(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 06/16 Open Thread - It's Bloomsday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2025-06-16 On this day in 1811 crewmembers who had survived the previous day's attack on their vessel by Tla-o-qui-aht detonated a powdeer magazine, blowing up the ship and killing about 100 of the attacking Indians. The ship was the Oacufuc Fur Company's Tonquin. The company and ship were based in an area which, we are told, was contested among Great Britain, The USA, The Spanish Empire and the US Empire. From the above recitation of facts, it is pretty clear that the Tla-o-qui-aht of Clayoquot Sound were also parties to the conflict, but they seemingly need not be considered to have an interest in the matter because they were just non-European heathens and all like that. It's 2025 and we still can't get this crap right. - On this day in 1897 a treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States was signed. A bogus country backed by bogus paperwork and military force was annexed to a party to the overthrow of the legitimate government of Hawaii and its replacement with the bogus Republic. However, we did, in the fullness of time, apologize. That's more than the vast majority of our other victims got. - W00T! On this day in 1904, James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses.This day is, ergo, celebrated far and wide as Bloom Day, in honor ot the Novel's "hero" Leopold Bloom and the famous soliloquy of his charming wife Molly: I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another… then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes." - ********** On this day in history: - 1487 – The last battle of the War of the Roses, the Battle of Stoke Field, King Henry VII won 1755 – The French surrender Canada's Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians 1779 – Spain declared war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar began. 1811 – Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonated a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers. 1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivered his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. 1871 – The Universities Tests Act 1871 allowed students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, a small win for free thought 1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster opened in New York's Coney Island amusement park. 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States was signed 1903 – Roald Amundsen left Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage. 1904 – James Joyce begans a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses 1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act was passed in the US, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution 1940 – Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain became Chief of State of Vichy France 1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union. 1963 – Vostok 6 mission Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. 1963 – A Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders. in South Vietnam 1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada was inaugurated at Churchill Falls 1976 – A peaceful march by students in Soweto, South Africa, turned into days of rioting when police opened fire on the crowd. 2010 – Bhutan became the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco. 2012 – China successfully launched its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. 2012 – The US' robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returned to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission 2019 – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participated in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests - ********** Some people who were born on this day: As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ~~ Adam Smith 1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, physician, mathematician, and theorist 1723 – Adam Smith, philosopher with invisible hnds 1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard, publisher 1801 – Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist 1806 – Edward Davy, physician and chemist 1838 – Frederic Archer, organist, composer, and conductor 1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, engineer and author 1867 – René Seyssaud, painter, precursor of Fauvism 1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran, victim of first CIA "regime change" 1888 – Alexander Friedmann, physicist and mathematician 1896 – Murray Leinster, author and screenwriter 1897 – Georg Wittig, chemist and academic 1899 – Helen Traubel, operatic soprano 1902 – Barbara McClintock, geneticist and academic 1914 – Eleanor Sokoloff, pianist and teacher 1915 – John Tukey, mathematician and academic 1915 – Marga Faulstich, glass chemist 1917 – Katharine Graham, publisher 1920 – Raymond Lemieux, chemist and academic 1937 – Erich Segal, author and screenwriter 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet 1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock, singer and songwriter 1941 – Lamont Dozier, songwriter and producer 1942 – Eddie Levert, R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor 1946 – Tom Harrell, trumpet player and composer 1946 – Iain Matthews, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1947 – Tom Malone, trombonist, composer, and producer 1951 – Charlie Dominici, singer and guitarist 1952 – Gino Vannelli, singer and songwriter 1953 – Ian Mosley, drummer 1954 – Garry Roberts, guitarist 1962 – Anthony Wong, singer 1968 – Adam Schmitt, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer 1980 – Joey Yung, singer 1981 – Ola Kvernberg, violinist 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, singer, songwriter, and actress 1988 – Keshia Chanté, singer 1990 – John Newman, musician, singer, songwriter and record producer 1991 – Joe McElderry, inger and songwriter 1993 – Gnash,singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer 1995 – Ki Hui-hyeon, singer, songwriter, and actress 1999 – Snail Mail, singer and songwriter - - ********** Some people who died on this day: When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they proceed to the reasons for that act, they are content with the merest appearance, ordinarily founded upon one of those maxims of common-place psychology which are neither more nor less true than their opposites. ~~ Marc Bloch 1468 – Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, historian and author 1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, poet and playwright 1804 – Johann Adam Hiller, composer and conductor 1878 – Kikuchi Yōsai, painter 1902 – Ernst Schröder, mathematician and academic ( 1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington, historian and scholar 1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass 1939 – Chick Webb, drummer and bandleader 1940 – DuBose Heyward, author 1944 – Marc Bloch, historian and academic 1952 – Andrew Lawson, geologist and academic 1970 – Sydney Chapman, mathematician and geophysicist 1977 – Wernher von Braun, physicist and engineer 1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist and songwriter 1986 – Maurice Duruflé, organist and composer 1987 – Marguerite de Angeli, author and illustrator 1994 – Kristen Pfaff, bass player and songwriter 1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch, singer and activist 2010 – Maureen Forrester, singer and academic 2016 – Jo Cox, political activist and MP - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari) Bloomsday World Sea Turtle Day National Cannoli Day National Fudge Day National Tortilla Day National Vinegar Day Fresh Veggies Day - ********** - Today's Tunes - Expulsion of the Acadians from Canada - x YouTube Video - Adam Smith's Invisible Hands (Econ 1A) x YouTube Video (Econ 885) x YouTube Video - Nureyev x YouTube Video - Billy "Crash" Craddock x YouTube Video - Lamont Dozier x YouTube Video - Eddie Levert x YouTube Video - Tom Harrell x YouTube Video - Ian Matthews x YouTube Video - Tom Malone x YouTube Video - Gino Vannelli x YouTube Video - Ola Kvernberg x YouTube Video - Johann Adam Hiller x YouTube Video - Chick Webb x YouTube Video - James Honeyman-scott x YouTube Video - Kristen Pfaff x YouTube Video - Screaming Lord Sutch x YouTube Video ********** I won't be here when this posts - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. 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