinter, England, playwright (Homecoming, Servant) 1985 - Orson Welles, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70  Fridtjof Nansen(Born this day 1861) It is better to go skiing and think of God,
than go to church and think of sport
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Post by maximus on Oct 10, 2009 10:07:06 GMT 10
Well, he's dead and I was no fan. Indeed, I would have liked to see him face a war crimes tribunal but then, even more, I would have liked to see Pinochet and others front one, for all the corruption, tortures, rapes and thousands of "disappearances" in Chile, following the overthrow of Dr. Allende's legitimate government. Indeed. As to revolutions, often that which follows is as bad or worse than that which was replaced. Not all turn out as benign as did the American revolution. |
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 10, 2009 11:13:52 GMT 10
Indeed. As to revolutions, often that which follows is as bad or worse than that which was replaced. Not all turn out as benign as did the American revolution. As Bro. Simón Bolívar said, as the old corruptions reappeared following his revolution, "Those who have served the cause of the revolution have plowed the sea." |
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 11, 2009 8:48:01 GMT 10
11 October1521 - Leo X conferred the title "Fidei Defensor" (Defender of the Faith) upon England's Henry VIII. Three popes and 13 years later, Henry severed all ties with Rome to establish the Church of England. 1809 - Meriwether Lewis capt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 35 1884 - Birth of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st lady/crusader 1885 - Birth of François Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952) 1923 - German mark falls to 10 billion per œ, 4 billion per $ 1945 - Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung 1982 - English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England  François Mauriac(Born this day 1885) No love, no friendship Can cross the path of our destiny Without leaving some mark on it forever
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