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09/05 International Day of Charity [1]
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Date: 2022-09-05
Freedom Fries!! Idiocy!! On this date in 1781, Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, the Comte de Grasse (One of France's better admirals) won an enormous strategic victory over British Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves. De Grasse prevented the British from reinforcing, and, later, evacuating the British forces commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. In addition, de Grasse's actions allowed Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras to slip down the coast with another fleet and bring a fleet load of French armaments and siege equipment to George Washington's Continental Army and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau's Expédition Particulière, The combined effect was the surrender of Cornwallis, French control of the Chesapeake, and the eventual peace and freedom for the United States.
Nonetheless, much later France's refusal to join Bush the Lesser's Coalition of the Witless in waging an illegal unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq led to Congress and assorted other somehow even lesser savants declaring that French Fries should subsequently be known as Freedom Fries. Whatever.
For the record, de Grasse later got his ass handed to him off Jamaica by Rodney.
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On this day in history:
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1661 –- Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances was arrested by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers. Really.
1774 -- First Continental Congress assembled in Philly
1781 -- A French naval victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake forced the British surrender at Yortown
1791 –= Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
1793 -- Start of the Reign of Terror in France
1839 –- The UK declared war (The First Opium War) on the Qing dynasty of China.
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
1975 –- Lynette Fromme failed to assassinate Gerald Ford.
1991 –- The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, went into force, centuries too late.
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Some people who were born on this day:
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones
~~ John Cage
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
1928 -- Albert Mangelsdorff, trombonist and educator
1939 –- Claudette Colvin, nurse and activist
1939 -- John Stewart, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1945 -- Al Stewart, Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1946 -- Freddie Mercury, singer, songwriter and producer
1946 -- Loudon Wainwright III, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 -- Mel Collins, saxophonist and flute player
1947 -- Chip Davis, pianist, songwriter, and producer
1947 -- Buddy Miles, singer, songwriter and drummer
1949 -- Clem Clempson, guitarist and songwriter
1953 -- Paul Piche', singer & songwriter
1956 -- Roine Stolt, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 -- Juan Alderete, bass player and songwriter
1967 -- Arnel Pineda, singer and songwriter
1968 -- Brad Wilk, singer, songwriter, and drummer
1969 -- Dweezil Zappa, singer, guitarist, and actor
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Some people who died on this day:
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
~~ Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse)
1857 -- Auguste Comte, sociologist and philosopher
1877 -- Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse), Oglala Lakota leader
1906 -- Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist and philosopher
1948 -- Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist
1977 -- George Barnes, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1992 –- Fritz Leiber, author and poet
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)
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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
International Day of Charity (International)
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Today's Tunes
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Muhammed Ali
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x YouTube Video
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Jessee James
x YouTube Video
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Jack Daniel / Jack Daniel's
x YouTube Video
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Sunnyland Slim
x YouTube Video
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John Cage (would've loved this, so I left it)
x YouTube Video
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x YouTube Video
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Albert Mangelsdorff
x YouTube Video
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John Stewart
x YouTube Video
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Al Stewart
x YouTube Video
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Freddie Mercury
x YouTube Video
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Loudon Wainwright III
x YouTube Video
Mel Collins
x YouTube Video
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Chip Davis
x YouTube Video
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Buddy Miles
x YouTube Video
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Paul Piche'
x YouTube Video
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Roine Stolt
x YouTube Video
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Juan Alderete
x YouTube Video
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Arnel Pineda
x YouTube Video
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Brad Wilk
x YouTube Video
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Dweezil Zappa
x YouTube Video
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George Barnes
x YouTube Video
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Joe South
x YouTube Video
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
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