tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post6140378920677138261..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: November 22'ndLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72400139435786979802008-11-23T09:28:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:28:00.000-05:00Yeah, but I was not a sheltered 8-years-old during...Yeah, but I was not a sheltered 8-years-old during any of those.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55540646361762997102008-11-23T08:47:00.000-05:002008-11-23T08:47:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know, a lot of things happened on this...Oh, I don't know, a lot of things happened on this date. If you are only going to remember the tragedies you have only part of the story:<BR/><BR/>845 : The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.<BR/><BR/>1922 - Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun.<BR/> <BR/>1928 - The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris. <BR/><BR/>1935 - The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later. <BR/><BR/>1942 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Life's symphony does not have just one note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-3374314378707741432008-11-22T11:18:00.000-05:002008-11-22T11:18:00.000-05:00Boston.com has coveragesskBoston.com has coverage<BR/><BR/>sskAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-42183895440772911982008-11-22T11:04:00.000-05:002008-11-22T11:04:00.000-05:00not a mention of it in today's boston globenot a mention of it in today's boston globeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52985294344823319282008-11-22T10:42:00.000-05:002008-11-22T10:42:00.000-05:00One of the saddest days in American History.sskOne of the saddest days in American History.<BR/><BR/>sskAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com