October 23 is the 296th day of the year, there are 69 days left
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Today's number is 23
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23 is The 9th prime and the sum of 3 consecutive primes; 5, 7 and 11 The atomic number of Vanadium The number of chromosomes in a human sperm or ova (haploid) The number of times that Julius Caesar was stabbed.
The 23 enigma is the belief that most incidents and accidents, events and happenstances, and stuff, are somehow directly connected to the number 23. Robert Anton Wilson, William S. Burroughs, The Illuminatus! Trilogy (fnord), Principia discordia, etc. Like this open thread, for example.
The exponent in 6.02 x 10^23
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Title 23 of the US Code is Highways. Coincidence?
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23 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varro Herod the Great allegedly built a palace in Jerusalem.
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23 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Pollio and Vetus Tthe Greek geographer Strabo finally published his "Geography", a work describing the world known to the Romans and Greeks in Emperor Augustus' day. No similar works of similar antiquity exist. Pliny the Elder, a Roman scientist and writer, was born. Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty overthrew Wang Mang and ended the Xin Dynasty. Restored the Han Dynasty, he did.
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Today's Number is also Avagadro's, at 6:02 it will be 6:02 10-23, and thus it is mole day (6.02x10**23 particles per mole, ya know)
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On this day in:
1707 -- The first meeting of Great Britain's Parliament 1739 -- The War of Jenkins' Ear began. 1850 -- The US' first National Women's Rights Convention began 1861 -- Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, today it is merely ignored 1906 -- Alberto Santos-Dumont achieved the first heavier than air flight in Europe 1915 -- 25,000 - 33,000 women marched on NYC's Fifth Avenue demanding suffrage *** 1917 -- Lenin called for the October Revolution. 1929 -- The New York Stock Exchange began to crash. 1935 -- Dutch Schultz and others were gunned down in a bar in Newark, New Jersey 1942 -- The Second Battle of El Alamein took place 1942 -- The Battle for Henderson Field on Guadalcanal began 1944 -- Battle of Leyte Gulf began 1946 -- The UN General Assembly convened for the first time 1955 -- Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem took control of "South Vietnam" 1956 -- The Hungarian revolution began 1972 -- A 5 month US bombing campaign against North Vietnam ended 1973 -- Nixon agreed to turn over the tapes 1983 -- The Marines barracks in Beirut was hit by a truck bomb 1989 -- The Hungarian Republic was declared 1998 -- "Land for peace" between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat
*** Note that they didn't waste time with DC or other socio-political backwaters, but went straight to the seat of power.
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Born this day in:
1927 -- Sonny Criss, saxophonist and composer 1933 -- Carol Fran, singer, songwriter and pianist 1940 -- Ellie Greenwich, singer, songwriter and producer 1943 -- Alida Chelli, actress and singer 1944 -- Mike Harding, singer, songwriter and comedian 1945 -- Kim Larsen, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1947 -- Greg Ridley, bass player, Humble Pie co-founder 1949 -- Wurzel, singer and guitarist 1951 -- Charly Garcia, singer, songwriter and keyboard player 1952 -- Pierre Moerlen, drummer (Gong, tubular bells,) 1956 -- Dianne Reeves, singer 1956 -- Dwight Yoakam, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1958 -- Rose Nabinger, singer 1959 -- "Weird Al" Yankovic, singer, songwriter, comedian, actor 1960 -- Mirwais Ahmadzai, keyboard player and songwriter 1964 -- Robert Trujillo, bass player and songwriter 1967 -- Dale Crover, singer, songwriter, and drummer 1972 -- Jimmy Wayne, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1974 -- Christine Yoshikawa, pianist 1975 -- Jessicka, American singer and songwriter 1990 -- Paradise Oskar, singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Died this day in:
1939 -- Zane Grey, dentist and author 1950 -- Al Jolson, actor and singer 1978 -- Maybelle Carter, singer and autoharp player 2004 -- Robert Merrill, singer and actor 2012 -- Michael Marra, singer and songwriter 2013 -- Gypie Mayo, guitarist and songwriter 2014 -- Joan Quigley, Whitehouse astrologer under Reagan 2014 -- Alvin Stardust, singer and actor 2015 -- Leon Bibb, singer 2016 -- Pete Burns, singer and songwriter
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: Mole Day (International observance)
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So, for music,
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Parliament
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October Revolution
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Sonny Criss
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Carol Fran
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Ellie Greenwich
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Alida Chelli
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Mike Harding
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Greg Ridley
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Wurzel
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Charley Garcia
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Pierre Moerlen
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Dianne Reeves
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Dwight Yoakam
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Rose Nabinger
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Wierd Al Yankovic
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Mirwais Ahmadzai
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Robert Trujillo
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Dale Crover
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Jimmy Wayne
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Christine Yoshikawa
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Jessicka
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Paradise Oskar (Look Ma, no effing truetone!)
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Zane Grey
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Al Jolsen
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Maybelle Carter
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Robert Merrill
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Michael Mara
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Gypie Mayo
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Alvin Stardust
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Leon Bibb
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Pete Burns
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Bonus:
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Parliament
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Dianne Reeves
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Sonny Criss
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picture is a US Government work credited to Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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