What to say, both Vivaldi and Mama Africa were born on March 4.
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On this day in history:
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0852 -- The first known written mention of the Croats
1238 – The Battle of the Sit River
1493 -- Christopher Columbus safely returned to Lisbon
1461 -- Henry VI was deposed by the eventual Edward IV.
1519 -- Cortes arrived in Mexico
1675 -- John Flamsteed became England's first Royal Astronomer
1681 -- Charles II gave Pennsylvania to William Penn***
1789 -- The first US Congress met and put the Constitution into effect
1789 -- The US Bill of Rights was drafted and proposed to the US Congress
1794 -- The 11th Amendment was passed by the US Congress.
1804 -- Irish convicts rebelled against British authority in New South Wales.
1848 -- The Statuto Albertino (first constitution of Italy) was signed
1882 -- Britain's first electric trams
1913 -- The Department of Labor is formed originally (allegedly) to help workers
1917 -- Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the House
1933 -- Frances Perkins became the first female Cabinet member
1960 – The freighter La Coubre was blown up in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approved a blood test for HIV infection
1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wi caused the evacuation of 2,300 people
1998 – The Supremes ruled that laws banning sexual harassment applied when both parties are the same sex (Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services)
*** Even though he had no legitimate rights, title or interest therein
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Some people who were born on this day:
If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best?
~~ Garrett Morgan
1394 -- Henry the Navigator, explorer
1602 – Kanō Tan'yū, painter
1678 -- Antonio Vivaldi, violinist and composer
1745 -- Casimir Pulaski, general, father of US cavalry
1778 -- Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist commander
1822 -- Jules Antoine Lissajous, physicist and mathematician
1826 -- Theodore Judah, engineer
1854 – Napier Shaw, meteorologist and academic
1877 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor and community leader
1881 – Richard C. Tolman, physicist and chemist
1903 – John Scarne, magician and author
1904 -- George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist
1906 -- Avery Fisher, violinist, engineer, and founder of Fisher Electronics
1908 – T. R. M. Howard, surgeon and activist
1908 – Thomas Shaw, singer and guitarist
1913 – Taos Amrouche, singer and author
1914 – Robert R. Wilson, physicist, sculptor, and architect
1921 – Halim El-Dabh, composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator
1926 -- Don Rendell, sax, flute, and clarinet player
1932 -- Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa
1932 – Ed Roth, illustrator, cartoonist,custom car designer and builder
1934 – Mario Davidovsky, composer and academic
1934 – John Duffey, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1934 – Barbara McNair, singer and actress 1
936 – Eric Allandale, trombonist and songwriter
1937 – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and composer
1942 – David Matthews, keyboard player and composer
1944 -- Bobby Womack, singer and songwriter
1947 -- Bob Lewis, Devo co-founder
1948 -- James Ellroy, writer
1948 – Chris Squire, singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist (yes)
1951 – Pete Haycock, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1953 – Emilio Estefan, drummer and producer
1963 – Jason Newsted, heavy metal singer, songwriter, and bass player
1972 – Ivy Queen, singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer
1980 – Suzanna Choffel, singer and songwriter
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Some people who died on this day:
... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.
~~ Fannie Barrier Williams
1193 -- Saladin, sultan, resistance leader
1852 -- Nikolai Gogol, writer
1858 -- Matthew C. Perry, gunboat diplomat, imperialist
1915 -- William Willett, cursed wretch who founded British Summer Time
1944 -- Fannie Barrier Williams, educator and women's rights activist
1944 – Louis Buchalter aka Louis Lepke, labor contractor
1963 -- William Carlos Williams, poet and writer
1974 – Adolph Gottlieb, painter and sculptor
1976 – Walter H. Schottky, physicist and engineer
1978 – Joe Marsala, clarinet player and songwriter
1986 – Ding Ling, feminist and socialist realist author
1987 – Seibo Kitamura, sculptor
1989 – Tiny Grimes, guitarist
1993 – Art Hodes, pianist and composer
2008 – Gary Gygax, game designer
2010 – Johnny Alf, pianist and composer, father of Bossa Nova
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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
In the US it is National Grammar Day,
It is Courageous Follower Day; I kid you not, oxymoron and all
and National Pound Cake Day (When is National Pound Sand Day?)
Also Toy Soldier Day
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Today's Tunes
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Toy Soldier Day
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Miriam Makeba
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MIRIAM MAKEBA & NINA SIMONE Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released
And Back to Vivaldi we go
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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, Antonio Vivaldi, Miriam Makeba, Toy Soldier Day