June 26, 2017 Open Thread; International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

June 26 is the 177th day of the year. There are 188 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

The island of Santa Catalina is only 22 miles from the California mainland no matter what you may have heard on the radio.

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Title 26 of the US Code is The Internal Revenue Code.

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

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:

0004 – Augustus adopted Tiberius. 1409 – Petros Philargos was crowned Pope joining the two other Popes already holding that title - a trifecta 1541 – Francisco Pizarro, a sleazy imperialist assassin, was himself assassinated. 1843 – Treaty of Nanking went into effect ceding Hong Kong Island to the British in perpetuity. 1870 – Christmas was declared a federal holiday because Christians get special treatment here 1886 – Fluorine was isolated for the first time. 1917 – The AEF began to arrive in France 1918 – Allied Forces won the Battle of Belleau Wood. 1924 – The US military occupation of the Dominican Republic ended. 1934 – FDR signed the Federal Credit Union Act, so ditch your predacious bank for a credit union already. 1936 – The first practical helicopter, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, made its first flight 1945 – The UN Charter was signed 1948 – Shockley filed for the patent for the first bipolar transistor 1948 – Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" was published 1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopted the Freedom Charter 1975 – Two Feebs and a member of the American Indian Movement were killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Leonard Peltier was later wrongfully convicted of murder in a bullshit trial. 2000 – The Pope revealed the third secret of Fatima. 2003 – The Supremes ruled that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional (Lawrence v. Texas ) 2013 – The Supremes ruled that Section 3 of the theocratic DOMA was unconstitutional 2015 – The Supremes ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage

Born this day in:

1730 – Charles Messier, astronomer 1824 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, physicist and engineer 1866 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, amateur egyptologist and archaeologist 1892 – Pearl S. Buck, author 1903 – Big Bill Broonzy,guitarist, singer, and songwriter 1908 – Salvador Allende, politician and victim of US war crimes and crimes against humanity 1909 – Colonel Tom Parker, talent manager 1911 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, awesome athlete 1913 – Maurice Wilkes, computer scientist 1916 – Virginia Satir, shrink and social worker 1937 – Robert Coleman Richardson, physicist 1937 – Reggie Workman, jazz bassist 1944 – Arthur Doyle, multi instrumental jazz musician 1946 – Candace Pert, neuroscientist and pharmacologist 1955 – Mick Jones, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1956 – Chris Isaak, guitarist, singer, and songwriter 1969 – Colin Greenwood, bassist and songwriter 1993 – Ariana Grande, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress

Here's to George Herbert, Earl Carnarvon, in memory of his greatest achievement

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Died this day in:

1541 – Francisco Pizarro, serves him right 1810 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, co-inventor of the hot air balloon 1932 – Adelaide Ames, astronomer 1956 – Clifford Brown, trumpet player and composer, died in a car crash along with 1956 – Richie Powell, pianist, and fellow member of the Max Roach Quintet 1997 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, singer, songwriter and ukulele player 2003 – Strom Thurmond, noted racist & hypocrite 2012 – Nora Ephron, director, producer, and screenwriter 2013 – Marc Rich, quite rich, in fact; also criminal

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:                                           International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Caution, celebrations may be prohibited in certain US towns and near some US military bases

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So, for music Lord Kelvin Big Bill Broonzy Colonel Tom Parker Reggie Workman Mick Jones Chris Isaak Colin Greenwood Ariana Grande Clifford Brown Richie Powell Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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Lord Kelvin

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Big Bill Broonzy

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Colonel Tom Parker

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Reggie Workman

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Mick Jones

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Chris Isaak

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Colin Greenwood

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Ariana Grande

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Clifford Brown

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Richie Powell

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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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Bonus:

The real Big Bill:

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Original video posted in error, not Broonzey

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Bonus (Clifford Brown - Trumpet, Sonny Rollins - Tenor Saxophone, Richard Powell - Piano, George Morrow - Bass, Max Roach - Percussion)

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Crossposted from http://caucus99percent.com

Edited to fix wrong video insertion.