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ON THIS DAY: September 17, 2017
September 17th is Citizenship Day Constitution Day * Monte Cristo Sandwich Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Frederick von Steuben, Harriet Tubman and Francis Chichester, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Francis Chichester, Frederick von Steuben, Harriet Tubman, Mary Stewart, Mercy Jackson, Stephen Hales, Vera Popova
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ON THIS DAY: September 16, 2017
September 16th is Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day * Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day Guacamole Day Mayflower Day * Working Parents Day Trail of Tears Commemoration Day * International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! James Pierpont, Karen … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anne Dudley Bradstreet, B.B.King, Clive Bell, James Pierpont, Jean Arp, Karen Horney, Owain Glyndwr
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ON THIS DAY: September 15, 2017
September 15th is Cheese Toast Day Crème de Menthe Day Felt Hat Day Greenpeace Day * International Dot Day * UN International Day of Democracy ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Darwin, Agatha Christie and Peter H. Reynolds, click
Word Cloud: WHIRLIGIG
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD What is one to make of Hilaire Beloc (1870-1953)? A man of so many contradictions he seems like a human whirligig. Anti-German and Anti-Semitic. Combative and intolerant in his philosophical and political writings, but whimsical and amusing in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged A Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, A Moral Alphabet, Cautionary Tales for Children, G.K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Beloc, Whirligig
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ON THIS DAY: September 14, 2017
September 14th is Cream-Filled Donut Day Eat a Hoagie Day Galactic Space-Time Ripple Day * Live Creative Day RAINN Day (Rape-Abuse-Incest National Network) ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Luigi Cherubini, Alice Stone Blackwell and Larry Collins, click
ON THIS DAY: September 13, 2017
September 13th is Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day National Peanut Day Programmer’s Day * Uncle Sam Day * Roald Dahl Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Clara Schumann, J. B. Priestly and Margaret Chase Smith, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Clara Schumann, J B Priestly, Margaret Chase Smith, Mary Midgley, Maud Ballington Booth, Miss Manners, Roald Dahl
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An hour we can’t get back: Steve Bannon on 60 Minutes
By ann summers We will be at the mercy of Bannon’s whiteboard roadmap for a Trump who primarily watches TV Charlie Rose interviewed Steve Bannon for CBS 60 Minutes, which was broadcast on Sunday, with an extended version available online. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Government, History, Industrial Revolution, Presidential Elections
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, trump
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ON THIS DAY: September 11, 2017
September 11th is Hug Your Hound Day * Hot Cross Bun Day Libraries Remember Day * Make Your Bed Day No News is Good News Day National Day of Service and Remembrance * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Steven F. Foster, Rosika Schwimmer and D.H. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged 9-11, D.H. Lawrence, Herbert Stothart, Jessica Mitford, Mary Elizabeth Lease, Rosika Schwimmer, Steven F. Foster
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