Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Today: The First Christmas, the Coronation of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Baldwin of Boulogne, Halley’s Comet, Menachem Begin, Sadat, Isaac Newton, Jimmy Buffett, Saint Anastasia of Sirmium, W. C. Fields, Christmas Music, And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 25 Luke 2:11-12 For unto you is born
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Today: Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass of Pope Benedict XVI, The 12 Days of Christmas, Santa Claus, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 24, Christmas Eve Midnight Mass – NBC Broadcast: The last Christmas Eve Mass of Pope Benedict XVI Why celebrate Christmas Eve and
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Today: Festivus, Washington Resigns, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Glorious Revolution, Fed. Reserve Act, Transistors, John Jay, AK-47, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 23 The Great O’s – The last of the “Great O’s” of Advent, (see explanation on Dec. 17) celebrated today is
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Today: Doubting Thomas, Plymouth Colony, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, the Lockerbie Bombing, Bloody Christmas, George Patton, Bethlehem, Christmas Music, And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 21 Feast Day of Thomas the Apostle. Thomas was one of the twelve apostles of Christ. He is most
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Today: Richard the Lionheart, South Carolina secedes, the Louisiana Purchase, Vespasian, Hitler, Sacagawea, Christmas Music, And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 20 Feast of Santo Domingo of Silos, an 11th century Spanish shepherd who became a monk and a priest. After being driven out of Navarre,
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Today: 1st Settlement at Jamestown, Paine’s American Crisis, Valley Forge, Conway Cabal, Joseph Plum Martin, Henry II, J.M.W. Turner, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 19 The Great O’s – The “Great O’s” of Advent (see explanation on Dec. 17) celebrated today is “O
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Today: Saturnalia, Sol Invictus & the history of Christmas; France recognizes America during the Revolution; Grant, orders the Jews expelled with General Order No. 11, Christmas Music And More . . . December Holidays of Ancient Rome – Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, & Christmas The “bleak midwinter,” that being the time
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Today: The Boston Tea Party leads to a Revolution, King Henry VI of England . . .and France, English Bill of Rights of 1689, Hans Bol, Beethoven, Christmas Music And More . . . Major Events on Dec. 16 1773 – Boston Tea Party makes the American Revolution virtually inevitable
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Today: The History of the Bill of Rights, Prohibition Ends, Battle of Nashville, the Holocaust in the Ukraine, Nero, Sitting Bull, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 15 Bill of Rights Day – Today we celebrate the Bill of Rights becoming the law of
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Today: St. John of the Cross, Paxton Boys rebel, Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause, Napoleon, War of 1812, Jimmy Doolittle, Washington Dies, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Feast of John of the Cross – St. John of the Cross, a 15th century Carmelite
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Today: Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe, Japan commits the Rape of Nanking, the EU conducts a coup with the Lisbon Treaty, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 13 Acadian Remembrance Day – Acadia was a sizable area of French settlements in coastal Canada
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A look at some of the history and holidays on November 29 Holidays & Observances on November 29 Feast of Father Cuthbert Mayne – one of the Forty Martys of England and Wales, he was the first seminary trained priest to be executed for practicing his faith in Elizabethan England.
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