Sunday Open Thread: October 29nd is World Stroke Day

World History this day

539 BC -- Cyrus the Great entered Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land 0312 -- Constantine the Great entered Rome after the Battle of the Milvian Bridge 1390 -- The first trial for witchcraft in Paris was held 1665 -- Portuguese forces defeated the Kingdom of Kongo 1888 -- The Convention of Constantinople guaranteed free passage through the Suez Canal in war and peace 1922 -- King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appointed Benito Mussolini Prime Minister. 1923 -- Turkey became a republic 1948 -- The IDF captured the Palestinian village of Safsaf then massacred 52 to 64 villagers 1956 -- Israeli forces invaded the Sinai Peninsula and pushed Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. 1961 -- Syria exited from the UAR 2015 -- China announced the end of its One-child policy.

US History this day

1929 -- The NYSE crashed, starting the Great Depression. 1921 -- The second "trial" of Sacco and Vanzetti 1980 -- A special C-130 for an Iran hostage rescue attempt crashed during testing

Science & Technology this day

1675 -- Leibniz maked the first use of the long s as a symbol of the integral in calculus. 1969 -- The first ARPANET connection was made, but didn't include SABRE access. 1991 -- The Galileo spacecraft became the first probe to visit an asteroid.

The Arts this day

1787 -- The first performance of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni

Misc. this day

1960 -- Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay won his first pro match

Birthdays of Note this day

1740 -- James Boswell, lawyer and author 1875 -- Marie of Romania, Dorothy Parker, and vice-versa *** 1882 -- Jean Giraudoux, author and playwright 1906 -- Fredric Brown, sci-fi author 1910 -- A. J. Ayer, philosopher 1921 -- Bill Mauldin, soldier and cartoonist 1922 -- Neal Hefti, trumpet player and composer 1925 -- Zoot Sims, saxophonist and composer 1926 -- Jon Vickers, tenor (opera) 1930 -- Omara Portuondo, singer and dancer (Cuarteto d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club) 1937 -- Sonny Osborne, bluegrass singer and banjo player 1945 -- Mick Gallagher, keyboard player and songwriter 1945 -- Melba Moore, singer, songwriter and actress 1946 -- Peter Green, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1949 -- James Williamson, guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1961 -- Randy Jackson, a Jackson 1962 -- Einar Orn Benediktsson, singer, trumpet player, and politician 1965 -- Tyler Collins, singer, songwriter and actress 1990 -- Eric Saade, singer

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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania.

----------Dorothy Parker

Deaths of Note this day

1618 -- Walter Raleigh, comes in a can 1783 -- Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician, physicist, and music theorist, wrote d'Alembert's equation 1877 -- Nathan Bedford Forrest, Southron hero, war criminal, and KKK Grand Wizard 1949 -- George Gurdjieff, monk, psychologist, and philosopher 1969 -- Pops Foster, bassist and trumpet player 1971 -- Duane Allman, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1981 -- Georges Brassens, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1987 -- Woody Herman, singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader 1995 -- Terry Southern, novelist, essayist, and screenwriter 1997 -- Anton LaVey, founded the Church of Satan 1998 -- Paul Misraki, pianist and composer 2000 -- Carlos Guastavino, pianist and composer 2003 -- Franco Corelli, tenor (opera)

So now some music

Paris Witchcraft Trial

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