Monday Open Thread: January 7 is Distaff Day

January 7 is the 7th day of the year It is also Boomtime, Chaos 7, 3185 YOLD   (discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.6.2.8 by the Mayan Long Count So, 7, "they say", is a happy number. "Why?" you may ask.

And this, of course, leads to non happy numbers

It appears from Brady's discussion, that there are no ambivalent numbers, so that's all ya get. Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ... On this day in history: 1608 – Jamestown, Virginia, was destroyed by fire. 1610 – Galileo made his first observation of the four Galilean moons 1920 – The New York State Assembly refused to seat five duly elected Socialists because it is a kleptocracy, not a democracy . 1922 – The Dáil Éireann ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service was established between London and New York City 1955 – Marian Anderson became the first person of color to perform at the Met. 1959 – The US recognized Fidel Castro's new Cuban government. 1979 – Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh and drove out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge 1999 – Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate began. Born this day in: 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, inventor of the telephone 1873 – Adolph Zukor, film producer, co-founder of Paramount Pictures 1899 – Al Bowlly, singer and songwriter 1906 – Red Allen, trumpet player 1906 – Bobbi Trout, record setting pilot 1912 – Charles Addams, cartoonist 1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist 1935 – Kenny Davern, 1938 – Paul Revere, keyboards player and songwriter 1941 – Iona Brown, Violinist and conductor 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Hiroshima victim who folded 1,000 paper cranes 1948 – Kenny Loggins, singer and songwriter 1950 – Juan Gabriel, singer and songwriter 1959 – Kathy Valentine, bass player and songwriter Died this day in: 1932 – André Maginot, drew a line in the sand 1943 – Nikola Tesla, physicist, inventor and engineer 2001 – James Carr, singer  

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Distaff Day

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Music goes here, iirc, well,

Marian Anderson

Al Bowlly

Red Allen

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Paul Revere

Kenny Loggins

Juan Gabriel

Kathy Valentine

Nikola Tesla

James Carr

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