October 10, 2016 Open Thread, World Mental Health Day

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year. There are 82 days left.

Today's number is 10

10 is the base of the decimal number system. Since many others such as 12 make more sense, we must assume that it is because humans have 10 manual digits.

10 years is a decade, well, 10 anything, sort of, though "decad" also means a set or group of ten To reduce something by 10 is to decimate. 10 is the sum of the first 4 integers That might be why bowling is also known as ten pins 10 is the sum of the first 3 primes (2,3,& 5) A polygon with 10 sides is a decagon A crustacean with 10 legs is a decapod A person with 10 or more vices is decadent (needs a citation) 10 is neon 10 is also Capricorn which is also a sea goat A specific selection of 10 track & field events is a decathalon 10 yards is a first down in US football The end zones in US football are 10 yards deep The Rim of the hoop in roundball is 10 feet high The highest score possible is often 10 Bo Derek may or may not have been a perfect 10. 10 High is a barely potable, but inexpensive, whiskey The "10-Code", good buddy, is numerical shorthand used by cops, emergency responders, truckers and CW artists Tennis has nothing to do with the numeral 10.

10 Years after is both a book and a band

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10 cents (US) is a "dime", as in Just One Thin Dime, one Tenth of a Dollar:

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At some point it appears that there were Ten Thousand Maniacs

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Title 10 of the US Code is ARMED FORCES

10 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Antonius Claudius, the future emperor, of PBS fame, was born

10 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Dolabella and Silanus Illyria was split into Pannonia and Dalmatia. Ovid completed Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto Wang Mang outlawed the private purchase and use of crossbows Hero of Alexandria was born

On this day in: 0680 -- The Battle of Karbala was fought 0732 -- The Battle of Tours was fought 1582 -- Nothing at all happened in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain; the date does not exist there 1868 -- Carlos Cespedes proclaimed the Grito de Yara, starting the Cuban war of Independence from Spain (aka 10 Years War) 1897 -- Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way to make aspirin 1903 -- Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union 1911 -- The Wuchang Uprising, which led to the founding of the Republic of China, uprose 1913 -- Construction of the Panama Canal ended with a bang when they blew up the Gamboa Dike 1938 -- The Munich Agreement ceded the Sudetenland to Germany. 1963 -- The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty went into effect, partially, one assumes 1973 -- Spiro T. Agnew resigned as US Vice President. No big loss. 1980 -- El Salvador's FMLN was founded 2010 -- The Netherlands Antilles were dissolved as a nation, eliminating some YUUUGE US Corporate tax avoidance schemes.

Born this day in: 1684 -- Jean-Antoine Watteau, painter 1731 -- Henry Cavendish, chemist, physicist, and philosopher 1813 -- Giuseppe Verdi, composer 1877 -- William Morris, founder of Morris Motors 1898 -- Lilly Dache, clothes designer 1914 -- Ivory Joe Hunter, singer, songwriter and pianist 1915 -- Harry Edison, A trumpet player and composer 1917 -- Thelonious Monk, pianist and composer 1923 -- Louis Gottlieb, singer, comic, musicologist and bass player 1924 -- Ed Wood, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, had a plan from outer space 1926 -- Oscar Brown, singer, songwriter, playwright, activist and actor 1930 -- Harold Pinter, actor, director, screenwriter, activist and playwright 1935 -- Khalil al-Wazir, founder of Fatah 1941 -- Peter Coyote, actor, director, and screenwriter, member of the Diggers and the S.F., Mime Troupe 1941 -- Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni author and activist murdered by the Nigerian government as a favor to Royal Dutch Shell. 1946 -- John Prine, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1954 -- David Lee Roth, singer, songwriter and producer 1958 -- Tanya Tucker, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1979 -- Mya, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

Died this day in: 0019 -- Germanicus, Roman general 0680 -- Husayn ibn Ali, Islamic religious leader, Muhammad's grandson 1659 -- Abel Tasman, merchant and explorer 1800 -- Gabriel Prosser, caught planning a slave rebellion in the US and hanged for it. 1837 -- Charles Fourier, philosopher and academic 1872 -- William H. Seward, lawyer and politician, committed Seward's folly. 1911 -- Jack Daniel, businessman, founder of Jack Daniel's 1913 -- Adolphus Busch, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch, maker of swill and swill-lite 1963 -- Edith Piaf, singer, songwriter and actress 1964 -- Eddie Cantor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor 1973 -- Ludwig von Mises, economist and sociologist, a quack and a hack 1985 -- Yul Brynner, actor, no good rooskie 1985 -- Orson Welles, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 2010 -- Joan Sutherland, soprano and actress

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: World Mental Health Day World Homeless Day

So, for music we gots: Giuseppi Verdi Ivory Joe Hunter Harry edison Thelonius Monk Louis Gottlieb Oscar Brown John Prine David Lee Roth Tanya Tucker Mya Jack Daniel Edith Piaf Eddy Cantor Joan Sutherland

Giuseppi Verdi (Look, Ma, kultchure)

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Ivory Joe Hunter

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Harry Edison

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Thelonius Monk

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Louis Gottlieb

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Oscar Brown

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