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Monthly Archives: July 2017
ON THIS DAY: July 15, 2017
July 15 is Tapioca Pudding Day Gummi Worm Day Pet Fire Safety Day Give Something Away Day Woodie Wagon Day Celebration of the Horse Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Rembrandt Van Rijn, Emmeline Pankhurst and Julian Bream, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Emmeline Pankhurst, Glenn Miller, Iris Murdoch, Julian Bream, Rembrandt Van Rijn, The Rosetta Stone
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ON THIS DAY: July 14, 2017
July 14th is Grand Marnier Day Mac and Cheese Day Pandemonium Day Shark Awareness Day National Tape Measure Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Gustav Klimt, Gertrude Bell and Ingmar Bergman, click
Posted in Brazil, History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Gertrude Bell, Gustav Klimt, Ingmar Bergman, Jane Goodall, Sharks
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Word Cloud: SUMMERFARE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Edward Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) was born on July 10th in London, England. In his youth, he was educated at London’s prestigious St Paul’s School. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a fellow student, and became his best friend. When … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: July 13, 2017
July 13th is World Cup Soccer Day * National French Fries Day Embrace Your Geekiness Day Barbershop Music Appreciation Day International Rubik’s Cube Day * Gruntled Workers Day (if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!) ________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged George Frideric Handel, John Dee, John F. Kennedy, Julius Caesar, Margaret A Murray, Naomi Shemer, Simone Veil
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ON THIS DAY: July 12, 2017
July 12th is Different Colored Eyes Day Pecan Pie Day Simplicity Day * Night of Nights * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Henry David Thoreau, Shirley Chisholm and Elvis Presley, click
ON THIS DAY: July 11, 2017
July 11th is: Blueberry Muffin Day Bowdler’s Day Cheer up the Lonely Day Mojito Day Ranier Cherries Day World Population Day All American Pet Photo Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Alexander Hamilton, Harper Lee and David Bowie, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Antônio Carlos Gomes, David Bowie, E.B. White, Harper Lee, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Millie and Christine McCoy
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Pilot Fish and Zombies: G20 and why Trumpian Mad Cows have eaten our brains
By ann summers The pilot fish is sometimes used as a metaphor or simile; “they are like the pilot fish to the shark, serving to lead him to his victim”. Pilot fish are also used as a metaphor or simile … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: July 10, 2017
July 10th is: Clerihew Day! * Nicola Tesla Day * Teddy Bear Picnic Day National Piña Colada Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Marcel Proust, Jean Kerr and Erden Eruç, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Camille Pissarro, Erden Eruç, Jean Kerr, Marcel Proust, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nicola Tesla, William Blackstone
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TCS: What Makes Us HUMAN?
Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: July 9, 2017
July 9th is: Intern Appreciation Day National Sugar Cookie Day Open Heart Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Elias Howe, Dorothy Thompson and Andy Warhol, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Andy Warhol, Ann Radcliffe, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Dorothy Thompson, Elias Howe, Fanny Fern, June Jordan
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