Today In History

We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:

Anniversary

2017 Serena Williams marries Alexis Ohanian in New Orleans

Birthdays

1908 Burgess Meredith was born.

1916 Daws Butler was born.

1964 Dwight Gooden was born.

1967 Lisa Bonet was born.

1977 Oksana Baiul was born.

Name Days

1000 Daisy, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Greta, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Madge, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Maggie, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Maisie, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Mamie, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Margaret, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Margaretta, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Margery, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Marghanita, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Margot, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Marguerite, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Marina, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Marjorie, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Marjory, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 May, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Meg, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Megan, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Meghan, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Peggy, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

1000 Rita, from the Greek, 'a pearl'

2000 Feast Day of Margaret, from the Greek, 'a pearl'. Perhaps the most attractive St Margaret was the gentle and strong-willed English woman of noble birth who escaped to Scotland after William the Conqueror defeated the English royal house. She married Malcolm, the rather brutal King of Scotland, and bore him several children. Her personal influence affected the Scottish court for good, and she also persuaded the Church to conform to Western disciplines. She and her husband founded Dunfermline Abbey and one of her sons, David, was to become both a king and a saint. . St Margaret of Antioch, although the legend of her martyrdom is probably a romantic tale, it is very similar to that of Catherine

Tomorrow’s notable events

Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:

Date	Event
17-11-1000	Hew, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hide, : from Old German, 'battle'
17-11-1000	Hilda, : from Old German, 'battle'
17-11-1000	Hildy, : from Old German, 'battle'
17-11-1000	Huey, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hugette, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hugh, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hughes, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hughie, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hugo, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Huw, : from Old German, 'understanding'
17-11-1000	Hylda, : from Old German, 'battle'
17-11-1901	Lee Strasberg was born.
17-11-1925	Rock Hudson was born.
17-11-1938	Gordon Lightfoot was born.
17-11-1942	Martin Scorsese was born.
17-11-1943	Lauren Hutton was born.
17-11-1944	Danny DeVito was born.
17-11-1944	Lorne Michaels was born.
17-11-1944	Tom Seaver was born.
17-11-1960	RuPaul was born.
17-11-1980	Isaac Hanson was born.
17-11-2000	Feast Day of Hilda, : from Old German, 'battle'. Hilda was a noblewoman of Northumbria, christened at the age of 13 with her great-uncle, King Edwin, in 627. Her vocation to the religious life came relatively late, but when she was 33 she was installed as Abbess of a convent in Hartlepool by St Aidan. Shortly after this, Hilda founded a double monastery at Whitby which became one of the largest and most important religious foundations in Britain. The Venerable Bede writes about her and some of the eminent people who lived there, induding St John of Beverley and Caedmon, believed to be the author of the first English religious lyrics. An historic conference took place at Whitby in 664 to decide whether the English Church should follow the Celtic or Roman Church calendar. Apart from being formidably efficient and wise, Hilda was also very lovable, according to Bede
17-11-2000	Feast Day of Hugh, : from Old German, 'understanding'. St Hugh of Grenoble was the beloved bishop of that city, whose personal holiness was combined with a great determination to improve both the practical and devotional life of the people in his care. He was once a pupil of St Bruno, and it was he who gave Bruno and his companions the land to build the great Cistercian monastery at La Grande Chartreuse. His feast day is celebrated on April Fools' Day and his symbols in art are a branch and seven stars, lanterns or three flowers. St Hugh of Lincoln was, despite his name, another Frenchman, born in 1135 - three years after his compatriot's death. Like many other bishops, Hugh was appointed by a king hopeful of making friends in high places; like many other kings, Henry II was disappointed. In fact, Hugh turned out to be so firm in the defence of his people against the greed and arrogance of their royal masters that he was called 'Hammerking'. He may have called himself 'peppery' but he was greatly admired for his courage in standing up to Henry II, Richard and John. Not only did he fight royal oppression but he was remarkable for his defence of the Jews in his city at a time when persecution was common. He was known as a kind and tender man with time for the poor, for playing with children and caring for the ill. He kept many pets, induding a wild swan who would bury its head in Hugh's wide sleeves and follow him everywhere about his manor, returning to the wild when Hugh was away from home

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