March 6 is the 65th day of the year. There are 300 days left.
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Today's number is 6
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6 is 6 is the sum of its proper divisors (1, 2, & 3), which makes it a perfect number. It is the smallest perfect number,
6 is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive integers.
6 is a traingular number
6 similar coins can be arranged around a central coin of the same radius so that each coin makes contact with the central one and both of its neighbors.
A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane.
There are six basic trigonometric functions.
A star of David has 6 points
Hexa is classical greek for 6 A hexahedron is a polyhedron with six faces. A cube is a special case of the hexahedron A die is a special cube and 6 is highest number on a normal die. Hexameter is a poetic form consisting of six feet per line A "hex nut" is a nut with six sides, and a hex bolt has a six-sided head The prefix "hexa-" occurs in the name of many chemical compounds, such as hexane. A hexaflexagon is an interesting object made from a strip of paper that everybody can make and fool around with. There are several more variations than those in this video
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Sex is latin for 6 A sextant forms one-sixth of a whole circle 6 musicians are a sextet 6 babies delivered in one birth are sextuplets Sorry, no sex related videos
A standard guitar has 6 strings A fathom is 6 feet long (deep) 6 is highest number on either end of a standard domino
M6 is an open cluster in the constellation Scorpius.
The cells of a beehive are 6-sided Insects have 6 legs A benzene molecule has a ring of 6 carbon atoms 6 is the atomic number of carbon The sixfold symmetry of snowflakes is due to the hexagonal crystal structure of water ice which comes from the hydrogen bonding of water molecules
In the Standard Model of particle physics, there are 6 types of quarks and 6 types of leptons
Common references to 6 include 6 feet under 6 degrees of separation 6th sense 6 pack 6 banger; straight, slant, or v-6 6 gun or 6 shooter Deep six.
Title 6 of the US Code is Domestic Security, including the Heimat Sicherheitspolizei Homeland Security Organization
6 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Balbus and Vetus Emperor Augustus sent ferrets to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues. (The islanders were great slingers so it made sense for a military empire to cater to them.) I wonder if they were folk slingers, or more formal? Tiberius Claudius Nero was sent to Armenia, then retired to Rhodes. Another opportunity for me to play ...
x YouTube Video6 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Arruntius Josephus says that Quirinius conducted a census in Judea which caused a revolt therein which was led by led by Judas the Galilean. The revolt was put down and the rebels were crucified, but it gave birth to the Zealot movement. The zealots wished to establish a global Jewish theocracy and fought the Romans until about 70 CE. They left behind their name.
Meanwhile, in China, an occultation of Mars by the moon caused some to fear for the life of emperor Ping Di who, in fact, died of unexpected causes within a couple of months. This left it up to good old Wang Mang to select a new emperor, and he picked the 2 year old Ruzi Ying.
On this day in: 0632 -- The prophet Muhammad gave his Farewell Sermon 1521 -- Magellan reached Guam. 1820 -- The Missouri Compromise was signed 1836 -- The fall of the Alamo 1857 -- The Supremes decided Dred Scott v. Sandford 1869 -- Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table 1946 -- France recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. 1951 -- The Rosenberg trial began 1953 -- Georgy Malenkov succeeded Stalin 1957 -- Ghana became the first Sub-Saharan nation to get free of Britain 1964 -- Elijah Muhammad officially gave Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali. 1975 -- The first airing of the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on national TV 1975 -- Iran and Iraq announced a settlement of their border dispute. 1981 -- Walter Cronkite signed off
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Born this day in:
1459 -- Jakob Fugger, Fugger the Rich, but, per Will Cuppy, Backing the Hapsburgs ruined the Fuggers. 1475 -- Michelangelo, painter and sculptor 1619 -- Cyrano de Bergerac, nosy author and playwright 1779 -- Antoine-Henri Jomini, general & military theorist 1785 -- Karol Kurpinski, composer and conductor 1787 -- Joseph von Fraunhofer, physicist and astronomer noted for his lines 1806 -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet and translator 1834 -- George du Maurier, author and illustrator 1849 -- Georg Luger, gun designer 1872 -- Ben Harney, pianist and composer 1885 -- Ring Lardner, journalist and author 1893 -- Furry Lewis, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1917 -- Will Eisner, illustrator and publisher 1923 -- Wes Montgomery, guitarist and songwriter 1926 -- Alan Greenspan, idealogue, national disaster 1927 -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, journalist and author 1934 -- Red Simpson, singer & songwriter 1936 -- Sylvia Robinson, singer and producer, mother of hip-hop, founded Sugarhill Records 1937 -- Valentina Tereshkova, pilot, and astronaut, first woman to fly in space 1939 -- Adam Osborne, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation 1941 -- Peter Brotzmann, free jazz saxophonist and clarinet player 1944 -- Mary Wilson, singer 1946 -- David Gilmour, singer, songwriter and guitarist, Pink Floyd 1947 -- Kiki Dee, singer & songwriter
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Died this day in:
1888 -- Louisa May Alcott, author 1895 -- Camilla Collett, author & activist 1899 -- Ka'iulani of Hawaii, victim of US imperialism 1932 -- John Philip Sousa, conductor and composer, invented sousaphone & wrote Monty Python Theme Song 1935 -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., jurist 1939 -- Ferdinand von Lindemann, mathematician 1941 -- Gutzon Borglum, designed Mount Rushmore 1965 -- Margaret Dumont, the fifth Marx Brother 1967 -- Nelson Eddy, actor and singer 1973 -- Pearl S. Buck, author 1982 -- Ayn Rand, author 1986 -- Georgia O'Keeffe, painter 1994 -- Melina Mercouri, actress and politician 2005 -- Hans Bethe, physicist 2006 -- Anne Braden, journalist and activist 2016 -- Nancy Reagan, mediocre actress
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: European Day of the Righteous
So, for music Karol Kurpinski Ben Harney Furry Lewis Wes Montgomery Red Simpson Sylvia Robinson Peter Brotzmann Mary Wilson David Gilmour Kiki Dee John Philip Sousa Nelson Eddy-
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Karol Kurpinski
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Ben Harney
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Furry Lewis
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Wes Montgomery
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Red Simpson
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Sylvia Robinson
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Peter Brotzmann
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Mary Wilson
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David Gilmour
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Kiki Dee
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John Philip Sousa
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Nelson Eddy
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OK, what's on your minds?
Bonus: This is probably going to be a Sunday album someday
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