On this day in 1873, Susan B Anthony was fined $100 for voting. In 1940, Churchill spoke of Britain's finest hour. William Joyce was charged with treason in 1945, some argue that that was not fair, as he wasn't English. He had supported the Nazis and instrumentally was involved in the deaths of many freedom fighters. In 1858, Charles Darwin got a paper that convinced him to publish his theory of evolution. In 1053, the then Pope lost a battle, although it might have been argued truth was still on his side. But, in 1429, English man John Falstaff lost a battle against forces led by Joan of Arc. Eventually, she was burned at the stake for her achievement. That, is deeply symbolic.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
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A very fine man has died.
Ray Evans was actually president of the Melbourne University ALP Club and a youthful Federated Fodder and Fuel Trades Union delegate but became one of the country’s leading conservative intellectuals.
Ray trained as an engineer and taught electrical engineering at Deakin before joining Western Mining. He worked with Western Mining boss Hugh Morgan to advocate for the deregulatory policies which have been so critical to our economic growth.
In 1986, Ray co-founded and led the H R Nicholls Society (with Peter Costello), which was hugely effective in pushing for labor market reform. He was later a founder of the Lavoisier Group, one of the earliest centres of resistance anywhere to the global warming alarmism then rampant. Ray, a Christian and student of history and ideological fashions, had global warming pegged from the start as a new faith - and one that threatened not just our prosperity but our freedom and our reason.
He was tireless in advancing freedom and reason against all modern collectivist myths and New Age dreamings. He was one of the forces - with great mate John Stone - behind the Samuel Griffith Society as well as the Bennelong Society, which was critical in dragging political attention to the open wounds of domestic violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities, so long ignored or hushed up by the Left and the then Aboriginal political aristocracy.
I admired Ray for his wisdom, sound instincts, courage, indomitable cheerfulness and deep cultural and historical knowledge. Nothing in human affairs was new to him. It was all set in the long history of humankind - a history he well knew - which enabled Ray to instantly spot old frauds in new clothes.
Ray loved John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, and this year quoted it at me to get me out of a hole and back on the ramparts - which he’d never deserted.
I treasure what he wrote and treasure the man who wrote it:
My deep sympathies to Jill.
UPDATE
Ray would never have missed an opportunity like this to argue. And so here is his pamphlet, Nine Facts About Climate Change, written in 2006:
UPDATE
From John Stone, who co-founded the HR Nicholls Society:
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WHAT THE MEDIA DON'T TELL YOU...LIVE FROM ISTANBUL: Today, after the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's extremely sectarian, separatist, and fictitious speech in Ankara, around 9 PM, the Turkish police began to attack thousands of people who were at the Gezi Park and Taksim square, having dinner. There are children under 4-5 years old, mothers, and old people, among those who were under gas and pressurized water attack. According to reports, police doesn't allow journalists to report or to take pictures from Gezi Park. They are also attacking with pressurized water businesses such as famous Divan Hotel... that opened its doors to protesters, running away from brutality. People are saying, there are thousands of wounded inside of the hotel. People formed a human chain in front of the hotel to prevent police to attack. Another report says that people cannot leave the hotel because police are arresting whoever leaves. There are also unconfirmed reports that police shut down the metro and boats between Asia and Europe to stop people coming and joining the rest. Another report says that there is a jammer in the area to prevent TV stations' broadcast. There are hundreds of wounded. There are a lot of missing children, or children who are separated from their families. Protesters are fighting with police.
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Holly Giesbrecht is loving her new fuzzy hoody! Keeping the Manitoban warm in chilly Melbourne. Pencil, fingerpaint, fluro maker and correction fluid.
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This soldier used CPR learned in an #IDF first-aid course and saved her young neighbor’s life - just another way the IDF saves lives. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/ley60
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I shot this image from outside my driver's side window while driving a little fast in order to try and get ahead of this large shelf cloud system while traveling from Chickasha to Newcastle Oklahoma on May 21st in the pre noon hours.
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The hunt for coffee is over. #FoxStudios #buggy#kitchenwhiz #cruisin
Your coffee has been confiscated by bother Fox .. (Looks at the side of screen). I can imagine some official staring at their hand saying "Where did my coffee go" and that is a silent, electric motor .. right? - ed
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If you're ever in Cornwall in the UK make sure you visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan where you can find some amazing structures in the beautiful gardens..
