November 9, 1989 the gates to East Germany were opened allowing free travel and commerce between East and West Germany.
In 2000 on November 8th, Florida began the statewide recount of the 2000 presidential election. We learned ‘chad’ wasn’t just a guy’s name. And we waited patiently for a month to learn who would be our next president. It was all so, well, civilized.
1893 Passage of a referendum made Colorado the first state to grant women the right to vote.
On October 24, 1861 the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln.
And yet, greater things are still to be done.
I was in fifth grade, not quite 11. My brother was a first grader. It was a time when I knew all the words the adults were saying, yet sensed I was missing something.
AP Highlight in History:
On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
History shows on October 16th wars have started and ended in dramatic ways,
I’m listening to Casting Crowns sing Courageous. Fitting isn’t it on a day when men have stood in courage for things they believed would make the world a better place.
What a remarkable day in history! - October 14
Sep 14 -1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
From the AP Highlight in History:
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Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C.
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AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
8-1-1966 Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
The goal is not to bend or change ourselves so we fit the norm; the goal is to find the group in which we are the norm. SImon Sinek
In one of my loops we were challenged to work the Where I'm from template, by George Ella Lyon. You can find a link to the poem, and a template here: http://www.swva.net/fred1st/wif.htm
Today in History 29, July 1890, Artist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France, at age 37
I never thought I would say this, but I am ‘book’ed out.
My Dad grew up in the 30’s during the depression. He is somewhat a hoarder.
July 19, 1969 Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon.Then on July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
The hospital has a huge aquarium in the surgery waiting room.
Whenever I think I have fully recovered from chemo, something happens to remind of how devastating the effects were on me.
