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It is by my own folly
that I have been taken. I could easily have saved myself from it had I
exercised my own better judgment rather than yield to my feelings. I
should have As I write, they are leading old John Brown
to execution ... This is sowing the wind to reap the whirlwind, which
will soon come. |
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The slaveholder with his hands
dripping in blood – will I make a compact with him? The man who
plunders cradles – will I say to him, "Brother, let us walk
together in unity?" The man who, to gratify his lust or his anger,
scourges woman with the lash till the soil is red with her blood –
will I say to him: "Give me your hand; let us form a glorious
Union?" No, never – never! There can be no union between us: "What concord hath Christ with Belial?" What union has freedom
with slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison, American slavery
abolitionist, December 2, 1859 Source
I could argue all day about the significance of
facing east in religious rituals, but a clean table is a clean table.
Emperor Norton I, who dismissed Governor Wise of Virginia on December
2, 1859
If it is the dirty
element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it
is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
The Marquis de Sade, who died near Paris on December 2, 1814
With music filling the air,
the president wheeled the car into the company garage. Townsend turned
to me and said, I must have it for the Chrysler. Everybody else agreed
and chanted, Yes, we must have it.
Peter Goldmark, Hungarian-American inventor and engineer, born on
December 2, 1906; Maverick
Inventor
December
2 is the 336th day of the year in the Gregorian
calendar (337th in leap years), with 29 days remaining.
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Feast day of St Bibiana (Viviana; Vivian;
Vibiana)
(Lemon geodorum, Geodorum citrinum, is today's plant, dedicated to this saint.)
Long after her life, a legend sprang up concerning this Roman Catholic saint, connected with the Acts of the martyrdom of Saints John and Paul, but it has no historicity. According to this legend, Bibiana was a 4th-Century woman from Rome.
Her parents, Flavian and Dafrosa, were martyred in the persecution of Julian the Apostate, and Bibiana and her sister, Demetria, were turned over to a woman, Rufina, who tried to force her into prostitution and who in vain tried to seduce Bibiana. Because of her continued refusal, Bibiana was imprisoned in a mental asylum, then scourged to death c.
363, rejoicing until she expired.Bibiana's body was left to the dogs, but none would touch her. Two days later, a priest named John buried Bibiana near her mother and sister in her home, the house being later turned into a church. A church was built over her grave; in its garden grew a herb that cured headache and epilepsy. This and her time spent with the mentally ill led to her areas of patronage, which include: epilepsy, epileptics, hangovers, headaches, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, single laywomen, torture victims and, appropriately, Los Angeles, California.
More Santa Bibiana, the church where the body of the saint rests
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Hari Kugo; Daitosai, or Good-Luck Market, Omiya, Japan (Nov 30 - Dec 11) Broken Needle Festival, honouring women's crafts and tools. At Hikawa Shrine, Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, a large market is held selling good luck charms and many products. Source: The Phoenix and Arabeth 1992 Calendar
Oshiroi Matsuri,
Fukuoka, Japan Chichibu Yomatsuri,
Chichibu shrine, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (Dec 2
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3) Advent (Nov 30 - Dec 25), season of the coming of Jesus Christ Feast day of St Aurelia
Feast day of St Chromatius Feast day of St Hippolytus Feast day of St John Amero Feast day of St Liduina Meneguzzi Lovers' Fair, Belgium National Day, LaosNational Day (independence from Britain, 1971), United Arab Emirates
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
1694 William Shirley 1703 Ferdinand
Konscak 1738 Richard
Montgomery 1760 John
Breckinridge, 1817 Heinrich von
Sybel 1846 Pierre
Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau 1859 Georges Seurat (d. 1891), French pointillist painter, founder of Neoimpressionism
1863
Charles
Ringling (d. 1926), American circus showman 1885
George
Richards Minot 1891
Otto
Dix 1892
Leo Ornstein 1895
Harriet Cohen, 1899
John Barbirolli 1906 Peter Goldmark, Hungarian-American inventor and engineer (died 1977). As an engineer at Columbia Broadcasting Systems Laboratory, he devised a colour television system and later was head of a team that developed the LP (long playing) record album, which transformed the recording industry. On August 29, 1940 he announced his invention of colour television. Later, as vice president of CBS, Goldmark developed a system that allowed the US Lunar Orbiter to transmit photographs from the Moon to the Earth. He also developed the Highway Hi-Fi, a small audio disk that was fitted in Chrysler automobiles from 1956 to 1959. 1914 Ray Walston1914 Adolph Green 1924 General Alexander Haig, American soldier and politician 1925 Julie Harris, American actress1930 Gary Becker, economist 1931 Edwin Meese, American politician 1944 Botho Strauss, author 1945 Penelope Spheeris, director 1946 Gianni Versace, designer (d. 1997) 1946 John Banks, sometime New Zealand Cabinet Minister, then Mayor of Auckland from 2001 - '04 1952 Michael McDonald, musician 1954 Dan Butler, actor 1957 Dagfinn Hřybrĺten, Norwegian politician 1960 Rick Savage (Sav Savage), Def Leppard bass player 1978 Nelly Furtado, singer, songwriter 1979 Yvonne Catterfield, German singer and actress 1981 Britney Spears, singer 1987 Mariana Torres, Mexican actress
1989
Cassie Steele, Canadian actress Phew!!
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1001 Danish settlers in England were massacred. Related: St Brice's Day massacre 1409 The University of Leipzig opened. 1431 King
Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Paris Cortés, Moctezuma (Montezuma) and the fall of Tenochtitlán, in the Scriptorium 1552 Death of St Francis Xavier, Catholic missionary.1581 Alchemists Dr John Dee and Edward Kelley consulted with spirits. 1594 Death of Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer, friend of British alchemist, Dr John Dee. 1620 The first English-language newspaper was published, England.1697 St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren, opened on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, England and the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral is today one of London's most visited sites. The cathedral was actually completed on October 20, 1708, Wren's 76th birthday, although the first service was held on this day. 1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed by fire. The first was destroyed in Britain's Great Storm of November 27, 1703. |
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