Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Organization & Management "Hierarchies make some people dependent on others, blame the dependent for their dependency, and then use that dependency as a justification for further exercise of authority." — Martha Ackelsberg
Stupidest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Bigotry, Chauvinism, & Theocracy "There will never be world peace until God's house and God's people are given their rightful place of leadership at the top of the world." — Pat Robertson
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: On Politics "As I was telling my husb—— . . . As I was telling President Bush . . . " — Condoleezza Rice, unmarried then national security advisor, now Secretary of State
Thought for the day: "Are you a good witch, or are you a bad witch?"
{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
Night-Shining Clouds
Credit: Cloud Imaging Team (LASP, Univ. Colorado), AIM project, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 645 - Flint-Sky-God K accedes to Mayan throne of Dos Pilas.
● 649 - St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
● 767 - Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
● 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.
● 1415 - Jan Huss, German Bohemian reformer, burned at the stake.
● 1439 - At the Council of Florence, the Decree of Union ('Laententur Coeli') was signed, creating an official theological union between the Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic)churches. Unfortunately, the Eastern Church at large never accepted the document and a full working unity between these two major religious factions never occurred.
● 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
● 1643 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
● 1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
● 1768 - English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'We are reasonable creatures, and undoubtedly reason is the candle of the Lord. By enlightening our reason to see the meaning of the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit makes our way plain before us.'
● 1770 - Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
● 1775 - US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
● 1791 - Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC
● 1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
● 1806 - A Spanish army repelled the British during their attempt to retake Buenos Aires, Argentina.
● 1809 - Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
● 1810 - P. T. Barnum, the great American showman, was born.
● 1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
● 1813 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
● 1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.
● 1830 - France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
● 1832 - The German government began curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule.
● 1833 - Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
● 1834 - Provisional government established in Oregon Country
● 1839 - British naval forces bombarded Dingai on Zhoushan Island in China and then occupied it.
● 1859 - Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands
● 1861 - Constitutional guarantees of Habeas Corpus suspended by Abraham Lincoln; in the following four years, some 18,000 "subversives" and peace activists were jailed without cause or charges in U.S.
● 1861 - Engagement at Carthage, Missouri
● 1863 - U.S. Federal troops occupied Vicksburg, MS, and distributed supplies to the citizens.
● 1865 - The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England by William Booth.
● 1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England.
● 1878 - The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established.
● 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
● 1888 - Match girls in East End Long out on strike.
● 1891 - Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
● 1892 - Andrew Beard was issued a patent for the rotary engine.
● 1893 - During a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company, which had drastically reduced wages, the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson Park was set ablaze, and seven buildings were reduced to ashes. The mobs raged on, burning and looting railroad cars and fighting police in the streets for a week, until 14,000 federal and state troops finally succeeded in putting down the strike.
● 1903 - Death of English theologian William Burt Pope, 81. His 'Compendium of Christian Theology' (1875-76) set forth the most powerful systematic arguments of his day for the holiness doctrine in Methodism.
● 1916 - Adelina and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916.
● 1922 - First International Passport, invented by Fridgof Nansen, recognized by international agreement, Geneva.
● 1929 - A Deutsch discovers asteroid #1148 Rarahu
● 1929 - Street clash between New Orleans police and striking street car workers.
● 1932 - Oliveira Salazar becomes dictator of fascist Portugal
● 1934 - In "Bloody Thursday," police machine-gun striking longshoremen and their supporters in San Francisco at Rincon Hill, killing two, wounded 32 more by gunfire, and injuring 75 others.
● 1935 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law. The act authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
● 1936 - 120° F (49° C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
● 1937 - 117° F (47° C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
● 1937 - C Jackson discovers asteroids #1428 Mombasa & #1430 Somalia
● 1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C.
● 1940 - World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
● 1941 - German troops reached the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.
● 1943 - The battle of Kursk began as German tanks attack the Soviet salient. It was the largest tank battle in history.
● 1943 - The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, starts with a German tank attack on Soviet forces.
● 1943 - World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
● 1944 - Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
● 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
● 1948 - E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn
● 1948 - War-ravaged Britain adopts National Health Service Act, which includes medical, unemployment, motherhood, widow, orphan, old age, and death benefits.
● 1950 - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
● 1950 - U.S. forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
● 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor. {Still an arrogant bastard his entire life.}
● 1954 - Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
● 1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth.
● 1961 - Seattle City Council and state legislature announce probes of incidents of local police brutality.
● 1962 - Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule.
● 1962 - Death of Helmut Richard Niebuhr, 67. Christian Ethics professor at Yale for 30years, Niebuhr is better remembered for his popular and oft-reprinted 1951 classic, 'Christ and Culture' -- a work that explores available options of relating one's personal faith to the world's highest and noblest principles.
