Month: November 2016

Today in History Nov 14

1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile. 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA. Born at #6 Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, the third child of a merchant in French dry goods. Within a few years, his father Allan Melvill moved...
Astronaut Pete Conrad studies the Surveyor 3 spacecraft. The Lunar Module 'Intrepid', can be seen in the top right of the picture.

EYES TO THE SKY November 14 – 27, 2016

If you’ve opened your Broadsheet between 5 a.m. and around 6:15 a.m. on the 14th, seize this moment to look to the west to be bowled over by the sight of the closest full moon in over half a century. Whether from a window or your favorite location for viewing sunsets that are slightly north...
Laurent Laveder, published August 7, 2014 by Sky & Telescope. Image courtesy SkyandTelescope.com

TODAY IN HISTORY November 11

1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes “An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery”. 1640 – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed....
John and Yoko

In Our Defense

For all its embrace of diversity, there is one population that is vanishingly scarce in Lower Manhattan: active duty U.S. military personnel. “There are probably about five of us,” reflects the U.S. Army’s Lieutenant Colonel Marci Miller, who lives in Battery Park City. “I know there are a few Coast Guard officers on active duty,...
Army Lieutenant Colonel Marci Miller and her daughter Jordan

TODAY IN HISTORY November 10

1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia). 1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland. 1766 – The last colonial governor of...
The EDMUND FITZGERALD