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Premier Albany Accommodation at Middleton Beach by Tasman Holiday Parks
Experience the best in Albany accommodation Middleton Beach with Tasman Holiday Parks. Our premier lodgings offer exceptional comfort, stunning views, and top-tier amenities. Perfect for all types of travelers, enjoy a serene escape right by the beach. Discover the ultimate getaway experience with us. #AlbanyAccommodation #MiddletonBeach #TasmanHolidayParks #PremierStay #TravelAustralia
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This Sunday: A Big Gay Market in Albany!
A Big Gay Market is returning to the Washington Park Lake House in Albany, New York, this Sunday, December 15th – and Duck Prints Press will be there. Join us between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern time to see our latest publications and newest merchandise, and check out all the other awesome vendors while you’re there. You can see the vendor-list here. Take stroll, do some holiday shopping, or just soak in all the gay – whyever you come, you’re welcome and we’d love to see you!
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The Stolen Identity of Joseph Newton Chandler III
October 28, 2024
Robert Ivan Nichols, who went by the alias Joseph Newton Chandler III was born on September 12, 1926 in New Albany, Indiana.
On July 23, 2002, Robert Ivan Nichols committed suicide by a gunshot wound to the head in Eastlake, Ohio at the age of 75. After his death, investigators tried to locate his family and friends but to no avail. It was later found that Robert had been using the name Joseph Newton Chandler III for decades as a false identity, and that the real Joseph was an 8 year old boy who died in a car crash in 1945.
The real Joseph Newton Chandler III was born on March 11, 1937 in Buffalo, New York. On December 21, 1945, Joseph, his father Joseph Newton Chandler Jr., and his mother, Billie, were killed instantly in a car accident close by to Sherman, Texas.
The Chandler family had been on their way to see the boy's grandmother in Weatherford, Texas for the holidays. Their car had been in a head on collision with a truck driven by a man named L.C. Black of De Queen, Arkansas who left the scene uninjured.
Robert Nicholas joined the US Navy in World War II and served as a firefighter on the USS Aaron Ward which ended up being bombed by the Japanese in May 1945 off Okinawa. Robert was wounded in the back and hip and awarded the Purple Heart. He burned his uniforms after the war.
Robert married a woman named Laverne Kort in 1947. They had three sons and Robert worked as a draftsman for an electric company. In 1964, he left his wife and family and filed for divorce.
He moved to Dearborn, Michigan, where he told his parents he worked in the automobile industry. By March 1965, he wrote to his parents that he was now living in Richmond, California, while also sending a letter to his son Phil from Napa, California.
After this, Robert's family never heard from him again and later reported in missing in the same year. The family hired detectives to try to find Robert in both California and Indiana, but were unable to find any trace of him or anyone who knew him in those areas.
It is noted that Robert used his real name to work until around 1976.
Robert stole Joseph's identity in September 1978 in Rapid City, South Dakota, after applying for a social security card. He then moved to Cleveland, and worked a number of jobs. Robert had eventually become laid off in 1997.
It was also said that he claimed to have a sister named Mary Wilson, who lived in Columbus, Ohio, however the address he provided for her was made up and did not exist there. It was revealed later that Robert had used that address that he was born at in New Albany.
It was reported that Robert living under Joseph's identity, was a hermit who only left his house to work and eat. His co-workers reported that he rarely spoke to anyone and had no friends.
He also engaged in strange behaviour such as listening to white noise for hours, and one time drove 700 miles to an L.L. Bean store in Maine, only to leave when he got there because there was no spots available to park.
In 1992, he dressed up as a gangster and went to a Halloween party however the people there claimed he never spoke to anyone the entire night.
In 1989, Robert showed up to a local hospital with lacerations on his penis, claiming he got them from a vacuum. He also made homemade electronic devices a lot. He had a computer he used sometimes, and investigators found searches such as "Nazism" and "plastic explosives."
Robert's body was discovered in his apartment on July 30, 2002, about a week after he died. He shot himself in the mouth with a revolver he had purchased months before. On his calendar he had marked down the days until his suicide, and before doing it had closed his blinds and turned off his air conditioning. He had recently been diagnosed with colon cancer which may have been part or his reasoning for his death.
He had $82,000 in his bank account and had listed co-workers as his emergency contacts. Police could not find any of his relatives and that is what led them to realize he was living under a false name and identity. Authorities could not use fingerprints to assist in identification but were able to get a DNA sample from a hospital Robert had visited in 2000.
So why had Robert been living under the false identity of Joseph Newton Chandler III who had died almost 60 years prior and what was his real name?
Authorities speculated that Robert was a fugitive of some kind, either on the run after committing violent crimes or hiding from something. No theories have ever been confirmed.
Internet sleuths suggest he may have been the unidentified Zodiac killer as he resembled police sketches and was known to live in California. Some believed he was a fugitive named Steven Campbell, who was wanted for attempted murder. Authorities also thought he may have been a German soldier or Nazi official from World War II who had fled to the US to escape prosecution for war crimes.
Robert's name was not identified until 2018, 16 years after he died. In 2014, the case was reopened, and using DNA extracted from a tissue sample from his hospital visit, a CODIS profile was created, but no hits were found.
In 2016, there was a match found that indicated his possible surname was either Nicholas or Nichols. In 2018, the DNA Doe Project identified him as Robert Ivan Nichols. A CODIS match with Phil Nichols, Robert's son, confirmed his identification.
The reason for why Robert Nicholas stole the identity of an 8 year old boy who died in 1945, and lived under the identity since 1978 remains a mystery.
