argentina 2-5; Largo di Torre Argentina

On this day in 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey in Rome.  The exact site of his assassination lies within the square in central Rome known as the Largo di Torre Argentina.  We went there specifically to see the Gatti, not being aware at the time that it was exactamente where he bought it.  It is mors likely within the picture above, though the picture doesn't quite show the full square, which is hard to shoot.  This event, as we all know spawned some truly classic theater:

On this day in history:

44 BC – Julius Caesar (aka Julie Baby) was assassinated

1493 – Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from his first trip to the "Indies".

1672 – Charles II issued the Declaration of Indulgence decriminalizing non-C of E religions

1781 – Battle of Guilford Court House near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina

1916 – Woodrow Wilson sent 4,800 troops into Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa

1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated
 

1939 – Germany occupied Czechoslovakia.
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1951 – Iranian oil industry is nationalized guaranteeing a CIA overthrow of its government

1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War, leaving only the US at war with Somalia

1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.

2011 – Beginning of the so-called Civil War on Syria by foreign fighters, jihadis, al-quada, and other proxy forces

2019 – Fifty-one people were killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.

2019 – Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries went on strike to protest global inaction on climate change

Born this day in:

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

~~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

1754 – Archibald Menzies, surgeon and botanist
1790 – Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician and academic
1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts,  historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia
1813 – John Snow, physician and seminal epidemiologist
1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, physicist and chemist
1830 – Paul Heyse, author, poet, and playwright
1830 – Élisée Reclus, geographer, anarchist, and academic
1835 – Eduard Strauss, composer and conductor
1838 – Karl Davydov, cellist, composer, and conductor
1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, archaeologist and scholar
1852 – Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, playwright, and translator
1854 – Emil von Behring, physiologist and physician
1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, botanist and academic
1860 – Waldemar Haffkine, bacteriologist and microbiologist
1864 – Johan Halvorsen, violinist, composer, and conductor
1868 – Grace Chisholm Young, mathematician
1874 – Harold L. Ickes, journalist and politician
1900 – Gilberto Freyre, sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer
1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1916 – Harry James, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor
1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, physician and academic
1922 – Eddie Calvert, trumpeter
1926 – Ben Johnston, composer and academic
1927 – Carl Smith, singer, songwriter ,and guitarist
1928 – Bob Wilber, clarinetist and saxophonist
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, legendary lawyer and judge
1936 – Howard Greenfield, songwriter
1938 – Charles Lloyd, saxophonist and flute player
1940 – Phil Lesh, bassist
1941 – Mike Love, pop singer, songwriter, and musician (no comment)
1943 – Sly Stone, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
1947 – Ry Cooder, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1950 – Jørgen Olsen, singer & songwriter
1991 – Nigel Ng, Uncle Roger, Haiyaa.

Died this day in:

 The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

~~ H.P. Lovecraft

44 BC – Julius Caesar, general and statesman
1575 – Annibale Padovano, organist and composer
1673 – Salvator Rosa, painter and poet
1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, engineer and academic
1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, mathematician and academic
1898 – Henry Bessemer, engineer and businessman
1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, short story writer, editor, and novelist
1938 – Nikolai Bukharin, journalist and politician
1942 – Rachel Field, author and poet
1959 – Lester Young, saxophonist and clarinet player
1962 – Arthur Compton, physicist and academic
1991 – Bud Freeman, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1998 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer & songwriter
1998 – Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author
2004 – John Pople, chemist and academic
2008 – Mikey Dread,  singer,songwriter, and producer
2008 – Vytautas Kernagis, singer, songwriter, and actor
2011 – Smiley Culture, singer and DJ
2013 – Hardrock Gunter, singer, songwriter. and guitarist (b. 1925)
2013 – Terry Lightfoot, clarinet player
2014 – Scott Asheton, drummer
2014 – Cees Veerman,  singer, songwriter, and guitarist
2015 – Mike Porcaro, bass player

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Ides of March

Act Happy Day (hoax yourself if need be, that's an order)

The following are not recognized or celebrated in the US except by individuals and cliques or organizations

World Consumer Rights Day (International) yeah, like it would be
International Day Against Police Brutality (ditto)
National Workplace Napping Day (Day after DST ends, appropriate, but subversive)
National Peanut Lovers Day - This is actually a bait and switch promotion site

Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies

Lightnin Hopkins

Harry James

Eddie Calvert

Bob Wilbur

Howard Greenfield

Charles Lloyd

Phil Lesh

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Mike Love

Sly Stone

Ry Cooder

Lester Young

Bud Freeman

Mikey Dread

Terry Lightfoot

Mike Pocaro

Introducing Uncle Roger, haiyaa

I'm not going to be here today, you're all on your own, play nice.

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