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Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Garden Witch
From moonlitpriestess.com
Term generally used in reference to a practitioner focused on herbal and plant magick as well as other natural and earth magick; applies magickal practice and thinking to their gardening.
October 18 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church’s foundations down to bedrock
1685 French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants
1867 Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid $7.2 million
1931 American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion
1962 James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA [1]
Today’s Historical Events
707 John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church’s foundations down to bedrock
1016 Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon)
1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium: Southern Italian Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (modern Durrës, Albania)
1240 Ukrainian city of Chernigov surrenders, despite this still sacked and pillaged by Mongolian army of Batu
1267 Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III
1356 Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys Basel in Switzerland.
1386 Opening of the University of Heidelberg
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1922 British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation
1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, SC (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (NYC)
1961 Film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical “West Side Story“, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and starring Natalie Wood, debuts (Academy Award – Best Picture, 1962)
1966 “Persona”, Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann, is released
1967 Walt Disney’s animated musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling‘s “The Jungle Book” film is released; cast featured Phil Harris, Louis Prima, Sterling Holloway, and Sebastian Cabot
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1752 Premiere of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s opera “Le Devin du Village” (The Village Soothsayer), before the royal court at Fontainebleau, France
1855 Franz Liszt‘s symphonic poem “Prometheus” premieres
1904 Gustav Mahler’s 5th symphony premieres in Cologne, Germany
1939 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart‘s musical “Too Many Girls” premieres in NYC
1945 Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing & acting achievements
1946 Aaron Copland‘s 3rd Symphony premieres
1952 “Buttrio Square” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 performances
1962 Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record “Let’s Dance”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1889 First all-NYC “World Championship” Baseball Series; New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA); Giants go on to win series, 6-3
1902 7th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-0 in Birmingham
1912 Black boxer Jack Johnson arrested for violating the Mann Act for “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes” due to his relationship with white woman Lucille Cameron, allegedly a prostitute. Later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to a year in prison.
1918 NHL’s Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P. J. Quinn
1924 Harold “Red” Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
Shrine discovered in Egyptian temple with evidence of previously unknown rituals
The Sikait Project research team, directed by Professor Joan Oller Guzmán from the Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies at the UAB, recently published in the American Journal of Archaeology the results obtained from the January 2019 excavation season at the ancient seaport of Berenike, located in Egypt’s Eastern desert.
The paper describes the archaeological dig of a religious complex from the Late Roman Period (4th to 6th centuries CE) named the Falcon Shrine by researchers, and located within the Northern Complex, one of the most important buildings of the city of Berenike at that time.
The site, which was excavated by the Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology and the University of Delaware, was a Red Sea harbor founded by Ptolomy II Philadelphus (3rd century BCE) and continued to operate into the Roman and Byzantine periods, when it was turned into the main point of entrance for commerce coming from Cape Horn, Arabia and India.
Within this chronological period, one of the phases yielding the most new discoveries was the one corresponding to the Late Roman Period, from the fourth to sixth centuries CE, a period in which the city seemed to be partially occupied and controlled by …
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Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Dabbler
From moonlitpriestess.com
Refers to a person who, without proper training and/or education, decides to practice any form of magick; generally considered as harmless in most cases, but can cause ill effects (typically in the dabbler’s own life) due to the lack of required knowledge, awareness, and/or skill depending upon the specifics dabbled in.
October 12 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
54 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor
1307 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption
1884 Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude
1924 Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1944 US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during WWII
2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground
Today’s Historical Events
54 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor
409 Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania
1213 Battle of Steppes: Hugh Pierrepont, Bishop of Liège & Louis II, Count of Loon defeat Henry I, Duke of Brabant
1282 Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies, his ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple
1307 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption
1399 Henry of Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV of England in Westminster Abbey, a few weeks after deposing Richard II
1448 First assembly of Catalan dioceses to choose their syndics (representative) to plead abolition of serfdom to King Alfons IV – 1st official recognition of serfs organizing to defend their rights
1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1931 Noël Coward‘s “Cavalcade” premieres in London
1950 “All About Eve” directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture 1951)
1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
1960 Third presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood & Kennedy in NY
1962 Edward Albee‘s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen
1967 CBS radio cancels “House Party”
1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
1973 “Badlands” directed by Terrence Malick and starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek premieres at the New York Film Festival
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
1887 Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in “Rigoletto” at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels
1903 Victor Herbert and by Glen MacDonough’s operetta “Babes in Toyland” premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City
1931 Musical “Everybody’s Welcome” with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premieres in NYC
1949 “Touch & Go” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances
1963 The term “Beatlemania” is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding & British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
1972 “Hurry, Harry” closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 2 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1893 Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America’s Cup, in New York
1903 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory
1914 Baseball World Series: Boston Braves beat Philadelphia A’s, 3-1 at Fenway Park for first 4-game sweep in WS history; ‘Miracle Braves’ last in NL July 4
1915 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4 at the Baker Bowl to clinch series 4-1
1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
1921 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance
1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
1934 LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Portland G & CC: Marian McDougall outclassed Mrs Guy Riegel, 9 & 7 to win golf’s only major title
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Neo-Pagan
From moonlitpriestess.com
“New Pagan”; Pagan religions or practices which are modern but modeled from ancient Pagan systems or traditions; some Pagans today dislike the term. First coined by Oberon Zell to differentiate from other uses of the term “Pagan.”
