10-13-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .

• 1843 - B'nai B'rith founded (NY)
• 1884 - Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude
• 1914 - Boston Braves sweep Phila A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
• 2010 - The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue

♪♪ HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .

Another really nice weather day here in Flag.

Got a call from Bob today. He’s headed for Cancun while I’m in Ethiopia. He’s looking at Mexico trip in the spring…maybe, we’ll see. He also wanted a CD of our Grand Canyon trip so he can show it around...very cool. We both learned today that videos on YouTube can’t be saved to a computer once they are uploaded. Good I guess.

Martha’s book, Coming Together, is almost ready for print. Guess I have to finish up the website soon. Her adoption story is very interesting…and should be on Amazon and other places while I am in Ethiopia. Cool.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .

1.      Sika, fallow, and Roe, are what types of animal?

2.      Animals living in what type of habitat are arboreal animals?

3.      What type of animal produces gossamer?

4.      What kind of animal is the source of mohair?

5.      What land mammal other than man has the longest lifespan?

6.      Lupus is the Latin name for what animal?

7.      Who was the British TV personality that presented the show Animal Magic?

8.      Michael Bond created what famous bear?

9.      Walt Disney's famous deer was named what?

10.  A horse named Black Bess was ridden by who?

11.  In the Lone Range, what was Tonto's horse's name?

12.  What kind of animals were Chi Chi and An An?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase does this suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .

• Percentage change in domestic violence when the local NFL team unexpectedly looses a game: +10%
• When it loses to a traditional rival: +20%

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                  .

• At various times in our history, some of the tamest books have been banned, including such children's classics as Grimm's Fairy Tales and Little Red Riding Hood—the former for being too violent and the latter because Little Red Riding Hood gives her grandmother a bottle of wine, which some feared would encourage drinking.
• Another children's favorite, Harriet the Spy, was banned because it supposedly taught children to "lie, spy, back-talk, and curse."
• Some of the classics of American literature have been banned, including J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
• Among the young adult novels that have been banned are Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume; Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson; the Anastasia Krupnik series, by Lois Lowry; Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George; and The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton.
• The Harry Potter books, by J. K. Rowling have been banned in certain places because they promote witchcraft, set bad examples, and are too dark.
• A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein was banned because of a suggestive illustration that might encourage kids to break dishes so they won't have to dry them.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                              .            

CHICAGO - A Chicago attorney who used homophobic and offensive language to describe other lawyers has agreed to a temporary suspension of his license, officials said.

Thomas Guadagno, 66, used terms such as "gay scum" and "child molester" to refer to other attorneys while soliciting traffic court clients, a complaint filed by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission said. The name-calling has gone on for at least six years, the complaint said, and in 2009 a Cook County judge found him guilty of disorderly conduct for yelling "scumbag" and "homosexual" at another attorney, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.

In the newest action, the commission said Guadagno's license would be suspended for a month and he would have to complete two years of probation, see a therapist for anger management counseling and complete a seminar on attorney professionalism.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .

Two golfers met at the club. "I heard about your terrible tragedy last week," said one.

"Yes," said the other sadly, sipping his drink. "I was playing a two-some with Winthrop, and he dropped dead on the ninth hole."

"I understand you carried him all the way back to the clubhouse too," the first man said sympathetically. "That must have been very difficult, considering Winthrop weighed over two hundred and fifty pounds."

"The carrying wasn't that hard. It was putting him down at every stroke, then picking him up again that wore me out."

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Giving Tree Movie Spoken By Shel Silverstein

Censorship1994 with Judy Blume and others

Daybook Information                                                                                    .

…Happening This Week:

9-15

Build Your Business with Business Cards Week / Emergency Nurses Week / National Chestnut Week / Fire Prevention Week / National Metric Week / National School Lunch Week / National Work From Home Week

10-16

Home-based Business Week / Kids' Goal Setting Week / Take Your Medicine Americans Week / World Rainforest Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .

• English Language Day
• International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
• National Peanut Festival
• Navy Birthday (1775)
• World Sight Day--observed around the world by all partners involved in preventing visual impairment or restoring sight

Today’s Events                                                                                                .

