Gotham Hawkeye

Unremunerative miscellany, mostly historical

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I live in New York City but was born and raised in Iowa.
I blog about history and other unremunerative interests.

Ukraine Asks You to Send Aid and Pray Psalm 31

March 1, 2022

Jews and Christians in solidarity in Ukraine are reciting Psalm 31, and you are invited to pause and do the same aloud, or responsively with others,1 whatever your personal philosophy or faith. 1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;* let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Incline … More Ukraine Asks You to Send Aid and Pray Psalm 31

The Marcellus Day Floods

January 16, 2022

On January 16, 1362, the Second Saint Marcellus Day Flood peaked. The storm and flood killed some 25,000–60,000 people along North Sea coastal areas in Europe. Also on January 16, in 1219, the First Saint Marcellus’s Day Flood peaked. It killed some 36,000–75,000 people, mostly along the coasts of West Friesland and Groningen (both areas … More The Marcellus Day Floods

First Website Goes Live

December 20, 2021

The first website went live on December 20, 1990, created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, in Switzerland, using the world’s first web browser. The website was also a web page editor named WorldWideWeb, also written by Berners-Lee along with others including Bernd Pollermann, Robert Cailliau, Jean-François Groff, and Nicola Pellow. That first-ever website is still … More First Website Goes Live