Sunday Open Thread: April 29 is the Feast of Saint Catherine of Siena

Today's date is also Prickle-Prickle, Discord 46, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)

World History this day

1429 – Joan of Arc showed up to raise the siege of Orleans 1910 – The UK Parliament passed the People's Budget with the stated intent of redistributing wealth 1916 – Irish rebel leaders surrendered to British forces, ending the Easter Rising 1945 – The German army in Italy surrendered to the Allies. 1945 – Dachau was liberated by US troops

US History this day

1861 – Maryland's House of Delegates voted not to secede 1967 – Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after refusing to join the war machine 1970 – The US invaded Cambodia, allegedly to hunt VC 1974 – Nixon announced the release of edited transcripts of the White House tapes 1975 – The U.S. began to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon 1992 – Riots broke out in Los Angeles over the acquittal of the cops who brutalized Rodney King.

Science & Technology this day

1986 – Assorted spy satellites imaged the ruins of the 4th Reactor at Chernobyl

The Arts this day

1968 – The musical Hair, which tried to co-opt hippie culture, opened

Misc. this day

2011 – Prince William married Catherine Middleton, momentarily upstaging the Kardashians.

Birthdays of Note this day

1667 – John Arbuthnot, satirist, physician, and polymath 1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope, journalist and author 1847 – Joachim Andersen, flautist, composer, and conductor 1854 – Henri Poincare, mathematician, physicist, and engineer 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, yellow journalist 1894 – Marietta Blau, physicist, nobel nominee 1893 – Harold Urey, chemist 1895 – Malcolm Sargent, organist, composer, and conductor 1899 – Duke Ellington, pianist, composer, and bandleader 1900 – Concha de Albornoz, feminist and exile 1922 – Toots Thielemans, guitarist and harmonica player 1928 – Carl Gardner, singer, Robin, Coaster 1931 – Lonnie Donegan, singer, songwriter, and guitarist; the king of skiffle 1933 – Rod McKuen, singer, songwriter and poet 1933 – Willie Nelson, singer, songwriter, guitarist, pot-head 1935 – Otis Rush, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1936 – Zubin Mehta, bassist and conductor 1936 – April Stevens, pop singer 1938 – Bernard Madoff, classic capitalist businessman and financier 1938 – Klaus Voormann, artist, bass player, and producer, major sideman 1943 – Duane Allen, country singer 1945 – Tammi Terrell, singer and songwriter 1947 – Tommy James, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Deaths of Note this day

1380 – Catherine of Siena, a saint who married Jesus, the son of god, and receivied his foreskin for a ring * 1905 – Ignacio Cervantes, pianist and composer 1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher 1967 – J. B. Lenoir, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, director, producer and bird fancier 1993 – Mick Ronson, guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1997 – Mike Royko, journalist and author 2006 – John Kenneth Galbraith, economist 2008 – Albert Hofmann, chemist 2012 – Kenny Roberts, country singer and songwriter

* Luckily, it was invisible, sparing the sensitivities of her neighbors and acquaintances

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So now some music

The Duke

Toots  

Carl Gardner  

Lonnie Donegan  

Rod McKuen  

Willie  

Otis Rush  

April Stevens  

Klaus Voormann  

Tammi Terrell  

Tommy James  

Ignacio Cervantes  

J. B. Lenoir  

Albert Hofmann  

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Photo: Jurassic Blueberries, Furthur And The Oregon Country Fair by Jurassic Blueberries

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