#anniversary of the battle of Hastings

[marklakshmanan]

Today is the 985th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings and my 71st birthday!

[tempestaurora]

listen. im one of the many many MANY thousands of descendants of william the conqueror. and now all i can think about is how 1000 years that dude was getting crowned and storming countries and shit and im here with my little computer and my little journal and my massive fuck off rent and i'm afraid of picking up the phone

[hotshoeagain]

Please do not use Roo with which to hit any soldiers.

With Winnie-the-Pooh and The Battle of Hastings sharing an anniversary today, did you know that E. H. Shepard once drew this amazing scene for an exclusive book bag?

[adamsrcnan]

sharing a little snippet of my kevin x oc wip fic because i'm a little excited about how cute it is so far !!!

i hope this is satisfactory to everyone who loved the og post and was wanting a fic. i'm taking my time with it bc i want it to be good but for now have this little grocery store interaction

~

“How are your classes going?” Kevin asked, as he followed James down the cereal aisle.

“They’re okay. It’s the anniversary of the battle of Hastings, you know 1066, next week. I thought it would be a cool idea to set up a re-enactment after school for the kids. I’m planning to propose the idea tomorrow. Not sure how they’ll take onto it.”

“Not fans of England’s history?”

“Oh no, they love it. Not sure what it is about Americans and the history of English monarchy, but we really can’t get enough of it.”

Kevin huffed out a laugh, watching as James surveyed the cereals, reaching for something called Cookie Crisp. Kevin eyed him, his eyebrow lifted as if to say, really?

James blushed, then dropped his shoulders in resignation, “Oh come on, it’s nice!”

Kevin rolled his eyes, “And full of chemicals and sugar.”

James poked him in the stomach with the box, “Some of us like those things.”

He placed it in his little shopping cart, and Kevin reached over, pulling it back out.

“Seriously?” James said, incredulously.

“Seriously,” Kevin said, as he strode off down the aisle, smirking as he heard James’ quick footsteps following behind him.

He browsed the porridges and oats before reaching for his favourite.

“This, with some berries or nuts and honey, that’s your way forward.”

James stuck his tongue out and made a gagging face, looking away in disgust. But he accepted the bag anyway. Placing it delicately in his cart. Everything had been arranged neatly, and Kevin had watched in fascination as James had piled everything in strategically.

“So, why do you always do your shopping at this time anyway?”

more to come soon !!!

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.16

Holidays

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont)

Children’s Day (Paraguay)

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Premieres

American Flyers (Film; 1985)

Austenland (Film; 2013)

Blind Faith, by Blind Faith (Album; 1969)

Blue Crush (Film; 2002)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1964)

The Commitments (Film; 1991)

Crow De Guerre (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)

Dear God, by XTC (Song; 1986)

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe (Novel; 1968)

Fiddlesticks (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1930) [1st Color Sound Cartoon]

Firemen’s Picnic (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Foreign Correspondent (Film; 1940)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Animated TV Series; 2002)

If I Had a Hammer, by Peter, Paul & Mary (Song; 1962)

Last Train to Clarksville, by The Monkees (Song; 1966)

LazyTown (Children’s TV Series; 2004)

Lover, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2019)

Midnight in a Toy Shop (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Olympic Hymn, by Richard Strauss (Hymn; 1936)

Rodeo Romeo (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1946)

The Roman Hat Mystery, by Ellery Queen (Novel; 1929)

Rules of the Ring, by Jack Broughton (Boxing Code; 1743) [1st Rules of Boxing]

The Scarlatti Inheritance, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1971)

Siegfried, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1876) [Ring of the Nibelung #3]

The Tate Gallery (Museum; 1897)

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Uncle Buck (Film; 1989)

The Usual Suspects (Film; 1995)

The Vanishing Prairie (Documentary Film; 1954)

Volunteers (Film; 1985)

What a Wonderful World, recorded by Louis Armstrong (Song; 1967)

Wimmin Hadn’t Oughta Drive (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

Winning the West (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

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Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 229 of 2024; 137 days remaining in the year

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Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 13 (Red-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Av 5784

Islamic: 10 Safar 1446

J Cal: 19 Purple; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 3 August 2024

Moon: 87%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Napier]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 58 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 26 of 31)

[thatwritererinoriordan]

I could conceivably be alive in the year 2066, the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. I would be 89. That happens in my family sometimes; you can ask my Great-Aunt Regina, currently aged 101.

[francaistoutsimplement]

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Duke William of Normandy defeated the English and slew King Harold II, ending Anglo-Saxon kingship in Britain.

