In 371 BC, on this day, the Battle of Leuctra ended Spartan supremacy and altered battle tactics which were noted by Phillip of Macedonia, father to Alexander the Great. In 1415, Jan Hus was burned at the stake for inspiring Martin Luther. In 1483, Richard III was crowned. It was the last time Yorkshire provided a king, although, through the female side of York, Lancaster was allowed to provide the rest. In 1535, lukewarm idealist Thomas More was executed for treason. He had written of Utopia, but not practiced it. Some said of Mary Ist, of England that her husband, King Phillip of Spain was not good for England. Mary was the second of Phillip's four wives. Phillip set sail from Dover with British ships to Calais, which he lost, the last English possession on French soil in 1557.
America adopted the dollar in 1785. In 1854, the first GOP convention was held. Nine year old Joseph Meister had been bitten by a rabid dog and was likely to die, but for the intervention of Louis Pasteur who inoculated him. It was the first successful inoculation in 1885. The boy went to live a full life. He took his life in 1940, thinking he had sent his family to death fleeing the Nazis. But they had returned too late to the Pasteur institute he had dedicated his life to, later in the day. TE Lawrence led some Arabs successfully on this day in 1917. Anne Frank went into hiding in 1942. Jackie Robinson was court martial-ed for not going to the back of the bus in 1944. Paul McCartney and John Lennon met on this day for the first time in 1957. In 1995, to Clinton's enduring fame, Mladic began his murder of 8000 civilians in former Yugoslavia. But Clinton's compassion for minorities was crowned in 1999 when an army private died after having been bashed in his sleep by a jealous colleague over a trans gender showgirl.
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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
I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
===Matches
- 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
- 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
- 1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
- 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
- 1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during theMing–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
- 1415 – Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
- 1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
- 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
- 1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200.
- 1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
- 1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1941 – Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
- 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
- 1944 – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
- 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
- 1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Fourteen bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
- 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
- 1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
- 2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
Hatches
- 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
- 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
- 1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
- 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
- 1781 – Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (d. 1826)
- 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
- 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
- 1887 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
- 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States
- 1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
- 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer
- 1935 – 14th Dalai Lama
- 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
- 1939 – John Makepeace, English furniture designer
- 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor
- 1946 – George W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 43rd President of the United States
- 1947 – Shelley Hack, American actress
- 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
- 1955 – Michael Boyd, Irish theatre director
- 1960 – Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
- 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
- 1981 – Emily West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
- 1990 – Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1996 – Sun Ziyue, Chinese tennis player
- 1996 – Sigrid Schjetne, Norwegian homicide victim (d. 2012)
Despatches
- 371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
- 649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French-German priest and bishop (b. 585)
- 1017 – Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
- 1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
- 1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
- 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
- 1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
- 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
- 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
How tennis ace Nick Kyrgios grand slammed any notion Australia is racist
Piers Akerman – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (7:36pm)
CANBERRA teenager Nick Kyrgios gave the lie to claims of Australian racism when he was cheered by fans across the nation and around the world after his historic victory over Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon.
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Piers Akerman – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (2:16am)
CANBERRA teenager Nick Kyrgios gave the lie to claims of Australian racism when he was cheered by fans across the nation and around the world after his historic victory over Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon.
Kyrgios, whose father is of Greek origin and mother is from Malaysia, does not look like a whitebread Anglo sort of bloke. Yet not a commentator mentioned his features when applauding his win at the Grand Slam tournament.
Nor did anyone note that Melbourne-born Musa Cerantonio, widely regarded by security forces internationally as one of the most influential recruiters for the ultra-violent Islamic State, formerly known as ISIL, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, looks more like an average young Anglo-Irish bush dance caller than the spruiker for Middle Eastern terrorism that he is.
But there he was, with his beaming grin shining from a youthful bushy reddish beard on the ubiquitous YouTube announcing his support for the Sunni caliphate, or Muslim state, in the territory seized by the extremist hordes following the black flag of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a militant with a $10 million bounty on his head.
Baghdadi, a delusionary who claims to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad, has been slaughtering all those who are not prepared to convert to Sunni Islam, as he enthusiastically spreads the message of the so-called religion of peace.
Those who cling to the failed notion of multiculturalism in Australia and fight to block freedom of speech by supporting the retention of the offensive section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, do so because they don’t want their prejudices held up to public scrutiny by the majority. It is their minority view they want to prevail and, under that view, the causes of community dissent can’t be explored, let alone challenged, without inviting claims of bigotry.
Part of the dogma of the multicultural industry relies on the false claim that there is at the heart of Anglo-Australian culture an irrational fear of something called the Other — that is, anyone who doesn’t look like a Chesty Bond, blonde beach-loving Aussie caricature. But it was impossible to discern any fear of Nick Kyrgios last week.
