August 15, 2016 Open Thread, Happy Chanson de Roland

August 15 is the 227th day of the year. There are 138 days left.

Today's number is Fifteen

15 is the product of 2 primes, 3 and 5 15 is the magic number for a 3 by 3 magic square 15 is phosphorus 15 balls are used in eight ball and rotation pocket billiards There are 15 tokens on each side at the start of backgammon 15 is the age when a hispanic girl has a quinceanera A 15 puzzle has 15 blocks numbered 1 through 15 in a 4 by 4 box

15 BCE was the Year of the consulship of Drusus and Piso Drusus built the via Claudia Augustus through Italy Vienna became a Roman frontier city Future Roman general Germanicus was born Future Roman poet Phaedrus was born

15 CE was the Year of the consulship of Caesar and Flaccus Germanicus launched a two-pronged attack from Vetera and Moguntiacum. On his return journey, he recaptured the Eagle of Legion XIX, visited the battlefield of the Teutoburg Wald, and then arranged for the burial of the remains of Varus' army. (Yes, that damn Varus!) Nicolaus of Damascus wrote a biography of the Emperor Augustus The Greek philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was born

On this day in: 0778 -- The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland was killed. 0927 -- The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto, home of the tarantella. 1040 -- King Duncan I died in battle against Macbeth. Who succeeded him as King of Scotland. 1057 -- King Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan. 1281 -- The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan was destroyed by a "divine wind" 1914 -- The Panama Canal opened to traffic 1947 -- India gained Independence from Britain 1960 -- Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) became independent from France. 1965 -- The Beatles played at Shea Stadium -- the birth of stadium rock. 1969 -- The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in upstate New York 1970 -- Patricia Palinkas was the first woman to play US pro football. 1971 -- President Richard Nixon completed the break from the gold standard 1971 -- Bahrain gained independence from Britain 1973 -- The US stopped bombing Cambodia 1977 -- The Big Ear, received the "Wow! signal" from space

Was it the brown acid or the blue?

Born this day in: 1613 -- Gilles Ménage, lawyer, philologist, and scholar; one of 3  1702 -- Francesco Zuccarelli, painter and academic  1769 -- Napoleon Bonaparte, general, emperor & exile 1771 -- Walter Scott, author, poet, and playwrite 1824 -- John Chisum, cattle baron, come a ki yi yippie yippie yi yippie yay 1885 -- Edna Ferber, American author and playwright 1892 -- Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1912 -- Julia Child, American chef and author 1924 -- Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle shit 1925 -- Oscar Peterson, pianist and composer 1925 -- Bill Pinkney, singer (The Drifters) 1933 -- Bobby Helms, singer and guitarist 1934 -- Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames) 1935 -- Vernon Jordan, lawyer, businessman, and activist 1938 -- Stephen Breyer, lawyer and judge 1938 -- Maxine Waters, educator and politician 1940 -- Gudrun Ensslin, militant leader, founded Red Army Faction  1946 -- Jimmy Webb, singer, songwriter and pianist

Died this day in: 1040 -- King Duncan I of Scotland (supra). 1057 -- King Macbeth (ditto) 1274 -- Robert de Sorbon, theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne 1967 -- René Magritte, painter 1982 -- Ernie Bushmiller, cartoonist 1995 -- John Cameron Swayze, journalist and actor

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: celebrate yourself for a change

So, for music we gots: Napoleon Bonaparte John Chisum Oscar Peterson Bill Pinkney Bobby Helms Bobby Byrd Jimmy Webb

Napoleon Bonaparte

John Chisum

Oscar Peterson

The Very Tall Band (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Milt Jackson)

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson

Oscar Peterson Solo (Ja Da)

Bill Pinkney

Bobby Helms

Bobby Byrd

Jimmy Webb

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