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Spring in Manhattan
An image from the start of my tour while on assignment with Yahoo! back in May. — withDeepak Taneja at Central Park Upper East Side
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duplication is ok. It happens throughout school and after. For example Algebra in Australia is introduced in year 7 and broadened through year 12 .. but it is still Algebra. I have tutored people at university and note that individual courses introduce Algebra again .. from about a year 9 level. The university has, at a department level, ascertained that that addresses their student needs in the curricula. Nothing sinister in that. It is more efficient than blocking students from progressing on pre-requisites. - ed
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“Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” Psalm 68:4-5 NIV
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- 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
- 1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of theMoon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
- 1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
- 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
- 1684 – The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
- 1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
- 1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
- 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
- 1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
- 1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
- 1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
- 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
- 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike.
- 1994 – The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
Hatches
- 1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)
- 1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
- 1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
- 1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592)
- 1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1673 – Antoni Lliteres Carrió, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
- 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
- 1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
- 1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1854 – E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)
- 1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
- 1863 – George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet (d. 1909)
- 1886 – George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1908 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
- 1910 – Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (d. 1998)
- 1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1936 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
- 1942 – Paul McCartney, English musician, singer and songwriter (The Quarrymen, the Beatles, Wings and the Fireman)
- 1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- 1952 – Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
- 1972 – Anu Tali, Estonian conductor
- 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
- 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1981 – Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
- 1985 – Alex Hirsch, American storyboard artist, television producer, writer, and voice actor, creator of Disney's Gravity Falls
- 1991 – Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
- 2006 – Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Despatches
- 741 – Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (b. 685)
- 1234 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
- 1704 – Tom Brown, English author (b. 1662)
- 1902 – Samuel Butler, English author and poet (b. 1835)
- 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
- 1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
- 1992 – Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
Shorten smeared me: whistleblower claim
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (2:10pm)
Bill Shorten accused again:
===HEALTH Services Union whistleblower Kathy Jackson has accused Bill Shorten of being part of a Labor Party campaign to smear her with a “dirt file” in the media after she exposed corruption.
Ms Jackson told the royal commission into union corruption today that deliberate “smears” by the now federal Labor leader and others started after she went to police with corruption allegations in late 2011 involving the now jailed former HSU boss Michael Williamson.
The union whistleblower, whose exposure of Williamson and fellow former HSU leader Craig Thomson led to their conviction for fraud, claimed the ALP and senior figures in the union movement engaged in a cover-up to make corruption allegations go away....
Asked by counsel assisting the commission Jeremy Stoljar SC about calls she started receiving from journalists after making claims on the ABC’s Lateline program and going to police, Ms Jackson said the calls had continued for three years to the present…
Ms Jackson alleged that journalists would tell her that they had a “dirt file” on her, and she would spend days defending herself. “Compliant journalists” would then write damaging articles about her she said.
“These articles were placed not only by Michael Williamson but Sussex Street (the ALP’s headquarters in Sydney). And when I talk Sussex Street, I mean the ALP. People like Bill Shorten etc.”
The Australian today sought comment from Mr Shorten’s office, and was awaiting a reply from his spokesman.
Obama and Biden claimed victory in Iraq. But now it’s Bush’s fault
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (8:12am)
Barack Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, claimed Iraq as their victory.
Biden in 2010:
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Obama in December, 2011:
I am very optimistic about—about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You’re going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You’re going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.
We’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We’re building a new partnership between our nations. And we are ending a war, not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home. This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.But now that it’s clear they pulled out too soon and lost the gains won, it is all George Bush’s fault, of course.
Ray Evans, pilgrim
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (6:29am)
A very fine man has died.
Ray Evans was actually president of the Melbourne University ALP Club and a youthful Federated Fodder and Fuel Trades Union delegate but became one of the country’s leading conservative intellectuals.
Ray trained as an engineer and taught electrical engineering at Deakin before joining Western Mining. He worked with Western Mining boss Hugh Morgan to advocate for the deregulatory policies which have been so critical to our economic growth.
In 1986, Ray co-founded and led the H R Nicholls Society (with Peter Costello), which was hugely effective in pushing for labor market reform. He was later a founder of the Lavoisier Group, one of the earliest centres of resistance anywhere to the global warming alarmism then rampant. Ray, a Christian and student of history and ideological fashions, had global warming pegged from the start as a new faith - and one that threatened not just our prosperity but our freedom and our reason.
