Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Twenty-Three

* Dizzy Gillespie died.

* John Singleton was born.

* Joan Of Arc was born.

* Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application.

* New Mexico was admitted as the 47th U.S. state.

* King Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves.

* EMI fired the Sex Pistols.

* Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.

* US halted breast implants (in 1992).

* George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.

* Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.

* George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.

* E.L. Doctorow was born.

* Rowan Atkinson was born.

* Epiphany (Greek for "to manifest" or "to show"), is a Christian feast day which celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ, is celebrated.

* Little Christmas is celebrated in Ireland.

* Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie.

* Armenian Christmas.

* In popular folklore Befana visits all the children of Italy on the eve of the 6th of January to fill their socks with candy and presents if they are good or a lump of coal or dark candy if they are bad. Being a good housekeeper, many say she will sweep the floor before she leaves. The child's family typically leaves a small glass of wine and a plate with a few morsels of food, often regional or local, for the Befana.

And I was born. That sums it up, don't you think?
- LV (at 23)

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