Today is Day 355 of 2024
1192
King Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned while on his way home to England from the Third Crusade.
1860
South Carolina becomes the first U.S. state to secede from the Union.
1898
Actress Irene Dunne born in Louisville, Kentucky.
She was known as the best actress never to win an Academy Award.
She was nominated five times for Best Actress.
1922
George Roy Hill, director, producer, and screenwriter, (The World of Henry Orient) born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1946
The Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
Poet Andrei Codrescu born in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
Square One Ranch
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New moon over the green manger at Square One Ranch. Taken 20201116.
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