He was tireless in advancing freedom and reason against all modern collectivist myths and New Age dreamings. He was one of the forces - with great mate John Stone - behind the Samuel Griffith Society as well as the Bennelong Society, which was critical in dragging political attention to the open wounds of domestic violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities, so long ignored or hushed up by the Left and the then Aboriginal political aristocracy.
I admired Ray for his wisdom, sound instincts, courage, indomitable cheerfulness and deep cultural and historical knowledge. Nothing in human affairs was new to him. It was all set in the long history of humankind - a history he well knew - which enabled Ray to instantly spot old frauds in new clothes.
Ray loved John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, and this year quoted it at me to get me out of a hole and back on the ramparts - which he’d never deserted.
I treasure what he wrote and treasure the man who wrote it:
Dear AndrewAnd we are indebted in turn to Ray, a pilgrim for truth.
‘Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather’
There’s no discouragement; will make him once relent; His first avowed intent; to be a pilgrim.
Who so beset him round, with dismal stories; Do but themselves confound, His strength the more is.
No lion can him fright, he’ll with a giant fight; But he will have a right, to be a pilgrim.
Hobgoblin nor foul fiend, can daunt his spirit; He knows he at the end, shall life inherit.
Then fancies fly away, he’ll fear not what men say; He’ll labour night and day, to be a pilgrim.
John Bunyan was a tinker and spent 12 years in jail for refusing to give up preaching without a licence. He wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress in prison. He is one of the great pioneers of freedom of speech and the freedom to dissent from religious authorities of whatever kind. We are hugely indebted to him. I used him in my eulogy for Bert Kelly.
Best wishes
Ray
My deep sympathies to Jill.
UPDATE
Ray would never have missed an opportunity like this to argue. And so here is his pamphlet, Nine Facts About Climate Change, written in 2006:
UPDATE
From John Stone, who co-founded the HR Nicholls Society:
From Adam Bisits, president of the HR Nicholls Society:
On 30 April, 1985 the Committee of Review of Australian Industrial Relations (the Hancock Committee) delivered its Report, and shortly thereafter Ray Evans, whom I had never previously met, got in touch with me. Along with Peter Costello and Barry Purvis, we formed the HR Nicholls Society.
The central proposal of the Hancock Report was to establish a new so-called Labour Court, to transfer to that trumped-up body all cases in the industrial relations jurisdiction, and to staff it with members of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.
It was this monster that the Society, led by Ray, set out (successfully) to confront.
In 1989 Ray assumed the Presidency of the Society, and held that post for an extraordinary 21 years.
The Charles Copeman Medal, which was awarded to Ray at the end of that time, is awarded for distinguished service in the cause of industrial relations, but Ray’s service to the public good ranged much more widely than industrial relations. I mention only his major roles in The Samuel Griffith Society, The Galatians Group, The Lavoisier Group and The Bennelong Society to indicate the variety, and the institutional significance, of his interests and the remarkable contribution he made to public policy debate in Australia.
Ray was however much more than a public intellectual. He was first and foremost a man – possessed of all those manly virtues of which one of his heroes, Margaret Thatcher, spoke.
He was widely read, and his writings were steeped in the imagery of the King James Bible, the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, The Pilgrims Progress, and other great parts of the literary canon. Always “valiant for the truth”, it was appropriate that when the Charles Copeman Medal was bestowed upon him, the citation inscribed thereon read as follows:
“RAY EVANS: In recognition of his unparalleled contribution to public policy discourse in Australia, including (but not confined to) his central part in the formation of the HR Nicholls Society and its role throughout the 25 years of its existence. A rock of constancy in a sea of corporate cowardice, he has always placed principle above personal advancement. A steadfast friend and an honourable opponent, he is epitomized in John Bunyan’s everlasting words: ‘Who would true valour see,/Let him come hither;/One here will constant be,/Come wind, come weather’”.
As we mourn a dear friend and great companion, our hearts go out to Jill and his children.
John Stone
Through the HR Nicholls Society Ray Evans was the champion of freedom of employment. Ray was the well read academic, the engineer, the mining company executive, the man of faith. He was a most considerate and kind president of the society. For a quarter century and using these talents Ray directed Australia to freer and thus more prosperous and fulfilling employment relations. With all members of the society I offer Jill and his children our sincere condolences.
Fish killed by cold water the CSIRO said would be warm
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (6:06am)
2012 - warm seas will affect fish:
(Thanks to reader handjive.)
