1/31/2005

"Today in History"

I enjoy reading about the facts and events that occurred 'on this day'.

Today, for example:

  • A bad day for King Charles I. Today in 1647, Scots handed him over to parliamentary forces. And today in 1649 he was beheaded at Whitehall Palace, London, having been convicted of treason.

February 1st (tomorrow)

  • In 1708, Alexander Selkirk, a sailor born at Lower Largo, Fife, was discovered on the island of Juan Fernandez, near Chile, where he had survived for four years after being abandoned by his ship. His story inspired Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe.

Well, for me, today, January 31st, Ryan Johnson is accepted into the University of Edinburgh's MSc/Dip program in International & European Politics. If the financial end works out, I'll begin on Sept. 12, 2005.

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