Monday Open Thread: June 3 is World Bicycle Day

June 3 is the 154th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 8, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.9.15 by the Mayan Long Count The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racist attacks on Mexicans and Mexican Americans as well as some Blacks, Filipinos and other minorities throughout California. They were encouraged by the police and media and grew out of demonization of hispanics by same. The worst occurred in "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula,", better known as L.A. A decent short presentation is in the following video:

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Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...  

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On this day in history:  

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1140 – Peter Abelard was found guilty of thoughtcrime 1539 – Hernando de Soto claimed Florida for Spain 1943 – Deemed start of the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles 1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist monks. 1984 – India launched a military offensive against the Sikh Golden Temple causing largely civilian casualties in excess of 5,000 2013 – Chelsea Manning's trial for exposing US war crimes began

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Born this day in: 1853 – Flinders Petrie, archaeologist 1897 – Memphis Minnie, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1906 – Josephine Baker, singer, dancer, spy, and actress 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, singer and guitarist 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, poet 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, author and poet 1930 – Dakota Staton, singer 1936 – Larry McMurtry, author and screenwriter 1940 – Ian Hunter, singer, songwriter and guitarisst 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, singer, songwriter and producer 1946 – Eddie Holman, singer 1950 – Suzi Quatro, singer, songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress 1952 – Billy Powell, keyboard player 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, lawyer, author, founder of creative commons  

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Died this day in: 1657 – William Harvey, physician 1875 – Georges Bizet, pianist and composer 1975 – Ozzie Nelson, actor and bandleader 2009 – Koko Taylor, singer, queen of the blues, seriously 2011 – Jack Kevorkian, pathologist, author, activist 2016 – Muhammad Ali, the greateest, butterfly, bee, poet, pugilist  

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

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Music goes here, iirc, well,

World Bicycle Day

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Memphis Minnie

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Minnie on guitar, Kansas Joe McCoy on vocals

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Josephine Baker

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Jimmy Rogers

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Dakota Staton

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Curtis Mayfield

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Suzi Quatro

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Really?

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Billy Powell

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Koko Taylor

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mas Koko

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Uno Mas

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Image is Bicycles parked near Amsterdam South railway station and is public domain.  

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It's an open thread, so do your thing

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