Here are her notes on Wednesday, August 2. The notes for the previous days are below the horizontal line…
8/2 (Wednesday)
The Moon at perigee WED, 02 AUG 2023 AT 05:52 UTC (In-The-Sky). The Moon will reach the closest point along its orbit to the Earth and will appear slightly larger than at other times.
• New Albion (Wikipedia) abandoned: “Sailing away on 23 July and leaving behind no colony, Drake eventually circumnavigated the globe and returned to England in September 1580.” Date: 23 July 1579 (Julian) = 2 August (Convert a date), 444 years ago
• United States Declaration of Independence: On this day, the Declaration of Independence is officially signed (Constitution Center). August 2, 1776, is one of the most important but least celebrated days in American history when 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 247 years or 2964 months ago -> Strong’s Greek: 2964. kuroó: to make valid, Usage: I ratify, confirm, make valid, reaffirm, assure. Galatians 3:15 Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
• Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President. -> The ‘strange’ death of President Warren G. Harding (PBS NewsHour). Date: 2 August 1923, the 100th anniversary of his death. Warren G. Harding – a forgotten Zionist hero (The Jerusalem Post).
• Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg (HISTORY) on 2 August 1934, 89 years ago
• Einstein–Szilard letter (Wikipedia), Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard [lion + lizards] wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. Date: 2 August 1939, 84 years ago
• World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference (Wikipedia) Representatives from the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered to decide how to administer Germany,… The goals of the conference also included establishing the postwar order…Truman had mentioned an unspecified “powerful new weapon” to Stalin during the conference. Date: 2 August 1945, 78 years ago
• The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Wikipedia) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It consisted of a confrontation on August 2, 1964 [59 years ago], when United States forces were carrying out covert operations close to North Vietnamese territorial waters and North Vietnamese forces responded.
• Iraq invades Kuwait (HISTORY) on August 2, 1990, at about 2 a.m. local time, 33 years ago
• Pope Francis prayed at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, visited the Dome of the Rock (CBS News, vatican.va). Date: 26 May 2014, 9 years 69 days on 8/3 or 8/2 (inclusive).
• King Charles III, (then Prince of Wales) launched a new global initiative, The Great Reset (World Economic Forum), Date: 3 June 2020, 38 months ago (inclusive) or on 8/3.
Chinese calendar: 6th Month 16 (6/16)-> 616 is the alternate “Number of the Beast”.
• Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party nominee for president (CNN). Date: 19 July 2016 = 6th month 16, year of the Monkey, 7 Chinese years ago-> Note that the video time is 7:11 PM = 19:11
- Donald Trump mixes up ‘9/11’ with ‘7/11’ (CNN)
- In the video, Donald Trump Jr. says (a bit clumsily): “It is my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegate count…” (CNN) -> Strong’s Greek 1911. epiballó: to throw over, to throw
• Bashar al-Assad (Wikipedia), the 19th and current president of Syria. Assumed office: 17 July 2000 = 6th Month 16, year of the Dragon
After sunset 
~ 3 August
Jewish calendar: 16 Av (5/16 or 11/16)
Strong’s Greek: 1116. Gomorra: Gomorrah, one of the cities near the Dead Sea
Strong’s Hebrew: 1116. bamah: a high place
Amos 5:16… “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets.
• Janet Yellen (Wikipedia), the 78th United States secretary of the treasury Born: 13 August 1946 = 16 Av, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., her 77th birthday.
• The Trotsky Assassination (HISTORY), Leon Trotsky (Wikipedia) Lev Davidovich Bronstein, was a Russian revolutionary,… Along with Vladimir Lenin, he was a central figure in the October Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union. He was attacked on 20 August 1940 = 16 Av and died of his injuries the following day.
Islamic calendar: 16 Muharram (1/16)
• Palestine Liberation organization -> founding (Wikipedia) The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 1964 = Muharram 16, 1384 AH., 61 Islamic years ago
(After concluding the meeting, the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated “complementary goals” were Arab unity and the liberation of Palestine.)
