What to say, both Vivaldi and Mama Africa were born on March 4.
On this day in history:
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
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
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
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
Today's Tunes
Toy Soldier Day
Antonio Vivaldi
Miriam Makeba
MIRIAM MAKEBA & NINA SIMONE Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released
And Back to Vivaldi we go
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, Antonio Vivaldi, Miriam Makeba, Toy Soldier Day