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ON THIS DAY: June 29, 2019
June 29th is: Almond Buttercrunch Day Camera Day Waffle Iron Day World Scleroderma Day * International Mud Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Julia Lathrop, Paul Klee and Ellen Kuzwayo, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Antoine Saint-Exupery, James VanDerZee, Julia Lathrop, Kazue Togasaki, Nnoseng Ellen Kuzwayo, Paul Klee, Ray Harryhausen
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ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2019
June 28th is: Tau Day * Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day International Body Piercing Day Stonewall Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Clara Maass, Ashley Montague and Amira Hass, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Amira Hass, Ashley Montague, Clara Maass, Donna F. Edwards, Luigi Pirandello, Paul McCartney, Yvonne Sylvain
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Word Cloud: REQUIEM
NOTE: This was originally posted July 1, 2016. With the daily news here in the U.S. of families seeking asylum being separated, children sleeping on concrete floors under glaring lights all night, without soap, or a toothbrush, or even a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged 1992 L.A. Riots, California, Francisco Aragón translator, Francisco X. Alarcón, Guadalajara Mexico, Requiem, Viva la Vida
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ON THIS DAY: June 26, 2019
June 26th is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking * International Day in Support of Victims of Torture * Beautician’s Day National Canoe Day Chocolate Pudding Day Same Sex Marriage Day * __________________________________ MORE! Sunthorn Phu, Margarite Pindling and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Antonia Brico, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gauhar Jaan, Margarite Pindling, Mick Jones, Sunthorn Phu, Walter Sisulu
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ON THIS DAY: June 25, 2019
June 25th is National Catfish Day Color TV Day * Global Beatles Day Strawberry Parfait Day World Vitiligo Day * International Day of the Seafarer ______________________________________ MORE! Rose O’Neill, Ho Chi Minh and Nisha Ganatra, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged George Orwell, Ho Chi Minh, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Madame Marie Curie, Nisha Ganatra, Rose O’Neill, Tansu Çiller
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ON THIS DAY: June 24, 2019
June 24th is Celebration of the Senses Day * Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day International Fairy Day _____________________________________ MORE! Anita Desai, Hopalong Cassidy and Mindy Kaling, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Agnes Nestor, Ambrose Bierce, Anita Desai, Hopalong Cassidy, Mindy Kaling, Pablo Picasso, Saloua Raouda Choucair
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TCS: History Within Breathing Distance
. . 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 … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: June 23, 2019
June 23th is National Hydration Day * Plastic Pink Flamingo Day * Pecan Sandies Day UN Public Service Day * International Widows Day * International Women in Engineering Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Verena Holmes, Jean Anouilh and Wilma Rudolph, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alan Turing, Anne McDowell, Giambattista Vico, Huda Sha’arawi, Jean Anouilh, Verena Holmes, Wilma Rudolph
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