#true crime#crime#unsolved mysteries#unsolved#murder#unsolved case#solved#mystery#stolen#identity#theft
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Events 1.25
Holidays
Big Rock Day
Biologist’s Day (Mexico)
Burns Night (a.k.a. Robert Burns Day; Scotland)
Criminon Day (Scientology)
Dinner Party Day
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Welsh Valentine's Day)
Festival of Constructive Energy
Fluoride Day
Food and Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
G.F. Betico Croes Day (Aruba)
International Day of Action on Yemen
International Day of Women in Multilateralism
IV Nurse Day (a.k.a. Intravenous Nurse Day)
January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)
KStews Day
Laurustinus Day (French Republic)
Long Distance Day
Luanda City Day (Angola)
Macintosh Computer Day (a.k.a. Mac Day)
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
National Florida Day
National Heroes’ Day (Cayman Islands)
National Moose Day
National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
National Opposite Day
National Police Day (Egypt)
National Tourism Day (India)
National Videography Day
National Voters’ Day (India)
Observe the Weather Day
Official Crayon Day
Public Holiday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
A Room of One's Own Day
Social Workers’ Day (Talikstan)
Soda Fountain Day
St. Dwynwen’s Day (Welsh Valentine’s Day; Wales)
Tatiana Day (a.k.a. Students Day; Russia, Ukraine)
Thank Your Mentor Day
Virginia Woolf Day
Wedding March Day
Winter-een-mas begins [thru 31st]
Winter Olympics Day
Women’s Health Research Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Food and Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
National Fish Taco Day
National Irish Coffee Day
Schnitzelbank Bratwurst Day (Jasper, Indiana)
Nature Celebrations
Cerastium Day (Genuine; Korean Birth Flowers)
Independence, Flag & Related Days
Federated States of Antarctica (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
Foundation Day (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day (India)
Islamic Emirate of Acre (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)
São Paulo Foundation Day (Brazil; 1554)
Ukraine (Independence Declaration Day, from Bolshevik Russia; 1918)
New Year’s Days
Chinese New Year Holiday, Day 1 (Taiwan)
Mahāyāna New Year (Mahāyāna Buddhism)
Tet Holiday (Vietnam)
4th & Last Saturday in January
Great Fruitcake Toss (Manitou Springs, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
KidFilm Festival begins [Last Saturday]
National Seed Swap Day [Last Saturday]
Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Side Hustle Saturday (UK) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Splurge Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Stir-Fry Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day [4th Saturday]
Winter Brew Fest (Denver, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
Yay Day (Sam & Cat TV Show) [Last Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning January 25 (3rd Full Week of January)
Carnival of Limoux (Limoux, France) [thru 4.6]
Cordova Iceworm Days (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 2.1]
National Storytelling Week [thru 2.1]
Festivals Beginning January 25, 2025
Brunswick Rockin' Stewbilee (Brunswick, Georgia)
The Chocolate Expo (Wilmington, Massachusetts) [thru 1.26]
FFA Farm Toy Show (Saline, Michigan)
Food & Agriculture Winter Conference (Asbury Park, New Jersey)
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire (Gainesville, Florida) [thru 1.26]
Indian River Marine Flea Market and Seafood Festival (Vero Beach, Florida) [thru 1.26]
International Hot Air Balloon Festival of Château-d’Oex (Château-d’Oex, Switzerland) [thru 2.2]
Midwest AG Expo (Gordyville, Illinois) [thru 1.26]
New York Craft Brewers Festival (Albany, New York)
New York Travel & Adventure Show (New York, New York) [thru 1.26]
One Love Festival (Tauranga, New Zealand) [thru 1.26]
Playtime (Paris, France) [thru 1.27]
Port St. Lucie Seafood Festival (Port St. Lucie, Florida) [thru 1.26]
Saint Simons Land Trust Oyster Roast (St. Simons Island, Georgia)
SAVOR Food & Wine Festival (Tucson, Arizona)
Social in the City (London, United Kingdom) [thru 1.26]
Winterfest (Amana Colonies, Iowa)
WWA Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Feast Days
Ananias of Damascus (Christian; Saint)
Apollo (Christian; Saint)
Artemas (Christian; Martyr)
Burns Night (Pastafarian)
Cere’s Day (Pagan)
Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Dwynwen (Celtic; Saint) [Welsh Valentine’s Day]
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)
Feriae Sementivae (Ancient Roman Feast to Spring)
Gather Bathou San (Assam, India)
Great Uncle Fishknife (Muppetism)
Gregory the Theologian (Eastern or Byzantine Catholic Church)
Imoinu Irapta (Manipur, India)
Isaiah (Positivist; Saint)
Juventinus and Maximinus, Martyrs of Antioch (Christian; Martyrs)
Keith Moon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Nut’s Day (Ancient Egypt)
Old Disting (Norse)
Poppo of Stavello (Christian; Saint)
Praejectus (a.k.a. Prix; Christian; Saint)
Publius (Christian; Saint)
Sementivae Feria: Seed Blessing (Pagan)
The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 26 (Jia-Wu)
Day Pillar: Wood Horse
12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Initiate Day (执 Zhi) [Auspicious]
Holidays: None Today
Secular Saints Days
Pompeo Batoni (Art)
Robert Burns (Literature)
Stephen Chbosky (Literature)
Eusebio (Sports)
Govert Flinck (Art)
Shotaro Ishinomori (Art)
Etta James (Music)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Music)
Leiji Matsumoto (Art)
W. Somerset Maugham (Literature)
Morgan Russell (Art)
Georgy Shishkin (Art)
Hendrick van Avercamp (Art)
Virginia Woolf (Literature)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 2 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [2 of 24]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Adventure (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, by Aldous Huxley (Novel; 1939)
The Augsburg Confession (Lutheran Religious Book; 1530)
Beware of Barnacle Bill (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)
Birds of Prey (Film; 2020)
Black Sails (TV Series; 2014)
Blame!, by Tsutomu Nihei (Manga; 1997)
Bughouse, recorded by Red Norvo (Song; 1935)
Cat’s Meow (MGM Cartoon; 1957)
Circus Time (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)
Club Sandwich, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Film; 2002)
Elektra, by Richard Strauss (Opera; 1909)
Enough Rope, by Dorothy Parker (Poetry; 1926)
The Family Circus (Jolly Frolics UPA Cartoon; 1951)
Flat Foot Fledgling (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
Flim Flam Fountain (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1971)
Gerald McBoing Boing (Jolly Frolics UPA Cartoon; 1951)
The Goofy Gophers (LT WB Cartoon; 1947)
The Great Carrot Train Robbery (WB MM Cartoon; 1969)
The Grifters (Film; 1991)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Film; 2013)
Hear My Prayer, by Felix Mendelssohn (Choral Work; 1844)
The House Without a Key, by Earl Derr Biggers (Novel; 1925) [Charlie Chan #1]
Hymn for the Weekend, by Coldplay (Song; 2016)
La Cenerentola (a.k.a. Cinderella), by Gioachino Riossini (Opera; 1817)
Legends of the Superheroes: Part 2 (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1979)
Lucifer (TV Series; 2016)
M*A*S*H (Film; 1970)
Metamorphosen, by Richard Strauss (Small Ensemble Piece; 1945)
Napoleon, by Emil Ludwig (Biography; 1906)
New York and It’s People (Bertlevyettes Cartoon; 1915)
Noise Annoys Ko-Ko (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1929)
101 Dalmatians (Animated Disney Film; 1961)
Parrotville Old Folks (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)
The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of the Yik Yak (Film; 1985)
Pest Pupil (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Polar (Film; 2019)
Popeye’s Pappy (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1952)
Proud Mary, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Song; 1969)
The Rolling Stone or Look Maw, No Moss (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 340; 1965)
Sassy Cats (Scrappy Cartoon; 1933)
She Loves You, by The Beatles (Song; 1964)
Skins (UK TV Series; 2007)
The Thin Man Goes Home (Film; 1945)
Tito and the Birds (Animated Film; 2019)
Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! (WB Animated Film; 2022)
