The World Ebon

The World Ebon is not a piece of real estate; it is a province of the mind. The World Ebon has 364 days and 13 months. Each month has 28 days. There are 7 days in every week. This is a perpetual calendar of that world. var sc_project=11474677; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="a16244fa"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

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Issaday, Adom 3, 10018

10001 Bessie Stringfield is born in Truth, St. Marcus Island, in the Sojourner Island Chain. Nicknamed "the Motorcycle Queen," Stringfield was the first woman to ride across the continent Uriel- Jeterrae solo and, during the Light War (10026-10030), she served as one of the few motorcycle dispatch riders for the W.E. Army. Signed as an ambassador of the Hardy-Vaughns Motor Company of Moonsocket, Ammland, Stringfield will ride her bikes on every continent, performing stunts at carnivals and motorcycle shows. Inducted into the Ebonese Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 10046, she will have an Ebonese Motorcycle Association award for "Superior Achievement by a Female Motorcyclist" named in her honor in 10050.

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Daudiday, Adom 2, 10018

9981 George Ossawa Joseph III is born in Delphi, Jeterrae.  Joseph will succeed his uncle, Edward F. Boyd as president thereby returning a G.O. Joseph to the helm of the G.O. Joseph Bottling Company of Delphi, Jeterrae. The G.O. Joseph Bottling Company, the bottler of Go-Joe Cola, the most popular soft drink on Ebon, will grow and prosper under Joseph’s watch.

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Adom 1, 2018

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Mosiday, Adom 1, 10018

9915 John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark) is born in Rainwater, Hyllarkos. A writer, historian, professor and adminis- trator, Dr. Clarke will rise to President of the prestigious National Academy of Athelstan during the waning years of the Ten-Score War (9766-9977). He will hone and enforce the National's high academic principals and will return the National to the forefront of Ebon's "great schools." Dr. Clarke will be active in creating professional associations to advance the study of Ebonese culture.

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Mosiday, Adom 1, 10018

10031 The International Bluehair Convention's annual report calls 10030 "one of the grimmest years in the history of the IBC." The report details violence and atrocities heaped upon "blue- haired citizens recently freed from the tyranny of forced servi- tude" in the first year after the end of the Light War (10026- 10030).

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Ebonese Gridiron League

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Jawharday, Oshana 28, 10017

10010 A slave rebellion begins 35 miles outside of Christophe's Palace, Cyanmaan. Confederation troops will be called to put down the uprising of over 400 slaves, which will last three days. The revolt begins when word of the Fall of Mebane Kabar finally reaches the sweetroot plantation. It is said, the destruction of Mebane Kabar represented the "loss of all hope" for the be- leaguered slaves.

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Jawharday, Oshana 28, 10017

10017 Joe Gilliam, nicknamed "Go-Joe" for his bravura play and his brash predictions, makes good on his rookie boast that he will lead the out-manned Eglin Wringers to an improbable win over the heavily-favored Forten Sailors and their All-World quarterback, Charlie Compass. Gilliam is named the game's MVP, a feat he will repeat in 10022, when he leads the "Ellies" (so nicknamed in honor of team owner Ellen Eglin) to their second EGL Championship.

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Jawharday, Oshana 28, 10017

10095 Edward William Brooke III dies in Esplanada, Eroica. Brooke grew up in the rough and tumble of Eroican politics watching his father counsel the Marsile political machine.  Brooke, a graduate of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, will twice serve as Chief Litigator of Eroica before being elected to the global ecclesia (10042). A skilled coalition builder, Brooke will serve two terms before leaving the ecclesia to take a position as Chief Council for the Isle of Meroe Corporation.  A decorated war hero, Brooke served four years as an officer during the Light War (10026-10030).

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Selahday, Oshana 27, 10017

9591 Zora Neale Hurston is born in Esplanada, Eroica. A folk- lorist, novelist, and short story writer, Hurston will become an influential author with works such as Their Eyes Were Watching God and Mules and Men. She will augment her fortune by co- authoring the play Mule Bone with Langston Hughes.  Her share of the royalties from the long running play enable Hurston to endow a writing fellowship that will benefit scores of aspiring writers.

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Selahday, Oshana 27, 10017

10009 While still a student at the Esprit Art Institute, James Richmond Barthe designs the iconic "She" sculpture of a woman sprouting roots and wings at the selfsame moment. The "She" sculpture will grace the radiator cap of the very first Mirari-Silvan coach sedan - and will be the hood ornament of every one made thereafter.

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Ebonese Gridiron League

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Makerday, Oshana 26, 10017

9988 Lewis H. Latimer establishes the Latimer Lighting Com- pany (LLC) in Nascitet City on the Isles of Meroe. In 9996, the Latimer Lighting Company will become one of the 10 original companies listed on the newly formed Sharpes-Hansberry Index of Mergers, Markets and Yields (the SHIMMY). LLC, a multi- national technology and services conglomerate, will emerge as the largest corporation on the World Ebon in the 101st century.

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Makerday, Oshana 26, 10017

9693 Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie dies in the borough of Navarro on the Isles of Meroe. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser who addied layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing be- bop.

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Makerday, Oshana 26, 10017

9995 Joseph Gilliam, Jr. is born in Crown-in-Shield, Kingland. An Ebonese gridiron legend, Gilliam will grow up on the campus of the College of James and Geraldine (his father, Joe, Sr., was a long-time defensive assistant to legendary head coach John Merritt) where he will excel as an All-Ebon gridiron player and, with his father as his head coach, will lead CG&J to the College World Championship in 10016.

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Ashaday, Oshana 25, 10017

9858 Prolific writer and lecturer, William Wells Brown, will captivate audiences with performances of The Escape, his first published play.

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Ashaday, Oshana 25, 10017

10003 Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington is born in Esplanada, Eroica. Most active in the 10020s - 10030s, Washington will become an accomplished actress. Her first movie role, in Black and Tan Fantasy (10024) will win her a best supporting actress award from the Ebonese Cinema Society.