International Nurses Day, World Environmental Disease Awareness Day, Global Fair Business Day and Finnish Heritage Day all occur. The Republic of Venice is ended by Napoleon in 1797, he is made First Consul for life in 1802, Tunisia becomes a French "protectorate" in 1881, the British General Strike ends in 1926, and Dilma Rousseff is deposed in 2016. Gustav Vasa of Sweden is born in 1496, followed by Florence Nightingale (1820), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Leslie Charteris and Katherine Hepburn (both 1907), Dorothy Hodgkin (1910), Julius Rosenberg (1918), Yogi Berra (1925), Burt Bacharach (1928), Ian Dury (1942), Bruce Boxleitener and Gabriel Byrne (both 1950), Emilio Estevez (1962), Tony Hawk (1968), Jonah Lomu (1975) and Rami Malek (1982). Leaving us were John Dryden (1700), Bedrich Smetana (1884), James Connolly (1916), Józef Pilsudski (1935), John Masefield (1967), John Smith (1994), Perry Como and Alexei Tupolev (both 2001) and Robert Rauschenberg (2008).
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Today ended the ancient Roman festival of Lemuria. Ecuador declares independence in 1830, Brazil abolishes slavery in 1888, the Fatima apparitions begin in 1917, the African campaign ends in WW2 in 1943, Mehmet Ali Agca tries to assassinate John Paul II in 1981, and Johan Cruyff plays his last match in 1984. What's another year to Maria Theresa (1717), Alphonse Daudet (1840), Arthur Sullivan (1848), Georges Braque (1882), Daphne du Maurier (1907), Joe Louis (1914), Jim Jones (1931), Harvey Keitel (1939), Ritchie Valens (1941), Armistead Maupin (1944), Stevie Wonder (1950), Johnny Logan (1954), Ravi Shankar (1956), Paul Harrington (1960), and Robert Pattinson (1986). Why me, said Georges Cuvier (1832), John Nash (1835), Fridtjof Nansen (1930), Gary Cooper (1961), Chet Baker (1988), Gene Sarazen (1999), Margot Kidder (2018) and Doris Day (2019).Comment
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Global Arterial Hypertension Day is also the Nakba/Israeli Independence Day, and the feast of Isis. Simon de Montfort defeats Henry III at the 1264 Battle of Lewes, Jamestown is founded in 1607, Louis XIII and XIV both ascend to the throne in 1610 and 1643 respectively, Edward Jenner pioneers the cowpox vaccination for smallpox in 1796, Lewis and Clark begin exploration in 1804, and the Warsaw Pact is signed in 1955. Thomas Gainsborough is born in 1747, followed by Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), Bertie Forbes (1860), John Fields (1863), Hastings Banda (1898 or 1904), Oona O'Neill (1925), Bobby Darin (1936), George Lucas (1944), Robert Zemeckis (1951), David Byrne (1952), Tim Roth (1961), Cate Blanchett (1969), Sofia Coppola (1971) and Olly Murs (1984). Passing on were Henri IV of France (1610), Louis XIII (1643), Fanny Mendelssohn (1847), August Strindberg (1912), Henry Heinz (1919), Emma Goldman (1940), Rita Hayworth (1987), Jiang Qing (1991), Frank Sinatra (1998), Robert Stack (2003), BB King (2015) and Tom Wolfe (2018).Comment
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The International Days of the Family and Conscientious Objectors occur, along with Paraguayan Independence Day. Anne Boleyn is found "guilty" of adultery in 1536, Mary Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn in 1567, Dutch independence is confirmed by the 1648 Peace of Munster, the Eiffel Tower opens in 1889, Petain heads the French army in 1917, Mickey Mouse debuts in 1928, and Holland is conquered by Nazi Germany in 1940. Monteverdi is born in 1567, followed by Klemenz von Metternich (1773), L Frank Baum (1856), Pierre Curie (1859), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Abraham Zapruder (1905), James Mason (1909), Peter Shaffer (1926), Jasper Johns (1930), Madeleine Albright (1937), Brian Eno (1948), and Mike Oldfield (1953). Leaving us were Ephraim Chambers (1740), Daniel O'Connell (1847), Emily Dickinson (1886), Kasimir Malevich (1935), Edward Hopper (1967), Tyrone Guthrie (1971), June Carter (2003), Jerry Falwell (2007) and Carlos Fuentes (2012).Comment
