09/04 - Goyaale (aka Geronimo) Surrendered

Goyaale aka Geronimo officially surrendered to U.S. Army General Nelson A. Miles on September 4, 1886, at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona after nearly 30 years of fighting.

It is a lie that Afghanistan was our longest war ever. We were at war with Goyaale (Geronimo) and his followers for almost 30 years, and with "the Apache" for even longer. The so-called "Indian Wars" started shortly after the invading colonists and "settlers" stepped off the boat and lasted until well into the 1900s. They predate the creation of the U.S. to some degree. So, the U.S. "Indian Wars" ran from 1776 until the 1900s, well over a century. It is traditional to treat each campaign or group of campaigns with each band or group of bands or in each territory as a separate conflict so as to minimize the awareness and cognizance of what this really was, a century long genocidal war of extermination against the Indigenous Americans. That is our longest and ugliest war by a long shot.

It is National Newspaper Carrier Day in the US. Some of our print media, during any era, could qualify as News media, and some wouldn't. This very day, September 4, is the anniversary of some riots caused by a completely fabricated piece of maliciously false news in Peekskill in 1949.

The first Monday in September, in the U.S., best known as the official end of summer when the kids go back to school, is "Labor Day", but only in the US and maybe Canada. This year, it falls on today. International Workers' Day, which is also known as Labour Day in some countries, happens annually on May Day. It is is a celebration of labor, laborers and the working classes and is promoted by the international labor movement, including some (gasp) socialist leaning organizations. In fact, the date was picked by a multinational organization of dirty pinkos to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chitown on May 4, 1886. Naturally, the US could never celebrate such a thing. Besides, we have officially never approved of labor. Our governments, at all levels, have always been anti-union, anti-grange, and the like, even using troops or law enforcement people as strike breakers or to simply attack and/or murder organized labor or its organizers, or to round them up, kidnap them, and ship them off to another state with a warning not to return. It is, however, a day off, and the weekend of the last real summer picnic, so enjoy.

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On this day in history:

0476 -- The Western Roman Empire ended 1260 -- The Ghibellines whupped the Guelphs. (Ghibellines backed the Pope; Guelphs backed the Emperor) 1479 -- The Treaty of Alcacovas gave Isabel the Castilian throne and divvied the world between Portugal & Spain (First Divvy) 1774 -- New Caledonia was first sighted by Captain Cook and crew 1781 -- Spanish settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula (like, L.A., dude) 1870 -- Emperor Napoleon III of France was deposed 1882 -- Thomas Edison turned on the first commercial electrical power plant in history 1886 -- Goyaale (Geronimo) surrendered 1888 -- George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak and patented a camera that used roll film 1923 -- Maiden flight of the USS Shenandoah. 1941 -- A German U-boat made the first attack against a US ship, the USS Greer. 1944 -- The British liberated Antwerp 1949 -- The Peekskill riots broke out after a Paul Robeson concert and fake news 1951 -- The first live transcontinental TV broadcast took place in San Francisco 1957 -- Orval Faubus(D), called out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School. 1970 -- Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile. Kissinger started grooming Pinochet to take over. 1985 -- Buckminsterfullerene was discovered 1989 -- The first Monday night demonstration against the GDR 1998 -- Google was founded 2002 -- The Oakland As won their 20th consecutive game, a record

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Some people who were born on this day:

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

~~ Richard Wright

1824 -- Anton Bruckner, organist and composer 1886 -- Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Starvation Army 1908 -- Richard Wright, author and poet 1913 -- Mickey Cohen, businessman 1918 -- Gerald Wilson, trumpet player and composer 1930 -- Robert Arneson, sculptor 1937 -- Gene Ludwig, organist and composer 1944 -- Gene Parsons, singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, banjo player, Byrd 1945 -- Danny Gatton, guitarist 1946 -- Gary Duncan, guitarist 1946 -- Dave Liebman, saxophonist, flautist, composer 1951 -- Martin Chambers, drummer, singer, pretender 1958 -- Jacqueline Hewitt, astrophysicist, discovered Einstein rings 1981 – Beyoncé, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

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Some people who died on this day:

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

~~ William Kunstler

1907 -- Edvard Grieg, pianist and composer 1965 -- Albert Schweitzer, missionary 1991 -- Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, composer, bandleader 1995 -- Chuck Greenberg, saxophonist and composer 1995 -- William Kunstler, attorney and activist

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Newspaper Carrier Day (United States) ???? Labor day?? well, here, I guess.

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