Day of Pesach; Yizkor observed on the same day that future political opponents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, along with his family, spent the day together in London. 1790: Birthdate of Ludwig Hermann Friedlander, the native of Konigsberg who served as physician with the Prussian Army, the ...
The San Carlos arrived in San Diego Bay after more than 100 days at sea from Mexico. It was one of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá’s ships that founded a colony in San Diego. Due to a map error by Vizcaíno in 1602, the ship landed at the future site of Los Angeles before retu...
The good news on vaccines is bad news for the share price of Zoom, one of the star performers in tech stocks boosted by remote working. It is not just office staff who are stuck indoors. Zoom is making its video-chat service entirely free...
Mother’s Cookies, an Oakland bakery for 92 years, filed for bankruptcy. It was founded in 1914 when Woodrow Wilson declared that Mother’s Day would be a national holiday. Mother’s Cookies. NASA JPL. Science in 2009 NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, announced the Spitzer Spa...
Immerse yourself in the lively sounds of Spanish music, feel the passion of flamenco dance, and savor the festive spirit that makes this day unforgettable. Don’t miss the chance to be part of the magic. Venue: Theater La Bohême; 43, Ualikhanov Street. Tickets are availablehere. ...
History tells us that prior to 1804, just about anyone could call their place a pharmacy and sell whatever snake oils they wanted, but in 1804 Louisiana became the first state to require pharmacists to be licensed and in 1816 Louis Dufilho Jr. became the first licensed pharmacist in America ...
---April 10In 787, The church of St. Corneille at Compiegne installed an organ at the request of Frankish King Pepin, in what is modern-day France. This is the first recorded mention of this musical instrument.In 1555, Pope Marcellus II was elected the 222nd in the line of Peter, ...
EMERGENCE OF ODUDUWA AS THE SUPREME HIGH PRIEST IN ELU Ile-Ife, the city of the survivors where the dawn of the day was first experienced, head of the whole universe, the land of the most ancient days. Ile-Ife traditional history maintains that from Ife scattered the various species of ...
Possibly. It's in the right place, about a mile from the site of Hicks Hall. And although the hall had been demolished by 1816, the name lived on and was commonly applied to the successor sessions house, whichstill standsin Clerkenwell Green. It seems the perfect fit. ...
Today has been a rather melancholy and solemn day for me. When the anniversary of Jane Austen’s death comes up every year, I rarely mark it on AustenBlog or anywhere else (though I did this year). To me, it’s not something to be celebrated. If Austen had lived her full threescore...