36,000 days ago: Event triggering World War I

June 28, 1914

World War I, the great wrong turn of modern history, began with a wrong turn.

2013 is Beginning

2013 is here.

2012 is Ending

Goodbye 2012.

2012 Predictions Revisited

January

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.0 introduces a completely new approach to securing a device, making each person’s device even more personal — Face Unlock is a new screen-lock option that lets users unlock their devices with their faces. It takes advantage of the device front-facing camera and state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to register a face during setup and then to recognize it again when unlocking the device. Users just hold their devices in front of their faces to unlock, or use a backup PIN or pattern.

Merry Secularization

It turns out that "Merry Christmas" is a legacy of the book that also "did help to secularize Christmas in a lot of ways."

Irony!

15,000 Days: Last Mass

On 15 October 1971, the few remaining Chagossians held a last Mass in the island's one church.



Wikipedia: Depopulation of Diego Garcia

American Diabetes Month

S.Res. 327: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month
Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this preamble as ``CDC''), nearly 26,000,000 people of the United States have diabetes and 79,000,000 people of the United States have pre-diabetes

International Bridge 50th Anniversary

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the International Bridge at Sault St. Marie stands as an enduring, visible reminder of the connection Michigan has with our neighbor to the north. This nearly 2-mile expanse, quite literally, brings communities in Michigan and Canada closer together, forging a mutually beneficial partnership in the process. To commemorate the construction of the bridge, a new, patriotic lighting scheme will be introduced on the American side of the bridge this week.