● 1963 - In an instruction given by the Holy Office, disposal of the dead by cremation was officially granted sanction by the Catholic Church. (Belief in the resurrection of the dead had previously made cremation repugnant to many Christians.)
● 1965 - Congress Of Racial Equality national convention adopts and then rescinds resolutions calling for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Dominican Republic.
● 1965 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), federal agency which investigated discrimination charges, becomes operational. Essentially rendered useless by Reagan administration.
● 1966 - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
● 1966 - NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents.
● 1966 - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
● 1970 - Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108 people.
● 1971 - Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
● 1973 - Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
● 1973 - Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
● 1975 - Cape Verde Islands gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
● 1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors.
● 1977 - Military coup in Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan overthrown by Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
● 1978 - Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
● 1979 - Queen oversees Manx millennium; The Queen presides over the 1000th annual open-air sitting of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald.
● 1982 - Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
● 1983 - Baby girl born in Roanoke, Va., to a mother brain dead for 84 days
● 1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old "exclusionary rule," deciding that evidence seized with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials.
● 1985 - 117° F (47° C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103° spread, UT 1985)
● 1985 - Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
● 1986 - Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
● 1987 - First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born and in the following years continue to use it to deadly effect.
● 1989 - Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service.
● 1990 - Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, founder of Community for Creative Nonviolence (CCNV), commits suicide at 46 by hanging. Washington DC.
● 1991 - Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
● 1994 - The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti. {This was a racist and homophobic move not for the health concerns stated.}
● 1995 - The U.S. Justice Department opts not to take antitrust action against Ticketmaster, ending a 13-month long fight with Pearl Jam. The band had used a rival ticket service in retaliation of Ticketmaster's tactics, and ironically, it was the use of that service that proved that Ticketmaster didn't have a monopoly.
● 1997 - Cambodian co-Prime Minister Hun Sen ousts his rival, Norodom Ranariddh, in a coup.
● 1998 - Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.
● 2000 - 10 Bengal tigers, including 7 rare white tigers, died at the Nandankanan Zoo in India. The tigers died of trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
● 2000 - Euan Blair, the oldest son of British prime minister Tony Blair, was arrested after police found him drunk and lying on the ground in London's Leicester Square.
● 2000 - Jordanian security agents shot and killed a Syrian hijacker after he threw a grenade that exploded and wounded 15 passengers aboard a Royal Jordanian airliner.
● 2000 - Record-breaking penguin rescue; Conservationists in South Africa are carrying out the biggest ever airlift of wild birds.
● 2002 - Former Nazi SS officer Friedrich Engel was convicted of 59 counts of murder stemming from massacre of Italian resistance fighters on May 19, 1944.
● 2002 - In Algeria, 35 people were killed in violent attacks on the day that the country celebrated its 40 years of independence from France.
● 2002 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams died at age 83.
● 2003 - SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO.
● 2004 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
● 2006 - Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who was facing decades in prison for one of the most sprawling business frauds in U.S. history, {allegedly} died at age 64. {I think it far more likely he is alive and well in the Middle East somewhere.}
● 2006 - Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the UN in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.
BIRTHS
● 1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
● 1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
● 1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
● 1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
● 1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
● 1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
● 1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
● 1805 - Robert Fitz Roy, English naval officer; commanded the H.M.S. Beagle (d. 1865)
● 1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
● 1829 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
● 1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
● 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902)
● 1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
● 1872 - Edouard Herriot, French premier (1924-25, 1926, 1932) (d. 1957)
● 1874 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)
● 1877 - Judah Leon Magnes, American founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (d. 1948)
● 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
● 1879 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
● 1880 - Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
● 1886 - Willem Drees, Dutch prime minister (1948-58) (d. 1988)
● 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963)
● 1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
● 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
● 1891 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
● 1899 - Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
● 1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
● 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat and U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1937-44, 1947-52) (d. 1985)
● 1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
● 1904 - Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
● 1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
● 1911 - Georges Pompidou, French premier (1962-68) and president (1969-74) (d. 1974)
● 1917 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
● 1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
● 1918 - René Lecavalier, French Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999)
● 1924 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
● 1924 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist
● 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
● 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, French politician
● 1928 - Katherine Helmond, American actress
● 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
● 1934 - Katherine Helmond, Actress ("Soap," "Who's the Boss")
● 1935 - John Gilmore, American true crime author
● 1936 - Shirley Knight, American actress
● 1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
● 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
● 1943 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
● 1943 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band)
● 1946 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, American lawyer, physician and politician
● 1946 - Paul Smith, British fashion designer
● 1948 - Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Daughter of President Richard Nixon
● 1948 - William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
