almanac command
This page implements the COHERENT almanac command using its original data files.
See also:
almanac manual page
Fred Butzen's original C source almanac.c [7/12/88]
Data files almanac.birth, almanac.death, almanac.event [10/26/94]
Enter a month and day (e.g., "Nov 11"):
BIRTHS:
1821: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, novelist, Moscow.
1833: Alexander Borodin, chemist & composer, St. Petersburg.
1922: Kurt Vonnegut, novelist & storyteller, Indianapolis.
DEATHS:
1831: Nat Turner, leader of slave rebellion, by hanging.
1986: Vyacheslav Skryabin (Molotov), assistant to Stalin.
EVENTS:
St. Martin of Tours, bishop
Armistice Day.
1620: Mayflower Compact signed; first American constitution.
1965: Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence from Britain.
1973: Egypt & Israel declare cease fire in Sinai war.
1821: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, novelist, Moscow.
1833: Alexander Borodin, chemist & composer, St. Petersburg.
1922: Kurt Vonnegut, novelist & storyteller, Indianapolis.
DEATHS:
1831: Nat Turner, leader of slave rebellion, by hanging.
1986: Vyacheslav Skryabin (Molotov), assistant to Stalin.
EVENTS:
St. Martin of Tours, bishop
Armistice Day.
1620: Mayflower Compact signed; first American constitution.
1965: Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence from Britain.
1973: Egypt & Israel declare cease fire in Sinai war.
