🕰️🌞 What happened today? 🤷‍♀️🤓

Today is 22 November and this happened on this date in the past:

1️⃣ On this day in 1718, the pirate Blackbeard was killed off the coast of North Carolina.

2️⃣ The most notorious political murder in recent American history occurred this day in 1963, when John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president (1961–63), was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, while riding in an open car.

3️⃣ Lebanon proclaimed its independence from France on 22 November 1943; however, it did not become wholly independent until 1946.

4️⃣ Juan Carlos became king of Spain on this date in 1975, two days after the death of Francisco Franco.

5️⃣ With a second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick, 20-year-old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. This happened on 22 November 1986.

6️⃣ Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as British prime minister on 22 November 1990 after a split occurred in the ranks of the Conservative Party.

7️⃣ Mount Merapi, on the island of Java, erupted on this day in 1994, killing 64 people.

8️⃣ Pixar's Toy Story, the first entirely computer-animated feature-length film, was released on 22 November 1995 and became a critical and commercial hit.

9️⃣ German politician Angela Merkel was sworn in as the country's chancellor on 22 November 2005, becoming the first woman to hold the post.

🔟 These people were born on this day: president of France Charles de Gaulle (1890), American director Terry Gilliam (1940), American actor Mark Ruffalo (1967), American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson (1984) and South African athlete Oscar Pistorius (1986).

Charles de Gaulle

Mark Ruffalo

Scarlett Johansson

...on November 22, 1974, 50 years ago, Genesis released the album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"

I just came back from Austria and I heard it on the radio🏔️🚗

Mama Merkel! Please, come back! 💔💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Merkel Angela? A great leader. A great woman.

I think womans should be more in Politicy!

I think that too, but do you think because of this that the latest statement is true that i put in this forum: https://penpal-gate.net/forum/13-anything-and-everything/9742-true-or-false/14#new_post about women leaders? Maybe you can check it what you think and I am also curious what you think @Pennarossa2024!! 🙂

power to women👍

No sir not pover to woman it is power Of woman

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Today is 24 November and this happened on this date in the past:

1️⃣ On this day in 1700, Louis XIV of France proclaimed his grandson Philip to be king of Spain, beginning the War of the Spanish Succession.

2️⃣ Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published on 24 November 1859. I think that this news is maybe interesting for @Lianshen because he knows a lot about this topic. And I think @Simone724 too!!

3️⃣ Shortly before her death, Anna Sewell published her only novel Black Beauty on 24 November 1877. It was the first major animal story in children's literature.

4️⃣ Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. This happened on 24 November 1963.

5️⃣ A man later known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane shortly after departing from Portland, Oregon, and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money; despite an extensive manhunt, he was never identified or caught. Maybe this is nice news for @Idkbro and @Mulanyyy because it is about real crime stories.

6️⃣ On this date in 2001, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ratified changes to the country's legal code that made women equal to men before the law and no longer subject to their husbands. This is maybe nice news to know for @diogenes_cask and @Mulanyyy and anybody from Turkey!

7️⃣ Today is the day of the Dutch discovery of Tasmania. Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman, who sailed from Batavia (Jakarta) to investigate the practicality of a sea passage eastward to Chile and to explore New Guinea, skirted the southern shores of Tasmania this day in 1642.

8️⃣ These people were born on this day: president of United States Zachary Taylor (1784), French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), American editor William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925), American serial killer Ted Bundy (1946) and American actress Katherine Heigl (1978).

Zachary Taylor

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Katherine Heigl

Today is 26 November and this happened on this date in the past:

1️⃣ After the defeat of the White Russians and the Chinese, the Mongolian People's Republic was proclaimed on 26 November 1924.

2️⃣ Set in occupied Morocco during World War II, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, the movie Casablanca premiered this day in 1942 and became one of Hollywood's most-revered films.

3️⃣ The National Hockey League was founded on this date in 1917 and featured four Canadian teams; the first American club, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924.

4️⃣ U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a harsh notice to Japan on 26 November 1941, calling for a full withdrawal from China and Indochina.

5️⃣ Ten gunmen - who were believed to be connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist organization - launched a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai (Bombay); the siege ended three days later, with at least 174 people killed.

6️⃣ These people were born on this day: Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), American mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894), American chess player Samuel Herman Reshevsky (1911), American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922) and American-born singer Tina Turner (1939).

Norbert Wiener

Samuel Herman Reshevsky

Charles Schulz

Tina Turner

I liked alot tina turner 😥she was really a powerwoman who had suffered alot

I liked alot tina turner 😥she was really a powerwoman who had suffered alot

I watched youtube videos and my mom said even she likes her BUTTTT she listens like 90% time only to old china pop!!! 😛 But she knows tina turner and we watched together and i like when she dances it is super wild like if you give somebody 10 red bulls and 10 coffee cups!! 😛 But she is also a lady and superrrrr confident!!!! That is really cool and she can sing very well my mom says and i think that too. 🙂

I watched youtube videos and my mom said even she likes her BUTTTT she listens like 90% time only to old china pop!!! 😛 But she knows tina turner and we watched together and i like when she dances it is super wild like if you give somebody 10 red bulls and 10 coffee cups!! 😛 But she is also a lady and superrrrr confident!!!! That is really cool and she can sing very well my mom says and i think that too. 🙂

Ooo i never heard of chinese pop can you send my 1 exemple ? Yes tina turner had lots of energy .