===The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) says climate change is having a big impact on the country’s oceans, with tropical fish turning up as far south as Tasmania.2014 - cold seas kill fish:
Cold Antarctic water probable cause of dead fish washed up on Ninety Mile Beach, EPA says ... [with] beachgoers identifying mainly the leather jacket species and also trevally. The fish prefer warmer waters.Both reports from the ABC, which fails to note CSIRO’s dud prediction.
Large numbers of dead fish have also washed up on Tasmania’s east coast.
(Thanks to reader handjive.)
All that Labor and the Greens will pass are tax rises
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (5:48am)
Is this opposing or sabotaging?:
(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
===The Abbott government’s strategy to convince the states to lead a nation-building infrastructure splurge faces defeat or substantial change in the Senate.Labor blew the Budget and is now blowing up the repairs.
The Australian Greens and the Palmer United Party are set to oppose the legislation on the basis they are against privatisation, while Labor will insist on changes that will give either house of federal Parliament a veto on the types of assets the states can sell.
The positions throw into doubt the measure which the government hopes will encourage the states to privatise up to $40 billion in assets and spend the money on productivity-building infrastructure to help stimulate the economy as the mining boom tapers off.
It threatens to torpedo the NSW budget published on Tuesday, which forecasts earning $13 billion from privatising its electricity distribution networks and $1.9 billion from the federal government’s infrastructure scheme.
The development provides a fresh headache for the Abbott government, which is unable to implement more than half of the $37 billion in cuts and revenue increases in the May budget… These include a $2.6 billion freeze on the indexation of family tax benefits, lifting interests payments and the repayment threshold for higher education fees, worth $3.2 billion, and denying people under 30 the dole for six months, worth $2.1 billion.
(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
Big Nanny smoked out
Andrew Bolt June 18 2014 (5:33am)
Henry Ergas says Big Nanny just left us with big costs:
Chris Merritt on the ABC’s attempts to discredit an earlier report on Roxon’s failure:
===NOT every nanny encourages her charges to take up alcohol and tobacco. But then again, not every health minister is like Nicola Roxon…
Plain packaging, she boasted, would “reduce the consumption of tobacco by about 6 per cent and reduce the number of smokers by 2 to 3 per cent”.
In fact, Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows tobacco consumption increased by 2.5 per cent in volume terms in the year immediately after the introduction of plain packaging.
True, there was a large fall in this year’s March quarter; but even putting aside the notorious unreliability of quarterly data, tobacco taxes rose 12.5 per cent in December 2013, reducing consumption in the short run, much as tax hikes have in the past.
Of course, some of the growth in expenditure on tobacco leading up to the tax rise may have been due to wholesalers stocking up before prices increased. But while consumption rose in December, the rise was not unusually marked, as would normally happen with stockpiling. The stockpiling explanation is therefore unconvincing…
And before plain packaging there was the alcopops tax. It did reduce consumption: but at the expense of an offsetting switch to beer and spirits. To make matters worse, the tax may have led young people to cut back on small scale alcopops purchases, instead saving up for more harmful binges.
Chris Merritt on the ABC’s attempts to discredit an earlier report on Roxon’s failure:
THE ABC’s Media Watch has declined to explain why it sought to defend the effectiveness of the Gillard government’s plain-packaging laws for tobacco by relying on analysis by two of the Gillard government’s advisers.(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
Based on the views of those advisers, Media Watch concluded on Monday that The Australian was wrong when it reported plain-packaging laws had led to an increase in cigarette consumption.
The political involvement of one of these advisers, Mike Daube, was disclosed by Media Watch while the other, Stephen Koukoulas, was described only as a well-known economist.
Professor Daube had chaired a government panel that favoured plain-packaging laws while Mr Koukoulas had been Julia Gillard’s senior economics adviser.
