March 13, 2017 Open Thread; L Ron Hubbard's Birthday

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year. There are 293 days left.

Today's number is 13

13 is 13 is a prime number, it is the 6th prime

13 is a Wilson Prime (see numberphile video)

13 is also a prime if the digits are reversed (31).

13 is a fibonacci number (0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13).

13 is the hypotenuse of a right traingle with sides of 5 & 12. 5, 12 & 13 can be used to test for right angles, like 3,4 & 5 can

There are 13 Archimedean Solids.

1/13 is the non-ending decimal 0.076923 with endless repetitions of 076923 thereafter

A deck of cards has 4 suits of 13 cards each.

The US was formed from 13 rebellious British Colonies

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Title 13 of the US Code is CENSUS.

13 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Varus Yep, that damn Varus again, Publius Quinctilius Varus. Ptui!

13 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Silius and Plancus One assumes that Silius was really played by John Cleese or Michael Palin Strabo published a book on the shape of the Earth & Ovid published books 1-3 of his Epistulae ex Ponto.

On this day in: 0624 -- The Battle of Badr, known as the turning point of Islam. 1639 -- Harvard College was named 1697 -- The capital of the last independent Maya kingdom fell to the conquistadors. 1781 -- William Herschel discovered Uranus 1845 -- Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto premiered 1884 -- The Siege of Khartoum began 1897 -- San Diego State University was founded (originally San Diego State Collge) 1943 -- German forces liquidated the Jewish ghetto in Krakow. 1954 -- Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap began the Battle of Dien Bien Phu eventually resulting in a US invasion 1979 -- The New Jewel Movement staged a nearly bloodless coup in Grenada leading indirectly to the later US invasion 2013 -- Pope Francis was elected

Born this day in:

1593 -- Georges de La Tour, painter 1700 -- Michel Blavet, composer & flautist 1781 -- Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect & painter 1855 -- Percival Lowell, astronomer & mathematician, founder of Lowell Observatory 1864 -- Alexej von Jawlensky, painter 1892 -- Janet Flanner, author & journalist 1902 -- Mohammed Abdel Wahab, singer and composer 1908 -- Walter Annenberg, publisher 1908 -- Myrtle Bachelder, chemist who worked on Mnhattan Project 1910 -- Sammy Kaye, saxophonist, bandleader & songwriter 1911 -- L. Ron Hubbard, author, con-man, nutbag & ""religious" leader", Xenu's gofer, 1913 -- William J. Casey, politician & spook 1921 -- Al Jaffee, cartoonist, most notably for MAD. 1925 -- Roy Haynes, drummer & composer 1929 -- Bunny Yeager, photographer & model 1930 -- Blue Mitchell, trumpet player 1932 -- Jan Howard, Opry singer 1933 -- Mike Stoller, songwriter & produce, especially with Jerry Lieber 1938 -- Erma Franklin, did original Piece of my Heart, Aretha's big sis. 1939 -- Neil Sedaka, pianist, singer, songwriter 1942 -- Scatman John, pianist, singer, songwriter 1950 -- Charles Krauthammer, physician & author 1951 -- Charo, singer and guitarist, Cuchi-Cuchi 1956 -- Jamie Dimon, uber capitalist, chief of shadow government of the USA 1960 -- Adam Clayton, U2 bassist 1962 -- Terence Blanchard, trumpet player, bandleader & composer 1966 -- Chico Science, singer, songwriter, founder of manquebeat 1975 -- Glenn Lewis, singer & songwriter

Died this day in:

1842 -- Henry Shrapnel, general, inventor of shrapnel 1906 -- Susan B. Anthony, activist 1938 -- Clarence Darrow, lawyer 1943 -- Stephen Vincent Benet, poet & author 1990 -- Bruno Bettelheim, quack & mis-educator, shrink 1998 -- Judge Dread, singer who holds record formost songs banned by the BBC 1999 -- Lee Falk, cartoonist, playwright, director & producer 2006 -- Robert C. Baker, anti-gastronome, inventor of the chicken (mc)nugget 2013 -- Cartha DeLoach, feeb, sleaze, Jedgar's gofer

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: L Ron Hubbard's Birthday (Scientology)

So, for music Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto Michel Blavet Mohammed Abdel Wahab Sammy Kaye Roy Haynes Blue Mitchell Jan Howard Mike Stoller Erma Franklin Neil Sedaka Scatman John Charo Adam Clayton Terence Blanchard Chico Science Glenn Lewis Judge Dread

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

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Michel Blavet

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Mohammed Abdel Wahab

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Sammy Kaye

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Roy Haynes

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Blue Mitchell

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