ARTS

1724 - Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters

1947 - "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres

ATHLETICS

1903 - Pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series

1986 - IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992

BUSINESS

1792 - "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published

EDUCATION

1885 - The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1864: Little Buffalo, with 700 of his fellow Comanche, and Kiowa launched a series of raids along Elm Creek, ten miles from the Brazos River, in north-western Texas, today. Sixteen Texans and perhaps, twenty Indians will be killed in the fighting with the settlers, and the rangers, in the area.

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

    54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne

1710 - English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)

1862 - Bismarck's "Blood & Iron" speech-- unification of the German territories

1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak ‘elected’ president of Egypt

2008 - HM Treasury infused £37 billion ($64 billion, 47 billion euros) of new capital-bailout into Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Lloyds TSB and HBOS Plc, to avert a financial sector collapse

RELIGION

1307 - French king Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy

1629 - Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies

SCIENCE

1773 - The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier

1953 - Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno

1969 - 1st time 7 people in space

US POLITICS

1792 - Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)

1864 - Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)

1978 - Pres Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .

ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)

Chris Carter, writer (X-Files) is 54

Frank D Gilroy, American writer (Subject Was Roses) is 86

1917 - Burr Tillstrom,  puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)

ATHLETES

Derrick Moore, NFL running back (Az Cardinals, Carolina Panthers) is 44

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Ashanti, singer is 31

1925 - Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider], comedian, arrested on obscenity

Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian is 40

Sammy Hagar, rock vocalist (Van Halen-Jump) is 64

1921 - Yves Montand, French actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix)

Marie Osmond singer is 52

Rob Schneider, actor is 46

Kate Walsh, TV actress is 44

1915 - Cornel Wilde,  actor (High Sierra, 5th Musketeer)

Demond Wilson, actor (Sanford & Son, Baby I'm Back) is 65

ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS

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POLITICIAL FIGURES

1244 - Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templars 

Margaret Thatcher, (Tory) British PM (1979-90) is 86

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS

1820 - John William Dawson, Canadian geologist 

Today’s Obits                                                                                                  .

1968 - Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62

54 - Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63

1282 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism dies after long illness at 60

1938 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) dies of leukemia and liver disease at 43

1974 - Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73

1966 - Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72

ANSWERS                                                                                                        .    

Trivia Quiz

1.      Sika, fallow, and Roe, are what types of animal?

a.      Deer

2.      Animals living in what type of habitat are arboreal animals?

a.      In or amongst trees

3.      What type of animal produces gossamer?

a.      Spider

4.      What kind of animal is the source of mohair?

a.      Angora Goat

5.      What land mammal other than man has the longest lifespan?

a.      Elephant

6.      Lupus is the Latin name for what animal?

a.      Wolf

7.      Who was the British TV personality that presented the show Animal Magic?

a.      Johnny Morris

8.      Michael Bond created what famous bear?

a.      Paddington Bear

9.      Walt Disney's famous deer was named what?

a.      Bambi

10.  A horse named Black Bess was ridden by who?

a.      Dick Trupin

11.  In the Lone Range, what was Tonto's horse's name?

a.      Scout

12.  What kind of animals were Chi Chi and An An?

a.      Panda bears

Wuzzle

Son of a gun

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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10-12-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .

• 1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
• 1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
• 1879 - British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
• 1892 - Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools
• 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
• 1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
• 1968 - 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
• 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit 

♪♪ HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .

Whoa…73° here today…Amazing. The parking painters were here at 10 and finished by 3. Nice. Two cars didn’t move, but they didn’t have them towed. Nicer. Then about 10:30 the gutter people arrived. They did gutters on all the units in one day…amazing. The painters had a team of about 8, the gutter people had a team of six. They all worked really fast. I sure hope the gutters work, as I won’t know what to do when it rains and I don’t have a waterfall over my front walking area. The meteorologist says nice warm weather through the weekend. That is a good thing for the Tuba people as the Fair is starting.

One of my biggest complaints about the Fair in Tuba was that every year the Chapter sponsors held a ‘Kids Day’ at the fair on a school day. Kids got in free and could ride the rides for free. At TCBS we raised enough commotion that the planners finally added some kid friendly learning booths for those days and even brought in some kid-friendly acts to perform. It wasn’t easy to move 1000 kids from TCBS to ‘kids day’ but we did it every year. I discovered that it was much harder to move kids to the fair when I was at Kaibeto and Kayenta. But we did it. This year the Chapter had ‘kid’s day’ but no free rides and teachers and staff had to pay to get in and the bus drivers had to pay to park. That is certainly the wrong message. Next they will be charging to watch the parade on Saturday--$5 to watch and get candy, $4 to watch but not get any candy, $3 for kids in strollers… So sad that money making is the bottom line. Over at the Shiprock Fair Yei-Bi-Che’ the patient was told the Fair committee would cover all costs, then let her know that they didn’t have enough money and she would need to pay $5000 for having the 9 day ceremony. She found this out on the second day of the ceremony. Her family agreed to pay…and are selling burritos around Shiprock. Crazy.

