September 12, 2016 Open Thread, El Batallon de San Patricio

September 12 is the 255th day of the year. There are 110 days left.

It is National Chocolate Milkshake Day

Today's number is 12

12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. making it a great base for a number system

12 is the sum of two primes, 5 & 7

A polygon with 12 sides is a dodecagon.

 A polyhedron with 12 faces is a dodecahedron.  Cuboids (cubes & rectangular prisms) have 12 edges Regular icosahedrons have 12 vertices. 12 is magnesium  A year has 12 months The 24 hour day is generally broken up into 2 - 12 hour segments, am & pm There are 12 inches in a foot. There are twelve basic hues in the color wheel In craps, 12, is a double 6. It is called Boxcars and is craps (loses or craps out) on a come out roll. Humans have 12 pairs of ribs There are 12 Federal Reserve Districts There were 12 kniggits of the round table There are 12 signs of the zodiac

There were 12 Angry Men

The 12 bar blues is a popular musical form

12th Night is a comedy by Shakespeare

Title 12 of the US Code is BANKS AND BANKING

12 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Quirinius    Emperor Augustus was declared Pontifex Maximus. Halley's Comet appeared.      12 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Capito 

Caligula was born

On this day in:

90 BCE -- The Battle of Marathon

1213 -- Crusaders won the Battle of Muret then slaughtered the Cathars fleeing from the town thereby ending the Cathar Genocide Holy Albigensian Crusade

1609 -- Henry Hudson began exploring the Hudson River.

1683 -- John III Sobieski, et. al. stopped the Ottoman Empire's conquests and advances at the Battle of Vienna

1846 -- Elizabeth Barrett eloped with Robert Browning.

1847 -- At the Battle of Chapultepec, 30 previously captured surviving members of the Battallon San Patricio were hung en masse in view of Chapultepec. The San Patricios were a largely Irish force of immigrants to the US who fought on the side of Mexico during the US war on Mexico. They were staunch fighters who gave the US troops a great deal of difficulty, especially at Churubusco. They are honored and celebrated in Mexico to this day.

1910 -- The Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 took place in Munich

1933 -- Leo Szilard had the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

1974 -- Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was deposed in a coup d'etat 

1977 -- Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in police custody from torture & beatings at their hands.

1990 -- The "Four Powers" and both German states and signed the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany.

2003 -- The United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya and the Libyan government fell for it

Born this day in: 1818 -- Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun 1862 -- Carl Eytel, painter and illustrator 1880 -- H. L. Mencken, journalist, wise-ass, and critic  1892 -- Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., a publisher who founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc.  1897 -- Irene Joliot-Curie, chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate  1913 -- Jesse Owens, sprinter and long jumper  1931 -- George Jones, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1944 -- Barry White, singer & songwriter 1944 -- Colin Young, singer 1946 -- Tony Bellamy, singer, songwriter and guitarist  1948 -- Steve Turre, trombonist and educator 1951 -- Ali-Ollie Woodson, singer, songwriter and keyboard player 1952 -- Gerry Beckley, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1952 -- Neil Peart, drummer, songwriter, and producer 1954 -- Scott Hamilton, saxophonist 1956 -- Barry Andrews, singer and keyboard player 1956 -- Brian Robertson, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1968 -- Larry LaLonde, guitarist and songwriter 1970 -- Nathan Larson, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1974 -- Jennifer Nettles, singer & songwriter 1977 -- Jeff Irwin, singer, songwriter and producer 1977 -- James McCartney, singer & songwriter 1988 -- Amanda Jenssen, singer, songwriter and guitarist

Died this day in: 1712 -- Jan van der Heyden, painter and illustrator 1764 -- Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer and theorist  1819 -- Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, Prussian general, hero of Waterloo 1869 -- Peter Mark Roget, physician, theologian, and lexicographer 1977 -- Steve Biko, South African activist  2000 -- Stanley Turrentine, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader  2003 -- Johnny Cash, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor  2007 -- Bobby Byrd, singer, songwriter and producer 2014 -- John Gustafson, singer, songwriter and bass player 2014 -- Joe Sample,  pianist and composer 

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion. (Mexico)

National Day of Encouragement (United States)

National Chocolate Milkshake Day (United States)

So, for music we gots: El Batallon San Patricio Emperor Haile Selassie George Jones Barry White Colin Young Tony Bellamy Steve Turre Ali-Ollie Woodson Gerry Beckley Neil Peart Scott Hamilton, Barry Andrews Brian Robertson, Larry LaLonde Nathan Larson Jennifer Nettles Jeff Irwin James McCartney Amanda Jenssen Stanley Turrentine Bobby Byrd John Gustafson Joe Sample

El Batallon San Patricio - The Chieftans,  Ry Cooder, Banda de Gaita de Batallón, et. al

Emperor Haile Selassie with Bob Maley & The Wailers

George Jones

Barry White

Colin Young

Tony Bellamy

Steve Turre

Ali-Ollie Woodson

Gerry Beckley

Neil Peart

Scott Hamilton

Barry Andrews

Brian Robertson

Larry LaLonde

Nathan Larson

Jennifer Nettles

Jeff Irwin

James McCartney

Amanda Jenssen

Stanley Turrentine

Johnny Cash

Bobby Byrd

John Gustafson

Joe Sample

Crossposted from caucus99percent.com