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Month: June 2016

June 22, 2016

June 22

1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy. 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in...
The Cuyahoga River, located in Ohio feeds into Lake Erie. The river is famous for having been so polluted that it "caught fire" in 1969.
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June 22, 2016

Rowing The Atlantic

Bright moon all night, clean sunrise again and 2 hrs later still cloudless. But it did not take long yesterday to change that, we’ll see. Also less wind, a gentle 10-15 k fromSSW, sea also calmer than for a long time, only occasional white “curlers”. Maybe 1 k or so current with me more like...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.
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June 22, 2016

Does Battery Park City's Main Street Need a Face Lift?

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is getting closer to circulating publicly, and soliciting public reaction to, the preliminary results of its study for ways to improve the streetscapes along South End Avenue and West Thames Street. At the June 7 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), Authority spokesman...
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June 22, 2016

Does Battery Park City’s Main Street Need a Face Lift?

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is getting closer to circulating publicly, and soliciting public reaction to, the preliminary results of its study for ways to improve the streetscapes along South End Avenue and West Thames Street. At the June 7 meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1), Authority spokesman...
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June 21, 2016

June 21

1529 – French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac. 1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. 1788 – New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States. 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants...
Le Grand Teddy, 1918, glue distemper on canvas, 150 x 290 cm (6 ft x 10 ft) the largest of the three paintings commissioned from Vuillard in 1918 for the Paris café "Le Grand Teddy"
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June 21, 2016

Rowing The Atlantic

Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. Day 37 No rowing today, wind from E, slight this morning, soon picked up and soon also the waves mounted. Current pulling N is still there,...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.
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