Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Responsibility "The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility." — Vaclav Havel
Stupidest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Inanity "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child." — Dan "p a t a t o e" Quayle
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: On Politics "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." — Hall of Shame Member #1, George W. Bush
Thought for the day: "The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
The Flight of Helios
Credit: Carla Thomas, courtesy DFRC, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 260 - St Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
● 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulcher of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
● 1298 - English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
● 1298 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk - King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeats William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town.
● 1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.
● 1456 - Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade - John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire
● 1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas captured.
● 1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
● 1587 - Second "Lost Colony of Roanoke," consisting of 91 men, 17 women and five children, established on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina, replacing the first "Lost Colony," which disappeared without a trace. Three years later, when a third group arrived, the island was again found completely deserted. {I've always believed that the local indigenous tribes in an act of self defense wiped out both "lost" colonies.}
● 1620 - A small congregation of English Separatists, led by John Robinson, began their emigration to the New World. Today, this historic group of religious refugees has come to be known as the 'Pilgrims.'
● 1686 - Albany, New York formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan
● 1756 - Friendly Association for Peace founded, Philadelphia.
● 1775 - George Washington takes command of the troops
● 1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico.
● 1796 - Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
● 1798 - The USS Constitution was underway and out to sea for the first time since being launched on October 21, 1797.
● 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition - Battle of Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive naval action fought between a combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
● 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War - Battle of Salamanca - British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
● 1836 - Birth of Emily E. S. Elliott, Anglican missions supporter and hymn writer. Niece of Charlotte Elliott (who wrote the hymn 'Just As I Am'), Emily penned the words to the hymn 'Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.'
● 1847 - The first large company of Mormon immigrants entered the Salt Lake Valley, in what was still Mexican territory. Soon after, Mormon leader Brigham Young founded Salt Lake City, Utah.
● 1849 - Emma Lazarus, the American poet best known for her words inscribed at the Statue of Liberty, was born.
● 1854 - J R Hind discovers asteroid #30 Urania
● 1863 - Kit Carson begins his campaign of extermination against the Navajo.
● 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
● 1865 - Birth of Peter P. Bilhorn, sacred composer. He produced over 1,400 hymns in his life, including 'I Will Sing the Wondrous Story' and 'Sweet Peace, The Gift of God's Love.'
● 1877 - General strike in St. Louis, part of railroad strike that paralyzed the country. Workers briefly seized control of the city.
● 1892 - Alexander Berkman attempts to assassinate the despised Frick during Homestead Strike.
● 1898 - Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winter
● 1908 - W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine
● 1916 - Bomb explodes during a "Preparedness Day" parade in San Francisco, killing 10 and injuring 40. Thomas J. Mooney, a labor organizer and Warren K. Billings, a shoe worker, were convicted, but were both pardoned in 1939.
● 1917 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM
● 1917 - M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene
● 1917 - Oil industry in Tampico, Mexico, shut down by successful IWW action.
● 1918 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
● 1926 - 105° F (41° C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
● 1926 - 108° F (42° C), Troy, New York (state record)
● 1930 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1306 Scythia
● 1930 - H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1666 van Gent, #1752 van Herk & #1945 Wesselink
● 1932 - Errico Maltesta, Italian anarchist, dies after five years of fascist house arrest.
● 1933 - Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," NYC-1st African American prima donna in US
● 1933 - Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
● 1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
● 1935 - C Jackson discovers asteroids #1359 Prieska & #1360 Tarka
● 1935 - Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia
● 1937 - New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
● 1939 - 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
● 1941 - Plans for the Pentagon were presented to the House Subcommittee on Appropriations.
● 1942 - Deportation begins of 310,000 Jews from Nazi-controlled Warsaw Ghetto to Belzac and Treblinka, Poland.
● 1942 - The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
● 1943 - American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily. {A Proud Liberal's uncle was among Patton's soldiers.}
● 1944 - The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland
● 1946 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.
● 1947 - -8° F (-13° C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
● 1950 - King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
● 1952 - Polish constitution adopted (National Day)
● 1955 - U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon chaired a cabinet meeting in Washington, DC. It was the first time that a Vice-President had carried out the task.
● 1962 - Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
● 1965 - Sir Alec steps down from top of Tory tree; The leader of the Opposition, Alec Douglas-Home, surprises colleagues by resigning from his post.
● 1967 - Poet/socialist Carl Sandburg, 89, dies, Flat Rock, North Carolina.
● 1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing the peace in Detroit
● 1969 - USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
● 1970 - First child born on Native American-occupied Alcatraz Island.
● 1972 - 27.53 cm (10.84") of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
● 1972 - Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
● 1975 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by the U.S. Congress.
● 1977 - Deng Xiaoping back in power; The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, returns to Chinese Government.
● 1978 - Three killed during prisoner rebellion at Pontiac state prison, Illinois.
