Sunday Open Thread: September 24th is National Punctuation Day !!

World History this day 0622 -- Muhammad and his followers completed their Hijra from Mecca to Medina 1674 -- The second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, an early Indian nationalist 1932 -- Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agreed to the Poona Pact 1948 -- The Honda Motor Company was founded 1996 -- The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was signed by 71 countries

US History this day

1789 -- Congress passesd the Judiciary Act of 1789, creating the judiciary 1846 -- Zachary Taylor captured Monterrey. 1869 -- Grant crashed the gold market, causing "Black Friday" 1906 -- Roosevelt made Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument. 1957 -- Ike sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock to enforce desegregation. 1962 -- The 5th Circuit Court ordered Ole Miss to admit James Meredith.

Science & Technology this day 1852 -- The first airship powered by an engine flew 17 miles 2009 -- The first use of an LRAD on peaceful protestors at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh 2014 -- The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation entered Mars orbit

The Arts this day

Misc. this day 0787 -- Second Council of Nicaea, to re-establish the use of Holy Icons 1890 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints formally renounced polygamy 2015 -- A stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 1,100 people

Birthdays of Note this day

1501 -- Gerolamo Cardano, mathematician, physician, and astrologer 1583 -- Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general 1625 -- Johan de Witt, mathematician and politician lynched and partially eaten by a mob 1717 -- Horace Walpole, historian, author (first Gothic novel), and politician 1755 -- John Marshall, jurist, and politician who invented Judicial Review as we know it 1801 -- Mikhail Ostrogradsky, mathematician and physicist 1859 -- Julius Klengel, cellist and composer 1870 -- Georges Claude, chemist and engineer, invented Neon lights 1885 -- Artur Lemba, pianist and composer 1893 -- Blind Lemon Jefferson, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1896 -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, author 1898 -- Charlotte Moore Sitterly, astronomer 1900 -- Ham Fisher, cartoonist, invented Joe Palooka 1902 -- Ruhollah Khomeini, religionist and politician 1907 -- Ben Oakland, pianist, composer, and songwriter, wrote Java Jive 1913 -- Herb Jeffries, singer 1923 -- Fats Navarro, trumpet player and composer 1929 -- John Carter, clarinet, sax, and flute player 1931 -- Elizabeth Blackadder, painter 1931 -- Anthony Newley, singer, songwriter and actor 1933 -- Mel Taylor, drummer, mostly for the Ventures 1936 -- Jim Henson, puppeteer 1938 -- Steve Douglas, sax and flute player 1939 -- Wayne Henderson, trombonist 1941 -- Linda McCartney, photographer and activist 1942 -- Gerry Marsden, singer, songwriter, pacemaker and guitarist 1946 -- Cesar Pedroso, pianist and songwriter 1946 -- Maria Teresa Ruiz, astronomer 1952 -- Mark Sandman, singer, songwriter, guitarist and bassist 1965 -- Janet Weiss, drummer

Deaths of Note this day

1541 -- Paracelsus, physician, botanist, and chemist; the father of toxicology 1572 -- Tupac Amaru, the last Inca monarch 1646 -- Duarte Lobo, cmposer 1991 -- Theodor Seuss Geisel, author 2014 -- Christopher Hogwood, harpsichordist, conductor 2016 -- Buckwheat Zydeco, accordion player and bandleader

So now some music

Julius Klengel

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