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"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...

"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already."

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Romanian Flag Day

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June 26

Awaken thee, Romanian, shake off the deadly slumber…

Today is National Flag Day in Romania.

The three colors of the Romanian flag represent the blood of the people, the golden crops of the land, and the blue sky above…according to the Communists who ruled Romania from 1947 to 1989. But much [...]

June 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Flag Days, June holidays, Romania | 3 comments

Day of Conquest (aka Why did Constantinople get the works?)

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May 29

Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it’s a Turkish delight on a moonlit night…
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

[published May 29, 2008]

555 years ago today a young soldier by name of Hasan from the small town of [...]

May 29th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Battles, May holidays, Turkey | 2 comments

Defenders of the Fatherland Day

February 23

Today Russia celebrates Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

February 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: February holidays, Russia | Leave a comment

George Washington's Birthday?

Actual birthday: February 22?

Observed: 3rd Monday in February

George Washington’s birthday is observed on the third Monday [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: February holidays, United States | Leave a comment

Founding of Los Angeles

Today (September 4), 200 Angelinos, known as the Pobladores will recreate a nine-mile walk from San Gabriel to downtown Los Angeles, California, originally taken on this day in 1781. The Pobladores are descendants of the original permanent settlers of Los Angeles, eleven families and four Spanish soldiers who journeyed from the San Gabriel Mission [...]

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Other, September holidays, United States | Leave a comment

April 9, 1939

It’s not a holiday, but 70 years ago today, world-renowned opera singer Marian Anderson gave an historic concert on the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Anderson to sing in Constitution Hall because she was African-American, Eleanor Roosevelt suggested an outdoor concert on the National [...]

April 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: On this day | Leave a comment

Name 3 words that end in 'gry'

Today is International Mother Language Day

 

For some reason the excitement surrounding this occasion is not quite as intense as other more important holidays, such as Talk Like a Pirate Day. This may be because our national linguistic [...]

February 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Bangladesh, February holidays, International, Language | Leave a comment

Chinese New Year in California, circa 1861


A New York Times reporter describes Chinese New Year nearly 150 years ago in San Francisco:

 

CALIFORNIA; New-Year’s Calls in the Chinese Quarter   A deaf man would know it [was New Year] by the universal renewal [...]

February 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: United States | Leave a comment
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