Today is day 67 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Chaos 67, 3187 YOLD And let us not forget 13.0.8.5.19 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
International Women's Day, while not recognized in the US, has its origins in a 1908 march of 15,000 women in New York City demanding better pay, shorter hours and voting rights. For a while after that there was a National Women's Day organized by the evil Socialist Party of the US. It eventually went international and even recognized by the UN (but not the US). Per the wiki,
International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March every year around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights. After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day in New York City on February 28, 1909, German delegates Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, Paula Thiede and others proposed at the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference that "a special Women's Day" be organized annually.[4] After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.[5] The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted by the feminist movement in about 1967. The United Nations began celebrating the day in 1977.
It has its own web page:https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ , which I guess the US can't block, as well as a United Nations sub-page: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day , ditto.
On this day in history:
1010 – Ferdowsi completed his epic poem Shahnameh. 1775 – An anonymous writer published "African Slavery in America", the first known article in the 13 colonies calling for freeing slaves and abolishing slavery. 1782 – The Gnadenhutten, massacre of 96 peaceful Indians by Pennsylvania militiamen 1817 – The New York Stock Exchange was founded because other forms of gambling were illegal 1910 – Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's license. 1917 – International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution 1917 – The US Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. 1924 – A mine disaster killed 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah 1963 – The Ba'ath Party came to power in Syria in a coup d'état (see last weeks entry) 1979 – Philips demonstrated the compact disc publicly for the first time 1983 – Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an "evil empire" in a classic case of projection 1985 – A failed CIA assassination in Beirut,killed at least 56 and injured 180 other 2004 – A constitution was signed by Iraq's Governing Council at gunpoint
Born this day in:
“Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.”
~~ Neil Postman 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, pianist and composer 1804 – Alvan Clark, astronomer and optician 1822 – Ignacy Lukasiewicz, inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp 1865 – Frederic Goudy, type designer 1879 – Otto Hahn, chemist and academic 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, chemist and academic 1909 – Beatrice Shilling, motorcycle racer and engineer who designed "Miss Shillings Orifice", which saved many pilot's lives 1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, physicist and astronomer 1922 – Shigeru Mizuki, author and illustrator 1931 – John McPhee, author and educator 1931 – Neil Postman, author and social critic 1935 – George Coleman, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader 1937 – Richard Fariña, singer, songwriter, musician, and author 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, singer, songwriter, and painter[76] 1947 – Michael S. Hart, author, founded Project Gutenberg 1948 – Mel Galley, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1957 – Clive Burr, drummer 1957 – William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer 1958 – Gary Numan, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Died this day in:
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
1641 – Xu Xiake, geographer and explorer 1723 – Christopher Wren, architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral 1869 – Hector Berlioz, composer, conductor, and critic 1887 – Henry Ward Beecher, minister and activist 1887 – James Buchanan Eads, engineer, designed the Eads Bridge ( 1889 – John Ericsson, engineer 1923 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, physicist and academic 1941 – Sherwood Anderson, novelist and short story writer 1942 – José Raúl Capablanca, chess player 1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, keyboards and harmonica player, singer, and songwriter 1983 – William Walton, composer 1993 – Billy Eckstine, horn player, singer and bandleader 2003 – Adam Faith, singer 2009 – Hank Locklin, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 2016 – George Martin, composer, conductor, and producer ((the 5th Beatle)
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: International Women's Day,[192] and its related observances: International Women's Collaboration Brew Day Commonwealth Day aka Empire Day Girls Write Now Day National Proofreading Day National Be Nasty Day
Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)
International Women's Day
CPE Bach
George Coleman
Richard Fariña
Sergey Nikitin
Mickey Dolenz
Randy Meisner
Carole Bayer Sager
William Edward Childs
Pigpen
William Walton
Billy Eckstine
George Martin
WAR!
There is one day each year, December 25th, on which many purport to celebrate "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men". Well, this ain't it McGee, this is one of the other 364 (or 5) during which we celebrate, perpetuate, commit and commit ourselves to WAR!, endless and exalted. The foundation of our economy, the employer of ever so many and the source of our eternal pride, WAR! So remember, though it may not be good for living things, it is what keeps this country running and keeps its ruling elites happy, so hooray for war!
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