Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Culture "To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us." — Johann von Goethe
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Earth Day at the GOP ". . . When did nature get so whiney? We're not allowed to do anything to nature anymore, except look at it. It's like porn with leaves. And where's this delicate balance I always hear so much about? Every time I watch "Animal Planet," I see a rabid harp seal popping penguins downs his gullet like they were maitre d'Tic Tacs. To me nature always appears more unbalanced than Gary Busey with a clogged Eustachian tube.
And then there's global warming. I didn't even know the details on global warming so I looked it up. There are a lot of vying statistics, but I think the crux of it is the temperature has gone up roughly 1.8 degrees over a hundred years. Am I the only one who finds that amazingly stable? Hey, I'm happy it's gone up. I'm always a little chilly anyway." — Dennis Miller, FOXNews.com, 9-12-03
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "I think we have passed something that we didn't want to do." — Chuck McMains, representative from Louisiana
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
4,000 Kilometers Above Saturn's Iapetus
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
● 1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French.
● 1692 - Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
● 1777 - First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.
● 1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
● 1796 - George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
● 1833 - Mary Jemison, "race traitor," adopted Senecan "white Indian," dies.
● 1853 - Cow Creek band of Umpqua tribe signs treaty ceding lands in Southwest Oregon.
● 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka - Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
● 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
● 1865 - Chinese coal miners driven out of Black Diamond, Wash.
● 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on 28 January 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
● 1892 - Alexander Berkman sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempt on life of Frick.
● 1893 - Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
● 1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
● 1913 - Birth of Seattle native, actress, activist and lobotomy victim Frances Farmer.
● 1931 - Japan invades Chinese province of Manchuria.
● 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh III.
● 1940 - Journalist "discovers" Jay Fox, the "sole surviving anarchist" farming at Home Colony, Washington.
● 1942 - Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: About 2,500 Brody Jews are deported by German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec.
● 1944 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War).
● 1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London.
● 1946 - The Council of Europe is founded following a speech given by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
● 1952 - Due to his political beliefs, U.S. bars Charlie Chaplin from reentering to the country after a trip to England.
● 1955 - Argentina ousts dictator Juan Peron.
● 1957 - First underground nuclear test, at Nevada Test Site, U.S.
● 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
● 1966 - Joan Baez leads 160 Negro children to Mississippi elementary school.
● 1969 - A bomb causes serious damage to the new Federal Office Building in New York City.
● 1970 - The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, UK.
● 1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
● 1973 - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May, New Jersey) goes on the air.
● 1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden.
● 1974 - U.S. intelligence sources reveal that striking Chilean labor unions, instrumental in destabilizing the Allende government during a bloody 1973 coup that led to 16 years of brutal military dictatorship, were secretly bankrolled by the CIA.
● 1976 - A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155.
● 1977 - Lawsuit filed which would become "University of California vs Bakke," a groundbreaking claim of "reverse discrimination" by a white prospective law student (Bakke) passed over for admission due to affirmative action.
● 1981 - Three hundred thousand march in Washington to protest Pres. Reagan's race policies.
● 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
● 1985 - Italo Calvino dies in Siena, Italy. While working on several communist periodicals, he began writing his own stories, becoming one of the most important Italian writers of the 20th century.
● 1985 - The first of two killer earthquakes hit Mexico City--this one, 8.1 on the Richter scale, followed the next day by one measuring 7.5--crumbling buildings (damages estimated at more than one billion dollars) and killing almost 10,000 people.
● 1985 - Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
● 1988 - Burma rebels.
● 1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
● 1990 - Remains of 828 dead, radioactive beagles from 1950s animal experiments at UC-Davis are buried at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
● 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
● 1994 - U.S. troops land, again, in Haiti.
● 1995 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
● 1996 - IBM extends health care coverage and other benefits to partners of its lesbian/gay workers. Largest U.S. business to date to adopt policy.
● 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
● 2001 - Some 5,000 march in a nighttime procession through Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, mourning the dead of Sept. 11 and calling for a non-military response by the U.S.
● 2001 - Commencement of U.S. combat activities in Afghanistan.
● 2006 - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared.