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Today is the feast of Brendan the Navigator - transatlantic explorer and patron saint of Kerry. Baldwin is crowned Latin Emperor in Constantinople in 1204, Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor in 1532, St Petersburg is founded in 1703, the Sykes-Picot Accord is secretly agreed in 1916, the first Oscar ceremony occurs in 1929, and the Sri Lankan civil war ends in 2009. Maria Agnesi is born in 1718, as are Richard Tauber (1891), Henry Fonda (1905), Bob Tisdall (1907), Liberace (1919), Christian Lacroix (1951), Pierce Brosnan (1953), Olga Korbut, Debra Winger and Páidí Ó'Sé (all 1955), Krist Novoselic (1965), Janet Jackson (1966), Tori Spelling (1973) and Megan Fox (1986). Passing on were Charles Perrault (1703), Mehmed VI (1926), Django Reinhardt (1953), Eliot Ness (1957), Margaret Hamilton (1985), Sammy Davis Jr and Jim Henson (both 1990), and IM Pei (2019).Comment
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It's the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, and the National Day of Norway. Anne Boleyn's marriage to Henry VIII is annulled in 1536, Montréal is founded in 1642, Mehmet Ali becomes Egyptian ruler in 1805, the first colour photo is taken in 1861, the Kentucky Derby is first held in 1875, the Dambusters raid occurs in 1943, Brown v Board of Education is delivered in 1954, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings occur in 1974, and Mobutu is deposed in 1997. Edward Jenner is born in 1749, followed by Erik Satie (1866), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Dennis Hopper (1936), Taj Mahal (1942), Bill Paxton (1955), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Enya (1961), Trent Reznor (1965), Jordan Knight (1970) and Andrea Corr (1974). Breathless today were Botticelli (1510), John Jay (1824), Enrique O'Donnell (1834), John Deere and Erskine May (both 1866), Paul Dukas (1935), Lawrence Welk (1992), Tony Randall (2004) and Donna Summer (2012).Comment
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World Museum Day, World AIDS Vaccine Day, Somali Independence Day and Haitian Flag Day occur. Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152, the 1291 fall of Acre ends the Last Crusade, Russia declares war on Poland in 1792, Napoleon becomes Emperor in 1804, Roland-Garros opens in 1928 and Mount St Helens erupts in 1980. Omar Khayyam is born in 1048, along with Joseph Butler (1692), Mathew Brady (1822), Nicholas II (1868), Bertrand Russell (1872), Walter Gropius (1883), Frank Capra (1897), Perry Como (1912), Charles Trenet (1913), Margot Fonteyn (1919), John Paul II (1920), Jacques Santer (1937), Rick Wakeman (1949), Yannick Noah (1960), Martika (1969), and Tina Fey (1970). Dying were John I (526), Pierre Beaumarchais (1799), George Meredith (1909), Gustav Mahler (1911), Apsley Charles-Gerrard (1959), Ian Curtis (1980), and Elizabeth Montgomery (1995).Comment
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It's the national day of Brittany, and Ho Chi Minh Day (1890) in Vietnam. John of Gaunt becomes Duke of Lancaster in 1359, while Anne Boleyn is beheaded in 1536, the Légion d'Honneur is founded in 1802, the Franklin expedition begins in 1845, the Battle of Monte Cassino ends in 1944, the Rubik's Cube is invented in 1974, while the Markles marry in 2018. Johann Fichte is born in 1762, followed by Nelly Melba (1861), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1890), Malcolm X and Pol Pot (both 1925), Nora Ephron (1941), Peter Mayhew (1944), Pete Townsend (1945), André The Giant (1946), Grace Jones (1948), Joey Ramone (1951), Andrea Pirlo (1979) and Sam Smith (1992). Passing on were Alcuin (802), Dunstan (988), Jose Martí (1895), William Gladstone (1898), TE Lawrence (1935), Booth Tarkington (1946), Charles Ives (1954), Jackie Kennedy (1994), Garret Fitzgerald (2011) and Jack Brabham (2014).Comment
