My comments are italicized.
Events:
- 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1911 - Wuchang Uprising which led to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. -- My parents are from Taiwan, and they always say that if I was born in Taiwan, it would have been free (cost them nothing). As it was, I was born in Missouri.
- 1979 - The Pac-Man arcade game is released to the Japanese market by Namco. Thereby changing world wide culture forever.
Birthdays:
- 1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player -- Go, Pack, Go!
Events:
I could go with Republic of China (Taiwan) - National Day (Double Tenth Day 雙十國慶) but already mentioned it above in Events, so I go with
World Mental Health Day We most certainly could use it. And more often than once a year.
I don't have many friends with blogs, so I'm tagging two real, live friends, and someone whose blog I read and now feels like a friend. Plus, she just posted about her birthday and might not mind posting some more about it.
NatashaJ
Life with Linus
Crazy Aunt Purl
The day that wasn't and only in certain countries. How great is that?!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing.
It was fun to look up these events. I also looked at the dates for my sister and brothers, and husband.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, lots of bad things occur, but I think that's a function on how history gets recorded. Big, bloody events generally grab more attention than incremental progress (or deterioration).