Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Science & Creationism "Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits." — Charles Darwin
Stupidest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Ineptitude "I'm not a crook." — Richard M. Nixon, defending himself in the Watergate scandal
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: On Politics "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." — Hall of Shame Member #1, George W. Bush
Thought for the day: "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
{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
Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
Credit: Voyager 2, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
● 685 - John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
● 1253 - Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
● 1298 - Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany
● 1599 - Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings
● 1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.
● 1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
● 1779 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'I find it of more consequence to a preacher to know his Bible well, than all the languages or books in the world -- for he is not to preach these, but the Word of God.'
● 1793 - the Prussians conquer Mayence.
● 1798 - Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
● 1803 - Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin
● 1829 - William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter.
● 1840 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
● 1846 - Birth of William R. Featherstone, Canadian Methodist hymn writer. He penned the words to 'My Jesus, I Love Thee' before age 16.
● 1846 - Protesting slavery and U.S. involvement in the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau refuses to pay his $1 poll tax and is put in jail by his friend the Concord, Massachusetts town constable—an experience that moves him to write "On Civil Disobedience."
● 1852 - 1st interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio
● 1860 - Birth of William W. McConnell, missions pioneer. In 1891, he became the first missionary sent out by the Central American Mission, after its founding in 1890.
● 1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
● 1871 - C H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra
● 1874 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa.
● 1877 - 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed
● 1877 - Racist anti-Chinese riots begin in San Francisco; six killed.
● 1877 - The first municipal railroad passenger service began in Cincinnati, Ohio.
● 1880 - 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich
● 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.
● 1886 - Steve Brodie, a New York saloonkeeper, claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
● 1887 - Railroad strikers in Buffalo stop trains, drive soldiers from railroad buildings and seize them.
● 1892 - Birth of Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74).
● 1895 - A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia
● 1900 - Pan-African Congress meets in London
● 1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A. {This is the first Model A not to be confused with the Model A introduced in 1928.}
● 1904 - The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO.
● 1908 - A Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise
● 1909 - M Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia
● 1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914
● 1917 - Birth of feminist, lesbian, pacifist and civil rights activist Barbara Deming.
● 1918 - Death of Joseph H. Gilmore, 84, American Baptist clergyman. He is remembered today primarily for the hymn, 'He Leadeth Me,' which he wrote at the age of 28.
● 1920 - Kenya becomes a British crown colony
● 1929 - Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words.
● 1931 - Ashmore & Cartier Islands in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
● 1932 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1246 Chaka
● 1936 - In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.
● 1937 - Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
● 1938 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba
● 1938 - The first federal game preserve was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The area was 2,000 acres in Utah.
● 1940 - "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London
● 1940 - US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles`s declaration on the US non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
● 1942 - The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened
● 1942 - World War II: Hitler signed the Operation Edelweiss.
● 1944 - International Monetary Fund and World Bank are established as part of the Bretton Woods monetary agreements. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
● 1944 - Red Army liberates Majdanek concentration camp in Poland.
● 1944 - US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
● 1945 - The first passenger train observation car was placed in service by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
● 1945 - French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.
● 1947 - 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI
● 1948 - Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President {This is the far left wing's response to the candidacy of segregationist Strom Thurmond, with a strong integration platform. Both started out as Democrats.}
● 1952 - Establishment of the European Coal and Steel community.
● 1952 - General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.
● 1954 - A law is passed that states that "The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to repair, equip, and restore the United States Ship Constitution, as far as may be practicable, to her original appearance, but not for active service, and thereafter to maintain the United States Ship Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts."
● 1956 - Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
● 1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.
● 1957 - Bus dispute turns violent; There have been violent scenes around Britain as the strike by busmen in the English regions enters its fourth day.
● 1958 - 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
● 1958 - The submarine Nautilus departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under orders to conduct "Operation Sunshine." The mission was to be the first vessel to cross the north pole by ship. The Nautils achieved the goal on August 3, 1958.
● 1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua.
● 1962 - The "Telstar" communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe.
● 1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was signed.
● 1964 - Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
● 1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. Continues for seven days, ultimately resulting in 40 dead, 2,000 wounded and 5,000 made homeless..
● 1968 - Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. Police kill seven in the standoff, triggering a day of riots and four more deaths.
● 1968 - PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane
● 1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman.
● 1972 - The U.S. launched Landsat 1 (ERTS-1). It was the first Earth-resources satellite.
● 1972 - U.S. Selective Service drops requirements for conscientious objectors to perform alternative service.