On the contrary, much of the nation was delighted to find a new young hero to worship. Green-and-gold bedraped Australians at Wimbledon who had never heard of the newcomer a week earlier were seen screaming themselves hoarse with encouragement, and those at home laughed and cried as they learnt that his proud mother, Norlaila, didn’t think her youngster was good enough to beat a champion of Nadal’s stature at the world’s greatest tennis tournament.
While this was delighting the nation, Cerantonio was hitting the anti-social media to step up his recruiting drive for death squads. Early on Wednesday, he announced he was planning to leave his hiding place (believed to be in the Philippines), to join the murderers in the Middle East.
Clearly it is not a case of one race being acceptable and another unacceptable, one appearance being frightening, another welcoming. It is a case of one culture being benign and one being lethal.
The deadly Islamist culture Cerantonio has chosen is undoubtedly Koranic in origin.
In his all-too popular videos, Cerantonio brandishes the Islamic holy book like a banner, exhorting his followers to observe its message.
That message, unchanged since medieval times and unquestioned by Islam’s most fanatical supporters and brutally applied by al-Baghdadi and his minions is one of death for those who will not bend to his brand of Islam as the bodies of Christians, Kurds and non-Sunni demonstrate.
It has appealed to a hundred or more young Australians who have travelled to join the extremist militants in Syria and Iraq.
Last week, Attorney-General George Brandis met a group of Islamic leaders in Canberra to discuss changes which will permit the domestic and international agencies ASIO and ASIS to better deal with the threat posed to national security by those who have gone or plan to go and join the Islamists in the Middle East.
The good intentions of the imams and community leaders are to be applauded but what is really needed is a thorough examination of the culture within the Muslim community — not a homogenous group by any means — which nurtures and supports individuals such as Cerantonio and Sydney sheik Abu Sulayman, a senior official in the Syrian militant group, Jabhat al-Nusra.
Until then, the anti-social activities of significant members of the Muslim community are deserving of suspicion and will remain so until the majority of Muslims demonstrate that Australian culture, our way of life, is not threatened by these radical extremists.
THEY KNOW SOME WORDS
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (1:38pm)
“Two young women spent yesterday making this," reports Labor’s Kate Lundy. Good for them. Next step: forming an actual sentence.
UPDATE. Look out, Tony! It’s the biggest big giant puppet head ever:
Tony Abbott will be seen standing tall at a rally on Sunday, but a puppet made in the 28th prime minister’s likeness won’t be flattering.About 10 “creatives”, from musicians to theatre crew, incensed by the federal government’s first budget in May, have created a three-metre puppet which will have red LED lights and a smoke machine delicately inserted in its rear end.The man behind the idea, early childhood teacher Matthew Armstrong, said the aim was to make a policy rather than personal point.
Well, obviously. That was probably this bloke’s aim, too.
TOO RUDE FOR FAIRFAX
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (3:39am)
Fairfax endorsed Clementine Ford’s “F… Abbott” t-shirts, but certain words are now apparently too extreme for Fairfax publication. Jacqueline Maley avoids the forbidden terminology:
… your self-congratulation at having invented a new rude name to call female newspaper columnists …
Previous non-naming has now extended to non-wording. It’s a silencing of dissent!
BECAUSE THEY’RE BLACK
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (2:54am)
Slate identifies the crucial issue of black pet discrimination:
Just when you were hoping there were no new ways to be racist, it turns out people may be racist against dogs.
If colour is the cause of pet bigotry, surely this means anti-coal protesters are also racist. Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen a wind turbine that isn’t white?
CAT PREDICTION A LESSON TO US ALL
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (2:23am)
Age letters correspondent Brian Powell has a message for us terrible denialists:
In the 1950s, Melbourne naturalist Crosbie Morrison warned that if we did not act on the problem of domestic cats going feral, our native mammals would be threatened with extinction. He advocated the sterilisation of pet cats. Unfortunately his warning was ignored, his prediction was correct and many native mammals are threatened with extinction. This should be a lesson to all climate change deniers.
(Via nofixedaddress)
WISH I’D THOUGHT OF THAT
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (2:02am)
An even better and more tautly-descriptive word than “frightbat”: ecobag.
(Via Emily’s List)
AN ACCENT MIKE DOESN’T LIKE
Tim Blair – Sunday, July 06, 2014 (2:01am)
Mike Carlton claims that Rolf Harris’s ”contrived Aussieness was always a toe-curling embarrassment.” Big call, Michael. At least Harris, for all of his crimes against women and music, and despite decades in the UK, always sounded like an Australian. Carlton’s contrived Britishness, by comparison, is still capable of bending femurs.
Protesters exaggerate by 250 per cent. Say they know better about the Budget
Andrew Bolt July 06 2014 (4:35pm)
If they can’t even count heads correctly, why on earth would we trust these marchers about the Budget?
UPDATE
More rubbery figures by budget busters in Melbourne, as reported by an Age journalist who seems unaware that 10,000 is actually less than 12,000:
===Central Sydney has filled with a sea of protesters for the “Bust the Budget” march.
