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9th Day of Christmas; Feast of Sts. Basil & Gregory, the Reconquista of Christian Lands, 2nd Battle of Trenton, Big Bottom Indian Massacre, Barbarian Migration into Rome, Luna I Spacecraft, the Yorkshire Ripper, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 2 Today is the 9th Day of Christmas Feasts of
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Today: New Years Eve, 7th Day of Christmas, St. Sylvester, East India Company, American Invasion of Canada, Migration Period, James I the Conqueror, Reconquista, Arthur Guinness, Marshall Plan, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Lord Cornwallis, Pax Romana, John Wycliffe, and More Holidays and Observances on December 31 Today is the 7th Day
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The Battle of Trenton saves the Revolution, The 2nd Day of Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the Soviet Union dissolves, Boxing Day, the Beetles, the 2004 Tsunami, and more. . . Holidays & Observances on December 26 Today is the Second Day of the Twelve Days of Christmas The
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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: 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: 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: Slavery, Dunmore’s Proclamation, Small Pox & The Ethiopian Regiment in the Revolutionary War; England’s Glorious Revolution; Lutefisk; John Milton; Christmas Music . . . AND MORE . . .
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 3 Holidays & Observances on December 3 The feast of St. Francis Xavier, one of history’s most successful Catholic missionaries and, in 1534, one of the co-founders of the Jesuit Order. Before joining the clergy, Xavier was a student
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A look at some of the history and holidays on December 2 Holidays & Observances on December 2 The Feast of St. Bibiana, a virgin martyr of the early Roman Church. Legend has it that According to this legend, Bibiana was the daughter of a former prefect, Flavianus, who was
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 28, the Thanksgiving Edition Holidays & Observances on November 28 Thanksgiving Day — In 1620, the Mayflower set out with 102 people aboard, most of whom were pilgrims had left their home of 12 years in Leiden destined for
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A look at some of the history and holidays on November 26 Holidays & Observances on November 26 Feast of St. Siricius, a Pope who lived and died in his 75th year, that also being the 15th year of his papacy, on this day in 399 A.D. He is an
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays on November 25 Holidays & Observances on November 25 Feast of Catherine of Alexandria, born a Princess in the 4th century, she was a scholar who converted to Christianity at age 14. She converted hundreds of others to the faith over
Continue readingAn eclectic survey of some of the history that occurred on this day Holidays On 11 November Veterans Day, originally a celebration of the Armistice ending WWI, it was changed in 1954 to a celebration honoring all U.S. military veterans. Happy Veterans Day. Feast of Martin of Tours, a 4th
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Reparations for the unpaid labor of blacks held in slavery in America are speculative at best and cannot be fairly distributed or imposed. [Note: The picture to the left, which shows Democrat Robert Byrd in a KKK outfit. is a Photoshop, but I use it because, to use the phrase
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Reparations that economically penalize modern Americans for ancient acts to benefit other modern Americans are not justified by any fair reading of history. 2020 Democrat presidential candidates immersed in race-obsessed identity politics (as a substitute for the class-based politics of pure Marxism) are pushing the for the Holy Grail of
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