Media Watch executive producer Tim Latham declined to say whether he knew Mr Koukoulas had been on Ms Gillard’s staff and instead issued a statement describing him as a well-respected economist whose conclusions were supported by figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Mr Latham declined to explain why Media Watch had selectively quoted from a tobacco industry statement in a way that excluded material that supports The Australian’s report cigarette sales were rising despite the plain-packaging laws…
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WHAT THE MEDIA DON'T TELL YOU...LIVE FROM ISTANBUL: Today, after the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's extremely sectarian, separatist, and fictitious speech in Ankara, around 9 PM, the Turkish police began to attack thousands of people who were at the Gezi Park and Taksim square, having dinner. There are children under 4-5 years old, mothers, and old people, among those who were under gas and pressurized water attack. According to reports, police doesn't allow journalists to report or to take pictures from Gezi Park. They are also attacking with pressurized water businesses such as famous Divan Hotel... that opened its doors to protesters, running away from brutality. People are saying, there are thousands of wounded inside of the hotel. People formed a human chain in front of the hotel to prevent police to attack. Another report says that people cannot leave the hotel because police are arresting whoever leaves. There are also unconfirmed reports that police shut down the metro and boats between Asia and Europe to stop people coming and joining the rest. Another report says that there is a jammer in the area to prevent TV stations' broadcast. There are hundreds of wounded. There are a lot of missing children, or children who are separated from their families. Protesters are fighting with police.
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Holly Giesbrecht is loving her new fuzzy hoody! Keeping the Manitoban warm in chilly Melbourne. Pencil, fingerpaint, fluro maker and correction fluid.
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Why would they do such a thing? To read left wing newspapers? - ed
This soldier used CPR learned in an #IDF first-aid course and saved her young neighbor’s life - just another way the IDF saves lives. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/ley60
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I shot this image from outside my driver's side window while driving a little fast in order to try and get ahead of this large shelf cloud system while traveling from Chickasha to Newcastle Oklahoma on May 21st in the pre noon hours.
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I know it. The budget is responsible. For 16 years we missed those. No money being tossed on bad policy, this builds NSW and allows growth. I applaud it. - ed
The hunt for coffee is over. #FoxStudios #buggy#kitchenwhiz #cruisin
Your coffee has been confiscated by bother Fox .. (Looks at the side of screen). I can imagine some official staring at their hand saying "Where did my coffee go" and that is a silent, electric motor .. right? - ed
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If you're ever in Cornwall in the UK make sure you visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan where you can find some amazing structures in the beautiful gardens..
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Spring in Manhattan
An image from the start of my tour while on assignment with Yahoo! back in May. — withDeepak Taneja at Central Park Upper East Side
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duplication is ok. It happens throughout school and after. For example Algebra in Australia is introduced in year 7 and broadened through year 12 .. but it is still Algebra. I have tutored people at university and note that individual courses introduce Algebra again .. from about a year 9 level. The university has, at a department level, ascertained that that addresses their student needs in the curricula. Nothing sinister in that. It is more efficient than blocking students from progressing on pre-requisites. - ed
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- 1053 – Humphrey of Hauteville led the armies of theNormans in the Battle of Civitate against the combined forces of Pope Leo IX and the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellownaturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (pictured) on natural selection, which prompted Darwin to publish his theoryof evolution.
- 1953 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the first aviation accident with over 100 fatalities.
- 1983 – Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged because of their membership in the Bahá'í Faith.
- 1994 – The Troubles: Members of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Forceattacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.
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- 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
- 1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of theMoon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
- 1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
- 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
- 1633 – Charles I, is crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
- 1684 – The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
- 1757 – Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
- 1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1799 – Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith
- 1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland.
- 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
- 1830 – French invasion of Algeria.
- 1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
- 1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- 1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 1908 – The University of the Philippines is established.
- 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon themechanic).
- 1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- 1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
- 1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
- 1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
- 1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
- 1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
- 1953 – The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
- 1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
- 1954 – Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
- 1972 – Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
- 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
- 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike.
- 1994 – The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
- 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
- 2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
- 2007 – The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina killing nine firefighters.
