Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Yesterday I remembered: The day before our wedding way back when.
Today I remembered: The day of our wedding. She was 21. So was I, just not quite.
Today I also remembered: Solomon Headings and the Rush Limbaugh Show arrived.
What have Ruby and I done so far today that’s out of the ordinary? Read it all
Earlier this week, a (liberal, but does that matter?) friend on Facebook shared a photo of a tee shirt that says, “Illegal immigration started in 1492.”
I commented: “Wow! That’s quite recent! ;-)”
Now this afternoon I learn about the Clovis people, upon whom science had settled as the first native Americans. (I don’t recall ever hearing of them before.)
Turns out, though, that (until this settled science gets unsettled) Read it all
That’s quite the quote, eh?
The you in it was a very famous person.
And he signed his agreement with the accusation on this day: June 22.
See 1633 below…but let’s not get any further ahead of ourselves! Read it all
It was a busy day — a second gained here, a day lost there, a blue moon eclipsed over this way, an evil empire ditched (perhaps), a now-evil light bulb lit, a quad of Beatles on the way out, a state divided in the East, and thus goes a busy day in history (which is alleged to repeat itself, you know).
1384 — John Wycliffe (the Morning Star of the Reformation) dies.
1695 — A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax. Coming soon to a window near you? Read it all
Welcome, blue Monday! Or maybe it’s green. Or yellow. Or a rainbow. Whatever it is, I’m glad it is.
So, on this day in history, a few events selected as outstanding if not notable….
1777 — Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the capital of the United States for one whole day. (For all that I know, it may still be the capital of “Mennonitism.”)
1821 — Mexico gains its independence from Spain…and borrowed from its 47-year-old northern neighbor’s name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
1905 — The journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc2.
1928 — The United States recognizes the Republic of China. Would it still recognize it today?
1933 — Baby Carol was born. Many years later I became her nephew. Happy Birthday, Aunt Carol!
1939 — Warsaw (Poland) surrenders to both the Nazis and the Communists?!
1964 — The Warren Commission releases its (in)famous report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy. Maybe so.
1979 — The United States Department of Education becomes the thirteenth US Cabinet agency. How lucky is that?!
1994 — More than 350 Republican congressional candidates gather on the steps of the US Capitol to sign the “Contract with America.” How did that hope and change work out?
2010 — Mark and Ruby Roth relocate their sleeping quarters to their next place to live. (At posting time, this is a predicted plan and not an accomplished reality.)
Doesn’t it seem like it was just yesterday…?
1939 — Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.
1969 — Muammar al-Qaddafi (27) launches a coup against Libya’s King Idris I.
1983 — Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter. All 269 on board perish.
1985 — Some French and American guys (and gals?) find the RMS Titanic about 400 miles east of Newfoundland.
2010 — President Obama declares an end to US combat operations in Iraq.
Is it anti-Semitic? 😯
Maybe before too long it will write and sign a declaration of independence, thanks to the work of Israeli hackers. 😆
Soorena-2, named after an ancient Persian warrior, was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday. It is 1.45 metres 4.7 feet tall and weighs 45 kilograms 99 pounds, the report said.
Source: Iran unveils human-like robot
OK, that’s the first declaration referenced in the title.
The second is the US Declaration of Independence.
Just like I have a question to go along with the first declaration above, I have one to go with the second….
How come the Colonists were entitled to independence but not the Confederates?