Sunday Open Thread: November 12 is World Pneumonia Day

World History this day

1793 -- The first Mayor of Paris, was guillotined. 1918 -- Austria became a republic. 1927 -- Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party. 1956 -- Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia joined the UN 1956 -- Israeli soldiers shot Palestinian refugees to death in Rafah

US History this day

1936 -- The San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge began carrying traffic 1958 -- Rock climbers made the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. 1969 -- Seymour Hersh broke the story of the My Lai Massacre.

Science & Technology this day

1970 -- Oregon's Highway folks blew up a beached Sperm Whale (go look up "exploding whale") *** 1980 -- Voyager I took the first close -up images of Saturn's rings. 2014 -- The Philae lander, reached the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

*** Should this be under Art?

The Arts this day

Misc. this day Baha'u'lla'h was born

Birthdays of Note this day

1815 -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, activist 1833 -- Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist 1840 -- Auguste Rodin, sculptor 1842 -- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist (think Rayleigh scattering) 1894 -- Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, zoologist and comparative psychologist, studied pecking order 1896 -- Salim Ali, ornithologist 1905 -- Louise Thaden, pilot, first woman winner of the Bendix Trophy 1911 -- Buck Clayton, trumpet player 1915 -- Roland Barthes, philosopher and theorist 1917 -- Jo Stafford, singer 1919 -- Jackie Washington, singer and songwriter 1923 -- Ian Graham, archaeologist and Mayanist 1924 -- Sam Jones, composer, bassist, and cellist 1930 -- Bob Crewe, singer, songwriter, and producer 1938 -- Mort Shuman, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1943 -- Errol Brown, singer and songwriter 1943 -- Brian Hyland, singer 1943 -- John Walker, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1944 -- Booker T. Jones, pianist, saxophonist, songwrite 1945 -- Neil Young, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1947 -- Buck Dharma, ditto 1953 -- Baaba Maal, singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist 1964 -- Vic Chesnutt, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1970 -- Sarah Harmer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1976 -- Tevin Campbell, singer and songwriter 1976 -- Judith Holofernes, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1980 -- Shaun Cooper, bassist

Deaths of Note this day

1094 -- Duncan II of Scotland (any old Duncan will do today) 1793 -- Jean Sylvain Bailly, astronomer, mathematician, politician, mayor of Paris 1847 -- William Christopher Zeise, chemist (Zeise's salt) 1916 -- Percival Lowell, astronomer and mathematician 1955 -- Sarah Wambaugh, political scientist 1972 -- Rudolf Friml, pianist and composer 1987 -- Cornelis Vreeswijk, singer and songwriter 2003 -- Tony Thompson, drummer

So now some music

Pneumonia Day

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