Unplugged, recorded by Paul McCartney (Live TV Concert; 1991)
A Walk to Remember (Film; 2002)
Weather Lady, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 339; 1965)
What a Night, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)
Wool: The Stranded, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)
Today’s Name Days
Paulus, Wolfram (Austria)
Grigor (Bulgaria)
Ananija, Pavao, Projekto (Croatia)
Miloš (Czech Republic)
Paap, Paavel, Paavo, Paul (Estonia)
Paavali, Paavo, Paul, Pauli, Paulus (Finland)
Pauli Bekehrung, Wolfram (Germany)
Gregorios, Gregoris, Gregory, Grigorios, Grigoris, Margaret, Margarita (Greece)
Pál (Hungary)
Paolo, Sabino, Savino (Italy)
Sigurds, Zigurds, Zigvalda, Zigvalds (Latvia)
Jaunutis, Jomantas, Povilas, Viltenis, Žiedė (Lithuania)
Pål, Paul (Norway)
Miłosz, Miłowan, Miłowit, Paweł, Tacjanna, Tatiana (Poland)
Bretanion, Grigorie (Romania)
Tatyana (Russia)
Gejza (Slovakia)
Elvira, Pablo (Spain)
Pål, Paul, Paulus (Sweden)
Amari, Amir, Amira, Amarion, Gwayne, Hakon, Hawk, Jamari, Prince, Princess (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Gregory Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 25 of 2025; 340 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 4 of 2025
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 5 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 26 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Jia-Wu]
Coptic: 17 Tubah 1741
Druid Tree Calendar: Cypress (Jan 25-Feb 3) [Day 1 of 15]
Hebrew: 25 Teveth 5785
Islamic: 25 Rajab 1446
J Cal: 25 White; Foursday [25 of 30]
Julian: 12 January 2025
Moon: 16%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 25 Moses (1st Month) [Isiah]
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 36 of 90)
Week: 3rd Full Week of January
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 6 of 30)
Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 11 of 29)
Schmidt Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 25 of 25)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 6 of 28)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 7 of 28)
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Holidays 1.25
Holidays
Big Rock Day
Biologist’s Day (Mexico)
Burns Night (a.k.a. Robert Burns Day; Scotland)
Criminon Day (Scientology)
Dinner Party Day
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Welsh Valentine's Day)
Festival of Constructive Energy
Fluoride Day
Food and Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
G.F. Betico Croes Day (Aruba)
International Day of Action on Yemen
International Day of Women in Multilateralism
IV Nurse Day (a.k.a. Intravenous Nurse Day)
January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)
KStews Day
Laurustinus Day (French Republic)
Long Distance Day
Luanda City Day (Angola)
Macintosh Computer Day (a.k.a. Mac Day)
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
National Florida Day
National Heroes’ Day (Cayman Islands)
National Moose Day
National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
National Opposite Day
National Police Day (Egypt)
National Tourism Day (India)
National Videography Day
National Voters’ Day (India)
Observe the Weather Day
Official Crayon Day
Public Holiday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
A Room of One's Own Day
Social Workers’ Day (Talikstan)
Soda Fountain Day
St. Dwynwen’s Day (Welsh Valentine’s Day; Wales)
Tatiana Day (a.k.a. Students Day; Russia, Ukraine)
Thank Your Mentor Day
Virginia Woolf Day
Wedding March Day
Winter-een-mas begins [thru 31st]
Winter Olympics Day
Women’s Health Research Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Food and Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
National Fish Taco Day
National Irish Coffee Day
Schnitzelbank Bratwurst Day (Jasper, Indiana)
Nature Celebrations
Cerastium Day (Genuine; Korean Birth Flowers)
Independence, Flag & Related Days
Federated States of Antarctica (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
Foundation Day (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day (India)
Islamic Emirate of Acre (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)
São Paulo Foundation Day (Brazil; 1554)
Ukraine (Independence Declaration Day, from Bolshevik Russia; 1918)
New Year’s Days
Chinese New Year Holiday, Day 1 (Taiwan)
Mahāyāna New Year (Mahāyāna Buddhism)
Tet Holiday (Vietnam)
4th & Last Saturday in January
Great Fruitcake Toss (Manitou Springs, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
KidFilm Festival begins [Last Saturday]
National Seed Swap Day [Last Saturday]
Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Side Hustle Saturday (UK) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Splurge Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Stir-Fry Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day [4th Saturday]
Winter Brew Fest (Denver, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
Yay Day (Sam & Cat TV Show) [Last Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning January 25 (3rd Full Week of January)
Carnival of Limoux (Limoux, France) [thru 4.6]
Cordova Iceworm Days (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 2.1]
National Storytelling Week [thru 2.1]
Festivals Beginning January 25, 2025
Brunswick Rockin' Stewbilee (Brunswick, Georgia)
The Chocolate Expo (Wilmington, Massachusetts) [thru 1.26]
FFA Farm Toy Show (Saline, Michigan)
Food & Agriculture Winter Conference (Asbury Park, New Jersey)
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire (Gainesville, Florida) [thru 1.26]
Indian River Marine Flea Market and Seafood Festival (Vero Beach, Florida) [thru 1.26]
International Hot Air Balloon Festival of Château-d’Oex (Château-d’Oex, Switzerland) [thru 2.2]
Midwest AG Expo (Gordyville, Illinois) [thru 1.26]
New York Craft Brewers Festival (Albany, New York)
New York Travel & Adventure Show (New York, New York) [thru 1.26]
One Love Festival (Tauranga, New Zealand) [thru 1.26]
Playtime (Paris, France) [thru 1.27]
Port St. Lucie Seafood Festival (Port St. Lucie, Florida) [thru 1.26]
Saint Simons Land Trust Oyster Roast (St. Simons Island, Georgia)
SAVOR Food & Wine Festival (Tucson, Arizona)
Social in the City (London, United Kingdom) [thru 1.26]
Winterfest (Amana Colonies, Iowa)
WWA Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Feast Days
Ananias of Damascus (Christian; Saint)
Apollo (Christian; Saint)
Artemas (Christian; Martyr)
Burns Night (Pastafarian)
Cere’s Day (Pagan)
Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Dwynwen (Celtic; Saint) [Welsh Valentine’s Day]
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)
Feriae Sementivae (Ancient Roman Feast to Spring)
Gather Bathou San (Assam, India)
Great Uncle Fishknife (Muppetism)
Gregory the Theologian (Eastern or Byzantine Catholic Church)
Imoinu Irapta (Manipur, India)
Isaiah (Positivist; Saint)
Juventinus and Maximinus, Martyrs of Antioch (Christian; Martyrs)
Keith Moon Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Nut’s Day (Ancient Egypt)
Old Disting (Norse)
Poppo of Stavello (Christian; Saint)
Praejectus (a.k.a. Prix; Christian; Saint)
Publius (Christian; Saint)
Sementivae Feria: Seed Blessing (Pagan)
The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 26 (Jia-Wu)
Day Pillar: Wood Horse
12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Initiate Day (执 Zhi) [Auspicious]
Holidays: None Today
Secular Saints Days
Pompeo Batoni (Art)
Robert Burns (Literature)
Stephen Chbosky (Literature)
Eusebio (Sports)
Govert Flinck (Art)
Shotaro Ishinomori (Art)
Etta James (Music)
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Music)
Leiji Matsumoto (Art)
W. Somerset Maugham (Literature)
Morgan Russell (Art)
Georgy Shishkin (Art)
Hendrick van Avercamp (Art)
Virginia Woolf (Literature)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 2 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [2 of 24]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Adventure (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, by Aldous Huxley (Novel; 1939)
The Augsburg Confession (Lutheran Religious Book; 1530)
Beware of Barnacle Bill (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)
Birds of Prey (Film; 2020)
Black Sails (TV Series; 2014)
Blame!, by Tsutomu Nihei (Manga; 1997)
Bughouse, recorded by Red Norvo (Song; 1935)
Cat’s Meow (MGM Cartoon; 1957)
Circus Time (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)
Club Sandwich, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Film; 2002)
