Archive for March, 2010

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Today In Military History

On this day… 1504 France & Spain signs ceasefire 1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus 1644 Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara 1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1667 France/England sign anti-Dutch military accord 1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey […]

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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Today In Anchorage

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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Today In History

On this day… 1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV 1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews 1644 Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara 1745 Jews are expelled from Prague 1787 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: ‘When the witness and […]

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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

My nephew and niece, Eric and Amy, and, in one picture, my sister Susan

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Today In Military History

On this day… 1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force. The people of Palermo massacred 2,000 French residents in the Sicilian Vespers, a revolt against the Angevin king Charles I. 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1814 Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1856 Russia […]

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Today In Anchorage

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Today In History

On this day… 0804 Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Münster 1135 Birth of Moses Maimonides, medieval Jewish scholar. Considered the foremost Talmudist of the Middle Ages, his most important writing was “Guide to the Perplexed” (1190), in which he tried to harmonize Rabbinic Judaism with the increasingly popular Aristotelianism of his day. 1422 Ketsugan, Zen […]

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

My “Elder” Niece On Her Birthday 3/25

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Monday, March 29th, 2010

Today In Military History

On this day… 0502 Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1798 Republic of Switzerland forms 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians 1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico 1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India […]

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Monday, March 29th, 2010

Passover Begins Tonight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover

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