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07/31 is Ka Hae Hawai'i Day [1]

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Date: 2023-07-31

July 31 is Lā Hae Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiian Flag Day. (It is also Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day.) The flag of Hawai'i prominently features a smaller Union Jack within it. Why does a US state have the British Ensign on its flag? Because the British dealt moderately properly with them and never tried to steal their country or overthrow their government. They certainly never sent in their Marines the way we sent in the US Marines to help some low-life thieving scum stage a coup d'etat and force a changed constitution upon them at bayonet point.

U.S. Public 103-150 "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or referendum". It is, of course, not actionable.

Denis Diderot, who died on this date, was a philosopher, art critic and writer, as well as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie. He contributed 7,000 entries to the Encyclopédie and wrote numerous books, essays and plays. If you do nothing else, go to a source like BrainyQuote.com and read whatever sampling of quotations by him are there such as:

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

or

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

Panama's Omar Torrijos negotiated the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties that eventually gave Panama full sovereignty over the Panama Canal, instituted many populist measures like land redistribution and public works programs, supported Allende and the Sandinistas and restored diplomatic relations with Cuba. He died in an airplane crash on this date in 1981.

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On this day in history:

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1492 -- Ferdinand & Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain

1703 -- Daniel Defoe was pilloried for seditious libel

1790 – The first U.S. patent was issued

1932 -- The NSDAP won over 38% of the vote in German elections.

1938 -- Archaeologists found engraved metal plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.

1964 -- Ranger 7 transmitted the first close-up photographs of the moon to earth

1970 – The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

1971 -- Apollo 15 crew got the first ride in a lunar rover

1991 -- The US and USSR signed the START I treaty.

2006 -- Fidel Castro transferred power to his brother, Raul.

2007 -- The British Army finally left Northern Ireland,

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Some people who were born on this day:

Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.

~~ Peter Benenson

1598 -- Alessandro Algardi, sculptor

1718 -- John Canton, physicist

1803 – John Ericsson, engineer

1835 – Paul Du Chaillu, zoologist, anthropologist and explorer

1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, seismologist and geologist

1860 -- Mary Vaux Walcott, the Audubon of botany

1875 -- Jacques Villon, painterv 1877 – Louisa Bolus, botanist and taxonomist

1904 – Brett Halliday, engineer, surveyor, and author

1912 -- Milton Friedman, right wing quack

1918 – Paul D. Boyer, biochemist and academic

1918 -- Hank Jones, pianist, composer and bandleader

1921 – Peter Benenson, activist, founded Amnesty International

1921 – Whitney Young, activist

1923 – Ahmet Ertegun, songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records

1923 -- Stephanie Kwolek, chemist who invented Kevlar

1931 -- Kenny Burrell, guitarist, singer and songwriter

1943 – Lobo, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1946 – Gary Lewis, drummer and singer

1951 -- Evonne Goolagong Cawley, tennis champ

1952 -- Faye Kellerman, mystery author

1957 – Daniel Ash, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1958 – Bill Berry, drummer and songwriter

1959 -- Stanley Jordan, jazz guitarist, pianist and songwriter

1964 – Jim Corr, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1965 -- J. K. Rowling, author

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Some people who died on this day:

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

~~ Denis Diderot

1358 – Étienne Marcel, rebel leader

1726 -- Nicolaus II Bernoulli, mathematician

1784 -- Denis Diderot, philosopher

1886 -- Franz Liszt, pianist, composer and conductor

1913 – John Milne, geologist and mining engineer

1944 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and poet

1951 – Cho Ki-chon, poet

1966 -- Bud Powell, pianist

1981 – Omar Torrijos, general and politician, Military Leader of Panama who died in an airplane crash.

1986 -- Teddy Wilson, swing pianist

2012 -- Gore Vidal, novelist, critic, screenwriter, wise-ass, wit

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

Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (Hawai'ian flag day)



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Today's Tunes



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Hank Jones

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x YouTube Video

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Ahmet Ertigun

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Kenny Burrell

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Lobo

x YouTube Video

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Gary Lewis

x YouTube Video

Stanley Jordan

x YouTube Video

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x YouTube Video

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Jim Corr

x YouTube Video

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Franz List

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Bud Powell

x YouTube Video

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Teddy Wilson

x YouTube Video

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In honor of Evonne Goolagong

x YouTube Video

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x YouTube Video

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x YouTube Video

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Bonus: Hank Jones

x YouTube Video

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Bud Powell, Mingus on bass

x YouTube Video

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Teddy Wilson

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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



Open Thread, Daniel Defoe, START I Treaty, Denis Diderot, Evonne Goolagong, Ahmet Ertegun, Stanley Jordan

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