Today in History: 10 May
1291 - Scottish nobles recognize authority of English King Edward I
1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the new world (disputed)
1534 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1768 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article “The North Briton” severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1775 - Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia names George Washington Supreme Commander
1796 - Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1857 - Indian Mutiny against rule by the British East India Company begins with the revolt of the Sepoy soldiers in Meerut
1869 - Golden Spike driven, completing the 1st US Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah and connecting the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific
1877 - US President Rutherford B. Hayes has 1st White House telephone installed, in the telegraph room
1910 - Halley’s Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI
1940 - Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
1994 - Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa’s 1st black president
Gold Release -
1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin
1899 - Fred Astaire, American stage and screen tap dancer, singer, and actor
1900 - Cecilia Payne-Gapooschkin, British-American astronomer and astrophsyicist
1938 - Maxim Shostakovich, Russian-American pianist and conductor
1957 - Sid Vicious, English musician and bassist
1960 - Bono, Irish rock singer and lyricist
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1807 - Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau
1818 - Paul Revere, American silversmith and patriot
1863 - Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general
1977 - Joan Crawford, American actress
1999 - Shel Silverstein, American writer and cartoonist and songwriter
2012 - Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer
On the Menu Today - One Pan Breakfast Sandwich
I’m stuck at home this week for reasons, so I’m enjoying some slightly heartier breakfasts than my normal overnight oatmeal. Today I tried a take on this breakfast sandwich (mine did not come out looking nearly this pretty), but I swapped the english muffin for brioche bread, and that brioche is tasty! Going to try a grilled Cuban on brioche for lunch….
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Mouseover: OpenStreetMap was always pretty good but is also now really good? And Apple Maps’s new zoomed-in design in certain cities like NYC and London is just gorgeous. It’s cool how there are all these good maps now!
** 2155: Swimming - explain xkcd Explain XKCD **
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In case you missed it, read yesterdays open source Spark! by @lonnyl right over here , and don’t forget to leave a spice before you go!