While I was watching Prohibition, I was reminded of the old time Political Conventions. Delegates from around the country descend on a big city for a week or so. Lots of yelling, screaming, state banners and sometimes many, many floor votes before the candidate was selected. There were lots of back room compromise going on to get a candidate nominated. We didn’t get to see or hear or learn about the backroom stuff. When I was in college, I thought these backroom deals were wrong. Now it is all out in the open and not for a week or so, but for three years plus. Now the only reason to watch a convention is to see who will be the Vice Presidential nominee. It is so tiresome to listen to all the potential candidates. In the olden days those people were still around and on the first ballot or maybe even a couple more. Then the nominee was selected. It took a couple of DAYS. Ah, for the good ol’ days.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .

1.      Celeste was the wife of which fictional animal?

2.      What were the names of the two bears that lived in Jellystone park?

3.      What is the name for a collection of frogs?

4.      What kind of animal was "Gentle Ben" on the TV show?

5.      A female donkey is called a what?

6.      On a common lady bug, what color are the spots?>

7.      Which subhuman primate is the most intelligent?

8.      A mandrill is what type of creature?

9.      The most Asian elephants to be found in their natural habitat can be found in what country?

10.  Which animal is the fastest, a hare, greyhound, or horse?

11.  What type of animal is a Tasmanian Devil?

12.  Which sense is the weakest sense in most primates?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase does this suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .

• Average age British women consider themselves ‘old’ according to a British Funeral Planning Compnay: 29. For men: 58

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                  .

• Fortune cookies actually originated in Japanese culture. You would find more Japanese-owned restaurants that served the still very popular American adaptation of Asian cuisine before WWII. When large populations of the Japanese-American citizens were put into internment camps, the fates of their restaurants were turned over to Chinese-Americans, and so we associate the famous cookie with the Chinese.
• Actual Chinese cuisine is much different than what Americans know as Chinese food. However, the success of American-Asian food has necessitated vocational schools in China to teach potential immigrants the art of the cuisine. For example, Egg Foo Young is unheard of in traditional Chinese cuisine.

Yeah, It Really Happened on the Web                                                                              .            

After Cumberland County, Pa., District Judge Thomas A, Placey ordered a continuance for Barry Horn Jr., who’s accused in a standoff with police, several court observers Googled Placey’s Facebook page and learned he’s a Facebook friend with the defendant. Placey said he knew Horn’s father, a former county sheriff’s deputy, but has never socialized with the defendant. He insisted the two aren’t real friends, only Facebook friends, adding that he accepts every friend request he gets. “Someone says you want to be my friend, I say yes,” Placey said. “You could be a Facebook friend of mine, I wouldn’t know it.” (Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News)

Police in Greeley, Colo., accused Juan Gonzales Jr., 22, of breaking into a woman’s home and stealing her cell phone. After using the phone signal to trace the phone to Gonzales, investigators found that the suspect had sent the victim a friend request on Facebook. (Greeley’s The Tribune)

Authorities in China’s Zhejiang province detained 32 people accused of operating a criminal network selling “poisonous and harmful cooking oil” over the internet made from used grease dredged from drains behind restaurants. Noting the enterprise did business in 14 provinces, the ministry of public safety said police confiscated more than 100 tons of “gutter oil.” (Reuters)

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .

A couple lived near the ocean and used to walk the beach a lot. One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach pretty much every day.

She wasn't unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for one thing. She would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance around, then speak to them.

Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would wander off, but occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick exchange of money for something she carried in her bag. The couple assumed she was selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn't know for sure they just continued to watch her.

After a couple of weeks the wife asked, "Honey, have you ever noticed that she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic devices?"

He hadn't and said so. Then she said, "Tomorrow I want you to get a towel and our big radio and go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out what she's really doing."

Well, the plan went off without a hitch, and the wife was almost hopping up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband and then leave. The man walked up the beach and met his wife at the road. "Well, is she selling drugs?" she asked excitedly."

