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July 26 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
657 Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River
1519 Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America
1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor, Atahualpa
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world’s first public railway, opens in south London
1908 United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the unconditional surrender of Japan during WWII
1953 Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba
Today’s Historical Events
657 Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River
811 Battle of Pliska: Bulgarians under Krum beat Byzantines
920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona
1267 Inquisition forms in Rome under Pope Clement IV
1309 Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V
1469 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor – Pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV
1497 “Edward IV‘s son” Perkin Warbeck’s army lands in Cork
1499 Spanish conquistador Alonso de Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1896 Vitascope Hall, 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre, opens in New Orleans
1938 1st radio broadcast of “Young Widder Brown” on NBC
1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS’ Bob Howard Show
1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1978 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1882 Richard Wagner‘s opera “Parsifal” premieres in Bayreuth, Germany
1973 Peter Shaffer‘s musical “Equus” premieres in London
1992 “Man of La Mancha” closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 performances
2018 Sir Paul McCartney performs a “secret” gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1914 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
1928 In only his second and final defence of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC
1928 Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
1931 LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf’s only major title
1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title
1931 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
1933 Joe DiMaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Natural Magick
From moonlitpriestess.com
Another term for Earth Magick, magick that is drawn from the energies of the Earth, natural objects, the Elements, etc.
July 25 Today in HIstory
Today’s Important Historical Events
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops
1814 English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher
1943 Benito Mussolini dismissed as Italian Premier and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III
1944 World War II: Operation Spring – one of Canada’s bloodiest days, 18,444 casualties and 5,021 killed
1997 Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
Today’s Historical Events
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops
864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings
1120 Large fire in church of Saint Madeleine of Vézelay, France, kills a thousand pilgrims and seriously damages the church
1139 Count Alfonso I of Portugal proclaimed King
1261 Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire
1360 Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia
1446 Foundation stone laid for King’s College Chapel in Cambridge by King Henry VI, one of England’s finest medieval buildings (main structure complete 1515) [1]
1510 Spanish conquest of Tripoli by Pedro Navarro for Aragon crown; over 3,000 killed and more than 5,000 inhabitants enslaved
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1922 AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA & WFAN)
1946 At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team
1966 The Supremes release single “You Can’t Hurry Love”
1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirms he has AIDS
1987 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman’s Championship Belt
1988 Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA
1989 Brandi Sherwood of Idaho crowned 7th Miss Teen USA
1990 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington
1936 Jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker marries his childhood sweetheart Rebecca Ruffin
1964 “Here’s Love” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 338 performances
1964 Beatles’ album “A Hard Day’s Night” goes #1, stays #1 for 14 weeks
1965 Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning of folk-rock
1966 Brian Jones’ final performance as a Rolling Stone
1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival (across 3 days); performers included: Bo Diddley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ten Years After, Guess Who, Santana, Tim Buckley, Byrds, Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Chicago Transit Authority, Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors
1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” sung by the Carpenters reaches #1
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1900 Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs
1902 3 years after winning the title from English boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, American champion James J. Jeffries repeats the dose with an 8th round KO in San Francisco for the heavyweight crown
1913 Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores 5 runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and 4 walks, as the Bucs beat Philadelphia Phillies, 12-2
1914 Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park
1937 31st Tour de France won by Roger Lapebie of France
1939 New York Yankees starting pitcher Atley Donald sets American League rookie record for consecutive wins; beats St. Louis Browns 5-1 for his 12th straight victory
1940 American John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours, 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri in the Mississippi River; 292 miles, longest solo swim of all time
1941 41-year-old Lefty Grove wins his 300th and final MLB career game as the Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 10-6 at Fenway Park
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Words are
Hagstone
and
Holey Stones
From moonlitpriestess.com
Another name for holey stones.
and
Rocks with naturally occurring hole through their centers; known for protection and luck; believed that peering through the hole provides the ability to see creatures of other realms.
