Today, October 18th International Necktie Day is celebrated in Croatia and in various cities around the world, e.g. in Dublin, ‘Tübingen, Como, Tokyo, Sydney and other towns! Okay! Now the first question I asked was why? Why is Necktie Day celebrated in Croatia??? I went to Wikipedia and discovered why, …
On the morning of October 11, 1809 the innkeeper at Grinder’s Stand on the Natchez Trace about 70 miles southwest of Nashville heard gunshots. Soon servants found Meriwether Lewis badly injured from gunshot wounds, including one to the head. Lewis died shortly after sunrise that morning. Lewis had stopped at the …
The subject of this morning’s featured article at Wikipedia was John Hay an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. His service in government stretched from the Lincoln administration through that of Theodore Roosevelt, yet I doubt that many Americans recognize his name …
Today October 6th is German-American Day! From Wikipedia: German-American Day is a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6. The holiday, which celebrates German American heritage, commemorates the date in 1683 when 13 German families from Krefeld near the Rhine landed in Philadelphia. These families subsequently founded …
Today October 5th is the International Day of No Prostitution. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if there were no prostitution? While I doubt that it will ever be eliminated, I applaud all those fight for its eradication. From Wikipedia…. International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP) is an awareness day …