● 1973 - International Court grants injunction against French nuclear testing after petition by Australia and New Zealand.
● 1973 - Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die
● 1974 - Greek military rule gives in to democracy; The military government in Greece collapses and the former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to return.
● 1976 - The First National Southern Baptist Charismatic Conference closed. Baptist pastor and charismatic leader Howard Conatser (1926-78) was a speaker at this convention.
● 1977 - A jury in Washington, DC, convicted 12 Hanafi Muslims of charges stemming from the hostage siege at three buildings the previous March.
● 1978 - Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
● 1979 - E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops
● 1980 - Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
● 1980 - Death of labor organizer and anarchist Mollie Steimer, Mexico. Russian-American-Jewish-Mexican militant who was deported from both the U.S. in 1921 (after getting 15 years of prison for publishing a leaflet opposing the landing of U.S. troops in Russia), and Russia (1923). Escaped a Nazi internment camp and fled to Mexico.
● 1980 - River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
● 1980 - Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6
● 1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spins out of control.
● 1982 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
● 1983 - Black July began in Sri Lanka.
● 1983 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 lands "dead-stick" in Gimli, Manitoba.
● 1983 - Mass protest of U.S. cruise missile tests in Canadian subarctic. Cold Lake, Alberta.
● 1984 - Sellafield 'not linked' to cancer cluster; A government report finds a cancer cluster near the controversial nuclear plant at Sellafield in Cumbria - but says it may not be linked to the plant.
● 1984 - Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to resign the title.
● 1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. They divorced in 1996.
● 1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
● 1989 - Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
● 1992 - A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples.
● 1994 - Military coup, The Gambia.
● 1995 - British forces sent to Sarajevo; Britain sends 1,200 troops to relieve the besieged Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.
● 1995 - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and is visibly seen with a naked eye nearly a year later.
● 1997 - Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police
● 1998 - U.S. scientists at the University of Hawaii turned out more than 50 "carbon-copy" mice, with a cloning technique.
● 1998 - UNITA attack kills 150 in Angola.
● 1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo.
● 1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father.
● 2001 - Megawati Soekarnoputri becomes the fifth President of Indonesia, replacing Abdurrahman Wahid.
● 2001 - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eudora Welty died in Jackson, Miss., at age 92.
● 2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over six decades.
● 2003 - Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army.
● 2004 - Eleven years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.
● 2005 - Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
BIRTHS
● 645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)
● 1301 - Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)
● 1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
● 1401 - Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere and duke of Milan (d. 1466)
● 1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Ottoman Jewish religious leader
● 1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
● 1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)
● 1734 - Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)
● 1773 - Sir Thomas Brisbane, English soldier and astronomical observer (d. 1860)
● 1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)
● 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
● 1796 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. 1868)
● 1828 - Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, English medical researcher (d. 1913)
● 1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. 1910)
● 1856 - Lokmanya Tilak, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1920)
● 1863 - S. H. Kress, American retail businessman and art collector (d. 1955)
● 1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919)
● 1874 - Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, American racehorse trainer (d. 1966)
● 1884 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. 1950)
● 1886 - Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, English aviator; co-captained the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (d. 1948)
● 1886 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish League of Nations official (d. 1978)
● 1886 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976)
● 1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author (d. 1959)
● 1891 - Harry Cohn, American co-founder of Columbia Pictures (d. 1958)
● 1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
● 1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (d. 1975)
● 1895 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989)
● 1898 - Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. 1977)
● 1898 - Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1987)
● 1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976)
● 1901 - Hank Worden, American actor and rodeo cowboy (d. 1992)
● 1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
● 1908 - Elio Vittorini, Italian novelist, translator and literary critic (d. 1966)
● 1910 - Pimen, Russian Orthodox patriarch of Moscow and Russia (d. 1990)
● 1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
● 1913 - Michael Foot, English politician
● 1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005)
● 1918 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. 1999)
● 1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
● 1923 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
● 1923 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. 1958)
● 1923 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
● 1925 - Gloria DeHaven, Actress
● 1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)
● 1928 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
● 1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006)
● 1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host and performer (d. 1991)
● 1935 - Hein Heinsen, Danish artist
● 1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973)
● 1936 - Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. 1993)
● 1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
● 1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress
● 1938 - Götz George, German actor
● 1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host
● 1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor
● 1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor
● 1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
● 1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002)
● 1942 - Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
● 1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
● 1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author
● 1947 - David Essex, English singer
● 1947 - Larry Manetti, Actor ("Magnum: PI")
● 1948 - John Hall, Singer (Orleans), U.S. congressman, D-NY
● 1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
● 1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American judge
