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Tag Archives: Galileo Galilei
ON THIS DAY: January 7, 2019
January 7th is Bobblehead Day * Harlem Globetrotters Day * Old Rock Day Tempura Day Computer Programmers’ Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Sadako Sasaki and Gerald Durrell, click
ON THIS DAY: June 22, 2018
June 22nd is Chocolate Éclair Day Journey’s End Day * Onion Rings Day Worldwide VW Beetle Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Bilbo Baggins, Katherine Dunham and Ferdinand Porsche, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ada E. Yonath, Bilbo Baggins, Elizabeth Warren, Ferdinand Porsche, Galileo Galilei, Katherine Dunham, Octavia E. Butler
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ON THIS DAY: January 7, 2018
January 7th is Harlem Globetrotters Day * OLD ROCK DAY Bobblehead Day * Tempura Day Computer Programmers’ Day * ______________________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Butterfly McQueen and Gerald Durrell, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Charles Addams, Fannie Farmer, Galileo Galilei, Gerald Durrell, Heinrich von Stephan, Iona Brown, Zora Neale Hurston
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ON THIS DAY: December 3, 2017
December 3rd is Peppermint Latte Day Roof over Your Head Day International Day for Persons with Disabilities * _____________________________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Anna Freud and Joseph Conrad, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anna Freud, Christina Aguilera, Frederick Douglass, Galileo Galilei, Joseph Conrad, Nino Rota, Octavia Hill
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ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2017
August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day Whisky Sour Day World Daffodil Day * Park Service Founders Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Leonard Bernstein and Dolly Parton, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Allan Pinkerton, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Dorothea Tanning, Galileo Galilei, Leonard Bernstein, Walt Kelly
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TCS: Adventures in Wine Tasting
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: February 26, 2017
February 26th is Tell a Fairytale Day Levi Strauss Day * Pistachio Day 58th Daytona 500 89th Academy Awards ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Christopher Marlowe, Sharyn McCrumb and Alanis Morissette, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alanis Morissette, Buffalo Bill Cody, Christopher Marlowe, Galileo Galilei, Ptolemy, Sharyn McCrumb, Victor Hugo
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ON THIS DAY: February 22, 2017
February 22nd is Orphan’s Fund Pink Shirt Day * George Washington’s Birthday Cook a Sweet Potato Day Walking the Dog Day World Thinking Day * Inconvenience Yourself Day * National Margarita Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Oscar Wilde, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Luis … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: February 15, 2017
February 15th is International Angelman Day * Gum Drops & Chewing Gum Day Remember the Maine! Day * Singles Awareness Day * Susan B. Anthony Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Michael Praetorius, Susan B. Anthony and Duke Ellington, click
ON THIS DAY: February 13, 2017
February 13th is Clear Your Computer Day International Condom Day * Desperation Day * Galentine’s Day * Italian Food Day Tortellini Day World Radio Day * __________________________________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Pauline Frederick and Led Zeppelin, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Chuck Yeager, Earl 'Fatha' Hines, Elaine Pagels, Galileo Galilei, Grant Wood, Led Zeppelin, Pauline Frederick
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