- 2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
- 2012 – Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Births[edit]
- 1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)
- 1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
- 1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
- 1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592)
- 1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
- 1673 – Antoni Lliteres Carrió, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
- 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
- 1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
- 1717 – Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
- 1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
- 1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1833)
- 1769 – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician (d. 1822)
- 1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
- 1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
- 1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1839 – William H. Seward, Jr., American general (d. 1920)
- 1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914)
- 1854 – E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)
- 1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
- 1863 – George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet (d. 1909)
- 1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral, Regent of Hungary (d. 1957)
- 1870 – Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1954)
- 1877 – James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (d. 1960)
- 1881 – Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956)
- 1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1949)
- 1884 – Édouard Daladier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1970)
- 1886 – George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1886 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (d. 1978)
- 1887 – Tancrède Labbé, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1956)
- 1891 – Mae Busch, Australian-American actress (d. 1946)
- 1895 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)
- 1896 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1901 – Llewellyn Rees, English actor (b. 1994)
- 1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
- 1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
- 1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
- 1905 – Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
- 1908 – Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian politician (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1910 – Dick Foran, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
- 1910 – Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Glenn Morris, American decathlete and actor (d. 1974)
- 1913 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian surgeon (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008)
- 1914 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Robert Kanigher, American author (d. 2002)
- 1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician, 25th President of Colombia (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
- 1917 – Jack Karnehm, English sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
- 1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1919 – Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor (d. 1995)
- 1920 – Ian Carmichael, English actor (d. 2010)
- 1920 – John B. Heilman, American politician (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Matthew Ianniello, American mobster (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Jean Delumeau, French historian
- 1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Robert Arthur, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Robert Beadell, American composer (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (d. 1998)
- 1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1928 – Michael Blakemore, Australian director
- 1928 – David T. Lykken, American geneticist (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian politician, 34th President of Brazil
- 1931 – K. S. Sudarshan, Indian nationalist (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet and educator
- 1934 – Brian Kenny, British Army officer
- 1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Hugh McColl, American banker
- 1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1936 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
- 1936 – Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname
- 1937 – Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1937 – Del Harris, American basketball player and coach
- 1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American politician
- 1937 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (d. 2006)
- 1937 – Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
- 1938 – Eddie Jones, American businessman (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian footballer and coach
- 1939 – Lou Brock, American baseball player
- 1939 – Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian author, journalist, and historian
- 1939 – Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
- 1940 – Michael Sheard, Scottish-English actor (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Paul Mayersberg, English writer
- 1941 – Delia Smith, English chef and author
- 1942 – John Bellany, Scottish painter (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Pat Hutchins, English children's writer and illustrator
- 1942 – Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa
- 1942 – Paul McCartney, English musician, singer and songwriter (The Quarrymen, the Beatles, Wings and the Fireman)
- 1942 – Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos) (d. 1980)
- 1942 – Nick Tate, Australian actor
- 1942 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress
- 1944 – Sandy Posey, American singer
- 1946 – Russell Ash, English author
- 1946 – Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager
- 1946 – Luan Peters, English actress
- 1946 – Gordon Murray, South African race car designer
- 1947 – Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
- 1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1947 – Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
- 1948 – Philip Jackson, English actor
- 1948 – Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
- 1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano
- 1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
- 1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter (The Tartans) (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Mike Johanns, American politician, 38th Governor of Nebraska
- 1950 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (d. 2011)
- 1951 – Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
- 1951 – Ian Hargreaves, British journalist
- 1951 – Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist
- 1951 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (d. 2014)
- 1952 – Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician
- 1952 – Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 – Carol Kane, American actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- 1952 – Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
- 1953 – Raimo Aas, Estonian radio host
- 1953 – Derek Deane, British choreographer
- 1953 – Peter Donohoe, English classical pianist
- 1953 – Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1955 – Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1956 – Brian Benben, American actor
- 1957 – Ralph Brown, English actor
- 1957 – Ray Cochrane, Northern Irish jockey and sports agent
- 1957 – Andrea Evans, American actress
- 1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1957 – Richard Powers, American author
- 1958 – Peter Altmaier, German politician
- 1960 – Barbara Broccoli, American film producer
- 1960 – Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
- 1961 – Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper, SinDizzy, and Bloodgood)
- 1961 – Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-American baseball player
- 1961 – Angela Johnson, American author and poet
- 1961 – Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter (Yazoo and The Vandals)
- 1962 – Jeff Mills, American DJ and producer (Underground Resistance)
- 1962 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1962 – Lisa Randall, American physicist
- 1963 – Dizzy Reed, American keyboard player, songwriter, and actor (Guns N' Roses and Johnny Crash)
- 1963 – Bruce Smith, American football player
- 1964 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
- 1964 – Patti Webster, American publicist (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Kim Dickens, American actress
- 1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
- 1968 – Frank Müller, German decathlete
- 1969 – Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
- 1969 – Christopher Largen, American journalist and author
- 1969 – Vito LoGrasso, American wrestler
- 1970 – Robin Christopher, American actress
- 1970 – Katie Derham, English television newsreader and presenter
- 1970 – Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
- 1970 – Greg Yaitanes, American director and producer
