Derelict Thursday #4: Similarities; Differences

October 16

1311 – The 15th ecumenical council – Council of Vienne – opens*
1430 – King James II of Scotland is born*
1781 – George Washington takes Yorktown*
1813 – Battle of Leipzig, largest battle of Europe prior to WWi, Napoleon’s forces defeated*
1863 – Ulysses S. Grant is given command of the Union forces in the West*
1915 – Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria*
1940 – Warsaw Ghettos are formed*
1946 – Alfred G. Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff, hanged for war crimes*
1950 – First edition of C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” is released in London.*
1954 – J is born in New York
1958 – Benjamin Britten’s “Nocturne” premieres*
1962 – Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba.*
1970 – Anwar Sadat is elected president of Egypt*
1972 – Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up*
1984 – Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl*
1986 – U.S. performs another nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site*
1997 – Historical Novelist James Michener dies at the age of 90*
2004 – Blipfoto begins its epic journey to become the very best photo journal hosting site on internet
2014 – Blipfoto celebrates 10 years!
2014 – journeysprocess celebrates a major birthday

*from This Day in History Online

Yes, another year has passed, and I feel I am becoming more and more like this abandoned, derelict Museum. We both have an aging facade - weathered, fading, rusty hinges - yet still in tact.

Unlike this old building, there is within me a wealth of beauty, joy, peace - all things that I have been fortunate to been given over the years.

And, like Blipfoto, I am getting better and better everyday!

Happy Birthday, Blipfoto! And Happy Birthday to me!