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October 24 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1260 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself

1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends The Thirty Years’ War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland’s independence recognized

1929 “Black Thursday”, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba

2008 “Bloody Friday” saw many of the world’s stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

Today’s Historical Events

79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae and killing thousands. New research in 2018 suggests the eruption occurred at about this date, not the previously used 24 August. [1] [2]

1260 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself

1260 The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; now a UNESCO World Heritage Site

1360 The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War

1492 24 Jews are burned at the stake in Mecklenburg, Germany

1531 Bavaria joins Schmalkaldic League

1593 Alleged teleportation of Spanish soldier Gil Perez from the Philippines to Mexico

1596 -26] Battle at Kerestes: Ottoman beat Austria-Hungary & Germany

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1926 Harry Houdini‘s last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

1929 Rudy Vallee’s “The Fleishmann’s Yeast Hour” begins broadcasting on NBC radio

1948 WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting

1962 “The Manchurian Candidate”, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released

1976 1st Toronto International Film Festival opens

1987 NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike

2002 Wuxia film “Hero” directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li released in China (US release 2004)

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1818 Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin

1885 Johann Strauss’ operetta “Zigeunerbaron (Gypsy Baron)” premieres in Vienna

1939 Benny Goodman records “Let’s Dance”

1948 Francis Poulenc’s “Sinfonietta” premieres

1959 US premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Cello concert

1961 “Evening with Yves Montand” opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC for 55 performances

1963 “110 in the Shade” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 performances

1964 “Cambridge Circus” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1857 Recognised by FIFA as oldest existing club still playing football in the world, Sheffield FC is founded in Yorkshire, England; now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire

1885 “World Championship” Baseball Series, Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds: St. Louis Browns beat Chicago White Stockings, 13–4 in Game 7; disputed series tied at 3-3-1

1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League

1892 “World Championship” Baseball Series, South End Grounds, Boston: Boston Beaneaters beat Cleveland Spiders, 8-3 for a 5-0-1 championship victory; last of the pre-modern-era World Series

1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager

1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up

1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball

1954 Britain’s Mike Hawthorne wins season ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio takes second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González

Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors

The interior of Central Asia has been identified as a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations across Asia in a new study led by Dr. Emma Finestone, Assistant Curator of Human Origins at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Research Affiliate of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

The study’s findings indicate that the steppe, semi-arid and desert zones of Central Asia were once favorable environments for hominins and their dispersal into Eurasia.

An interdisciplinary team of scholars from institutions that span four continents set out to expand the limited knowledge of early hominin activity in the Central Asian lowlands. The team included Dr. Paul Breeze and Professor Nick Drake from Kings College London, Professor Sebastian Breitenbach from Northumbria University Newcastle, Professor Farhod Maksudov from the Uzbekistan Academy of the Sciences, and Professor Michael Petraglia from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.

“Central Asia connects several zones that played important roles in hominin dispersals out of Africa and through Asia” Dr. Finestone said. “Yet we know comparatively little about the early occupation of Central Asia. Most of the  is not dated and

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October 23 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

42 BC Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Brutus‘s army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.

1911 1st aerial reconnaissance mission is flown by an Italian pilot over Turkish lines during the Italo-Turkish War

1942 During WWII, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces discovery of a 3.4-billion year old one-celled fossil, one of the earliest life forms on Earth

1981 US national debt hits $1 trillion

2001 The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks

Today’s Historical Events

42 BC Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Brutus‘s army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.

425 Valentinian III is elevated to Roman Emperor, at the age of 6

502 The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.

585 Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)

787 Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconoclastic cult at Nicaea

1086 Battle of az-Zallaqah: Almoravid army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI

1091 Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing two and demolishing the wooden London Bridge (OS 17 Oct)

1157 The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1932 “Fred Allen Show” premieres on radio

1941 Walt Disney‘s animated film “Dumbo” released

1952 Charlie Chaplin‘s “Limelight”, starring himself and Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster Keaton, premieres in New York City; Not released in Los Angeles until 1972, winning Chaplin his only competitive Academy Award for original score

1953 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast

1954 WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast

1958 The Smurfs first appear in the story “Johan and Pirlouit” by Belgium cartoonist Peyo

1962 WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1919 Orchestra Hall, designed by C. Howard Crane opens in Detroit, Michigan; home of the Detroit Symphony, 1919-39 and 1989 to present, also known as The Paradise Theater, featuring top jazz performers and films, 1941-51

