December 26, 2016 Open Thread; Happy Kwanzaa!

December 26 is the 360th day of the year. There are 5 days left. 

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Today's number is 26

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Uh, 2 x 13, both primes 26 is Iron 26 is "breakfast" a notorious darts score where an attempted score of 180 (3 x triple 20) is misthrown as 1 + 20 + 5 There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet, making a string of letters a stronger password than a string or numbers Switzerland has 26 cantons

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Title 26 of the US Code is Internal Revenue Code                                     

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26 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus  

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26 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus  Pontius Pilate was appointed prefect of Judea. Tiberius retired to Capri                 

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On this day in:

1825 -- The Decembrist revolt. 1862 -- 38 Native Americans were hung in Mankato, Minnesota. 1898 -- Marie and Pierre Curie announcd the isolation of radium. 1944 -- Patton's Third Army broke through to Bastogne. 1963 -- The US release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There". 1966 -- The first Kwanzaa was celebrated 1972 -- 120 American B-52 bombers attacked Hanoi. 1991 -- The Supreme Soviet officially dissolved the Soviet Union.

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Born this day in:

1536 -- Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar 1780 -- Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author 1791 -- Charles Babbage, mathematician and engineer, inventor of Difference engine  1891 -- Henry Miller, author and painter 1893 -- Mao Zedong, revolutionary & politician 1921 -- Steve Allen, actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter, "Stevarino" to some 1939 -- Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer, "Asshole" to some 1951 -- John Scofield, guitarist and composer 1963 -- Lars Ulrich, drummer, songwriter, and producer

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Died this day in:

1771 -- Claude Adrien Helvetius, philosopher and activist  1909 -- Frederic Remington, painter and illustrator 1931 -- Melvil Dewey, librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal System, should be under 921-928 somewhere 1972 -- Harry S. Truman, politician 1974 -- Farid al-Atrash, singer, songwriter, oud player, and actor; "King of the oud" 1996 -- JonBenet Ramsey, the butler did it in the Post Office with a six iron 1999 -- Curtis Mayfield, singer, songwriter and producer 2010 -- Teena Marie, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:                                            First day of Kwanzaa Boxing Day The Feast of Stephen St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances:

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Feast of Stephen, sort of requires --

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And St. Stephen's Day, sort of requires --

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So, for music

Steve Allen Phil Spector John Scofield Lars Ulrich Farid al-Atrash Curtis Mayfield Teena Marie

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Steve Allen (on piano) with Jack Keroac (vocals)

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Phil Spector (and the wrecking crew)

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John Scofield

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Lars Ulrich

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Farid al-Atrash

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Curtis Mayfield

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Teena Marie

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Bonus tune(s):

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Crossposted from caucus99percent.com