Elektra, by Richard Strauss (Opera; 1909)
Enough Rope, by Dorothy Parker (Poetry; 1926)
The Family Circus (Jolly Frolics UPA Cartoon; 1951)
Flat Foot Fledgling (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
Flim Flam Fountain (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1971)
Gerald McBoing Boing (Jolly Frolics UPA Cartoon; 1951)
The Goofy Gophers (LT WB Cartoon; 1947)
The Great Carrot Train Robbery (WB MM Cartoon; 1969)
The Grifters (Film; 1991)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Film; 2013)
Hear My Prayer, by Felix Mendelssohn (Choral Work; 1844)
The House Without a Key, by Earl Derr Biggers (Novel; 1925) [Charlie Chan #1]
Hymn for the Weekend, by Coldplay (Song; 2016)
La Cenerentola (a.k.a. Cinderella), by Gioachino Riossini (Opera; 1817)
Legends of the Superheroes: Part 2 (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1979)
Lucifer (TV Series; 2016)
M*A*S*H (Film; 1970)
Metamorphosen, by Richard Strauss (Small Ensemble Piece; 1945)
Napoleon, by Emil Ludwig (Biography; 1906)
New York and It’s People (Bertlevyettes Cartoon; 1915)
Noise Annoys Ko-Ko (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1929)
101 Dalmatians (Animated Disney Film; 1961)
Parrotville Old Folks (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)
The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of the Yik Yak (Film; 1985)
Pest Pupil (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Polar (Film; 2019)
Popeye’s Pappy (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1952)
Proud Mary, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Song; 1969)
The Rolling Stone or Look Maw, No Moss (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 340; 1965)
Sassy Cats (Scrappy Cartoon; 1933)
She Loves You, by The Beatles (Song; 1964)
Skins (UK TV Series; 2007)
The Thin Man Goes Home (Film; 1945)
Tito and the Birds (Animated Film; 2019)
Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! (WB Animated Film; 2022)
Unplugged, recorded by Paul McCartney (Live TV Concert; 1991)
A Walk to Remember (Film; 2002)
Weather Lady, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 339; 1965)
What a Night, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)
Wool: The Stranded, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)
Today’s Name Days
Paulus, Wolfram (Austria)
Grigor (Bulgaria)
Ananija, Pavao, Projekto (Croatia)
Miloš (Czech Republic)
Paap, Paavel, Paavo, Paul (Estonia)
Paavali, Paavo, Paul, Pauli, Paulus (Finland)
Pauli Bekehrung, Wolfram (Germany)
Gregorios, Gregoris, Gregory, Grigorios, Grigoris, Margaret, Margarita (Greece)
Pál (Hungary)
Paolo, Sabino, Savino (Italy)
Sigurds, Zigurds, Zigvalda, Zigvalds (Latvia)
Jaunutis, Jomantas, Povilas, Viltenis, Žiedė (Lithuania)
Pål, Paul (Norway)
Miłosz, Miłowan, Miłowit, Paweł, Tacjanna, Tatiana (Poland)
Bretanion, Grigorie (Romania)
Tatyana (Russia)
Gejza (Slovakia)
Elvira, Pablo (Spain)
Pål, Paul, Paulus (Sweden)
Amari, Amir, Amira, Amarion, Gwayne, Hakon, Hawk, Jamari, Prince, Princess (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Gregory Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 25 of 2025; 340 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 4 of 2025
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 5 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 26 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Jia-Wu]
Coptic: 17 Tubah 1741
Druid Tree Calendar: Cypress (Jan 25-Feb 3) [Day 1 of 15]
Hebrew: 25 Teveth 5785
Islamic: 25 Rajab 1446
J Cal: 25 White; Foursday [25 of 30]
Julian: 12 January 2025
Moon: 16%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 25 Moses (1st Month) [Isiah]
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 36 of 90)
Week: 3rd Full Week of January
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 6 of 30)
Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 11 of 29)
Schmidt Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 25 of 25)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 6 of 28)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 7 of 28)
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Friday, December 27, 2024
In C.E.O. Murder Case, a Test of New York’s Antiterrorism Laws (NYT) Six days after Sept. 11, 2001, as New York City reeled from the worst terrorist attacks on United States soil, lawmakers in Albany passed sweeping antiterrorism laws. Since then, prosecutors have used them infrequently. But last week, the Manhattan district attorney’s office leveled a terrorism charge against Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old man accused of killing a health insurance executive, classifying the crime not just as a murder but also as an attack on democracy. Prosecutors’ decision to characterize the killing of the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, as a political act will test the law. And it will have implications beyond the courtroom. The defendant, who carried a handwritten manifesto decrying the American health care system, has been cast as a martyr by some people sympathetic to his apparent philosophy—and the charges could strengthen that perception. Some have criticized what they see as a judgment by the authorities that the killing of a wealthy executive is more important than the deaths of the anonymous poor. And as a practical matter, terrorism could be a more difficult charge to prove than second-degree murder.
Russia Unleashes Another Wave of Attacks on Ukraine (NYT) Air-raid alarms and explosions sounded on Christmas Day in Ukraine as Russian missiles and drones targeted the nation’s energy infrastructure. Before dawn on Wednesday, Russia directed more than 70 cruise and ballistic missiles and 100 strike drones, Ukrainian officials said. As rescue workers and energy repair crews raced to assess the damage in the morning, alarms sounded again and more missiles streaked through the skies. At least six people were wounded in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and one person was killed in Dnipro, but officials said that the toll from strikes around the country may rise. It was the 13th large-scale bombardment of the Ukrainian energy grid this year in a campaign that has left the country’s energy network devastated and forced the authorities to turn to unconventional measures to try to prevent a total collapse of the grid.
As Ukraine marks Christmas, exhausted soldiers wonder if Trump can end the war (Washington Post) Christmas on Ukraine’s front line started, fittingly, in an old barn filled with hay. Soldiers filed in as Lt. Mykola Bagirov, the brigade’s chaplain, began chanting prayers in a setting straight out of a Nativity scene — never mind the armored personnel carriers parked beside him. Bagirov spent the rest of the day dressed in a colorful jacket and carrying a painted spinning star while merrily singing traditional Ukrainian carols and banging a tambourine against his thigh. His audience, though thankful for the attempt at holiday cheer, was noticeably less enthused. “No one feels like the end is near,” Kyrylo said. “The morale keeps sinking lower and lower, getting worse and worse.” This holiday season marks Ukraine’s third straight since Russia’s invasion, and President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of negotiations to end the war has many questioning if there will be a fourth. Asked for their thoughts about a potential ceasefire in 2025, soldiers in Ukraine’s 33rd brigade said they’d welcome a reprieve but were skeptical one was coming soon. Many expressed doubt that Putin would settle for peace while Russian forces have continued to make gains and maintain the offensive initiative. A peace deal would likely also see Moscow keep the territory it has captured—more than 20 percent of Ukraine.
Aviation experts say Russia’s air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash (AP) Aviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons still unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan after flying east across the Caspian Sea. As the official crash investigation started, some experts pointed out that holes seen in the plane’s tail section could indicate that it could have come under fire from Russian air defense systems fending off a Ukrainian drone attack. Ukrainian drones had previously attacked Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, and other regions in the country’s North Caucasus.
