It’s the start of another week, and three days until the end of Coynezaa. On this day in 1836, Mexico secured its independence from Spain, and, in 1885, the Congress Party was founded in India. That’s the good party, the Indian equivalent of America’s Democratic Party. (Think of the opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the Republicans). On this day in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen published his first paper detailing the discovery of X-rays, and, in 1973, the Endangered Species Act was passed in the U.S. In 1893, John von Neumann was born (died 1957) and Kary Mullis (Nobel Laureate for DNA sequencing) was born in 1944. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Ms. Hili is indulging in some post-Christmas play:
A: Hili, what are you doing?
Hili: I’m still celebrating Christmas.
Ja: Hili, co ty robisz?
Hili: Nadal świętuję Boże Narodzenie.
And somewhere in Poland, tabby Leon is still visiting the small black kitten. They are apparently friends, with Leon being very protective of his young friend.
Leon: Come, I will show you the flying Christmas baubles.
Just a factoid on X-rays: They are called Röntgen rays in Dutch. (And probably in a few other languages.)
Good point! Swedish, for one.
I wonder if the Bharatiya Janata Party in India has it’s version of The Donald?
Lets hope not. It’s likely that Trump is only a symptom of the stupidity in America. And there are so many waiting in the wings, just in case he fumbles.
I was watching a documentary on Hitler and Eva Braun’s relationship yesterday, and it made me remember that when Hitler first came on the political scene in Germany, most people thought he was a joke and would never succeed. The situation isn’t entirely analogous, but it made me think that if Germans could vote for Hitler, USians could vote for Trump.
John von Neumann was born in 1903, not 1893. He was in his 50s when he died of cancer.
Mexico acheived independence from Spain in 1821. And in September, not December.