Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Germanus, bishop (of Auxerre), confessor
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Lughnasadh/Lammas, sabbat
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Feast of Joseph of Arimathaea
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
On This Day
432 St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 768 [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1773 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: ‘Duty is our part; the care is His.’ 1776 Francis Salvador, a plantation owner from South Carolina, became the first Jew to die for […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Ignatius of Loyola, 1556
IGNATIUS LOYOLA MYSTIC, EDUCATOR, PREACHER, AND FOUNDER OF THE JESUITS (31 JULY 1556) Iñigo de Recalde de Loyola, youngest of thirteen (one of my sources says eleven) children of Don Beltran Ya’ñez de Loyola and Maria Sa’enz de Licona y Balda, was born in 1491 in the family castle in the Basque province of Gu’ipozcoa, […]
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Too True
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Cute
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Canada and US to Explore Arctic Together
Thu, July 30, 2009 Posted in Alaska News The US and Canada are gearing up for a joint mission into ice filled Arctic waters. Next week both nations will send an icebreaker ship into the Beaufort Sea, where they’ll meet up and map the Arctic. The data they collect may eventually help each nation lay […]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. High 61F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Tonight: Periods of rain. Low near 55F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a half an inch. Tomorrow: Showers early becoming less numerous later in the day. High […]