July 24 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots
1832 Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming’s South Pass
1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (till 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people
1982 Single “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor from “Rocky III” soundtrack starts 6-week run at No. 1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
2019 Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals “Nature” and “Nature Geoscience”
Today’s Historical Events
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily
1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place
1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer
1525 Second attempt to circumnavigate the globe as seven ships departs Corunna headed by García Jofre de Loaísa on orders of King Charles I of Spain for the Spice Islands (only one will make it)
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots
1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1952 “High Noon”, American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released
1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 500,000th Dutch TV set registered
1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1974 “Death Wish”, based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US
1978 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
1998 “Saving Private Ryan“, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999)
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1917 Trial of Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari begins in Paris for allegedly spying for Germany and thus causing the deaths of 50,000 soldiers
1942 Irving Berlin‘s musical “This Is The Army” premieres in NYC
1965 “Flora, the Red Menace” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 87 performances
1965 Bob Dylan release “Like a Rolling Stone”
1965 Rock group “The Animals” 1st time in British charts
1967 The Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
1982 “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” closes at E O’Neill NYC after 63 performances
1983 “Mame” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1860 Olympics beat St. George, 25-17 at St. Georges Cricket Grounds, Philadelphia in first baseball game played in enclosed field
1893 For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men’s double championship in Chicago
1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
1908 American Johnny Hayes wins London Olympic marathon in Games record 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
1909 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn
1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium
July 23 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1829 William Austin Burt patents America’s first “typographer” (typewriter)
1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
Today’s Historical Events
636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
685 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1148 Crusaders begin siege of Damascus during Second Crusade (abandoned 28 July)
1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne, France by order of Pope Innocent IV
1298 Rindfleisch (“Beef”) Persecutions – Jewish community in Wurzburg, Germany massacred
1453 Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion
1532 Emperor Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League sign Peace of Nuremberg
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1966 Frank Sinatra‘s album “Strangers In The Night” hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
1975 Alan Ayckbourn’s “Absent Friends” premieres in London
1981 14th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns after Penthouse publishes unauthorized nude photos of her
1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America’s Most Wanted)
1989 Ringo Starr‘s first All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons, Dr. John, Billy Preston, and Jim Keltner
1994 American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1961 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls
1965 The Beatles’ single “Help” is released in the UK
1976 Wings release single “Let ’em In”
1992 Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour, his first with musicians other than the E Street band
1995 “Hamlet” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1827 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms
1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England Croquet Club; 1877 name changed to The All England Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club
1902 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles
1921 Edward Gourdin of US sets long jump record at 25′ 2 3/4″
1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
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.
Ancient sanctuary used by Roman soldiers nearly 2,000 years ago found in the Netherlands
One of the most extensive ancient Roman temple complexes in northern Europe, which includes sacrificial altars used by soldiers on a far frontier of the Roman Empire, has been unearthed in the Netherlands.
The first century A.D. site — known as a temple sanctuary — was located near the fork of the Rhine and Waal rivers and a short walk from Roman forts along the Lower German Limes, which was then the northernmost border of the empire. It now lies near the Dutch city of Zevenaar in the eastern Gelderland region, near the border with Germany.
The sanctuary consisted of at least three large temples and many smaller altars dedicated to particular Roman gods and goddesses, and would mainly have been used for sacred vows by Roman soldiers stationed at the nearby forts, project leader Eric Norde, an archaeologist at the Dutch archaeology agency RAAP, told Live Science.
Hundreds of artifacts have been found at the site, including coins and jewelry; while the tips of spears and lances, and the remains of armor and horse harnesses, emphasize its military nature, he said.
The discoveries give a glimpse of the lives of soldiers stationed on the frontiers of the empire, far from the Roman heartlands.
“It’s the best-preserved Roman sanctuary in the Netherlands, and perhaps in a much larger area,” Norde said. “It’s quite extraordinary.”
The central government of the Netherlands and the provincial Gelderland government have contracted RAAP to excavate the site, which was first unearthed during commercial clay extraction works in 2021, according to a statement by the Dutch cultural ministry (opens in new tab). The clay extraction has been stopped for the excavations but is continuing nearby, and so the archaeological site is closed to the public for now.
Votive altars …
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Public Service Announcement – Security flaws in a popular GPS tracker are exposing a million vehicle locations
Security vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built GPS vehicle tracker can be easily exploited to track and remotely cut the engines of at least a million vehicles around the world, according to new research. Worse, the company that makes the GPS trackers has made no effort to fix them.