Organisers estimated up to 15,000 people joined the rally, which started at Town Hall and proceeded along George Street and up Market Street.
Police figures put the number of marchers at 6000.
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More rubbery figures by budget busters in Melbourne, as reported by an Age journalist who seems unaware that 10,000 is actually less than 12,000:
The crowd swelled from hundreds before the mooted kick-off time at 1pm, and estimates of total numbers gathered for the march in Melbourne varied from between 12,000 up to 20,000. It fell well short of the 10,000 union members that gathered at Trades Hall last month.
The face of Islam at its worst
Andrew Bolt July 06 2014 (1:46pm)
The face of Islam at its most savage and uncompromising:
===SELF-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made an unprecedented appearance in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which his forces helped capture last month, and ordered Muslims to obey him, according to a video post.
That marks a significant change for the shadowy jihadist whose Islamic State (IS) group led a lightning offensive that overran swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad…
“I am the wali (leader) who presides over you, though I am not the best of you. So if you see that I am right, assist me,” said the man, purportedly Baghdadi…
Text superimposed on the video identified the man as “Caliph Ibrahim”, the name Baghdadi took when the group on June 29 declared a “caliphate”, a pan-Islamic state last seen in Ottoman times, in which the leader is both political and religious.
The video is the first ever official appearance by Baghdadi, says Aymenn al-Tamimi, an expert on Islamist movements, though the jihadist leader may have appeared in a 2008 video under a different name.
The Bolt Report today, July 6
Andrew Bolt July 06 2014 (5:25am)
On Channel 10 at 10am and 4pm…
The truth about immigration - and the new threats.
And has Malcolm Turnbull spat the dummy?
Plus: the fall of Fairfax, a hypocrisy alert on Jacqui Lambie and more.
On the show: Michael Kroger, Bruce Hawker, Dr Bob Birrell and Ben Hills. .
The videos of the shows appear here.
===The truth about immigration - and the new threats.
And has Malcolm Turnbull spat the dummy?
Plus: the fall of Fairfax, a hypocrisy alert on Jacqui Lambie and more.
On the show: Michael Kroger, Bruce Hawker, Dr Bob Birrell and Ben Hills. .
The videos of the shows appear here.
Police investigate Labor conference over stolen tape
Andrew Bolt July 06 2014 (4:45am)
How interesting. Weren’t Liberals first accused of doing the dirty? Instead:
I am suspicious about the way The Age has played this story.
June 24, 2014
The recording is sent to many, but not all, Liberal members, suggesting the mailing list used by the peddler is not up to date. That in turn suggests the peddler might not be someone currently working in Liberal politics. Meanwhile, the story from The Age changes as it develops from 10am. There are lots of hints of Liberal involvement, but not much about Labor’s possible role in the theft of the Dictaphone at a Labor conference. Only after 6:26pm does The Age editor-in-chief say the theft has been reported to police, six weeks after the event:
The Age editor-in-chief isn’t keen on any suggestion the recording was stolen at a Labor conference:
The Age news editor is happy to blame Liberals instead:
The Age now confuses the issue by claiming a second recorder is missing – something denied by Age reporter Josh Gordon.
Premier Dennis Napthine on 3AW discusses reports that one Dictaphone went “missing” at the state Labor conference. The Age’s Gordon tweets:
The “rumour” is now investigated by police, who check CCTV footage of the Labor conference. The Herald Sun confirms police are checking reports the Dictaphone could have been stolen from a bag, a suggestion apparently made by Age reporter Farrah Tomazin:
===Police are examining security footage from Labor’s state conference as part of an investigation of the theft of a reporter’s dictaphone.UPDATE
The recording device contained a private conversation between The Sunday Age’s state political editor Farrah Tomazin and Ted Baillieu, during which the former premier was critical of some colleagues.
The Sunday Age reported the alleged theft to police after the conversation was emailed to hundreds of Liberal Party members by a person claiming to be a party member.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Leonie Johnson declined to give details, but confirmed police were investigating a theft.
I am suspicious about the way The Age has played this story.
June 24, 2014
The recording is sent to many, but not all, Liberal members, suggesting the mailing list used by the peddler is not up to date. That in turn suggests the peddler might not be someone currently working in Liberal politics. Meanwhile, the story from The Age changes as it develops from 10am. There are lots of hints of Liberal involvement, but not much about Labor’s possible role in the theft of the Dictaphone at a Labor conference. Only after 6:26pm does The Age editor-in-chief say the theft has been reported to police, six weeks after the event:
ANDREW HOLDEN: It’s clearly a dirty tricks campaign, but I think what disappoints me most is to see a couple of Age journalists dragged into that and I find that very disappointing.7:51pm
ALISON CALDWELL: Will you take this to the police?
ANDREW HOLDEN: We’ll certainly record the fact that the tape recorder has gone missing and record that with police and just let them know that we’re concerned as to how it’s been misused.