Here are her notes on Sunday, July 30…
7/30 (Sunday)
Julian 7/17 [the Calendar Emoji 
shows 17 July]
Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower (In-The-Sky) [It peaks on Sunday]
α-Capricornid meteor shower (In-The-Sky.org) [It peaks on Sunday too, so watch for Artemis Rodfall]
Navy Day (Russia) (Wikipedia), is national holiday in the Russian Federation and a senior holiday in the Russian Armed Forces, in connection with the Battle of Gangut (Wikipedia) between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. It was the first important victory of the Russian fleet in its history. Celebrated: on the last Sunday of July
• Death of Bismarck (Wikipedia, History Today), Otto von Bismarck was the first chancellor of Germany with the creation of the North German Confederation and later the German Empire. Date: 30 July 1898, 125 years ago (5x5x5)
• Black Tom explosion (Wikipedia) was an act of sabotage by agents of the German Empire (state-sponsored terrorism), to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I. This incident, which happened prior to U.S. entry into World War I, also damaged the Statue of Liberty. It was one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in history. Date: 30 July 1916, 107 years ago
• Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri (Wikipedia, Defens
• Jerusalem Law (Wikipedia), is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Knesset on 30 July 1980. Although the law did not use the term, the Israeli Supreme Court interpreted the law as an effective annexation of East Jerusalem. The United Nations Security Council condemned the attempted change in status to Jerusalem and ruled the law “null and void” in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478.
• Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism (CNN). Date: 22 May 2017, 6 years, 69 days or 6 years, 9 weeks, 6 days ago
• Pope Francis prayed at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, visited the Dome of the Rock (CBS News, vatican.va). Date: 26 May 2014, 9 years, 66 days ago (inclusive) or on 7/31.
Julian calendar:
• The Battle of Nahrawan (Wikipedia) was fought between the army of Caliph Ali and the rebel group Kharijites on 17 July 658 CE (Julian). Ali was assassinated by a Kharijite in January 661, [about the Assassination of Ali your blog: 9 April 2023].
Ismail I (Wikipedia), also known as Shah Ismail, was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings… His reign is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires… During Ismail’s reign, the first steps for the Habsburg–Persian alliance were set as well, with Charles V and Ludwig II of Hungary being in contact with a view to combining against the common Ottoman Turkish enemy. He was born on 17 July 1487 (Julian).
After sunset :
Islamic calendar: 13 Muharram [converter]
Jewish calendar: 13 Av
• 1963 demonstrations in Iran (Wikipedia), the 15 Khordad uprising, were protests in Iran against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after his denouncement of Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Israel. Protests were crushed -> religious opposition-> Fifteen years later, Khomeini was to lead the Iranian Revolution which overthrew the Shah and the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran. Date: 5 and 6 June 1963 = Muharram 12 or 13 1383 AH [62 Islamic years ago] -> on its 17th Islamic anniversary Ruhollah Khomeini (Wikipedia) became the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran on 3 December 1979 = Muharram 13 1400 AH, 45 Islamic years ago.
• The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (Wikipedia) was a peace treaty between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74 with many concessions to Russia. Signed: 21 July 1774, in Küçük Kaynarca (today Kaynardzha, Bulgaria) = 13 Av, 249 Jewish years ago
Here are her notes on Monday, July 31…
Ezekiel 1-1 (NLT)
On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
• The Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola (Jesuits), he died on this day [the Julian calendar] in the year 1556, it’s the 467th anniversary of his death. [467 is the 91st prime, this is the “McCarthy 91 function” I started watching.]
• The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 countdown [They are counting down: Countdown is on, Fox Weather]. Date: 8 April 2024, 8 months 8 days away on this day.
• US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, he also made a historic speech at the Knesset (abc NEWS). It was his first trip to the Middle East.
Date: 23 January 2018, 2016 days or 66 months 9 days ago (inclusive) or on 8/1.
• Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri (Wikipedia, Defens
After sunset ~ 1 August
Jewish calendar: 14 Av
• 2020 Beirut explosion (Wikipedia), a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. Date: Tuesday, 4 August 2020 = 14 Av = Chinese 6th Month 15 (*)
This event occurred on Obama’s birthday but also on this day on the Jewish calendar ->
2014 Turkish presidential election (Wikipedia) Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected outright with an absolute majority of the vote in the first round on 10 August 2014 = 14 Av, 9 Jewish years ago.
