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November 24: Lucy
On November 24, 1974, two anthropologists working in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression discovered bones from the skeleton of an a hominin, a human-like biological classification group. In particular, this skeleton appeared to be a member of the Australopithecus afarensis subgroup. Only about…
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November 23: Areopagitica, or Free Speech
In 1644, on November 23, in the midst of England’s Civil War, John Milton published a pamphlet entitled “Areopagitica”. It is a defense of freedom of speech, and an eloquent argument for the fundamental role of civil discourse and rational…
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November 22: Aftermath
Sixty years after the event, I can tell you exactly what I was doing during my school lunch break on November 22, 1963: I was sitting on a bench, reading Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moon by Night, and waiting for my…
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November 21: The Mayflower Compact
On Nov 21, 1620, realizing that they had landed far north of their intended goal, which was the Colony of Virginia with its established connection to the British Crown, forty-one of the Mayflower’s 101 passengers signed the following agreement: IN…
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November 20: Reflections and Classical Christian Education
You might be wondering what this series of reflections has to do with the stated purpose of the “Continuing in the Word” blog, “Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online”, so instead of reflections on an event…
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November 19: Gettysburg Address
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and on a cold November 19, he give a speech as part of the dedication ceremony for the cemetery holding the bodies of those who had died in one of the…
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November 18: The Day of the Two Noons
On November 18, 1883, the American and Canadian railroads began following a British practice to use a “standard time” based on regional zones to report boarding and arrival times for their trains. Prior to this date, most towns and cities…
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November 17: August Ferdinand Möbius
On this day in 1558, Mary Tudor, Queen of England, consort of Philip II of Spain, died at St. James Palace, and was succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth. In 1869, the first ships officially passed through the Suez Canal in…
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November 16: Margaret of Scotland
Margaret is one of those remarkable people who are worth studying not only for their own life history, but also for the influence they had on later generations. She was born in Hungary around 1045 while her father, Edward, was…
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November 15: Winwæd
Looking through the list of events for November 15, I ran across this one: 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria Wikipedia, November 15 entry I had not heard of the battle,…
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November 14: Moby-Dick
“Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick begins with a three-word imperative — one of the most famous openings ever written for a novel. That is it the product not of the late twentieth century, but of the mid-nineteenth, is especially remarkable. Whereas…
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November 13: St. Augustine of Hippo
While today is not his Feast Day (that’s August 28), November 13 is the anniversary of the birth of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and prolific author of theologic works, many of which still survive. Church tradition honors the date of…