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02/06 - Happy Waitangi Day [1]

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Date: 2023-02-06

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On this day in history:

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1819 -- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore. Slings were presumably slung.

1820 -- 86 African Americans left New York to colonize what is today Liberia.

1840 -- New Zealand became a British colony.

1899 -- The US Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris between the US and Spain

1900 – The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague was created

1918 -- British women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications got the right to vote, the rest remained serfs.

1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike began

1922 -- The Washington Naval Treaty was signed limiting the naval armaments of the US, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.

1952 -- Elizabeth II became queen

1959 -- Jack Kilby filed for the first patent of an integrated circuit.

1973 – The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake struck Sichuan Province

1976 – Lockheed Corporation admitted paying $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.

1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, began

1981 -- The National Resistance Army of Uganda started the Ugandan Bush War

1987 -- Justice Mary Gaudron became the first woman appointed to the Australian High Court

2012 -- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines

2013 -- A 8.0 magnitude earthquake in the Solomon Islands

2016 -- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan

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Some people who were born on this day:

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

~~ Robert La Follette Jr.

1465 – Scipione del Ferro, mathematician, solved the morose depressed cubic equation

1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, mathematician and theorist

1726 – Patrick Russell, surgeon and zoologist

1802 – Charles Wheatstone, physicist and cryptographer

1811 – Henry Liddell, priest, author, and academic; Alice's Dad

1879 -- Othon Friesz, Fauvist painter

1890 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, activist and politician

1895 – María Teresa Vera, singer, guitarist and composer

1895 - Robert La Follette Jr., politician, co-founder of the progressive party

1898 -- Harry Haywood, politician, activist, CPUSA member

1902 -- George Brunies, trombonist

1903 -- Claudio Arrau, pianist and composer

1913 -- Mary Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist

1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, physicist and astronomer

1932 -- François Truffaut, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1939 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer

1940 -- Tom Brokaw, journalist and author

1941 – Stephen Albert, pianist and composer

1942 -- Sarah Brady, gun control activist and author

1943 – Fabian Forte, pop singer and actor

1944 -- Willie Tee, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1945 -- Bob Marley, singer, songwriter and guitarist

1946 -- Richie Hayward, drummer and songwriter

1946 -- Kate McGarrigle, musician and singer-songwriter

1947 -- Bill Staines, singer, songwriter and guitarist

1949 -- Mike Batt, singer, songwriter and producer

1950 -- Natalie Cole, singer, songwriter and actress

1950 – Punky Meadows, rock guitarist and songwriter

1956 – Jerry Marotta, drummer (orleans/still the one)

1957 -- Simon Phillips, drummer and producer

1962 -- Axl Rose, singer, songwriter and producer

1964 -- Gordon Downie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1966 -- Rick Astley, singer, songwriter, nothing to see here

1967 -- Anita Cochran, country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1967 – Izumi Sakai, singer and songwriter

1975 – Tomoko Kawase, singer, songwriter, and producer

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Some people who died on this day:

Art is a line around your thoughts.

~~ Gustav Klimt

1378 -- Joanna of Bourbon, not to be confused with Joanna of Rye or Scotch

1804 -- Joseph Priestley, chemist and theologian

1918 -- Gustav Klimt, painter and illustrator

1976 -- Vince Guaraldi, singer, songwriter and pianist

1981 -- Hugo Montenegro, composer and conductor

1990 -- Jimmy Van Heusen, pianist and composer

2007 -- Frankie Laine, singer, songwriter and actor

2011 -- Gary Moore, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer

2016 -- Dan Hicks, singer, songwriter and guitarist

2022 – Lata Mangeshkar, singer and music composer

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)

Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.





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Today's Tunes



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María Teresa Vera

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x YouTube Video

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George Brunies

x YouTube Video

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Jair Rodrigues

x YouTube Video

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Claudio Arrau

x YouTube Video

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Willie Tee

x YouTube Video

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Bob Marley

x YouTube Video

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Richie Hayward

x YouTube Video

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Kate McGarrigle

x YouTube Video

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Bill Staines

x YouTube Video

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Mike Batt

x YouTube Video

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Natalie Cole (Gives erroneous song history, actually by Moe Kaufman, as an instrumental, Tito covered it on Swinging Shepherd Blues (Goes Latin) then Ella added vocals )

x YouTube Video

Simon Phillips

x YouTube Video

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Axl Rose

x YouTube Video

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Gordon Downie

x YouTube Video

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Rick Astley

x YouTube Video

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Anita Cochran

x YouTube Video

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Vince Guaraldi

x YouTube Video

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Hugo Montenegro

x YouTube Video

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Jimmy Van Heusen

x YouTube Video

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Frankie Laine

x YouTube Video

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Gary Moore

x YouTube Video

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Dan Hicks

x YouTube Video

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x YouTube Video

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Lata Mangeshkar

x YouTube Video

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Bonus: Moe Kaufman

x YouTube Video

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Tito Puente

x YouTube Video

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Ella Fitzgerald added vocals

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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Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com





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