Archive for December, 2008

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Perpetuus, bishop (of Tours), confessor

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Maximus, martyr

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of David, King

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Columban, bishop

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Anysia, martyr, 304

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Sabinus, bishop of Assisium, and his companions, martyrs, 304

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Feast of Egwin

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

What country used hot-air balloons as the world’s first airborne ambulances?

France, in 1870. The balloons were used to evacuate 160 wounded from Paris during a Prussian siege.

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Monday, December 29th, 2008

I’ve Been Here!!!!!!!

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Monday, December 29th, 2008

Lest We Forget

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 558 (12/29/08 16:13:39) As of Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at least 558 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday […]

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