Today is Republic Day in North Macedonia. It marks two important events in the history of Macedonia that took place on this day – the Ilinden Uprising in 1903 and the establishment of the Republic in 1944.
Macedonia had come under the control of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. On August 2nd 1903, an uprising against the Ottomans was led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO). The Ilinden uprising resulted in the liberation of the town of Krushevo, where the first republic in the Balkans was proclaimed. The republic was short-lived, lasting only 10 days before the Ottomans took back Krushevo.
On August 2nd 1944, during the second world war, the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) proclaimed the People’s Republic of Macedonia as part of the People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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It’s getting rough out there…
Today is the birthday, in 1937, of Canadian multi-instrumentalist and a master of the Lowrey organ, Garth Hudson, The The Hawks (Ronnie Hawkins’s backing group), who then became known as The Band and also backed Bob Dylan on his US tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. The Band had the 1969 US No.25 single ‘Up On Cripple Creek’, 1970 UK No.16 single ‘Rag Mama Rag’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKu0OTDvQ-w
Today is a national public holiday in Switzerland.
It marks the annual celebration of Swiss National (or Confederation) Day. In German the day is known as ‘ Schweizer Bundesfeier‘; in French as ‘Fête nationale Suisse‘; in Italian as ‘Festa nazionale svizzera‘ and Romansh as ‘ Fiasta naziunala Svizra‘.
August 1st was chosen because this was said to be the day, in 1291, on which the three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed the Federal Charter on the Rütli field, near to Lake Lucerne.
The charter does not specifically mention August 1st as the date, but instead refers to “at the beginning of the month of August 1291”. The charter united the signatories in the struggle against Habsburg rule, the family then possessing the Duchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire. The signing of the charter has now become regarded as the foundation of Switzerland.
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I don’t think I can’t travel to Florida anymore because the time difference is too much. It’s 1860 there.
Church sign… God loves you even when Christians don’t.
How about a carpet with permanent vacuum lines so it always looks clean?
Starting your day with an early morning run is a great way to make sure your day can’t get any worse than it started.
Bury me with my old records. It will be my vinyl resting place.
OK, so naked running. Apparently, this means running without GPS, music, or any other tech. I wish I knew this an hour ago.
Definition of Irony: Using a device that transmits inordinate amounts of complex information tens of thousands of miles via antennas, fiber, cables, and satellites to convey to others that you “don’t trust science”.
Imagine being so fragile that you’re mad at Barbie.
My wife wanted to embarrass me in front of her friends. She said I wasn’t good in bed. She was shocked when they all disagreed with her.
You should never judge a book by its cover. I had an English textbook once and the people on the cover looked like they were having a really good time. That turned out not to be true.
My folks came to visit and are upset that I have parental controls set up and they can’t watch FOX NEWS without putting in the code. So they are watching my shows because they refuse to type in 666.
Today is the birthday, in 1942, of American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead. He was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” cover story. Garcia also founded a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band, the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Garcia died from a drugs-related heart attack on 9 August 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE
Today is Independence Day in Vanuatu. This is the National Day of Vanuatu and marks the end of colonial rule by Britain and France on this day in 1980.
Vanuatu is an archipelago of 82 islands (65 are inhabited) and is located about 1,750 kilometres (1,000 miles) east of Australia. Despite their remote location, the islands were permanently inhabited as early as 500BC and were part of the Tongan Empire in the 14th century.
European colonial contact began in 1606 when the islands were visited and claimed by Spain which established a short-lived settlement before they were forgotten again. The islands were rediscovered in 1768 and were given the name ‘New Hebrides’ by Captain James Cook on his visit in 1774.
The French established the first permanent settlements in the 1850s, with the British claiming parts of the archipelago. In 1906, the two European powers agreed on a unique framework arrangement called a condominium to share the rule of the New Hebrides. To this day, the three official languages of Vanuatu are Bislama, English and French.
The archipelago gained independence on July 30th 1980 as the Republic of Vanuatu (the name comes from two local words meaning ‘home’ and ‘stand’) and joined the Commonwealth. The Vanuatu national anthem is “Yumi, yumi, yumi,” (We, we, we).
Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Karl Green, guitarist with English beat rock band, Herman’s Hermits who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single ‘I’m Into Something Good’ (cover of Earl-Jean’s) and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MV-Jy_Bog
Today is Independence Day in Peru. This holiday is always celebrated on July 28th and marks Peru’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1821.
Peru was first colonized by the Spanish in the 15th century. Despite the wars of independence being fought across Latin America in the early 19th century, Peru remained loyal to the Spanish crown. There had been some insurrection but this had been quashed by the government.
The Viceroy of Peru then initiated a military campaign against Chile and their fight for independence. Despite some early success, the tide turned against the Viceroy and the Royalist forces. Argentina and Chile then signed a treaty to pursue the ‘liberation’ of Peru. On entering Lima, the Argentinian commander, Jose San Martin declared the independence of Peru on July 28th 1821.
Today is The Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War, a public holiday in North Korea. Also known as Armistice Day, this day commemorates the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27th 1953 that brought to an end the fighting in the Korean War – but not the end of the war.
The Korean War began when North Korean military forces, supported by the Soviet Union and China, crossed the border into South Korea on June 25th 1950. The US-backed United Nations gave military support to the South Koreans, turning the conflict into the largest conflict since the second world war.
After three years of devastating bombing raids and a traumatic ground campaign, around three million Koreans – 10% of the overall population – were estimated to have been killed, injured, or missing. Though it was clear that the war had reached a stalemate by the middle of 1951, it took two years of negotiations to reach an armistice.
On July 27th 1953 the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed between China, North Korea, the United States and the United Nations. South Korea never signed the Armistice Agreement due to President Syngman Rhee’s refusal to accept the division of Korea. The armistice is yet to be replaced with a peace treaty, meaning the Korean Peninsula is technically in a state of war.
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I need to teach my facial expressions how to use their inside voice.
I think outside is low on Freon.
Diet Diary, Day 1: I removed all the fattening food from the house. It was delicious.
I need to teach my facial expressions how to use their inside voice.
I think outside is low on Freon.
Them: Listen to your body more. Body: You’re old. And you want ice cream.
It doesn’t matter if the answer to your problems wasn’t at the bottom of that carton of ice cream. The important thing is that you tried.
A productive hour of therapy can be wiped out by one bad driver on the way home.
Husband: There’s a credit card charge for $200 to a store called Petacular. Do you know what that is? *dog walks by in a Statue of Liberty costume* Me: Nope.
My body is not a temple. It’s a Federation Starship with critical hull damage and shields at 0%.
Today is the birthday, in 1944, of Bobbie Gentry, US singer, songwriter, notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. Gentry rose to international fame with her intriguing Southern Gothic narrative ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ in 1967. The track spent four weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over three million copies all over the world. Her album Fancy brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRacIzZSPo
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