Writes Mr. William Dove over at the International Business Times:
While it is obviously quite true that Her Majesty the Queen did not arrive at her current station via a squalid and dishonest election campaign culminating in an unpopularity contest, these are not good reasons for abolishing or reforming the post she now holds.previous
Nine score and a year ago today, Christian Magnus Falsen passed on from this world.
Update: his date of birth is January 13, not 31.
55 years ago today, H.L. Mencken passed away.
Over at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Jeff Riggenbach paid tribute to H.L. Mencken at last year's 130th anniversary of the sage's birth.
191 years ago today, George III of the United Kingdom passed on.
152 years ago today, then future Kaiser Wilhelm II was born.
Sixty-one years ago today, the Republic of India was proclaimed, replacing the Dominion of India.
Four score and a dozen years ago today, the Versailles Peace Conference approved the creation of the League of Nations.
31 dozen years ago today (Jan 14 in the Julian Calendar), the first American colonial constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, was adopted.
Nine decades and a year ago today, Queen Wilhelmina refused to extradite the German Emperor.
125 years ago today, Baron Roman Nickolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg was born.
Fourteen baker's dozen years ago today, Prince Oscar Frederik of Sweden and Norway was born to Crown Prince Oscar and Crown Princess Josephine.
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the constitutional oath of King Harald V – made four days after his accession. Trond Norén Isaksen has more – included related history.
218 years ago today, King Louis XVI of France was brutally murdered at Place de Louis XV.
Four score and a dozen years ago today, the Versailles Peace Conference commenced in France, four dozen years on the day after the German Empire was proclaimed.
Two decades ago today, His Majesty King Olav V, whose subject yours truly was born, passed from this world.
We lit candles on Palace Square, whilst His Late Majesty lied in state at the palace.
Four score and a dozen years ago today, the big leaders of the Entente met in Paris.
A dozen years short of a century ago today, President Warren G. Harding ordered troops back home from Germany.
The results for the poll, asking what will be the result of the American "mid-term" elections, ending at midnight between 2010 and 2011, are as follows:
Total votes: 49.
Over at the American Conservative, Daniel Larison ponders Liu Xiaobo's hard wilsonianism.
H/T: The Western Confucian
222 years ago today, the landed gentry of those United States voted for electors to the Electoral College.
Eight dozen years ago today, a Bolshevik envoy approached the Imperial German representative in Constantinople.
Photo is by a once schoolmate of mine.
A new bust of Nicholas II now stands in the same spot where a statue of Lenin stood in the town of Shushenskoye. So Royal Russia reports.
H/T: Royal World
Five years short of a century ago today, a bill was introduced in the United Kingdom that was to become the Military Service Act 1916.
A deck of cards years ago today, the Cuban Revolution led to regime change.
Please do feel free to check out Mr. Humberto Fontova's LRC archive.
A year short of a century ago today, the Republic of China was established, with Dr. Sun Yat-sen as first President.
As we enter a new decade, I wish all readers and occasional bypassers a Happy New Year.
Enjoy from Kaiserstadt Wien:
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