14 octobre : Jour anniversaire de la bataille d'Hastings. Ce jour là, Guillaume de Normandie met une branlée aux rosbeefs de l'époque, occis le roi Harold ,mettant fin à la royauté anglo-saxonne en Angleterre.

[long-suffering-little-spoon]

oh btw happy 957th anniversary of the battle of hastings

[simshousewindsor]

THE ROYAL MINT - 2023

Each year, the Royal Mint issue a number of new commemorative coins to mark the notable anniversaries of the coming 12 months. 2023 is no different, and as we kick off the New Year, the Mint has unveiled two special new coins.

The obverse of each coin features the latest definitive portrait of Their Majesty’s The King and Queen consort.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Boats, this §2 coin features a letter written by Wilfred Douglas, one of Windenburg’s most famous captains.

The Douglas Letter was a valuable source of first hand accounts to one of the most notable incidents in Windenburg history, including a pivotal point happening at Port Hastings during the Battle of Boats. The limited edition coin is likely to be a sought after collector’s piece.

The second release in The Royal Mint’s Landmarks of Windenburg Collection is the Buckingsim Palace one-ounce gold bullion §5 coin, which features a portrait of the regal estate taken during His Majesty’s 2017 Silver Jubilee. Standing at the top of the tree-lined avenue known as The Mall, at the very heart of Windenburg, is Buckingsim Palace, the Windenburg monarch’s main official residence. 

Originally a town house built by Sir George Sussex, 1st Earl of Buckingsimshire in 1842, Buckingsim House was purchased by King Edward I in 1858. The monarch added additional wings and renamed it Buckingsim Palace. King Edward I would become the first monarch to use Buckingsim Palace as their official residence in 1860. Stepping out onto the famous balcony during the celebrations for the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1861, he started a tradition that endures to the present day.

The coins are available to buy from The Royal Mint now, and you can even get your hands on a full set of them from The Royal Mint. They are also in circulation, so keep an eye on your change to see whether any wind up in your wallet!

ROYAL MAIL

Silver Jubilee stamps were also reissued, commemorating 30 years of the reign of King George I. The stamps were first issued in 2017 to celebrate His Majesty’s Silver Jubilee.

Two stamps feature 1992 coronation portraits of the King and Queen Rowena.

Two additional stamps feature Their Majesty’s 2017 Silver Jubilee portrait and a rare portrait of the King with the two future monarchs, his daughter Princess Katherine and his grandson Prince Phillip.

[scotianostra]

25th April 1058 saw Malcolm Canmore crowned at Scone.

If you read the anniversaries I post you will no doubt know Malcolm III was the man who defeated Macbeth to become King, as the years pass by I try to keep the stories on the anniversaries fresh, rather than just post a summary of the persons life.

This legend about Malcolm is one of the earliest mentions of the famous sword dance, still seen at Highland shows and Dancing competitions worldwide to this day.

After defeating one of MacBeth’s generals at the Battle of Dunsinane in 1054, Malcolm placed his sword over that of his enemy and performed a dance over and atop them symbolizing both his victory and his martial dexterity, a quality admired in leaders at this period.

Since, in addition to being a test of skill and agility, this dance of exultation in triumph became a dance of prophecy among the highland warriors. The legend says that warriors would perform the dance over them in order to predict the outcome of the next day’s battle. If the dancer finished without touching the swords, he was assured of victory, but touching the swords could forecast defeat and death.

During the late medieval period, various stories about Malcolm Canmore were already popular in Scotland, as evidenced by their inclusion in several Scottish chronicles.

The story of Malcolm Canmore preventing an attack from a treacherous knight is also found in the Dunfermline Vita of Saint Margaret of Scotland, a thirteenth-century copy of the Life of Saint Margaret that survives in a fifteenth-century manuscript copied at Dunfermline during the reign of James III.

Malcolm received news from a knight of his court that another knight, a great lord, planned to have the king killed. Instead of having the treacherous knight arrested or detained, Malcolm decided to trick him instead. The king planned a day of hunting with his company, extending an invitation to the treacherous knight. But Malcolm ordered his company to let him and the knight be alone during the hunting trip. And so, Malcolm and the knight go alone into the woods and when they arrive at an appropriate place, Malcolm confronts the knight over his murder plans. Malcolm exhorts the knight to do his purpose, to “do his deed with honesty.” After Malcolm assures the knight that, since no one would come to the king’s rescue because they were both alone in the woods, the knight could go ahead with his murder plot. Malcolm warns the knight against being a coward and not fulfilling his oath to kill him! The knight,

With Þat [that] Þe [the] knycht all changeit hew [changed hue]

And his fals purposs saire can rew [he came to regret]

His visage worthit [became] pail [pale] and wan

And hastely he lichtit [alighted from his horse] Þan [then]

And fell on kneis askand mercy

At Þe [the] king of his fals foly.

