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03/04 Open Thread, Vivaldi and Mama Africa

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What to say, both Vivaldi and Mama Africa were born on March 4.

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On this day in history:

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0852 -- The first known written mention of the Croats

1238 – The Battle of the Sit River

1493 -- Christopher Columbus safely returned to Lisbon

1461 -- Henry VI was deposed by the eventual Edward IV.

1519 -- Cortes arrived in Mexico

1675 -- John Flamsteed became England's first Royal Astronomer

1681 -- Charles II gave Pennsylvania to William Penn***

1789 -- The first US Congress met and put the Constitution into effect

1789 -- The US Bill of Rights was drafted and proposed to the US Congress

1794 -- The 11th Amendment was passed by the US Congress.

1804 -- Irish convicts rebelled against British authority in New South Wales.

1848 -- The Statuto Albertino (first constitution of Italy) was signed

1882 -- Britain's first electric trams

1913 -- The Department of Labor is formed originally (allegedly) to help workers

1917 -- Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the House

1933 -- Frances Perkins became the first female Cabinet member

1960 – The freighter La Coubre was blown up in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.

1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approved a blood test for HIV infection

1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wi caused the evacuation of 2,300 people

1998 – The Supremes ruled that laws banning sexual harassment applied when both parties are the same sex (Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services)

*** Even though he had no legitimate rights, title or interest therein

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Some people who were born on this day:

If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best?

~~ Garrett Morgan

1394 -- Henry the Navigator, explorer

1602 – Kanō Tan'yū, painter

1678 -- Antonio Vivaldi, violinist and composer

1745 -- Casimir Pulaski, general, father of US cavalry

1778 -- Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist commander

1822 -- Jules Antoine Lissajous, physicist and mathematician

1826 -- Theodore Judah, engineer

1854 – Napier Shaw, meteorologist and academic

1877 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor and community leader

1881 – Richard C. Tolman, physicist and chemist

1903 – John Scarne, magician and author

1904 -- George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist

1906 -- Avery Fisher, violinist, engineer, and founder of Fisher Electronics

1908 – T. R. M. Howard, surgeon and activist

1908 – Thomas Shaw, singer and guitarist

1913 – Taos Amrouche, singer and author

1914 – Robert R. Wilson, physicist, sculptor, and architect

1921 – Halim El-Dabh, composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator

1926 -- Don Rendell, sax, flute, and clarinet player

1932 -- Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa

1932 – Ed Roth, illustrator, cartoonist,custom car designer and builder

1934 – Mario Davidovsky, composer and academic

1934 – John Duffey, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1934 – Barbara McNair, singer and actress 1

936 – Eric Allandale, trombonist and songwriter

1937 – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and composer

1942 – David Matthews, keyboard player and composer

1944 -- Bobby Womack, singer and songwriter

1947 -- Bob Lewis, Devo co-founder

1948 -- James Ellroy, writer

1948 – Chris Squire, singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist (yes)

1951 – Pete Haycock, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1953 – Emilio Estefan, drummer and producer

1963 – Jason Newsted, heavy metal singer, songwriter, and bass player

1972 – Ivy Queen, singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer

1980 – Suzanna Choffel, singer and songwriter

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Some people who died on this day:

... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.

~~ Fannie Barrier Williams

1193 -- Saladin, sultan, resistance leader

1852 -- Nikolai Gogol, writer

1858 -- Matthew C. Perry, gunboat diplomat, imperialist

1915 -- William Willett, cursed wretch who founded British Summer Time

1944 -- Fannie Barrier Williams, educator and women's rights activist 

1944 – Louis Buchalter aka Louis Lepke, labor contractor

1963 -- William Carlos Williams, poet and writer

1974 – Adolph Gottlieb, painter and sculptor

1976 – Walter H. Schottky, physicist and engineer

1978 – Joe Marsala, clarinet player and songwriter

1986 – Ding Ling, feminist and socialist realist author

1987 – Seibo Kitamura, sculptor

1989 – Tiny Grimes, guitarist

1993 – Art Hodes, pianist and composer

2008 – Gary Gygax, game designer

2010 – Johnny Alf, pianist and composer, father of Bossa Nova

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:

In the US it is National Grammar Day,

It is Courageous Follower Day; I kid you not, oxymoron and all

and National Pound Cake Day (When is National Pound Sand Day?)

Also Toy Soldier Day  

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Today's Tunes 

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Toy Soldier Day  

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Antonio Vivaldi

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Miriam Makeba

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MIRIAM MAKEBA & NINA SIMONE Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released

And Back to Vivaldi we go

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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?

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Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com Open Thread, Antonio Vivaldi, Miriam Makeba, Toy Soldier Day


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