Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Famously went to the mountain. Sir Edmund Hilary famously summited the mountain. Tenzing Norgay famously led Hilary and others up the mountain. These were not all the same mountain. In fact, it is never the same mountain. Just as one can never step in the same river twice, one cannot climb the same mountain twice. In fact, the mountain one comes down is not the mountain one went up.
Recommended reading: Poets on the Peaks by Suiter, John
Mountains have a certain majesty:
They call to us
Whoever we are:
On this day in history:
1282 -- The last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was killed 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal 1905 -- A workers' uprising in Kiev, Russia, established the Shuliavka Republic 1913 – The Mona Lisa was recovered 1917 -- Allenby entered Jerusalem and declared martial law. 1920 - British soldiers ran amok in Cork City, Ireland 1934 -- Bill Wilson took his last drink and entered treatment for the last time. 1936 -- Edward VIII's abdication took effect 1937 -- Italy quit the League of Nations. 1941 -- Germany and Italy declared war on the US 1946 -- UNICEF was founded 1964 -- Che Guevara's speech at the UN General Assembly 1968 -- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 1980 - CERCLA (Superfund) was enacted by the US Congress 1981 -- US supported fascist troops tortured, raped and massacred 900 civilians at El Mozote, El Salvador *** 1994 -- Yeltsin ordered troops into Chechnya. 1997 -- The Kyoto Protocol was opened for signing. The US signed but did not ratify or follow. 2001 -- The PRC joined the WTO 2008 -- Bernard Madoff was arrested. 2020 – The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 "vaccine"
*** The butchers were trained at the infamous US School of Assassins, now renamed and relocated to Fort Benning
Some people who were born on this day:
Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.
~~ Tom Hayden 1595 – Heo Mok aka Misu, calligrapher, painter, philosopher, poet, and politician 1712 – Francesco Algarotti, polymath, poet, philosopher, and critic 1781 – David Brewster, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer 1803 -- Hector Berlioz, composer 1830 -- Kamehameha V 1843 -- Robert Koch, microbiologist and physician, first bacteriologist 1863 -- Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer 1882 -- Max Born, physicist 1882 -- Fiorello H. La Guardia, Republican New Dealer 1890 -- Carlos Gardel, singer, songwriter and actor 1893 – Leo Ornstein, pianist and composer 1899 -- Julio de Caro, violinist, composer and conductor 1904 -- Marge, cartoonist 1908 -- Elliott Carter, composer 1910 – Mildred Cleghorn, Fort Sill Apache Chairwoman and educator 1916 -- Perez Prado, singer, songwriter, pianist, bandleader, king of the mambo 1918 -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, novelist, historian short story author 1926 -- Big Mama Thornton, singer, songwriter, musician 1931 -- Rita Moreno, actress, singer and dancer 1938 -- Enrico Macias, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1938 -- McCoy Tyner, jazz musician 1939 -- Tom Hayden, activist who drafted the Port Huron Statement (Go read it) 1940 -- David Gates, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, 1943 -- John Kerry, Navy lieutenant, activist, politician 1944 -- Brenda Lee, singer & songwriter 1954 -- Jermaine Jackson, one of the Jacksons 1958 -- Nikki Sixx, bassist and songwriter, 1961 -- Dave King, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1964 -- Dave Schools, singer, songwriter, bass player 1966 -- Erik Honore, guitarist and producer
Some people who died on this day:
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
~~ Averroes 1198 – Averroes, polymath, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher 1686 -- Louis, Grand Conde, Le Grande Conde 1872 -- Kamehameha V 1964 -- Sam Cooke, singer and sngwriter 1975 -- Lee Wiley, jazz singer 1997 -- Simon Jeffes, guitarist and composerss 2008 -- Bettie Page, model
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Indiana Day (United States) Mountain Top Removal Day (USA) International Mountain Day National Tango Day (Argentina) National Noodle Ring Day (USA)
Today's Tunes
The Rolling Stones
Hector Berlioz
Carlos Gardel
Leo Ornstein
Julio de Caro
Elliott Carter
Perez Prado
Big Mama Thornton
Rita Moreno
Enrico Macias
McCoy Tyner
David Gates
Brenda Lee
Jermaine Jackson
Nikki Sixx
Dave King
Sam Cooke
Lee Wiley
Simon Jeffes
Bonus:
Sam Cooke
Penguin Cafe Orchestra<
The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com Open Thread, mountains, UNICEF, La Guardia, Annie Jump Cannon, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Big Mama Thornton, Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus, Perez Prado