Friday! History, Space, Music, Cinema, Quotes, More!
Friday, March 09
The original post here: http://apsense.cc/843b4d  On This Date In 1513 Pope Leo X (December 11, 1475 – December 1, 1521) was elected Pope, and served from 1513 to his death. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known primarily for the sale of indulgences to reconstruct St. P...
Friday! History, AB Happy Warrior, Courage, Cinema, Music, More!
Friday, March 02
The original post here: http://apsense.cc/0bfd21Â On This Date In 1776 During the American Revolution, and in advance of the Continental Army's occupation of Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts, General George Washington ordered American artillery forces to begin bombarding Boston from their po...
Friday! History and Honor, Music, Cinema, Quotes, More!
Friday, February 24
The original post here: http://ow.ly/9h77HdOn This Date In 1645 The Battle of Jankau, one of the bloodiest of the Thirty Years' War, was fought in southern Bohemia, some 50 km southeast of Prague, between the army of Sweden and that of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle proved a decisive Swed...
Friday! History, Remembrance, Music, Quotes, More!
Friday, February 17
For the original post: Friday! Friday! History, Remembrance, Music, Quotes, More! http://apsense.cc/5b7429 Great weekend all! On This Date In 1765 The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament and imposed on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed mater...
Friday! This Day In History, Music, Sports, Quotes, More!
Friday, February 10
The full blog here: http://apsense.cc/519eb5 On This Date In 1675 During King Philip's War, Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637 – January 1711), a colonial American woman was captured by Native Americans and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. After her release, she wrote a book about her experie...
Friday! History, Reagan, Super Bowl, Music, Space, Quotes!
Friday, February 03
On This Date In 1821 Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910), the first female doctor in the United States and the first on the UK Medical Register, was born. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in educating women in medicine in ...