1919 Romberg & Atteridge’s musical “Passing Show” premieres in NYC

1921 Leos Janacek’s opera “Kat’a Kabanova” premieres in Brno

1942 All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is composer Ralph Rainger (“Thanks for the Memory”)

1961 “Kwamina” opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 32 performances

1967 “Henry, Sweet Henry” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances

1968 “Maggie Flynn” opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 82 performances

1969 “Jimmy” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 84 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1871 Replacement yacht Sappho (US) beats Livonia (UK) by 25:27 in race 5 to win 3rd America’s Cup off Newport, RI 4-1; original defender Columbia damaged so misses races 4 & 5

1886 “World Championship” Baseball Series, Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis: St.L Browns edge Chicago White Stockings, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 6 to take series, 4-2

1903 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery

1910 World Series Baseball: Philadelphia A’s beat Chicago Cubs, 7-2 at West Side Park, Chicago to win their first Championship, 4-1

1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in “Black Sox” 1919 World Series Baseball scandal

1921 Green Bay Packers play 1st APFA (forerunner to NFL) game; beat Minneapolis Marines, 7-6 at Hagemeister Park, Green Bay, WI

1923 Legendary Yankees slugger Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a rival Giants uniform as NY beats Baltimore Orioles, 9-0 in a benefit game for former Giants owner John Day

1945 American baseball player Jackie Robinson signs contract with Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of Brooklyn Dodgers

What Is the Meaning of the New Moon? – Article Brought Back From the Past

 

What Is the Meaning of the New Moon?

This moon phase is a time to rest, recharge and renew

New Moons are special, as a time to unfold into your real self, the timeless one. If it’s true that we rest between lives, in our real home, the New Moon is a time to rest, before the next cycle of happenings.

Because of that, it’s one to get juiced up again, by merging with that renewing, spiritual source. And like other moments of soul searching, like the Sun’s “New Moon” at Winter Solstice, it’s a time to remember who you are and get guidance on the road ahead.

Sun and Moon
When the Moon is new, the Luminaries — the Sun and Moon — are aligned in the same Zodiac sign. That makes it a charged time with concentrated energies of that sign. A New Moon is a symbolic point of attention and a symbolic portal for new beginnings.

New Moons are a great time to set intentions for things you’d like to create, develop, cultivate, make manifest. There are many ways to initiate this communion with the Universe from lighting a candle to elaborate rituals. What matters is that you’re committing yourself to your vision, and open to receiving guidance, healing, support from Spirit.

Following the Moon
When you tune into the Moon’s phases, it’s reassuring to know that there are many chances during the year to tap into lunar energy. Like the tides, the Moon ebbs and flows, a rhythm that women understand intimately. New Moons are a blank page on which to speak your dreams out loud, and Full Moons are for taking action and celebrating the fruit of your efforts.

In the chaotic and temporal world, looking to something larger that is also part of yourself can fill you with awe and make you feel connected. For whatever path you’re on, opening to working with planetary energies links you to the power of the divine.

Getting Ready
It’s a good idea to spend some time reflecting in the days leading up to the new Moon. Knowing exactly what you want to draw into your life is not always easy. Part of preparing for the new Moon is making sure you are clear about your intentions. Sometimes it’s a quality you’d like to cultivate like forgiveness, courage — other times it’s a more specific request for a promotion at work or a new place to live.

What Is a New Moon Ritual?
This depends on your personal tastes, the pace of your life and the time you have to devote to it. Some simply light a candle, while others gather objects and pictures for their altar. Try writing your intentions on a 7-day candle and leaving it in a prominent (and safe) place. With a candle, you can return to it and relight it while meditating on your intentions.

Ritual helps focus your entire being on the quest at hand. In the days leading up to the new Moon, you might gather pictures and totems that symbolize your goal. Creating a New Moon collage gives you a visual reminder of your dreams.

What Does It Mean for Each Different Zodiac Sign?
Every new Moon is different, and this gives you the chance to claim the energies of each different sign. Even if you don’t have planets in the sign for a given month, it falls somewhere in your birth chart. We each have elements of the entire Zodiac in our make-up, with some more emphasized than others. Find out where the new Moon falls in your chart for clues as to what to “call in” that month.

