Happy Birthday, Vivaldi!
On NHU’s Website, Mike Kirwin says: Antonio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in Venice. He composed baroque music. His father taught him how …
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Happy Birthday, Sam Houston
There is a biographical sketch of Mr. Houston on Lone-Star.net: Sam(uel) Houston, governor of two states, president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. senator, and …
Texas Independence Day!
On this day in history, rights were recognized to govern Texas, instead of dictatorship and some form of racial nationalism. Picture from Celebrate Texas. Here …
Lindy Fest!
On the Houston Swing Dance Society‘s Website they say: Lindyfest is an amazing lindy hop weekend workshop jammed packed with classes for all dance levels, …
2009 Schlitterbahn Home School Family Days
Susan Frederick posted a note from Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort on TAFFIE-Announce: This is for the Central TX New Braunfels location. A minimum order of 4 …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Victor Hugo!!
At Answers.com, they say of Hugo: Victor Hugo, arguably France’s greatest literary figure, wrote poetry, plays, and novels with equal facility, and while his novels …
Celestial Happenings
In “Cosmic Coincidence,” Spaceweather.com says in a newsletter alert (as forwarded to me by a stargazer): COSMIC COINCIDENCE: What are the odds? On Tuesday, Feb. …
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Copernicus!!
Copernicus’ birthday was February 19th. He was born in 1473. Picture from Wikimedia Commons. Mr. Eric W. Weisstein, on his Eric Weisstein’s World of Science, …
“George Washington” by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910)
Picture from the Art Renewal Center. Tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd, is Mr. Washinton’s real birthday. I had celebrated his nominal calendar birthday in my previous …
Essay Contest
As part of the Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) ongoing effort to reach out to young people, CIPE is pleased to announce the 2009 …