According to geotargit, there are 46 places in the world named Windsor. Somewhat surprisingly (or not), over half of these places (24), are located in the United States.
The “Windsor knot” (technically the “Full Windsor”) is a style of knot used in tying neckties. It is named after the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII), as it was a way to emulate the wide knots which he favored in his neckties, and which were difficult to accomplish using the traditional four-in-hand knot.
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The United Kingdom introduced its knot emblems in 1922 in place of military ribbons when bestowing honors to those in the Scouting Movement. UK emblems feature a figure eight knot, and across the pond the BSA has a square knot on its emblems.
For speed, usually for ships and airplanes, one knot equals one nautical mile per hour. One knot equals 1.151 mile per hour or 1.852 kilometer per hour.
Historically, the knot was defined by a rope with knots tied in it and spaced 47 feet 3 inches apart, and as a ship traveled the rope was payed out another sailor measured the time using an hour glass calibrated to 28 seconds.
The length of the knot was derived from the proportion that one hour (3,600 seconds) is to 28 seconds as one nautical mile (6,080 ft.) is to the length of a knot (47 ft. 3 in.). The faster a ship went, the more ‘knots’ were paid out before a given amount of time.
As depicted in the Napoleonic naval war novels of Patrick O’Brian, a Royal Navy warship’s course, speed in knots and location were typically determined and logged at noon each day, and more frequently, if necessary. Among others, ships featured in the novels include HMS Sophie, Surprise, Bellona, Worcester and Leopard.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is a detective novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It turns on the sudden death of an elderly general at a military club on Remembrance Day.
In 1983, 27 year old Diane Downs attempted to kill her three children because the guy she was dating apparently didn’t want kids. Two children survived, but one, unfortunately, met her death.
Television announcer and host Hugh Downs, well-known for his roles in shows such as The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, the game show Concentration, and the news shows Today and 20/20, was also active in science advocacy. Downs wrote a column for Science Digest magazine, was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and served in leadership positions with the National Space Society and the National Space Institute.
In recognition of his role in science and space advocacy, an asteroid – 71000 Hughdowns – was named for him.
Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy served as campaign manager and eventually Attorney General for his older brother, President John F. “Jack” Kennedy. They and their younger brother, Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, all served in the United States Senate: Jack and then Ted from Massachusetts, and Bobby, later, from New York. A Vaughan Meader comedy album, First Family, included a mock Election Day public service announcement: “Vote for the Kennedy of your choice, but vote!”
Vaughn Meader was basically a “one hit wonder” with his Kennedy impersonations and scored an “album of the year” Grammy. His career abruptly came to an end with the assassination of JFK. Meader had all outstanding copies of his album pulled from the shelves so he wouldn’t appear to be profiting on the president’s death. Meader was so closely associated with his Kennedy persona that he was never able to rebound. He eventually returned to his country and western music roots.
On January 8, 1944, Billboard magazine published its first Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart, which was the first country music chart. The top hit was “Pistol Packin’ Mama”, written and performed by Al Dexter. Dexter recorded the song in Los Angeles, using session musicians Dick Roberts, Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhart. The three musicians normally worked for Gene Autry.
Genndy Tartakovsky is a Russian-born American cartoon animator and director, who has created a number of popular animated television series, including Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, and Primal.
The Disney animators’ strike in 1941 reflected anger at inequities of pay and privileges at the non-unionized Walt Disney Productions. Walt Disney responded to the five-week strike by firing many of his animators, but was eventually pressured into recognizing the Screen Cartoonist’s Guild (SCG).
Walt Disney was nominated for 59 Oscars and received 22, both of which are still unbroken records.
In 1918, Walt Disney attempted to enlist in the United States Army, but was rejected because he was too young. Instead, he forged his date of birth on his birth certificate and joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. He was sent to France in November of 1918 but arrived just after the armistice was signed.
Armistice Day is a holiday, observed on November 11th, commemorating the end of hostilities in World War I, on November 11th, 1918. In England and other Commonwealth nations, the holiday is named Remembrance Day, while in the United States, it’s known as Veterans Day.
A young Ernest Hemingway, like Walt Disney, was an ambulance driver during World War I. He was wounded in action in Italy, although most of his biographers believe he exaggerated his wartime exploits upon returning to the United States.
Hemmingway coined the term “a moveable feast” in his memoirs.
The full quote is : " “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
Avec égards, Hemingway appropriated the term “moveable feast” from the liturgy of the western Christian churches. A “moveable feast” is a feast day which does not have a fixed date, and therefore moves around in the calendar. Easter is the best example of a moveable feast, as well as associated paschal observances, such as Pentecost, which is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter Sunday.