October 11 Toay in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
1634 Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
1737 Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India. Now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane which claimed 3,000 of the city’s estimated 20,000 residents. [1]
1797 Battle of Camperdown (Kamperduin): British navy defeats Dutch fleet
1945 Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong‘s Communist Party
1962 Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII
1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
Today’s Historical Events
1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
1142 Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England “Defender of the Faith”
1531 Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, Duke of Milan
1573 Battle of South Seas – Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1634 Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
1939 Samson Raphaelson’s play “Skylark” starring Gertrude Lawrence premieres in NYC
1944 “Laura” directed by Otto Preminger starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews is released in NYC, New York
1948 Frank Loesser’s musical “Where’s Charley?”, starring Ray Bolger, and directed by George Abbott, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 792 performances and wins a Tony Award
1950 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
1959 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1960 Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers
1963 William Shatner stars in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” episode of CBS anthology series “The Twilight Zone”
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1948 “Love Life” opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 252 performances
1954 “On Your Toes” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 64 performances
1958 “Goldilocks” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances
1967 “Yoko Plus Me” art exhibit opens in London (the “Me” is John Lennon)
1969 American blues musician Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
1974 Columbia Records releases “Streetlife Serenade”, singer-songwriter Billy Joel‘s third studio album
1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
1978 Columbia Records releases “52nd Street”, singer-songwriter Billy Joel‘s sixth studio album; it becomes his 1st chart-topper, and wins 3 Grammy Awards
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia
1902 US Open Men’s Golf, Garden City GC: Scotsman Laurie Auchterlonie sets new 72-hole event scoring record to win his only major title, 6 strokes ahead of Stewart Gardner and amateur Walter Travis
1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game
1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs; prize is a car
1913 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A’s beat NY Giants, 3-1 at Brush Stadium, NYC; clinch 4-1 series win for 3rd title in 10 years
1923 A pair of Babe Ruth home runs in the 4th and 5th innings is the difference; NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-2 at the Polo Grounds to tie World Series, 1-1
1925 NY Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
1927 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig is named American League MVP; despite hitting MLB record 60 HR’s Babe Ruth as a former winner is not eligible
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Journey
From moonlitpriestess.com
A shamanic practice of traveling between the worlds to seek aide from guides, animal spirits, and other entities for answers, advice, and guidance. Sometimes used by Witches to perform magick in or through the otherworld or to enhance magick performed outside of journey or meditation.
Category : Types of Spells – Part 3 of Spell Casting
October 10 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
680 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa
1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane.
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops
1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world’s first major nuclear accident
Today’s Historical Events
354 Roman Emperor Constantius gives grand circus and theater shows to mark 30th year of his reign as Caesar in Arles
680 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa
732 Battle of Tours: Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi defeated by Frankish Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel during Umayyad invasion of Gaul
1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands
1471 Battle of Brunkeberg: Swedish regent Sten Sture defeats forces led by Danish King Christian I
1549 Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector & imprisoned
1575 Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1578 Count Johan Casimir occupies Ghent with 500 horsemen
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1954 1st National Film Awards (India): “Shyamchi Aai” wins the Golden Lotus
1956 “Giant”, directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean in his last role, premieres in NYC
1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Variety TV show “The Bob Newhart Show” premieres on NBC in the US
1963 “From Russia With Love” 2nd James Bond film based on a novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London
1965 The Supremes appear on the “The Ed Sullivan Show”
1979 Rock band Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthal’s opera “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (The Woman Without A Shadow), premieres in Vienna, Austria
1935 George Gershwin‘s “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway NY
1938 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st String Quartet
1947 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical “Allegro” premieres at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 318 performances
1959 “Happy Town” closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 5 performances
1960 “Laughs & Other Events” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 8 performances
1961 “Milk & Honey” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 543 performances
1965 “Drat! – The Cat!” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan
1899 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
1920 Cleveland Indians outfielder Elmer Smith hits baseball’s first ever World Series grand slam (Game 5, 1920)
1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
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October 9, 2022 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
1000 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
1446 The Hangul (Korean) alphabet is first published in Korea by King Sejong the Great
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project
2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test, with an estimated yield of between 0.4-2 kilotons
Today’s Historical Events
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
869 Charles the Bald crowned king of Lotharingen
1000 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
1192 Richard I of England, the Lion Heart, leaves Jerusalem in disguise
1200 12-year-old French noblewoman Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England to King John in Westminster Abbey
