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pecuniumOf foremost importance, so far as I am concerned, in the history of the world is that on a given day, I was born.
Other stuff, of lesser importance, but perhaps more interest.
Events:
1381 - King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants' Revolt.
1648 - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: The United States Army is established by the Continental Congress.
1777 - Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty: HMAV Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.
1822 - Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."
1846 - Bear Flag Revolt begins - Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1872 - Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1900 - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1905 - Battleship Potemkin uprising: Sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war. (See also Eisenstein's classic film on the subject, The Battleship Potemkin).
1937 - Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. {this is of note because I was a child in Penn., for a brief while, and while they rang churchbells for my sister (Feast of the Assumption of Mary, on of the few, indisputable, rulings made ex cathedra I had flags flying everywhere}
1940 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Naval Expansion Act into law which aims to increase the United States Navy's tonnage by 11%. {What is it with my birthday and Navies?}
1940 - A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1942 - Anne Frank begins to keep a diary.
1951 - UNIVAC I is dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau. {goes with Babbage}
1952 - The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus. {again with the Navies}
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" to the United States' Pledge of Allegiance. {I know why they chose this day (what with the flag and all, but sigh}
1966 - The Vatican announces the abolition of the index librorum prohibitum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557. {One for the good guys}
And finally, on the very day I was born:
1967 - Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
1967 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
People:
Births:
1479 - Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
1529 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1595)
1736 - Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French mathematician (d. 1806)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (d. 1896)
1832 - Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
1856 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
1864 - Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
1894 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
1899 - Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer (d. 1972) His Master of Go is brilliant. The kid threw the game.
1903 - Alonzo Church, American mathematican and logician (d. 1995)
1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (d. 1971)
1909 - Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995)
1919 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1922 - Kevin Roche, Irish architect 1925 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
1926 - Hermann Kant, German author
1926 - Don Newcombe, baseball player
1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1999)
1946 - Donald Trump, American businessman
1947 - Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1949 - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)
1949 - Harry Turtledove, American author
Deaths:
1381 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
1497 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated)
1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 - Carpentras, French composer
1594 - Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer
1801 - Benedict Arnold, American general (b. 1741)
1825 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)
1883 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1926 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843) )
1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst, American feminist (b. 1857)
1936 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
1936 - G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874)
1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
1994 - Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924)
1995 - Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937) Thanks to the Army I didn't get to meet him over Thanksgiving of '94
1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish musician and composer (b. 1949)
2004 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
Holidays:
Flag Day (United States)
Mother's Day (Afghanistan)
Roman Empire – eighth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
And, wonder of ironies,:
International Weblogger's Day – Celebration of the work of webloggers around the world
Other stuff, of lesser importance, but perhaps more interest.
Events:
1381 - King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants' Revolt.
1648 - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: The United States Army is established by the Continental Congress.
1777 - Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty: HMAV Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.
1822 - Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."
1846 - Bear Flag Revolt begins - Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1872 - Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1900 - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1905 - Battleship Potemkin uprising: Sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war. (See also Eisenstein's classic film on the subject, The Battleship Potemkin).
1937 - Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. {this is of note because I was a child in Penn., for a brief while, and while they rang churchbells for my sister (Feast of the Assumption of Mary, on of the few, indisputable, rulings made ex cathedra I had flags flying everywhere}
1940 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Naval Expansion Act into law which aims to increase the United States Navy's tonnage by 11%. {What is it with my birthday and Navies?}
1940 - A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1942 - Anne Frank begins to keep a diary.
1951 - UNIVAC I is dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau. {goes with Babbage}
1952 - The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus. {again with the Navies}
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" to the United States' Pledge of Allegiance. {I know why they chose this day (what with the flag and all, but sigh}
1966 - The Vatican announces the abolition of the index librorum prohibitum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557. {One for the good guys}
And finally, on the very day I was born:
1967 - Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
1967 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
People:
Births:
1479 - Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
1529 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1595)
1736 - Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French mathematician (d. 1806)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (d. 1896)
1832 - Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
1856 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
1864 - Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
1894 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
1899 - Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer (d. 1972) His Master of Go is brilliant. The kid threw the game.
1903 - Alonzo Church, American mathematican and logician (d. 1995)
1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (d. 1971)
1909 - Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995)
1919 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1922 - Kevin Roche, Irish architect 1925 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
1926 - Hermann Kant, German author
1926 - Don Newcombe, baseball player
1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1999)
1946 - Donald Trump, American businessman
1947 - Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1949 - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)
1949 - Harry Turtledove, American author
Deaths:
1381 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
1497 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated)
1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 - Carpentras, French composer
1594 - Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer
1801 - Benedict Arnold, American general (b. 1741)
1825 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)
1883 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1926 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843) )
1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst, American feminist (b. 1857)
1936 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
1936 - G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874)
1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
1994 - Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924)
1995 - Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937) Thanks to the Army I didn't get to meet him over Thanksgiving of '94
1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish musician and composer (b. 1949)
2004 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
Holidays:
Flag Day (United States)
Mother's Day (Afghanistan)
Roman Empire – eighth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
And, wonder of ironies,:
International Weblogger's Day – Celebration of the work of webloggers around the world
