Turning 94

Yesterday we went to Miltons great grand mom who turned 94 years old. Still going on strong and taking care of business in her own apartment she invited us for The, Sandwiches, Cake and Ice-Cream. I like the fact that she was born when World War I broke out. It really makes you think about wars and conflicts humankind have faced and endured. We got the WWI, WWII, Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Taliban War, the Great Depression, the Holocaust and all the falls in the likes of Soviet Union and Eastern Germany. Let's not forget about things like TV, Computer and the fact that USA had it's Twenty-Eighth President, Woodrow Wilson, (1913-1921) . The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 will be number 56.

1914:

• World War I starts after the assasination of Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
• Conditioned Reflex, discovered by Pavlov (Russia)
• Military Tank, invented by Swinton (England) [H.G. Wells prophecy]
• Panama Canal opens for shipping business (it cost $366 million and about 6000 human lifes)
• Robert A. Goddard begins rocket experiments in Massachusetts.
• Triode Modulation Radio Transmitter, invented by Alexanderson (USA)
• The Swede Enoch Thuling flies in four days, with stops, from Paris to Landskrona.
• Selma Lagerlöf is chosen in to the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademin) as the first woman.
• The Swedish government unemploymentcomission (svenska statens arbetslöshetskommission AK) is formed.
• The Swedish government monopolices tobacco production in "AB Svenska Tobaksmonopolet" and introduces tobacco tax.
• Sweden gets a deportation law.

Well yesterday we didn't talk past. We talk about life in general. Even Milton got a present. Great Grand mom gave him a floating book, shaped like a boat :) Elina worked in the stables so she missed out but she'll be there for number 95 :)