1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia
1290 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England
1410 Earliest mention of Prague’s astronomical clock, the world’s oldest still in operation, built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1915 Louis Kaufmans comedy “Unchastened Woman” premieres in New York City
1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 The Supremes release single “Someday We’ll Be Together”, Diana Ross‘ last recording with the group
1986 “The Late Show with Joan Rivers” premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show
1992 Action thriller film “Under Siege” directed by Andrew Davis starring Steven Seagal in his most famous role is released
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts, patents first calliope (steam powered musical instrument)
1929 George Kaufman & Ring Lardner’s musical “June Moon” premieres in NYC
1947 Julie Styne and Sammy Cahn’s musical “High Button Shoes” premieres at the New Century Theatre, NYC (later transferred to the Shubert, then to The Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 727 performances
1949 English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in America with her performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
1965 Beatles’ “Yesterday” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1972 “Dude” opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
1976 “Robber Bridegroom” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 145 performances
1978 12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, and Don Williams win
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1905 First league sanctioned Baseball World Series begins; New York Giants (NL) beat Philadelphia A’s (AL), 3-0 in Game 1 at Columbia Park
1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting average with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown’s 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes first US President to attend a World Series game
1919 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to ‘Black Sox Scandal’ last WS to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place
1921 Babe Ruth‘s 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1928 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman’s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks
1934 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals rout Detroit Tigers, 11-0 at Navin Field to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory and 3rd championship
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Cleansing
From moonlitpriestess.com
The act of removing or neutralizing energy in a space, object, or person.
October 8 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1480 Great Stand on the Ugra river: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus. Ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde.
1769 Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand at Poverty Bay on the East Coast of the North Island
1915 Battle of Loos on WWI Western Front ends, German forces contain British attack (85,000 casualties)
1917 Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control
1945 Microwave oven patented by US inventor Percy Spencer
2001 US President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security
Today’s Historical Events
314 Battle at Cibalae: Roman emperor in the west Constantine beats emperor in the east Licinius
451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens – acts of second Council of Ephesus annulled and doctrine of Pope Leo’s Tome adopted
876 Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bald
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned king of Croatia
1085 San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
1480 Great Stand on the Ugra river: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus. Ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde.
1600 San Marino adopts constitution
1604 Supernova “Kepler’s nova” first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1927 “The Second Hundred Years” silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team
1942 Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show
1944 “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debut on CBS radio
1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
1958 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Ringo Starr passes his driving test
1979 13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell win
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1897 Emperor Franz Joseph I names Gustav Mahler Director of the Vienna Court Opera
1928 Cole Porter and E. Ray Goetz’ musical “Paris” opens at the Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 195 performances
1928 Joseph Szigeti debuts Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto
1944 Samuel Barber‘s “Capricorn Concerto” premieres at The Town Hall, NYC, in a performance by Daniel Saidenberg and his Little Symphony
1951 Revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical “Music in the Air” opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC ; runs for 56 performances
1959 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann’s musical review “At the Drop of a Hat” opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 216 performances
1971 John Lennon releases his megahit single “Imagine”
1972 International music revue “From Israel with Love” closes limited run at Palace Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1818 Jack Broughton designed padded gloves first used in a competitive boxing match between 2 unnamed English boxers at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
1888 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jack Burns wins his lone Open title by 1 stroke from Ben Sayers and David Anderson Jr
1904 Vanderbilt Cup, first major trophy in American auto racing is conducted on public roads in Nassau County area of Long Island, NY; inaugural winner, American driver George Heath in a Panhard
1908 Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
1908 NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
1915 Phillies win their 1st & only World Series game before 1980, beating Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally
1922 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5-3 at the Polo Grounds in Game 5 for a 4-0-1 series win; Game 2 tied
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Words are
Handfasting
AND
Handparting
From moonlitpriestess.com
A Pagan wedding; many follow the year-and-a-day tradition and renew it every year and a day if so desired.
AND
The breaking up or divorce of a handfasted couple. Generally performed at the end of the year-and-a-day period excepting dire circumstances.
September 30 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)
1846 Anesthetic ether is used for the 1st time, by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth
1862 Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous “Blood and Iron” speech on the unification of German territories
1938 Treaty of Munich signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares “Peace for our time” on his return to London.