- 1971 – Kerry Butler, American actress and singer
- 1971 – Mara Hobel, American actress
- 1971 – Gaute Kivistik, Estonian humorist and journalist
- 1971 – Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
- 1971 – Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1972 – Anu Tali, Estonian conductor
- 1972 – Wikus du Toit, South African actor, director, and composer
- 1972 – Michal Yannai, Israeli actress
- 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
- 1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
- 1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer and manager
- 1974 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor
- 1975 – Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter and producer
- 1975 – Jamel Debbouze, French-Moroccan actor and producer
- 1975 – Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
- 1975 – Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer
- 1975 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Alana de la Garza, American actress
- 1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Witte Wartena, Dutch illustrator
- 1977 – Evelin Talts, Estonian runner
- 1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1979 – Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player
- 1980 – David Giuntoli, American actor
- 1980 – Craig Mottram, Australian runner
- 1980 – Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 – Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1980 – Tara Platt, American actress
- 1980 – Imre Tiitsu, Estonian ice sledge hockey player
- 1981 – Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
- 1981 – Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
- 1981 – Marco Streller, Swiss footballer
- 1982 – Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
- 1982 – Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Billy Slater, Australian rugby player
- 1983 – Cameron Smith, Australian rugby player
- 1984 – Nanyak Dala, Canadian rugby player
- 1984 – Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1984 – Kissy Sell Out, English DJ and producer
- 1984 – Ronnie Stam, Dutch footballer
- 1985 – Chris Coghlan, American baseball player
- 1985 – Gia Johnson, English model
- 1985 – Alex Hirsch, American storyboard artist, television producer, writer, and voice actor, creator of Disney's Gravity Falls
- 1986 – Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete
- 1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- 1986 – Richard Madden, Scottish actor
- 1987 – Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer
- 1987 – Melanie Iglesias, American model and actress
- 1988 – Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
- 1989 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
- 1990 – Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 – Sandra Izbaşa, Romanian gymnast
- 1990 – Christian Taylor, American triple jumper
- 1990 – Mitsuki Tanimura, Japanese actress
- 1991 – Willa Holland, American actress
- 1991 – Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
- 1997 – Max Records, American actor
- 2006 – Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Deaths[edit]
- 741 – Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (b. 685)
- 1234 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
- 1291 – Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
- 1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)
- 1588 – Robert Crowley, English poet (b. 1517)
- 1629 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (b. 1577)
- 1650 – Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575)
- 1673 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founder the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606)
- 1704 – Tom Brown, English author (b. 1662)
- 1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
- 1742 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670)
- 1749 – Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
- 1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (b. 1706)
- 1772 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (b. 1700)
- 1788 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
- 1794 – François Buzot, French politician (b. 1760)
- 1794 – James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1721)
- 1815 – Thomas Picton, Welsh general (b. 1758)
- 1833 – Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
- 1835 – William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)
- 1866 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1902 – Samuel Butler, English author and poet (b. 1835)
- 1905 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
- 1915 – Eufemio Zapata, Mexican brother of Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873)
- 1916 – Max Immelmann, German pilot (b. 1890)
- 1917 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
- 1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851)
- 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
- 1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
- 1937 – Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
- 1942 – Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
- 1943 – Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer (b. 1912)
- 1945 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (b. 1886)
- 1947 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
- 1952 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (b. 1888)
- 1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
- 1963 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
- 1967 – Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
- 1967 – Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
- 1971 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1971 – Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1973 – Roger Delgado, English actor (b. 1918)
- 1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (b. 1896)
- 1974 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
- 1975 – Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher (b. 1883)
- 1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
- 1980 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1980 – André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1982 – Djuna Barnes, American author (b. 1892)
- 1982 – John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)
- 1984 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934)
- 1985 – Paul Colin, French illustrator (b. 1892)
- 1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
- 1992 – Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
- 1992 – Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896)
- 1997 – Lev Kopelev, Russian author (b. 1912)
- 2000 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2002 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster (b. 1924)
- 2003 – Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Ernest Martin, American murderer (b. 1960)
- 2004 – Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1972)
- 2005 – Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
- 2007 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Hank Medress, American singer and producer (The Tokens) (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
- 2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- 2008 – Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
- 2008 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (b. 1980)
- 2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese author, poet, playwright, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
- 2011 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (E Street Band) (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Gerry Bron, English record producer and manager (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906)
- 2012 – Lina Haag, German activist (b. 1907)
- 2012 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (b. 1988)
- 2012 – Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989)
- 2012 – Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Jim Packard, American radio host and producer (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Salem Ali Qatan, Yemeni military officer
- 2012 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (b. 1929)
- 2012 – William Van Regenmorter, American politician (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Alastair Donaldson, Scottish bass player (The Rezillos and Silly Wizard) (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Vernon Fougère, Canadian bishop (b. 1943)
- 2013 – Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Michael Hastings, American journalist (b. 1980)
- 2013 – Dave Petitjean, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Claudio Rocchi, Italian singer-songwriter and bass player (Stormy Six) (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Colin Stansfield Smith, English architect and academic (b. 1932)
- 2013 – David Wall, English ballet dancer (b. 1946)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Autistic Pride Day (International)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Evacuation Day (Egypt)
- Foundation Day (Benguet)
- National Day (Seychelles)
- Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)
“Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” Psalm 68:4-5 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Help, Lord."
