DireWolfSpirit Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Every 9/11 anniversary I take time to listen to Arundhati Roy's eloquent "Come September" speech- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Yes. It is This Day again. Changed our lives forever. LongRider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 9/11/2001 There is a 'before' and 'after' for this date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 It seems the 11th of September has numerous bloody events throughout history that affected history. 9 AD - end of the battle of the Teutoburg Forest (began on the 8th) - 3 Roman legions annihilated in Germanic lands. 1297 - battle of Stirling Bridge during the Scottish rebellion led by Andrew de Moray and William Wallace. dog-days and LongRider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 1 hour ago, LongRider said: 9/11/2001 There is a 'before' and 'after' for this date. Absolutely. LongRider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) Snip Edited September 11, 2023 by dog-days Probably wrong tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 When 911 happened, I was spending most of my online time on an equestrian list that had posters from many folks from all over. One of them, Tracey from South Africa, made a great post talking about the attack, by telling us about how awful apartheid was and the trauma at of the end of apartheid, which included her brother's death. She mentioned to not let the attack lead us into bitterness and deeper darkness. "Don't give into hate." she said. Thank you, Tracey, for saying that and I wish you well. "Don't give in to hate." Tracey, from South Africa Fragile Bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 11. September 1973 Chile. Augusto Pinochet with the aid of the CIA launches a successful coup that puts him and his military Junta in charge. His brutal regime stayed in charge for 17 years with many of the crimes committed during this time still being unsolved. DireWolfSpirit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 12 September 1959 The Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the Moon. 1940 In Montignac, France, four teenage boys found the Lascaux cave, which contains one of the most outstanding displays of prehistoric art ever discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 12. September 1953 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev gets elected to the position of first secretary of the Communist party of the Soviert Union 1974: Ethiopia Haile Selassie, the last Emperor of Ethiopia gets toppled in a coup. 2010: The US were still good at Basketball winning their fourth World Championship title in Turkiye (I included that one for Ty). Happy Birthday to: Jesse Owens (*1913), Oliver Kalkofe (*1965), Jennifer Hudson (*1981) RIP Johnny Cash (2003) House Balstroko and LongRider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 On 9/11/2023 at 4:41 AM, DireWolfSpirit said: Every 9/11 anniversary I take time to listen to Arundhati Roy's eloquent "Come September" speech- Thanks for posting this video. DireWolfSpirit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 13 September 1933 Elizabeth McCombs wins a by-election to become New Zealand's first woman MP. She pushed for equal pay for women. 1997 The first annual World Air Games opens in Ankara, Tur.; included are events for powered and nonpowered aircraft, ballooning, model airplanes, and parachuting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 14 September 1921 Constance Baker Motley, first African-American woman to be appointed a US federal judge. 1879 Born in Corning, New York Margaret Sanger, birth-control advocate and founder of Planned Parenthood. 1752 Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14). Phylum of Alexandria 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phylum of Alexandria Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 1 hour ago, LongRider said: 14 September 1921 Constance Baker Motley, first African-American woman to be appointed a US federal judge. 1879 Born in Corning, New York Margaret Sanger, birth-control advocate and founder of Planned Parenthood. 1752 Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14). Also, 1741: George Frideric Handel finishes his magnum opus, Messiah. Lykos and LongRider 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Uff, dayum that is some butchering of a name if there ever was one. Georg Friedrich Händel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykos Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 13 hours ago, Phylum of Alexandria said: Also, 1741: George Frideric Handel finishes his magnum opus, Messiah. He gave his cheeks to them, that lacked of the ass (plucked of the hairs) Phylum of Alexandria 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phylum of Alexandria Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Uff, dayum that is some butchering of a name if there ever was one. Georg Friedrich Händel People played around with various spellings of their names back then, so in that case it would be self-butchery. Edit: Actually, in Handel's case, it was self-butchery once he moved to England. Edited September 15, 2023 by Phylum of Alexandria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 15, 2023 Author Share Posted September 15, 2023 15 September 1821 Central American notables accepted a plan drafted by the Mexican caudillo Agustín de Iturbide that brought independence from Spain to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. 1853, Antoinette Brown Blackwell is ordained as a pastor in the First Congregational Church, becoming the first woman pastor of a recognized church in the USA. 1890 Agatha Christe was born in Torquay, England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 15. September 1935 Nürnberg the race laws get passed and take effect. And the Swastika becomes the new official flag for Nazi Germany. 1939 August Dickmann the first conscientious objector in Germany gets executed during WWII. Same day the massacre of Przemsyl happens. 1945 A GI accidently shoots Austrian composer Anton Webern 1963 Four black kids between the age of 11 and 15 die on a terrorist act on the 16th Street Baptist in Birmingham Alabama 1982 First Publication of USA Today 1994 The first exo planet is discovered by Didier Queloz 1997 Google goes online 2008 Lehman bros. go offline and file for bankcrupcy Happy Birthday: W. Taft (*1857). And to Oliver Stone and Tommy Lee Jones (*1946) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 16 September 1498 Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish inquisitor Died, September 16, 1498 (aged 78) Ávila, Spain 1964 Canadian-U.S. treaty on the development of the Columbia River Basin is proclaimed by Pres. Johnson and Prime Minister Pearson in ceremonies at the International peace Arch between Blaine, Wash., and Douglas, B.C. 2004 Manitoba becomes the fourth province in Canada to legalize same-sex marriage when a judge rules that limiting marriage to heterosexual couples violates the constitution; Nova Scotia does so too on September 24. 2006 The Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards are presented; winners are Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Grieder, and Jack Szostak for their prediction and discovery of the enzyme telomerase, Aaron Beck for the development of cognitive psychotherapy, and Joseph Gall for his career as a founder of modern cell biology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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