BIRTHS
● 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
● 866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
● 1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (d. 1404)
● 1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
● 1676 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
● 1714 - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786)
● 1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (d. 1832)
● 1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)
● 1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)
● 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
● 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
● 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
● 1799 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
● 1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and Regent-President (d. 1894)
● 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
● 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
● 1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
● 1887 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
● 1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943)
● 1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971)
● 1889 - Sadie Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
● 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of the Italian Republic (d. 1988)
● 1901 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born film producer (d. 1991)
● 1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
● 1907 - Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1998)
● 1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
● 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
● 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
● 1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
● 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor
● 1913 - Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
● 1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
● 1919 - Mary Midgley, American philosopher
● 1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
● 1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer
● 1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
● 1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002)
● 1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000)
● 1926 - James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio
● 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
● 1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player
● 1927 - Rosemary Harris, English actress
● 1927 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
● 1928 - Adam West, American actor
● 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker
● 1931 - Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor
● 1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988)
● 1933 - David McCallum, Scottish actor
● 1933 - Gilles Archambault, Québécois novelist
● 1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967)
● 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
● 1935 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
● 1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete
● 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
● 1940 - Paul Williams, American composer
● 1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1940 - Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
● 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
● 1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
● 1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
● 1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
● 1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician
● 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
● 1945 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
● 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
● 1947 - Lol Creme, English musician (10cc, Godley & Creme)
● 1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
● 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
● 1949 - Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
● 1949 - Twiggy, English model
● 1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
● 1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
● 1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
● 1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
● 1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
● 1955 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire
● 1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor
● 1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer, sound designer and electronic musician (d. 2006)
● 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
● 1958 - Lita Ford, English-born singer (The Runaways)
● 1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
● 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
● 1960 - Loïc Bigois, French engineer
● 1962 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
● 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
● 1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician
● 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
● 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
● 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
● 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
● 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
● 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
● 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
● 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
● 1967 - Stéphane Crête, Quebec actor
● 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
● 1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
● 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
● 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
● 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player
● 1970 - Dan Bylsma, National Hockey League player
● 1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
● 1973 - Cristiano Da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
● 1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
● 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
● 1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player
● 1976 - Alison Sweeney, American actress
● 1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
● 1976 - Jessica York, television personality
● 1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
● 1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
● 1978 - Nick Johnson, baseball player
● 1978 - Nigel Mitchell, Quizmania and Capital Disney presenter
● 1978 - Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
● 1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
● 1979 - Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress
● 1980 - Tegan and Sara, Canadian singer/songwriters
● 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
● 1981 - Rick Dipietro, American ice hockey goaltender
● 1982 - Nicole Voss, American model
● 1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
● 1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
● 1983 - Joey Devine, American baseball player
● 1983 - Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
● 1983 - Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
● 1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
● 1984 - Eamon Doyle, American pop singer
● 1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor
● 1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
● 1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
● 1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
● 1990 - Patrick Breeding, American singer (B5)
DEATHS
● 690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
● 1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
● 1356 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
● Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
● Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304)
● 1668 - William Waller, English soldier
● 1692 - Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials
● 1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
● 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
● 1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
● 1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
● 1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
● 1905 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
● 1924 - Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
● 1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
● 1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
● 1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
● 1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
● 1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
● 1944 - Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
● 1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
● 1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
● 1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901)
● 1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
● 1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
● 1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
● 1968 - Chester Carlson, American inventor (b. 1906)
● 1968 - Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910)
● 1969 - Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
● 1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
● 1973 - Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946)
● 1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
● 1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
● 1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
● 1990 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
● 1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
● 1997 - Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
● 2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
● 2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
● 2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
● 2004 - Eddie Adams, American photographer, won Pulitzer Prize (b. 1933)
● 2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (b. 1919)
● 2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
● 2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist
● 2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
● 2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
● 2006 - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Goeric of Metz, bishop
● St. Januarius.
● Anglican:
● Theodore of Tarsus.
● In ancient Greece, the sixth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the procession to Eleusis began at Kerameikos in Athens.
● Chile - Armed Forces Day.
● Saint Kitts and Nevis - Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1983).
● International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING FIVE SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.
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Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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