Trivia Of The Day September 30

The name "Texas" comes from "tejas", a Native American word meaning "friends" or "allies".

The chaffinch's lifespan is usually only 3 years, The maximum recorded age is 15 years and 6 months for one in Switzerland.

Chaffinch Pixabay

Whilst at Downing Street, Margaret Thatcher had a pet cat called Wilberforce whom she doted on. She even bought him back a tin of sardines after a visit to Moscow.

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Happy Birthday September 30

Truman Capote was born on September 30, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, he is especially famed for his novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood. 

Truman Capote in 1959

Capote's life was marked by several scandals, most notably the fallout from the publication of Answered Prayers, an unfinished novel that revealed intimate details about his friends and acquaintances in high society. This betrayal led to his social ostracization. 

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Today Is September 30

Jerome of Stridon, commonly known as Saint Jerome, was a Latin priest, theologian, and historian. His feast day is September 30.

In 405, Jerome completed the most important of his works; a version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew text, Prior to Jerome's Vulgate, all Latin translations of the Old Testament had been based on the Septuagint not the Hebrew.

His Vulgate Bible became the standard Bible of the western world throughout the Middle Ages and the basis for many translations.

Saint Jerome by Matthias Stom, 1635

Jerome died near Bethlehem on September 30, 420.  He is recognized as the patron saint of translators, librarians and encyclopedists.

In art, Jerome is often represented as one of the four Latin doctors of the Church along with Augustine, Ambrose, and Pope Gregory I.

On This Day September 30

A Boston dentist called William T.G. Morton (1819-68) is attributed with the initial discovering of general anesthesia for use in the medical field. In the mid 1840s, at the suggestion of his landlord Professor Charles Jackson, Morton started to experiment with using ether to anesthetize a patient before extracting a tooth. After trial runs on himself, his dog and a goldfish, Morton painlessly extracted a tooth from a patient, Eben Frost, after administering ether on September 30, 1846.

Re-enactment of the first public demonstration of general anesthesia by William T. G. Morton

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Trivia Of The Day September 29

Despite being of great weight, the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope had a passion for fox hunting, and two or three times a week he went hunting on a cart horse leaving destruction everywhere.

Trollope hunting by Gemini

Chrysler introduced the first commercially available car power steering system on the 1951 Chrysler Imperial  

A 3,300-year-old discovery in China was announced in June 2014 as the world's oldest trousers. They were found at the Yanghai cemetery in Turpan, Xinjiang, western China. Made of wool, the trousers had straight legs and wide crotches.

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Happy Birthday September 29

Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine Suckling. A weak, sickly child, when he was sent to sea at the age of 12 as a midshipman on the Raisonnable Horatio was so lonely and homesick, he was nicknamed "Poor Horace Captain."

Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott

Nelson commanded the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories. During the Battle of Trafalgar, his greatest victory, he was killed by a French sniper. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.

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Today Is September 29

"World Heart Day" was founded by the World Heart Federation in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and strokes are the world’s leading causes of death, It is celebrated on September 29 every year.

By Blausen Medical Communications, Inc

Worldwide, 17.3 million people die every year from heart disease or stroke, which account for 31 per cent of all deaths.

Shoveling snow is a known trigger for heart attacks. Some hospitals even prepare for more cardiac related visits after a large snowfall.