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami (AP) People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried. It is one of several mass graves in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s northernmost province, which was one of the areas worst hit by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the massive tsunami it triggered. “We miss them and we still don’t know where they are. All we know is that every year we visit the mass grave in Ulee Lhue and Siron,” said Muhamad Amirudin, who lost two of his children 20 years ago and has never found their bodies. “This life is only temporary, so we do our best to be useful to others,” Amirudin, visiting the grave with his wife, said. The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa. Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
Missile fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels sets off sirens in central Israel for the second night (AP) A missile launched from Yemen triggered air raid sirens across central Israel early Wednesday, sending millions of residents looking for cover for the second night in a row. The military said the missile was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, but police reported shrapnel from the interception fell in several towns. There were no reports of injuries. It was the fourth time in a week that fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels set off sirens in Israel. On Saturday, 16 people were injured when a missile hit a playground in Tel Aviv after Israel’s air defense system failed to intercept it.
Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning ‘irresponsible’ (AP) Deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in northern Gaza as soon as next month owing to Israel’s “near-total blockade” of food and other aid, the U.S.-created global food-crisis monitor said on Tuesday. The finding by the Famine Early Warning System Network appeared to expose a rift within the Biden administration over the extent of starvation in northern Gaza, with the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lew, disputing part of the data used in reaching the conclusion and calling the stepped-up famine warning “irresponsible.” Northern Gaza has been one of the areas hardest-hit by fighting and Israel’s restrictions on aid throughout its 14-month war with Hamas militants. Only nine U.N. trucks have been able to bring in food and water over the past 2 1/2 months, Oxfam says. FEWS Net said unless Israel changes its policy, it expects the number of people dying of starvation and related ailments in northern Gaza to reach between two and 15 per day sometime between next month and March.
Nigeria’s economic crisis (NPR) Nigeria is currently facing one of its worst economic crises in decades. The government imposed a set of controversial economic reforms that critics say have made poverty worse. Inflation has soared by 34%, according to the Central Bank, even with recent quarters of economic growth. Rising costs of food, energy and other necessities have made the year brutal for many. About 60 people died in three stampedes at different charity events around Nigeria. The string of new reforms introduced devalued the currency, cut an electricity subsidy and ended a fuel subsidy, which were some of the few benefits Nigerians received. The government has called for patience and says the economic pain is temporary.
At Least 56 Killed in Clashes Over Mozambique’s Disputed Election Ruling (NYT) At least 56 people have been killed in Mozambique since Monday, a nongovernmental organization said on Wednesday, as police officers and protesters clashed in the latest wave of unrest over a presidential election that demonstrators claim was rigged by the governing party. At Maputo Central Prison, which housed 2,500 inmates, more than 1,530 prisoners escaped, a police commander, Bernardino Rafael, said at news conference on Wednesday. Thirty-three prisoners were killed and 15 others wounded in a confrontation with guards trying to prevent detainees from fleeing, he said. Tensions escalated this week after the nation’s top court on Monday upheld the result of the election in favor of Daniel Chapo, the candidate for Frelimo, which has governed Mozambique since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975. The political unrest comes as the southern African country is working to recover from Cyclone Chido. Mozambique’s death toll from the storm has risen to 120 since it made landfall more than a week ago, according to the country’s National Institute for Natural Disasters.
Retire? They’d Rather Jump Out of a Plane. (NYT) These skydiving seniors are taking their golden years one 12,500-foot leap at a time. High above Southern California, John Miller, 77, checked his altimeter. “We’re two miles up,” he shouted over the plane’s engines. “This is when everybody starts to get quiet.” Sure enough, the cabin hushed as we reached altitude. Sharron Fielding, 70, squeezed my hand; Ricki Thues, 71, checked that his Santa hat was tied tightly under his chin. “Everybody ready?” called Doug Wuest, 69, their unofficial coach. “Ready, set, go!” Mr. Wuest rolled up the aircraft door and, along with three friends, leaned out of the DHC-6 Twin Otter—12,500 feet up. Then they let go. Twenty-four other seniors followed, hurtling headfirst through the sky at 180 miles per hour. It was the first jump of the day for Wuest Ways, a group of older skydivers that Mr. Wuest and his wife, Marilyn, started in 1987. For members, falling a couple of miles from a plane is a normal weekend activity, like watching a grandchild’s soccer game or heading to Costco. But they never get over the thrill. For many, the sport has also accompanied the most meaningful chapters of their lives. Mr. Miller met his wife skydiving in the 1970s; their first kiss was in free-fall. He’s taken all his children and grandchildren up, and released the ashes of his two brothers and several friends on the way down.
Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address (AP) Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. The pontiff’s “Urbi et Orbi”—“To the City and the World”—address serves as a summary of the woes facing the world this year. As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad reconciliation, “even (with) our enemies.” “I invite every individual, and all people of all nations ... to become pilgrims of hope,” the pope said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to throngs of people below. He called for arms to be silenced in war-torn Ukraine and in the Middle East, singling out Christian communities in Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as Lebanon and Syria. Francis repeated his calls for the release of hostages taken from Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Albany Pride Festival 2024: Celebrating diversity, inclusion, & community
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Albany Pride Festival 2024: Celebrating diversity, inclusion, & community
Albany Pride Festival is back for 2024, with two full weeks of Pride events for the local community.
Albany Pride Festival is one of WA’s biggest regional Pride Festivals, bringing together community from Albany/Kinjarling and beyond.
The festival gives the LGBTQIA+ community and allies of Albany/Kinjarling region a time of celebration and visibility, and for those outside of the region, a perfect excuse for a fun-filled, Queer-themed holiday.
READ MORE: We Are Pride: Queer channel champions LGBTQIA+ representation
The theme for 2024 is “We are Family”. This theme is a celebration and recognition of community strength, the support we can offer each other in the face of opposition and attempts to divide, an understanding of our Queer history of holding each up and accountable, and the incredible intersectional diversity that exists within the broad, beautiful Queer family.
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Albany Pride Festival Opening Weekend
To officially open the festivities on Thursday February 22, local Menang elder Vernice Gillies, is hosting a Welcome to the the festival at the National ANZAC Centre Albany.
Guests will then be invited to walk up to the top of the lookout and Vern will tell their story of the Stirlings, Porongurups and the Mammang Koort the open sea which is the heart (Koort) of the whale (Mammang).
This will be the first time Albany Pride Festival has had an official local welcome, so this is a special event and one not to miss.
IN OTHER NEWS: The QNews Guide to Mardi Gras in Sydney: Best of the Rest
Then, on Saturday, February 24, Albany Pride is hosting a family-friendly, all-ages picnic at Eyre Park.
Activities for all ages are included, including the delightful Jamie the Clown, bubble artists, circus equipment and a photo wall.
Bring your blankets and some lunch, or choose from the delicious food and drink vendors.
The picnic is free to attend and will run from 11AM to 1PM.
But the fun doesn’t end there, Albany Pride Festival has two jam-packed weeks of events to suit all ages and community members.
To view the full festival lineup, visit albanypridefestival.com.au.
