OK, y'all stop giggling. There is or was a National Kindness Day, now seemingly subsumed within World Kindness Day. Its Objective (Ahem) is, in part:
World Kindness Day is to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us. Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition which bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.
I said to stop giggling, dammit! This is serious business. Well, it could be, at any rate, probably should be. We do need at least an awareness day to distract us from the constant wars, empire building, and warmongering. "Peace, Bro", heh.
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On this day in history:
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1887 – Bloody Sunday, the Army and police attacked protesters in London, who fought back
1918 – The Allies occupied Constantinople
1927 – The Holland Tunnel began carrying traffic
1940 – Fantasia was released 1
956 – The Supremes struck down Alabama's laws requiring segregated buses
1966 – Israel launched an attack on the village of As-Samu
1982 – Boom-Boom Mancini beat Duk Koo Kim who soon after died
1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C, was dedicated
2001 – GWB authorized military tribunals against foreigners suspected of links to terrorist acts or plans or thoughts
2002 – Iraq agreed to the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 2015 – Paris terror attacks
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Some people who were born on this day:
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
~~ Louis Brandeis
1699 – Jan Zach, violinist, organist, and composer
1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, Germany's first female PhD and first female MD
1814 – Joseph Hooker, general famous for camp followers known as Hooker's Ladies, or, more simply, Hookers
1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, author and poet
1856 – Louis Brandeis, jurist
1869 – Helene Stocker, feminist, pacifist, and gender activist
1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, biochemist
1894 – Bennie Moten, pianist and bandleader
1921 – Joonas Kokkonen, pianist & composer
1934 – Jimmy Fontana, singer, songwriter, and actor
1939 – Idris Muhammad, drummer and composer
1940 – Baby Washington, singer
1942 – John P. Hammond, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Timmy Thomas, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player
1945 – Bobby Manuel, guitarist and producer
1945 – Knut Riisnaes, saxophonist, flautist and composer
1947 – Toy Caldwell, guitarist and songwriter
1947 – Amory Lovins, physicist and environmentalist
1949 – Terry Reid, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Roger Ingram, trumpet player
1969 – Josh Mancell, drummer and composer
1973 – Ari Hoenig, drummer and composer
1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, bassist
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Some people who died on this day:
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
~~ Camille Pissaro
1460 – Prince Henry the Navigator, prince, navigator
1903 – Camille Pissarro, painter
1955 – Bernard DeVoto, historian
1974 – Karen Silkwood, activist
1996 – Bill Doggett, pianist and composer
2004 – John Balance, singer and songwriter
2016 – Leon Russell, musician, singer, songwriter, mad dog, wrecking crew
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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: World Kindness Day
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Today's Tunes
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Fantasia
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Boom Boom Mancini
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Jan Zach
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Joseph Hooker
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Bennie Moten
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Jimmy Fontana
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Idris Muhammad
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Baby Washington
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John P. Hammond
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Bobby Manuel
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Knut Riisnaes
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Toy Caldwell
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Terry Reid
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Roger Ingram
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Josh Mancell
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Ari Hoenig
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Nikolai Fraiture
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Bill Doggett
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John Balance
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Leon Russell
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Leon Russell
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
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Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com Open Thread, kindness, Fantasia, Dorothea Erxleben, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bill Doggett, Leon Russell, Camille Pissaro