September 5, 2016 Open Thread, happy International Day of Charity

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 7:00am

September 5 is the 248th day of the year. There are 117 days left.

Today's number is 5

5 is the third prime
5 is the third Sophie Germain prime
5 is a Fermat prime
5 is the only prime that is the sum of 2 consecutive numbers
5 is the only prime ending in 5
5 is the fifth Fibonacci number
There are 5 Platonic Solids (and myriads of Platonic relationships)
A 5 sided polygon is a pentagon (lower case)
A building full of insane war mongers is a Pentagon (Capitalized initial letter)
A 5 sided star is a pentagram
5 is the length of the hypotenuse of a 3,4,5 traingle. This is often used in construction & carpentry.
5 is boron
A pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave
The Book of Five Rings by master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is must reading, trust me.
I-5 connects San Diego, CA with Blaine, Wa
The Five Families refers to the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese crime families.

5 is an important number in Discordianism. There is the Law of Fives as well as the Pentabarf, which has five rules.
Each page of the Principia Discordia is labeled with five digits.

Title 5 of the US Code is GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

To relax or take a break, especially of 5 minutes duration used to be called to

5 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Appuleius
John the Baptist and/or Jesus of Nazareth may or may not have been born.

5 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla
Tiberius conquered Germania Inferior
Wang Mang, was granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor"
Livilla married Drusus Julius Caesar, Tiberius's son
Julia, daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla was born

On this day in:
1774 -- First Continental Congress assembled in Philly
1781 -- A French naval victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake forced the eventual British surrender at Yortown
1793 -- Start of the Reign of Terror in France
1882 -- The first United States Labor Day parade
1914 -- Start of the first Battle of the Marne
1944 -- The Benelux Union was formed
1957 -- On the Road was published
1960 -- Muhammad Ali won an Olympic gold medal in boxing

Born this day in:
1847 -- Jesse James, Confederate guerilla, bushwacker, robber, killer; and - he robbed the Glendale train.
1850 -- Jack Daniel, founder of Jack Daniel's
1905 -- Arthur Koestler, journalist and author; wrote Darkness at Noon
1907 -- Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1912 -- John Cage, American composer and theorist
1921 -- Jack Valenti, creator of the MPAA film rating system
1927 -- Paul Volcker, economist and academic
1928 -- Albert Mangelsdorff, trombonist and educator (United Jazz + Rock Ensemble)
1935 -- Werner Erhard, quack, author, and philanthropist; founded EST, but also the Hunger Project.
1939 -- John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
1940 -- Raquel Welch, American actress and singer
1945 -- Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 -- Freddie Mercury, singer, songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex)
1946 -- Loudon Wainwright III, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 -- Mel Collins, saxophonist and flute player (Kokomo)
1947 -- Chip Davis, pianist, songwriter, and producer (Mannheim Steamroller)
1947 -- Buddy Miles, singer, songwriter and drummer (The Electric Flag and The California Raisins) (d. 2008)
1949 -- Clem Clempson, guitarist and songwriter (Humble Pie, Colosseum, and Bakerloo)
1953 -- Paul Piche', singer & songwriter
1956 -- Roine Stolt, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Flower Kings, Kaipa, Transatlantic, and The Tangent)
1963 -- Juan Alderete, bass player and songwriter (Racer X, The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, The Scream, and Big Sir)
1967 -- Arnel Pineda, singer, songwriter (Journey)
1968 -- Brad Wilk, singer, songwriter and drummer (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, and Greta)
1969 -- Dweezil Zappa, singer, guitarist, and actor (Zappa Plays Zappa)

Died this day in:
1857 -- Auguste Comte, sociologist and philosopher
1877 -- Crazy Horse, Native American leader
1906 -- Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist and philosopher
1948 -- Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist
1977 -- George Barnes, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Three Suns)
1993 -- Claude Renoir, French cinematographer
1997 -- Mother Teresa, nun, missionary, saint, anti-condom activist, anti-family planning activist
2003 -- Gisele MacKenzie, singer and actress
2012 -- Joe South, singer, songwriter and guitarist
2015 -- Frederick "Dennis" Greene, singer and actor (Sha Na Na)

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
International Day of Charity (International)

So, for music we gots:
Jack Daniel / Jack Daniel's
Sunnyland Slim
John Cage
Albert Mangelsdorff
John Stewart
Raquel Welch
Al Stewart
Freddie Mercury
Loudon Wainwright III
Mel Collins
Chip Davis
Buddy Miles
Loudon Wainwright III
Paul Piche'
Roine Stolt
Juan Alderete
Arnel Pineda
Brad Wilk
Dweezil Zappa
George Barnes
Gisele MacKenzie
Joe South
Frederick "Dennis" Greene