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Dan Gall
Jun 29, 2017, 11:07:01 PM6/29/17
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June 30, 1520
Faced with an Aztec revolt against their rule, forces under the Spanish
conquistador Hernan Cortes fight their way out of Tenochtitlan at heavy
cost. Known to the Spanish as La Noche Triste, or “the Night of
Sadness,” many soldiers drowned in Lake Texcoco when the vessel carrying
them and Aztec treasures hoarded by CortÝs sank. Montezuma II, the Aztec
emperor who had become merely a subject of Cortes in the previous year,
was also killed during the struggle; by the Aztecs or the Spanish, it is
not known.
June 30, 1912
Disaster - Tornado roars through the downtown core of Regina in five
minute rampage at 4:50 pm, killing 28, and damaging or destroying three
churches, the new Carnegie Library, commercial buildings and homes; the
"Regina Cyclone", Canada's deadliest tornado, is rated as F4 on the
Fujita scale (devastating, with winds of 331-417 km/h); does an
estimated $1.2 million in damage and leaves 2,500 homeless. Mayor Peter
McAra cancels Dominion Day celebrations. Regina, Saskatchewan
June 30, 1981
Glen Godwin, a young business owner, is convicted of murder in Riverside
County, California, and sentenced to 26-years-to-life in prison.
According to his roommate’s testimony, Godwin stomped on, choked, and
then stabbed Kim LeValley, an acquaintance and local drug dealer, 28
times before using homemade explosives to blow up his body in the desert
near Palm Springs. Godwin, who had no previous record, eventually found
his way onto the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.
Godwin escaped from Folsom Prison in 1985, but was captured by Mexican
authorities later that year for drugs, he had given a false name to the
Mexican who discovered who he was in 1987. Before he could be
extradited, he killed another inmate in Mexican prison, and then
escaped, he is still on the run.
*****
Thought of the Day
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Pancho Villa (1877 - 1923), last words
*****
Question of the Day
Banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often
mistaken for what?
Yesterdays Question
The banana plant is the largest what?
Answer
Herbaceous flowering plant
Faced with an Aztec revolt against their rule, forces under the Spanish
conquistador Hernan Cortes fight their way out of Tenochtitlan at heavy
cost. Known to the Spanish as La Noche Triste, or “the Night of
Sadness,” many soldiers drowned in Lake Texcoco when the vessel carrying
them and Aztec treasures hoarded by CortÝs sank. Montezuma II, the Aztec
emperor who had become merely a subject of Cortes in the previous year,
was also killed during the struggle; by the Aztecs or the Spanish, it is
not known.
June 30, 1912
Disaster - Tornado roars through the downtown core of Regina in five
minute rampage at 4:50 pm, killing 28, and damaging or destroying three
churches, the new Carnegie Library, commercial buildings and homes; the
"Regina Cyclone", Canada's deadliest tornado, is rated as F4 on the
Fujita scale (devastating, with winds of 331-417 km/h); does an
estimated $1.2 million in damage and leaves 2,500 homeless. Mayor Peter
McAra cancels Dominion Day celebrations. Regina, Saskatchewan
June 30, 1981
Glen Godwin, a young business owner, is convicted of murder in Riverside
County, California, and sentenced to 26-years-to-life in prison.
According to his roommate’s testimony, Godwin stomped on, choked, and
then stabbed Kim LeValley, an acquaintance and local drug dealer, 28
times before using homemade explosives to blow up his body in the desert
near Palm Springs. Godwin, who had no previous record, eventually found
his way onto the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.
Godwin escaped from Folsom Prison in 1985, but was captured by Mexican
authorities later that year for drugs, he had given a false name to the
Mexican who discovered who he was in 1987. Before he could be
extradited, he killed another inmate in Mexican prison, and then
escaped, he is still on the run.
*****
Thought of the Day
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Pancho Villa (1877 - 1923), last words
*****
Question of the Day
Banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often
mistaken for what?
Yesterdays Question
The banana plant is the largest what?
Answer
Herbaceous flowering plant
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