How Is It Different From the Full Moon?
The new Moon has a more inward feel, has a void or empty quality, and therefore can be frightening to those not comfortable with uncertainty. Can you learn to trust the dark? It’s the moment when the old passes away and the new is not yet here. That’s why it’s a powerful time for sending out your prayer, wishes, desires to the Universe.

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Molly Hall, Author
Published on ThoughtCo.com

October 22 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1633 Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea

1721 Tsar Peter the Great becomes “All-Russian Imperator”

1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb

1884 International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian

1907 Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to US wide run on banks

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the missile crisis

Today’s Historical Events

 

362 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire

794 Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).

1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest

1383 The 1383-85 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder begins after King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne

1575 Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)

1633 Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea

1707 Scilly Naval Disaster: shipwreck of four Royal navy warships and loss of 1400 men during a storm off the Scilly Isles – will prompt 1714 British Act of Parliament competition to find longitude at sea

1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1926 J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal

1930 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen’s Hall, under Adrian Boult

1932 Film “Red Dust” directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Mary Astor premieres

1939 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field

1942 “Now, Voyager” film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains, premieres in New York; wins 3 Academy Awards

1955 WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting

1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1868 Jacques Offenbach’s opera “Genevieve de Brabant” premieres in NYC

1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert

1883 New York’s original Metropolitan Opera House has its grand opening with a performance of Charles Gounod’s opera “Faust”

1922 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, NY, named after a knight in Wagner’s opera

1959 Bob Merrill‘s musical “Take Me Along” opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 448 performances

1964 EMI rejects audition by “High Numbers”; they go on to become “The Who”

1969 Paul McCartney denies greatly exaggerated rumors of his death

1975 “Me & Bessie” opens at Ambassador Theater. NYC; runs for 453 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.

1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion

1885 John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union

1930 SC Genemuiden soccer team forms

1933 Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats Spanish challenger Paulino Uzcudun on points in Rome, Italy to retain the IBU heavyweight title

1935 PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 & 4

1939 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field

1950 LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27

October 21 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1805 Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle.

1854 Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War

1944 World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall

1948 UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons

1950 Chinese forces occupy Tibet

1993 Failed military coup in Burundi, led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, includes assassination President Ndadaye; 525,000 Hutus flee

Today’s Historical Events

310 St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope

335 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great rules that Jews are not allowed to purchase and circumcise Christian slaves

686 Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1096 Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea defeats The People’s Crusade at the Battle of Civetot, only about 3,000 out of 20,000 Crusaders survive

1187 Alberto de Morra elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.

1520 Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean

1555 Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1921 “The Sheik”, a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles

1961 Barbra Streisand opens in “Another Evening with Harry Stones”

1964 Film version of “My Fair Lady” directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1965)

1965 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting

1975 Elton John is given a star in Hollywood

1988 Bat*21, an American war film, is released

2005 52nd National Film Awards (India): “Page 3” wins the Golden Lotus

2009 55th National Film Awards (India): “Kanchivaram” wins the Golden Lotus

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1858 Jacques Offenbach’s operetta ” Orpheus in the Underworld” (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris, includes “Infernal Galop” (can-can tune)

1944 Walter Piston‘s “Fugue for a Victory Tune” premieres in NYC

1971 “To Live Another Summer” opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances

1972 “Dude” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 16 performances

1972 “Man of La Mancha” closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 performances

1972 “Pacific Paradise” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 5 performances

1975 “Treemonisha” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 64 performances

1980 “Banjo Dancing” opens at Century Theater NYC for 38 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1905 In early promotion of soccer in America, England Pilgrim Association XI beats All New York XI, 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, NY

1911 Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union

1964 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs a world record 2:12:11.2 to beat Briton Basil Heatley by more than 4 minutes and win the men’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics; first athlete to win Olympic marathon twice

1964 American men’s 4×400m relay team beats Great Britain by 0.9s to set world record 3:00.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams & Henry Carr

1964 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta

1964 New Zealand athlete Peter Snell wins the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics; his second gold medal of the Games (800m); 3rd career gold

1964 Polish 4×100m women’s relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka & Ewa Kłobukowska

1964 US 4 x 100m men’s relay team of Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes run world record 39.0s to beat Poland by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

October 20 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade

1603 Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 killed

1803 US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase

1917 US suffragette Alice Paul begins a 7 month jail sentence for peacefully picketing in support of the women’s Suffrage (right to vote) Amendment at the White House in Washington, D.C.

