Genealogy tip for today: Highlighting today’s
genealogy blog
Genealogy
Tip for today:
“Hello, I'm Jayne Shrimpton, professional dress
historian, picture specialist and 'photo detective'. This is where I blog about
my work and favourite images.”
This is Jayne’s comments on
her blog under her own name. She is not a genealogist per se’ or at least her
blog isn’t. However her work on photography and her expertise can be a huge
asset on your work with ancestor pictures. She does reference “Who Do You Think
You Are?” in her blogs so she does have an interest that ties in with
genealogy. Her pictures alone tell us that.
This blog, along with Photo
Detective, are good references with helping you do the detective work you
sometimes need to do in gleaning family history information from your photos.
Give this a look-see and let
me know what you think.
Today
in History
1350 John II, also known as
John the Good, succeeds Philip VI as king of France .
Richard III |
1485 Henry Tudor defeats
Richard III at Bosworth. This victory establishes the Tudor dynasty in England and
ends the War of the Roses. [It was Richard III's bones that were recently discovered in England, buried under a present day parking lot.]
1642 Civil war in England begins as Charles I declares war on
Parliament at Nottingham .
1717 The Austrian army forces
the Turkish army out of Belgrade ,
ending the Turkish revival in the Balkans.
1777 With the approach of
General Benedict Arnold's army, British
Colonel Barry St. Ledger abandons Fort Stanwix
and returns to Canada .
1849 The Portuguese governor
of Macao , China , is assassinated because of
his anti-Chinese policies.
Mona Lisa |
1911 The Mona Lisa,
the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is stolen from the Louvre in Paris , where it had hung
for more than 100 years. It is recovered in 1913.
1922 Michael Collins, Irish
politician, is killed in an ambush.
1942 Brazil declares
war on the Axis powers. She is the only South American country to send combat
troops into Europe .
1945 Soviet troops land at Port Arthur and Dairen on the Kwantung
Peninsula in China .
1945 Conflict in Vietnam begins when a group of Free French
parachute into southern Indochina , in repsonse
to a successful coup by communist guerilla Ho Chi Minh.
1952 Devil's
Island 's penal colony is permanently closed.
1956 Incumbent US President
Dwight D. Eisenhower & Vice President Richard Nixon renominated by
Republican convention in San Francisco .
1962 OAS (Secret Army
Organization) gunmen unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate French president
Charles de Gaulle; the incident inspires Frederick Forsyth's novel, The Day
of the Jackal.
1962 The world's first
nuclear-powered passenger-cargo ship, NS Savannah ,
completes its maiden voyage from Yorktown , Va. , to Savannah ,
Ga.
Pope Paul VI |
1968 First papal visit to
Latin America; Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota .
1969 Hurricane Camille hits
US Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.421 billion in damages.
1971 Bolivian military coup:
Col. Hugo Banzer Suarez ousts leftist president, Gen. Juan Jose Torres and
assumes power.
1971 FBI arrests members of
The Camden 28, an anti-war group, as the group is raiding a draft office in Camden , NJ .
1972 International Olympic
Committee votes 36–31 with 3 abstentions to ban Rhodesia from the games because of
the country's racist policies.
1975 US president Gerald Ford survives second
assassination attempt in 17 days, this one by Sarah Jane Moore in San Francisco , Cal .
President Ford avoids a second assassination attempt |
1983 Benigno Aquino, the only
real opposition on Ferdinand Marcos' reign as president of the Philippines , is gunned down at Manila Airport .
1989 First complete ring
around Neptune discovered.
1995 During 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge , Id. ,
FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi kills Vicki Weaver while shooting at another
target.
2003 Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended
for refusing to comply with federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments
from the Alabama Supreme Court building's lobby.
2005 Art heist: a version of
The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint
from a museum in Oslo , Norway .
2007Most runs scored by any
team in modern MLB history as the Texas Rangers thump the Baltimore Orioles
30-3.
Birthdays today:
1647 Denis Papin, inventor of
the pressure cooker
Claude Debussy at the piano |
1862 Claude Debussy, composer
of Clair de Lune
1880 George Herriman,
cartoonist, creator of Krazy Kat
1891 Jacque Lipchitz,
sculptor
1893 Dorothy Parker, poet,
satirist and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table
1904 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese
leader from 1977 to 1987, held nominal leadership position until his death in
1997.
1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson,
photographer
1917 John Lee Hooker, blues
singer and guitarist
Ray Bradbury |
1920 Ray Bradbury, science
fiction writer whose works include Farenheit 451 and The Martian
Chronicles
1934 H. Norman Schwarzkopf, American general and
commander of the coalition forces during the Persian Gulf War
1935 Annie Proulx, Pulitzer
Prize–winning author (The Shipping News)
1938 Delmar Allen
"Dale" Hawkins, pioneer rockabilly singer/songwriter ("Suzy
Q").
1939 Valerie Harper, actress
(Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda)
0940 Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre,
English publisher.
1942 Kathy Lennon, singer,
member of the Lennon Sisters
Kathy Lennon |
1943 Masatoshi Shima,
Japanese computer scientist who helped develop the Intel 4004, the world's
first commercial microprocessor.
1947 Donna Godchaux, singer
with The Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band
1950 I. Lewis
"Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney during
the administration of Pres. George W. Bush; sentenced to 30 months for felony
convictions, his sentence was commuted by Pres. Bush.
1968 Rich Lowry, editor of National
Review
1970 Giada De Laurentiis,
chef and television host.
1986 Kelko Kitagawa, Japanese
model and actress (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, The Fast and the
Furious: Tokyo Drift)
Word for the
day:
Medusa, a gorgon |
gorgon
PRONUNCIATION:
(GOR-guhn)
MEANING:
noun: An ugly, repulsive, or
terrifying woman.
ETYMOLOGY:
After
Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa in Greek
mythology, who had snakes for hair. They turned into stone anyone who looked
into their eyes. From Greek gorgos (dreadful). Earliest documented use: 1398.
USAGE:
"Without
warning, she fell to the floor in labor pains, screaming like a gorgon."
Douglas Coupland; MissWyoming ;
Random House; 2000.
Douglas Coupland; Miss
Explore "gorgon" in the Visual Thesaurus.
Quote for
the day:
The
bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left
undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896)
August
is Sandwich Month
Today’s
Recipe
Try this idea for giving kids
some variety –
Graham Crackers with peanut butter and sliced bananas in
between, instead of bread.
Check out parenting.com
for more ideas.
ENJOY!
Now You Know!
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