November is here!!! Whoopitydoo
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It's now November. I'm listening to The Who Tommy. I love this time of year. I should be in Salem, Ma. right now but that's a whole other story that no one wants to hear. So now, I get a whole new vacation anywhere I want to go. Where should I go?
Holidays:
Mexico- Day of the Dead celebrations begin.
Roman festivals - last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae.
Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day. Holiday in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Guatemala.
United States - Start of National Novel Writing Month WTF?
In The News...
Actor and singer Robert Goulet dies at 73
Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.
Texas town up for sale on eBay I'm not making this crap up.
Chimpanzee who knew sign language dies
Today in History:
1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1683 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America. Bad mistake.
1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1896 - A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
1911 - The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
1950 - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
1951 - American soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada. Participation was not voluntary. Good thing they weren't in California. Atomic explosions have been known to cause cancer in California.
1952 - Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
1955 - The Famous Flames, a band featuring James Brown, records "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon, Georgia.
1970 - A fire at a dance hall in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 144 young people.
1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
Happy Birthday:
1937 - Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
1947 - Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1950 - Dan Peek, American guitarist (America)
1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer
1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
Deaths on this Day:
1947 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917) Yes, even deaths of horses make my page.
Holidays:
Mexico- Day of the Dead celebrations begin.
Roman festivals - last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae.
Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day. Holiday in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Guatemala.
United States - Start of National Novel Writing Month WTF?
In The News...
Actor and singer Robert Goulet dies at 73
Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.
Texas town up for sale on eBay I'm not making this crap up.
Chimpanzee who knew sign language dies
Today in History:
1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1683 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America. Bad mistake.
1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1896 - A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
1911 - The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
1950 - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
1951 - American soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada. Participation was not voluntary. Good thing they weren't in California. Atomic explosions have been known to cause cancer in California.
1952 - Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
1955 - The Famous Flames, a band featuring James Brown, records "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon, Georgia.
1970 - A fire at a dance hall in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 144 young people.
1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
Happy Birthday:
1937 - Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
1947 - Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1950 - Dan Peek, American guitarist (America)
1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer
1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
Deaths on this Day:
1947 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917) Yes, even deaths of horses make my page.
posted by Crazy B @ 6:35 AM
2 Comments:
Hey B! Glad you're back.
Yes, it's November. La-ti-freakin'-dah! I like this time of year, too.
Mitsy
I'll tell you where to go...
Mwahahahaha
No, really, go to Mexico. See the Mayan ruins. Drink margaritas. Dance with senoritas. Just don't drink the water!
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