1935 Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence

1944 US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte

2020 US Justice Department sues Google for illegal monopoly over search and search advertising

Today’s Historical Events

1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade

1528 Treaty of Gorinchem signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles of Guelders

1536 King Christian III of Denmark & Norway leads reform in Catholic possessions

1576 Spanish troops occupy & plunder Maastricht

1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League

1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan’s rulers (shoguns)

1603 Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 killed

1634 British King Charles I disbands new “Ship Money” tax

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210W 46th St, NYC

1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premieres on NBC radio

1932 Journalist Robert Trout joins CBS

1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood

1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green’s musical “Peter Pan”, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC; runs for 152 performances

1955 “No Time for Sergeants” opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith

1955 Publication of “The Return of the King”, the 3rd and final volume of “The Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1877 Franz Schubert‘s 2nd Symphony in B premieres

1934 Richard Strauss completes his opera “Die Schweigsame Frau”

1939 “All the Things You Are” recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

1955 Harry Belafonte records “Day-O” (Banana Boat Song)

1962 Musical “Mr President” opens at St James Theater New York for 265 performances

1962 Peter, Paul and Mary‘s debut folk album “Peter, Paul and Mary” reaches No. 1 on US album charts

1964 “Golden Boy” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances

1964 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris leads to 150 arrests

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand

1899 American yacht Columbia beats the Shamrock challenge from Royal Ulster Yacht Club in 11th America’s Cup

1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series

1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar

1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)

1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0

1934 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig sails to Japan for 18-game series against Big-Six University League

1935 Detroit Tigers future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BWAA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell is runner-up

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Word is

Pagan

From moonlitpriestess.com

Formally meant “country dweller” and was used in the same way the terms hick, redneck, or hillbilly are today; often used today to refer to those not of Christian faith. An umbrella term encompassing various religions and spiritual practices and often defined differently among them; followers of polytheistic and non-Christian religions.

October 19, 2022 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

Historical Events

202 BC Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus, ending 2nd Punic War

1781 British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm, ending the US Revolutionary War

1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers

1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University in Pistcaway, New Jersey

1987 Black Monday: Stock markets around the world crash, including the Dow Jones stock index, which falls 508.32 points (22%), 4½ times the previous daily record

2015 US scientists from University of California find evidence life on earth may have begun 4.1 billion years ago, 300 million earlier than previously thought

Today’s Historical Events

202 BC Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus, ending 2nd Punic War

439 The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa

615 Pope Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] elected to succeed Boniface IV as Catholic Pope

1031 Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord

1216 King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry III

1298 Rindfleisch-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered

1330 17-year-old English King Edward III captures his mother’s lover and the country’s de facto ruler Roger Mortimer at Nottingham Castle (later has him hanged)

1453 French retake Bordeaux following the Battle of Castillon

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1943 Theater Guild presentation of Shakespeare’s “Othello”, starring Paul Robeson, opens at the Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 296 performances

1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey

1954 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

1960 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting

1973 Ringo Starr releases music single “Photograph” in the UK

1988 US Senate passes bill curbing ads during children’s TV shows

1990 “Dances with Wolves” directed by Kevin Costner and starring Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell premieres in Washington, D.C. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1991)

2018 “Halloween” film reboot starring Jamie Curtis makes a record $77m for a horror film with a female lead, biggest debut any film with female lead over 55 in US

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1845 Richard Wagner‘s opera “Tannhäuser” premieres in Dresden

1901 Edward Elgar‘s “Pomp & Circumstance March” premieres in Liverpool, England

1948 “My Romance” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances

1957 “Damn Yankees” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances

1969 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s musical “The Rothschilds”, starring Halden, Jill Clayburgh, and Robby Benson opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 505 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards

1972 “Mother Earth” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances

1975 “A Chorus Line”, held record longest-running Broadway show (6,137 performances), premieres on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in New York

1986 Joe Raposa’s musical “Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure”, starring Ivy Austin, closes at Nederlander Theater, NYC, after 5 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks

1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP

1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936

1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico

1943 New York Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces his retirement

1949 A’s trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton

1957 Montreal Canadien Maurice “Rocket” Richard, becomes the 1st NHLer to score 500 goals

1958 Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Drivers Championship from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Word is

Earth Magick

From moonlitpriestess.com

A practical form of magick which involves drawing energy from Mother Earth.

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

This link will take you to a page on Witch Spell Book that has information about different types of spell

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