Before we take a look at 16, please note that being here on a Monday the 16th always means you just survived a Friday the 13th, so major congrats on that.
OK 16 is 4 squared and 2 to the fourth or 4**2 and 2**4. Coincidence? I don't think so. 16 is the only number that equals both a**b and b**a for some unequal integers a & b. 16 is the base for the Hexadecimal numeral system, aka Hex Counting in Hex runs from 0 to 9 then A,B,C,D,E, and F for 10 through 15 Hex is used a ton in computer science, computers and computing 16 is sulfur There are 16 ounces in a pound 16 is the minimum age for doing assorted things in various nations and states.
Title 16 of the US Code is Conservation
The 16th Amendment states that
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
This does not mean what it says, ask any crank.
16 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Publius Cornelius Scipio) Roman legate Marcus Lollius was defeated by a Germanic horde. This was/is called "The Lollian Disaster" because the German raiders bagged the legionary standard (the Eagle). Nonetheless, Caesar Augustus reorganized the German provinces and made Trier their capital. Trier is way cool. It has a ton of Roman ruins and Marx spent a chunk of his childhood there, in the Salmonish second story dwelling in the center of this picture:
Naturally, capitalists have to exploit this connection, such as by selling whatever type of couture Modehaus Marx sells
It has been said that one is either on the bus or off of the bus and Marx, well ...
16 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Libo (sounds like bull to me) A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus won a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions. (Those were the 3 eagles Varus lost in 9 BCE, not the paltry lone eagle Lollius lost in 16 BCE.) The Noricans joined with the Pannonians in invading Histria, and were defeated by Publius Silius, proconsul of Illyricum.
On this day in: 1204 -- Crusader Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, was crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire created by the Holy 4th Crusade's Holy conquest of Constantinople.
1527 -- The Florentines expelled the Medici again and Florence again re-established itself as a republic.
1770 -- 14-year-old Marie Antoinette married 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later became king of France. Like many child marriages, it ended poorly.
1843 -- The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest set out on the Oregon Trail.
1888 -- Nikola Tesla delivered a lecture on efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1916 -- The United Kingdom and the French Third Republic signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria, totally fucking up the middle east from 1918 onward.
1920 -- Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc, a heretic previously burnt at the stake for her heresies.
1943 -- The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ended.
1960 -- Theodore Maiman operated the first laser in Malibu, California.
1966 -- The Communist Party of China issued the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1975 -- Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
1988 -- A report by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop stated that nicotine's addictive properties were similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
Born this day in: 1831 -- David Edward Hughes, a physicist who co-invented the microphone. 1898 -- Kenji Mizoguchi, a director and screenwriter 1913 -- Woody Herman, a singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player 1919 -- Liberace, a pianist, entertainer, and clothes horse 1922 -- Eddie Bert, a trombonist 1923 -- Victoria Fromkin, a linguist and academic 1929 -- Betty Carter, a singer & songwriter 1944 -- Billy Cobham, a drummer, composer, and bandleader (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jazz Is Dead, and Bobby and the Midnites) 1946 -- Roger Earl, a drummer & songwriter (Savoy Brown and Foghat) 1946 -- Robert Fripp, a guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, The League of Gentlemen, Giles, Giles and Fripp, and Fripp & Eno) 1947 -- Barbara Lee, a singer (The Chiffons) 1964 -- Boyd Tinsley, a singer, songwriter, and violinist (Dave Matthews Band) 1965 -- Krist Novoselic, a bass player and songwriter (Nirvana, Flipper, Sweet 75, The No WTO Combo, and Eyes Adrift) 1966 -- Janet Jackson, a singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress. Also wardrobe designer.
Died this day in: 1830 -- Joseph Fourier, a mathematician and physicist. Transformative 1979 -- A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights, union, & socialist leader and activist 1981 -- Ernie Freeman, a pianist, composer, and bandleader 1984 -- Andy Kaufman, an actor, comedian, and screenwriter 1990 -- Sammy Davis Jr., a singer, dancer, and actor 1990 -- Jim Henson, a muppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter 1992 -- Chalino Sánchez, a singer & songwriter 1993 -- Marv Johnson, a singer, songwriter, and pianist 2010 -- Hank Jones, a pianist, composer, and bandleader 2012 -- Chuck Brown, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. Godfather of Go-Go.
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: It is the feast of St. Brendan the Navigator
So, for music we gots -- Woody Herman Liberace Eddie Bert Betty Carter Billy Cobham Roger Earl Robert Fripp Barbara Lee Boyd Tinsley Krist Novoselic Janet Jackson Ernie Freeman Sammy Davis Jr. Chalino Sánchez Marv Johnson Hank Jones Chuck Brown
Woody Herman
x YouTube VideoLiberace
x YouTube VideoEddie Bert
x YouTube VideoBetty Carter
x YouTube VideoBilly Cobham
x YouTube VideoRoger Earl
x YouTube VideoRobert Fripp
x YouTube VideoChapman stick, no less
x YouTube VideoBarbara Lee
x YouTube VideoBoyd Tinsley
x YouTube VideoKrist Novoselic
x YouTube VideoJanet Jackson
x YouTube VideoErnie Freeman
x YouTube Videowith Eddie Cochran
x YouTube VideoSammy Davis Jr.
x YouTube Videodoes impersonations too
x YouTube VideoChalino Sánchez
x YouTube VideoMarv Johnson
x YouTube Videosome seminal Motown
x YouTube VideoHank Jones
x YouTube VideoChuck Brown
x YouTube VideoOK, it's open thread time, so go for it
Here's a link caucus99percent.com/... to my 11/16/2015 open thread which has a lot of "16" songs like:
x YouTube Video - x YouTube VideoThat open thread also gratuitously included this musical excellence by bassist Tal Wilkenfeld:
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