On This Day
1759 – French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec were agreed upon between Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, King’s Lieutenant, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, and General George Townshend on behalf of the French and British crowns during the Seven Years’ War. They were signed on 18 September 1759, shortly after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.[1]
All 11 demands of De Ramsay were granted by the British Army: the honors of war, the protection of the civilians and their properties, the free exercise of the Roman Catholic religion, etc. Several months later, on 28 April 1760, the French Royal Army attempted to retake Quebec City, at the Battle of Sainte-Foy. Although victorious in battle, the French were unable to retake the city due to a lack of naval support. He was prompted to lift the siege after the French Navy was defeated at the Battle of Neuville.
Nearly a year after the Articles of Capitulation for Quebec was signed, the government of New France capitulated in Montreal after a two month British campaign on 8 September 1760.
Born On This Day
1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
Marilyn Lorraine “Lynn” Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American fantasy author.
Background
Born in Peekskill, New York,[1] Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel (an insurance manager) and Doris Lorraine (a homemaker; maiden name, De Wees).[citation needed] She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major.[1] She earned a A.B. (1969) and an M.A. (1971) in European history,[2] but shifted to computer programming as a profession “when my advisor pointed out that, given the natural rise and fall of demographic curves, tenured university faculty positions were going to be as scarce as hen’s teeth for the next twenty-five years and my education was turning into an expensive hobby. (He was right, too.)”[3] She had married Ralph Dressler July 14, 1969; they were divorced October 31, 1972.[4] During this period she also became a member of science fiction fandom.
Move to Michigan; accident and aftermath
In 1976, after a stint as a programmer for insurance companies, and work on the state task force involved in documenting the New York City bankruptcy crisis, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] In January 1977, she was injured in an automobile accident while going to pick up Gordon R. Dickson, who was to be a Guest of Honor at that year’s ConFusion.[1] The guilt-ridden Dickson volunteered to assist her by reading and critiquing her work (she’d been writing since childhood).[1] The manuscript he helped her with became Daughter of the Bright Moon.[1]
Publication and marriage
Abbey began publishing in 1979 with Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story “The Face of Chaos,” in Thieves’ World, the first part of the Thieves World shared world anthology.
On August 28, 1982 she married Robert Asprin, editor of the Thieves World books, and became his co-editor. She also contributed to other shared world series during the 1980s, including Heroes in Hell and Merovingen Nights.
She began writing for TSR, Inc. around 1994 while continuing to write novels and editing anthologies. Her works for TSR include stories set in the Forgotten Realms and the Dark Sun settings. Lynn Abbey wrote for TSR’s Dark Sun series starting with The Brazen Gambit. Further novels in the series include The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King, a novel exploring the topic of genocide, a central theme in the ancient history of Athas, the world on which the Dark Sun setting takes place. Along with Cinnabar Shadows, all three of Abbey’s books written for the Athasian setting take place in and around the City-state of Urik.[5]
Divorce and moves
Abbey and Asprin divorced in 1993 and Abbey moved to Oklahoma City.[1] She continued to write novels during this period, including original works as well as tie-ins to role playing games for TSR.[1] In 2002, she returned to Thieves World with the novel Sanctuary and also began editing new anthologies, beginning with Turning Points. In 2006, she was a writer on Green Ronin’s version of Thieves World.[6][7] She has lived in Leesburg, Florida since 1997.[8]
FYI
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
After spending several years as assistant editor of Instrument Practice, Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics in 1961, where he produced the first slimline electronic pocket calculator in 1972 (the Sinclair Executive). Sinclair later moved into the production of home computers and produced the Sinclair ZX80, the UK’s first mass-market home computer for less than £100, and later, with Sinclair Research, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum. The latter is widely recognised by consumers and programmers for its importance in the early days of the British and wider European home computer industry, as well as helping to give birth to the British video game industry. Among other honours, Sinclair was knighted in 1983 for his contributions to the personal computer industry in the UK.
Sinclair was also recognized for several commercial failures, including the Sinclair Radionics Black Watch wristwatch, the Sinclair Vehicles C5 battery electric vehicle, and the Sinclair Research TV80 flatscreen CRT handheld television set. The failure of the C5 along with a weakened computer market forced Sinclair to sell most of his companies by 1986. Through 2010, Sinclair concentrated on personal transport, including the A-bike, a folding bicycle for commuters, and the Sinclair X-1, a revised version of the C5 electric vehicle but which never made it to market.
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