Today is day 116 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, Discord 43, 3187 YOLD (discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.8.8.8 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
On this day in 1986, The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant set the defacto standard for what it takes for a nuclear accident to be considered to be "serious" or to be taken "seriously". Any lesser disaster has been simply shrugged off by nuclear industry pundits and promoters as no big deal. Any releases, leaks, spills, dumping, or other forms of contamination are dismissed as insufficiently above background or otherwise acceptable levels. John James Audubon was born on this day in 1785. He was a noted ornithologist and made prodigious contributions to the scientific bird lore of North America and produced an artistic treasure while he was at it. It is NOT true, however, that he was the first to use the phrase "tastes like chicken". On this day in history:
1607 – English colonists made landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia. 1777 – Sybil Ludington, rode 40 miles to warn US colonial forces that British troops were approaching 1803 – Thousands of meteor fragments fell from the skies of L'Aigle, France 1865 – Union cavalry troopers shot and killed John Wilkes Booth 1925 – Paul von Hindenburg became the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic. 1933 – The Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) was established 1937 – The German Luftwaffe bombed Guernica, Spain 1954 – The Geneva Conference began 1956 – The SS Ideal X container ship, left New Jersey, for Texas 1960 – Syngman Rhee resigned after 12 years of dictatorial rule 1970 – The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force. 1986 – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant go boom
Born this day in:
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
~~ Eugene Delacroix 11710 – Thomas Reid, philosopher and academic 1785 – John James Audubon, ornithologist and painter 1798 – Eugène Delacroix, painter and lithographer 1822 – Frederick Law Olmsted, journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park 1862 – Edmund C. Tarbell, painter and educator 1879 – Owen Willans Richardson, physicist and academic 1886 – Ma Rainey, singer 1889 – Anita Loos, author, playwright, and screenwriter 1889 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher and academic 1899 – Oscar Rabin, saxophonist and bandleader 1900 – Charles Francis Richter, physicist, Patron Saint of California 1912 – A. E. van Vogt, author 1914 – Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer 1921 – Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer 1925 – Vladimir Boltyansky, mathematician, educator and author 1932 – Frank D'Rone, singer and guitarist 1932 – Francis Lai, accordion player and composer 1932 – Michael Smith, biochemist and geneticist 1933 – Carol Burnett, actress, singer, and producer 1933 – Arno Allan Penzias, physicist and academic 1 1938 – Duane Eddy, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1938 – Maurice Williams, doo-wop/R&B singer and songwriter 1942 – Bobby Rydell, singer and actor 1943 – Gary Wright, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1959 – John Corabi, singe, -songwriter, and guitarist 1960 – Roger Taylor, drummer 1971 – Jay DeMarcus, bass player, songwriter, and producer
Died this day in:
If you play a tune and a person don’t tap their feet, don’t play the tune.
~~ Count Basie 1558 – Jean Fernel, physician 1865 – John Wilkes Booth, actor 1920 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician and theorist 1940 – Carl Bosch, chemist and engineer 1970 – Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, striptease dancer, and writer 1984 – Count Basie, pianist, composer, and bandleader 1989 – Lucille Ball, model, actress, comedian, and producer 1991 – Leo Arnaud, composer and conductor 1991 – Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor 1999 – Adrian Borland, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 2003 – Edward Max Nicholson, environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature 2011 – Phoebe Snow, singer and songwriter and guitarist 2013 – George Jones, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Chernobyl disaster related observances: Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus) Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia) Audubon Day Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, United States) National Pretzel Day World Intellectual Property Day Hug a Friend Day National Richter Scale Day
Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)
John James Audubon
Ma Rainey (note the band)
Charles Francis Richter
Jimmy Giuffre
Francis Lai
Duane Eddy
Maurice Williams
Bobby Rydell
Gary Wright
Roger Taylor
Count Basie
George Jones
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