Today is the King’s Birthday, a public holiday in Lesotho. This day celebrates the birth of King Letsie III, who was born on this day in 1963. The Kingdom of Lesotho, which is enclaved within South Africa, is a hereditary constitutional monarchy.
His Royal Highness Prince David Mohato Bereng Seeiso was born at the Scott Hospital in Morija on July 17th 1963 and was the eldest son of Moshoeshoe II, who became King when Lesotho gained its independence from Britain in October 1966.
Today is a public holiday in the Bailiwick of Guernsey to mark the visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It is his first visit as King, and first to the bailiwick since 2012. The royal couple is also visiting the Bailiwick of Jersey. Guernsey and Jersey are self-governing dependencies of the British Crown but are not a part of the United Kingdom. The governments of the bailiwicks variously define the the position of the King of England as ‘head of state’ or ‘successor to the Duke of Normandy). The islands were a part of the Duchy of Normandy until 1204.
The King and Queen were presented with various gifts including seven Jersey heifers and locally-laid duck eggs. The duck eggs were an update to an 800-year-old custom of giving two dead ducks on a silver platter to the monarch.
Pamela Bell, La Dame de la Trinité, presented the eggs to the King
BADA BING!!
Maybe money doesn’t buy happiness, but I’m accepting donations to test that theory.
I have reached an age where my mind says, “I can do that,” but my body says, “Try that and you’ll be sorry.”
If you see a toilet in your dream, do not use it.
From a procrastination standpoint, today has been wildly successful.
A woman tries to cut off her lover’s penis, but she missed and cut his thigh. Charged with misdaweiner.
Every time the cashier says, “Do you want your milk in a bag?”, I say, “No you can leave it in the jug”, no one ever laughs!
I am a person who wants to do a lot of things trapped in the body of a person who wants to sleep a lot.
My “save for later” cart on Amazon is currently up to 1.2 million dollars.
My doctor told me my weight was perfect. I’m just 11 feet too short.
A pastor was giving a children’s sermon on vestments and asked, “Why do you think I wear this collar?” One kid answered, “Because it kills ticks and fleas for 30 days?”
My entire life can be summed up in one sentence…’Well, that didn’t go as fucking planned!’
The internet is fascinating. I can type something and thousands of miles away someone is offended by it. It’s kind of magical.
Welcome to adulthood, where you get irritated when they rearrange the grocery store.
I’m proud to announce that I have completed the 1st item on my bucket list. I have the bucket.
Your secrets are safe with me because there’s a good chance I wasn’t listening.
I just finished 30 minutes of cardio trying to pick up an ice cube off the kitchen floor.
I need to stop talking to myself, I’m a bad influence.
I make bad decisions when I’m drunk but the sober ones haven’t been that great either.
It’s not an empty nest until they get their stuff out of the basement.
They say it’s never too late to start exercising, so I’ll wait until later.
Better together????
Today is the birthday, in 1940, of Tony Jackson, bass, vocals from English Merseybeat group The Searchers. Best known for their 1964 UK No.1 & US No.13 single ‘Needles And Pins’. Other hits include a remake of the Drifters’ 1961 hit, ‘Sweets for My Sweet’, ‘Sugar and Spice’ (written by their producer Tony Hatch) and ‘When You Walk in the Room’. Jackson on died 18th August 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugDXpdjmpgw
It is a day for the island nation of Japan to show appreciation for the seas and oceans.
Also known as Ocean Day, Sea Day or ‘Umi no hi’, Marine Day only became a nationally recognized holiday in Japan in 1996.
Marine Memorial Day was established in 1941 to mark the anniversary of the 1876 return of the Meiji Emperor to the Port of Yokohama, on the two-masted topsail schooner Meiji-Maru, from a tour of the Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, in the northeast of the country.