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The World Days of Bees and Meteorology occur, as do the National Day of Cameroon, Timor-Leste Independence Day and Prairial begins in the French revolutionary calendar. Vasco de Gama arrives in India in 1498, Lincoln signs the Homestead Act in 1862, jeans are patented in 1873, the Triple Alliance is formed in 1882 by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, Cuba gains "independence" in 1902, Lindbergh completes the first solo Atlantic flight in 1927, followed by Amelia Earhart in 1932, the Orient Express last travels in 1977 and Québec votes against independence in 1980. Toussaint L'Ouverture is born in 1743, followed by Honoré de Balzac (1799), John Stuart Mill(1806), Emile Berliner (1851), Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881), James Stewart (1908), William Hewlett (1913), Moshe Dayan (1915), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Joe Cocker (1944), Roger Milla (1952) and Busta Rhymes (1972). Leaving us were Christopher Columbus (1506), Gilbert Lafayette (1834), Clara Schumann (1896), Barbara Hepworth (1975), Jon Pertwee (1996), Stephen Jay Gould (2002), Robin Gibb (2012), Ray Manzarek (2013) and Niki Lauda (2019).Comment
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As all discerning people know, Gemini begins today, while it's World Day of Cultural Diversity, Circassian Genocide Day, Montenegrin Independence Day (2006) and St Helena Day. Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 996, Cologne University is founded in 1388, John Calvin becomes Genevan theocrat in 1536, the French army enters the Paris Commune in 1871, FIFA is founded in 1904, and Suharto resigns in 1998. Plato is born in 427 BC, followed by Dante (1265), Dürer (1471), Phillip II (1527), Alexander Pope (1688), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Mary Anning (1799), Henri Rousseau (1844), Giuseppe Mercalli (1850), Armand Hammer (1898), Fats Waller (1904), Raymond Burr (1917), Andrei Sakharov (1921), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Mary Robinson (1944), Leo Sayer (1948), Mr T (1952), The Notorious BIG (1972), Mark Cavendish (1985) and Tom Daley (1994). I pity Henry VI (1471), Carl Scheele (1786), Klaus Mann (1949), John Garfield (1952), Rajiv Gandhi (1991), and Barbara Cartland and John Gielgud (both 2000),Comment
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The International Day of Biodiversity, Sri Lankan Republic Day (1972) and Yemeni Unification Day (1990) occur. Nizarites attempt to assassinate Saladin in 1176, the first Battle of St Albans occurs in 1455, Italy and Germany sign the 1939 Pact of Steel, Mexico enters WWII in 1942, and Ken Loach receives the Palme d'Or for I, Daniel Blake in 2016. Richard Wagner is born in 1813, followed by Mary Cassatt (1844), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Giacomo Matteotti (1885), Hergé and Laurence Olivier (both 1907), Charles Aznavour (1924), Harvey Milk (1930), Theodore Kaczynski (1942), Betty Williams (1943), George Best (1946), Bernie Taupin (1950), Morrissey (1959), Naomi Campbell (1970), Katie Price (1978) and Novak Djokovic (1987). Passing on were Constantine I (337), Maria Edgeworth (1849), Victor Hugo (1885), Langston Hughes (1967), Cecil Day-Lewis and Margaret Rutherford (both 1972), Rocky Graziano (1990), Philip Roth (2018) and Judith Kerr (2019).Comment
