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03/15/2003 Entry: "On this day"
On this day...
44 B.C. Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.
1820 Maine enters the UnionAs part of the Missouri Compromise between the North and the South, Maine is admitted into the Union as the 23rd state. Administered as a province of Massachusetts since 1647, the entrance of Maine as a free state was agreed to by Southern senators in exchange for the entrance of Missouri as a slave state.
1917 Czar Nicholas II abdicatesDuring the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.
1935 Evangelist Jimmy Swaggert is born.So we have something in common after all.
1937 Writer H.P. Lovecraft diedBorn in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923 he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine, among others. He died in Providence, in poverty.
1939 Nazis take CzechoslovakiaOn March 15, 1939, during a meeting with Czech President Emil Hacha, Hitler threatened a bombing raid against Prague, the Czech capital, unless he obtained from Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders. He got it. That same day, German troops poured into Bohemia and Moravia. The two provinces offered no resistance, and they were quickly made a protectorate of Germany. By evening, Hitler made a triumphant entry into Prague.
This and this may explain my sudden interest in history.
Replies:
It was my dad's birthday, too.
Belated birthday wishes.
Posted by Wood @ 03/20/2003 10:44 PM CST
That perspective hadn't occurred to me Ian - but I agree wholeheartedly!
Posted by Richard @ 03/17/2003 06:00 PM CST
Belated birthday greeting!
I guess it's better to have this day in common with Jimmy Swaggert than with Julius Caesar!
Blessings,
Posted by Ian McKenzie @ 03/17/2003 05:07 PM CST
Dear Richard,
Been there. Done that. You've a bit to go before you catch up with me.
Happy birthday.
Martin
Posted by Martin Roth @ 03/16/2003 08:14 AM CST
Thanks, all.
Posted by Richard @ 03/16/2003 07:32 AM CST
Happy birthday, Richard.Shalom,Jan
Posted by Jan @ 03/16/2003 07:05 AM CST
Happy Birthday a little late, Richard, from the Corbins!!!!!
Posted by Ivan The Crank @ 03/16/2003 03:49 AM CST
Happy birthday, Richard!
Best wishes for the next decade ;-)
Posted by Swan @ 03/16/2003 01:32 AM CST
I can certify that I, today, tested all the entrances to the church, and they all conform to the latest zimmer frame specifications. Penblwydd hapus.
Posted by john @ 03/15/2003 09:08 PM CST
Goodness - a young sprout! You have an amazing amount of wisdom, insight and strength of character for one so you. All the very best of the day Richard!
Posted by Sherm @ 03/15/2003 02:56 PM CST
Today in 1649 the poet John Milton became Secretary for Foreign Tongues for the Puritan revolutionary regime in England after the execution of the king. Why not celebrate by appointing a Tongues Secretary in your own church?
It is the feast day of St Speciosus, who disappointingly for one with such a promising name, has no far-fetched miracle stories to speak of and died of natural causes.
Posted by Bob Carlton @ 03/15/2003 02:34 PM CST
You'll have to speak up, my batteries are running out.
Posted by Richard @ 03/15/2003 01:50 PM CST
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the elderly. If you'd like, I'll tuck that blanket in a bit tighter, adjust those tri-focals and get you a hot water bottle. ;^)
Posted by Bene Diction @ 03/15/2003 01:01 PM CST
Sadly not, BD.That was last year.
Tragic, ain't it?!
Posted by Richard @ 03/15/2003 11:55 AM CST
It's your birthday today....Whooohoooo!
And are you saying you are 39?
Happy birthday Richard!!!!!!Have a great one.
Posted by Bene Diction @ 03/15/2003 11:39 AM CST
