Open Thread for June 27, Helen Keller Day

June 27 is the 178th day of the year, there are 187 days left in 2016

27 is a perfect cube, 3^3. 27 is the atomic number of cobalt. 27 is the weight of the only stable isotope of aluminum. A-27 was a WWII American attack aircraft 27 is the number of bones in the human hand.[6] 27 is the average crowd funded contribution to Bernie Sanders. I-27) is an Interstate Highway, entirely within Texas, from Lubbock to Amarillo. Interstate, hello?

Title 27 of the US Code is INTOXICATING LIQUORS

27 BCE Was the Year of the Second Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa Octavian returned full power to the Senate which, in exchange, granted him the titles of Princeps and Augustus. As Augustus, he bacame the first Roman Emperor. Emperor Ai of Han, was born Marcus Terentius Varro died.

27 CE Was the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Frugi Apricots were transported from Asia to Rome Petronius was born

On this day in: 1895 -- The first run of the B & O RR's Royal Blue from D.C., to NYC, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. 1898 -- The first solo circumnavigation of the globe, by Joshua Slocum. 1905 -- The Battleship Potemkin uprising 1941 -- A pogrom by Romanian governmental forces, in Iasi, Romania killed at least 13,266 Jews. 1950 -- The U.S. decided to send troops to fight in the Korean War. 1952 -- Guatemala passed Decree 900, redistributing uncultivated land & pissing off United Fruit and the U.S., leading to the 1954 coup d'etat 1971 -- Rock promoter Bill Graham closed the Fillmore East in New York 1977 -- France granted independence to Djibouti. 1981 -- The Chinese Communist Party issued a "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", blaming the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. 1985 -- U.S. Route 66 was officially removed from the U.S. Highway System. 2007 -- Tony Blair resigned as British Prime Minister7. 2007 -- The Brazilian Military Police committed the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

Born this day in: 1806 -- Augustus De Morgan, mathematician and logician 1846 -- Charles Stewart Parnell, politician 1850 -- Lafcadio Hearn, historian and author 1869 -- Emma Goldman, philosopher and activist 1880 -- Helen Keller, author, academic, and activist 1913 -- Elton Britt, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1913 -- Willie Mosconi, pool player 1916 -- Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist 1923 -- Elmo Hope, pianist and composer 1925 -- Doc Pomus, singer, songwriter 1930 -- Ross Perot, businessman and politician 1942 -- Bruce Johnston, singer, songwriter and producer (The Beach Boys) 1945 -- Joey Covington, drummer, songwriter, and producer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) 1949 -- Vera Wang, fashion designer 1958 -- Lisa Germano, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1958 -- Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) 1959 -- Lorrie Morgan, singer 1960 -- Robert King, harpsichord player and conductor 1968 -- Kelly Ayotte, politician, 1969 -- Draco Rosa, singer, songwriter and producer (Menudo and Maggie's Dream) 1972 -- Dawud Wharnsby, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1976 -- Leigh Nash, singer, songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer) 1986 -- Drake Bell, singer,songwriter, guitarist, and actor

De Morgan's Laws: The negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations. "not (A and B)" is the same as "(not A) or (not B)" also, The negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations. "not (A or B)" is the same as "(not A) and (not B)".

Died this day in: 1831 -- Sophie Germain, mathematician and physicist 1989 -- A. J. Ayer, philosopher and academic Read his "Language, Truth & Logic" 2002 -- John Entwistle, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Who) 2004 -- George Patton IV, soldier 2009 -- Fayette Pinkney, singer (The Three Degrees) 2014 -- Bobby Womack, singer, songwriter (The Valentinos) 2015 -- Chris Squire, guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Yes)

A Sophie Germain prime is a prime p such that 2p + 1 is also prime

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: Helen Keller Day (United States) Mixed Race Day (Brazil) National HIV Testing Day (United States) National PTSD Awareness Day (United States)

So, for music we gots -- Elton Britt Robert Normann Elmo Hope Doc Pomus Bruce Johnston Joey Covington Lisa Germano Jeffrey Lee Pierce Lorrie Morgan Robert King Draco Rosa Dawud Wharnsby Leigh Nash John Warne Jennifer Goodridge Drake Bell John Entwistle Fayette Pinkney Bobby Womack Chris Squire

Elton Britt

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