5/27 Open Thread: Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Bartholemy, Saint Martin)
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~~ Guadeloupe
Abolishing slavery became sort of a thing in France. Louis X abolished slavery in France in 1315, but it nonetheless continued in parts of Provence and in some French Colonies. In 1658, Louie XIV officially articulated the conditions for slavery in the French Colonies. Then, on 4 February 1794, the first Assembly of the First Republic (under Robespierre) abolished slavery in all French colonies. OK, and well and good, but Bonaparte (Cue Randy Newman's "Short people") re-introduced slavery in France's sugarcane-growing colonies in 1802. Then, confusingly enough, wee Macron Napoleon abolished the slave trade, but not, mind you, slavery itself. Then, in 1818, Louis XVIII re-abolished the slave trade, presumably because he thought it didn't count unless a Louis did it (Cue "louie-louie??). Finally, in April 1848, the Second Republic abolished slavery once again and included the colonies. The decree proclaiming this had a deferred effective date, but, thanks to some uprisings and such, was brought forward for the above colonies to May 27, 1848.
On this day in history:
1703 -- Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg.
1848 -- Slavery was abolished in Guadeloupe, Saint Bartholemy, and Saint Martin
1905 -- The Battle of Tsushima started **
1907 -- The first US Bubonic plague epidemic broke out in San Francisco.
1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrived in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
1933 -- The Federal Securities Act was signed
1937 -- The Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic
1962 -- The Centralia mine fire started
1965 -- US warships began shelling targets in South Vietnam.
1967 -- Australia passed a constitutional referendum allowing the government to make laws benefitting Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
1980 – South Korean airborne and army troops took the city of Gwangju from militias, killing at least 207.
1999 – The first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
2016 -- Barack Obama visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
** This has been said to have been the most important naval battle since Trafalgar and it the only significant one in which one fleet crossed the T on the other.
Some people who were born on this day:
It will not do to say that it is out of woman’s sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it should be also out of her sphere to submit to them.”
~~ Amelia Bloomer
1774 – Francis Beaufort, hydrographer and naval officer
1818 -- Amelia Bloomer, activist and journalist
1819 -- Julia Ward Howe, poet, activist, abolitionist, and songwriter
1836 -- Jay Gould, swindler, robber baron
1837 -- Wild Bill Hickok, gambler and gunslinger
1871 -- Georges Rouault, painter and illustrator
1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, physician, author, and anti-semite
1894 -- Dashiell Hammett, writer
1897 -- John Cockcroft, physicist
1907 -- Rachel Carson, biologist, environmentalist, and author
1912 -- John Cheever, novelist and short story writer
1915 -- Ester Sore', singer and songwriter
1915 -- Herman Wouk, novelist
1923 -- Henry Kissinger, war criminal
1925 – Tony Hillerman, journalist and author
1930 -- John Barth, author
1934 -- Harlan Ellison, author and screenwriter
1935 -- Ramsey Lewis, jazz pianist and composer
1939 -- Don Williams, country singer, songwriter and guitarist
1943 -- Cilla Black, singer and actress
1945 -- Bruce Cockburn, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1946 -- Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bassist and comoser
1948 – Pete Sears, bass player and keyboardist
1950 -- Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer, songwriter, and actress
1957 – Eddie Harsch, keyboard player and bass player
1957 -- Siouxsie Sioux, singer, songwriter and musician
1963 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, pianist and composer
Some people who died on this day:
The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master.
~~ Niccolo Paganini
1564 -- John Calvin, religionist
1610 – François Ravaillac, regicide
1707 -- Francoise-Athenais, marquise de Montespan, royal mistress
1831 – Jedediah Smith, hunter, explorer, and author
1840 – Niccolò Paganini, violinist and composer
1867 -- Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist
1910 -- Robert Koch, physician and microbiologist,
1949 -- Robert Ripley, cartoonist and publisher
1971 – Béla Juhos, philosopher from the Vienna Circle
1988 – Ernst Ruska, physicist and academic,
1992 -- Uncle Charlie Osborne, fiddler
2007 – Izumi Sakai, singer, songwriter, and producer
2011 -- Gil Scott-Heron, poet, activist, singer, songwriter, and musician, accused of inventing rap
2017 – Gregg Allman, musician, singer and songwriter
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)
Navy Day (Japan)
Today's Tunes
Jay Gould
Ester Sore'
Henry Kissinger
Victor Jara's "Somos Cinco Mil" was blocked by you tube, Heh
Ramsey Lewis
Don Williams
Cilla Black
Bruce Cockburn
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
Pete Sears
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Eddie Harsch
Siouxsie Sioux
Niccolò Paganini
Izumi Sakai
Gil Scott-Heron
Gregg Allman
Will be on the road most of today
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
Open thread, Amelia Bloomer, Julia Ward Howe, Tsushima, Ramsey Lewis, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Dee Dee Bridgewater , Paganini, Gil-Scott Heron, Greg Allman
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Happy Birthday Bruce Cockburn (79)
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thanks for the OT EL and happy trails!
truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security
Celebrating today in the old food way
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local cheese and crackers with grapes
sweet tater salad
grilled corn salad
green bean salad
steaks on the grill
good company and
an old vine Zinfandel
heavy rains predicted
otherwise ~ real nice
hope y'all got something good going!
truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security
Ooh, salads all over the table!
Heavy thunderstorms this evening, more rain and storms throughout the week.
Numerous possibilities for hail and damaging winds.
Whatever we have done to piss off the Storm gods, we are sorry and repent accordingly.
We are inundated with cherry tomatoes that we didn't intend to buy. The plants were mis-tagged at the nursery before they arrived at the local feed store. While you could can them, it is best to eat them straight off the vine.
Our tacos will be piled high with maters.
Enjoy the holiday. My tradition is to enjoy it, not celebrate it by conforming to some societal tradition.
Greg Allman, we hardly knew ya. RIP.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981