Data for 1798

French forces invade the Papal States and establish the (very short-lived) Roman Republic (Mar 7), the Naturalization Act of 1798 is signed into law, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five to become naturalized citizens of the United States (Jun 18), Napoleon occupies Cairo (Jul 24), conscription is made mandatory in France (Sep 5), Peasants’ War against the French occupiers in Southern Netherlands begins (Oct 12), lithography is invented – and all these fine people were born:

Catherine Who?

This time is “First Names First“ it is all about Catherine/ Katarina! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about her, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them!

Did You Know That…

Photo credit Arja Mielityinen

the funny looking tree (okay, there are admittedly a lot of funny looking trees around the world) in the picture taken in Icod de Los Vinos in Teneriffe, is actually not a tree at all, but a plant? It is called Millennium Dragon Tree (El Drago Milenario in Spanish), and there are claims of it being the oldest tree on the planet.

Triple Gold Club

TGC member Peter Forsberg

To be part of a winning team in Stanley Cup, World Championship and Olympic Games in ice hockey means belonging to the Triple Gold Club.

To date there are only 28 players who have accomplished that. They have all played either offense or defense. Here follows a list of them all (10 Canadians, 9 Swedes, 7 Russians and 2 Czechs). To many of whom perhaps the Stanley Cup Trophy shines the brightest while playing for your national team brings an altogether different kind of sense of accomplishment.

Data for 1677

The first medical publication in America is produced (Jan 21), The Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local natives (May 29),  Sweden defeats the Danes in the Battle of Landskrona (Jul 14), ice cream becomes popular in Paris –  and all these fine people were born:

Data for 2013

In the year 2013, a powerful meteor explodes over the city Chelyabinsk in Russia (Feb 15), Benedict XVI resigns as pope, the first to do so since 1415 (Feb 28), Boston Marathon bombing takes place (Apr 15), Citizen Hearing on Disclosure begins in Washington D.C. (Apr 29),

Christopher Who?

This time in “First Names First” it is all about Christopher/ Kristoffer! So, a chronological list of persons with their first name here – pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with.

Fear The Walking Dead

Fans of the horror genre welcomed the post-apocalyptic AMC series Fear The Walking Dead back in 2015, the spin-off series of  The Walking Dead. The series depicts the period slightly prior to when all started going wrong, upto the times when everything most anywhere was wrong. So if you like The Walking Dead, you’ll most probably like Fear the Walking Dead as well.

Data for 1791

The Big Bottom Massacre in the Ohio country takes place (Jan 2), Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is published in London, defending i.a. the ongoing French Revolution (Mar 13), the construction of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is finished (Aug 6),

The Walking Dead

AMC’s hugely popular series The Walking Dead is now into its 9th season, and doesn’t really show any signs of fading interest among its viewers. Popular around the globe, it certainly deserves its own article here in Journeys of Life.

Data for 1796

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York (Feb 1), the first smallpox vaccination is administered, in England (May 14), George Washington issues his Farewell Address, setting a precedent by declining to run for a third term (Sep 17),

Who Said That! #21

This time in our series Who Said That! a quotation that rings true to many of us as most of us get to live a long life filled with opportunities – some grasped, some missed,  and some passed:

 

“Twenty years from now

you will be more disappointed

by the things that you didn’t do than

by the ones you did do.”