So, when confronted by the king, the knight became fearful and asked for the king’s mercy. Because Malcolm was magnanimous, he forgave the knight. The knight, then, became the most loyal of Malcolm’s company. This story showed that Malcolm was a good king because he was merciful and this is one of the reasons why his reign was peaceful and worthy of remembrance.

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Happy 956th Anniversary to William the Conqueror getting himself to London to get crowned King of England after killing a whole bunch of people at the Battle of Hastings!

Thanks also for taking my ancestors with you to England (they're somewhere in this tapestry) where they ceased just being Viking-descended Normans and became Anglo-Norman and then made the long descent to being Protestants in revolt and then that somehow ending up with me being born Texan. History - what a long, strange trip!

Interesting side note: the tapestry shows a depiction of Halley's Comet.

(All images: The Bayeux Tapestry, ca. 1075-1090, embroidery, Bayeux Museum - Centre Guillaume le Conquérant)

[ojmiguess]

battle of Hastings

fun fact yesterday was the 958th anniversary of the battle of Hastings which is the only time a foreign army has successfully invaded England. I think it all just went downhill from there.

[mashmouths]

happy 958th anniversary of the battle of hastings

[brookston]

Holidays 9.28

Holidays

Banned Websites Awareness Day

Battle of Marathon Anniversary Day (490 BCE)

British Home Child Day (UK)

Cabrillo Day (California)

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Carrot Day (French Republic)

Carson King Day (Iowa)

Circassian Costume Day

Ethel Rosenberg Day of Justice (New York)

Fiesta of San Miguel (Mexico)

Fish Tank Floorshow Night

Flag Day (Thailand)

Frances Willard Day (Minnesota, Wisconsin)

Freedom From Hunger Day

Global Day of Student Prayer

Gold Lining Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Grandmother’s Day (Moldova)

International Day of Arnold Chiari Syndrome

International Day of Scientific Culture

International Day for Universal Access to Information (UN)

International Right to Know Day

International Safe Abortion Day

Let Freedom Read Day

National British Home Child Day (Canada)

National Chris Day

National Day of Awareness

National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)

National Good Neighbor Day

National Gordie Day

National Manufacturing Day (UK)

National North Carolina Day

National Parks Free Entrance Day

National Penicillin Allergy Day

National Self Awareness Day

National Son’s Day (Canada)

National Talk Like Mr. Krabs Day (Aenopia)

National Traffic Door Day

NICU Staff Recognition Day

928 Day (Arizona)

Nuclear Industry Worker’s Day (Kazakhstan, Russia)

Popular Uprising of Naples Day (Italy)

Porsche 928 Day

Psoriatic Arthritis Awareness Day

Railway Day (Indonesia)

Read a Child a Book You Like Day

Silver Lining Day

Teacher’s Day (Philippines, Taiwan)

World News Day

World Pet Day

World Rabies Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink As Much Beer As Possible Day

Drink Beer Day

International Poke Day

Marshmallow Twisters Day

National Drink Beer Day

Ohio Pint Day

Strawberry Cream Pie Day

World Marmite Day

Independence & Related Days

Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)

Nefaria (a.k.a. Timonoucitiland; Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Referendum Anniversary Day (Republic of Guinea; 1958)

4th & Last Saturday in September

American Frog Day [4th Saturday]

Cavan Day [4th Saturday]

Centzon-Totochtin Drunken Rabbit Day [Last Saturday]

European Mushroom Day [4th Saturday]

Everybody's Day Festival [Last Saturday]

Family Health and Fitness Day USA (Last Saturday]

Fish Amnesty Day [4th Saturday]

International Lace Day [Last Saturday]

International Rabbit Day [4th Saturday]

Kiwanis Kids' Day [4th Saturday]

Museum Day (Smithsonian) [4th Saturday]

National Colouring Day (Canada) [4th Saturday]

National Ghost Hunting Day [Last Saturday]

National Hunting & Fishing Day [4th Saturday]

National Public Lands Day [4th Saturday]

National Seat Check Saturday [4th Saturday]

National Wildlife Ecology Day [4th Saturday]

Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play [Last Saturday]

R.E.A.D. in America Day [4th Saturday]

Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]

Save Your Photos Day [Last Saturday]

Seat Check Saturday [4th 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]

World Cyanotype Day [Last Saturday]

World Day of Leukodystrophies [Last Saturday]

World’s Largest Pet Walk [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 28 (4th Full Week of September)

National Alpaca Farm Days (thru 10.6) [Last Saturday]

Festivals Beginning September 28, 2024

Afton Apple Orchard Apple Festival (Hastings Area, Minnesota) [thru 9.29]

Alpaca Farm Days (Lincoln, Nebraska) [thru 9.29

Apple Fest (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Apple Festival (Media, Pennsylvania)

AppleUmpkin Festival (Wyoming, New York) [thru 9.29]

Banana Festival (Port of Hueneme, California)

BAROMETER International Bar Show (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 9.29]

BBQ Brews & Brats (Enumclaw, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Beef-A-Rama (Minocqua, Wisconsin)

Boston Veg Food Fest (Boston, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Chili Challenge (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Chili Challenge (Waterville Valley, New Hampshire)

Chili-Chowdah Festival (East Bridgewater, Massachusetts)

Cornstock (Garnett, Kansas)

Country Applefest (Lebanon, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Cumberland County Fair (Cumberland, Maine) [thru 9.29]

Fall Harvest Festival (Sherman, Connecticut)

Festival of India (Richmond, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Festa Italiana Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Flushing Harvest Festival (Flushing, Michigan)

Geneva Grape Jamboree (Geneva, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Genoa Candy Dance (Genoa, Nevada) [thru 9.29]

Germantown Pretzel Festival (Germantown, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Glenville Oktoberfest -(Glenville, New York)

Goleta Lemon Festival (Goleta, California) [thru 9.29]

Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival (Wichita, Kansas) [9.29]

West Virginia Autumn Harvest Festival and Roadkill Cook-Off (Marlinton, West Virginia)

Hartford County Wine Festival (Bel Air, Maryland)

Harvest Festival and Roadkill Cook-off (Marlinton, West Virginia)

Homesteaders Day (Hardy, Arkansas)

Honey Bee Festival (Palo Cedro, California) [thru 9.29]

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival (Saugerties, New York) [thru 9.29]

Irish Italian International Festival (North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular (Apple Valley, Minnesota) [thru 11.2]

Jelly Belly Candy Palooza (Fairfield, California) [thru 9.29]

Kelseyville Pear Festival (Kelseyville, California)

Kendal Torchlight Carnival (Kendal, United Kingdom)

Lenox Apple Squeeze (Lenox, Massachusetts)

Maine Lakes Brew Fest (Casco, Maine)

Maryland Microbrewery Festival (Westminster, Maryland)

My-Oh-My Apple Pie Weekend (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.29]

Naples Grape Festival (Naples, New York) [thru 9.29]

NC Muscadine Festival (Kenansville, North Carolina)

Nelson Farm Pumpkin Patch Festival (Litchfield, Minnesota) [thru 10.27]

Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Rhode Island)

North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival (Orange, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Northwest Tea Festival (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Oktoberfest Weekend (Chester, New Jersey) [thru 9.29]

OkTUPPERfest (Tupper Lake, New York)

Plains Peanut Festival (Plains, Georgia)

PotatoFest (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania)

Pumpkin Festival (Rapid City, South Dakota)

San Juan Capistrano Greek Fest (San Juan Capistrano, California) [thru 9.29]

Saratoga Giant PumpkinFest Weigh-Off (Saratoga Springs, New York)

Seafood and Soul Festival (Stockton, California) [thru 9.29]

Sedona WineFest (Sedona, Arizona) [thru 9.29]

SeptOberfest (Wabasha, Minnesota) [thru 10.6]

South Toms River Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (Toms River, New Jersey)

Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival (Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Sonoma County VegFest (Santa Rosa, California)

A Taste of Soquel (Soquel, California)

Treasure Coast Seafood Festival (Vero Beach, Florida)

Turkey Festival (Eldon, Missouri)

Valpo Brewfest (Valparaiso, Indiana)

Wichita Wagonmasters Downtown Chili CookOff (Wichita, Kansas)

Wing Dang Doodle Festival (Forest, Mississippi)

Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival (Elkin, North Carolina)

Yavapai Cattle Growers Annual Calf Sale & BBQ (Peeples Valley, Arizona)

Feast Days

Aaron of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Al Capp (Artology)

Alexandre Cabanel (Artology)

Annemund (Christian; Saint)

Cailleach An Dudean (Hag of the Mill-Dust Dance; Celtic Book of Days)

Confucius (Confucianism; Founder)

Conval (Christian; Saint)

Eustochium (Christian; Saint)

Exuperius (Christian; Saint)

Fast of Gedalia (Judaism) [3 Tishri]

Faustus of Riez (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Khepera (Egyptian Beetle God)

Festival of Wawatsari (God of Deer Peyote; Huichol, Mexico)

Fictional Character Day (Pastafarian)

First of San Miguel (Christian; Mexico)

Fred (Muppetism)

Hapi’s Day (Day of the Nile; Pagan)

Hazelwood Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

John of Dukla (Christian; Saint)

Leoba (a.k.a. Lioba; Christian; Saint)

Lorenzo Ruiz (Christian; Saint)

Michaelmas Eve (Celtic)

Mme. de Staal (Positivist; Saint)

Paternus of Auch (Christian; Saint)

Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton and Margery Kempe (Episcopal Church (USA))

Simón de Rojas (Christian; Saint)

Simon Winchester (Writerism)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit (Shamanism)

Thesmophoria (Ancient Greece; Festival to Demeter)

Warja Lavater (Artology)

Wenceslas of Bohemia(Christian; Saint) [Bohemia, Czech brewers] *

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 271 [58 of 72]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 45 of 60)

Premieres

Aqua Duck (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

…Baby One More Time, by Britney Spears (Song; 1998)

Ballet Shoes, by Noel Streatfeild (Children’s Novel; 1936)

Blackadder Goes Forth (UK TV Series; 1989)

Blonde (Film; 2022)

The Clock Store (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1931)

Cool Hand Luke, by Donn Pearce (Novel; 1965)

DC Showcase: Green Arrow (WB Cartoon; 2010)

The Dissent of Man, by Bad Religion (Album; 2010)

Dr. Kildare (TV Series; 1961)

Eldorado, by Electric Light Orchestra (Album; 1974)

Fallen Into the Pit, by Ellis Peters (Novel; 1951)

The Great Friendship, by Vano Muradeli (Opera; 1947)

Greedy for Tweety (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Hearts in Atlantis (Film; 2001)

Hook, Line and Sinker (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Hotel Transylvania (Animated Film; 2012)

I Heard It Through the Grapevine, by Gladys Knight & The Pips (Song; 1967)

L’Histoire du Soldat, by Igor Stravinsky (Theatrical Work; 1918)

Looney Lightning or Nuts and Volts (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 306; 1964)

Looper (Film; 2012)

Love Me Tender, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Mildred Pierce (Film; 1945)

Minding the Baby (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1931)

Night School (Film; 2018)

On Ice (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, by The Temptations (Song; 1972)

Pitch Perfect (Film; 2012)

The Professor and the Madman (UK Title: The Surgeon of Crowthorne), by Simon Winchester (Book; 1998)

The Show Must Go On or Give “em the Acts (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 305; 1964)

Smallfoot (Animated Film; 2018)

Songs in the Key of Life, by Stevie Wonder (Album; 1976)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series; 1987)

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Tales from Margarita, by Jimmy Buffet (Short Stories; 1989)

To Know Him Is To Love Him, by The Teddy Bears (Song; 1958)

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (WB Animated Film; 2012)

Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1969)

Ugly Betty (TV Series; 2008)

The Watchdog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1945)

Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N’ Roses (Song; 1987)

The Wild Life (Film; 1984)

A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #1]

Zoolander (Film; 2001)

Today’s Name Days

Dietmar, Giselher, Lioba, Thekla, Wenzel (Austria)

Faust, Lovorko, Većeslav (Croatia)

Václav (Czech Republic)

Venceslaus (Denmark)

Lennart, Lenno, Leonhard, Linnar, Linnart (Estonia)

Arja, Lenni (Finland)

Venceslas (France)

Giselher, Lioba, Wenzel (Germany)

Heriton (Greece)

Vencel (Hungary)

Venceslao (Italy)

Gaita, Kaira, Lana, Sergejs, Svetlana (Latvia)

Saliamonas, Tautvydas, Vaclovas, Vacys, Vientautė (Lithuania)

Lena, Lene (Norway)

Jan, Laurencjusz, Luba, Lubosza, Marek, Nikita, Salomon, Sylwin, Wacław, Wacława, Wawrzyniec, Więcesław (Poland)

Hariton (Romania)

Václav (Slovakia)

Lorenzo, Wenceslao (Spain)

Lennart, Leonard (Sweden)

Baruch, Preston, Prior, Pryor, Wenzel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 272 of 2024; 94 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 26 (Yi-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Elul 5784

Islamic: 24 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 2 Orange; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 15 September 2024

Moon: 14%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 20 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Richardson]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 7 of 90)

Week: 4th Full Week of September

Zodiac: Libra (Day 6 of 30)

[martinwilliammichael]

How Constantinople, the“New Rome”, was dedicated to the Mother of God

On learning of the tyrannical measures taken by the Roman emperor Maximinus II Daza in the East against the Christians, Constantine raised a powerful army, guided by the sign of the victorious Cross, and, during a campaign against the barbarians in Pannonia (1), penetrated Licinius' territory (2) in 322. 

