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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Happy 150th Birthday, Rainer Maria Rilke
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At Java Central today, another customer had Rilke's "Duino Elegies" with him. I said, "Hey, tomorrow is the 150th anniver...
Happy birthday, George Mason
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Born 300 years ago--December 11, 1725--George Mason authored much of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 17...
Happy birthday, Leo X
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Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) was born on December 11, 1475. 550 years. Leo spent crazy amounts of money, patronizing the...
Friday, December 5, 2025
Vandalia's Statehouse
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The Tenth Illinois General Assembly convened in my hometown on December 5, 1836. It was the first government session to meet at our Vandalia...
St. Nicholas Day
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December 6 is the feast day of St. Nicholas, the Christian bishop who died on this day in 343. He is the patron saint of several occupation...
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
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This crowd scene is the only known photograph of Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Photographers needed time to set up their cameras...
Monday, November 17, 2025
Jack D. Rittenhouse
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Born November 15, 1912, Jack D. Rittenhouse collected books and also printing presses while he was an advertising executive. He began his o...
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