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World Turtle Day is also the date of the declaration of the Bab. The Burgundians capture Joan of Arc in 1430, Savonarola is executed in 1498, the first marriage of Henry VIII is annulled in 1533, the Defenestration of Prague occurs in 1618, the Irish 1798 Rebellion begins, Italy joins the Allies in 1915, West Germany is founded in 1949, and Java is launched in 1995. Carl Linnaeus is born in 1707, along with Franz-Anton Mesmer (1734), Charles Barry (1795), Douglas Fairbanks Snr (1883), John Bardeen (1908), Artie Shaw (1910), Rosemary Clooney (1928), Joan Collins (1933), Robert Moog (1934), John Newcombe (1944), Anatoly Karpov (1951), Drew Carrey (1958), Rubens Barrichello (1972) and Jewel (1974). Dying were Kit Carson (1868), Henrik Ibsen (1906), Bonnie and Clyde (1934), John D Rockefeller (1937), Himmler (1945), Sterling Hayden (1986), Giovanni Falcone (1992), Sam Snead (2002), John Nash (2015) and Roger Moore (2017).Comment
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The national days of Bermuda and Eritrea (1993) occur, Slavic countries honour Cyril and Methodius, while Methodists mark their church's foundation in 1738. Manhattan is purchased in 1626, Les Invalides is founded in 1670, the first telegraph message "What hath God wrought" is sent by Morse in 1844, and Theresa May announces her post-dated resignation in 2019. Germanicus is born in 15 BC, followed by Fahrenheit (1686), Marat (1743), Victoria (1819), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Siobhán McKenna (1923), Bob Dylan (1941), Patti LaBelle (1944), Jim Broadbent (1949), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), John C Reilly (1965) and Eric Cantona (1966). Passing on were Copernicus (1543), John Foster Dulles (1959), Duke Ellington (1974), and Harold Wilson (1995).Comment
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Africa Day, World Missing Children's Day and Jordanian Independence Day (1946) occur. Toledo is captured by Castille in 1085, the Diet of Worms excommunicates Luther in 1521, Richard Cromwell resigns in 1659, the Philadelphia Convention begins in 1787, the Doppler effect is published in 1842, Oscar Wilde is convicted in 1895, the Dunkirk retreat begins in 1940, Star Wars premieres in 1977, Ireland votes to legalise abortion in 2018, and George Floyd is murdered in 2020. Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Ralph Waldo Emerson are born in 1803, followed by Lord Beaverbrook (1879), Padre Pio (1887), Igor Sikorsky (1889), Gene Tunney (1897), U Nu (1907),Theodore Roethke (1908), Richard Dimbleby (1913), Enrico Berlinguer (1922), Robert Ludlum (1927), Ian McKellen (1939), Frank Oz (1944), Paul Weller (1958), Mike Myers (1963), Octavia Spencer (1972) and Cillian Murphy (1976). Dying were Calderon de la Barca (1681), Andres Dahl (1789), Gustav Holst (1934), Robert Capa (1954), Alberto Korda (2001), Desmond Dekker (2006) and Leonora Carrington (2011).Comment
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2018; watched Rob Cornwall score a last minute equaliser against Shamrock Rovers, before going into the bar and getting a text alert that the exit polls had yes in the high 60s. That was a good night.Comment
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It's National Sorry Day in Australia towards Aboriginals, and the independence days of Georgia (1918) and Guyana (1966). Germanicus enters Rome in 17 AD, the Dow Jones launches in 1896, the SALT Accords are signed in 1972, the US recognises Vietnam in 1994 and Manchester United win the Treble in 1999. John Churchill is born in 1650, followed by Bob Fitzsimons (1863), Mary of Teck (1867), Isadora Duncan (1877), Al Jolson (1886), Dorothea Lange (1895), John Wayne (1907), Matt Busby (1909), Janos Kadar and Jay Silverheels (both 1912), Peter Cushing (1913), Peggy Lee (1920), Miles Davis (1926), Stevie Nicks (1948), Sally Ride (1951), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Helena Bonham Carter (1966) and Lauren Hill (1975). Passing on were Edmund I (946), Samuel Pepys (1703), Jimmy Rogers (1933), Martin Heidegger (1976), Sydney Pollack (2008) and Alan Bean (2018).Last edited by Discordant Resonance; 26-05-2022, 13:07.Comment