The Age editor-in-chief isn’t keen on any suggestion the recording was stolen at a Labor conference:
He said any suggestion the recording was stolen or misplaced was “speculation”, however. “I don’t think it gets us anywhere as to how it went missing the first place,” he said.June 25, 2014:
The Age news editor is happy to blame Liberals instead:
Mark Forbes on who stole the tape: “I think you have to look at people who are opposed to Ted and that’s a wide range of people.”June 26, 2014:
The Age now confuses the issue by claiming a second recorder is missing – something denied by Age reporter Josh Gordon.
But The Age editor in chief Andrew Holden maintained there were “no dirty tricks”. He assured Neil Mitchell it was not a cover up.The Age state political reporter again implicates the Liberals, this time the office of federal minister Kevin Andrews:
“What I do know is the tape recorder went missing, I don’t know exactly where, I don’t know exactly when,” he said.
“Fundamentally it’s gone and somebody has got hold of it and I do regard it as stolen at that point because they clearly know who’s on it and they’ve used it in this purpose which I find quite appalling.”
He added another tape was also missing – that tape belonged to Josh Gordon.
“I have absolutely no idea whether they’re connected in any way whatsoever,” he said, adding they went missing within the same week.
“Again, conspiracy theories might say that Fairfax journalists have been targeted, I can’t categorically say that.
“Until it’s proven to me that somebody has got hold of (Josh’s) tape and are using pieces of his audio, it is purely coincidence as far as I know.
June 27, 2014:
Premier Dennis Napthine on 3AW discusses reports that one Dictaphone went “missing” at the state Labor conference. The Age’s Gordon tweets:
July 5, 2014:
The “rumour” is now investigated by police, who check CCTV footage of the Labor conference. The Herald Sun confirms police are checking reports the Dictaphone could have been stolen from a bag, a suggestion apparently made by Age reporter Farrah Tomazin:
Victoria Police spokeswoman Leonie Johnson refused to discuss the investigation.Has The Age played this story straight? Is it defending someone – or some party?
“Moonee Valley CIU are investigating a report of a theft of a Dictaphone from the bag of a victim while at a racecourse function in Moonee Valley in May,” she said.
“It would be inappropriate to comment further.”
The death of Pro’s art
Andrew Bolt July 06 2014 (4:28am)
How greed killed Pro Hart’s reputation:
At the beginning, his paintings commanded recognition by leading galleries. His 1962 painting Judas Flying A Kite [below], which is being sold in the auction, was exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern Art and at the National Gallery of Victoria.All the more astonishing, then, the careers of Mozart, Trollope and Shakespeare, who could produce such vast quantities for the market yet remain great artists. Does Rubens also count?
“There was a moment where he could have had a very substantial career,” [art historian Gavin] Fry told The Sunday Telegraph.
In the late 1960s, however, the artist swung his focus to the popular end of the art market… Instead of furthering his career by developing his style and controlling his output, Hart painted up to eight pictures a day when he was at the height of his production…
“(Painting) 70,000 pictures is just madness, and that’s the great tragedy — that he couldn’t get away from the necessity to produce vast quantities of work,” Fry said.
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G’day,
Well, now that the initial shock is dying away and like many broken hearted fans of this bloke, yep I really did respect him once upon a time, I was thinking that Rolf Harris was not just another convicted PEDO that got away with his vile acts of betrayal for years and years but like several other recently exposed kiddie fiddlers he was an entertainer!
Sure, there is no doubt that some religious organisations have protected their pedophiles for years and one can never excuse that and I am not saying that all Clergy are guilty nor am I saying that all in the Entertainment Industry are also guilty or compliant. I believe that the vast majority of people in both practices are normal and just as disgusted as the rest of us.
You can certainly understand the denial and deceptive reasoning for the protection of these evil clergy and just what a bad look such terrible behaviour would donate to the cause of Christianity, again I say a warped reasoning, BUT what about the industry that has for years gone out of its way to lampoon and mock Christianity, always taking the high moral ground on these issues?
Well, as it occurs to me, their hypocrisy has no bounds as they are just as guilty for protecting their own pedophiles. Harris’s ill treatment of little girls has thankfully been exposed and he will spend the rest of his life as a pariah and hated man but what about those who for their own personal reasons are as guilty as the perpetrator by turning a blind eye to what they knew was happening? When does justice find them? ……. I guess God will sort them out!
I just thought it was a side to this whole tragic event that none of my contemporaries were exploring.
Godspeed
Zeg
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Should we be upset that one of the new ministers in the Federal Cabinet swore his oath on a Qur'an?
This week as the Governor General swore in the new cabinet, Mr Ed Husic, chose to swear on the Qur'an rather than the Bible or make an affirmation. A ‘non-practising’ Muslim from Bosnia, Mr Husic was sworn in as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband.
