Monday Open Thread; November 13 is World Kindness Day

November 13 is the 317th day of the year, there are 48 days left

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Today's number is 13

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13 is 13 is a prime number, it is the 6th prime

13 is also a prime if the digits are reversed (31)

13 is a pythagorean prime (13 = 3**2 + 4**2 & 13 = 4n+1 where n =3)

13 is a fibonacci number (0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13).

13 is the hypotenuse of a right traingle with sides of 5 & 12. 5, 12 & 13 can be used to test for right angles, like 3,4 & 5 can

There are 13 Archimedean Solids.

1/13 is the non-ending decimal 0.076923 with endless repetitions of 076923 thereafter

A deck of cards has 4 suits of 13 cards each.

The US was formed from 13 rebellious British Colonies

13 is also a Wilson Prime

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Title 13 of the US Code is CENSUS

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13 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Nero and Varus Yep, that damn Varus again, Publius Quinctilius Varus. Ptui!

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13 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Silius and Plancus   Strabo published a book on the shape of the Earth & Ovid published books 1-3 of his Epistulae ex Ponto.

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On this day in:

1887 – Bloody Sunday, the Army and police attacked protesters in London, who fought back 1918 – The Allies occupied Constantinople 1927 – The Holland Tunnel began carrying traffic 1940 – Fantasia was released 1956 – The Supremes struck down Alabama's laws requiring segregated buses 1966 – Israel launched an attack on the village of As-Samu 1982 – Boom-Boom Mancini beat Duk Koo Kim who soon after died 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C, was dedicated 2001 – GWB authorized military tribunals against foreigners suspected of links to terrorist acts or plans 2002 – Iraq agreed to the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 2015 – Paris terror attacks

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Born this day in:

1699 – Jan Zach, violinist, organist, and composer 1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, Germany's first female PhD and first female MD 1814 – Joseph Hooker, general famous for camp followers 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, author and poet 1856 – Louis Brandeis, jurist 1869 – Helene Stocker, feminist, pacifist, and gender activist 1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, biochemist 1894 – Bennie Moten, pianist and bandleader 1921 – Joonas Kokkonen, pianist & composer 1934 – Jimmy Fontana, singer, songwriter, and actor 1939 – Idris Muhammad, drummer and composer 1940 – Baby Washington, singer 1942 – John P. Hammond, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1944 – Timmy Thomas, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player 1945 – Bobby Manuel, guitarist and producer 1945 – Knut Riisnaes, saxophonist, flautist and composer 1947 – Toy Caldwell, guitarist and songwriter 1947 – Amory Lovins, physicist and environmentalist 1949 – Terry Reid, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1957 – Roger Ingram, trumpet player 1969 – Josh Mancell, drummer and composer 1973 – Ari Hoenig, drummer and composer 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, bassist

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Died this day in:

1460 – Prince Henry the Navigator, 1903 – Camille Pissarro, painter 1955 – Bernard DeVoto, historian 1974 – Karen Silkwood, activist 1996 – Bill Doggett, pianist and composer 2004 – John Balance, singer and songwriter 2016 – Leon Russell, musician, singer, songwriter, mad dog, wrecking crew

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:   World Kindness Day Sadie Hawkins Day (US Only)

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So, for music,

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Fantasia  

Boom Boom Mancini  

Jan Zach  

Joseph Hooker  

Bennie Moten  

Joonas Kokkonen  

Jimmy Fontana  

Idris Muhammad  

Baby Washington  

John P. Hammond  

Bobby Manuel  

Knut Riisnaes  

Toy Caldwell  

Terry Reid  

Roger Ingram  

Josh Mancell  

Ari Hoenig  

Nikolai Fraiture  

Bill Doggett  

John Balance  

Leon Russell  

Bonus:  

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Bill Doggett

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Leon Russell music

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picture is National Kindness Day, public domain, by Daniel Lobo

Crossposted from http://caucus99percent.com