♀ 24 March 12023 is Memorial Day (Argentina). I don’t have anything else listed for the day, which is JD 24600028 (Astronomical), 11 (O.S.) or 24 (N.S.) March 2023 (Christian), 15 Paremhat 1739 (Coptic), 15 Megabit 2015 (Ethopian), 4 Caitra 1945 (Indian), 5 Farvardin 1402 (Iranian), 3 Ramadan 1444 (Islamic), and 3 Nisan 5783 (Jewish). (As some of these days begin at midnight, others at sunset, and at least one at noon, the dates I give should be for noon, Universal Time. Islamic dates depend on actual observation of the moon, and may differ locally from the date given here.)
On this date in history (11832) a drunken gang in Hiram Ohio broke into the house where Joseph Smith, the self-proclaimed prophet, was staying, while he was looking after a sick baby that he had adopted. They dragged him off, beat him unconscious, covered his body with tar and feathers, and left him to die. Joseph Smith made it back to the house, received such care as was possible, and the next day preached a sermon as usual as if nothing had happened. Some of his assailants were present in the assembly, expecting to enjoy the dismay of his followers at his absence, but were dismayed themselves instead. Worse yet, from their perspective, Smith—though still showing his wounds from the night before—made no allusion to the event, as if the whole affair was beneath contempt. Not a great moment for vigilante justice, seemingly.
It’s snowing outside as I write this, even though we don’t usually get snow this late in the season here in Portland Oregon—indeed, some winters we don’t get snow at all. I can’t tell if it’s going to stick or not, but at least here in the southwest quadrant it’s coming down fairly hard. We’ll just have to see what happens, I guess.
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