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Princess born, sister to George, daughter to William and Kate.
Nepal earthquake Nepalese disappointed that local politicians aren't appearing as people die from secondary issues, like a lack of drinking water. International politicians are high profile.
Floyd Mayweather won a dance contest, Manny Pacquiao was the better, more dangerous fighter. The private dancer won on points.
Australian Kangaroos played Kiwis in Australian Rugby League. It was a game of two halves. In the first half, Kiwis were a brilliant attacking team. In the second half, New Zealand were a brilliant defensive team. The 26-12 score flattered Australia. NZ deserved winners.
On this day Mayan King Bird Jaguar IV assumed the throne, ten years after the death of his father, suggesting he needed to fight to claim the throne. When he passed, building works ceased. In 1715, Edmund Halley predicted a total eclipse within 4 minutes accuracy. In 1808, Sweden lost her fortress of Seaborg to Russia. It later became part of Helsinki. On the same day, Madrid Rebels who had arisen on May 2nd were executed by French. Hundreds of Madrid citizens were shot, and Francisco Goya painted the scene, titled Third May 1808. In 1830, the Canterbury and Whitstable railway opened, being the first steamed hauled passenger service to offer season tickets and a trip through a tunnel. In 1877, Labatt park, the oldest continually operated baseball field in the world had her first game. In 1913, the first full length Indian feature film was released, named Raja Harishchandra. It was a film about sacrifice.
In 1915, the poem In Flanders Field was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John, a Canadian, had just buried a friend. He dropped the poem, but others picked it up, and it became the best recited poem of the war.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to legislate a sales tax, but they didn't implement it for many years because they hadn't worked out the detail. In 1928, Japanese atrocities were noted in Jinan, China. In 1937, Gone With The Wind won a Pulitzer for fiction. In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. In 1951, the United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. In 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBSnetwork. 1957, Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agreed to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California. In 1960,the Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opened in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time. Also 1960, the Anne Frank House museum opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also 1960, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established. 1963, the police force in Birmingham, Alabama switched tactics and responded with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression were transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
2014
Another historical and special mention to birthday girl Mary Hopkin (1950). Those were the Days was one of my favourite songs as a child. If you loved Blade Runner, remember, she was on the sound track. Her vocals were a tad higher and fuller than birthday boy Frankie Valli (1934), but she was born in Wales and I was raised in New Jersey. Also, special mention to David James Ball, born on this day in '59. Dave produces synth pop. I told my friends I did too, but my wife said "No dear, you fart"
Studying is not the same as understanding. That was driven home to me a few decades ago when a young senator Natasha Stott Despoja tortuously pronounced birthday boy's Niccolò Machiavelli's (1469) name. It should be pronounced [nikkoˈlɔ makjaˈvɛlli]. But Natasha went for the Matchyvelly direction. The poor guy's life's work has been diminished and abused for too long. No need to mistreat his name. Maybe it is a South Australian thing? Some say a strong prince is preferable to a weak one justifies brutality by thesis of The Prince, but that is a terrible diminution made by intellectual lightweights like Adolf Hitler. The Prince addresses the issue, but you need to read the work to find how. Reading is not the same as studying and admiring from a fan point of view .. of Adolf Hitler. But the left seem well sympathetic to such creatures as Adolf. I side with the innocent peoples. But then Shakespeare noted with his character Biron in Loves Labours Lost
"So study evermore is overshot: While it doth study to have what it would It doth forget to do the thing it should, And when it hath the thing it hunteth most, 'Tis won as towns with fire, so won, so lost."
Historical perspectives on this day
In 752, Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumed the throne. 1481, the largest of three earthquakes struck the island of Rhodes and caused an estimated 30,000 casualties. 1491, Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga was baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. 1715, a total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. 1791, the Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) was proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1802, Washington, D.C. was incorporated as a city. 1808, Finnish War: Sweden lost the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. Also 1808, Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 were executed near Príncipe Pío hill. 1815, Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples was defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war. 1830, the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway was opened. It was the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. 1837, the University of Athens was founded in Athens, Greece. 1849, the May Uprising in Dresden began – the last of the German revolutions of 1848. 1855, American adventurer William Walker departed from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. 1860, Charles XV of Sweden–Norway was crowned king of Sweden. 1867, the Hudson's Bay Company gave up all claims to Vancouver Island. 1877, Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world had its first game.
In 1901, the Great Fire of 1901 began in Jacksonville, Florida. 1913, Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film was released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. 1915, the poem In Flanders Fields was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. 1920, a Bolshevik coup failed in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. 1921, West Virginia became the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but did not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. 1928, Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China. 1937, Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 1939, the All India Forward Bloc was formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
In 1942, World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that resulted in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia. 1945, World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay. 1947, New post-war Japanese constitution went into effect. 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. 1951, London's Royal Festival Hall opened with the Festival of Britain. Also 1951, the United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. 1952, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States landed a plane at the North Pole. Also 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network. 1957, Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agreed to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
In 1960,the Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opened in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time. Also 1960, the Anne Frank House museum opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also 1960, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established. 1963, the police force in Birmingham, Alabama switched tactics and responded with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression were transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 1973, the 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago was topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building. 1978, the first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. 1979, after the general election, Margaret Thatcher formed her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
In 1986, twenty-one people were killed and forty-one were injured after a bomb exploded in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. 1987, a crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega. 1999, the southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produced the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h). 2000, the sport of geocaching began, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet. 2001, the United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. 2002, a military MiG-21 aircraft crashed into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight. 2003, New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapsed.