For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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Sounds of Auckland
Ночное озеро у торгового центра Albany
05.08.2023 - 16.11.2023 20:30 - 10:00
Оживлённый пятничный вечер, всё работает, на удивление, до поздна, в ресторане сверкающего огнями торгового центра Albany веселье. За дорогой и небольшим парком совсем другой мир - озеро, погружённое во тьму. Холодно но ясно, в темноте попискивают и хлопают крыльями лебеди, утки и эндемичные птички, лёгкий ветер шелестит листьями пальм. Рекодер почти у воды, под большим круглым камнем и кустом новозеландского льна, соединяет звуки обоих миро��: спящего ночного озера с одной стороны и вечернего торгового центра в котором продолжается праздник - с другой. После полуночи веселье затихает, торговый центр больше не доминирует над озером и звуки ночного города перестают заглушать тишину ночного пруда.
It's a busy Friday night, with everything open surprisingly late, and the restaurant in the sparkling Albany Mall is full of fun. Behind the road and a small park is a completely different world - a lake immersed in darkness. It’s cold but clear, swans, ducks and endemic birds squeak and flap their wings in the dark, a light wind rustles the leaves of palm trees. The recorder almost by the water, under a large round stone and a New Zealand flax bush, connects the sounds of both worlds: a sleeping lake at night on the one hand and an evening shopping center in which the holiday continues - on the other. After midnight, the fun dies down, the shopping center no longer dominates the lake and the sounds of the night city stop drowning out the silence of the night pond.
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#VoxPopTuesday During its 16 years on the air, the audience participation program Vox Pop devoted several of its broadcasts to celebrating the Christmas season, especially when a broadcast was scheduled on or near the holiday. This was the case in 1939 when it aired on Thursday nights for Kentucky Club Tobacco.
On November 30, the week after Thanksgiving, the program broadcast from Macy’s Department Store in New York City. During the show, Parks Johnson and Wally Butterworth interviewed several shoppers, including Hugh Lynch of Hawthorne, New York; Frederick Tillinghast III of Albany, New York; Alice Wehner of New Haven, Connecticut; and Wally Kain of New York City.
However, their most famous guest that evening was Santa Claus himself. The photograph shows Johnson interviewing Saint Nick and awarding him with a package of the sponsor’s product.
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Capital Holiday Lights dark for another year
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -The upcoming holiday season looking to be not so bright for a second year. The Albany Police Athletic League (PAL) pushing the date back of their Capital Holiday Lights Extravaganza to 2024. Capital Region families enjoyed PAL’s Capital Holiday Lights in Albany’s Washington Park for decades. But the tradition that started in 1997 turned into a nightmare before Christmas in…
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Perfect Picton Accommodation for Every Traveler at Tasman Holiday Parks
Find the ideal Picton accommodation with Tasman Holiday Parks. Our diverse range of lodgings caters to all types of travelers, offering comfort and convenience in a beautiful setting. Enjoy modern amenities, scenic views, and a welcoming atmosphere. Experience exceptional stays and create lasting memories in Picton with us! #PictonAccommodation #TasmanHolidayParks #TravelAustralia #ComfortableStay #ScenicRetreat
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Inch for inch, Vic Park’s restaurant game is out of control, off the chain, next-level great. With cuisines from every corner of the globe, a stroll down Albany Highway will have you feel like you’re on a deliciously international holiday. While it may seem longer than most lists, we’ve tried our best to narrow down the best restaurants in Vic Park (with maybe a couple from Lathlain in there for good measure).
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Time for your Rock Report
Prog rock legends Jethro Tull have announced plans to embark on a tour of the U.S. in 2023. Dubbed "The Seven Decades" tour, the trek will be in support of the band's new album, RokFlote, which dropped on Friday, April 21. The trek will kick off on August 18 at Ravina Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, and conclude on November 4 in Albany, N.Y. Tickets are on sale now.
The Grateful Dead officially joined TikTok last Thursday, which also marked the biggest "stoner holiday" of the year, 4/20. The Grateful Dead's TikTok account "will serve as an outlet to celebrate the decades of music, generations of community, and endless array of creativity that has woven the band and its fans into every new era of the world's counterculture and consciousness," the band said in a press release. The Grateful Dead made its debut on the platform with a 30-second video playing in the background of the soundtrack of a remastered 1969 live recording of their song "St. Stephen". Content on The Grateful Dead's TikTok page, which already attracted more than 251 million views, will be updated daily with more music and other surprise video clips.
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Holidays 8.31
Holidays
African Traditional Medicine Day
Anniversary of the Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier (Afghanistan)
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochistan, Pakistan)
Cow Chip Tossing Day
Crop Dusting Day
Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
831 Day
Festal Day (Order of the Eastern Star)
Flag Day (India)
Franchise Appreciation Day
Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)
International Blog Day (a.k.a. International Day of Blogs and Bloggers)
International Day for People of African Descent (UN)
International Day of Obstetrics & Pregnancy
International Lawn Day
International Overdose Awareness Day
Jack the Ripper Day [Killed 1st Victim: Mary Ann Nichols; 1888]
Limba Noastra (Day of Our Language; Moldova)
Long-Haul Truck Driver (Russia)
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
Memorial Day for the Victims of Repression (Uzbekistan)
Merdeka Day (Malaysia)
National Asiatic Cheetah Day (Iran)
National Box Car Day
National Cinema Day (UK)
National Cowgirl Day
National Dan Day
National Day (Vietnam)
National Diatomaceous Earth Day
National HalfCut Day (Australia)
National Language Day (Moldova)
National Leslie Day
National Matchmaker Day
National South Carolina Day
National Zoo Awareness Day (UK)
Nature Day (Finland)
North Borneo Self-Government Day
Opioid Misuse Prevention Day
Overdose Awareness Day
Princess Diana Memorial Day
Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]
Romanian Language Day (Romania)
Sărbătoarea (a.k.a. Limba noastră; Language Day; Moldova)
Take a Seat Day
Tank Day (Lešany, Czech Republic)
Teacher’s Day (Singapore)
Walnut Day (French Republic)
We Love Memoirs Day
White Rose Day (Australia)
Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier Anniversary Day (Afghanistan)
World Distance Learning Day
World Sanskrit Day
World Solidarity Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Eat Outside Day
Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)
International Bacon Day [also 12.30]
Invent A New Sandwich Day
National Chourico Day
National Trail Mix Day
Vegetable Day (Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Befshire (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Kyrgyzstan (from USSR, 1991)
Malaysia (from UK, 1957)
North Borneo (Self-Government Day; Sabah, Malaysia)
Surigao City Charter Day (Philippines)
Trinidad and Tobago (from UK, 1962)
5th & Last Saturday in August
International Bacon Day [Saturday before 1st Monday in September]
International Bat Night [Last Saturday]
International Cosplay Day [Last Saturday]
International Play Music on the Porch [Last Saturday]
Iroquois Indian Festival (Albany, NY) [Begins on Last Saturday]
