Good morning! Another Friday is here. Where do the weeks keep going?? This has been an interesting week in our house, I hope you all had a better one. Today however is a historical day in many ways. Join me over the Orange Itzl for more details.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth (the mean distance of the moon is 0.0026 AUs)
1516 - 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1790 - US Patent system forms
1825 - 1st restaurant in Hawaii opens
William K. Warren builds the Warren House, known locally as Major Warren's Hotel
1841 - New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
1845 - More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pa
1849 - Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $400
1865 - At Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
1866 - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1868 - 1st performance of John Brahms' "A German Requiem"
1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage
1925 - Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
1945 - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
1955 - Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1960 - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
The 1960 Civil Rights Act introduced penalties to be levied against anybody who obstructed someone’s attempt to register to vote or someone’s attempt to actually vote. A Civil Rights Commission was created.
1970 - Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
1989 - H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1995 - NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
1998 - The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments
The Good Friday Agreement brought to an end the 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland known as 'The Troubles'.
It was ratified in a referendum in May 1998. The agreement set up a power-sharing assembly to govern Northern Ireland by cross-community consent.
The deal proved difficult to implement and was amended by the St Andrew's Agreement in 2006.
Resources:
Historyorb
Hawaii History
History Learning Site
BBC History