No, she's not." he said, enjoying this probably more than he should have.

"Well, what is it, then?" his wife fairly shrieked.

The man grinned and said. "Her name is Sally and she's a battery salesperson."

"Batteries?" cried the wife.

 "Yes," he replied. "Sally sells C cells by the Seashore

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

John Denver

• Poems, Prayers & Promises
• Rocky Mountain High
• Annie's Song
• The Garden Song

Daybook Information                                                                                    .

…Happening This Week:

6-12

National Physicians Assistant Week

9-15

Build Your Business with Business Cards Week / Emergency Nurses Week / National Chestnut Week / Fire Prevention Week / National Metric Week / National School Lunch Week / National Work From Home Week

10-16

Home-based Business Week / Kids' Goal Setting Week / Take Your Medicine Americans Week / World Rainforest Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .

Columbus Day (Traditional)

Day of the Six Billion in 1999 when world population reached 6,000,000,000

Emergency Nurses Day

Free Thought Day

International Moment of Frustration Scream Day

International Top Spinning Day

National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work or School Day

UN International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction

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Bahamas Discovery Day (1492--CC)

Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day (1968 from Spain)

Mexico:  Dia De La Raza (Day of Hispanic People)

Spain: Hispanity Day 

Today’s Events                                                                                                .

ARTS

1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London

1952 - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1991 - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN

ATHLETICS

1925 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) current 2:03.38

1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo (hurdles) is 1st woman to light Olympic flame

1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players

BUSINESS

1915 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile

1920 - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC

EDUCATION

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1676 - Mugg was an Arosaguntacook Chief. At the outbreak of King Philip's War, he sought out a peace treaty with the English for his, and other, tribes. Rather than listen to him, the English threw him in jail. While he was released soon, his treatment made him an enemy of the English. With 100 warriors, he attacked Black Point, Maine today in retaliation. Most of the settlers would escape, but he would burn many of the structures. Mugg would be killed in Black Point 7 months later.

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon

1216 - King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge

1810 - First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen

1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die

2002 - Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists

RELIGION

1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire

SCIENCE

1918 - 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)

1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology

1972 - Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole

US POLITICS

1792 - Columbus Day is 1st celebrated

1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"

1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities

1960 - JFK & Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate

1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk

2000 - The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .

ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)

1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors )

ATHLETES

1905 - Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher

1963 - Lane Frost, American professional bull rider

Marion Jones, American track and field athlete is 36

Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer is 34

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Kirk Cameron, child actor will be 41

Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist /dietician (Bahamian Diet) is 79

Hugh Jackman, actor will be 43

Sam Moore, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister) is 76

Adam Rich, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy) is 43

ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS

Chris Wallace, newscaster (NBC Weekend News) is 64

POLITICIAL FIGURES

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SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS

1865 - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Today’s Obits                                                                                                  .

1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player dies of congestive heart failure, at 63

2002 - Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician dies at 86

1997 - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53

1969 - Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36), dies of leukemia at 57

1940 - Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies in auto accident outside Tucson at 60

1985 - Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75

2003 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey dies at 72

1989 - Jay Ward, American cartoonist (Rocky & His Friends ), dies at 69 of kidney cancer

ANSWERS                                                                                                        .    

Trivia Quiz

1.      Celeste was the wife of which fictional animal?

a.      Babar the Elephant

2.      What were the names of the two bears that lived in Jellystone park?

a.      Yogi and Boo Boo

3.      What is the name for a collection of frogs?

a.      Army

4.      What kind of animal was "Gentle Ben" on the TV show?

a.      American Black Bear

5.      A female donkey is called a what?

a.      Jenny

6.      On a common lady bug, what color are the spots?>

a.      Black

7.      Which subhuman primate is the most intelligent?

a.      Chimpanzee

8.      A mandrill is what type of creature?

a.      Monkey

9.      The most Asian elephants to be found in their natural habitat can be found in what country?

a.      India

10.  Which animal is the fastest, a hare, greyhound, or horse?

a.      Hare 45 mph (70 km/h); greyhound about 43mph, quarter horse 35-40mph

11.  What type of animal is a Tasmanian Devil?

a.      Marsupial

12.  Which sense is the weakest sense in most primates?

a.      Sense of Smell

Wuzzle

Don’t buy the secondhand car

Batting slump

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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