Sunday Open Thread: November 12 is World Pneumonia Day
World History this day
1793 -- The first Mayor of Paris, was guillotined.
1918 -- Austria became a republic.
1927 -- Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party.
1956 -- Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia joined the UN
1956 -- Israeli soldiers shot Palestinian refugees to death in Rafah
US History this day
1936 -- The San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge began carrying traffic
1958 -- Rock climbers made the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
1969 -- Seymour Hersh broke the story of the My Lai Massacre.
Science & Technology this day
1970 -- Oregon's Highway folks blew up a beached Sperm Whale (go look up "exploding whale") ***
1980 -- Voyager I took the first close -up images of Saturn's rings.
2014 -- The Philae lander, reached the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
*** Should this be under Art?
The Arts this day
Misc. this day
Baha'u'lla'h was born
Birthdays of Note this day
1815 -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, activist
1833 -- Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist
1840 -- Auguste Rodin, sculptor
1842 -- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist (think Rayleigh scattering)
1894 -- Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, zoologist and comparative psychologist, studied pecking order
1896 -- Salim Ali, ornithologist
1905 -- Louise Thaden, pilot, first woman winner of the Bendix Trophy
1911 -- Buck Clayton, trumpet player
1915 -- Roland Barthes, philosopher and theorist
1917 -- Jo Stafford, singer
1919 -- Jackie Washington, singer and songwriter
1923 -- Ian Graham, archaeologist and Mayanist
1924 -- Sam Jones, composer, bassist, and cellist
1930 -- Bob Crewe, singer, songwriter, and producer
1938 -- Mort Shuman, singer, songwriter, and pianist
1943 -- Errol Brown, singer and songwriter
1943 -- Brian Hyland, singer
1943 -- John Walker, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1944 -- Booker T. Jones, pianist, saxophonist, songwrite
1945 -- Neil Young, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1947 -- Buck Dharma, ditto
1953 -- Baaba Maal, singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist
1964 -- Vic Chesnutt, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1970 -- Sarah Harmer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1976 -- Tevin Campbell, singer and songwriter
1976 -- Judith Holofernes, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1980 -- Shaun Cooper, bassist
Deaths of Note this day
1094 -- Duncan II of Scotland (any old Duncan will do today)
1793 -- Jean Sylvain Bailly, astronomer, mathematician, politician, mayor of Paris
1847 -- William Christopher Zeise, chemist (Zeise's salt)
1916 -- Percival Lowell, astronomer and mathematician
1955 -- Sarah Wambaugh, political scientist
1972 -- Rudolf Friml, pianist and composer
1987 -- Cornelis Vreeswijk, singer and songwriter
2003 -- Tony Thompson, drummer
So now some music
Pneumonia Day
Borodin
Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe
Salim Ali
Buck Clayton
Jo Stafford
Jackie Washington
Sam Jones
Bob Crewe
Mort Shuman
Errol Brown
Brian Hyland
John Walker
Booker T. Jones
Neil Young
Buck Dharma
Baaba Maal
Vic Chesnutt
Sarah Harmer
Tevin Campbell
Judith Holofernes
Shaun Cooper
Duncan II of Scotland
Rudolf Friml
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Tony Thompson
Photo: Image from page 57 of "The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates" (1909)
Comments
Morning EL
Nice list of b'days today.
Got a few added vids this fine Sunday.
My fave Neil Young song...and on this special day...a blast from the past.
Everyone have a good one.
Edit: five=fave (autocorrect)
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I want a Pony!
GM, Arrow, thanks. It was between Dust Pneumonia and Rockin'
Pneumonia, and I figured that the former might be new to some folks. Thanks for tossing the rocking one into the pot, it is a major favorite in this household. Have yourself a wonderful day.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning all
Lots of music today el. Fall is living up to its name this weekend. Leaves cover the ground. There's still a little color but we're past peak.
The young farmers on the mountain had a dinner on the grounds. They had the horses hitched and were giving hay rides. The nearby State Park was hosting an Arts and Crafts festival. Saw lots of my now grown students. It was nice to reconnect with some of them. It was a lovely sunny day.
I hope you all have a good Sunday!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning to you too, Lookout. Last week our leaf fall got
serious. I spent hours vacuuming them up one day and by the next you couldn't really tell that I had done so. Have a great day.
Edit: typos
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
How clever of me to get pneumonia!
I had no idea!
No trying to coordinate pills (new) to be taken 2-3 times per day, some must be taken on an empty stomach one hour before eating, and NOT with Mg or K. It's going to be one of those pill dispenser times.
I got the older person pneumonia vacc several years ago. Drs assume it's aspiration peneumonia. Immunology is not strong for most MDs.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Sorry to hear it. Make sure to try to follow instructions with
meds, no matter how crazy making it is.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --