1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope. Does the name “du Toit” ring a bell?
1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
1805 – End of the French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorian calendar like the rest of the civilized world. If you EVER want to see what happens when the Left takes control of government and implements all its “enlightened” ideals, study the French Revolution.
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time. 2012 – Incandescent bulbs are essentially outlawed by ignorant legislation.
1961 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe. Then we stayed there for the next thirty years making sure the commie hordes didn’t come take the place, and they treat US like crap!
1998– The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency. And right now, Europe is seriously reconsidering the wisdom of that move…
2007 – The Massive Big Dig construction project in Boston, Massachusetts ends as it starts filling itself in…
1998 – Only SOME in Europe are “…seriously reconsidering the wisdom of that move…” OTHERS are enthusiastically hoping to “double down”. I’ll leave you to guess who is on which side. Hopefully you haven’t been taken in by the British PM’s claims…
1879 — I thought I read that the ban on manufacturing incandescents had been repealed?
Why’d you have to go and remind me of Kim du Toit? His blog was part of my morning routine for years, and I miss him dearly.
Heck , I thought when the “Big Dig ” was started that it was gonna be the place to bury teddy (the swimmer).