1946 Twenty-two Nazi leaders, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death or prison at the Nuremberg war trials
1980 Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation [1]
Today’s Historical Events
489 Germanic King of Italy Odoacer attacks Ostrogothic leader Theodoric the Great at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again
1124 Orval abbey church consecrated in southeast Belgium
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1399 King Richard II of England’s (supposed) abdication read out in the House of Commons by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In reality deposed by his cousin and successor Henry IV
1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)
1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France
1555 Bishop of Oxford Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic
1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1939 In the first televised college football game, Fordham beats Waynesburg, 34-7 at Randalls Island, NY
1947 In first televised World Series Baseball game, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; also largest WS crowd to date, 73,365
1950 Radio’s “Grand Ole Opry” is broadcast on TV for 1st time
1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
1954 Sandy Wilson’s musical “The Boy Friend”, cast includes Julie Andrews, making her Broadway debut, opens at the Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 485 performances
1955 American actor and cultural icon James Dean is killed in a car crash aged 24
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1791 Mozart‘s opera “Magic Flute”, with German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, premieres at Schikaneder’s Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria
1935 George Gershwin‘s opera “Porgy and Bess” premieres in Boston
1963 “Student Gypsy” opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 16 performances
1964 “Oh What a Lovely War” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 performances
1965 Donovan’s 1st US TV appearance (Shindig)
1982 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen‘s sixth studio album “Nebraska”, a solo record, made without a backing band
1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
1997 “Too Close” single released by Next (Billboard Song of the Year, 1998)
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
1882 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob Ferguson wins third consecutive Open title; beats fellow Scot Willie Fernie by 3 strokes
1887 8th America’s Cup: New York Yacht Club’s cutter Volunteer beats Scottish challenger Thistle by 11:48.75 seconds on corrected time to win series, 2-0 off Newport, RI
1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1
1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Law of Return
From moonlitpriestess.com
Wiccan concept that what we send out comes back to us; related to the Three-Fold Law with the exception that the consequences of our actions are not magnified.
September 14 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1752 Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3 – Sept 13)
1936 1st prefrontal lobotomy in America performed by Walter Freeman and James W. Watts at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C.
1939 World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut
1949 India’s Constituent Assembly adopts Hindi as an official language. Celebrated today as Hindi Day.
1956 IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton
1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
2020 Astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in planets’s atmosphere by telescope [1]
2021 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19 as the nation’s known death toll reaches 663,913 (Johns Hopkins) [1]
Today’s Historical Events
81 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus
786 Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother Al-Hadi
891 Stephen V’s reign as Catholic Pope end with his death, succeeded a few weeks later by Pope Formosus
1163 Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland
1180 Minamoto no Yoritomo led force of 300 defeated at Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan
1515 Battle at Marignano ends after two days in a French and Venetian victory over a Swiss army
1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland
1629 Siege of ‘s-Hertogenbosch: Spanish garrison surrenders to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House
1965 Western sitcom “F-Troop” premieres in the US on ABC
1972 “The Waltons” TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, and Will Geer
1979 The film “Quadrophenia”, loosely based on The Who’s 1973 rock opera of the same name, is released.
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1741 George Frideric Handel finishes his “Messiah” oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days
1954 Benjamin Britten‘s opera ‘Turn of the Screw’ premieres in Venice
1955 Little Richard records “Tutti Frutti” at J & M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Communist Party of USSR
1968 Dmitri Shostakovich‘ 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow
1968 While on tour in England, a fire at singer Roy Orbison’s Henderson, Tennessee home kills the two eldest of his three sons
1980 “Charlie & Algernon” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances
1984 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with “You Might Think”, and David Bowie wins with “China Girl”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1865 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman Andrew Strath wins his first title; beats 2-time champion Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes
1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game
1923 In his 4th heavyweight boxing title defence Jack Dempsey recovers after being sent through the ropes to KO Argentine challenger Luis Firpo in the 2nd round at the Polo Grounds, NYC
1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
1924 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP
1929 A’s clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
1929 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
A Death in Lady Beltane’s Family
My middle son’s father crossed the veil Tuesday night. Although it was expected it still saddens me deeply. I am not in a frame of mind to do posts this morning. I will try to get both hemispheres today and tomorrow posts done later today but this new development in my life has caused a very bad fibromyalgia flare so I am limited on how long I can type.
Sonny was a man whose later years revolved around his 9 children and all his descendants. He proudly served in the U. S. Army and belonged to the V. F. W. and served as a Commander for his post. He was also a member of the American Legion and Elks clubs.
I remember him most for the close friendship and love we shared for over 40 years. He is my only ex I talked to regularly. We might not have been a couple for many years but our shared love of our son always kept us close. I got to spend time with him at the end of July when we celebrated our or at least my youngest grandson’s 3rd birthday.
I send him off with love and the wings of an eagle to the Summerlands.
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