It’s a Manic Monday and Elon has me all irritated. Troubleshooting the Starlink signal now pending. I am lucky to have GSD Blend in the cup this morning. I had to keep it short to record an interview right after the show but still had time to chat about Ted Kaczynski, the salad greens experiment, and July trip update. Leading off with The Perfect Cup Question “If you can complete one important task this week, what would that be?” followed up by LOTS of History prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com (Help their FB Page get over 1000 likes)
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LOTS of History
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June 12th
Hello humans and welcome to the Monday stuff. Here’s a few nugs of stuff that happened today…
but didn’t happen today… it’s that 4th dimension stuff.
I have a few ‘throw backs’ in the history segment. I’m hoping they make sense.
If not, duck off. I’m probably sleeping in, for once.. Or going OCD in the garage,
organizing the loose nuts & bolts and spare car parts.
Anyway…. (open joke about loose nut? )
Today in History
‘Do you know how to ride a bike?
- 1817 – The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse
- 1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor:
Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls
his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
- 1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
Pip’s notes- Name a more influential Diary?.. Besides Marcus Arealous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank
- 1990 – Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
The day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty
of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1990.
Pip’s notes- It’s the MOAA! Mother Of All Acronyms!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_Day
- 2016 – 49 civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida;
the gunman, (an asshole), is killed in a gunfight with police.
There’s the story, there’s the ‘wtf, how?!’ story, and there’s less Orlando people.
Pip’s notes – I recall the Sunday morning. I sent a few texts to check on humans.
Informed the 2 housemates, a few hours later in the A.M., same thing.
Phones out, checks on people.
(lesson? check on your people)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting
- 2017 – American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
Warmbier entered North Korea as part of a guided tour group on December 29, 2015. On January 2, 2016, he was arrested at Pyongyang International Airport while awaiting departure from the country. He was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster from his hotel, for which he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment with hard labor
Pip’s notes – “don’t steal, don’t take ‘the peoples’ stuff”? Dies a week later?! (totally not poisoned)
Otto – 15 yrs for a poster… what are you in for?
Another “laborer’- Yeah, I hear ya. The dalai lama recognized me as ‘The Panchen Lama’ when I was a kid.
They threw my whole family in here. (camera pans over for Family waving, while under hard labor)
My name is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. (reference to previous history nugget)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier
Happy Birthdays
- 1858 – Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer (d. 1927)
a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely
in Africa and spoke many African languages. He published 40 books on African subjects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Johnston
- 1929 – Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (d. 1945)
Pip’s notes- Not to be confused with Helen Keller. Just sayin’.
(this is a joking reference to a previous hist/segment)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank
- 1962 – Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
Pip’s notes – I may not care for the messenger, but some messages need hearing.
I’ve listened to some of Peterson’s stuff off & on, and it’s on point more than not.
Then again, I’ve been wrong before. It was a Tuesday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson
- 1974 – Jason Mewes, American actor and producer
Director Kevin Smith described Mewes this way:
“[Jason]’s the kind of dude you know for five minutes and he whips his cock out.
I was like, somebody should put this dude in a movie.
I just wanted to see if anybody outside our group of friends finds him as funny as I do.”
pip’s notes – snoochie boochies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Mewes
- 1985 – Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
The co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox internet browser with Dave Hyatt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Ross
Passings
- 1841 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
Being somewhat of a “Renaissance Man” (that is, an individual with many varied skills and talents),
He was employed as librarian in the French Institute, where he worked for much of his life.
Pip’s notes- Ok, Ok, sometimes I pick these just for the difficult pronunciation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos_Nikolopoulos_(composer)
- 1982 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
Here’s a cut and paste from wiki..
“The assault was met by a hail of fire. The Corporal was seriously wounded,
a Private killed and another wounded. Despite these losses Sergeant McKay,
with complete disregard for his own safety, continued to charge the enemy position alone.
(Captive, but vague story involving grenades) Sergeant McKay, however,
was killed at the moment of victory, his body falling on the bunker.”
Pip’s notes-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McKay
- 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O. J. Simpson (b. 1959) and Ron Goldman, restaurant employee (b. 1968)
Pip’s notes – Not going there. Moving on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_12
- 2011 – Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters.
Known for the 1958 song “Yakety Yak”, which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list,
he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Pip’s Notes- I do not think this dude will be coming back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gardner
Holidays
- Brazil celebrates ‘Dia dos Namorados’.
A Brazilian ‘Valentine’s Day’ like day involving gifts, romantic activities, decorations and festivities.
Anthony of Padua, known as Saint Anthony, died on June 13, 1231, in Padua, Italy.
In addition to having been canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church,
Anthony of Padua is recognized as a general in the Brazilian Army.
In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados is celebrated on June 12, which is Saint Anthony’s Day Eve.
Saint Anthony is recognized for blessing young couples with happy and prosperous marriages.
Celebrations for Dia dos Namorados in Brazil and those for Valentine’s Day in most other countries are similar
Pip’s notes – Ok, dudes, just a suggestion from Pip here, I’d suggest grabbing a few small gifts,
go to your ‘partner’ (not judging) and try to pull a Brazilian date night. Food for thought & your welcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_dos_Namorados
- The philippines celebrates Independence Day today, Parting ways from Spain in 1898.
Known as Araw ng Kalayaan, “Day of Freedom”
The Philippine flag was officially unfurled for the first time at about 4:30 p.m,
as the Marcha Nacional Filipina was played by the band of San Francisco de Malabon.
July 4 was chosen as the date by the United States because it corresponds to the United States’ Independence Day.
President Diosdado Macapagal issued Presidential Proclamation No.28 that declared June 12th
a special public holiday throughout the Philippines.
Pip’s notes – Cheers Mike, the Philippines Nomad, I assume there will be drinks.
Enjoy the Pastillas & cake pops, dude.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Philippines)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence
- The U.S. celebrates ‘Loving Day’
Loving Day originated with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia,
which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
The case was brought by Mildred Loving (née Jeter), a woman of Black and Native American descent
classified as “colored” under Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, and Richard Loving, a white man.
Pip’s notes – Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in the court majority opinion that
“the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual,
and cannot be infringed by the State.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day
Thus concludes the history segment, go forth and get Ducking going!
…well, after the morning podcast, I mean…. Anyway…NEXT!