Today In History

Since I have a little bit of free-time and I've been wanting to do one of these posts for a while now, I think today is a good day to share one with you all. ^.^ 

All the information is from History.com for May 24th:

Brooklyn Bridge opens, 1883

American Revolution - John Hancock becomes president of Congress, 1775

Civil War - Battle of North Anna continues, 1864

Cold War - John Foster Dulles dies, 1959

Crime - Lori Ann Auker disappears from parking lot, 1989

Disaster - Riot erupts at soccer match, 1964

Copernicus dies, 1543

Hollywood - Sex, Lies, and Videotape wins top prize at Cannes, 1989

Literary - Jospeh Brodsky is born, 1940

Music - Duke Ellington dies, 1974

Old West - Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Montana, 1863

Sports - MLB holds first night game, 1935

Vietnam War - Goldwater suggest using atomic weapons, 1964

Soldiers place controversial ad in antiwar newspaper, 1971

WW1 - British naval convoy system introduced, 1917

WW2 - The Bismarck sinks in the Hood, 1941

Auschwitz gets a new doctor: "The Angel of Death", 1943

*CaroleRae*

Random Time - Today in History

Happy Tuesday everyone. GAH! Just a few more days until Friday, then I get four days off. Huzzah! Worry not everyone...we can do this together to last to the weekend.

found this on B's facebook page. hahaha

But yeah. I feel like being random today, so I'm going to share what happened today in History thanks to The History Channel:

~Hula-Hoop patented, 1963

~American Revolution - Civilians and soldiers clash in the Boston Massacre, 1770

~David Buick dies, 1929

~Civil War - The Confederacy's Breckinridge assumes command in Virgina, 1864

~Cold War - Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech, 1946

~Jim Morrison is charged with lewd behavior at a Miami concert, 1969

~Jet breaks up near Mt. Fuji, 1966

~Innovator of hypnotism dies, 1815

~ Charlotte Bronte declines marriage, 1839

~Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler hits #1 with "Ballad of the Green Berets", 1966

~Antoino de Ulloa tries to govern Louisiana, 1766

~Dial-a-President radio program airs, 1977

~Miller elected executive director of MLB Players Association, 1966

~Vietnam War - USAF advisory team sent to Laos, 1964

~WWI - Socialist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg born, 1871

~WW2 - Joseph Stalin dies, 1953

*CaroleRae*

Richard III Has Been Found

When I got home from work my mother informed me that they found the missing body of Richard III of England. Being a history nerd I had to know more! How amazing that they solved one of the mysteries of History!? Through DNA testing it is affirmed that it is him. At first I had my doubts...but when they checked out the skeleton and the deformed spine convinced me that it was him. Also the wounds on the back of his head convinced me also. Here's a couple links to articles I've read:

USA Today

Reuters

Daily Mail

CNN

Do you see the spine? 

Now since they found the body, debates will explode. What do you think of Richard III? Was he a cold-blooded King or has the victor distorted this man's reputation? Personally? I'm not really sure...I believe he was just like anyone else...wanting power and the throne and the crown. Power meant EVERYTHING back then. I think he was a victim of his own greed and since he lost the throne to Henry Tudor, history will forever mark him as the "baddie". 

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Today in History & Drop it Likes its Hot Hop!

Has nothing to do with nothing, but I find it funny. ^.^

Since I have nothing else to post today and I feel like posting this, I share a 'Today in History' post. ^.^

1813 - US nicknamed 'Uncle Sam'

1776 - American Revolution, World's first submarine attacked

1896 - Electric car wins the first auto race in the US

1864 - American Civil War, Atlanta is evacuated

1950 - Cold War, UN defeats Soviet motion 

1996 - Tupac Shakur is shot

1921 - Flash Flood hits San Antonio

1977 -Panama to control canal

1950 - Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, is born

1911 - Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa

1936 - Buddy Holly is born

1876 - Minnesotans nearly wipeout the James-Younger Gang

1977 - US, President Carter agrees to transfer Panama Canal back to Panama

1953 - Maureen Connolly wins US Open

1965 - Vietnam War, Marines launch Operation Piranha

1967 - Vietnam War, McNamara Line announced

1914 - WWI, British commander Sir John French issues first dispatch

1940 - WWII, The Blitz begins

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Weekly Book Blog Hop (2) & Today in History

