World History this day
1777 -- Captain Cook "discovered" Kiritimati roughly 240 years after Hernando de Grijalva did. It wasn't nuked until the 1950s
1914 -- The "Christmas truce" began
1941 -- Benghazi was conquered by British troops
1943 -- Ike was named Supreme Allied Commander for Normandy
1951 -- Libya became independent
US History this day
1814 -- Britain and the US signed the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812
1851 -- The Library of Congress burned
1865 -- The Ku Klux Klan was formed.
1973 -- District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed - a hint of partial Democracy for the residents.
Science & Technology this day
1906 -- Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast.
1968 -- Apollo 8 orbited the moon, carrying the first humans to do so
The Arts this day
759 -- The poet Du Fu left for Chengdu.
1818 -- The first performance of "Silent Night"
1871 -- Aida opened in Cairo
1913 -- The Italian Hall disaster/massacre
Misc. this day
Birthdays of Note this day
1726 -- Johann Hartmann, composer
1731 -- Julie Bondeli, salonist and lady of letters
1818 -- James Prescott Joule, physicist
1868 -- Emanuel Lasker, chess player
1893 -- Harry Warren, pianist and composer
1898 -- Baby Dodds, drummer
1910 -- Fritz Leiber, author and poet
1914 -- Ralph Marterie, trumpet player and bandleader
1924 -- Lee Dorsey, singer and songwriter
1927 -- Mary Higgins Clark, author
1930 -- Robert Joffrey, dancer and choreographer
1931 -- Mauricio Kagel, composer
1934 -- John Critchinson, pianist and composer
1941 -- Mike Hazlewood, singer and songwriter
1944 -- Woody Shaw, trumpeter
1945 -- Lemmy, singer, songwriter and bass playe
1946 -- Jan Akkerman, guitarist and songwriter
1950 -- Libby Larsen, composer
1963 -- Mary Ramsey, singer, songwriter, and violinist
1968 -- Doyle Bramhall II, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Deaths of Note this day
1524 -- Vasco da Gama, explorer
1914 -- John Muir, geologist and botanist, founded the Sierra Club
1931 -- Flying Hawk, warrior, chief and educator, look him up
1935 -- Alban Berg, composer
1971 -- Maria Koepcke, ornithologist and zoologist
1997 -- Toshiro Mifune, played many Archetypal man bun wearers
2014 -- Buddy DeFranco, clarinet player
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How to Wear a Man Bun, Lesson 1
How to Wear a Man Bun, Lesson 2
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So now some music
Silent Night Revisited
Aida
Libya
Baby Dodds
Lee Dorsey
Mauricio Kagel
Woody Shaw
Lemmy
Buddy DeFranco,
BONUS:
Mauricio Kagel
Buddy DeFranco
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