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4/3 - Howl Day (unofficial) [1]

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Date: 2023-04-03

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On this day in history:

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1860 -- The first successful Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California started,

1882 -- Robert Ford killed Jesse James

1885 -- Gottlieb Daimler received a patent for his engine - a good idea at the time

1895 -- Oscar Wilde's libel case against Queensberry began - a bad idea, but Ballad of Readng Gaol

1922 -- Stalin became General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Communist Party - a very bad idea

1948 -- Truman signed the Marshall Plan

1948 -- The Juju uprising in South Korea began

1955 -- The ACLU announced it would defend Ginsberg's Howl - an excellent idea

1968 -- MLK Jr. delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech

1981 -- The Osborne 1 was unveiled

2007 –- A French TGV train set another new world speed record.

2000 -- Microsoft was ruled to have violated US antitrust law but was not punished and no victims were recompensed

2010 -- Apple Inc. released the first iPad, foreshadowing ifrenzy to come.

2016 -- The Panama Papers leaked information on 214,488 offshore companies

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Some people who were born on this day:

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

~~ Herb Caen

1639 -- Alessandro Stradella, composer

1778 -- Pierre Bretonneau, doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy

1783 -- Washington Irving, writer

1791 -- Anne Lister, diarist, mountaineer, and traveler, "the first modern lesbian".

1807 -- Mary Carpenter, educational and social reformer

1822 -- Edward Everett Hale, writer and preacher

1823 -- Boss Tweed, typical politician

1885 -- Bud Fisher, cartoonist, think Mutt & Jeff

1886 -- Dooley Wilson, actor and singer

1895 -- Zez Confrey, pianist and composer

1898 -- Henry Luce, publisher, co-founded Time Magazine

1904 -- Russel Wright, dinnerware and furniture designer

1916 -- Herb Caen, writer, the Sakamenna Kid

1919 -- Ervin Drake, songwriter and composer, it was a very good year

1924 -- Marlon Brando who couldda been a contender

1924 -- Roza Shanina, Russian sniper

1936 -- Jimmy McGriff, organist and bandleader

1936 -- Harold Vick, saxophonist and flautist

1938 -- Jeff Barry, songwriter

1941 -- Jan Berry, singer and songwriter, (Jan & Dean) inspiration and mentor of the Beach Boys

1942 -- Billy Joe Royal, guitarist, singer, songwriter and boondocker

1943 -- Richard Manuel, pianist, singer, songwriter and bandmember

1944 -- Tony Orlando, Captain Kangaroo look-alike

1946 -- Dee Murray, bassist, mostly with Elton

1949 -- Richard Thompson, singer, songwriter and guitarist

1951 -- Mitch Woods, singer, songwriter and pianist

1965 –- Nazia Hassan, pop singer, songwriter, lawyer and social activist

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Some people who died on this day:

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

~~ Carter G. Woodson

CE 33 -- Jesus of Nazareth, or some other date, or year, but wait, he didn't die anyway, did he? What?

1882 -- Jesse James, criminal and outlaw, sometimes folk hero

1897 -- Johannes Brahms, pianist and composer

1901 -- Richard D'Oyly Carte

1902 -- Esther Hobart Morris, lawyer and judge

1950 -- Kurt Weill, composer and pianist

1950 -- Carter G. Woodson, historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month

1978 -- Ray Noble, bandleader, composer, and actor

1990 -- Sarah Vaughan, singer

1991 -- Graham Greene, writer

1998 -- Mary Cartwright, mathematician of chaos

2014 -- Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, guitarist, fiddler, and composer

2015 -- Bob Burns, drummer and songwriter

2016 –- Joe Medicine Crow, anthropologist, historian, and author

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

I'm inventing Howl Day, so there.



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Today's Tunes



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Famous Backshooters

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x YouTube Video

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Alessandro Stradella

x YouTube Video

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Dooley Wilson

x YouTube Video

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Zez Confrey

x YouTube Video

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Ervin Drake

x YouTube Video

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Jimmy McGriff

x YouTube Video

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Harold Vick

x YouTube Video

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Jeff Barry & his wife Ellie Greenwich wrote a ton of hits, such as

x YouTube Video

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Jan Berry

x YouTube Video

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Billy Joe Royal

x YouTube Video

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Richard Manuel

x YouTube Video

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Tony Orlando

x YouTube Video

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Dee Murray

x YouTube Video

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Richard Thompson

x YouTube Video

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Mitch Woods

x YouTube Video

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Jesus of Nazareth

x YouTube Video

Johannes Brahms

x YouTube Video

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Richard D'Oyly Carte put together an opera company and brought together Mssrs Gilbert & Sullivan

x YouTube Video

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Kurt Weill (hiya Mimi)

x YouTube Video

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Ray Noble

x YouTube Video

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Sarah Vaughan

x YouTube Video

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Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

x YouTube Video

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Bob Burns

x YouTube Video

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Bonus:

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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