"Delayed hope makes the heart sick, but fulfilled desire is a tree of life."

             -Proverbs 13:12 (Holman Christian Standard)

" You can just keep hoping for something that doesn't come to pass- that will make the heart sick. This is the reason we ought to be in step with the will of God in our lives, because we hope for a great many things that will not be realized in our lives at all. How much better it is to accept the reality of the situation in which God has placed us!"

                                     - J. Vernon McGee

January 18th

1486- King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of york, daughter of Edward IV.

1778- James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands.

1896- The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time ever.

1903- President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the U.S.

1911- Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pensylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.

1882- A. A. Milne, an american author, was born (author of Pooh Bear)

1904- Cary Grant, an american actor, was born

1862- John Tyler, a President of the United States of America, died.

1936- Rudyard Kipling, British writer, died.

1951- Amy Carmichael, missionary to India, died.

all information provided above, concerning the events, births adn deaths of January 18th, were found at Wikipedia.org.

"Now, this Witch was kidness-impaired. (This is not meant to imply that all, or even some, witches are that way, nor to deny this particular witch her right to express whatever disposition came natually to her. Far from it, her disposition was without doubt due to many factors of her upbringing and socialization...)"

-James Finn Garner, author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

December 1st

1864- In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

1913- The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

1955- In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1081- Louis VI, King of France (aka "The Fat") was born.

1935- Woody Allen, american actor, comedian, and film director, was born.

all information provided above, concerning the events and births of December 1st, were found at Wikipedia.org.

"One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some reason that leaves no room for vanity. Certainly, it is never for what the man himself would have regarded  as his cheif qualifications."

-C.S. Lewis in his book, Perelandra

July 15th

1099- First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.

1815- Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders.

1927- 89 protesters are killed by Austrian Police in Vienna.

1959- The steel strike begins, which led to importation of foreign steel for the first time in U.S. history

 all information provided above, concerning the events of July 15th were found at Wikipedia.org.

"A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother."

-Benjamin Franklin

May 31st

1759- The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions

1889- Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania

1911- Titanic was launched

1930- American actor, Clint Eastwood was born

1957- American hockey player, Jim Craig was born!!!

all information provided above concerning the events, and births of May 31st were found at Wikipedia.com

"So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip."

-Will Smith

Will Smith was born in 1968. Will Smith is an american actor and rapper. He became a popular rapper at the age of 18, he then starred on the television show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" for 6 seasons. Since than he has been in and starred in numerous movies.

May 30th

1431- Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

1574- King Henry III becomes King of France

1854- The Kansas-Nebraska becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas

1744- Wilbur Wright, known for his participation in the "First flight" in Kitty Hawk, NC, died.

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"It is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

-Sir Winston Churchill

 in regard to the qualifications for becoming a politician.

Sir Winston Churchill was born in 1874. Sir Winston Churchill is mostly know for serving as Prime Minister of  the United Kingdom in 1940-1945, and 1951-1955.

May 16th

1204- Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the firs Emperor of the Latin Empire

1568- Mary Queen of Scots flees to England

1770- Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste. Marie Antoinette was 14 at the time, and Louis-Auguste 15.

1866- Root beer is invented, by Charles Elmer Hires

2008- an audio tape is believed to be Osama bin Laden is released calling to continue the holy war against Israel.

all information provided above concerning the events of May 16th were found at Wikipedia.com

" When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind."

-Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was born in France in 1533. Michel de Montaigne is known as one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance.

May 15th

1567- Mary Queen of Scots weds the Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.

1701- The War of the Spanish Succession begins

1718- A London lawyer, James Puckle, patents the first machine gun.

1862- President Lincoln officaily creats the United States Department of Agriculture, by signing the bill which therefore creates a law.

1905- Las Vegas, Nevada is founded.

1567-Italian composer, Claudio Monterverdi is born.

1856- American author L. Frank Baum is born.

1984- American theologian, and pastor, Francis Schaeffer died.

all information provided above concerning the events, births, and deaths of May 15th were found at Wikipedia.com

"A clear conscience is more valuable than wealth."

-Tagalog proverb

Tagalog- a member of a people of central Luzon

definition found at www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

May 14th

1264- Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the ruler of England.

1787- In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States of America!!!

1927- Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg.

1265- Italian poet Dante Alighieri was born

1904- American professor Hans Albert Einstein was born

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"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."

 -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Dinah Maria Mulock was born in 1826 in Stoke-on-Trent (hmm) in Staffordshire, England. She was a novelist and poet.

May 13th

1568- Battle of Langside- the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy, led by her half-brother.

1607- Jamestown is founded

1940- Winston Churchhill makes his "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.

1911- American actor Robert Middleton was born

1884- American inventor Cyrus McCormick died at the age of 75

all information provided above concerning the events, births, and deaths of May 13th were found at Wikipedia.com

hello all,

I thought it was appropriate to start my blogging with a scripture. I find that the best quotes, poems, proverbs and verses come from the Bible. Hereafter my entries will consist of a variety of different topics.Once I might consider quoting Jane Austen, and then the very next post John Wayne. So you never quite know what to expect when you visit my page. I hope you will enjoy my blog and visit often.  -L.Cook

"Acquire wisdom- how much better it is than gold! And aquire understanding-it is preferable to silver." 

 -Proverbs 16:16

May 12th

1264-The battle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort began

1941- Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin

1828-poet and painter  Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born

1907- american actress Katherine Hepburn was born

 all information provided above concerning the events and births of May 12th were found at Wikipedia.com