Monday Open Thread; March 19 is Return of the Swallow

March 19 is the  78th day of the year, there are 287days left

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Today is also Pungenday, Discord 5, 3184 YOLD for all you Discordians out there

Today's number is 19

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19 is a prime number (the eighth prime) The only magic hexagon with more than 1 cell has 19 cells 19 is potassium The metonic cycle is roughly 19 years and pops up in calendars throughout history; 19 years = 235 lunar months A zero point hand in cribbage is called "nineteen" because no cribbage hand can have a 19 point score The 19th hole on a golf course is the bar A go board is a 19 x 19 grid

Title 19 of the US Code is CUSTOMS DUTIES

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19 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Vespillo The Aqua Virgo was completed The poet Virgil died

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19 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Balbus Germanicus Julius Caesar died

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On this day in:

1563 -- The Edict of Amboise granted certain freedoms to the Huguenots. Heh. 1649 -- The House of Commons passed an act abolishing the House of Lords, Heh. 1812 -- The Cadiz Cortes promulgated the Spanish Constitution of 1812, its first as a nation. 1885 -- Louis Riel kicked off the North-West Rebellion. 1895 -- The Lumiere brothers recorded their first footage using their cinematograph. 1918 -- The US Congress established time zones and approved Dastardly Stupid Time. 1920 -- The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles for the second time. Heh 1931 -- Gambling was legalized in Nevada 114 years and 10 days after Wall Street's NYSE. 1932 -- The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. 1941 -- The 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) was activated 1962 -- Bob Dylan released his first album, 1966 -- Texas Western won the Final four with an all-black starting lineup. 2008 -- GRB 080319B was briefly observed, the farthest thing ever visible

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Born this day in:

1813 -- David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, I presume 1821 -- Richard Francis Burton, soldier, geographer, explorer, linguist and all that * 1844 -- Minna Canth, writer and activist 1848 -- Wyatt Earp, gambler, gunslinger, deputy cop 1860 -- William Jennings Bryan, didn't like golden crosses 1891 -- Earl Warren, politician and judge, Cal grad 1933 -- Philip Roth, author 1937 -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry, singer and pianist 1946 -- Ruth Pointer, singer, songwriter, Pointer Sister 1953 -- Ricky Wilson, singer, songwriter, musician, bomber 1960 -- Eliane Elias, singer, songwriter and pianist

*Per da wiki: "... explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages."

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Died this day in:

1930 -- Arthur Balfour, politician, global meddler and trouble maker 1950 -- Edgar Rice Burroughs, author 1997 -- Willem de Kooning, painter 2005 -- John DeLorean, engineer, car designer, failed businessman entrapped by Feebs. 2008 -- Arthur C. Clarke, author

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:   "Return of the Swallow"

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LOOKOUT!

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Here it comes!

Then, straight outta Oaktown, there's The Pointer Sisters  

versus The Pointer Sisters  

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picture is Terry Hughes' "Swallow Takes Off"

It's an open thread, so do your thing

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