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Carol H Tucker
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Today is the 4th day of the 6th week, the 8th day of the 2nd month, the 39th day of 2017, and:
- Boy Scouts Day -- The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by William D. Boyce in 1910
- Laugh and Get Rich Day
- National Kite Flying Day
- National Molasses Bar Day
- Opera Day – The first opera in the US was performed in Charleston, SC in 1735 – a popular English ballad opera entitled “Flora”
- Propose Day -- the second day in the Valentine week ((when did it become a week? I missed that memo….))
ON THIS DAY: In 421 Constantius III became co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. In 1575 Leiden University was founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis. In 1693 the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, was granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. In 1879 Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone; in lecture at the Canadian Institute in Toronto; idea adopted by North American railways four years later, and by 24 countries at a conference in 1884. In 1915 D.W. Griffith's silent movie epic about the Civil War, "The Birth of a Nation," premiered in Los Angeles. In 1946 the first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, was published. In 1952 Queen Elizabeth II took the Oath of Accession to the Throne, following the death two days earlier of her father King George the Sixth, in London, England. In 1971 NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day. In 1974, after 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returned to Earth. In 1983 the Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city, the result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050 ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
Quote of the day: “One of the consolations of old age is the intense pleasure I now get from nature. It seems that in youth I was too busy confronting life and experience to stand still and gaze.” ~ P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest (( no this is not going to be a regular feature, but when I see a quote I like, I’m going to share it, okay? ))
Me? I’m still wishing my life away….
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