Sunday Open Thread: September 17th is Batman Day

World History this day 1577 -- The Treaty of Bergerac between the Huguenots and Henry III was signed 1631 -- The Swedish defeated the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Breitenfeld 1941 -- The end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of the neutral nation of Iran (to steal its oil.) 1948 -- The Lehi (Stern Gang) assassinated Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator bewteen the Arab states and Israel

US History this day

1776 -- The Presidio of San Francisco was founded in New Spain. 1778 -- The Treaty of Fort Pitt between the Lenape and the "US" was signed (for the not US by Lewis and Lewis) 1787 -- The US Constitution was signed 1849 -- Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery 1859 -- Joshua A. Norton became "Norton I, Emperor of the United States." 1983 -- Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America. 2011 -- Occupy Wall Street started in Zuccotti Park

Science & Technology this day

1683 -- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's wrote to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" 1908 -- The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright crashed killing passenger Thomas Selfridge, the first airplane fatality 1991 -- The first version of the Linux kernel was released

The Arts this day

1925 -- Frida Kahlo was terribly injured in a bus accident, causing her to abandon her medical studies for art 1954 -- William Golding's Lord of the Flies was published

Misc. this day

Birthdays of Note this day

1677 -- Stephen Hales, the inventor of forceps 1730 -- Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, general in the Continental Army. 1743 -- Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician, philospher, invented a variant of rankest choice elections 1857 -- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, scientist, engineer, pioneer in astronautical theory 1859 -- William Bonney, Quintessential American, archetype for US economic, political, social, and foreign policies 1883 -- William Carlos Williams, poet, essayist and author 1901 -- Francis Chichester, sailor 1903 -- Frank O'Connor, poet, novelist and short story writer 1923 -- Hank Williams, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1926 -- Bill Black, bandleader and bassist 1926 -- Jack McDuff, organist and singer 1929 -- Sil Austin, sax player 1930 -- Theo Loevendie, clarinettist and composer 1932 -- Robert B. Parker, author 1935 -- Ken Kesey, poet, essayist, novelist; on the bus 1938 -- Perry Robinson, clarinettist and composer 1950 -- Fee Waybill, singer and songwriter 1974 -- Mirah, singer, songwriter and guitarist

Deaths of Note this day

1574 -- Pedro Menendez de Aviles, founder of St. Augustine, FL 1858 -- Dred Scott, property of John Sanford, see 60 U.S. 393 (S. Ct.), also wwwbd (what would William Bonney do?) 1868 -- Roman Nose, Cheyenne warrior 1948 -- Folke Bernadotte, diplomat 1951 -- Jimmy Yancey, pianist and composer 1980 -- Anastasio Somoza Debayle, gangster, last Somoza to serve as "President" of Nicaragua 1993 -- Willie Mosconi, pool player 1994 -- John Delafose, zydeco accordianist 1994 -- Karl Popper, philosopher 2013 -- Bernie McGann, saxophonist 2013 -- Marvin Rainwater, singer and songwriter 2014 -- George Hamilton IV, singer, songwriter, guitarist and botanist

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So now some music

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Hank Williams                                                                                                          

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Bill Black

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Jack McDuff

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Sil Austin

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Theo Loevendie

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Perry Robinson

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Fee Waybill  

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Mirah

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Jimmy Yancey

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John Delafose

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Bernie McGann

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Marvin Rainwater

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George Hamilton IV

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Photo: by Julian Kopald; public domain

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