● 1981 - Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in May of this year.
● 1982 - Academic Text Processing Service established in Seattle
● 1983 - -128° F (-89° C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
● 1983 - Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
● 1983 - Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
● 1986 - House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion
● 1987 - Cartoonist shot in London street; A famous Palestinian cartoonist is shot in the face and critically wounded in London.
● 1987 - Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
● 1987 - Three U.S. warships escort two "reflagged" Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. ships, however, got no escorts.
● 1988 - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research
● 1988 - Fast breeder nuclear reactor shut down as unnecessary and uneconomic, Dounreay, Scotland.
● 1991 - Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.
● 1991 - Police arrested Jeffrey Dahmer after finding the remains of 11 victims in his apartment in Milwaukee. Dahmer confessed to 17 murders and was sentenced to life in prison.
● 1991 - Citizen's charter promises better services; British Prime Minister John Major launches a citizen's charter to improve public services.
● 1992 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped from his luxury prison near Medellin. He was killed by security forces in December 1993.
● 1992 - Month-long hunger strike of women against the Mafia begins, Palermo, Sicily.
● 1994 - O. J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
● 1995 - Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, S.C., of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons.
● 1995 - Four foreign activists break Israeli padlocks and reopen the main gates to Hebron University in the West Bank, closed by Israeli security in 1987. The gates remain open after the incident.
● 1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
● 1997 - Voters approved a name change for Dade County, Florida to Miami-Dade County.
● 1998 - Iran tested medium-range missile, capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
● 2000 - Astronomers at the University of Arizona announced that they had found a 17th moon orbiting Jupiter.
● 2002 - A Court in Sao Paulo sentenced Suzane von Richthofen to 39½ years in prison for parricide.
● 2002 - Israel assassinates Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians.
● 2002 - Factory worker Alejandro Avila was charged with murder and kidnapping in the abduction and slaying of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion of Stanton, Calif.
● 2003 - In Paris, France, a fire broke out near the top of the Eiffel Tower. About 4,000 visitors were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
● 2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
● 2003 - Months after her supposed prisoner-of-war ordeal, Pvt. 1st Class Jessica Lynch returned home to a hero's welcome in Elizabeth, W.Va.
● 2004 - The September 11 commission's final report was released. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government." The report was released to White House officials the day before.
● 2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers.
● 2006 - Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border as forces seized the village of Maroun al-Ras from the Hezbollah guerrilla group.
BIRTHS
● 1210 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
● 1478 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
● 1510 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
● 1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)
● 1535 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
● 1559 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
● 1621 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
● 1711 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
● 1713 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
● 1733 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
● 1755 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
● 1784 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
● 1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist (d. 1884)
● 1844 - William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
● 1849 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)
● 1872 - Thomas Pendergast, American politician (d. 1945)
● 1882 - Edward Hopper, American painter (d. 1967)
● 1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
● 1888 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
● 1888 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
● 1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
● 1891 - Ely Culbertson, American Contract Bridge expert and peace activist (d. 1955)
● 1893 - Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990)
● 1893 - James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
● 1893 - Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
● 1894 - Oskar Maria Graf, German novelist and poet (d. 1967)
● 1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)
● 1898 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
● 1901 - Charles Weidman, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1975)
● 1905 - Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
● 1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974)
● 1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
● 1913 - Licia Albanese, American opera singer
● 1915 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000)
● 1916 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
● 1916 - Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
● 1921 - William Roth, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)
● 1923 - Bob Dole, American politician
● 1923 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
● 1923 - The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler
● 1924 - Margaret Whiting, singer
● 1928 - Orson Bean, American film actor
● 1929 - John Barber, British racing driver
● 1931 - Perry Lopez, Actor
● 1932 - Oscar De la Renta, Dominican-born fashion designer
● 1934 - Louise Fletcher, American actress ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
● 1936 - John Korty, Director
● 1936 - Tom Robbins, American author
● 1937 - Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (d. 1999)
● 1937 - Chuck Jackson, R&B singer
● 1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor
● 1939 - Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
● 1940 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host ("Jeopardy")
● 1940 - George Clinton, American musician
● 1941 - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
● 1943 - Bobby Sherman, Actor, singer
● 1943 - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas
● 1944 - Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes)
● 1944 - Rick Davies, British musician (Supertramp)
● 1944 - Sparky Lyle, American baseball player
● 1944 - Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
● 1946 - Danny Glover, American actor
● 1946 - Paul Schrader, Writer, director
● 1946 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
● 1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)
● 1947 - Albert Brooks, American comedian
● 1947 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)
● 1948 - S.E. Hinton, American author
● 1948 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian
● 1949 - Alan Menken, American composer
● 1949 - Lasse Virén, Finnish athlete
● 1951 - J.V. Cain, Football player
● 1953 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
