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Today is the Yuan Xiao festival, also called Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival is the first full moon night of the new Lunar year calendar. This is the 15th day of the Lunar Festival; it marks the end of the New Year celebrations, marking the return of spring and symbolizing the reunion of family. ThereContinue reading “And just like that – it’s over”

February 15, 1987 – Broadcast over the course of seven nights, Amerika, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Amerika sparked much controversy from many camps long before it even aired. Many liberals dismissed the mini-series as right wing paranoia, while many conservatives complained that the Soviet brutality that was depicted was seriously underplayed. Several re-writesContinue reading “Amerika premiered”

February 14, 1990 –The Pale Blue Dot photograph of planet Earth was taken on this date, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 3. 7 billion miles (6 billion kms). In the photograph, Earth’s apparent size is less than a pixel; the planet appears as a tiny dot against theContinue reading “We are truly but stardust.”

February 14, 1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, with her breathless voice, takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. (Haven’t you always found it strange that Marylin Monroe and Jackie Kennedy basically had the same voice?) It was estimated that hundreds of millions of people saw the program, making it the mostContinue reading “White House Tour”

Tomorrow is Lantern’s Day and it marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday. The day before the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Display stages are built in the open square in the front of temples. People bring their decorated lanterns to the display stage for the competition. Some lanterns might take more than aContinue reading “Today is the 14th Day of The Lunar New Year Festival –”

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. While you’re drink your Valentine Day cocktail alone, opine upon this – When Rome was first founded, wild and bloodthirsty wolves roamed the woods around the city. They often attacked and mauled and even devoured RomanContinue reading “Keep love in your heart.”

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February 13, 1960 –France conducted its first nuclear test, code-named ‘Gerboise Bleue‘ (Blue Desert Rat). The day marked the beginning of a series of four atmospheric nuclear tests at the Reganne Oasis, in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. The test also sets France on the path to building the country’s nuclear capacity, acquiring nuclear aircraft,Continue reading “France gets the bomb”

World Radio Day which raises awareness about the importance of radio and strengthens networking among broadcasters and listeners. Now in its tenth year, the celebration is bigger than ever. In 2022 the theme for this year’s World Radio Day is “Radio and Trust“. < Created by UNESCO, World Radio Day was first celebrated in 2012,Continue reading “World Radio Day”

February 13, 2000 –Two days after Charles M Schulz died, February 11, the last original Peanuts comic strip was printed in newspapers. By February 13th, 2000, 17897 Peanuts comic strips had been published, and remains the most popular comic of all time. And so it goes