Post by shaliby on Nov 8, 2023 15:00:35 GMT
To Day : November 8th
=EVENTS=
1291 – The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano
1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch
1933 – Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War
1960 – John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
1965 – The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(Abolition_of_Death_Penalty)_Act_1965
1988 – U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
2016 – Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
=BIRTHS=
1656 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley
1847 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (d. 1912)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
1884 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Rorschach
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (Gone with the Wind )(d. 1949)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell
1922 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard
1935 – Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon
1954 – Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer; 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro
1966 – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality[16]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay
=DEATHS=
397 – Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours
1674 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (Paradise Lost)(b. 1608)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton
1890 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck
Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21 - César Franck - (Murray Perahia)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbCwkXP2oTI&ab_channel=coolmuso
1978 – Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell
1998 – Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Marais
=EVENTS=
1291 – The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano
1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch
1933 – Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War
1960 – John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
1965 – The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(Abolition_of_Death_Penalty)_Act_1965
1988 – U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
2016 – Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
=BIRTHS=
1656 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley
1847 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (d. 1912)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
1884 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Rorschach
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (Gone with the Wind )(d. 1949)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell
1922 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard
1935 – Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon
1954 – Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer; 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro
1966 – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality[16]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay
=DEATHS=
397 – Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours
1674 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (Paradise Lost)(b. 1608)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton
1890 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck
Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21 - César Franck - (Murray Perahia)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbCwkXP2oTI&ab_channel=coolmuso
1978 – Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell
1998 – Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Marais
hope we are all enjoying a brill weekend, will catch up later xx
who is going through the mill at the mo, wishing you a very speedy recovery Trisha big luv 
storm brewing, must get me cauldron out 
