30 January 2013

didaskaleinophobia

[did-azk-uhl-lahyn-oh-foh-bee-uh]

noun

– fear of going to school.

Today’s aphorism

‘Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted’.

– John Lennon

On this day

30 January 1648 – signing of the Peace of Munster, between the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Spain and was officially ratified on the 15 May 1648. This treaty was the first in a series of peace treaties known as the Peace of Westphalia which paved the way for the modern sovereign state. The second being the Treaty of Munster and the Treaty of Munster, both signed on 24 October 1648.

30 January 1948 – assassination of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi.

30 January 1972 – ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Derry, Northern Ireland when 26 unarmed protesters were shot by British soldiers, killing 13 instantly, with a 14th dying some months later from his injuries. Seventeen were injured. John Lennon recorded a song about the incident, entitled ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday‘, which appeared on his ‘Sometime in New York City‘ album.