This is a weekly book blog hop. It runs throughout the week. I haven't posted one of these in a little while, so here I am! Since I'm rather bored at the moment and my mind is too frayed to read or etc, I'll share a nice little random list of events that happened today on Feb. 24th. ^.^ Enjoy:

"Welcome to our Weekly Book Blog Hop!!

This runs every Wednesday - Saturday
including a Book Giveaway linky, Goodreads linky
and Authors Who Welcome UK Reviewers linky

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readers, book reviewers, authors, publishers, book bloggers, book sellers,

putting you all in touch with each other

and keeping real books alive x

We would love it if you could share our hop with all your booky friends

and display are book hop badge (optional obviously x)

First  follow our blog using Google Friend Connect,
leave a comment and I will always follow back,
then add your blogs and giveaways below.....

(please follow instructions for each linky)

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TODAY IN HISTORY SEGMENT (in thanks to History Channel):

~American Revolution: Marbury v. Madison creates judicial review, 1803


~French Formula One champ born, 1955


~American Civil War: Yankees attack Rebels near Dalton, Georgia, 1864


~ Avalanche buries homes in Austria, 1999


~President Andrew Johnson impeached, 1868


~Peron elected in Argentina, 1946


~Gulf War ground offensive begins, 1991 (the year of my birth)


~The Wizard of Oz announced, 1938


~Wilhelm Grimm is born, 1786


~The Old West: Travis sends for help at the Alamo, 1836


~ The Great One scores 77th goal, 1982


~ Vietnam War: Hue recaptured, 1968


~Vietnam War: Airman receives Medal of Honor for action on this day, 1969


~World War I: British troops recapture Kut in Mesopotamia, 1917


~World War II: 'Merrill's Marauders' hit Burma, 1944

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Randomness(3) + Wordless Wednesday + My Bday = Awesome!

Hello everyone! This is a special post, because its a mix of Wordless Wednesday, Randomness Makes the World Go Round, and my birthday! Yes, it's my birthday today...I'm officially 20 years old! Yayy! This post is just going to be random things/pictures I want to share. ^.^

Okay...time to see what happened on my birthday:

~First commercial movie screened, 1895

~American Revolution, British post troops on John's Island, 1781

~Silent-film star and inventor of mechanical turn signal dies, 1938

~American Civil War, Confederate General William Booth Taliaferro is born, 1822

~Earthquake happens in Sicily, 1908

~Calhoun resigns as vice president, 1832

~Denzel Washington is born, 1954

~Argentine novelist Manuel Puig is born, 1932

~Nine people killed in a stampede outside hip-hop celebrity basketball game, 1991 (*gasps* the day and year I was born?)

~Carry Nation attacks a Kansas saloon, 1900

~Central Red Army defeats New York Rangers at MSG, 1975

~Vietnam War, South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia, 1972

~Woodrow Wilson is born, 1856

~World War II, request made for creation of construction battalions, 1941

I love Angry Birds! Blue Bird is my favorite. ^.^


If only...

Well, thanks for sharing this day with me everyone! I hope your day is fantastic!

PS - My blog is officially, officially it's own website! Huzzah! It was a birthday gift I gave myself and I couldn't be happier. Thank you followers for making this worth it! *hugs*

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Randomness Makes the World Go Around (2)

As many may know...I love randomness. It's part of my nature. ^.^ So of course I'm going to want to share some of my random thought patterns and etc. Enjoy. 

