Independence was attained in 1948 for the Union of Burma, now known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Harry Truman, Democrat of Missouri, won election as President in his own right in 1948 despite being far down in the polls for much of the year and having his party split three ways (between him, Henry Wallace and Strom Thurmond).
There is much uncertainty about the pedigree of Harry Truman, but some constructions make him a descendant, via Ferris and Woodson families, of John Brome, Lord of the Manor of Baddesley Clinton. Brome, a supporter of Lancaster, had also taken possession of Woodloes. When the War of the Roses turned against Lancaster, the Yorkist John Herthill expected Woodloes as reward but, denied, took matters into his own hands and murdered John Brome in 1468.
Since Brome was also the 11-gt grandfather of Edgar Allan Poe, the great poet and the 33rd President may be 12th cousins.
In 2014 the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry as per being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Oh. Yeah.
This year’s Anzac Day (25 April) will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli. The name for the site of the landings, ‘Anzac Cove’, was officially recognised by the Turkish government on Anzac Day 1985.
Robert Fulghum gave a name to Ponder Day. The first Sunday after New Year’s Day when people take a walk a think about the passing year. I’ve been doing this most of my life, and I was glad to find a good name for it.
Tomorrow, go out and ponder.
In 325CE the Council of Nicaea established that Easter would be the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox.
The *Credo *formulated at the Council of Nicea (the ‘Nicene Creed’) is recited at mass on every Sunday and solemnity of the liturgical year.
Although the Nicene Creed is used throughout Christendom, there is one significant point of contention: the filioque clause, which was not part of the earliest drafts of the Creed. The Roman Catholic church includes the clause, the Orthodox Churches reject it. Anglicanism has gradually moved to not including it in the Creed.
Santa Claus signed the Nicene Creed. Saint Nicholas, also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Greek Bishop of Myra (part of modern-day Turkey). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day―St Nicholas Day; and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch “Sinterklaas.”
In 325CE, Nicholas was one of the many bishops who answered the request of Constantine and appeared at the Council of Nicaea. He signed the Nicene Creed.
Twenty three different Saints are named Nicholas, including Santa Claus. Another one was removed from the Roman Calendar by Pope Pius VI, in 1970, but luckily, it was not the one who gave gifts. One of those who was cut was St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers. Nearly all American Catholics had a St. Christopher figurine standing on the dashboard of their car. The figurines all quickly disappeared with the papal order, which prompted columnist Art Buchwald to comment “I bet he’ll keep right on protecting travelers anyway-- he was that kind of a guy.”
Pope Paul VI was the Pope in 1970. Pope Paul VI reigned from 1963 until his death in 1978.
Saint Christopher was not removed from the General Roman calendar when it was revised by the motu proprio *Mysterii Paschalis *of Pope Paul VI in 1969. A quick check of the calendar shows that he is still listed on 25 July, his traditional feast date. What did occur was that the liturgical celebration of Saint Christopher was ‘downgraded’ from a universal one (i.e. throughout the world) to a local one (i.e. only in dioceses or churches where there are traditional celebrations for/devotions to him).
On game: Of the three major Christian Creeds, the one that is least frequently recited liturgically is the Athanasian Creed. It is now used only on Trinity Sunday.
Trinity Sunday is the Sunday following Pentecost, and eight weeks after Easter Sunday. The earliest possible date is 17 May. The latest possible date is 20 June.
This year, Trinity Sunday is on 31 May 2015.
Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Sundays following Pentecost, until Advent, are numbered from this day.
The Athanasian Creed, recited on Trinity Sunday, is the first creed in which the equality of the three persons of the Trinity is explicitly stated.
(FTR: The baseball coin is circular but not flat. It is convex on the side that shows the ball, and concave on the side that shows the glove. The design was chosen by a committee of Hall of Fame members.)
The announcers on NBC Sunday Night Football are Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, who replaced John Madden after the former Raiders coach retired. The studio show Football Night in America, featuring Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, Hines Ward, Peter King and Mike Florio precedes the broadcast each week.
In Cris Collinsworth’s rookie season he played in Super Bowl XVI where his Cincinnati Bengals lost to the San Francisco 49ers. In Collinsworth’s final NFL season his Bengals lost Super Bowl XXIII to the same 49ers. Those Super Bowls were the only two where the Bengals appeared. Super Bowl XXIII was Collinsworth’s final NFL career game.
The retirement savings systems in Australia and New Zealand are known as ‘super’, an abbreviation of ‘superannuation’.
The welfare and employment insurance systems in Canada are often referred to as “pogey”, as in “He lost his job and is on pogey now.”
What’s the derivation of that term?
On game:
The largest catastrophic event in terms of insurance losses in Australia was the hail storm that struck Sydney’s eastern suburbs on 14 April 1999. A close second was Cyclone Tracy which all but obliterated Darwin on 24/25 December 1974.