Psalm 12:1
Psalm 12:1
The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, sententious, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication--when the creature failed, he flew to the Creator. He evidently felt his own weakness, or he would not have cried for help; but at the same time he intended honestly to exert himself for the cause of truth, for the word "help" is inapplicable where we ourselves do nothing. There is much of directness, clearness of perception, and distinctness of utterance in this petition of two words; much more, indeed, than in the long rambling outpourings of certain professors. The Psalmist runs straight-forward to his God, with a well-considered prayer; he knows what he is seeking, and where to seek it. Lord, teach us to pray in the same blessed manner.
The occasions for the use of this prayer are frequent. In providential afflictions how suitable it is for tried believers who find all helpers failing them. Students, in doctrinal difficulties, may often obtain aid by lifting up this cry of "Help, Lord," to the Holy Spirit, the great Teacher. Spiritual warriors in inward conflicts may send to the throne for reinforcements, and this will be a model for their request. Workers in heavenly labour may thus obtain grace in time of need. Seeking sinners, in doubts and alarms, may offer up the same weighty supplication; in fact, in all these cases, times, and places, this will serve the turn of needy souls. "Help, Lord," will suit us living and dying, suffering or labouring, rejoicing or sorrowing. In him our help is found, let us not be slack to cry to him.
The answer to the prayer is certain, if it be sincerely offered through Jesus. The Lord's character assures us that he will not leave his people; his relationship as Father and Husband guarantee us his aid; his gift of Jesus is a pledge of every good thing; and his sure promise stands, "Fear not, I will help thee."
Evening
"Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it."
Numbers 21:17
Numbers 21:17
Famous was the well of Beer in the wilderness, because it was the subject of a promise: "That is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water." The people needed water, and it was promised by their gracious God. We need fresh supplies of heavenly grace, and in the covenant the Lord has pledged himself to give all we require. The well next became the cause of a song. Before the water gushed forth, cheerful faith prompted the people to sing; and as they saw the crystal fount bubbling up, the music grew yet more joyous. In like manner, we who believe the promise of God should rejoice in the prospect of divine revivals in our souls, and as we experience them our holy joy should overflow. Are we thirsting? Let us not murmur, but sing. Spiritual thirst is bitter to bear, but we need not bear it--the promise indicates a well; let us be of good heart, and look for it. Moreover, the well was the centre of prayer. "Spring up, O well." What God has engaged to give, we must enquire after, or we manifest that we have neither desire nor faith. This evening let us ask that the Scripture we have read, and our devotional exercises, may not be an empty formality, but a channel of grace to our souls. O that God the Holy Spirit would work in us with all his mighty power, filling us with all the fulness of God. Lastly, the well was the object of effort. "The nobles of the people digged it with their staves." The Lord would have us active in obtaining grace. Our staves are ill adapted for digging in the sand, but we must use them to the utmost of our ability. Prayer must not be neglected; the assembling of ourselves together must not be forsaken; ordinances must not be slighted. The Lord will give us his peace most plenteously, but not in a way of idleness. Let us, then, bestir ourselves to seek him in whom are all our fresh springs.
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Jehonathan
[Jēhŏn'a than] jehovah hath given. In the R. V. the English form of this name is given twice as Jonathan.
[Jēhŏn'a than] jehovah hath given. In the R. V. the English form of this name is given twice as Jonathan.
- Son of Uzziah and an official appointed by David to have charge over royal treasures (1 Chron. 27:25).
- A Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chron. 17:8).
- A priest and head of his father's house of Shemaiah in the days of the high priest Joiakim ( Neh. 12:18). Called Jonathan in Nehemiah 12:35.
Today's reading: Nehemiah 8-9, Acts 3 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Nehemiah 8-9
1 ...all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
2 So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. 3 He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law....
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 3
Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer-at three in the afternoon. 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!" 5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them....
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