Month: November 2021

Nov

2021

Calendar says TUESDAY!

Today’s holiday is St. Andrew’s Day – a public holiday in Romania.

St. Andrew’s Day has been a national holiday in Romania since 2015. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Romania and the Romanian Orthodox Church and is credited with spreading the gospel to Romania.

More than 900,000 Romanians will celebrate their name day on November 30th, with popular variants of the name being Andrei, Andraș, Andruș, Andreas, Andreiu, Endre, András, for men, and Andreea, Andra, Andrada, Andruța, Deia, Deea, for women. St. Andrew is also the patron saint of Scotland.

OCD nightmare time

Today is the birthday, in 1953, of June Pointer, youngest of the founding members of The Pointer Sisters. They had many hits including this one in which she is the lead vocalist.

Nov

2021

and it’s MONDAY again

Today’s holiday is Unity Day in Vanuatu. Vanuatu is an island nation of 83 small volcanic islands in the South Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 270,000. Despite these relatively small numbers, the people speak an impressive 113 indigenous languages – it is the country with the highest density of languages per capita in the world. High chiefs from the different islands attend the festivities, which include performances by native dancers in their traditional dress and a parade. The holiday’s festivities typically include picnics, music concerts and sporting events.

Happy Monday, everyone!

Movie Posters! Hand-painted in Ghana!!

On this day in 1963, I Want to Hold Your Hand was released in the UK.

Nov

2021

FRIDAY!!!!!!

Today is Republic Day in Mongolia. Also known as Proclamation Day, the day commemorates the proclamation of the Mongolian People’s Republic and the adoption of the first Constitution of Mongolia on this day in 1924.

Going out shopping today???

Today is the birthday, in 1939, of Anna Mae Bullock, better known as Tina Turner. She was born in Brownsville Tennessee, sang in her church choir and rose to fame in the sixties as a part of the duo – Ike and Tina Turner. She split from Ike Turner in 1976 and went on to a phenomenally successful single career. She gave up her US citizenship in 2013 to become a Swiss citizen. She lives primarily in Kusnacht, Switzerland but also owns property in Cologne, London, Los Angeles and a villa on the French Riviera named Anna Fleur. He she is in a rather longish video of one of her many hits.

Nov

2021

Thanksgiving

I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. It’s been a tough year for some of us but we still have much to be thankful for and much to look forward to. I’ve posted this video before, but what could be better on Thanksgiving.

Nov

2021

Smells like WEDNESDAY

Today’s holiday, celebrated in parts of India, is Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day. Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth of the ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion. He was beheaded in 1675 by the Mughal emperor. The execution hardened the resolve of Sikhs against Muslim rule and the persecution and helped to make the protection of human rights central to the Sikh identity.