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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Nothing Important Happened Today

by Lenka Reznicek [permalink]

January 11th in history, from Wikipedia
The History Channel
Alexander Hamilton once said, "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
In the Celtic zodiac, January 11th is ruled by the fir tree, "The Mysterious."
January 11th according to the Beeb, and 100 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year
"On This Day," from the New York Times
January 11th is a day of importance in smoking history; this anti-tobacco cartoon was published on the date in 1868, and in 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General first issued the famous official warning that "cigarettes are hazardous to your health."
Famous Capricorns
At left, today's date on the Mayan calendar, displayed as a graphic stela. You can enter any date in Mayan Long Count* [convert Gregorian or Julian dates at Mayan Calendar Tools first] and generate your own stela image at Stela of the Day.

* Today's date in Mayan Long Count is Bak'tun 12:Kat'un 19:Tun 12:Win'al 13:K'in 13 [Each part corresponds to one of the Mayan celestial periods, ranging from cycles of about 400 years (Bak'tun) to K'in, the Mayan "days." For more, visit the excellent Maya Info site, or if you're into techno-shaman-y type stuff, fUSION Anomaly's Tzolk'in page.