Today is day 4 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 4, 3187 YOLD And let us not forget 13.0.8.2.16 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Even in Braille, it seems. The inventor of Braille, Louis Braille, was born January 1, 1809. Though there are many technological advances in use today, Braille literacy is till a very important tool all over the world for performing everything from very simple to very complex tasks.. Being able to read about things is arguably far more important to those who cannot see them. It is also Ogoni Day. The Ogoni people live in the River State of Nigeria. They have been hammered by colonialism, extremely rapid modernization, the contamination and pollution of their environment and their food sources by Shell Oil and attacks, and human rights violations including assassinations and murders by the Nigerian Government in Support of Shell Oil. The Movement of the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) was formed by Ken Saro-Wiwa and others to seek redress from the government, but he and other leaders were executed by the government.
On this day in history:
1836 – Spain recognized the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty. 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, later known as x-rays. 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars hit the streets in San Francisco. 1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. 1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act was signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.
Born this day in:
Access to communication in the widest sense is access to knowledge, and that is vitally important for us if we are not to go on being despised or patronized by condescending sighted people. We do not need pity, nor do we need to be reminded that we are vulnerable. We must be treated as equals — and communication is the way we can bring this about.
~~ Louis Braille
1643 – Isaac Newton, mathematician and physicist 1710 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer, violinist, and organist 1785 – Jacob Grimm, philologist and mythologist 1809 – Louis Braille, educator, invented Braille 1813 – Isaac Pitman, linguist and educator 1839 – Carl Humann, archaeologist, architect, and engineer 1864 – Clara Emilia Smitt, doctor, author, and activist 1883 – Max Eastman, author, poet, and activist 1900 – James Bond, ornithologist and zoologist 1916 – Lionel Newman, pianist and composer 1937 – Grace Bumbry, operatic soprano 1940 – Gao Xingjian, novelist, playwright, and critic 1940 – Brian Josephson, physicist and academic 1942 – John McLaughlin, guitarist and songwriter 1946 – Arthur Conley, singer and songwriter 1947 – Chris Cutler, percussionist, lyricist and music theorist 1956 – Bernard Sumner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1957 – Patty Loveless, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1960 – Michael Stipe, singer, songwriter ,and producer 1966 – Deana Carter, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
~~ Henri Bergson 1782 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, architect 1804 – Charlotte Lennox, author and poet 1882 – John William Draper, physician, chemist, and photographer 1904 – Anna Winlock, astronomer and academic 1925 – Nellie Cashman, nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector 1941 – Henri Bergson, philosopher and academic, 1960 – Albert Camus, novelist, philosopher, and journalist 1961 – Erwin Schrödinger, physicist and academic 1965 – T. S. Eliot, poet, playwright, and critic 1969 – Paul Chambers, bassist and composer 1975 – Carlo Levi, painter, author, and activist 1986 – Christopher Isherwood, author and academic 1986 – Phil Lynott, singer, songwriter, bass player, and producer 1988 – Lily Laskine, harp player 2001 – Les Brown, bandleader and composer 2005 – Frank Harary, mathematician and academic 2005 – Robert Heilbroner, economist and historian 2011 – Gerry Rafferty, singer and songwriter
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) World Braille Day National Spaghetti Day Free Flower Basket Day
Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)