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This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
===
Princess born, sister to George, daughter to William and Kate.
Nepal earthquake Nepalese disappointed that local politicians aren't appearing as people die from secondary issues, like a lack of drinking water. International politicians are high profile.
Floyd Mayweather won a dance contest, Manny Pacquiao was the better, more dangerous fighter. The private dancer won on points.
Australian Kangaroos played Kiwis in Australian Rugby League. It was a game of two halves. In the first half, Kiwis were a brilliant attacking team. In the second half, New Zealand were a brilliant defensive team. The 26-12 score flattered Australia. NZ deserved winners.
On this day Mayan King Bird Jaguar IV assumed the throne, ten years after the death of his father, suggesting he needed to fight to claim the throne. When he passed, building works ceased. In 1715, Edmund Halley predicted a total eclipse within 4 minutes accuracy. In 1808, Sweden lost her fortress of Seaborg to Russia. It later became part of Helsinki. On the same day, Madrid Rebels who had arisen on May 2nd were executed by French. Hundreds of Madrid citizens were shot, and Francisco Goya painted the scene, titled Third May 1808. In 1830, the Canterbury and Whitstable railway opened, being the first steamed hauled passenger service to offer season tickets and a trip through a tunnel. In 1877, Labatt park, the oldest continually operated baseball field in the world had her first game. In 1913, the first full length Indian feature film was released, named Raja Harishchandra. It was a film about sacrifice.
In 1915, the poem In Flanders Field was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John, a Canadian, had just buried a friend. He dropped the poem, but others picked it up, and it became the best recited poem of the war.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to legislate a sales tax, but they didn't implement it for many years because they hadn't worked out the detail. In 1928, Japanese atrocities were noted in Jinan, China. In 1937, Gone With The Wind won a Pulitzer for fiction. In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. In 1951, the United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. In 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBSnetwork. 1957, Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agreed to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California. In 1960,the Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opened in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time. Also 1960, the Anne Frank House museum opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also 1960, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established. 1963, the police force in Birmingham, Alabama switched tactics and responded with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression were transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
2014
Another historical and special mention to birthday girl Mary Hopkin (1950). Those were the Days was one of my favourite songs as a child. If you loved Blade Runner, remember, she was on the sound track. Her vocals were a tad higher and fuller than birthday boy Frankie Valli (1934), but she was born in Wales and I was raised in New Jersey. Also, special mention to David James Ball, born on this day in '59. Dave produces synth pop. I told my friends I did too, but my wife said "No dear, you fart"
Studying is not the same as understanding. That was driven home to me a few decades ago when a young senator Natasha Stott Despoja tortuously pronounced birthday boy's Niccolò Machiavelli's (1469) name. It should be pronounced [nikkoˈlɔ makjaˈvɛlli]. But Natasha went for the Matchyvelly direction. The poor guy's life's work has been diminished and abused for too long. No need to mistreat his name. Maybe it is a South Australian thing? Some say a strong prince is preferable to a weak one justifies brutality by thesis of The Prince, but that is a terrible diminution made by intellectual lightweights like Adolf Hitler. The Prince addresses the issue, but you need to read the work to find how. Reading is not the same as studying and admiring from a fan point of view .. of Adolf Hitler. But the left seem well sympathetic to such creatures as Adolf. I side with the innocent peoples. But then Shakespeare noted with his character Biron in Loves Labours Lost
"So study evermore is overshot: While it doth study to have what it would It doth forget to do the thing it should, And when it hath the thing it hunteth most, 'Tis won as towns with fire, so won, so lost."
Historical perspectives on this day
In 752, Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumed the throne. 1481, the largest of three earthquakes struck the island of Rhodes and caused an estimated 30,000 casualties. 1491, Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga was baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. 1715, a total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. 1791, the Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) was proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1802, Washington, D.C. was incorporated as a city. 1808, Finnish War: Sweden lost the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. Also 1808, Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 were executed near Príncipe Pío hill. 1815, Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples was defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war. 1830, the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway was opened. It was the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. 1837, the University of Athens was founded in Athens, Greece. 1849, the May Uprising in Dresden began – the last of the German revolutions of 1848. 1855, American adventurer William Walker departed from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. 1860, Charles XV of Sweden–Norway was crowned king of Sweden. 1867, the Hudson's Bay Company gave up all claims to Vancouver Island. 1877, Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world had its first game.
In 1901, the Great Fire of 1901 began in Jacksonville, Florida. 1913, Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film was released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. 1915, the poem In Flanders Fields was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. 1920, a Bolshevik coup failed in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. 1921, West Virginia became the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but did not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. 1928, Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China. 1937, Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 1939, the All India Forward Bloc was formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
In 1942, World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that resulted in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia. 1945, World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay. 1947, New post-war Japanese constitution went into effect. 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. 1951, London's Royal Festival Hall opened with the Festival of Britain. Also 1951, the United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. 1952, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States landed a plane at the North Pole. Also 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network. 1957, Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agreed to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
In 1960,the Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opened in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time. Also 1960, the Anne Frank House museum opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also 1960, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established. 1963, the police force in Birmingham, Alabama switched tactics and responded with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression were transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 1973, the 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago was topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building. 1978, the first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. 1979, after the general election, Margaret Thatcher formed her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
In 1986, twenty-one people were killed and forty-one were injured after a bomb exploded in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. 1987, a crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega. 1999, the southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produced the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h). 2000, the sport of geocaching began, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet. 2001, the United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. 2002, a military MiG-21 aircraft crashed into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight. 2003, New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapsed.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
===
For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.