11/08 - World Pianist Day

Today is day 312 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, The Aftermath 20, 3187 YOLD And let us not forget 3.0.9.0.4 mlc (the Mayan Long Count) *****

The New Orleans General Strike of 1892 was started by 3 unions, the Teamsters, the Packers, and the Scalesmen. All three unions were racially integrated so the businesses tried to use racist appeals to divide the workers and used racist propaganda, lies, and slanders to try to turn the public against them. Those attempts failed, and more and more other unions began calling for a general strike to support the three original participants. Eventually it evolved into a full blown general strike, and in the end, the workers' demands were pretty much met except for the institution of union shops. There are things to be learned from this, such as focusing on solidarity and the class struggle and the exceptional efficacy of general strikes. just sayin'.

Huelga!

On this day in history:

1291 – The Republic of Venice restricted glassmaking ito the "island of Murano"". 1519 – Hernán Cortés entered Tenochtitlán 1602 – Oxford's Bodleian Library was opened to the public. 1605 – Robert Catesby, Gunpowder Plot mastermind, was killed. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart invaded England 1837 – Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary 1892 – The New Orleans general strike began, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time. 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays. 1917 – The first Council of People's Commissars was formed 1923 – The Munich Beer Hall Putsch went down 1933 – FDR rolled out the Civil Works Administration 1957 – The UK conducted its first successful H -bomb test 1965 – The UK formally abolished the death penalty for almost all crimes. 1966 – An African American was elected to the US for the first time since Reconstruction. 1966 – LBJ signed an antitrust exemption law for US style football 2002 – The US Govt lied the UN into passing Security Council Resolution 1441, a prelude to its criminal invasion of Iraq. 2004 – More than 10,000 U.S. troops illegally besieged Fallujah.

Born this day in:

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

~~ Sarah Fielding 1656 – Edmond Halley, astronomer and mathematician 1706 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, philosopher and judge 1710 – Sarah Fielding, author 1831 – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, poet (not That Bulwer-Lytton 1848 – Gottlob Frege, mathematician and philosopher 1854 – Johannes Rydberg, physicist and academic 1878 – Dorothea Bate, palaeontologist and archaeozoologist 1884 – Hermann Rorschach, shrink with blots 1897 – Dorothy Day, journalist and activist 1900 – Margaret Mitchell, journalist and author 1919 – James S. Ackerman, historian and academic 1923 – Jack Kilby, physicist and engineer, 1926 – Darleane C. Hoffman, nuclear chemist 1927 – Ken Dodd, singer and comedian 1927 – Chris Connor, singer 1927 – Patti Page, singer and actress 1944 – Bonnie Bramlett, singer and actress 1945 – Don Murray, drummer 11946 – Roy Wood, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1947 – Minnie Riperton, singer, songwriter 1947 – Margaret Rhea Seddon, physician and astronaut 1949 – Bonnie Raitt, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1950 – Mary Hart, journalist and actress 1951 – Gerald Alston, R&B singer 1951 – Larry Burnett, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1954 – Rickie Lee Jones, singer, songwriter, and producer 1955 – Patricia Barber, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1956 – Steven Miller, record producer and engineer 1957 – Porl Thompson, guitarist and songwriter 1958 – Don Byron, clarinet player and composer 1959 – Chi Chi LaRue, drag queen performer and director 1961 – Leif Garrett, singer, actor, and television personality 1970 – Diana King, singer and songwriter 1977 – Jully Black, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress 1977 – Bucky Covington, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1980 – Laura Jane Grace, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1982 – Sam Sparro, singer, songwriter, and producer

Died this day in:

“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”

~~ John Milton 977 – Ibn al-Qutiyya, historian 1308 – Duns Scotus, priest, philosopher, and academic 1494 – Melozzo da Forlì, painter 1527 – Jerome Emser, theologian and reformer 1599 – Francisco Guerrero, pianist and composer 1605 – Robert Catesby, conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot 1674 – John Milton, poet and philosopher 1719 – Michel Rolle, mathematician and author 1965 – Dorothy Kilgallen, journalist, television personality, and game show panelist 1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1978 – Norman Rockwell, painter and illustrator 1983 – James Booker, singer and pianist 1999 – Lester Bowie, trumpet player and composer 2003 – Guy Speranza, singer and songwriter 2009 – Vitaly Ginzburg, physicist and astrophysicist, 2013 – William C. Davidon, physicist, mathematician, and academic

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Intersex Day of Remembrance (New South Wales, Australia) International Day of Radiology (European Society of Radiology) National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada) World Pianist Day World Orphans Day Harvey Wallbanger Day Abet and Aid Punsters Day World Urbanism Day

Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)

Ken Dodd

Chris Connor

Bonnie Bramlett

Roy Wood

Minnie Riperton

Bonnie Raitt