Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Education "Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." — Thomas Jefferson
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Fuzzy Math "We are at a point now where we are now paying taxes at the highest rate in the history of this republic." — Sen. John Ashcroft, "Springfield Boys and Girls Club Gymnasium, Transcript of Remarks," 1-5-99. GWU.edu. {As a reward for losing re-election in 2000 to a dead guy, Bush appointed this fool his first Attorney General.}
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." — David Dinkins, mayor of New York City
{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
A Hole in Mars Close Up
Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 551 B.C.E. - Confucius born, China.
● 48 B.C.E. - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
● 351 - Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
● 365 - Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
● 935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslav I of Bohemia.
● 995 - Members of Slavník's dynasty - Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
● 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.
● 1106 - The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
● 1322 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
● 1394 - Benedict XIII succeeds Clement VII as Avignon Pope.
● 1448 - Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
● 1542 - Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.
● 1704 - Maryland allows divorce if wife displeases clergyman/preacher. {As this colony was originally founded as a Catholic enclave, this seems the ultimate irony, as Catholic priests aren't allowed to marry anyway.}
● 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
● 1779 - American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
● 1781 - American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
● 1785 - Birth of David Walker, abolitionist who wrote the famous, "Walker's Appeal," Wilmington, N.C.
● 1787 - The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
● 1812 - On the southern front in the War of 1812, Creek and Seminole warriors battle a contingent of 250 Georgia volunteers.
● 1820 - Birth of Friedrich Engels.
● 1823 - Leo XII is elected pope.
● 1829 - David Walker issues, on his birthday, his publication, "An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular and Very Expressly to those of the United States of America." The south will put a price on his head for such endearments as urging slaves to rise up and "Slit their oppressors' throats from ear to ear."
● 1841 - Roman Catholic priest Blanchet states that Fr. Demers won over entire village of souls from the Methodists, near Willamette Falls, Oregon.
● 1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
● 1850 - U.S. Navy abolishes flogging on Navy and merchant marine vessels.
● 1864 - Founding of the International Workingman's Association, first Communist International, London, England.
● 1867 - Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
● 1867 - The United States takes control of Midway Island.
● 1868 - Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
● 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slavery.
● 1887 - Huang Ho River in China floods, kills about 1.5 million.
● 1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice. {On October 14, 1960 the Eleventh General Conference on Weights and Measures redefined the International Standard of Length as 1,650,763.73 vacuum wavelengths of light resulting from unperturbed atomic energy level transition 2p10 to 5d5 of the krypton isotope having an atomic weight of 86.}
● 1904 - A woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in an open car on 5th Avenue.
● 1912 - "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000.
● 1917 - 165 Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World union members) indicted for protesting World War I. The first move in an illegal but successful U.S. government campaign to cripple the radical union movement.
● 1928 - UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act (1925) outlawing cannabis.
● 1938 - Victor Jara, singer of freedom, born, Chile.
● 1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
● 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
● 1943 - Danish underground anti-Nazi activists begin systematic smuggling of Jews to Sweden.
● 1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.
● 1944 - Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
● 1958 - France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
● 1961 - A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
● 1962 - Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
● 1966 - Dozens of anti-war demonstrators disrupt address of Vice President Humphrey at Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
● 1966 - National Guard quells riots in Hunter's Point and Fillmore neighborhoods of San Francisco.
● 1969 - West Germany - first (postwar) Socialists take power (Willy Brandt and Social Democrats in coalition with Free Democrats).
● 1970 - Death of John Dos Passos, radical American novelist.
● 1971 - Chilean government expropriates Anaconda and Kennecott copper mines.
● 1971 - UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
● 1972 - The Secretary of the Army repeals the dishonorable discharges of 167 Brownsville (Texas) Raid soldiers. The soldiers, members of the 25th Infantry who were involved in a riot with the city's police and merchants, were dishonorably discharged by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt without a trial.
● 1973 - New York - A bomb devastates part of the Latin American section of the ITT building, in retaliation for ITT's involvement (along with CIA) in the bloody overthrow of Chile's former President Allende one week previous.
● 1981 - Director and assistant of research lab in Maryland convicted on 15 counts of cruelty to animals.
● 1991 - American jazz great Miles Davis, 65, dies from pneumonia, Santa Monica, California.
● 1994 - Top PRI political leader Ruiz Massieu assassinated in Mexico.
● 1994 - Indigenous people from around the globe meet in Bolivia to discuss bio-piracy.
● 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
● 1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
● 1998 - First Queeruption festival draws hundreds of anarcho-queers to London, England.
