09/16 Open Thread - El Grito de Dolores

On September 16, 1810, in Dolores Nuevo España (now Doloes HIdalgo, Mexico) at about 2:30 am, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla had the bell of the local parish church rung, gathered the populace and delivered the pronunciamento that triggered the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. Though the exact text of the pronunciamento is unknown, its purpose and effect were revolutionary, and the revolution was on. This pronunciamento is known as el Grito de Dolores. It was not a quick revolution, taking roughly a decade, but, in the end, Mexico was free from Spain. Don Hidalgo is treated as the father of his country, The Grito has come to symbolize Mexican independence which is celebrated on September 16

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On this day in history:

In 1620, Pilgrims set sail for the mouth of the Hudson River from Plymouth, England, in the Mayflower

In 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla delivered the Grito de Dolores

In 1822, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.

In 1893, wannabe settlers, speculators, grifters, boomers and others made Oaklahoma's fourth and largest land run to grab up lands in the Cherokee Outlet.

In 1955, a Soviet submarine became the first to launch a ballistic missile.

In 1959 the world's first successful copier, the Xerox 914, was introduced. We could've ended the cold war and destroyed the Soviet Union quite inexpensively had we simply thught to ship thusands of these units, for free, to Russia and all of the other soviet states, but it never did occur to us.

In 1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opened at Lincoln Center in New York City

In 1975 Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia.

In 1982, the Sabra and Shatila massacre was committed. Roughly 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were slaughtered by Phalangist militiamen with the knowledge and tacit approval of the IDF.

In 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. As a result, it is projected that the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica will be restored to its 1980 condition by at least 2070. If anybody is still here at that time, will they please check it to see. Thanks.

In 1990 the railroad between the PRC and Kazakhstan was completed at Dostyk.

In 1992, Manuel Noriega, a CIA asset who had been on the CIA payroll off and on, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years for activities conducted entirely within his own country. This was a warning to the entire world that the US considered that it could pass laws in the US that would apply to and be enforceable against foreign persons for actions within their own country that were legal or undetected within their own country. The rest of the world has ignored the implications of this to their detriment. Essentially, this doctrine means that we are the supreme law for the entire globe barring armed resistance from the victims

In 2007, mercenaries employed by the US via their direct employer, Blackwater Worldwide, shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians without provocation in Nisour Square, Baghdad. This was treated as a big deal and some of the mercenaries were eventually tried by the US, even though our military had been slaughtering great numbers of Iraqi civilians pretty continuously since March 2003. It is suspected that the trial of these persons, like the continuing persecution of Chelsea Manning was to deflect attention from the fact that the Bush regime was guilty of war crimes from the top down.

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Some people who were born on this day:

A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.

~~ Albert Szent-Györgyi

1844 – Paul Taffanel, flute player and conductor 1846 – Anna Kingsford, author, poet, and activist 1880 – Alfred Noyes, author, poet, and playwright 1881 – Clive Bell, philosopher and critic 1886 – Jean Arp, sculptor and painter 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, physiologist and biochemist 1898 – H. A. Rey, author an illustrator 1915 – Cy Walter, pianist 1916 – Marie Vieux-Chauvet, writer 1919 – Andy Russell, singer and actor 1921 – Jon Hendricks, singer, and songwriter 1921 – Korla Pandit, pianist and composer 1922 – Janis Paige, singer and actor 1925 – Charlie Byrd, singer and guitarist 1925 – B.B. King, singer, songrwrier, and guitarist 1931 – Little Willie Littlefield, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1934 – Ronnie Drew, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Dubliners) 1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, saxophonist 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1940 – Hamiet Bluiett, saxophonist and composer 1941 – Joe Butler, singer, drummer, and autoharp player 1942 – Bernie Calvert, bass and keyboards player 1944 – Betty Kelly, singer 1948 – Ron Blair, base player 1948 – Kenney Jones, drummer (who knew?) 1953 – Earl Klugh, musician 1954 – Frank Reed, singer and songwriter

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Some people who died on this day:

Song is like the fire that washes the stones, the wind that cleans us, like the fire that joins us together and it lives within us to make us better people.

~~ Victor Jara

1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, friar 1672 – Anne Bradstreet, colonial poet 1925 – Alexander Friedmann, physicist and mathematician 1973 – Víctor Jara, singer, songwriter, teacher, martyr, and theatre director 1976 – Bertha Lutz, feminist and scientist 1977 – Maria Callas, opera singer 1984 – Richard Brautigan, author, Charlie 2003 – Sheb Wooley, singer, songwiriter, actor, voice actor 2005 – Gordon Gould, physicist 2008 – Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer 2009 – Mary Travers, singer and songwriter 2011 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer 2016 – Edward Albee, playwright and director

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: El Grito de Dolores (Mexico) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

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