After an initial defeat at Andrinople, the tyrant retreated to Byzantium, before being definitively defeated at the battle of Chrysopolis on September 18, 324. The victorious Constantine, in the name of Christ and Truth, set about offering the reunited Roman Empire to the King of kings, and, like a new Apostle, proclaimed faith in the one God and in His Son incarnate for our salvation to the farthest reaches of East and West, from Mesopotamia to Great Britain. In an edict proclaimed throughout the Empire, he declared that God alone was to be considered the cause of his victories, and that he had been chosen by Providence to place himself at the service of good and truth. He urged all his subjects to follow his example, but without coercing anyone. 

To this new Christian empire, which was to last a thousand years, Constantine decided to give a new capital, and inspired by a divine sign, the pious emperor fixed his choice on the small city of Byzantium, which occupied a pivotal position between East and West. He himself marked the boundaries of the new city, and instructed the master builder, Euphrata, to spare no expense in endowing it with monuments and public thoroughfares surpassing all other cities in the world in glory and magnificence. 

When the city was founded on November 8, 324, Byzantium was named Constantinople and New Rome, and was subsequently dedicated to the Mother of God. Work was carried out with great haste, and on August 11, 330, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the emperor's reign, the inauguration of the new capital was celebrated with great pomp.

Source: Adapted from www.orthodoxie.com 

Pannonia is an ancient region of Central Europe, straddling present-day Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, north-western Serbia and northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Licinius was Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign, he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.28

Holidays

Banned Websites Awareness Day

Battle of Marathon Anniversary Day (490 BCE)

British Home Child Day (UK)

Cabrillo Day (California)

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Carrot Day (French Republic)

Carson King Day (Iowa)

Circassian Costume Day

Ethel Rosenberg Day of Justice (New York)

Fiesta of San Miguel (Mexico)

Fish Tank Floorshow Night

Flag Day (Thailand)

Frances Willard Day (Minnesota, Wisconsin)

Freedom From Hunger Day

Global Day of Student Prayer

Gold Lining Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Grandmother’s Day (Moldova)

International Day of Arnold Chiari Syndrome

International Day of Scientific Culture

International Day for Universal Access to Information (UN)

International Right to Know Day

International Safe Abortion Day

Let Freedom Read Day

National British Home Child Day (Canada)

National Chris Day

National Day of Awareness

National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)

National Good Neighbor Day

National Gordie Day

National Manufacturing Day (UK)

National North Carolina Day

National Parks Free Entrance Day

National Penicillin Allergy Day

National Self Awareness Day

National Son’s Day (Canada)

National Talk Like Mr. Krabs Day (Aenopia)

National Traffic Door Day

NICU Staff Recognition Day

928 Day (Arizona)

Nuclear Industry Worker’s Day (Kazakhstan, Russia)

Popular Uprising of Naples Day (Italy)

Porsche 928 Day

Psoriatic Arthritis Awareness Day

Railway Day (Indonesia)

Read a Child a Book You Like Day

Silver Lining Day

Teacher’s Day (Philippines, Taiwan)

World News Day

World Pet Day

World Rabies Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink As Much Beer As Possible Day

Drink Beer Day

International Poke Day

Marshmallow Twisters Day

National Drink Beer Day

Ohio Pint Day

Strawberry Cream Pie Day

World Marmite Day

Independence & Related Days

Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)

Nefaria (a.k.a. Timonoucitiland; Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Referendum Anniversary Day (Republic of Guinea; 1958)

4th & Last Saturday in September

American Frog Day [4th Saturday]

Cavan Day [4th Saturday]

Centzon-Totochtin Drunken Rabbit Day [Last Saturday]

European Mushroom Day [4th Saturday]

Everybody's Day Festival [Last Saturday]

Family Health and Fitness Day USA (Last Saturday]

Fish Amnesty Day [4th Saturday]

International Lace Day [Last Saturday]

International Rabbit Day [4th Saturday]

Kiwanis Kids' Day [4th Saturday]

Museum Day (Smithsonian) [4th Saturday]

National Colouring Day (Canada) [4th Saturday]

National Ghost Hunting Day [Last Saturday]

National Hunting & Fishing Day [4th Saturday]

National Public Lands Day [4th Saturday]

National Seat Check Saturday [4th Saturday]

National Wildlife Ecology Day [4th Saturday]

Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play [Last Saturday]

R.E.A.D. in America Day [4th Saturday]

Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]

Save Your Photos Day [Last Saturday]

Seat Check Saturday [4th 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]

World Cyanotype Day [Last Saturday]

