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Chai and a Chocolate Torte: Not Your Ordinary Tea-Time!

Courtesy of two puppies in the house.

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On This Day: July 2

Updated July 1, 2012, 2:29 pm

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On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
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On July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall, the leader of the legal battle against segregated schools and the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born. Following his death on Jan. 24, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

Thurgood Marshall 7/2/1908 – 1/24/1993 American civil rights lawyer and first African-American Supreme Court justice.Go to obituary »
66 Thomas Cranmer 7/2/1489 – 3/21/1556
English religious leader; first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury
73 Christoph Gluck 7/2/1714 – 11/15/1787
German composer
77 Richard Henry Stoddard 7/2/1825 – 5/12/1903
American poet, critic and editor
75 Frederick Gates 7/2/1853 – 2/6/1929
American philanthropist and businessman
73 Clarence Barron 7/2/1855 – 10/2/1928
American financial editor and publisher
85 Hermann Hesse 7/2/1877 – 8/9/1962
German novelist and poet; awared Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
67 Hugh Dryden 7/2/1898 – 12/2/1965
American physicist and deputy administrator of NASA (1958-65)
70 Sir Tyrone Guthrie 7/2/1900 – 5/15/1971
English theatrical director
92 Sir Alec Douglas-Home 7/2/1903 – 10/9/1995
British prime minister (1963-4) and foreign secretary (1960-3, 1970-4)
37 Medgar Evers 7/2/1925 – 6/12/1963
American civil-rights activist; assassinated in 1963
35 Patrice Lumumba 7/2/1925 – 1/17/1961
Congolese independence leader and prime minister (1960)

 

 

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Back From A Bike Ride: Fantastic Fifty-Five Minutes!

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Kaisa Yeh Isq Hai? Ajab Sa Risk Hai!

Rahet Fateh Ali Khan on vocals. Apropos for commemoration of a wedding anniversary!

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On This Day: July 1

Updated June 30, 2012, 2:28 pm

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On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
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On July 1, 1893, Walter White, who headed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for over 20 years, was born. Following his death on March 21, 1955, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

Walter White 7/1/1893 – 3/21/1955 American executive secretary of the NAACP (1931-55).Go to obituary »
70 Gottfried Leibniz 7/1/1646 – 11/14/1716
German philosopher and mathematician
81 Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau 7/1/1725 – 5/10/1807
French general; aided colonists in American Revolution
71 George Sand 7/1/1804 – 6/8/1876
French Romantic writer
66 Susan Glaspell 7/1/1882 – 7/27/1948
American dramatist; founder of the Provincetown Players
85 James Cain 7/1/1892 – 10/27/1977
American novelist
63 Charles Laughton 7/1/1899 – 12/15/1962
English-born American actor
79 William Wyler 7/1/1902 – 7/27/1981
American motion-picture director
94 Mary Steichen Calderone 7/1/1904 – 10/24/1998
American physician and writer
76 Willie Dixon 7/1/1915 – 1/29/1992
American musician, record producer and songwriter
63 Jean Stafford 7/1/1915 – 3/26/1979
American novelist and short story writer
36 Diana, Princess of Wales 7/1/1961 – 8/31/1997
English consort of Charles, Prince of Wales