Guy Fawkes Night
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Addiction - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
Guy Fawkes Night (more commonly known as Bonfire Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5th of November 1605 in which a number of Roman Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
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Robin Hood's forest is in trouble
Egypt puts King Tut on public display
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A German retiree secretly cut down or shortened 122 trees in a publicly owned forest to give his holiday cottage a clear view of the Baltic Sea.
Today in History:
1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary in world History.
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. In the battle, Hemu became unconscious when an arrow stuck into his right eye. He was brought as captive to Akbar and was hanged.
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. You should see the movie V for Vendetta. Amazing movie. Amazing.
1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. But she did get a $1 piece with her picture on it.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected to third term as President of The United States of America.
1967 - The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
1968 - Richard M. Nixon elected as the thirty-seventh President of the United States of America. I like Dick. Uhhhh wait a minute.
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan". He can't be all wrong.
1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1995 - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
Happy Birthday:
1715 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967) (she was british and bipolar)
1931 - Ike Turner, American musician
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
1947 - Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
Deaths on this Day:
1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936) Two coasters died on the same day? Weird.
2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940) So is the group now called the Righteous Brother? Just curious about that.
Addiction - the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
Guy Fawkes Night (more commonly known as Bonfire Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5th of November 1605 in which a number of Roman Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
In The News:
Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids
Couple from Hell wins Halloween lottery
Robin Hood's forest is in trouble
Egypt puts King Tut on public display
A new speed record, but not a good one 168 miles per hour. Dang!!!
A German retiree secretly cut down or shortened 122 trees in a publicly owned forest to give his holiday cottage a clear view of the Baltic Sea.
Today in History:
1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary in world History.
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. In the battle, Hemu became unconscious when an arrow stuck into his right eye. He was brought as captive to Akbar and was hanged.
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. You should see the movie V for Vendetta. Amazing movie. Amazing.
1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. But she did get a $1 piece with her picture on it.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected to third term as President of The United States of America.
1967 - The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
1968 - Richard M. Nixon elected as the thirty-seventh President of the United States of America. I like Dick. Uhhhh wait a minute.
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan". He can't be all wrong.
1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1995 - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
Happy Birthday:
1715 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967) (she was british and bipolar)
1931 - Ike Turner, American musician
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
1947 - Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
Deaths on this Day:
1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936) Two coasters died on the same day? Weird.
2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940) So is the group now called the Righteous Brother? Just curious about that.
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