Tag: History

The Needs of the Many

The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few or the one. – Spock, as portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan American actor, singer, director, and photographer, Leonard Nimoy, was born on this day in 1931. He died a little less than a month ago at the …

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I told you I didn’t think I was Irish

On this day in 1563 the Edict of Amboise was signed by Catherine de’ Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France. Officially, this treaty ended the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and guaranteed the Huguenots religious privileges and freedoms, thus restoring the peace. I’m not enough of an …

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