For the next Renaissance Festival I want to go as Anne Boleyn or whatever. I think that would be freakin' awesome! I've been surfing the web looking for dresses and her famous necklace. I know what dress I would love, but I don't think they'll ever make it. Boo! I girl can dream, eh? So...if this was a perfect world, this would be my dream outfit (I have a couple dream dresses, which one do you like best?):

Dress 1

Dress 2

The Necklace

Alright, don't laugh, but this is the first anime I've drawn in a LONG time. This was free-hand during my algebra class. I'm a bad kid, but bleh, algebra is so boring. hahaha. I'm not sure who she is, but I named her Lady of the Butterflies. I wonder why. 

 (full picture)

 (the butterflies I quickly drew)

 (a close up on her face)

(close up on the bottom of her dress and my initials)

And now, I'll share you some of the things that happened today in history (December 16th):

~The Boston Tea Party, 1773

~OPEC states raise oil prices, 1979

~American Civil War: Johnston named commander of Army of Tennesee, 1863

~A terrorist bomber begins his rampage, 1989

~Two airplanes collide over New York City, 1960

~Earthquake devastates Gansu province of China, 1920

~WWII: Battle of the Bulge begins, 1944

~Pakistani forces defeated in Bangladesh, 1971

~Jane Austen's Birthday! 1775! Happy bday Ms. Austen

~Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony" receives its world premiere in New York City, 1893

~President Clinton orders air attack on Iraq, 1998

~WWI: Germans bombard Englishports of Hartlepool and Scarborough, 1914

I hope you enjoyed my random spurt of, well, randomness. Haha. I hope you have a great day today!

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Today is History + The End of the World Averted (Again) + Liebster Award

Happy Saturday everyone! It seems like its going to be a nice day and I have to work at 2pm. Booo. Oh well, better than being a zombie on the midnight shift. Anyways....I just wanted to post today because the world has avoided another predication of the End of the World.  *sighs* Why bother announcing the date that the world will end because in the end you will always end up either the bad guy or the idiot. Why do I say that? If you are right everyone dies and you are the bad guy that jinked us. If you are wrong you are going to look like an idiot/fool. No more predications! I beg of you (and you know who I'm taking to)!

ANYWAYS, I just wanted to thank Lieder Madchen for awarding me the Liebster Blog Award. *sniff sniff* I'm so honored to win an award. I never win any awards. I'll soon have my list of winners in the next few days. It'll be hard to only pick 5 *chews lip*.

If you're wondering what this award is all about, I'll tell you....it awards good blogs that only have 200 or less followers. It gives these baby blogs some sunlight and love. Just like a baby tree in the forest (mind me, I just woke up). Well, once you will this from a fellow blogger, you do the honors and award 5 other blogs you think deserve this award.

ANYWAYS, now I'll share some events that happened on today's date, because since the world survived again, it's time to appreciate a little world history:




 ~Peyton Randolph dies, 1775, American Revolution


~President Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba during Missile Crisis, 1962, Cold War

 ~My favorite gangster, Pretty Boy Flloyd, is killed by the FBI in 1934 *sniff sniff*

~A coal mine in New Mexico explodes, 1913


~The first parachutist uses the parachut, 1797


~Today is Jeff Goldblum's birthday! He was born in 1952


~Franz Liszt is born in 1811 (he's a pianist and composer)

~American forces suffer first casualties in the Vietnam War, 1957

~President Thieu turns down peace proposal, 1972

~Germans capture Langemarck during the First Battle of Ypres during WWI in 1914


~Allies in WWII confer secretly about Operation Torch, 1942




Well, I hoped you liked today's little history reminder. Have a great weekend you guys!

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Today In History

On this day, September 23, in 1875 Billy the Kid was arrested for the first time! Here's an article about Billy the Kid from History.com:

"On this day in 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.

The exact details of Billy the Kid's birth are unknown, other than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York. As a child, he had no relationship with his father and moved around with his family, living in Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Silver City, New Mexico. His mother died in 1874 and Billy the Kid—who went by a variety of names throughout his life, including Kid Antrim and William Bonney—turned to crime soon afterward.

