It's been a year since i published this.
The sentiments haven't changed.
Today is
Alpenfest -- Gaylord, MI, US (a Swiss inspired festival for the whole family that includes "The World's Largest Coffee Break"; through the 16th)
Danjiri Festival -- Kumata Jinja, Osaka, Japan (parades included! through tomorrow)
Different Colored Eyes Day
Independence Day -- Kiribati; Sao Tome & Principe
Kronia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate, a festival for Kronos, part of which included masters and slaves switching places for a meal)
National Pecan Pie Day
Orangemen's Day (a/k/a Twelfth Day) -- Northern Ireland
Simplicity Day (Thoreau's birthday)
St. John Gualbert's Day
St. Veronica's Day (patron of laundry workers and photographers)
Anniversaries Today
Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, 1543 (the one who outlived him)
Birthdays Today
Michelle Rodriguez, 1978
Brock Lesnar, 1977
Kristi Yamaguchi, 1971
Cheryl Ladd, 1951
Richard Simmons, 1948
Christine McVie, 1943
Bill Cosby, 1937
Van Cliburn, 1934
Andrew Wyeth, 1917
Milton Berle, 1908
Pablo Neruda, 1904
R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895
Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895
George Washington Carver, 1861
George Ohr, 1857
George Eastman, 1854
Henry David Thoreau, 1817
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730
Today in History
England is unified by Athelstan of England, 927
Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre, 1191
Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya, 1562
Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published, 1580
The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario, 1812
The Commonwealth Franchise Act, granting women's suffrage in Australia, is given royal assent and takes effect, 1902
Pune, India floods due to failure of Khadakvasala and Panshet dams; half of the city is submerged and the death toll exceeded 2000, 1961
A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States, 1973
Boris Yeltsin quits the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1990
Awww..Monday and a Review
16 hours ago
Seriously, "Different Colored Eyes Day??" You find the most amazing things!
ReplyDelete(And this is Crabby, logged in to wrong account)
You are in my thoughts today.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Crabby. It's fun to look for some of this crazy stuff.
ReplyDeleteLeah, i appreciate it.