World Day of Leukodystrophies [Last Saturday]

World’s Largest Pet Walk [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 28 (4th Full Week of September)

National Alpaca Farm Days (thru 10.6) [Last Saturday]

Festivals Beginning September 28, 2024

Afton Apple Orchard Apple Festival (Hastings Area, Minnesota) [thru 9.29]

Alpaca Farm Days (Lincoln, Nebraska) [thru 9.29

Apple Fest (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Apple Festival (Media, Pennsylvania)

AppleUmpkin Festival (Wyoming, New York) [thru 9.29]

Banana Festival (Port of Hueneme, California)

BAROMETER International Bar Show (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 9.29]

BBQ Brews & Brats (Enumclaw, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Beef-A-Rama (Minocqua, Wisconsin)

Boston Veg Food Fest (Boston, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Chili Challenge (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Chili Challenge (Waterville Valley, New Hampshire)

Chili-Chowdah Festival (East Bridgewater, Massachusetts)

Cornstock (Garnett, Kansas)

Country Applefest (Lebanon, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Cumberland County Fair (Cumberland, Maine) [thru 9.29]

Fall Harvest Festival (Sherman, Connecticut)

Festival of India (Richmond, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Festa Italiana Seattle (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Flushing Harvest Festival (Flushing, Michigan)

Geneva Grape Jamboree (Geneva, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Genoa Candy Dance (Genoa, Nevada) [thru 9.29]

Germantown Pretzel Festival (Germantown, Ohio) [thru 9.29]

Glenville Oktoberfest -(Glenville, New York)

Goleta Lemon Festival (Goleta, California) [thru 9.29]

Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival (Wichita, Kansas) [9.29]

West Virginia Autumn Harvest Festival and Roadkill Cook-Off (Marlinton, West Virginia)

Hartford County Wine Festival (Bel Air, Maryland)

Harvest Festival and Roadkill Cook-off (Marlinton, West Virginia)

Homesteaders Day (Hardy, Arkansas)

Honey Bee Festival (Palo Cedro, California) [thru 9.29]

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival (Saugerties, New York) [thru 9.29]

Irish Italian International Festival (North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular (Apple Valley, Minnesota) [thru 11.2]

Jelly Belly Candy Palooza (Fairfield, California) [thru 9.29]

Kelseyville Pear Festival (Kelseyville, California)

Kendal Torchlight Carnival (Kendal, United Kingdom)

Lenox Apple Squeeze (Lenox, Massachusetts)

Maine Lakes Brew Fest (Casco, Maine)

Maryland Microbrewery Festival (Westminster, Maryland)

My-Oh-My Apple Pie Weekend (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.29]

Naples Grape Festival (Naples, New York) [thru 9.29]

NC Muscadine Festival (Kenansville, North Carolina)

Nelson Farm Pumpkin Patch Festival (Litchfield, Minnesota) [thru 10.27]

Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Rhode Island)

North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival (Orange, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Northwest Tea Festival (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.29]

Oktoberfest Weekend (Chester, New Jersey) [thru 9.29]

OkTUPPERfest (Tupper Lake, New York)

Plains Peanut Festival (Plains, Georgia)

PotatoFest (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania)

Pumpkin Festival (Rapid City, South Dakota)

San Juan Capistrano Greek Fest (San Juan Capistrano, California) [thru 9.29]

Saratoga Giant PumpkinFest Weigh-Off (Saratoga Springs, New York)

Seafood and Soul Festival (Stockton, California) [thru 9.29]

Sedona WineFest (Sedona, Arizona) [thru 9.29]

SeptOberfest (Wabasha, Minnesota) [thru 10.6]

South Toms River Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (Toms River, New Jersey)

Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival (Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Sonoma County VegFest (Santa Rosa, California)

A Taste of Soquel (Soquel, California)

Treasure Coast Seafood Festival (Vero Beach, Florida)

Turkey Festival (Eldon, Missouri)

Valpo Brewfest (Valparaiso, Indiana)

Wichita Wagonmasters Downtown Chili CookOff (Wichita, Kansas)

Wing Dang Doodle Festival (Forest, Mississippi)

Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival (Elkin, North Carolina)

Yavapai Cattle Growers Annual Calf Sale & BBQ (Peeples Valley, Arizona)

Feast Days

Aaron of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Al Capp (Artology)

Alexandre Cabanel (Artology)

Annemund (Christian; Saint)

Cailleach An Dudean (Hag of the Mill-Dust Dance; Celtic Book of Days)

Confucius (Confucianism; Founder)

Conval (Christian; Saint)

Eustochium (Christian; Saint)

Exuperius (Christian; Saint)

