(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 11/21 - World Television Day, snort, heh [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2022-11-21 ********** On this day in history: - 0164 BC -- Judas Maccabeus restored the Temple in Jerusalem. 1386 -- Timur of Samarkand sacked Tbilisi 1676 – Astronomer Ole Rømer presented the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. 1783 – The first untethered hot air balloon flight. 1877 -- Thomas Edison announced the creation of the phonograph 1894 -- The Japanese captured Port Arthur. The lessons to be learned weren't until during WWI. 1905 -- Albert Einstein's paper on the relationship between energy content and inertia was published. 1910 -- Brazilian Sailors rebelled (The Revolt of the Lash). 1918 -- The Lwow pogrom took place. 1920 -- "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin. 1922 -- Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first female US Senator 1927 -- Striking coal miners were slaughtered with machine guns by state police in the Columbine Mine massacre. 1953 -- The "Piltdown Man" skull was revealed to be a hoax. 1959 – Alan Freed was fired from WABC radio over allegations concerening payola. 1964 -- The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened. (Giovanni da Verrazzano beat Hudson and all those folks, but ...) 1967 – General William Westmoreland said: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." 1969 -- The first permanent ARPANET link was set up between UCLA and SRI 1983 -- The US criminal war against Grenada ended. 1986 -- Oliver North fired up the shredder 2002 -- NATO invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to join & help restart the cold war. 2013 -- The Euromaidan began in Ukraine. - ********** Some people who were born on this day: It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere ~~ Voltaire 1694 -- Voltaire, historian, playwright, and philosopher, friend of Frederick the Great. 1852 -- Francisco Tarrega, guitarist and composer 1861 -- Tom Horn, police officer and murderer, not a prototype, but an exemplar for sure. 1902 -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, author and playwright 1904 -- Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist and clarinet player 1940 -- Dr. John, singer, songwriter and pianist; gris-gris man as well 1948 -- Lonnie Jordan, singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist (War) 1965 -- Bjork, bjork - - ********** Some people who died on this day: The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. ~~ Robert Benchley 1695 -- Henry Purcell, organist and composer 1938 -- Leopold Godowsky, pianist and composerv 1945 -- Robert Benchley, humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor 1953 -- Larry Shields, clarinet player and composer (Original Dixieland Jass Band) 1970 -- C. V. Raman, physicist and academic, Raman effect, Raman scattering 1986 -- Jerry Colonna, singer, songwriter, comedian, trombonist and actor; ya gotta be kidding 1999 -- Quentin Crisp, actor, author, and illustrator 2002 -- Hadda Brooks, singer, songwriter, and pianist 2006 -- Robert Lockwood, Jr., guitarist 2010 -- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History 2011 -- Anne McCaffrey, author, dragon rider 2012 – Austin Peralta, pianist 2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, composer 2017 – David Cassidy, TV actor, pop singer, songwriter, and guitarist - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: National Adoption Day (US) World Television Day So, like, adopt a TV ? - ********** - Today's Tunes - Francisco Tarrega - x YouTube Video - Coleman Hawkins x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Doctor John x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Lonnie Jordan x YouTube Video - Bjork x YouTube Video - Henry Purcell x YouTube Video - Leopold Godowsky x YouTube Video - Larry Shields x YouTube Video - Jerry Colonna x YouTube Video - Hadda Brooks x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Robert Lockwood, Jr. x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - - just for grins: (This ought to eat up the whole morning) x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - - ********** - ********** 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 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/21/2132720/-11-21-World-Television-Day-snort-heh Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/