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This Day in History – December 31

December 31 406 – 80,000 Vandals, Alans, and Suebians cross the Rhine at Mainz, beginning an invasion of Gallia 1384 – English theologian John Wycliffe dies 1600 – Queen Elizabeth I grants a formal charter to the merchants in London trading to the East Indies 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart, aka the Young Pretender and […] The post This Day […]

Princess Leia, Heart Disease, and Me

As I heard about Carrie Fisher’s (aka Princess Leia) heart attack on that London flight, my own heart dropped. I knew her chances of surviving were not stellar. Being a semi-heart expert myself, I knew that there were some things that were not in her favor. The number one thing was that SHE WAS A […] The post Princess Leia, […]

This Day in History – December 28

December 28 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated 1612 – Galileo observes a “fixed star,” not realizing that he was observing the planet Neptune 1688 – William of Orange storms London and James II flees 1694 – George I of England divorces his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, accusing her of infidelity and imprisoning her […] The post This Day […]

STAR WARS: May the Force Be With You, Princess Leia

Carrie Fisher, who is known to her fans as Princess Leia from the Star Wars trilogy, suffered a major heart attack aboard a plane heading from London, where she was promoting her book “The Princess Diarist” to Los Angeles. The passengers were reported as immediately offering help as they tried to perform CPR. The heart attack […] The post STAR WARS: […]

This Day in History – December 1

December 1 1135 – Henry I of England dies and the crown is passed to his nephew, Stephen of Boise 1581 – After being tortured, Edmund Champion and other Jesuit martyrs are hanged at Tyburn, England for sedition 1761 – Swiss-born modeler in wax who founded the exhibition on London’s Baker Street, Madame Tussaud, is […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – November 23

November 23 1248 – After a two-year siege, Seville, Spain surrenders to Ferdinand III of Castile 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, who invaded England claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV, is hanged, allegedly for trying to escape from the Tower of London. His story was written by the Tudors-history’s victors and it […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – November 15

November 15 1315 – Swiss soldiers ambush and kill invading Australians in the Battle of Morgarten 1533 – Explorer Francisco Pizarro enters Cuzco, Peru 1626 – The Pilgrim Fathers who have settled in New Plymouth, buy out their London investors 1708 – Secretary of State of England who helped plot out the win of the […] The post This Day […]