*[Just my observation: On the Chinese calendar it was 6th Month 15 -> Xi Jinping was born 6/15 Gregorian. On the Islamic calendar Dhuʻl-Hijjah 14 (12/14) -> Ebrahim Raisi was born 12/14 Gregorian. I feel it works like this but I need more observations.]
technical note: Chinese calendar (Wikipedia) “Day (日; rì), from one midnight to the next” -> in 2023 Chinese 6th Month 15 = 1 August.
more 7/31 (Monday)
Julian calendar: 18 July
• Nero’s Rome burns (HISTORY, Great Fire of Rome – Wikipedia). The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city beginning on July 18 in the year 64 [= 15 Av (Convert a date)]. Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman emperor, Nero, either started the fire or played the fiddle while it burned. Still, he did use the disaster to further his political agenda.
Hitler’s Decree Concerning Demolitions in the Reich Territory has subsequently become known as the Nero Decree (Wikipedia), after the Roman Emperor Nero, who, according to an apocryphal story, engineered the Great Fire of Rome.
Roman festivals (Wikipedia) -> list of festivals by month, Quintilis 18: a dies ater (“black day,” meaning a day of ill omen) marking the defeat of the Romans by the Gauls at the Battle of the Allia in 390 BC, leading to the sack of Rome by the Gauls.
Here are her notes on Tuesday, August 1…
8/1 (Tuesday)
Full Moon TUE, 01 AUG 2023 AT 18:31 UTC (In-The-Sky) = 6:31(*) PM, 18:31 is 1111 minutes or 66,660 seconds into the day [time-calculator]. The Full Moon in August is named after North America’s largest fish, the sturgeon. Other names for this Full Moon include Grain Moon, Corn Moon, Lynx Moon, and Lightning Moon (timeanddate).
• The UK administered the first COVID-19 vaccine in the world, outside of clinical trials.
UK woman [originally from Northern Ireland] becomes first in world to receive Pfizer jab (The Guardian) Margaret Keenan received the jab at 6:31 (*) AM on 8 December 2020.
On the same day -> Former Israeli space security chief says extraterrestrials exist, and Trump knows about it (NBC news), both 966 days ago.
*Strong’s Hebrew: 631. asar: to tie, bind, imprison
Strong’s Greek: 631. apomassó: to wipe off
• The Chinese Civil War (Wikipedia) was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, and ending with Communist control of mainland China. It began with the Nanchang Uprising(Wikipedia), 96 years ago
China’s Army Day, PLA Day (Wikipedia) is a professional military holiday celebrated by the People’s Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China on 1 August. It commemorates of the founding of the PLA during the 1927 Nanchang Uprising.
• Armed Forces Day in Syria (timeanddate)
• Lebanese Armed Forces (Wikipedia) were founded on 1 August 1945.
• First White Terror (Wikipedia) The White Terror was a period during the French Revolution in 1795 when a wave of violent attacks swept across much of France. The victims of this violence were people identified as being associated with the Reign of Terror – followers of Robespierre and Marat, and members of local Jacobin clubs. -> Timeline of events leading to the White Terror: 1 August 1794 – Arrest of Jacobin Terrorist Fouquier-Tinville. The Convention repeals the Law of 22 Prairial.
• Iran: The White Revolution (Wikipedia) or the Shah and People Revolution was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernization in Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which lasted until 1979, 60 years, 6 months, 6 days ago -> 666
• Former US vice president Mike Pence toured Hebron and visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs. (The Times of Israel) Mufti slams Pence for ‘storming’ Tomb of the Patriarchs. (The Jerusalem Post). Date: 9 March 2022, 511 days ago (inclusive) or in 8/2
• Donald Trump (Wikipedia), served as the 45th president of the United States
Born: 14 June 1946, at 10:54 AM = 0.45… days, 77 years, 7 weeks old (inclusive) or on 8/2.
• Mark Antony (Wikipedia) died on 1 August 30 BC (aged 53).
• Sabbatai Zevi (Wikipedia), was a Jewish mystic and ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey). A kabbalist of Romaniote or Sephardic origin, Zevi, who was active throughout the Ottoman Empire, claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. He was the founder of the Sabbatean movement. Born: 1 August 1626