>At 08:20 AM 08/08/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>Let's try for farther ahead, so I'll be more likely to get them in in time.
>>
>>How about 9, 10, and 11 August?
>
>Ok John, have covered 9th already, so next:
OK.
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> August 10:
>
>National Day of Ecuador
>
>1675: Greenwich Observatory was established by King Charles II,
> and its foundation stone laid.
>
>1821: Missouri, the Show Me State, became the 24th state of the
> Union. (I'd appreciate someone explaining to a dumb Aussie
> what that terminology above means! - Ian)
The Union referred to is the United States of America.
Several methods of joining are possible; I don't recall which one Missouri used.
The Show Me State refers to how people from Missouri are supposedly
hard-headed and practical.
>References
>
> 1. "Chambers Dates" (1983) ISBN 0 550 11827 6
> Published by W & R Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh Scotland.
References are good. We may be overusing this one; at some point
we'll be beyond fair use.
Also, the most interesting items to this list
are probably ones that are Sinclair or Scottish related.
>Cheers,
>Ian Newman in Perth, Western Australia
John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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