Cybersecurity startup BitSight said it found six vulnerabilities in the MV720, a hardwired GPS tracker built by MiCODUS, a Shenzhen-based electronics maker, which claims more than 1.5 million GPS trackers in use today across more than 420,000 customers worldwide, including companies with fleets of vehicles, law enforcement agencies, militaries and national governments. BitSight said in its report that it also found the GPS trackers used by Fortune 50 companies and a nuclear power plant operator.
But the security flaws can be easily and remotely exploited to track any vehicle in real time, access past routes and cut the engines of vehicles in motion.
Security vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built GPS vehicle tracker can be easily exploited to track and remotely cut the engines of at least a million vehicles around the world, according to new research. Worse, the company that makes the GPS trackers has made no effort to fix them.
Cybersecurity startup BitSight said it found six vulnerabilities in the MV720, a hardwired GPS tracker built by MiCODUS, a Shenzhen-based electronics maker, which claims more than 1.5 million GPS trackers in use today across more than 420,000 customers worldwide, including companies with fleets of vehicles, law enforcement agencies, militaries and national governments. BitSight said in its report that it also found the GPS trackers used by Fortune 50 companies and a nuclear power plant operator.
But the security flaws can be easily and remotely exploited to track any vehicle in real time, access past routes and cut the engines of vehicles in motion.
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Thank You All
Thank you to everyone who sent me suggestions on combating my allergies and summer cold. Also, for your patients and answering when I did not feel up to posting any of the regular daily posts. I did use some of the suggestions and am feeling somewhat better today. A full night’s sleep helped too especially with my fibromyalgia flare.
All missing birth horoscopes from July 16 to July 20 are now posted on their specific date. Remember the birthday horoscopes are not just for your birth date but for the next year of your life.
I do not know right now if I will get all of the regular daily posts done for both hemispheres’ today, I will do what I can.
I posted what I think are the best posts to help with spells and rituals for both hemispheres’ today. I am hoping to get back on later to do these posts for the southern hemisphere’s tomorrow.
Still Not Feeling Well
On top of the fibromyalgia flare and tick bite I was exposed to Covid this past Friday. So now I get to isolate until next Wednesday unless I have symptoms. This past couple of weeks have really taken a toll on my physical body making it hard to do anything including walking about 10 to 15 feet.
I will try to catch upon on birthday horoscopes tomorrow. I am sorry for the delay in posts and thank you for your understanding with me at this time.
Not Feeling Good at All
I’m sorry I am not up to doing all the regular dailky and extra posts. I’m just not feeling good and have limited physical energy right now. I am going to take the rest of this week off. I will only be posting the birthday horoscopes and a spell a day until the northern hemisphere’s Monday. I will do the two posts when I feel up to doing them each day
I am hoping and wishing it is just a fibromyalgia flare again. But since Wednesday I have been bitten by two ticks. The second one feasting on my blood while I slept last night. I have been and will keep telling my body it is not allowed to get lyme disease. I ask for positive energy to be sent if you want to, to help my mantra of “I refuse to get lyme disease ” be stronger..
Thank you for your understanding and support not only when I am feeling totally yucky but every day. Much love and thanks to each of my brothers, sisters, and honored guests.
Posts Will Be Late Today
After only 4 hours of sleep starting at 7:00 AM I am not doing too good. I also did some forgotten spring cleaning than finished mowing our yard. I hopefully get the tomorrow posts for both hemispheres up before my body says ENOUGH and I just crash. If I do not I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Incense
From moonlitpriestess.com
Herbs, oils, or other aromatic items which are burned – usually in the censer – to scent, cleanse, purify, or add intention to the air during ritual and magick.
July 14 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1789 Bastille Day – the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris (now celebrated as France’s national day)
1798 US Sedition Act prohibits “false, scandalous & malicious” writing against government
1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie
1933 All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany
1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp
1992 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds release “Linux” soon afterwards
Today’s Historical Events
982 King Otto II and his Frankish army defeated in pitched battle with Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy
1077 Bayeux Tapestry likely first goes on display to decorate the nave during the consecration of Notre-Dame of Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, Normandy [1]
1223 Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
1420 Battle at Vitkov Zizka’s hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia
1535 Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis
1570 Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council of Trent. Will remain unchanged for 400 years.
