Archive for the ‘World History’ Category
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LOC’s Quote of the Day
“A lot of people are tired around here, but I’m not sure they’re ready to lie down, stretch out and fall asleep.“
Jim Jones
On November 18, 1978, 909 members of the “Peoples Temple Agricultural Project” died in Jonestown, Guyana, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning in an event termed “revolutionary suicide” by Jones and some [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“Some of the people were trying to get up and run. They couldn’t and fell down. This one woman, I remember, she stood up and tried to make it — tried to run — with a small child in her arms. But she didn’t make it.“
Ronald Haeberle
On this date in 1969, the [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“But that which is worse, even sodomy and buggery (things fearful to name) have broken forth in this land, more often than once. I say it may justly be marveled at, and cause us to fear and tremble upon considering our corrupt natures, which are so poorly bridled, subdued, and mortified; which in fact [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
"Dr. Livingston, I presume?"
Henry Morton Stanley
On this date in 1871, journalist and explorer, Stanley located missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, in present-day Tanzania on the African Continent. For you Sarah Palin fans, Africa is a continent, not a country.
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.“
Howard Carter
On this date in 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men found the entrance to King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
LOC’s Quote of the Day
"Let us dispatch. At this hour my ague comes upon me. I would not have my enemies think I quaked from fear."
Sir Walter Raleigh
On this date in 1618, Raleigh was beheaded for his supposed involvement in a plot against King James. The above quote was his first words to the executioner. After examining the axe [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“… A little unseemly that we lack professors who are capable of presenting a lecture about mathematical topics, longed for in so many cities.“
Christopher Clavius
On this date in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian Calendar he had created with the assistance of Jesuit mathematician and astronomer Clavius. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“Defendant Hermann Goering. The Tribunal has found you guilty on all four counts and sentences you to death by hanging.“
Sir Geoffrey Lawrence
British judge during the Nuremberg trials
On this date in 1946, Goering, Martin Bormann, Rudolf Hess, Albert Speer, and sixteen other Nazis were found guilty or war crimes.
LOC’s Quote of the Day
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
Charles Darwin
On this date in 1835, the HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reached the Galápagos Islands.
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started… and know the place for the first time.“
T.S. Eliot
September 6 is a convergence date in the history of exploration and new settlements. It was on this date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus sailed from La [...]
LOC’s Quote of the Day
“I hope it will be lasting, and that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for, in my opinion, there was never a good war, or a bad peace.“
Benjamin Franklin
On this date in 1783, Franklin, along with John Adams, and [...]
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