● 1950 - Belinda Montgomery, Actress
● 1950 - Blair Thornton, Rock musician (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
● 1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress
● 1953 - Graham Gooch, English cricketer
● 1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
● 1957 - Nick Galis, Greek basketball player
● 1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
● 1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor
● 1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor ("ER")
● 1963 - Yuval Gabay, Rock musician
● 1964 - Ed Forchion, American marijuana activist
● 1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician
● 1965 - Slash, English guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses)
● 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor ("Capote")
● 1968 - Nick Menza, American musician, drummer (Megadeth)
● 1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player
● 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel
● 1970 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress ("Angel," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
● 1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer
● 1970 - Sam Watters, R&B singer
● 1971 - Chad Gracey, Rock musician (Live)
● 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer
● 1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
● 1971 - Chris Michalek, American musician
● 1972 - Marlon Wayans, American actor
● 1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
● 1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis)
● 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern
● 1973 - Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer and musician
● 1973 - Shannon Brown, Country singer
● 1973 - Omar Epps, Actor
● 1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player
● 1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
● 1974 - Stephanie March, American actress
● 1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
● 1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
● 1974 - Kathryn Hahn, American actress
● 1975 - Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress
● 1975 - Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor
● 1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
● 1976 - Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
● 1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
● 1977 - Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
● 1977 - David Pichette, Country musician (Emerson Drive)
● 1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
● 1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
● 1979 - Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
● 1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child)
● 1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41)
● 1983 - Andrew Eiden, American actor
● 1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
● 1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
● 1984 - Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
● 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor ("Harry Potter" movies)
DEATHS
● 1227 - Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)
● 1373 - Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (b. 1303)
● 1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. 1343)
● 1531 - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
● 1584 - John Day, English printer (b. 1522)
● 1692 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
● 1727 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
● 1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1685)
● 1764 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703)
● 1773 - George Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693)
● 1781 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
● 1793 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721)
● 1853 - Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. 1798)
● 1878 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
● 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
● 1916 - Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
● 1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)
● 1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)
● 1924 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)
● 1930 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)
● 1942 - Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)
● 1948 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
● 1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France (b. 1856)
● 1951 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884)
● 1955 - Cordell Hull, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
● 1966 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
● 1968 - Henry Hallett Dale, English scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
● 1971 - Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
● 1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot (b. 1890)
● 1980 - Mollie Steimer, anarchist agitator and American political prisoner (b. 1897)
● 1980 - Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
● 1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1948)
● 1982 - Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)
● 1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)
● 1985 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
● 1989 - Donald Barthelme, American author (b. 1931)
● 1993 - James R. Jordan, Sr., father of Michael Jordan (b. 1936)
● 1996 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. 1934)
● 1997 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
● 1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)
● 2001 - Eudora Welty, American author (b. 1909)
● 2002 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920)
● 2002 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (b. 1933)
● 2002 - Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
● 2003 - James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)
● 2004 - Mehmood, Indian actor (b. 1932)
● 2004 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)
● 2004 - Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● Martyrs of Bulgaria
● St. Anne
● St. Apollinaris, first bishop of Ravenna, martyr
● St. Birgitta, widow
● St. Bridget of Sweden
● St. John Cassian
● St. Liborius, bishop of Le Mans, confessor
● St. Nabor and Felix, martyrs
● St. Nicasius, bishop of Reims, martyr
● St. Phocas the Gardener
● Sts. Rasyphus and Ravennus
● St. Romlua
● St. Trophimus & Theophilus
● St. Valerian
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for July 10 (Civil Date: July 23)
● Holy 45 Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia, including Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Anicetus, Sisinius, Meneus, and Belarad (Verelad).
● The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord at Moscow.
● St. Anthony of the Kiev Caves, founder of monasticism in Russia.
● Martyrs Bianor and Silvanus of Pisidia.
● Martyr Apollonius of Sardis.
● St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan.
● 10,000 Fathers of the desert and caves of Scetis martryed by the impious Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria.
● "Konevits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
● Lutheran: Memorial of St. Bridget, mystic, patron of Sweden
● Buddhist-Laos: Beginning of Buddhist fast
● Roman Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune
● Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Oman : National Day (1952)
● Papua New Guinea - Remembrance Day
● Rastafari movement - Celebration of the birthday of Haile Selassie
● 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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