Sunday Open Thread: July 29 is Global Tiger Day

and it is also Setting Orange, Confusion 64, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)

World History this day

1148 - This is the official end of the Siege of Damascus and the Second Crusade, even though the whupped crusaders bailed and retreated to Jerusalem on the 28th. Hey, whatever. 1588 - English naval forces under Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake hammered the Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina Sedona off the coast of Gravelines. Medina Sedona, fwiw, knew zip shit about ships and the sea, whilst Drake was a pirate of reknown. 1921 - Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. 1950 - The 4 day No Gun Ri Massacre ended when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment that was committing it was withdrawn. 1965 - The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrived in Vietnam

US History this day

1858 - The US and Japan signed the Harris Treaty, a one-sided treaty signed on the deck of a US warship. This is perhaps the classic example of US "gunboat diplomacy" 1914 - The Cape Cod Canal opened. 1932 - US army infantry, cavalry, and 4 tanks under Douglas MacArthur dispersed the remains of the "Bonus Army" of Veterans, their wives and Children from DC and destroyed their temporary dwellings and possessions. 1958 - Ike signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA

Science & Technology this day

1818 - Augustin Fresnel submitted his "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light" which pretty much demolished the oldest argument against the wave theory of light. 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia. 1987 - Maggie and Frank signed an agreement to build the chunnel. Both Bonaparte and Hitler rolled over in their graves

2005 - Astronomers announced their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. That's ERIS, the goddess of strife and discord, patroness of discordianism and mother of all of the lesser evils! Bwahahaha, just in case you're wondering why everything has gone to hell. Hail Eris!,

2015 - Microsoft released Windows 10. Did I mention that everything has gone to hell?

The Arts this day

1836 - The Arc de Triomphe was inagurated. It is momumental architecture, no doubt, but is it art?

Misc. this day

Birthdays of Note this day

1646 - Johann Theile, organist and composer 1846 - Sophie Menter, pianist and composer 1869 - Booth Tarkington, novelist and dramatist 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, pianist and composer 1888 - Vladimir K. Zworykin, engineer, invented the Iconoscope * 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist 1900 - Don Redman, composer and bandleader 1905 - Dag Hammarskjold, economist and diplomat 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, poet 1914 - Irwin Corey, stand up comic and activist 1916 - Charlie Christian, guitarist 1930 - Paul Taylor, dancer and choreographer 1933 - Randy Sparks, folk singer, songwriter, and musician 1938 - Peter Jennings, journalist and author 1946 - Neal Doughty, keyboardist and songwriter, 1953 - Geddy Lee, singer, songwriter, bassist, and keyboardist 1953 - Patti Scialfa, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

* In case you need your Icons scoped

Deaths of Note this day

1856 - Robert Schumann, composer 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, painter 1974 - Cass Elliot, singer 1976 - Mickey Cohen, businessman 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, sociologist and philosopher 1982 - Vladimir K. Zworykin, engineer, invented the Iconoscope, died on his birthday 1995 - Les Elgart, trumpet player and bandleade

So now some music

Global Tiger Day

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Eris (hail Eris!)

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Don Redman

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Charlie Christian

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Neal Doughty

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Geddy Lee