Thursday Thirteen: Today In History

ByKristen Koster
Thursday Thirteen

 

13 Valentine’s Day Occurrences

 

Happy Valentine’s Day! No sappy trivia today (see yesterday’s post for that)! Below are just a few of things that occurred on Valentine’s Day in history. There were a lot of others I thought were cool, but had to zap to pare it down to thirteen.

1 ) 278 AD Saint Valentine is beheaded, contributing in part to the origins of the Valentine’s Day holiday.

2 ) 1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV

3 ) 1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne

4 ) 1766 Thomas Robert Malthus, British economist born.

5 ) 1778 The Stars and Stripes of the United States is seen abroad for the first time, flying on a U.S. vessel in a French port.

6 ) 1848 James K. Polk became 1st President photographed in office by Matthew Brady

7 ) 1889 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east

8 ) 1918 U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1)

9 ) 1929 Disguised as Chicago police officers and detectives, Al Capone’s mobsters take out six of George “Bugs” Moran’s gang in a warehouse. The infamous event will become known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre.

10) 1967 Aretha Franklin records “Respect”

11) 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House

12) 1978 1st “micro on a chip” patented by Texas Instruments

13) 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system

1 Susan Helene Gottfried 2 Lazy Daisy 3 Winter
4 Nicholas 5 Alice Audrey 6 Di
7 Jennifer McKenzie 8 Lynne 9 Gwen Mitchell
10 OneLuvGurl 11 Brenda 12 Paige Tyler

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

View More Thursday Thirteen Participants

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Similar Posts

A cariacture of a wife being "sold" in a public, lower-class "divorce" that was not recognized by church or state.

A Primer on Regency Divorce and Annulments

ByKristen Koster

Last week’s post on Regency Marriages & Elopements, outlined the different ways one could get married during the Regency Era. So this week, we’re going to take a closer look at what happens when there wasn’t a Happily Ever After (HEA). The topic of Regency Divorce and Annulments is a much romanticized one in Regency…

How to Write While Dealing With Holiday Madness

ByKristen Koster

This week, my accountability group is writing about “Holiday Plans and Are You Writing?” Last week, we blogged about the topic of “Where do you stand?” in terms of our writer’s journeys. The entries are part of our How I Write series. Ya know, I’ve always wondered about Chris Baty’s sanity for picking November for…

Thursday Thirteen: Reading Poll

ByKristen Koster

  13 Genres: What’s YOUR favorite?   WordPress has a new toy, so I figured I’d try it out. And don’t think this means you get out of having to leave a comment either. Lemme know what your favorite author and book in your favorite genre are too. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1 Nicholas…

3 Yuletide Wishes: holiday anthology interview

3 Yuletide Wishes: holiday anthology interview

ByKristen Koster

There’s less than a week until Christmas Day and if you’re like me, you’re not done shopping yet! If you’ve got a reader of Regency Romance on your list, we’ve got something that might just be a perfect fit. Join us in celebrating the holiday release from Boroughs Publishing, 3 YULETIDE WISHES, an anthology by…

A 19th Century Christmas Tree

A Regency Primer on Christmastide & New Year’s

ByKristen Koster

Christmastide Christmastide (the Christmas season from Christmas Eve or First Night through Twelfth Night and Epiphany) during the Regency Era seems to be more easily defined by the differences in traditions and what they didn’t have or do at the time rather than the specifics of what they did or didn’t. A quick survey of…

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-jig

ByKristen Koster

Nothing like heading home right before New Year’s to either get you excited or complete exhausted for the coming year. I’m completely exhausted, but that’s more from getting up at 4 am eastern to sneak up on the airport when my body has refused to make the switch over from pacific time. I doubt I’ll…

22 Comments

  15. Jeez. Nixon should have spent his time buying candy for his poor wife and daughters. I’ll bet he forgot that year and his secretary did it.

Comments are closed.