Pony Express Day [Last Saturday]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Schemitzun begins (Green Corn Pow Wow; Mashantucket Pequot, Connecticut) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Speak Kind Words Saturday [Saturday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]
World Day for the End of Speciesism [Last Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning August 31 (4th Full Week of August)
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days (Buffalo, New York) [thru 9.1]
Festivals Beginning August 31, 2024
Amish Country Cheese Festival (Arthur, Illinois) [thru 9.3]
Apple Harvest Celebration (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.8]
BBQ & Craft Beer Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey) [thru 9.2]
Bloemencorso Eelde (Eelde, Netherlands) [thru 9.1]
Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)
Bremerton Blackberry Festival (Bremerton, Washington) [thru 9.2]
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.1]
Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Canada) [thru 9.2]
Caribbean Food And Wine Festival (West Friendship, Maryland)
Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Lebanon, Connecticut) [thru 10.14]
Corn Maze (Middlefield, Connecticut) [thru 11.3]
Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival (Eastport, Maine) [thru 9.1]
Food Truck Festival (Waterloo, Iowa)
Garlic Town U.S.A. (Bennington, Vermont)
Girdwood Fungus Fair (Girdwood, Alaska) [thru 9.1]
Harvest Wine Fest (Albuquerque & Las Cruces, New Mexico) [thru 9.2]
Hatch Chile Festival (Hatch, New Mexico) [thru 9.1]
John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival (High Point, North Carolina) [thru 9.1]
Kansas City Renaissance Festival (Bonner Springs, Kansas) [thru 10.14]
Keystone’s Oktoberfest (Keystone, Colorado)
King Richard’s Faire (Carver, Massachusetts) [thru 10.20]
Milan Melon Festival (Milan, Ohio) [thru 9.2]
National Buffalo Wing Festival (Buffalo, New York) [thru 9.1]
Ohio Renaissance Festival (Harveysburg, Ohio) [thru 10.27]
Okinawan Festival (Waikiki, Hawaii) [thru 9.1]
Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 9.15]
Richmond County Fair (Staten Island, New York) [thru 9.2]
Romeo Peach Festival (Romeo, Michigan) [thru 9.2]
Seafood Festival & Craft Show (Westport, Washington)
Taste of Hamburg-er Festival (Hamburg, Pennsylvania)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 9.1]
Taylor Sweet Corn Festival (Taylor, Arizona)
West Cape May Tomato Festival (West Cape May, New Jersey)
West Jefferson Annual Ox Roast (West Jefferson, Ohio) [thru 9.2]
Wild Rice Day (McGregor, Minnesota)
World Championship BBQ Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
Feast Days
Aidan of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Alter Ego Day (Pastafarian)
Aristides of Athens (Christian; Saint)
Bryan Organ (Artology)
Cuthburh (Christian; Saint)
Dominguito del Val (Christian; Saint)
DuBose Heyward (Writerism)
Feast of Grapes (Ancient Minoa; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Fourth Onam (Rice Harvest Festival, Day 4; Kerala, India)
Frey’s Blot (Pagan)
Gai Jatra (Cow Festival, in remembrance of people who died the previous year; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)
G. Willow Wilson (Writerism)
Henry (Muppetism)
Isabel (Christian; Saint)
Joseph of Arimathea (Christian; Saint)
Jouffroy (Positivist; Saint)
Mária Balážová (Artology)
Nicodemus (Christian; Saint)
Paulinus of Trier (Christian; Saint)
Paul Reubens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Raymond Nonnatus (Christian; Saint)
The Ritual Walk of the Eyos (Lagos; Everyday Wicca)
Roger Dean (Artology)
Wala of Corbie (Christian; Saint)
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)
William Saroyan (Writerism)
Yumiko Ōshima (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [48 of 71]
Premieres
All Or Nothing At All, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1939)
American Idiot, by Green Day (Song; 2004)
Andor (TV Series; 2022)
Bad, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1987)
The Big Sleep (Film; 1946)
Bolero (Film; 1984)
Bugsy and Mugsy (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)
The Commuter, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)
The Constant Gardener (Film; 2005)
Document, by R.E.M. (Album; 1987)
Fly, by Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)
Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1986) [Foundation #5]
Get Rich Quick (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Goat’s Head Soup, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1973)
The Great Gildersleeve (Radio Series; 1941)
Jack Ryan (TV Series; 2018)
Only Murders in the Building (TV Series; 2021)
Orient Express, by Graham Greene (a.k.a. Stamboul Train; Novel; 1932)
Pluto’s Judgement Day (Disney Cartoon; 1935)
The Psychology of Intelligence, by Jean Piaget (Science Book; 1947)
Radetzky March, by Johann Strauss (March; 1848)
Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1957)
Solid Serenade (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)
Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver (Memoir & Essays; 1968)
The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht (Play with Music; 1928)
Wildest Dreams, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2015)
The World According to Garp, by John Irving (Novel; 1978)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)
Today’s Name Days
Paulinus, Raimubd (Austria)
Josip, Nikodem, Optat, Paulina (Croatia)
Pavlína (Czech Republic)
Bertha (Denmark)
Arved, Arvi, Arvid (Estonia)
Arvi (Finland)
Aristide (France)
Aidan, Anja, Paulinus, Raimund (Germany)
Bella, Erika (Hungary)
Aristide (Italy)
Aigars, Aira, Labite, Vilma (Latvia)
Raimunda, Raimundas, Vilmantas, Vilmantė (Lithuania)
Berta, Berte (Norway)
Bohdan, Paulina, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Świętosław (Poland)
Nora (Slovakia)
Ramón (Spain)
Arvid, Vidar (Sweden)
Aden, Aidan, Aiden, Ayden, Edan, Edana, Eden, Edina, Egan, Egon (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 244 of 2024; 122 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of Week 35 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 28 (Ding-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 27 Av 5784
Islamic: 25 Safar 1446
J Cal: 4 Gold; Foursday [4 of 30]
Julian: 18 August 2024
Moon: 5%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 20 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Thilorier]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 73 of 94)
Week: 1st Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 32)
Calendar Changes
Muin (Vine) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 9 of 13]
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Holidays 8.31
Holidays
African Traditional Medicine Day
Anniversary of the Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier (Afghanistan)
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochistan, Pakistan)
Cow Chip Tossing Day
Crop Dusting Day
Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
831 Day
Festal Day (Order of the Eastern Star)
Flag Day (India)
Franchise Appreciation Day
Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)
International Blog Day (a.k.a. International Day of Blogs and Bloggers)
International Day for People of African Descent (UN)
International Day of Obstetrics & Pregnancy
International Lawn Day
International Overdose Awareness Day
Jack the Ripper Day [Killed 1st Victim: Mary Ann Nichols; 1888]
Limba Noastra (Day of Our Language; Moldova)
Long-Haul Truck Driver (Russia)
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
Memorial Day for the Victims of Repression (Uzbekistan)
Merdeka Day (Malaysia)
National Asiatic Cheetah Day (Iran)
National Box Car Day
National Cinema Day (UK)
National Cowgirl Day
National Dan Day
National Day (Vietnam)
National Diatomaceous Earth Day
National HalfCut Day (Australia)
National Language Day (Moldova)
National Leslie Day
National Matchmaker Day
National South Carolina Day
National Zoo Awareness Day (UK)
Nature Day (Finland)
North Borneo Self-Government Day