● 2000 - Ariel Sharon visits site of Temple Mount's Dome of the Rock, leading to a new and bloody intifada, Sharon's election as Prime Minister, and a brutal new cycle of Middle East violence.
● 2004 - An expected but overdue magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Parkfield, California
BIRTHS
● 551 B.C.E. - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
● 58 B.C.E. - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29 C.E.)
● 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
● 1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
● 1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
● 1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
● 1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
● 1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
● 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
● 1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
● 1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
● 1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
● 1836 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
● 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
● 1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
● 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
● 1867 - Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
● 1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
● 1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
● 1889 - Jack Fournier, baseball player (d. 1973)
● 1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
● 1893 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (d. 1984)
● 1898 - Carl Clauberg, Nazi doctor (d. 1957)
● 1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)
● 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
● 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
● 1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
● 1907 - Bhagat Singh - Indian Freedom Fighter
● 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
● 1913 - Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator
● 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist (d. 1953)
● 1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
● 1918 - Ángel Labruna, Argentinian football player and coach (d. 1983)
● 1923 - John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician (d. 2007)
● 1923 - William Windom, American actor
● 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
● 1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
● 1925 - Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
● 1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor
● 1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
● 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
● 1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, theatre director, and political activist (d. 1973)
● 1933 - Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)
● 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
● 1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
● 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader
● 1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
● 1938 - Ben E. King, American r&b singer
● 1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
● 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
● 1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor
● 1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
● 1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor
● 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)
● 1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
● 1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer
● 1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor
● 1947 - Bob Carr, Former Premier of New South Wales
● 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
● 1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
● 1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician
● 1951 - Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
● 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
● 1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman
● 1954 - George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)
● 1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
● 1960 - Jennifer Rush, American pop singer
● 1961 - Quentin Kawananakoa, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii
● 1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
● 1964 - Claudio Borghi, Argentine football manager (Colo-Colo)
● 1964 - Laura Cerón, American actress
● 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
● 1966 - Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
● 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
● 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
● 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish 2 time Formula 1 World Champion
● 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
● 1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
● 1969 - Mark Everett, former child actor, now fugitive
● 1969 - Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer
● 1970 - Mike DeJean, American baseball player
● 1970 - Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver
● 1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer
● 1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
● 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress
● 1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
● 1973 - Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
● 1974 - Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
● 1974 - Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
● 1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
● 1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
● 1977 - Young Jeezy, American Rapper
● 1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
● 1978 - Bushido, German rapper
● 1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder
● 1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
● 1981 - Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
● 1981 - José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
● 1982 - Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
● 1982 - Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
● 1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
● 1982 - Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
● 1982 - Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor
● 1982 - Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
● 1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer
● 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
● 1984 - Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer
● 1986 - Andres Guardado, Mexican footballer
● 1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress, singer
● 1988 - Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
● 1988 - Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
● 1989 - Mark Randall, English footballer
● 1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
DEATHS
● 48 B.C.E. - Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 B.C.E.)
● 235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope
● 876 - Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)
● 935 - Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
● 1104 - Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
● 1197 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
● 1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
● 1582 - George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
● 1618 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
● 1687 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
● 1694 - Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
● 1702 - Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman (b. 1640)
● 1742 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)
● 1781 - William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)
● 1844 - Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)
● 1873 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer and journalist (b. 1832)
● 1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
● 1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (b. 1822)
● 1914 - Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company) (b. 1863)
● 1915 - Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
● 1918 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
● 1918 - Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
● 1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
● 1953 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
● 1956 - William Edward Boeing, American aviation pioneer (b. 1881)
● 1959 - Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
● 1964 - Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)
● 1966 - André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
● 1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
● 1970 - Gamal Abdel Nasser, the second President of Egypt (b. 1918)
● 1978 - Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
● 1979 - John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
● 1981 - Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
● 1982 - Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
● 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
● 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
● 1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)
● 1993 - Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)
● 1993 - Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
● 1994 - José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (b. 1946)
● 1994 - Harry Saltzman, American film producer (b. 1915)
● 2000 - Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
● 2002 - Patsy Mink, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1927)
● 2002 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens) (b. 1907)
● 2003 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
● 2003 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film director (b. 1909)
● 2003 - George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
● 2004 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
● 2004 - Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
● 2005 - Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Aaron of Auxerre
● St. Leoba
● St. Lorenzo Ruiz
● St. Wenceslas
● Czech Republic - Czech Statehood Day.
● Taiwan - Teacher's Day.
● French Republican Calendar - Carotte (Carrot) Day, seventh day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
● Cabrillo Day - California (Cal. Gov't Code §§ 6708)
● Freedom from Hunger Day - California
● Ask a Stupid Question Day
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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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