Fast of Gedalia (Judaism) [3 Tishri]

Faustus of Riez (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Khepera (Egyptian Beetle God)

Festival of Wawatsari (God of Deer Peyote; Huichol, Mexico)

Fictional Character Day (Pastafarian)

First of San Miguel (Christian; Mexico)

Fred (Muppetism)

Hapi’s Day (Day of the Nile; Pagan)

Hazelwood Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

John of Dukla (Christian; Saint)

Leoba (a.k.a. Lioba; Christian; Saint)

Lorenzo Ruiz (Christian; Saint)

Michaelmas Eve (Celtic)

Mme. de Staal (Positivist; Saint)

Paternus of Auch (Christian; Saint)

Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton and Margery Kempe (Episcopal Church (USA))

Simón de Rojas (Christian; Saint)

Simon Winchester (Writerism)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit (Shamanism)

Thesmophoria (Ancient Greece; Festival to Demeter)

Warja Lavater (Artology)

Wenceslas of Bohemia(Christian; Saint) [Bohemia, Czech brewers] *

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 271 [58 of 72]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 45 of 60)

Premieres

Aqua Duck (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

…Baby One More Time, by Britney Spears (Song; 1998)

Ballet Shoes, by Noel Streatfeild (Children’s Novel; 1936)

Blackadder Goes Forth (UK TV Series; 1989)

Blonde (Film; 2022)

The Clock Store (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1931)

Cool Hand Luke, by Donn Pearce (Novel; 1965)

DC Showcase: Green Arrow (WB Cartoon; 2010)

The Dissent of Man, by Bad Religion (Album; 2010)

Dr. Kildare (TV Series; 1961)

Eldorado, by Electric Light Orchestra (Album; 1974)

Fallen Into the Pit, by Ellis Peters (Novel; 1951)

The Great Friendship, by Vano Muradeli (Opera; 1947)

Greedy for Tweety (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Hearts in Atlantis (Film; 2001)

Hook, Line and Sinker (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Hotel Transylvania (Animated Film; 2012)

I Heard It Through the Grapevine, by Gladys Knight & The Pips (Song; 1967)

L’Histoire du Soldat, by Igor Stravinsky (Theatrical Work; 1918)

Looney Lightning or Nuts and Volts (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 306; 1964)

Looper (Film; 2012)

Love Me Tender, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Mildred Pierce (Film; 1945)

Minding the Baby (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1931)

Night School (Film; 2018)

On Ice (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, by The Temptations (Song; 1972)

Pitch Perfect (Film; 2012)

The Professor and the Madman (UK Title: The Surgeon of Crowthorne), by Simon Winchester (Book; 1998)

The Show Must Go On or Give “em the Acts (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 305; 1964)

Smallfoot (Animated Film; 2018)

Songs in the Key of Life, by Stevie Wonder (Album; 1976)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series; 1987)

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Tales from Margarita, by Jimmy Buffet (Short Stories; 1989)

To Know Him Is To Love Him, by The Teddy Bears (Song; 1958)

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (WB Animated Film; 2012)

Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1969)

Ugly Betty (TV Series; 2008)

The Watchdog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1945)

Welcome to the Jungle, by Guns N’ Roses (Song; 1987)

The Wild Life (Film; 1984)

A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #1]

Zoolander (Film; 2001)

Today’s Name Days

Dietmar, Giselher, Lioba, Thekla, Wenzel (Austria)

Faust, Lovorko, Većeslav (Croatia)

Václav (Czech Republic)

Venceslaus (Denmark)

Lennart, Lenno, Leonhard, Linnar, Linnart (Estonia)

Arja, Lenni (Finland)

Venceslas (France)

Giselher, Lioba, Wenzel (Germany)

Heriton (Greece)

Vencel (Hungary)

Venceslao (Italy)

Gaita, Kaira, Lana, Sergejs, Svetlana (Latvia)

Saliamonas, Tautvydas, Vaclovas, Vacys, Vientautė (Lithuania)

Lena, Lene (Norway)

Jan, Laurencjusz, Luba, Lubosza, Marek, Nikita, Salomon, Sylwin, Wacław, Wacława, Wawrzyniec, Więcesław (Poland)

Hariton (Romania)

Václav (Slovakia)

Lorenzo, Wenceslao (Spain)

Lennart, Leonard (Sweden)

Baruch, Preston, Prior, Pryor, Wenzel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 272 of 2024; 94 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 26 (Yi-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Elul 5784

Islamic: 24 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 2 Orange; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 15 September 2024

Moon: 14%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 20 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Richardson]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 7 of 90)

Week: 4th Full Week of September

Zodiac: Libra (Day 6 of 30)