1581 English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)
1698 The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1968 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 “Easy Rider”, directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released
1969 WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
1987 Steve Miller’s star is unveiled on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
1989 Film “When Harry Met Sally” is released starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron
1992 Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery
2005 38th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1682 Composer Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London
1795 The French National Convention decrees “La Marseillaise” by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle France’s national anthem
1951 “Courtin’ Time” closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances
1951 “Make a Wish” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
1967 The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman’s Hermits
1973 Phil Everly storms off stage at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California and declares an end to “The Everly Brothers”; the show was planned as their last, his exit improvised
1986 Paul McCartney releases single “Press”, from the album “Press To Play”
1989 Jessye Norman sings French national anthem, La Marseillaise at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, to celebrate 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
1914 NL’s Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
1916 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings for 14 hits in a 0-0 tie vs Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
1934 NY Times erroneously declares Babe Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
1934 Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0
1946 Cleveland’s Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR, but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship
1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Words are
Archetype
From moonlitpriestess.com
Universal pattern, symbol, or figure believed to be of primordial origins; typically used as a form of language between the conscious and subconscious minds. The most famous theories and discussions of the role and importance of archetypes were first proposed by psychologist Carl Jung.
July 13 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1772 Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent)
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia’s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1966 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founds the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna movement) in New York City
Today’s Historical Events
574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1174 William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England
1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht
1558 Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines
1568 Dean of St. Paul’s London, Alexander Nowell perfects a way to bottle beer
1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
1643 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
1645 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as Tsar of Russia
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949
1939 Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut, with The Harry James Orchestra, singing “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood”
1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols “No One is Innocent”
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler‘s $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1988 Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
2005 TV police procedural “The Closer” debuts on TNT starring Kyra Sedgwick
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1668 Van Marco Cesti’s opera “Il Pomo d’Oro” (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
1935 Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer
1946 Musical revue “Tidbits of 1946” closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC. after 8 performances
1979 George Harrison releases single “Faster”
1984 Eddie Van Halen makes a guest appearance, performing “Beat It”, in a Jacksons concert, in Dallas, Texas
1984 Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart’s tour after 7 shows
1985 “Live Aid” concerts held at both Wembley Stadium (London) and John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) raises over $70 million for African famine relief
1987 Kylie Minogue releases her debut single “Locomotion”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1881 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats defending champion John Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for first of his 7 Wimbledon singles titles
1885 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 5 straight Wimbledon titles for William Renshaw; for second consecutive year he beats Herbert Lawford 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1886 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats Herbert Lawford for the 3rd straight year 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 for his 6th consecutive Wimbledon championship
1895 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Wilberforce Eaves 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Wimbledon singles title
1896 Philadelphia outfielder Ed Delahanty becomes second major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game as Phillies lose 9-8 to Chicago Colts at the West Side Grounds, Chicago
1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
1919 Boston Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support in field
1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
Scientists finally uncovered the source of the deadly ‘Blob’ that cooked the Pacific
A huge patch of water in the Pacific Ocean along the North American coast warmed above typical seasonal temperatures in late 2013.
This increase, named the “Blob” after a 1958 horror film about an alien life form that grows as it consumes everything in its path, lasted an abnormally long period of time and decimated sea life, killing fish, birds, and many other marine animals, particularly in 2015 and 2016.
The Blob has made at least two appearances since then, and now, a team of scientists has pinpointed the systematic warming in the Pacific Ocean that spurred the Blob’s rise, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment. Their modeling reveals the source of the Blob is not natural climatic variation, but rather human influences.
The source
A team of researchers led by Armineh Barkhordarian, an expert on atmospheric science and member of Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society,” demonstrated how the long-term warming pool has contributed to local marine heatwaves.
The most recent marine heatwave, which lasted from 2019 to 2021, caused water temperatures to…
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Mysterious ‘Lord of the Universe’ Deity from Ancient Palmyra Finally Identified
The identity of an unknown god described in inscriptions from the ancient city of Palmyra, located in modern-day Syria, has long baffled scientists. But now, a researcher declares that she has cracked the case.
Palmyra existed for millennia and the city flourished around 2,000 years ago as a center of trade that connected the Roman Empire with trade routes in Asia, such as the Silk Road.
The anonymous deity is mentioned in numerous Aramaic inscriptions at Palmyra and is referred to as “he whose name is blessed forever,” “lord of the universe” and…
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