Opioid Misuse Prevention Day
Overdose Awareness Day
Princess Diana Memorial Day
Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]
Romanian Language Day (Romania)
Sărbătoarea (a.k.a. Limba noastră; Language Day; Moldova)
Take a Seat Day
Tank Day (Lešany, Czech Republic)
Teacher’s Day (Singapore)
Walnut Day (French Republic)
We Love Memoirs Day
White Rose Day (Australia)
Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier Anniversary Day (Afghanistan)
World Distance Learning Day
World Sanskrit Day
World Solidarity Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Eat Outside Day
Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)
International Bacon Day [also 12.30]
Invent A New Sandwich Day
National Chourico Day
National Trail Mix Day
Vegetable Day (Japan)
Independence & Related Days
Befshire (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Kyrgyzstan (from USSR, 1991)
Malaysia (from UK, 1957)
North Borneo (Self-Government Day; Sabah, Malaysia)
Surigao City Charter Day (Philippines)
Trinidad and Tobago (from UK, 1962)
5th & Last Saturday in August
International Bacon Day [Saturday before 1st Monday in September]
International Bat Night [Last Saturday]
International Cosplay Day [Last Saturday]
International Play Music on the Porch [Last Saturday]
Iroquois Indian Festival (Albany, NY) [Begins on Last Saturday]
Pony Express Day [Last Saturday]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Schemitzun begins (Green Corn Pow Wow; Mashantucket Pequot, Connecticut) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Speak Kind Words Saturday [Saturday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]
World Day for the End of Speciesism [Last Saturday]
Weekly Holidays beginning August 31 (4th Full Week of August)
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days (Buffalo, New York) [thru 9.1]
Festivals Beginning August 31, 2024
Amish Country Cheese Festival (Arthur, Illinois) [thru 9.3]
Apple Harvest Celebration (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.8]
BBQ & Craft Beer Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey) [thru 9.2]
Bloemencorso Eelde (Eelde, Netherlands) [thru 9.1]
Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge (Boothbay Harbor, Maine)
Bremerton Blackberry Festival (Bremerton, Washington) [thru 9.2]
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.1]
Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Canada) [thru 9.2]
Caribbean Food And Wine Festival (West Friendship, Maryland)
Connecticut Renaissance Faire (Lebanon, Connecticut) [thru 10.14]
Corn Maze (Middlefield, Connecticut) [thru 11.3]
Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival (Eastport, Maine) [thru 9.1]
Food Truck Festival (Waterloo, Iowa)
Garlic Town U.S.A. (Bennington, Vermont)
Girdwood Fungus Fair (Girdwood, Alaska) [thru 9.1]
Harvest Wine Fest (Albuquerque & Las Cruces, New Mexico) [thru 9.2]
Hatch Chile Festival (Hatch, New Mexico) [thru 9.1]
John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival (High Point, North Carolina) [thru 9.1]
Kansas City Renaissance Festival (Bonner Springs, Kansas) [thru 10.14]
Keystone’s Oktoberfest (Keystone, Colorado)
King Richard’s Faire (Carver, Massachusetts) [thru 10.20]
Milan Melon Festival (Milan, Ohio) [thru 9.2]
National Buffalo Wing Festival (Buffalo, New York) [thru 9.1]
Ohio Renaissance Festival (Harveysburg, Ohio) [thru 10.27]
Okinawan Festival (Waikiki, Hawaii) [thru 9.1]
Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 9.15]
Richmond County Fair (Staten Island, New York) [thru 9.2]
Romeo Peach Festival (Romeo, Michigan) [thru 9.2]
Seafood Festival & Craft Show (Westport, Washington)
Taste of Hamburg-er Festival (Hamburg, Pennsylvania)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 9.1]
Taylor Sweet Corn Festival (Taylor, Arizona)
West Cape May Tomato Festival (West Cape May, New Jersey)
West Jefferson Annual Ox Roast (West Jefferson, Ohio) [thru 9.2]
Wild Rice Day (McGregor, Minnesota)
World Championship BBQ Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
Feast Days
Aidan of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Alter Ego Day (Pastafarian)
Aristides of Athens (Christian; Saint)
Bryan Organ (Artology)
Cuthburh (Christian; Saint)
Dominguito del Val (Christian; Saint)
DuBose Heyward (Writerism)
Feast of Grapes (Ancient Minoa; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Fourth Onam (Rice Harvest Festival, Day 4; Kerala, India)
Frey’s Blot (Pagan)
Gai Jatra (Cow Festival, in remembrance of people who died the previous year; Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)
G. Willow Wilson (Writerism)
Henry (Muppetism)
Isabel (Christian; Saint)
Joseph of Arimathea (Christian; Saint)
Jouffroy (Positivist; Saint)
Mária Balážová (Artology)
Nicodemus (Christian; Saint)
Paulinus of Trier (Christian; Saint)
Paul Reubens Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Raymond Nonnatus (Christian; Saint)
The Ritual Walk of the Eyos (Lagos; Everyday Wicca)
Roger Dean (Artology)
Wala of Corbie (Christian; Saint)
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)
William Saroyan (Writerism)
Yumiko Ōshima (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [48 of 71]
Premieres
All Or Nothing At All, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1939)
American Idiot, by Green Day (Song; 2004)
Andor (TV Series; 2022)
Bad, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1987)
The Big Sleep (Film; 1946)
Bolero (Film; 1984)
Bugsy and Mugsy (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)
The Commuter, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)
The Constant Gardener (Film; 2005)
Document, by R.E.M. (Album; 1987)
Fly, by Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)
Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1986) [Foundation #5]
Get Rich Quick (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Goat’s Head Soup, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1973)
The Great Gildersleeve (Radio Series; 1941)
Jack Ryan (TV Series; 2018)
Only Murders in the Building (TV Series; 2021)
Orient Express, by Graham Greene (a.k.a. Stamboul Train; Novel; 1932)
Pluto’s Judgement Day (Disney Cartoon; 1935)
The Psychology of Intelligence, by Jean Piaget (Science Book; 1947)
Radetzky March, by Johann Strauss (March; 1848)
Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1957)
Solid Serenade (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)
Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver (Memoir & Essays; 1968)
The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht (Play with Music; 1928)
Wildest Dreams, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2015)
The World According to Garp, by John Irving (Novel; 1978)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)
Today’s Name Days
Paulinus, Raimubd (Austria)
Josip, Nikodem, Optat, Paulina (Croatia)
Pavlína (Czech Republic)
Bertha (Denmark)
Arved, Arvi, Arvid (Estonia)
Arvi (Finland)
Aristide (France)
Aidan, Anja, Paulinus, Raimund (Germany)
Bella, Erika (Hungary)
Aristide (Italy)
Aigars, Aira, Labite, Vilma (Latvia)
Raimunda, Raimundas, Vilmantas, Vilmantė (Lithuania)
Berta, Berte (Norway)
Bohdan, Paulina, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Świętosław (Poland)
Nora (Slovakia)
Ramón (Spain)
Arvid, Vidar (Sweden)
Aden, Aidan, Aiden, Ayden, Edan, Edana, Eden, Edina, Egan, Egon (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 244 of 2024; 122 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of Week 35 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 28 (Ding-Mao)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 27 Av 5784
Islamic: 25 Safar 1446
J Cal: 4 Gold; Foursday [4 of 30]
Julian: 18 August 2024
Moon: 5%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 20 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Thilorier]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 73 of 94)
Week: 1st Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 32)
Calendar Changes
Muin (Vine) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 9 of 13]
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