Today is day 307 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, The Aftermath 14, 3186 YOLD And let us not forget 13.0.7.17.13 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
It is also the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations), but that is waaay to long for a title. Besides that, two words: Julian Assange So what else is there? The First broadcast by the First commercial radio station in the US covered the results of the First presidential election in which women were allowed to vote. The winner? Warren G. Harding and his estimable V.P., Calvin Coolidge. Ah yes, I almost forgot, League of Nations mandates. These were areas that were formerly conquered and ruled by some of the losers in WWI which wee carved out to be administered by some of the winners not as occupied territories, but for the benefit of the native peoples until they were capable of standing alone. Along this line, Da wiki tells us
Two governing principles formed the core of the Mandate System, being non-annexation of the territory and its administration as a “sacred trust of civilisation” to develop the territory for the benefit of its native people.
Heh. Ha, ha, heeee, hoo! Uh yes, that's here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate#:~:text=A%20League%20of%20Nations%20mandate,of%20the%20League%20of%20Nations. It was all pursuant to Article 22 of the Leagues founding document. In case you forgot, World War I lasted until November 2018, and, as a result, the Brits were given a mandate over Palestine at the San Remo Conference in 1920, ostensibly to develop it for the benefit of its native people until such time as they were capable of self rule. Not bloody likely, given that they had already declared on November 2, 1917, that they intended to do nothing of the sort. But then again it was not for nothing that they had long been known as "Perfidious Albion" , but why the allegedly benevolent League of Nations went along with the gag is a bit of a mystery.
On this day in history:
619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic (Onoq) Khaganate was assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals with the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. Who knew? 1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, was created. 1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaimed British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" . Sorry Feisal. 1917 – The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet held its first meeting. 1920 – Station KDKA of Pittsburgh began broadcasting as the US' first commercial radio station. The first show was the result of the 1920 US presidential election. 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiated the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" TV service. 1947 – Howard Hughes flew the "Spruce Goose" on its only flight. 1949 – The Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. 1951 – Six thousand British troops arrived in Suez after the Egypt abrogated the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936. 1956 – Imre Nagy requested UN aid for Hungary. 1956 – Israel occupied the Gaza Strip. 1960 – Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal. (Not the Feisal the Brits betrayed, some other guy) 1965 – Norman Morrison set himself on fire in front of the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war. 1967 – LBJ and others decided to spew propaganda about the course of the Viet Nam War 1983 – Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 1988 – The Morris worm was launched from MIT.
Born this day in:
“Verbal communication is much easier than written communication, because words act on the feelings in a mysterious way and easily establish a current of sympathy between people; it is for this reason that an orator is able to produce conviction by arguments which do not seem very comprehensible to any one reading the speech later.”-- Georges Sorel 1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, painter and educator 1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, violinist and composer 1815 – George Boole, mathematician and philosopher 1844 – John J. Loud, inventor (The ballpoint pen) 1847 – Georges Sorel, philosopher and author 1885 – Harlow Shapley, astronomer and academic 1893 – Battista Farina, automobile designer (founded the Pininfarina Company ) 1894 – Alexander Lippisch, aerodynamicist and engineer 1908 – Bunny Berigan, trumpet player 1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, mathematician, philosopher, and theorist 1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, record producer and engineer 1926 – Charlie Walker, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and DJ 1927 – Steve Ditko, author and illustrator 1929 – Amar Bose, engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation 1929 – Robert Gover, journalist and author 1929 – Richard E. Taylor, physicist and academic 1931 – Phil Woods, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader 1937 – Earl Carroll, singer 1938 – Jay Black, singer 1940 – Phil Minton, singer and trumpet player 1941 – Brian Poole, singer 1941 – Bruce Welch, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1942 – Shere Hite, sexologist, feminist, author, and educator 1944 – Keith Emerson, pianist, keyboard player, and composer 1945 – J. D. Souther, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1947 – Dave Pegg, bass player and producer 1951 – Lindy Morrison, drummer 1952 – Maxine Nightingale, singer 1955 – Chris Burnett, saxophonist and composer 1957 – Carter Beauford, drummer and composer 1961 – k.d. lang, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress 1963 – Bobby Dall, bass player 1963 – Ron McGovney, bass player 1967 – Kurt Elling, singer and songwriter 1968 – Neal Casal, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and photographer 1969 – Reginald Arvizu, rock musician 1975 – Chris Walla, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
You can fool too many people, too much of the time. <\blockquote> -- James ThurberNo matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.--George Boole 1716 – Engelbert Kaempfer, botanist and physician 1886 – James Watney junior, brewer, cricketer, and politician 1887 – Jenny Lind, operatic soprano 1961 – James Thurber, humorist and cartoonist 1966 – Peter Debye, physicist and chemist 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1991 – Mort Shuman, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1992 – Robert Arneson, sculptor and academic 1996 – Eva Cassidy, singer 2014 – Acker Bilk, singer and clarinet player 2014 – Michael Coleman, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 2015 – Tommy Overstreet, singer, songwriter, and guitarist--Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Plan Your Epitaph Day Job Action Day National Deviled Egg Day Look for Circles Day Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari) Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico) International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)-Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)Bunny Berigan-Rudy Van Gelder-Phil Woods-Earl Carroll-Jay Black-Keith Emerson-J. D. Souther-Dave Pegg-Maxine Nightingale-k.d. lang-Neal Casal-Mississippi John Hurt-Acker Bilk-Michael Coleman--I won't be here when this posts, sorry to say. Have fun and be good to each other.--It's an open thread, so do your thing--Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com