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Peru celebrates the Day of Native Languages. John is crowned King of England in 1199, the Manchu dynasty gains power in China in 1644, England promulgates Habeas Corpus in 1679, the Paris Commune ends in 1871, Japan wins the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, and Auguste Piccard reaches the stratosphere by hot air balloon in 1931. Ibn Khaldun is born in 1331, followed by Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Wild Bill Hicock (1838), Arnold Bennett (1867), Max Brod (1884), Hubert Humphrey and Vincent Price (1911), Sam Snead (1912), Herman Wouk (1915), Christopher Lee (1921), Henry Kissinger (1923), Cilla Black (1943), Donna Strickland (1959), Pat Cash (1965) and André 3000 and Jamie Oliver (both 1975). Dying were John Calvin (1564), Francois Ravaillac (1610), Niccola Paganini (1840), Robert Koch (1910), Jawaharlal Nehru (1964) and Gil Scott Heron (2011).Comment
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International Day of Women's Health and Menstrual Hygiene occurs, and the Ethiopian National Day. The 1830 Indian Removal Act deports Native Americans west of the Mississippi, John Muir founds the Sierra Club in 1892, Armenia and Azerbaijan declare independence in 1918, the Estado Novo begins in Portugal in 1926, the Zuiderzee becomes the IJsselmeer in 1932, Amnesty International is launched in 1961, the Sunningdale Agreement collapses in 1974, and Nepal becomes a republic in 2008. Selim II is born in 1524, as are George I (1660), Pitt the Younger (1759), Thomas Moore (1779), Louis Agassiz (1804), Edvard Benes (1884), Jim Thorpe (1888), Ian Fleming (1908), Patrick White (1912), Rudy Giuliani and Gladys Knight (both 1944) and Kylie Minogue (1968). Dying were Leopold Mozart (1787), Noah Webster (1843), Anne Bronte (1849), John Russell (1878), Audie Murphy (1971), Edward VIII (1972), Phil Hartman (1998), Gary Coleman (2010) and Maya Angelou (2014).Comment
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Happy Oak Apple Day (1660) to all Brits, and also International Blue Helmets Day. The Battle of Ctesiphon occurs in 363, Constantinople's 1453 fall ends the Byzantine Empire, the first Coca-Cola ad appears in 1886, N'Djamena is founded in 1900, the Rite of Spring premieres in 1913, Hilary and Norgay climb Everest in 1953, the Heysel disaster occurs in 1985, and Zaire becomes DR Congo in 1997. Charles II is born in 1630, followed by Sarah Churchill (1660), Patrick Henry (1736), GK Chesterton (1874), Bob Hope (1903), Tenzing Norgay (1914), JFK (1917), Peter Higgs (1929), Francis Rossi (1949), Danny Elfman (1953), Annette Benning (1958), Rupert Everett (1965), Noel Gallagher (1967) and Mel B (1977). Not getting liberty, but death, were Bartolomeu Dias (1500), Empress Josephine (1814), William Gilbert (1911), John Barrymore (1942), Fanny Brice (1951), Mary Pickford (1979), Erich Honecker (1994), Jeff Buckley (1997) and Dennis Hopper (2010).Comment
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Oh, and Oak Apple Day is not something to be celebrated...Comment
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It was a purveyor of sweet goods who told me, perhaps they were lying.
What is an oak apple and why does it have a day?Comment
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https://www.twinkl.com/event/nationa...-day-2020-2022
National Biscuit Day is celebrated on 29th May every year in the UK.Comment
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It's a celebration of the restoration of the monarchy. Don't enjoy it.Originally posted by TonTon View PostComment
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