McCarty did a stint as a horse thief in Arizona before returning to New Mexico, where he hooked up with a gang of gunslingers and cattle rustlers involved in the notorious Lincoln County War between rival rancher and merchant factions in Lincoln County in 1878. Afterward, Billy the Kid, who had a slender build, prominent crooked front teeth and a love of singing, went on the lam and continued his outlaw's life, stealing cattle and horses, gambling and killing people. His crimes earned him a bounty on his head and he was eventually captured and indicted for killing a sheriff during the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid was sentenced to hang for his crime; however, a short time later, he managed another jail break, murdering two deputies in the process. Billy the Kid's freedom was brief, as Sheriff Pat Garrett caught up with the desperado at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on July 14, 1881, and fatally shot him.

Although his life was short, Billy the Kid's legend grew following his death. Today he is a famous symbol of the Old West, along with such men as Kit Carson, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, and his story has been mythologized and romanticized in numerous films, books, TV shows and songs. Each year, tourists visit the town of Fort Sumner, located about 160 miles southeast of Albuquerque, to see the Billy the Kid Museum and gravesite."

Other memorable events:

-John Paul Jones wins in English waters, 1779, American Revolution
-Hurricane Jeanne hits Haiti, 2004
-Lewis and Clark return from their adventures, 1806
-Eighth planet is discovered, 1846
-Controversial call gives the Chicago Cubs the pennant, 1908
-South Vietnam executed three VC agents,  1965
-German pilot Werner Voss was shot down over Western Front, 1917 (WWI)
-Mussolini re-establishes a fascist regime in northern Italy, 1943 (WWII)






I hope you enjoyed this random post about 'Today in History'. Just picking a random day to search from past events will surprise you! I didn't know all these events had happened on September 23. ^.^ I promise to post more of these in the future. 


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Randomness Makes the World Go Round

I'm bored today, so I decided to be random and post a post that's filled with...well...randomness. ^.^ Like the title says "randomness makes the World Go Round". You can debate me all you want science people, but I will always think that RANDOMNESS makes the world go round and round. So Ha!

First I would like to post a little list of things that happened in History today (because I'm a history nerd).

July 30th 0579    Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope July 30th 0657    St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I July 30th 1178    Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy July 30th 1419    Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague & throw Catholic councillors out the windows July 30th 1537    Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch cease fire July 30th 1601    Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius July 30th 1618    Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht July 30th 1619    House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective US governing body July 30th 1626    Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die July 30th 1646    English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions (This list was from the lovely site TodayInHistory.com)

Here's a video by the always funny Wong Fu Production teams called 'Hot Lava'. You can check out their cute website store, Wong Fu Store.

Here's an anime version of me, Sarah, and Anee that a friend made for me. I think I would be a cute anime character! Don't you think so? =) I use to be able to draw anime when I was a youngster. Maybe I should get back into anime. Maybe someday I'll make my own anime series along with my future novel I want to write. So many dreams....so little time. What dreams do you have?

Me with my orange headphones that I always seem to have on. Just add freckles and it's complete. ^.^ 

Anee being all sassy.

Well, she's a brunettes now, because I dyed her hair. It's like dark brown with blonde bangs. It's pretty awesome.

Here's a picture of me and her with her new hair:

QUESTION TIME!!
~I'm planning on getting a new haircut soon, but I can't decide what I want...any ideas?
~What dreams would you kill to live out?
~Any good book series I should check (any genre)?
~Should my blog have it's own Twitter and/or Facebook account?
~How's your summer so far?
~If you could live anywhere in the world (or outerspace) where would you live?
~What's your favorite song of the moment?
~Was this post random?

Ahh, I got all that randomness off my chest. I hope you enjoyed today's random post! Tune in next time when I have a random attack. :3


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