Sunday Open Thread: September 3rd is National Welsh Rarebit Day, Really.

World History this day

1260 -- The Mamluks defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine 1658 -- Richard Cromwell became Lord Protector of England and his dad's religiofascist state began to collapse. 1879 -- Afghan troops took out the British Residency in Kabul which had been imposed on Afghanistan by force 1939 -- France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia declared war on Germany 1941 -- Karl Fritzsch, experimented with Zyklon B for gassing Soviet POWs at Auschwitz 1943 -- The Allied invasion of Italy began and Ike and Badoglio signed the Armistice of Cassibile 1944 -- Anne Frank and her family were sent to Auschwitz via train 1971 -- Qatar became an independent state

US History this day

1783 -- The Treaty of Paris between the US and the Kingdom of Great Britain ended the US revolution 1838 -- Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery. 1855 -- 700 soldiers under General William S. Harney attacked a Souix village in Nebraska killing 100 men, women and children

Science & Technology this day

1925 -- The first US built rigid airship, USS Shenandoah, was destroyed in a squall line over in Ohio 1935 -- Sir Malcolm Campbell reached a speed of 304.331 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats 1976 -- Viking 2 landed on mars

The Arts this day 1802 -- William Wordsworth composed the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"

Misc. this day

Birthdays of Note this day

1596 -- Nicola Amati, musical instrument maker 1695 -- Pietro Locatelli, viola player and composer 1803 -- Prudence Crandall, established the first integrated classroom in the US 1849 -- Sarah Orne Jewett, author and poet 1875 -- Ferdinand Porsche, engineer 1907 -- Loren Eiseley, anthropologist and author 1915 -- Memphis Slim, pianist, singer and songwriter 1923 -- Mort Walker, cartoonist 1925 -- Hank Thompson, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1929 -- Whitey Bulger, businessman 1933 -- Tompall Glaser, singer and songwriter 1934 -- Freddie King, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1942 -- Al Jardine, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1945 -- George Biondo, bassist and songwriter 1955 -- Steve Jones, singer, songwriter and guitarist

Deaths of Note this day

1658 -- Oliver Cromwell, religiofascist English general and politician 1883 -- Ivan Turgenev, author 1962 -- e. e. cummings, pOet anD plaYWright 1970 -- Alan Wilson, singer, songwriter, hrmonica player and guitarist 1974 -- Harry Partch, composer and music theorist, used a 43 tone scale, etc. 2001 -- Pauline Kael, film critic 2012 -- Sun Myung Moon, Yet Another Messiah, tax fraudster, everybody's true dad, RWNJ  

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Sir Malcolm Campbell                                                                                                    

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Pietro Locatelli

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Memphis Slim

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Hank Thompson

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Tompall Glaser

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Freddie King

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Al Jardine

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George Biondo

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Steve Jones

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Alan Wilson

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Harry Partch

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Bonus:                                                                                                                    

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