April 17, 2017 Open Thread; Malbec World Day

April 17 is the 107th day of the year. There are 258 days left.

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Today's number is 17

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17 is a prime 17 is the sum of the first four primes (2,3,5,7) 17 is a Fermat Prime 17 is the minimum possible number of givens for a sudoku puzzle with a unique solution 17 is Chlorine Group 17 on the periodic table is the halogens There are 17 elementary particles in the Standard Model of physics There are 17 syllables in a Haiku A 17 sided polygon is a heptadecagon Seventeen is a magazine aimed at 10 through 21 year old females

Unlike most numbers, 17 appears to have an edge

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Title 17 of the US Code is COPYRIGHTS.

17 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Furnius and Silanus Arminius, who kicked (that damn) Varus' ass at Teutoburg Wald, was born

17 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Rufus   An earthquake destroyed the city of Sardis Livy's Ab Urbe condita was published Germanicus returned to Rome a hero & celebraed a Triumph (perhaps a TR3, but the record is unclear) Ovid & Livy both died.

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On this day in: 1492 -- Columbus and the Spanish Royals signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe 1521 -- Martin Luther's trial before the Diet of Worms began 1524 -- Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York harbor 1861 -- Virginia voted to secede from the US 1895 -- The end of the First Sino-Japanese War 1905 -- The Supremes decided Lochner v. New York, later reversed in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish. 1946 -- Syria obtained its independence from the French occupation. 1948 -- The United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 46 1949 -- At midnight 26 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth (Britexit?) 1961 -- With no help from the CIA, a group of Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (official fact) 1970 -- Apollo 13 safely made it back to Earth 1971 -- Bangladesh was created

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Eirinn go Brach

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Born this day in:

1820 -- Alexander Cartwright, inventor of Baseball 1837 -- J. P. Morgan, early US ruler 1863 -- Augustus Edward Hough Love, mathematician and theorist 1882 -- Artur Schnabel, pianist and composer 1891 -- George Adamski, prominent UFO freak 1897 -- Thornton Wilder, author & playwright 1906 -- Sidney Garfield, physician, co-founder of Kaiser Permanente 1919 -- Chavela Vargas, singer & songwriter 1923 -- Harry Reasoner, journalist & talking head 1929 -- James Last, bassist, composer, and bandleader 1930 -- Chris Barber, trombonist and bandleader 1934 -- Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer 1942 -- Buster Williams, jazz musician 1954 -- Michael Sembello, singer and songwriter 1955 -- Pete Shelley, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1957 -- Afrika Bambaataa, godfather of hip hop 1974 -- Victoria Beckham, aka Posh

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Died this day in:

1790 -- Benjamin Franklin, a C note 1882 -- George Jennings, inventor of the flush toilet 1960 -- Eddie Cochran, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1967 -- Red Allen, singer and trumpet player 1990 -- Ralph Abernathy, minister and activist 1996 -- Piet Hein, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, 1998 -- Linda McCartney, photographer, activist 2008 -- Danny Federici, organist and accordion player w/ e street band 2011 -- Nikos Papazoglou, singer,songwriter and producer, oblique order

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:                                           Malbec World Day World Hemophilia Day

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So, for music Artur Schnabel George Adamski Chavela Vargas James Last Chris Barber Don Kirshner Buster Williams Michael Sembello Pete Shelley Afrika Bambaataa Posh Spice Eddie Cochran Red Allen Danny Federici Nikos Papazoglou

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Artur Schnabel

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George Adamski

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Chavela Vargas

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James Last

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Chris Barber

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Don Kirshner

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Buster Williams

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Michael Sembello

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Pete Shelley

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Afrika Bambaataa

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Posh Spice Beckham

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Eddie Cochran

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Red Allen

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Danny Federici

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Nikos Papazoglou

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OK, what's on your minds?

Bonus:

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