September 16 is day 259 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 40, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.15.0 by the Mayan Long Count
On this day in history:
-On September 16, 1810, in Dolores Nuevo España (now Doloes HIdalgo, Mexico) at about 2:30 am, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the bell of the local parish church rung, gathered the populace and delivered the pronunciamento that triggered the Mexicn War of Independence from Spain. Though the exact text of the pronunciamento is unknown, its purpose and effect were revolutionary, and the revolution was on. This pronunciamento is known as el Grito de Dolores. It was not s quick revolution, taking roughly a decade, but, in the end, Mexico was free from Spain. Don Hidalgo is treated as the father of his country, The Grito has come to symbolize Mexican independence which is celebrated on September 16, .
-In 1893, wannabe settlers, speculators, grifters, boomers and others made Oaklahoma's fourth and largest land run to grab up lands in the Cherokee Outlet.
-In 1959 the world's first successful copier, the Xerox 914, was introduced. We could've ended the cold war and destroyed the Soviet Union quite inexpensively had we simply thught to ship thusands of these units, for free, to Russia and all of the other soviet states, but it never did occur to us..
-In 1982, Sabra and Shatila massacre was committed. Roughly 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were slaughtered by Phalangist militiamen with the knowledge and tacit approval of the IDF.
-In 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. As a result, it is projected that the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica will be restored to its 1980 condition by at least 2070. If anybody is still here at that time, will they please check it to see. Thanks.
-In 1992, Manuel Noriega, a CIA asset who had been on the CIA payroll off and on was convicted and sentenced to 40 years for activities conducted entirely within his own country. This was a wrning to the entire world that the US considered that it could pass laws in the US that would apply toi and be enforceable against foreign persons for actions within their own country that were legal or undetected witghin their own country. The rest of the world ignored the implications of this to their detriment.
-In 2007, mercenaries employed by the US via their direct employer, Blackwater Worldwide, shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians without provocation in Nisour Square, Baghdad. This was treated as a big deal and some of the mercenaries were eventually tried by the US, even though our military had been slaughtering great numbers of Iraqi civilians pretty continuously since March 2003. IT is suspected that the trial of these persons, like the continuing persecution of Chelsea Manning was to deflect attention from the fact that the Bush regime was guilty of war crimes from the top down.
- -Born this day in: 1844 – Paul Taffanel, flute player and conductor 1846 – Anna Kingsford, author, poet, and activist 1880 – Alfred Noyes, author, poet, and playwright 1881 – Clive Bell, philosopher and critic 1898 – H. A. Rey, author an illustrator 1915 – Cy Walter, pianist 1916 – Marie Vieux-Chauvet, writer 1919 – Andy Russell, singer and actor 1921 – Jon Hendricks, singer, and songwriter 1921 – Korla Pandit, pianist and composer 1922 – Janis Paige, singer and actor 1925 – Charlie Byrd, singer and guitarist 1925 – B.B. King, singer, songrwrier, and guitarist 1931 – Little Willie Littlefield, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1934 – Ronnie Drew, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Dubliners) 1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, saxophonist 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1940 – Hamiet Bluiett, saxophonist and composer 1941 – Joe Butler, singer, drummer ,and autoharp player 1942 – Bernie Calvert, bass and keyboards player 1944 – Betty Kelly, singer 1948 – Ron Blair, base player 1948 – Kenney Jones, drummer (who knew?)
- -Died this day in: 1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, friar 1672 – Anne Bradstreet, colonial poet 1925 – Alexander Friedmann, physicist and mathematician 1973 – Víctor Jara, singer, songwriter, teacher, martyr, and theatre director 1976 – Bertha Lutz, feminist and scientist 1977 – Maria Callas, opera singer 1984 – Richard Brautigan, author, Charlie 2003 – Sheb Wooley, singer, songwiriter, actor, voice actor 2005 – Gordon Gould, physicist 2008 – Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer 2009 – Mary Travers, singer and songwriter 2011 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer 2016 – Edward Albee, playwright and director
- -Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: El Grito de Dolores (Mexico) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- - -Music goes here, iirc, well,
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