Here's a bit of history I picked up off the Internet for October 15th:
1520 - King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
1786 - Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St Helena at 51
1860 - 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
1863 - Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site)
1866 - Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
1874 - Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force
1866 - Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
1874 - Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force
1899 - Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 & 19-3 victories over Cleve Spiders
1914 - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
1919 - 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money
1923 - NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2
1923 - NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2
1937 - Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published
1939 - LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC
1941 - 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe
1948 - China's Red army occupies Chinchov
1951 - "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV
1954 - Hurricane Hazel strikes US & Canada, 348 die
1964 - Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1985 - Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
The above is just a small sampling of events that took place on October 15 through the years. Yet even in just those few I've listed, we see some wonderful and some horrible events. History is full of both. And as the saying goes, if we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat it.
Do you have any favorite time periods and/or settings to read about, whether fiction or non-fiction?
~robin
Good Morning Robin! Very interesting post with some interesting facts. The local news station here in the Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia Area have a "Today in History" type thing every morning. I usually listen as I'm getting dressed for work. Some of the things that he announces are prety interesting and there are other times I have to stop mid brushng my teeth to wonder WHY is that important? LOL But nevertheless it does make it a rather fun time first thing in the morning. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteGood morning to both of you, Robin and Veronica! I hope ya'll are doing well this morning. Just had a week off for Fall Break...so kinda sad to have to get back to the grind today :-)
ReplyDeleteFavorite time periods? I love anything to do with the Oregon Trail or the Old West, the Victorian Era, anything in the 1800s, anything dealing with Ireland...and I'm sure there's more!! I'm not huge into contemporary, but I have read a few I've enjoyed. My first choice is always historical!
Ditto, Catherine. I thoroughly enjoy reading about the 'Old West', although I crossed Wyoming this summer, and must say... I WOULD NOT have wanted to walk across that state despite it's beauty.
ReplyDeleteHey Robin! Great post tonight/day.:)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adored English History when I was at school. Just learning about the Manorial System with the Serfs, was much more interesting to me at aged 9,rather than the convicts.LOL! I hasten to say I do now enjoy Australian History, but having said that, I have always had a passion for Royalty and I very much enjoyed watching "The Tudors," "The Queen" and "The King's Speech."
I loved the Victorian Times, which I describe as an era of Pomp and Circumstance(perhaps Ceremony is more apt)a time of grace and favour.:)
I cannot forget my Irish heritage either and at the moment I am completely immersed in discovering about my Irish ancestors.... A far cry from the Victorian Era, as I am currently researching as far back as 987 AD, when Corrin a Norse King of Leinster married the daughter of Malachy,High King of Ireland.
I do know that our forbears date back to the 4th century BC. It appears that we are descended from Ithe, the son of Breoghan, King of Spain, uncle of King Milesius of Spain,who sent the first of the Celts into Ireland in the 4th century BC.That is the extent of my knowledge of that era, but one day.....LOL
I digress now,but I spent some hours on the computer earlier today,looking for an exact replica of our Family Crest to make laminated placemats to match the coasters which I bought in Ireland a few years ago (there are none to be found anywhere)
It has to be a green background with gold lions either side of our black and white shield. Above the shield is a protective armoured head gear,visor and partial breastplate. Above the helmet is a gold shamrock.
Below the shield is our family name with an irish harp(in gold) underneath. All around the edge of the coasters are alternate gold shamrocks and crowns depicting Royalty,not uncommon in most clans.
I do apologise to everyone for getting so carried away, but oh dear Robin... you opened up a can of worms and I couldn't help myself.:)
Thanks for an inspiring Post dear lady.
I'm having to gather my thoughts a minute, because I'm sitting here in AWE of how much Rosie knows about her heritage--WOW!! ~ I do enjoy all time periods, but at the moment I'm super interested in the turn of the century (late 1800s-early 1900s). ~ And although I enjoy reading contemporary fiction, my first choice is always historical *smile*. ~ Waving to ALL my precious friends on this blog--Happy Monday! Hugs, Patti Jo
ReplyDeleteVeronica, what fun to get a "today in history" tidbit each morning. And you're right. One has to wonder why some items are worth mentioning, let alone having the date remembered in history.
ReplyDeleteCatherine, I love writing and reading about the American West, and in my general market career, I did an Oregon Trail series once. Definitely fascinating. Anything Victorian also appeals to me.
Mary-Louise, since Wyoming is my "neighbor" (as well as the setting for several of my books), I can so agree with you. Driving that freeway can seem to take forever, and I always find myself thinking, as I zoom along at 75 MPH, about those folks on the wagon trains who covered 10 to 15 miles per DAY. Oh, mercy!
Rosie, loved reading your comment. Since there's a wee bit o' the Irish in me, you can be sure that I'm lovin' all things Irish as well. (Me great-grandmother was named Mary Emeline Malone, and I used her name in one of my novels.) BTW, I love reading books set in Australia too. Very similar to the American West in many ways.
Hey, Patti Jo. I love the turn of the century time period, too. When I started writing, no publisher was interested in books set after 1900. They weren't considered "historical" enough. I was so delighted when I was able to set books in WWI and WWII time periods. So much history to read up on.
~robin
PLEASE ! Prayers are in order for our dear Judy! She is most unwell and I know she would appreciate them. Thank You.
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