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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 31st

Published on January 31 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 31st On this day in 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed after being convicted for his role in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the British Parliament and King James and in 1876, all Native American Indians were ordered to move into reservations....

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 30th

Published on January 30 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 30th On this day in 1649, England's King Charles I was beheaded while on the same day in 1661, Oliver Cromwell, who had deposed King Charles, was ritually executed. Furthermore, OTD in 1847, the town of Yerba Buena, originally a...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 28th

Published on January 28 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 28th On this day in 1956 Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television while in 1958, the Lego company patented the design of its Lego bricks! In 814, Charlemagne first Holy Roman Emperor died as did the English...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 27th

Published on January 27 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 27th On this day in 1926, John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television. In 2010, Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad which is probably more successful than the first television!...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 26th

Published on January 26 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 26th On this day in 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He, in fact, wanted the symbol to be the turkey. How strange! January 26th is also January 26th...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 25th

Published on January 25 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 25th On this day in 1533, England's King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife Anne Boleyn who later gave birth to Elizabeth I. For many people, this marriage was controversial and illegal, and it led to Elizabeth being declared...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 23rd

Published on January 23 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 23rd On this day in 1570, an unusual death took place, that of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland. He was assassinated, and his death is the first recorded assassination by a firearm....

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 22nd

Published on January 22 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 22nd On this day in 1927, Teddy Wakelam gave the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world. The match was between Arsenal and Sheffield United at Highbury, finishing 1-1. On this day in 1951, a man was...

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ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 21ST

Published on January 21 2016

ON THIS DAY - JANUARY 21ST Today, January 21st is Flag Day in Quebec, National Hug Day in the United States, Grandma's Day in Poland and Errol Barrow Day in Barbados. In case you didn’t know, Barrow was the former Prime Minister of Barbados, who helped...

GAINING TIME WITH EISENHOWER AND POMODORO Carrying on from my recent posting about making a good start to the year, I’ll be sharing a few thoughts this week about how to follow up on the resolution you probably made about becoming better organized in...