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Today is Day 13 of 2024


St Knut's Day
Traditional day in Scandinavia when Christmas trees are taken down and the candies and cookies that decorated the tree are eaten.

1599
The death of Edmund Spenser, English poet, (The Faerie Queene) in London, aged 46.

1884
Entertainer Sophie "Last of the Red-Hot Mammas" Tucker born somewhere in Csarist Russia.

1887
Armenian mystic George Gurdjieff born in Alexandropol, Russia.

1910
The first radio broadcast takes place with a live performance of the opera Pagliacci from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

1925
Dancer and choreographer Gwen Verdon born in Culver City California.

1938
French cartoonist Cabu born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France

1941
Irish writer James Joyce (Ulysses) passes away in Zurich, Switzerland following surgery.
He was 58 years old.

1957

Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.

1962

TV comedian Ernie Kovacs is killed in a car crash in West Los Angeles.

1968
Singer Johnny Cash performs live Folsom State prison in California.
The performance will produce the hit album At Folsom Prison.

1974

Super Bowl VIII - Dolphins beat the Vikings 24-7 in Houston in Rice Stadium.


Square One Ranch
Photo of the Day


Tucked in amongst the brambles is a peacock at the haunted ranch down the road a piece from Square One Ranch.
Taken on this day in 2022.
Click on the photo for a larger view.
Photo available Here


This Day at the New Yorker


Proverb:
"The dog barks but the caravan moves on." - Persian Proverb

        


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