The day was also established as a holiday to express gratitude for the gifts of the sea, honor its importance, and pray for the prosperity of Japan as a maritime nation.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
I hope everyone celebrated Bastille Day yesterday
Must be Monday…
Today is the birthday, in 1946, of American singer Linda Ronstadt who had the 1975 US No.1 single ‘You’re No Good’, and the 1989 UK No.2 single with Aaron Neville, ‘Don’t Know Much’ plus over 15 other US Top 40 hits. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsEwBzfdMnk
Today is a part of the Naadam Festival in Mongolia. The Naadam Festival is a celebrated in Mongolia with public holidays from July 11th – 15th each year. This is the largest and most popular holiday in Mongolia. The first day of the festival takes place on Revolution Day, Mongolia’s National Day, which commemorates independence from China on July 11th 1921.
The festival originated in the 12th century as a way for Mongolians to demonstrate their military prowess. From the 17th century, Naadam contests were held during religious holidays. Since 1922, they have been held on Revolution Day, the anniversary of the People’s Revolution.
The main Naadam festival takes place in the country’s capital Ulaanbaatar and opens with a cultural performance with ethnic dancing and music before the games get underway. Everyone, young and old are encouraged to participate in the games.
Wrestling is usually the first sport. The main wrestling event is a knockout competition involving 512 or 1,024 participants. The participants are all men and have to enter the ring bare-chested as legend has it that a woman once infiltrated the games beating the men, so now all the wrestlers have to show they are male before the grappling begins.
Unlike international wrestling events, there are no weight classes and the rules are also simpler – if a wrestler touches the ground with any part of their body apart from their feet and arms, they lose.
The second sport is Archery. From the time of Ghengis Khan, Mongolian archers were famed for their skill and precision with a bow. At its time, the recurved Mongol bow was a weapon without compare on the Eurasian battlefields of the steppe and deep into Western Europe. The games consist of three categories of archery – Buriat, Khakh and Uriankhai – which have differing bows, arrows and distances.
The third sport is horseback riding. Mastery of horse-riding was key to the Mongol domination of the steppe. The nomadic life of the Mongols developed their skills as expert hunters with the horse and bow, which made them formidable opponents. They developed stirrups, which enabled Mongol horsemen to ride without reins, leaving the hands free for combat.
Olympics starting soon, with new events…
Today is the birthday, in 1943, of Christine McVie, keyboards, vocals, Chicken Shack, and then Fleetwood Mac, who scored the US No.1 single ‘Dreams’ taken from their worldwide No.1 album Rumours which spent 31 weeks on the US chart. Eight of her songs appeared on Fleetwood Mac’s 1988 Greatest Hits album. McVie died at 79, following a brief illness, on November 30, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ywicffOj4
Today is the Celebration of the Golden Spurs. This holiday is always celebrated on July 11th. It marks a significant victory by the Flemish over the French in a battle in 1302.
The day is commemorated with a grand festival at the Grand Palace and the Place de la Monnaie in Brussels. There’s live music, guided tours, and events for children to mark a battle that took place in 1302.
In 1302 the French king Philip IV of France dispatched an army to punish the rebellious Flemish towns, led by Bruges.
Earlier that year Philip IV had annexed Flanders. The Flemish rebelled and attacked the French governor of Flanders.
The French army was composed of about 8,000 knights and infantry. The Flemish army consisted of a militia force of 9,000 infantrymen.
The two forces clashed on July 11th 1302 on a field just outside the Flemish city of Kortrijk. The French were totally defeated.
The commander of the French army, Robert II of Arlois was surrounded and killed on the battlefield. At least a thousand French knights were killed in the battle and number of the golden spurs collected from the field was so large as to give the battle its name. The spurs were donated as a gratitude offering to the Church of Our Lady in Kortrijk.
In the 19th century, the battle was romanticized by Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience in his book The Lion of Flanders and the Battle of the Golden Spurs became a symbol of the struggle for Flemish recognition in the French-dominated Belgian State.
This could be a hard one…
Mostly in men…
Today is the birthday, in 1951, of Bonnie Pointer, singer with American R&B singing group The Pointer Sisters who had the 1981 US No.2 single, ‘Slow Hand’ and the 1984 UK No.2 single ‘Automatic’. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985. She died on 8 June 2020 from a cardiac arrest aged 69. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTVyCp7xrw
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