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Babel & Babelfish
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W35 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 01 |
W36 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
W37 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
W38 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
W39 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
W40 | 30 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 |
- 1498 – A tsunami caused by the Meiō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha (pictured) at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan; the statue has since stood in the open air.
- 1792 – The French Army achieved its first major victory of the War of the First Coalition at the Battle of Valmy.
- 1967 – L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists.
- 1997 – Hurricane Erika, the strongest and longest-lasting hurricane of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing flooding and power outages throughout Puerto Rico.
- Susanna Rubinstein (b. 1847)
- Edith Rogers (b. 1894)
- Davidson Nicol (d. 1994)
- Victor Henry Anderson (d. 2001)
More anniversaries:
Did you know?
[edit]- ... that Patrick J. Hessian (pictured), the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, earned the Soldier's Medal for disarming a suicidal soldier who was holding a live grenade with the pin pulled?
- ... that Rolling Stone listed Ácido Argentino as the most essential album of Argentine heavy metal?
- ... that people of the Zenú culture built canals in the La Mojana wetland area of Colombia long before Spanish arrival?
- ... that Kaylee Bryson was the first female driver to advance to the A-Main feature race at the Chili Bowl Nationals?
- ... that the Villa of Augustus was found buried beneath another villa?
- ... that every summer, the Suiattle River dirties the Sauk with glacial debris?
- ... that architect Donald MacKay designed a fire station which later burnt down in the Great Seattle Fire?
- ... that according to legend, after one of the Earl de Grey's parrots was killed, the other never spoke again?