Swearing is a strange symbolism, by which we persuade and reassure people of our integrity in making promises. Christians should not need to swear for we should be people of our word. As Jesus said in response to Pharisaic hypocrisy, “Let what you say be simply “Yes” or “No”; anything more than this comes from evil. (Matthew 5:37 cf James 5:12)
The Christian’s truthfulness will not be increased by swearing, but swearing reassures our hearers that we are telling the truth and gives them something to refer back to when our truthfulness comes under question. There is nothing wrong in swearing an oath when required. The 39th of our 39 Articles is “Of a Christian man’s Oath” handling the question of doing that which Jesus seems to be forbidding. We do not swear because we need to but because our hearers need reassurance.
Within the scriptures we see the apostle swearing “God is my witness” (Romans 1:9, Phil 1:8) and God himself swore that the people of Israel would not enter his rest (Hebrews 3:18). Swearing is a way of giving solemn assurance to the hearer that you mean what you are saying and will back it up before a higher court to whom the hearer may appeal. And that is why we swear in God’s name or on his book.
There is no point swearing by something less than yourself. For an oath to be believable you have to point to something, like God, greater than yourself. However, to which god can somebody be held accountable? At first glance you can only swear by the true and living God. For swearing by Molech is of not much consequence, as Molech is a powerless imagination of the ancient Ammonites - hardly reassuring to the modern listener. Yet you must swear by the god that you believe in. If you were an ancient Ammonite there is no point swearing by Yahweh, while to swear by Molech would indicate your sincerity.
Mr Husic is the first Federal cabinet minister to swear on the Qur'an. For Mr Husic swearing on the Bible was not an option and he didn’t want to make a simple affirmation. As a Muslim, it is the god of the Qur'an whom he acknowledges as greater than himself and to whom he would be accountable for his promises. For some people it is insulting to swear on a book that is seen as fomenting so much war and terror around the world today. For others it is no real promise as the book is one of lies and its god is not the true and living one. For many others still it further marginalises Christianity from our nation and its historic establishment. Even if these are true, they give absolutely no excuse for the abuse Mr Husic has had to endure.
Australia is a Christian nation, not in the sense of it being run by and for Christians with an established religion that all must follow, but in the sense that Christianity informs the people, heritage and culture. As a Christian nation we have freedom of religion, which involves limiting government to matters secular, while allowing free expression of religious beliefs. It is part of our wonderful Christian heritage that a Muslim migrant can become a Cabinet minister and express his religion without fear or favour.
When Christianity has ruled in government, both Christianity and the government have been distorted. We win people to Christ not by government fiat but by prayerful persuasion to the truth.
The fact that Mr Husic is a non-practising Muslim is no more a problem than the non-practiscing Christian swearing on the Bible. Even the non-practising recognize that they are not God and are answerable to some higher power than themselves. The Muslim who swears by the Qur'an can at least be held to its teaching, and does not put himself in the place of God. The practice of swearing an oath is therefore better than a simple affirmation.
Affirmations have been in use for some centuries because of the conscience of people not wanting to invoke God in their promises. Some of these are tender Christian consciences, who misunderstand Jesus’ prohibition on swearing. However, others will only make an affirmation because, as atheists, they refuse to refer to a higher being than themselves. They are like Napoleon placing the crown on his own head for there was nobody greater to crown him. So they are not answerable to anybody or anything other than themselves.
With an affirmation we have to take the word of a politician seeking more power on the basis of their ‘say so’. Often this doesn’t matter in practice as most of the oath-taking politicians are practical atheists and most of the affirming politicians unconsciously practise Christian values. However, theoretically those who affirm are swearing by themselves for they have no greater source of moral reference to which they can point or to which we can call them to account but themselves. Of such arrogance comes tyranny.
The New Testament understands the problem of the atheist. In Hebrews we read of God swearing by himself. “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, … For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.”(Hebrews 6:13f) But then again he is God.
Pastor Rick Warren
I find joy in every day, not because life is always good, but because God is
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#ShabbatShalom and a restful #weekend from the#IDF. Share with your friends to wish them one too.
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Having an amazing time at #manonthemoon / MercuryOne events in Salt Lake City to celebrate Independence Day. Here's a pic with one of my favorite stalwart conservatives on Capitol Hill, TX Rep. Louie Gohmert and his lovely wife!
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"One day, I shall come back…"
Revealed for the first time at Comic Con' France - here is the reconstruction of the First Doctor's console which was used for filming the upcoming docudrama 'An Adventure in Space and Time'.
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Addressing the British House of Lords, Dragon Slayer McKitrick proposes a carbon dioxide tax based on temperature. If temps go up, so does the tax.
If temperatures drop, will we see tax refunds?
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Kevin Rudd's Pink Batt Policy:
4 Deaths
1,000 Electrified roofs
93 House fires
160,000 Dodgy installations
Source:
http://t.co/NPaQ8DEOLF
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Tribe in India that has passed down for generations the art of manipulating tree roots to create a system of "living" bridges.
