BOARD: Lamplighter's Almanac 2006/07/04 (Tuesday)
The Lamplighter
to life, the door opens and the Lamplighter enters, stopping at the
bulletin board by the door and taking a sheet of paper from his
backpack. "Here's tonight's update," he says, adding the sheet to the
pile of similar-looking ones already tacked up. This task completed,
he looks for interesting people to talk with or perhaps interesting
musical endeavors to jam with.
=============================== Today's Dates ================================
Gregorian date: Tuesday, July 4, 2006 C.E.
Hebrew date (ends at sunset tonight): 8 Tammuz, 5766
Hebrew date (begins at sunset tonight): 9 Tammuz, 5766
Islamic date (predicted; ends at sunset tonight): 8 Jumaada al-THaany 1427 A.H.
Islamic date (predicted; begins at sunset tonight): 9 Jumaada al-THaany 1427 A.H.
Julian Day (at midnight, the start of today): 2453920.5
Modified Julian Day: 53920
Maya date: 12.19.13.7.15 ; 5 Men (Eagle) ; 8 Sek (?)
French Revolutionary Calendar date: Quartidi, 24 Messidor, 214 Y.R.
RickDate: 1JQ74 (http://www.yak.net/kablooey/RickDate.txt)
Age of moon at midnight GMT: 7.67 days.
Next phase of moon: Full Moon on 7/11/2006 at 03:04 GMT.
Next season: Autumnal Equinox on 9/23/2006 at 04:05 GMT.
============================== Today's Almanac ===============================
----------- Birthdays (and other important dates) of Callahanians ------------
Birthday of Darkmane (René)
Email: darkm...@hotmail.com
Birthday of Alan Combs (1939)
Birthday of Killick (Bruce Merkley) (1957)
Email: boo...@uniserve.com
Birthday of Lynn Gold (1958) (cat Fuzzball)
Birthday of Snark (1968)
Birthday of Freddie J. Foxfire (Susan Gilbert) (19mumble-mumble)
------------------------- Fixed Holidays and Events --------------------------
Hannibal, Missouri, USA: Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day
Philippines/USA: Philippine-American Friendship Day
USA: Independence Day (1776)
Italy: Garibaldi Day (1807)
------------------------- Moving Holidays and Events -------------------------
Zambia: Unity Day
---------------------- Birthdays of Famous Individuals -----------------------
1804: Birth of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1826: Birth of Stephen Collins Foster
1847: Birth of James Bailey (circus operator)
1862: Birth of Gustav Klimt (Austrian art-nouveau painter)
1872: Birth of Calvin Coolidge
1883: Birth of Rube Goldberg
1911: Birth of Mitch Miller
1918: Birth of Abigail Van Buren
1918: Birth of Ann Landers
1927: Birth of Gina Lollobrigida
1927: Birth of Neil Simon
1930: Birth of George Steinbrenner
1943: Birth of Geraldo Rivera
------------------------------ Today in History ------------------------------
In 1776: American Continental Congress approved Declaration of
Independence
In 1826: Former US Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died
In 1828: First US passenger railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, opened
In 1845: Texas Congress voted to join the USA (admitted 12/29)
In 1863: Union forces won battle of Vicksburg, during US Civil War
In 1946: USA granted Philippines independence
In 1960: 50-star flag officially adopted by USA
In 1975: Juanita Nielson, Sydney newpaper publisher, disappeared
In 1976: Israeli paratroopers freed Jewish hostages from terrorists at
Entebbe airport in Uganda
In 1986: US celebrated Statue of Liberty during its 100th year
============== A look at tomorrow: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 C.E. ==============
----------- Birthdays (and other important dates) of Callahanians ------------
Birthday of Looking Wolf (1972)
------------------------- Fixed Holidays and Events --------------------------
Ancient Rome: Poplifugia (Little is known about this festival)
Rwanda: Peace and Unity Day
Venezuela: Independence Day (1811)
---------------------- Birthdays of Famous Individuals -----------------------
1810: Birth of Phineas Taylor ("P.T.") Barnum
1853: Birth of Cecil John Rhodes (of the Rhodes scholarship)
1889: Birth of Jean Cocteau (French writer and film director)
1961: Birth of Huey Lewis
------------------------------ Today in History ------------------------------
In 1945: US Gen. MacArthur announced that Philippines had been liberated
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Take care,
Tom Lee (fl...@kiva.net)
"The Lamplighter"
"Contempt for human nature is an error of human reason."
-- Vauvenargues