Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:39:28 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r242849 - head/usr.bin/calendar/calendars Message-ID: <20121111233928.GC10902@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <DA942F60-364E-4B20-8BC2-245DF90854A2@msys.ch> References: <201211100449.qAA4n98l029415@svn.freebsd.org> <DA942F60-364E-4B20-8BC2-245DF90854A2@msys.ch>
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--jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 11 November 2012 at 21:16:11 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote: > > The date of the encounter is not clear at all. Some sources list > oct. 27, some oct. 28, and some nov. 10 > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley). I took my information from Wikipedia, the source of all wisdom. It's a pity that the German and English Wikipedias can't even agree on a date, and that other documentation says 10 November. > So this should be researched a bit more. I've done a bit of Googling and come up with Stanley's book "How I found Livingstone", http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/5/1/5/5157/5157-h/5157-h.htm It states clearly and in great detail that the encounter was on 10 November, though it contains the confusing statement: This was that famous letter bag marked 'November 1, 1870,' which was now delivered into the Doctor's hand 365 days after it left Zanzibar! That would mean 1 November. I've updated the calendar and the English and German Wikipedias, so I thought the matter was done and dusted. But that was the book, not the diary. And then I read in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley#Finding_Livingstone : This famous phrase may be a fabrication, as Stanley tore out of his diary the pages relating to the encounter. The diary is available too, but not online. I'll check. And all this for what was really just a spelling error! Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCgNy8ACgkQIubykFB6QiMxQgCZAXTMGJ7xyYtyEb7mx8BqCyfk vHoAoJWfl1uMBnYfZLSBwiqph4o0S81k =0ENh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw--
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