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Thu 9 Jan, 2003 01:00 pm
Apologies for being late with this NEW topic - I really should have started it back on 1 January.
Each day, or on a series of days, I'll post a QUOTATION/QUIP as well as a FACT/TRIVIA contribution.
If there is some OTHER piece of Factual Trivia that you feel may be relevant for that day in History, then please feel free to post it on that day.
To begin with, I'll post the first eight days of this year that I've already missed.
I hope you enjoy the content. 
1 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1368, China's Ming Dynasty began.
QUIP - Scenery is fine, but human nature is finer.
2 JANUARY:
FACT - In 264 BC, the first gladiator fight took place in Rome.
QUOTE - "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
3 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1666, London was devastated by fire.
QUIP - Strong is the man who can stand up to his friends.
4 & 5 JANUARY:
FACT - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was first published.
QUIP - Wit is an educated insult.
6 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1778, Captain James Cook discovered Hawaii.
QUIP - Some modest men have a lot to be modest about.
7 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1902, the Teddy bear was first introduced.
QUIP - Old age is preferable to the alternative.
8 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published in the UK.
QUIP - I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
...And at last, here we are with today's contributions:
9 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1924, the Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated.
QUIP - To the puritan, all things are impure.
Can you provide who said each quote? Don't worry if it's too much trouble. I know Jan. 2, of course, but not the others.
Oh, and do you want this cross-posted in Quotes?
Some of the "quotes" are not quotes! They are "quips" made by persons unknown. If it is a "quote" then I'll put it inside quotation marks, and if I know the author, for future quotes, then I'll add it accordingly.
Yes, please cross-post to other Forums, thanks.
FACT:First Meeting of UN General Assembly Opens in London
QUOTE:"Few people are mugwumps about cats" - Wm. H. A. Carr
10 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1793, King Louis XVI of France was guillotined during the French Revolution.
QUIP - Knowledge advances by steps - not by leaps.
Thanks Bib. I love your contribution and am looking forward to seeing them each day.
Thanks Eve.
I'll post 11 & 12 January data on Monday 13 - have a nice weekend.
11 JANUARY & 12 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1415, Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt.
QUIP - The object of oratory is not truth, but persuasion.
13 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1732, the first lightship was moored, in the Thames Estuary.
QUIP - Ask yourself whether you're happy - and you cease to be so.
14 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1581, Sir Francis Drake was knighted after circumnavigating the world.
QUIP - Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
15 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1786, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro opened, in Vienna.
QUIP - There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
16 JANUARY:
FACT - In 1831, the principle of electromagnetic induction was discovered, by Michael Faraday.
QUIP - The greatest enjoyment in life comes from living dangerously.
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