Read more Here : http://bit.ly/19wuTOk
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Karen Gillan Doctor Who
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Pretty clear. Kerry on his boat. But changing winds soon hit.
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July 6: Independence Day in Malawi (1964); Statehood Day in Lithuania (1253); the festival of San Fermín begins in Pamplona, Spain
- 1483 – The last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III (pictured), was crowned King of England.
- 1614 – The Ottoman Empire made a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but were beaten back by theKnights Hospitaller.
- 1892 – During a steelworkers' strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, a day-long battle between strikers and Pinkerton agents resulted in ten deaths and dozens of people wounded.
- 1940 – The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
- 1989 – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attackby hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel.
Events[edit]
- 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
- 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
- 1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
- 1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
- 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
- 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
- 1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during theMing–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
- 1415 – Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
- 1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
- 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
- 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1614 – Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
- 1630 – Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat fromFort Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
- 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1887 – David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
- 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
- 1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200.
- 1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
- 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
- 1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1940 – Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
- 1941 – Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
- 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
- 1944 – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
- 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- 1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
- 1986 – Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
- 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
- 1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Fourteen bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
- 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
- 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
- 1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
- 2003 – The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
- 2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-openes for trade after 44 years.
- 2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
- 2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
- 2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
Births[edit]
- 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
- 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
- 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
- 1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist (d. 1758)
- 1736 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
- 1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
- 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
- 1781 – Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (d. 1826)
- 1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
- 1785 – William Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
- 1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
- 1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
- 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
- 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
- 1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
- 1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
- 1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter (d. 1912)
- 1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
- 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
- 1875 – Charles Perrin, French rower (d. 1954)
- 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
- 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
- 1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian (d. 1944)
- 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarussian-French artist (d. 1985)
- 1887 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
- 1889 – Paul Rinne, Estonian chess player (d. 1946)
- 1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American scholar (d. 1936)
- 1892 – Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
- 1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
- 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (d. 1962)
- 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
- 1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1907 – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1908 – Anton Muttukumaru, Ceylonese general (d. 2001)
- 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
- 1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
- 1916 – Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
- 1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
- 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
- 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States
- 1921 – F. Michael Rogers, American general (d. 2014)
- 1922 – William Schallert, American actor and singer
- 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1925 – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon
- 1926 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player (d. 1988)
- 1927 – Alan Freeman, Australian-English radio host (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1930 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer-songwriter
- 1930 – Gloria Skurzynski, American author
- 1931 – Jean Campeau, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1931 – Antonella Lualdi, Lebanese-Italian actress
- 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer
- 1931 – László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach
- 1932 – P. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan politician
- 1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and educator
- 1933 – Frank Austin, English footballer (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
- 1935 – 14th Dalai Lama
- 1935 – Robert Hunt, English police officer (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2005)
- 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
- 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1937 – Caroline Cox, British nurse and humanitarian campaigner
- 1938 – Gordon Conway, British agricultural ecologist
- 1938 – Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
- 1939 – John Makepeace, English furniture designer
- 1939 – Mary Peters, English pentathlete
- 1940 – Rex Cawley, American hurdler
- 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
- 1940 – Jeannie Seely, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1941 – David Crystal, British linguist
- 1941 – Charles Powell, British politician and diplomat
- 1941 – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
- 1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian mezzo-soprano
- 1944 – Byron Berline, American fiddler (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
- 1944 – Pierre Creamer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German middle-distance runner
- 1945 – Rodney Matthews, English painter and illustrator
- 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor
- 1946 – George W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 43rd President of the United States
- 1946 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
- 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
- 1947 – Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1947 – Shelley Hack, American actress
- 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
- 1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian politician
- 1948 – Tom Curley, American journalist
- 1948 – Peter Mansbridge, Canadian journalist
- 1948 – Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
- 1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
- 1950 – John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
- 1950 – Geraldine James, English actress
- 1950 – Jonathan Porritt, English environmentalist and writer
- 1950 – Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
- 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
- 1952 – George Athans, Canadian skier
- 1952 – Grant Goodeve, American actor
- 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author
- 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
- 1953 – Mike Riley, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress
- 1954 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player
- 1955 – Michael Boyd, Irish theatre director
- 1955 – William Wall, Irish author
- 1956 – Casey Sander, American actor
- 1956 – Julia Unwin, British charity executive.
- 1957 – Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 – Mark Benson, English cricketer and umpire
- 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress, singer, and screenwriter
- 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1959 – Mike Hallett, English snooker player and commentator
- 1960 – Valerie Brisco-Hooks, American sprinter
- 1960 – Jozef Pribilinec, Slovakian race walker
- 1960 – Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
- 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businessman
- 1961 – Robin Antin, American dancer, choreographer, and businesswoman
- 1961 – Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American hurdler
- 1961 – Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1962 – Todd Bennett, English runner (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director
- 1963 – Todd Burns, American baseball player
- 1963 – Lance Johnson, American baseball player
- 1963 – Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper
- 1964 – Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
- 1964 – Lillie Leatherwood, American sprinter
- 1965 – Anthony Marwood, British concert violinist
- 1966 – Brian Posehn, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1967 – James Hannon, American author, director, and producer
- 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 – Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1968 – Gaspare Manos, Thai-Italian painter and sculptor
- 1969 – Brian Van Holt, American actor
- 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1970 – Martin Smith, English musician and songwriter (Delirious?)
