July 11
Revolution Day -- Mongolian
Colour: Grey
Moon Sign: Virgo
Incense: Rose
In ancient times, the Greek deities Kronos ( Father Time ) and Rhea (Mother Earth ) were honoured with an annual religious festival called Kronia which took place on this date in the city of Athens.
1881 Sixteen-year-old Prince George (1865 - 1936), the future KingGeorge V of the United Kingdom, as a young midshipman on HMS Bacchante, wrote in his journal that he had seen that day (4:00 am) the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman, off the port bow. With George was the heir to the throne, his elder brother, the mentally deficient Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Eddie) who later mysteriously died before becoming king, much to the relief of the British Royal Family. Eddie, who was later a modern and unlikely suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, also recorded in his journal the sighting of the Dutchman...
1992 The Kiama Blowhole Tragedy The north coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia, where your almanac is produced, is very beautiful, but for picture postcard scenery, take a drive south from Sydney along the Prince's Highway.After a few hours of picturesque countryside and coastline and you will arrive at the small town of Kiama, famous for a spectacular natural phenomenon. The Kiama Blowhole is a natural cavern or chasm at Blowhole Point, on a seaside cliff near town. When the seas run from the south-east, a spectacular plume of water erupts as high as 60 metres (about 55 yards).Something like 600,000 people a year come to the Blowhole to marvel at the sight ...
Colour: Grey
Moon Sign: Virgo
Incense: Rose
In ancient times, the Greek deities Kronos ( Father Time ) and Rhea (Mother Earth ) were honoured with an annual religious festival called Kronia which took place on this date in the city of Athens.
1881 Sixteen-year-old Prince George (1865 - 1936), the future KingGeorge V of the United Kingdom, as a young midshipman on HMS Bacchante, wrote in his journal that he had seen that day (4:00 am) the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman, off the port bow. With George was the heir to the throne, his elder brother, the mentally deficient Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (Eddie) who later mysteriously died before becoming king, much to the relief of the British Royal Family. Eddie, who was later a modern and unlikely suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, also recorded in his journal the sighting of the Dutchman...
1992 The Kiama Blowhole Tragedy The north coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia, where your almanac is produced, is very beautiful, but for picture postcard scenery, take a drive south from Sydney along the Prince's Highway.After a few hours of picturesque countryside and coastline and you will arrive at the small town of Kiama, famous for a spectacular natural phenomenon. The Kiama Blowhole is a natural cavern or chasm at Blowhole Point, on a seaside cliff near town. When the seas run from the south-east, a spectacular plume of water erupts as high as 60 metres (about 55 yards).Something like 600,000 people a year come to the Blowhole to marvel at the sight ...
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