Peru ~ "Lima Foundation Day" All sorts of parades, dancing, fireworks..... the whole nine-yards!!


1733 ~ The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.


1778 ~ Captain James Cook came across the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).


1782 ~ Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.


1788 ~ The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.


1912 ~ The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first. (typical, ain't it.... WE celebrate this a day EARLY!!)


1943 ~ The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind