February 20, 2017 Open Thread; World Day of Social Justice

February 20 is the 51st day of the year. There are 314 days left.

Today's number is 20

An icosahedron has 20 faces A dodecahedron has 20 vertices. 20 is the atomic number of calcium. "what's your 20?" = "10-20" = "where are you?" 20 is one meaning of "a score" A 20 is a Jackson until 2020 when it will be a Tubman 20 is an android app, - some sort of game

Title 20 of the US Code is EDUCATION

20 BCE Was the Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva Parthia and Rome entered into a peace treaty.

20 CE Was the Year of the Consulship of Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus and Cotta Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso committed suicide rather than face trial for the murder of Germanicus

On this day in:

1685 -- Rene-Robert Cavelier established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay in what is now Texas 1792 -- The Postal Service Act, established the United States Post Office Department 1816 -- Rossini's Barber of Seville premiered in Rome 1872 -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York 1877 -- Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake premiered in Moscow 1909 -- The Futurist Manifesto iwas published n Le Figaro. 1931 -- Congress approved construction of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge by California. 1933 -- Congress proposed the Twenty-first Amendment 1935 -- Caroline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. 1943 -- Movie studios agreed to let the Office of War Information censor movies 1962 -- John Glenn becoame the first American to orbit the earth, 1986 -- The Soviet Union launched Mir 2005 -- Spain was the first country to pass a referendum to ratify the Constitution of the EU.

Born this day in:

1844 -- Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist and philosopher 1844 -- Joshua Slocum, sailor and adventurer 1902 -- Ansel Adams, photographer and environmentalist 1904 -- Alexei Kosygin, commie rat, or so they say 1924 -- Gloria Vanderbilt, trust fund fashionista 1927 -- Roy Cohn, McCarthyite fascist SOB 1927 -- Ibrahim Ferrer, singer 1937 -- Nancy Wilson, singer and actress 1941 -- Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter and producer 1944 -- Lew Soloff, trumpet player, composer, and actor 1946 -- J. Geils, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1950 -- Walter Becker, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Steely Dan) 1953 -- Poison Ivy, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Cramps) 1967 -- Kurt Cobain, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1975 -- Brian Littrell, backstreet boy 1988 -- Rihanna, singer, songwriter and actress

Died this day in:

1524 -- Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler 1626 -- John Dowland, lute player and composer 1778 -- Laura Bassi, physicist and scholar 1895 -- Frederick Douglass, author and activist 1900 -- Washakie, Eastern-Shoshone leader 1972 -- Walter Winchell, journalist 1993 -- Ferruccio Lamborghini, founded Lamborghini 1999 -- Gene Siskel, film critic 2005 -- Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo journalist

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: World Day of Social Justice

So, for music Rossini - Barber of Seville Swan Lake (cough) Ibrahim Ferrer Nancy Wilson Buffy Sainte-Marie Lew Soloff J Geils Walter Becker Poison Ivy Kurt Cobain Brian Littrell Rihanna John Dowland - -

Rossini

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Swan Lake (cough)

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Ibrahim Ferrer

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Nancy Wilson

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Lew Soloff

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