● 1954 - Lonette McKee, American actress
● 1954 - Al Di Meola, American guitarist
● 1955 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
● 1958 - David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1984)
● 1960 - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
● 1961 - Keith Sweat, American singer
● 1961 - Calvin Fish, British racing driver
● 1962 - Steve Albini, writer and recording engineer
● 1963 - Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
● 1963 - Joanna Going, Actress
● 1963 - Rob Estes, Actor
● 1963 - Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer
● 1964 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
● 1964 - Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
● 1964 - David Spade, American comedian
● 1965 - Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor ("JAG")
● 1965 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
● 1966 - Tim Brown, American football player
● 1967 - Irene Bedard, Actress
● 1967 - Lauren Booth, British journalist
● 1968 - Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
● 1969 - Despina Vandi, Greek singer
● 1970 - Jason Becker, American musician
● 1970 - Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player
● 1971 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
● 1972 - Colin Ferguson, Actor
● 1972 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
● 1973 - Daniel Jones, Australian musician and record producer
● 1973 - Mike Sweeney, American baseball player
● 1973 - Petey Pablo, American rapper
● 1973 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
● 1973 - Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d. 2005)
● 1974 - Daddy Kev, American record producer and engineer
● 1974 - Franka Potente, German actress
● 1974 - Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress
● 1977 - Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
● 1978 - Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
● 1978 - A. J. Cook, Canadian actress ("Criminal Minds")
● 1979 - Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
● 1980 - Scott Dixon, New Zealand race car driver
● 1980 - Bradford Anderson American actor general hospital
● 1980 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
● 1980 - Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
● 1983 - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
● 1983 - Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
● 1983 - Steven Jackson, American football player
● 1984 - Stewart Downing, English footballer
● 1984 - Kinzie Kenner, American pornographic actress
● 1988 - Taylor Toth, American figure skater
● 1992 - Selena Gomez, American actress
● 1998 - Madison Pettis, American actress
● 2002 - Prince Felix of Denmark
DEATHS
● 1362 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
● 1387 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
● 1461 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
● 1525 - Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
● 1540 - John Zápolya, King of Hungary
● 1619 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
● 1645 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
● 1676 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
● 1734 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
● 1789 - Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
● 1802 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
● 1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
● 1832 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)
● 1852 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
● 1902 - Mieczysław Cardinal Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
● 1904 - Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
● 1908 - William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
● 1915 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
● 1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
● 1918 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
● 1920 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
● 1922 - Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
● 1932 - Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
● 1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b. 1867)
● 1934 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
● 1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
● 1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
● 1967 - Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
● 1968 - Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
● 1974 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
● 1979 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
● 1989 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
● 1990 - Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
● 1992 - Wayne McLaren, portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
● 1998 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
● 2000 - Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
● 2001 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
● 2003 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
● 2003 - Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
● 2003 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
● 2004 - Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
● 2004 - George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
● 2005 - Eugene Record American songwriter (b. 1940)
● 2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes Brazilian electrician murdered by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
● 2006 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
● 2006 - James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Abd-al-Masih, martyr
● St. Biteus/Dabius/Davius/Dabius, abbot of Inis-Coosery
● St. Cyril, bishop, martyr
● St. Dabius
● Sts. Florentius and Sisinnius, martyrs
● St. Joseph of Palestine, count
● St. Lupus, bishop of Sens, confessor
● St. Mary Magdalene
● St. Meneleus, abbot in Auvergne
● St. Mineve, abbot
● St. Movean
● St. Pancharius
● Sts. Philip Evans & John Lloyd
● St. Plato
● St. Theodosia, virgin
● St. Theophilus
● St. Wandregisil/Vandrille/Wandre Gisilus, abbot of Fontenelle, confessor
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for July 9 (Civil Date: July 22)
● Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina in Sicily.
● Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna in Crete.
● St. Theodore, Bishop of Edessa.
● Martyrs Patermuthius, Coprius, and Alexander the soldier, in Egypt.
● Saints Patermuthius and Coprius, ascetics of Egypt.
● St. Euthymius of Karelia.
● Blessed Peter, Hieromartyr of Cherevkov (Vologda).
● Greek Calendar:
● Martyrs Andrew and Probus.
● Saints Dionysius the Rhetorician and Metrophanes of Mt. Athos.
● Repose of Hierodeacon Melchizedek of the Roslavl forests (1840).
● Righteous Patermuphy of Valaam and St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (1840?).
● Pi Approximation Day (7/22=0.31818…, Pi=3.1416…)
● Germany- Ratcatcher's Day.
● Pakistan : Bank Holiday
● Poland : Liberation Day (1944)
● Swaziland - Birthday of former King Sobhuza II
● This Holiday is only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● Virgin Islands : Hurricane Supplication Day - ( Monday )
Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.
Additional facts taken from:
On this day in the New York Times
The BBC’s Take on the day
On This Day Website
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Scope Systems Any Day Website
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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