Happy birthday and many happy returns Maxine Stauffer, Sophie Mirabella, Helen Le and Duncan Rowland Born on the same day, across the years, along with 921 – Emperor Shizong of (Later) Zhou (d. 959) 1703 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer (d. 1771) 1782 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) 1811 – Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (d. 1875) 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) 1932 – Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963) 1939 – John Cleese, English actor, screenwriter, and producer 1952 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, screenwriter, and director 1953 – Peter Firth, English actor 1964 – Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer 1978 – Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean-English violinist 1986 – David Warner, Australian cricketer 1999 – Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) October 27: Labour Day in New Zealand (2014) The Amstel flowing through Amsterdam 1275 – The earliest recorded usage of the name Amsterdam was made on a certificate by Count Floris V of Holland that granted the inhabitants, who had built a bridge with a dam across the Amstel(pictured), an exemption from paying the bridges tolls. 1644 – English Civil War: The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage in the Second Battle of Newbury. 1916 – Supporters of deposed Ethiopian Emperor-designate Iyasu V were defeated at the Battle of Segale, ending their attempt to restore him to the throne. 1944 – World War II: German forces captured Banská Bystrica, the center of anti-Nazi opposition in Slovakia, bringing the Slovak National Uprising to an end. 2004 – The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series, the clubs first championship in 86 years. The count has named it. We inflicted a tactical defeat, but have no strategic advantage. We will be restored. Good is sometimes crushed. Bosox won something. Lets party.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:51:11 +0000
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