Sunday Open Thread: December 24 is Xmas Eve + How to Wear a Man Bun

World History this day

1777 -- Captain Cook "discovered" Kiritimati roughly 240 years after Hernando de Grijalva did. It wasn't nuked until the 1950s 1914 -- The "Christmas truce" began 1941 -- Benghazi was conquered by British troops 1943 -- Ike was named Supreme Allied Commander for Normandy 1951 -- Libya became independent

US History this day

1814 -- Britain and the US signed the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812 1851 -- The Library of Congress burned 1865 -- The Ku Klux Klan was formed. 1973 -- District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed - a hint of partial Democracy for the residents.

Science & Technology this day

1906 -- Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast. 1968 -- Apollo 8 orbited the moon, carrying the first humans to do so

The Arts this day 759 -- The poet Du Fu left for Chengdu. 1818 -- The first performance of "Silent Night" 1871 -- Aida opened in Cairo 1913 -- The Italian Hall disaster/massacre

Misc. this day

Birthdays of Note this day

1726 -- Johann Hartmann, composer 1731 -- Julie Bondeli, salonist and lady of letters 1818 -- James Prescott Joule, physicist 1868 -- Emanuel Lasker, chess player 1893 -- Harry Warren, pianist and composer 1898 -- Baby Dodds, drummer 1910 -- Fritz Leiber, author and poet 1914 -- Ralph Marterie, trumpet player and bandleader 1924 -- Lee Dorsey, singer and songwriter 1927 -- Mary Higgins Clark, author 1930 -- Robert Joffrey, dancer and choreographer 1931 -- Mauricio Kagel, composer 1934 -- John Critchinson, pianist and composer 1941 -- Mike Hazlewood, singer and songwriter 1944 -- Woody Shaw, trumpeter 1945 -- Lemmy, singer, songwriter and bass playe 1946 -- Jan Akkerman, guitarist and songwriter 1950 -- Libby Larsen, composer 1963 -- Mary Ramsey, singer, songwriter, and violinist 1968 -- Doyle Bramhall II, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Deaths of Note this day

1524 -- Vasco da Gama, explorer 1914 -- John Muir, geologist and botanist, founded the Sierra Club 1931 -- Flying Hawk, warrior, chief and educator, look him up 1935 -- Alban Berg, composer 1971 -- Maria Koepcke, ornithologist and zoologist 1997 -- Toshiro Mifune, played many Archetypal man bun wearers 2014 -- Buddy DeFranco, clarinet player

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How to Wear a Man Bun, Lesson 1

How to Wear a Man Bun, Lesson 2

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So now some music

  Silent Night Revisited        

Aida  

Libya  

Baby Dodds  

Lee Dorsey  

Mauricio Kagel  

Woody Shaw  

Lemmy  

Buddy DeFranco,  

BONUS:

Mauricio Kagel

Buddy DeFranco  

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