47 BC – Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus, where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero, Cassius is planning to kill him 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity. 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, killing about...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing FOXll across the Atlantic more than a week ago, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. ——————————————————————————————— Here’s his latest post: Tuesday May 24th “Day 10, Tuesday 24th May and at 10 pm I am finally E of where I started to...
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of George Gustav Heye’s extraordinary collection of items as the Museum of the American Indian, a gala fundraiser on May 11th raised nearly $400,000 to support the museum and its educational programs. Located in the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, the museum opened a...
To: Council Member Chin cc’d: The Broadsheet Re: Testimony in opposition to the Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment – N 160166 ZRM Dear Council Member Chin, As a Peck Slip School parent, and resident of Downtown Manhattan, I am deeply troubled by the possibility of the 17 open-air plazas and atriums on Water Street being reconfigured in...
City Council member Margaret Chin is concerned that her office telephone number may have been hijacked by a phone bank seeking to mobilize support for a controversial zoning measure currently under consideration. At Tuesday night’s meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Paul Leonard, Ms. Chin’s communications director, said, “we got a heads up from a...