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Dan Gall
Jul 12, 2017, 1:20:50 AM7/12/17
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1690, July 12
King William III (William of Orange) leads 36,000 Dutch and English
soldiers in defeating an Irish/French force of 26,000 troops under King
James II, William's uncle, at the Battle of the Boyne, about 50 km north
of Dublin. James Stuart, deposed in 1688 from the thrones of England,
Scotland and Ireland and backed by Louis XIV, flees to France. His
son-in-law and nephew, the Dutch Protestant King William of Orange, led
an army the majority of which were Dutch, Germans, Danes, Swedes,
Norwegians, Finns, Huguenots, English and Scots, as well as the Dutch
Catholic Blue Guards. The anniversary of the battle is celebrated by the
Orange Order patriotic society, founded in Ireland in the 1790s, which
came to Canada with Irish Protestant immigration and grew rapidly in the
1830s. John A. Macdonald was a member, and Orange parades were once a
common sight in Canadian cities. Drogheda, Ireland
July 12, 1812
War of 1812 - US Brigadier General William Hull crosses the Detroit
River with 2,500 troops and occupies the town of Sandwich; occupies the
house of trader François Baby as his HQ; first American invasion in the
War of 1812; worried about a new alliance between the British and the
Indians led by Tecumseh, Hull will soon retreat to Detroit, and
surrenders to the British a month later. US President James Madison had
called for 50,000 volunteers to invade Canada but only 5,000 signed up.
Windsor, Ontario
July 12, 1984
Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces
that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his
running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously
gained notoriety as a vocal advocate of women’s rights in Congress.
*****
Thought of the Day
If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
*****
Question of the Day
Robert Langford Modini achieve success as who?
Yesterdays Question
Which garment is derived from the Latin "to cover"?
Answer
Toga
King William III (William of Orange) leads 36,000 Dutch and English
soldiers in defeating an Irish/French force of 26,000 troops under King
James II, William's uncle, at the Battle of the Boyne, about 50 km north
of Dublin. James Stuart, deposed in 1688 from the thrones of England,
Scotland and Ireland and backed by Louis XIV, flees to France. His
son-in-law and nephew, the Dutch Protestant King William of Orange, led
an army the majority of which were Dutch, Germans, Danes, Swedes,
Norwegians, Finns, Huguenots, English and Scots, as well as the Dutch
Catholic Blue Guards. The anniversary of the battle is celebrated by the
Orange Order patriotic society, founded in Ireland in the 1790s, which
came to Canada with Irish Protestant immigration and grew rapidly in the
1830s. John A. Macdonald was a member, and Orange parades were once a
common sight in Canadian cities. Drogheda, Ireland
July 12, 1812
War of 1812 - US Brigadier General William Hull crosses the Detroit
River with 2,500 troops and occupies the town of Sandwich; occupies the
house of trader François Baby as his HQ; first American invasion in the
War of 1812; worried about a new alliance between the British and the
Indians led by Tecumseh, Hull will soon retreat to Detroit, and
surrenders to the British a month later. US President James Madison had
called for 50,000 volunteers to invade Canada but only 5,000 signed up.
Windsor, Ontario
July 12, 1984
Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces
that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his
running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously
gained notoriety as a vocal advocate of women’s rights in Congress.
*****
Thought of the Day
If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
*****
Question of the Day
Robert Langford Modini achieve success as who?
Yesterdays Question
Which garment is derived from the Latin "to cover"?
Answer
Toga
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