Did you know that on this day in 1857 “The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France? Or that it was on this day in 1906 an earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California?
And on this day in 1912 the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City, in 1924 Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book, in 1930 BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day (???), in 1958 a United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum, in 1961 the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted and in 1996 in Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
Some birthdays you may want to remember on this day are Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (1480-1519), James Woods, American actor (1947), Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian (1953), Jeff Dunham, American comedian (1962), Conan O’Brien, American comedian (1963), Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete (1973), Melissa Joan Hart, American actress (1976) and America Ferrera, American actress (1984).
If you need a reason to raise a glass of bubbly on this day, why not look into the celebration of Army Day (Iran) or Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zimbabwe from United Kingdom in 1980?
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