Ooo i never heard of chinese pop can you send my 1 exemple ? Yes tina turner had lots of energy .

yes of course!!!! i give you some examples but the first is from taiwan but i hear all the songs about 7788971231 times in my life!! 😛 😛

- A-Mei - 我可以抱你吗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdENPRltoA

- David Tao - 愛我還是他: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6g2NPROeYY

- Na Ying - 夢一場: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQpktYKlKXU

I hope that you like them!! ❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰

Thank you @Yue_ i like it and also the clip are beautifull

2️⃣ Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published on 24 November 1859. I think that this news is maybe interesting for @Lianshen because he knows a lot about this topic. And I think @Simone724 too!!

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His book is fascinating, containing details, annecdotes, and constantly mentioning the work of other scientists of his era to support his point which shows very well the level of science Darwin had. I had the chance to get a version in French that tries to preserve his writing style and it's a delight to me.

That being said, Charles Darwin took a looooooong time before publishing On the Origin of Species. So much actually that, Alfred Russel Wallace also came up with the same idea and wrote an essay that he shared with Darwin in 1858 (Wallace had some serious problems at that time and asked Darwin to send it for publication). The work of Wallace kind of pushed Darwin to finally publish his own work.

What is very interesting in the work of Darwin is how deep it dig the topic, and how some people who argue against darwinism with question (e.g. about the formation of eye) are already adressed in his book and later works.

Thank you @Yue_ i like it and also the clip are beautifull

Thank you very much @Fleurke!! 🙏🙏 My mom listens a lot to older china pop. 🙂

His book is fascinating, containing details, annecdotes, and constantly mentioning the work of other scientists of his era to support his point which shows very well the level of science Darwin had. I had the chance to get a version in French that tries to preserve his writing style and it's a delight to me.

That being said, Charles Darwin took a looooooong time before publishing On the Origin of Species. So much actually that, Alfred Russel Wallace also came up with the same idea and wrote an essay that he shared with Darwin in 1858 (Wallace had some serious problems at that time and asked Darwin to send it for publication). The work of Wallace kind of pushed Darwin to finally publish his own work.

What is very interesting in the work of Darwin is how deep it dig the topic, and how some people who argue against darwinism with question (e.g. about the formation of eye) are already adressed in his book and later works.

Wowww that is very nice to read @Lianshen!!! You know A LOTTT about it!! More than just that you read the whole book!!! 🙂 I had no idea about that other person Wallace that he also had ideas like that. 🙄🙄 Is the book of Darwin SUPERRR difficult to read?

Thank you very much @Fleurke!! 🙏🙏 My mom listens a lot to older china pop. 🙂

Wowww that is very nice to read @Lianshen!!! You know A LOTTT about it!! More than just that you read the whole book!!! 🙂 I had no idea about that other person Wallace that he also had ideas like that. 🙄🙄 Is the book of Darwin SUPERRR difficult to read?

Wallace is not as popular as Darwin usually, but he is often considered like a co-discover of Natural Selection. Funnily, he put Darwin first himself though and coined the term "darwinism" too apparently.
Darwin is really important for me as he puts many of the fundations of modern biology. As for the difficulty, no. Darwin is good at explaining his ideas. What can be a little difficult is that he writes long sentences in which you can lose yourself if you don't focus on what he was talking about first. Except that, there is no difficulty.

He wrote a bunch of other books, but I didn't get the chance to read them yet. Same for Wallace, I couldn't read him, but he apparently wrote very well. If we are talking about writing well though, I also have to mention a French enthomologist: Jean-Henri Fabre. He wrote "Souvenirs entomologiques", which is renowned for its literary qualities and that I would really like to read someday too.
Funnily, Jean Henri Fabre was corresponding a lot with Darwin and was a kind of friend too, but he was not convinced at all by natural selection! 😉

Today is 27 November and this happened on this date in the past:

1️⃣ On this day in 511, Clovis I - king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe - died in Paris.

2️⃣ The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City on 27 November 1924, and it became an American tradition, especially known for its huge balloons, which were introduced in 1927.

3️⃣ Gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history, was assassinated in San Francisco on this day in 1978; his killer, Dan White, was later convicted of manslaughter after successfully alleging that clinical depression had impaired his judgment.

4️⃣ Through the will drawn up by Alfred Bernhard Nobel - the Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other, more powerful explosives - the Nobel Prizes were established on this day in 1895.

5️⃣ These people were born on this day: American-born actor Bruce Lee (1940), American musician Jimi Hendrix (1942), American director Kathryn Bigelow (1951) and prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko (1960).

Bruce Lee

Jimi Hendrix

Kathryn Bigelow

Yulia Tymoshenko