- 1971 – Josh Elliott, American journalist
- 1972 – Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer
- 1972 – Fabrice Colin, French author
- 1972 – Mark Gasser, English pianist
- 1972 – Laurent Gaudé, French author
- 1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
- 1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
- 1973 – Bradley Dredge, Welsh golfer
- 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1974 – Babi Xavier, Brazilian actress and singer
- 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
- 1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
- 1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentinian-Mexican actor
- 1977 – Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
- 1977 – Craig Handley, Welsh director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
- 1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
- 1978 – Adam Busch, American actor
- 1978 – Tamera Mowry, German-American actress
- 1978 – Tia Mowry, German-American actress
- 1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 – Kevin Hart, American actor and comedian
- 1979 – Matthew Barnson, American viola player and composer
- 1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights)
- 1979 – C. J. Hobgood, American surfer
- 1979 – Damien Hobgood, American surfer
- 1979 – Abdul Salis, English actor
- 1980 – Kenny Deuchar, Scottish footballer
- 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper (Slaughterhouse)
- 1980 – Demorrio Williams, American football player
- 1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- 1981 – Mike Karney, American football player
- 1981 – Emily West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
- 1982 – Bree Robertson, Australian gymnast and actress
- 1982 – Misty Upham, American actress
- 1982 – Tay Zonday, American actor and singer
- 1983 – Brady Bluhm, American actor
- 1983 – Christine Firkins, Canadian actress
- 1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
- 1983 – D. Woods, American singer, dancer, and actress (Danity Kane)
- 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1984 – Lauren Harris, English singer and actress
- 1984 – Natasha Zlobina, Uzbek-French actress and model
- 1985 – Maria Arredondo, Norwegian singer
- 1985 – Diamond Rings, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Matters)
- 1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
- 1985 – Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
- 1986 – Leon Frierson, American actor
- 1986 – Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
- 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
- 1986 – Derrick Williams, American football player
- 1987 – Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
- 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1987 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
- 1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
- 1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
- 1988 – Brittany Underwood, American actress and singer
- 1990 – Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1990 – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
- 1990 – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
- 1991 – Ashley Lloyd, English actor and dancer
- 1991 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
- 1991 – Julian Wruck, Australian discus thrower
- 1992 – Manny Machado, American baseball player
- 1993 – Jeremiah Godby, American runner
- 1994 – Camilla Rosso, English actress
- 1994 – Rebecca Rosso, English actress
- 1996 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
- 1996 – Sigrid Schjetne, Norwegian homicide victim (d. 2012)
- 1996 – Sun Ziyue, Chinese tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
- 649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French-German priest and bishop (b. 585)
- 918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
- 1017 – Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
- 1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1249 – Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
- 1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
- 1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
- 1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1416)
- 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
- 1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1583 – Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
- 1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
- 1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
- 1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general (b. 1725)
- 1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
- 1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
- 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
- 1813 – Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
- 1835 – John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
- 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
- 1863 – Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
- 1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
- 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
- 1901 – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. 1819)
- 1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
- 1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
- 1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
- 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
- 1930 – Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)
- 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (b. 1859)
- 1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
- 1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
- 1952 – Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
- 1959 – George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (b. 1897)
- 1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
- 1961 – Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
- 1962 – Paul Boffa, Maltese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
- 1962 – William Faulkner, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria (b. 1872)
- 1963 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
- 1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
- 1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- 1967 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect (b. 1902)
- 1968 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (b. 1906)
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
- 1972 – Brandon deWilde, American actor (b. 1942)
- 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer (b. 1885)
- 1974 – Francis Blanche, French actor (b. 1921)
- 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
- 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
- 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 1980 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (b. 1903)
- 1982 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
- 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
- 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1992 – Mary Q. Steele, American author (b. 1922)
- 1994 – Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter (b. 1947)
- 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author (b. 1915)
- 1996 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
- 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (b. 1938)
- 1999 – Gary M. Heidnik, American murderer (b. 1943)
- 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
- 1999 – Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
- 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
- 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
- 2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
- 2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Jimmie F. Skaggs, American actor (b. 1944)
- 2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923)
- 2005 – L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916)
- 2005 – Evan Hunter, American author (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and television host (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
- 2008 – Bobby Durham, American drummer (b. 1937)
- 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Johnny Collins, English singer (b. 1938)
- 2009 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Tilly Armstrong, English author (b. 1927)
- 2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth) (b. 1929)
- 2011 – George Edward Kimball, American journalist and author (b. 1945)
- 2011 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan academic (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Charles Drake American football player (b. 1981)
- 2012 – Bruce B. Kendall, American businessman and politician (b. 1919)
- 2012 – James McKinley, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Bill Norrie, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Winnipeg (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Angelo Paternoster, American football player (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Sebastijan Pečjak, Slovenian darts player
- 2012 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef (b. 1983)
- 2012 – Al Ulbrickson, American rower (b. 1930)
- 2013 – John Chun, North Korea-American car designer (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Rudy Keeling, American basketball player and coach (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Leland Mitchell, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Hamilton Nichols, American football player (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Ruben J. Villote, Filipino priest and activist (b. 1932)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan diaspora)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
- Day of the Capital, established in 2008. (Kazakhstan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
- Independence Day/Republic Day, celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.
- Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
- Statehood Day (Lithuania)
- Teachers' Day (Peru)
- The earliest date for summer solstice in Julian calendar system, which corresponds to June 23:
- The first night of Ivan Kupala Day (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
- The first day of Ludi Apollinares (Roman Empire)
- The first day of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
“In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.” Isaiah 12:4 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Called to be saints."
Romans 1:7
Romans 1:7
We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were "saints" in a more especial manner than the other children of God. All are "saints" whom God has called by His grace, and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are apt to look upon the apostles as extraordinary beings, scarcely subject to the same weaknesses and temptations as ourselves. Yet in so doing we are forgetful of this truth, that the nearer a man lives to God the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart; and the more his Master honours him in his service, the more also doth the evil of the flesh vex and tease him day by day. The fact is, if we had seen the apostle Paul, we should have thought him remarkably like the rest of the chosen family: and if we had talked with him, we should have said, "We find that his experience and ours are much the same. He is more faithful, more holy, and more deeply taught than we are, but he has the selfsame trials to endure. Nay, in some respects he is more sorely tried than ourselves." Do not, then, look upon the ancient saints as being exempt either from infirmities or sins; and do not regard them with that mystic reverence which will almost make us idolaters. Their holiness is attainable even by us. We are "called to be saints" by that same voice which constrained them to their high vocation. It is a Christian's duty to force his way into the inner circle of saintship; and if these saints were superior to us in their attainments, as they certainly were, let us follow them; let us emulate their ardour and holiness. We have the same light that they had, the same grace is accessible to us, and why should we rest satisfied until we have equalled them in heavenly character? They lived with Jesus, they lived for Jesus, therefore they grew like Jesus. Let us live by the same Spirit as they did, "looking unto Jesus," and our saintship will soon be apparent.
Evening
"Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength."
Isaiah 26:4
Isaiah 26:4
Seeing that we have such a God to trust to, let us rest upon him with all our weight; let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavour to get rid of doubts and fears, which so much mar our comfort; since there is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our trust. A loving parent would be sorely grieved if his child could not trust him; and how ungenerous, how unkind is our conduct when we put so little confidence in our heavenly Father who has never failed us, and who never will. It were well if doubting were banished from the household of God; but it is to be feared that old Unbelief is as nimble nowadays as when the psalmist asked, "Is his mercy clean gone forever? Will he be favourable no more?" David had not made any very lengthy trial of the mighty sword of the giant Goliath, and yet he said, "There is none like it." He had tried it once in the hour of his youthful victory, and it had proved itself to be of the right metal, and therefore he praised it ever afterwards; even so should we speak well of our God, there is none like unto him in the heaven above or the earth beneath; "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One." There is no rock like unto the rock of Jacob, our enemies themselves being judges. So far from suffering doubts to live in our hearts, we will take the whole detestable crew, as Elijah did the prophets of Baal, and slay them over the brook; and for a stream to kill them at, we will select the sacred torrent which wells forth from our Saviour's wounded side. We have been in many trials, but we have never yet been cast where we could not find in our God all that we needed. Let us then be encouraged to trust in the Lord forever, assured that his ever lasting strength will be, as it has been, our succour and stay.
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Edom
[Ē'dom] - red earth. The elder son of Isaac, and so named in memory of the red color of the lentil pottage for which he sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob (Gen. 25:30; 36:1, 8, 19). See ESAU. Name is also used to describe those descended from Esau, the Edomites (Gen. 36:9).
[Ē'dom] - red earth. The elder son of Isaac, and so named in memory of the red color of the lentil pottage for which he sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob (Gen. 25:30; 36:1, 8, 19). See ESAU. Name is also used to describe those descended from Esau, the Edomites (Gen. 36:9).
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Today's reading: Job 30-31, Acts 13:26-52 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Job 30-31
1 "But now they mock me,men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed the parched land
in desolate wastelands at night.
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,
and their food was the root of the broom bush.
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 They brayed among the bushes
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,
they were driven out of the land....
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 13:26-52
26 "Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. 27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people...."
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