The Lemuria festival was an annual event in the religion of ancient Rome, during which the Romans performed rites to exorcise any malevolent and fearful ghosts of the restless dead from their homes. These unwholesome spectres, the lemures or larvae were appeased with chants and offerings of black beans. In the Julian calendar the three days of the festival were 9, 11, and 13 of May.
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Lemuria: Spooky Roman Festival | Rest in Peace: The Lemuria Festival of the Dead
May 12, 1846: The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
May 12, 1933: President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the predecessor of the now well known FEMA.
May 12, 1941: Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
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May 12, 1943: The Bridge on the River Kwai, that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon must be completed by this date according to the POW camp commandant, Colonel Saito. Depicted in the 1957 film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai". The steel bridge was repaired and is still in use today, or at least it was when I visited back in early 90s.
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May 12th 1957: The date of birth of Neal Joseph Daniels in The Bourne Ultimatum.
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May 12, 1959: Dr. Jon Osterman first meets Janey. During the Intrinsic Field Generator accident which transformed Jon into Doctor Manhattan, he recalls past events, one of which is this day in "Watchmen" (2009)
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May 12th 1984:
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May 12, 2017: The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services, Telefónica computers and companies in Spain, Russia, the Ukraine and Taiwan.
Jan 1996:
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By 1995, the internet had an estimated 16 million users...In 1996, there were approximately 45 million people using the internet. By 1999, the number of worldwide internet users reached 150 million, and more than half of them were from the United States. In 2000, there were 407 million users in 218 of the 246 countries in the world. By 2002, there were between 600 and 800 million users (counting has become more and more inexact as the network has grown, and estimates vary). - Elon University
Internet users in 2023: 5.16 billion
Lemuria: Spooky Roman Festival | Rest in Peace: The Lemuria Festival of the Dead
May 12, 1846: The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
May 12, 1933: President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the predecessor of the now well known FEMA.
May 12, 1941: Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
May 12, 1943: The Bridge on the River Kwai, that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon must be completed by this date according to the POW camp commandant, Colonel Saito. Depicted in the 1957 film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai". The steel bridge was repaired and is still in use today, or at least it was when I visited back in early 90s.
May 12th 1957: The date of birth of Neal Joseph Daniels in The Bourne Ultimatum.
May 12, 1959: Dr. Jon Osterman first meets Janey. During the Intrinsic Field Generator accident which transformed Jon into Doctor Manhattan, he recalls past events, one of which is this day in "Watchmen" (2009)
May 12th 1984:
May 12, 2017: The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services, Telefónica computers and companies in Spain, Russia, the Ukraine and Taiwan.
Jan 1996:
By 1995, the internet had an estimated 16 million users...In 1996, there were approximately 45 million people using the internet. By 1999, the number of worldwide internet users reached 150 million, and more than half of them were from the United States. In 2000, there were 407 million users in 218 of the 246 countries in the world. By 2002, there were between 600 and 800 million users (counting has become more and more inexact as the network has grown, and estimates vary). - Elon University
Internet users in 2023: 5.16 billion
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