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The danger of the past was that people became slaves. The danger of the future is that they may become robots: Erich Fromm. RANDOM TIDBITS Elektro, the world’s first humanoid robot, debuted in 1939. Built by Westinghouse, the seven-foot-tall walking machine “spoke” more than 700 words...

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October 18 Events 1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. 1016 – The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon. 1081 – The Normans...

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly: Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller. RANDOM TIDBITS Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about 2,000 miles, and return to the north again in the...

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October 17 Events 539 BC – King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration. 1091 – T8/F4 tornado strikes the heart of London. 1346 – Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of...

October 16 Events 456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. 1780 – Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War. 1781 – George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia...

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October 15 Events 533 – Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals. 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15. 1764 –...

That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better: Madeleine L'Engle. RANDOM TIDBITS The Double Truffle Hamburger at DB Bistro Moderne in Manhattan will cost you a whopping $99. The burger contains three ounces of rib...

October 14 Events 1066 – Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings – In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the ****** of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and **** King Harold II of England. 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland...

Any man can be a ****** but it takes someone special to be a ***: Anne Geddes. RANDOM TIDBITS In 1910, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, organized the first ******'s Day celebration on June 19, her own ******'s birthday. The mayor of Spokane and the governor of Washington state...

October 13 Events 54 – Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania. 1307 – Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later ******** into "admitting" heresy. 1332 - Rinchinbal...

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?: Linda Ellerbee. RANDOM TIDBITS The earliest known version of the necktie has been found in the massive mausoleum of China's first emperor, Shih...

October 12 Events 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 1279 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon...

October 11 Events 1138 – A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is ****** in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland. 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and...

That piece of red, white and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upwards. It is the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty. It is the century plant of human hope in bloom: Alvin Owsley. RANDOM TIDBITS Flag Day in the United States is celebrated on June 14. It...

October 10 Events 680 – Battle of Karbala: Hussain bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is *********** by ****** under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah. 732 – Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men...

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A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right: Lyndon B. Johnson. RANDOM TIDBITS - The United States Secret Service The Secret Service Division was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress *********** currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn...

October 9 Events 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. 1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia. 1264– The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under muslim occupation since 711. 1446 – The hangul alphabet is...

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater: Roman Polanski. RANDOM TIDBITS Lon Chaney's great skill as a silent film actor came about as a result of his upbringing. Both of his parents were deaf-mutes, so he learned to communicate by expressive pantomime...

October 8 Events 314 – Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories. 451 – At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia *****, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). 1075 – Dmitar...

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket: Charles Peguy. RANDOM TIDBITS - Phrase origins Make no bones about it - A form of this expression was used as early as 1459, to mean to have no difficulty. It...

October 7 Events 3761 BC – The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 336 – Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant. 1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians. 1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina...

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Cereal is universally appealing. It speaks to the sense of joy and freedom and happiness and indulgence that people feel: David Roth. RANDOM TIDBITS In 1941, General Mills introduced Cheerioats as "The breakfast food you've always wanted." Four years later, the name was changed to Cheerios...

October 6 Events 105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. 69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: ****** of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great. 68 BC – Battle of Artaxata...

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you: Frank Hall Crane. RANDOM TIDBITS On May 15, 1950, Coca Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time Magazine. This issue also featured an in-depth article...

October 5 Events 610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople. 1143 – The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom. 1550 – Foundation of Concepción...

October 4 Events 610 – Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. 1209 – Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. 1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil. 1363 – End of the Battle of Lake...

The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate: Joseph Priestly. RANDOM TIDBITS The world's first e-mail message was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. *** Unsolicited email earned the name "spam" because it resembled a Monty Python skit where...

October 3 Events 52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia. 42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. 1283 –...

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity: William Penn. RANDOM TIDBITS - Crimes of the 20th Century Charles Lindberg, the 20-month-old *** of American aviator Charles Lindberg, was ********* and ********. The baby's remains were found on the side of the road near...

October 2 Events 1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule. 1263 – The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. 1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec. 1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. 1780 – John André...

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain: J.K. Rowling. RANDOM TIDBITS 1981 - Apple Viruses 1, 2, and 3 are some of the first viruses “in the wild,” or in the public domain. Found on the Apple II operating system, the viruses spread through...

October 1 Events 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 959 – Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. 1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is ****** in the Siege of Acre. 1787 – Russians under...

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The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor: John Allen Paulos. RANDOM TIDBITS 1969 - ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government...

September 30 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Events 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo. 1791 – The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart, receives its premiere performance at...

Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures: Harvey Pekar. RANDOM TIDBITS In 1895, the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer, begins publishing a series of comics by Richard Outcault taking place in Hogan's Alley, and featuring a boy in a yellow nightshirt who...

Happy to keep the thread going. :) September 29 Events 522 BC – Darius I of Persia ***** the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. 480 BC – Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. 61 BC – Pompey the...

Then let us, one and all, be contented with our lot; The June is here this morning, and the sun is shining hot; Oh! let us fill our hearts up with the glory of the day, And banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow far away. : James Whitcomb Riley. RANDOM TIDBITS June is named for the Roman...

September 28 Events 48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. 351 – Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. 365 – Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople...

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A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short: Andre Maurois. RANDOM TIDBITS The tradition for the bride to wear white began in the 16th century and is still commonly followed today. This is a symbol of the bride's purity and her worthiness of her *****. The tradition...

September 27 Events 489 – Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again. 1331 – The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought. 1540 – The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1590 – Pope Urban...