House of Olaf was a Swedish dynasty which ruled Denmark in the early 10th century. ( 9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...
1936 - In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill.
By the time he sat down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
1992 - Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc. was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California for $650,000 and is held hostage in a rented house in Hollister, California.
Mildly Malevolent is skeptical about the coffee house analogy, but like him, I find the Economist piece's point about coffee as the anti-alcohol interesting.
I don't know whether I'm in a coffee house or a library, but it seems like where I ought to be.
I grew up in a rather traditional German-American family which allowed no tree in the house before Christmas Eve and it promptly came down on New Year's Day.
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