It should be noted that humans do not have disabilities, they have impairments. The societies and cultures in which they live are corrupt and dysfunctional and create disabilities for those with impairments by tailoring the culture, practices and infrastructure of their society to those without impairments. This is something that needs to be rectified. A few wheelchair ramps here and there is an enormously inadequate solution.
World History this day
1912 -- The Balkan League signed an armistace with the Ottoman Empire, pausing the First Balkan War 1920 -- The Treaty of Alexandropol ended the Turkish-Armenian War, 1979 -- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran. 1984 -- A leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal killed over 9,800 and injured 150-300 thousand more 1989 -- George H. W. Bush conned Gorbachev into agreeing to announce that the cold war could be ending
US History this day
1818 -- Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. 1901 -- Teddy Roosevelt asked Congress to curb the power of trusts 1964 -- Police arrested over 800 students who occupied UC Berkeley's Sproul Hall during FSM *****
***** Please remember "qui tacet consentire videtur", and with that in mind, listen and heed.
x YouTube VideoEvery week or two, remember this and ask yourself, is it time yet? Isn't is it time yet?
Science & Technology this day 1904 -- The Jovian moon Himalia was discovered 1910 -- The first demonstration of modern neon lighting 1967 -- Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant 1973 -- Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-ups of Jupiter.
The Arts this day 1927 -- The first Laurel and Hardy film was released (yeah, but is it art?) 1960 -- The debut of the musical Camelot (ditto)
Misc. this day
Birthdays of Note this day
1616 -- John Wallis, mathematician and cryptographer 1729 -- Antonio Soler, composer 1833 -- Carlos Finlay, epidemiologist 1838 -- Octavia Hill, activist 1842 -- Ellen Swallow Richards, chemist, inventor of home economics 1857 -- Mathilde Kralik, composer 1863 -- Gussie Davis, songwriter 1907 -- Connee Boswell, jazz singer 1911 -- Nino Rota, pianist and composer 1914 -- Irving Fine, composer 1927 -- Andy Williams, singer 1931 -- Jaye P. Morgan, singer 1933 -- Paul J. Crutzen, atmospheric chemist, coined term anthropocene 1938 -- Sally Shlaer, mathematician, engineer and methodologist 1944 -- Ralph McTell, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1948 -- Ozzy Osbourne, songwriter 1949 -- Mickey Thomas, singer and songwriter 1952 -- Don Barnes, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1963 -- Joe Lally,singer, songwriter and bassist 1968 -- Montell Jordan, singer, songwriter, producer and preacher 1988 -- Melissa Aldana, saxophonist
Deaths of Note this day
1888 -- Carl Zeiss, physicist and lens maker 1894 -- Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist and poet 1919 -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter and sculptor 1972 -- William Manuel Johnson, bassist, father of slap style double bass 1973 -- Emile Christian, trombonist, cornet player, and composer 1999 -- Scatman John, American singer, songwriter and pianist 1999 -- Madeline Kahn, actress, comedian, and singer 2015 -- Gladstone Anderson, singer and pianist, had a major role defining the ska sound and the rocksteady beat 2015 -- Scott Weiland, singer andsongwriter
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So now some music
Jupiter
x YouTube VideoNeon
x YouTube VideoChristiaan Barnard
x YouTube VideoCamelot
x YouTube VideoAntonio Soler
x YouTube VideoMathilde Kralik
x YouTube VideoGussie Davis
x YouTube VideoConnee Boswell
x YouTube VideoNino Rota
x YouTube VideoIrving Fine
x YouTube VideoAndy Williams
x YouTube VideoJaye P. Morgan
x YouTube VideoRalph McTell
x YouTube VideoOzzy Osbourne
x YouTube VideoMickey Thomas
x YouTube VideoDon Barnes
x YouTube VideoJoe Lally
x YouTube VideoMontell Jordan
x YouTube VideoMelissa Aldana
x YouTube VideoCarl Zeiss
x YouTube VideoWilliam Manuel Johnson
x YouTube VideoEmile Christian
x YouTube VideoScatman John
x YouTube VideoMadeline Kahn
x YouTube VideoGladstone Anderson
x YouTube VideoScott Weiland
x YouTube VideoBonus Melissa Aldana
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Photo: is International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2010, a US Government Work
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