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Today is Day 321 of 2024
1272
With the death
of King Henry
III of England, Prince Edward
becomes king while traveling in the Ninth
Crusade.
1849
A Russian
court sentences writer Fyodor
Dostoyevsky to death for activities linked to a radical intellectual
group.
His sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1873
Blues/Jazz
great W(illiam)
C(hristopher) Handy (St Louis
Blues) born in Florence, Alabama.
1889 
American playwright George S.
Kaufman (You Can't
Take It With You) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1905
Jazz
banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon born in
Goodland, Indiana.
1907
Oklahoma is admitted as
the 46th U.S. state.
1938
LSD is
first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert
Hofmann.
1971
Actress and
model Edie
Sedgwick dies of a drug overdose in Santa Barbara, California.
She was best known as one of Andy Wharhol's
Superstars.
Square One Ranch
Photo of the
Day
New moon over the green
manger at Square One Ranch. Taken 20201116.
Click on the photo for a
larger view.
Photo available Here
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Love is evil – it will make you fall in love with a goat." ~ Russian Proverb