● 1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician
● 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
● 1951 - Rich Gossage, American baseball player
● 1952 - Charles Ventre, Country musician (River Road)
● 1954 - Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
● 1954 - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
● 1955 - Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
● 1956 - Patsy Pease, American actress
● 1956 - James Lofton, American football player, coach and Hall of Fame member
● 1957 - David Hanson, Canadian politician
● 1957 - David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer
● 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
● 1958 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
● 1958 - Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
● 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
● 1959 - Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
● 1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
● 1960 - James M. Kelly, American politician
● 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
● 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress ("The Sopranos")
● 1963 - Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
● 1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent")
● 1966 - Susannah Doyle, British actress
● 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
● 1968 - Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist
● 1968 - Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
● 1968 - Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka
● 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player
● 1969 - RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
● 1969 - Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
● 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
● 1971 - Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
● 1972 - Letha Weapons, porn actress
● 1973 - Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
● 1973 - Joe, R&B Singer
● 1973 - Bengt Lagerberg, Rock musician (The Cardigans)
● 1973 - Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
● 1974 - Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
● 1975 - Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
● 1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr)
● 1975 - Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
● 1975 - Dale Godboldo, Actor
● 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
● 1976 - Marina Dias, Brazilian model
● 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper
● 1977 - Royce Da 5'9", American rapper
● 1979 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
● 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
● 1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
● 1980 - Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
● 1980 - Eva Green, French actress
● 1981 - Jesse Crain, Canadian-born baseball player
● 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
● 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
● 1985 - Nick O'Malley, Bass player for Arctic Monkeys
● 1989 - Joseph King,American musician.
● 1996 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (d. 2003)
DEATHS
● 1316 - Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
● 1375 - Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
● 1472 - Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
● 1539 - St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
● 1666 - Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
● 1676 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
● 1715 - Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
● 1719 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641)
● 1773 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
● 1833 - Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
● 1859 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
● 1862 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
● 1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
● 1908 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (b. 1833)
● 1920 - Max Klinger, German artist (b. 1857)
● 1927 - Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1853)
● 1932 - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
● 1945 - John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
● 1948 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
● 1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
● 1965 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
● 1966 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
● 1969 - Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
● 1969 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (b. 1884)
● 1969 - Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898)
● 1975 - Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini (b. 1908)
● 1983 - Harry James, American musician (b. 1916)
● 1991 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (b. 1920)
● 1996 - Erik Wickberg, The Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
● 1997 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
● 1998 - Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
● 2001 - Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
● 2002 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
● 2002 - Ted Williams, baseball player (b. 1918)
● 2003 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (b. 1979)
● 2004 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
● 2004 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
● 2005 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
● 2005 - Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
● 2006 - Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942) {This was most convenient death in recent history, so convenient I believe it never happened.}
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria, priest (died 1539)
● St. Athanasius the Athonite
● St. Catherine, virgin, martyr
● St. Cyrilla
● St. Dominica
● St. Domitian or Donation or Dominic, bishop, confessor, martyr
● St. Edana, virgin
● St. Erfyl
● Sts. Fragan & Gwen
● St. Jacutus, abbot, confessor
● St. Marinus
● St. Modwena
● St. Nicomedes, martyr
● St. Numerianus, bishop of Trier, confessor
● St. Paul (515-25), bishop of Sens
● St. Peter of Luxemburg, bishop of Metz, cardinal, confessor
● St. Philomena
● St. Triphina
● St. Wendelin, confessor
● St. Zoe (died 286)
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for June 23 (Civil Date: July 5)
● Martyr Agrippina of Rome.
● Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Probus, Lollius, and Urban of Ancyra.
● Righteous Youth Artemius of Verkolsk.
● Saints Joseph, Anthony and Ioannicius, abbots of Vologda.
● St. Herman (Germanus), Archbishop of Kazan.
● Translation of the Relics of St. Michael of Klops Monastery, fool-for-Christ.
● New-Martyr Maxim, Bishop of Serphukhov (1931).
● New-Martyr Archbishop Metrophan of Astrakhan, and Bishop Leonty of Enotaevsa, and those with them.
● The Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
● Repose of Schemamonk Zosimas of Solovki (1855).
● Muslim-Brunei : Mohammed's Ascension
● Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998).
● Algeria : Independence Day (1962)
● Armenia: Constitution Day (1995)
● Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975).
● Czech Republic and Slovakia: Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia (around 863).
● Isle of Man : Tynwald Day (1266)
● Laos : Boun Festival
● Rwanda : Peace & National Unity Day
● United States: Bloody Thursday, Longshoreman's Union Holiday.
● Venezuela : Independence Day (1811)
● These Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● Iowa : Independence Sunday - ( Sunday )
● Caribbean Common Market : Caribbean Day (1973) - ( Monday )
● Lesotho : Family Day - ( Monday )
● Zambia : Heroes Day - ( Monday )
● Zambia : Unity Day - ( Tuesday )
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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