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LOTS of History
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July 27
Humans! Hello, happy Friday-eve, and expect it to be hot.
Pip from Ducktion Cups here, plotting and scheming to take over… easy.. or scrambled? Today’s history touches on some military stuff, and a little less non-military stuff…. so..
Breakfast, we’re talking about breakfast. Maybe a pancake or two. Anyway, here’s LOTS of History for the 28th-eve. Like Friday-eve, but the day before the day? Maybe not… here we go….
- 1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
Overall, the Acts formed the basis for English (and later) British overseas trade for nearly 200 years, but with the development and gradual acceptance of free trade, the Acts were eventually repealed in 1849.
The laws reflected the European economic theory of mercantilism which sought to keep all the benefits of trade inside their respective Empires, and to minimize the loss of gold and silver, or profits, to foreigners through purchases and trade.
The system would develop with the colonies supplying raw materials for British industry, and in exchange for this guaranteed market, the colonies would purchase manufactured goods from or through Britain.
Pip’s notes – The most important new legislation embedded in this Act, as seen from the perspective of the interests behind the East India Company,[citation needed] was the repeal of legislation which prohibited export of coin and bullion from England overseas.[35] This export was the real issue behind the Act,[citation needed] as silver was the main export article by the East India Company into India, exchanging the silver into cheap Indian gold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_Acts#The_Navigation_Acts
- 1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing “an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men.”
Formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army’s six medical Special Branches (or “Corps”).
It was established as the “Army Hospital” in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
The AMEDD is led by the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, a lieutenant general.
When the Continental Congress established the “Army Hospital”, which was at that time overseen by the “Director General and Chief Physician.”
Congress provided an Army medical organization only in times of war or emergency until 1818, at which point it created a permanent “Medical Department.”
The Army Nurse Corps originated in 1901, the Dental Corps began in 1911, the Veterinary Corps in 1916, the Medical Service Corps emerged in 1917
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)
- 1816 – Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort’s Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
a short-lived fortification built by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812, in a remote part of what was at the time Spanish Florida.
When withdrawing in 1815, at the end of the war, the British commander Edward Nicolls, ensured that “the fort was left intact for the use of the Indians. Instead, it came into the possession of a band of free renegade Negroes.”
It is the largest and best-known instance before the American Civil War in which armed fugitive Africans (they were no longer enslaved) resisted European Americans who sought to return them to slavery.
(A much smaller example was Fort Mose, near St. Augustine.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_Fort
- 1857 – The Seige of Arrah – Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
Pip’s pre notes- When I read the areas where the battle took place in, I just said ‘that place in India’…
It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men from irregular forces commanded by Kunwar Singh, the local zamindar or chieftain who controlled the Jagdishpur estate.
An attempt to break the siege failed, with around 290 casualties out of around 415 men in the relief party. Shortly afterwards, a second relief effort consisting of 225 men and three artillery guns—carried out despite specific orders that it should not take place—dispersed the forces surrounding the building, suffering two casualties, and the besieged party escaped. Only one member of the besieged group was injured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Arrah
- 1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
The International Committee of the Red Cross drew up a draft convention which was submitted to the Diplomatic Conference convened at Geneva in 1929.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Convention_on_Prisoners_of_War
- 1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
Around 2010, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation (KWVMF) began to lobby Congress to add to the existing memorial a wall listing the names of U.S. servicemembers who died in the Korean War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial
Happy Birthdays
- 1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason–Dixon line.
Dixon became interested in astronomy and mathematics during his education at Barnard Castle. Early in life he made acquaintances with the eminent intellectuals of Southern Durham: mathematician William Emerson, and astronomers John Bird and Thomas Wright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Dixon
- 1848 – Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist (d. 1916)
a German physicist who was the first to discover that a radioactive substance, later named radon, is emitted from radium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ernst_Dorn
- 1907 – Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009)
an Austrian-American mathematician and geodesist.
She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and inductee of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency Hall of Fame.
Fischer became one of two internationally known women scientists in the field of geodesy during the golden age of the Project Mercury and the Apollo program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Fischer
- 1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
A loosely adapted for the radio as a sketch performed by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan on the April 11, 1941, edition of The Al Pearce Show.
Pip’s notes – Tell me how old you are, without telling me how old you are –
Elmer Fudd carries a 12ga double barrel shotgun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wild_Hare
- 1955 – Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer
an american rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, The Handful, and Rondinelli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rondinelli
- 1984 – Taylor Schilling, American actress
he is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. Also was in ‘Atals Shrugged:Part 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Schilling
Passings
- 1883 – Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
an American politician and lawyer from Maryland.
He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Blair
- 1890 – Vincent van Gogh ‘shoots himself’ and dies two days later.
Van Gogh is believed to have shot himself in the chest with a 7 mm Lefaucheux pinfire revolver.
There is a theory that suggests he may have been shot by 16 year old René Secrétan.
he shooting may have taken place in the wheat field in which he had been painting, or in a local barn.
The bullet was deflected by a rib and passed through his chest without doing apparent damage to internal organs – possibly stopped by his spine.
He was able to walk back to the Auberge Ravoux, where he was attended to by two doctors.
One of them, Dr Gachet, served as a war surgeon in 1870 and had extensive knowledge of gunshots.
Pip’s notes – According to Vincent’s brother Theo, Vincent’s last words were: “The sadness will last forever”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
- 1963 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a traffic light which was the first three-way traffic signal, and a gas mask notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.
Morgan also discovered and developed a chemical hair-processing and straightening solution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan
- 1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901)
an American inventor and engineer whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices
n the 1970s, he invented machines to remove water from outdoor artificial turf surfaces, remove paint stripes from the same surfaces, and roll up and lay down artificial turf in domed stadiums. His final invention, in 1983, was an automatic edger to remove ice buildup from the edges of rinks.
He died of cardiac arrest at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in July 1988 at the age of 87, about two months after his wife’s death. He also had lung cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zamboni
- 2003 – Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (b. 1903)
an American comedian, actor, entertainer, and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in burlesque, network radio, television, and USO Tours.
Hope died of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, California two months after his 100th birthday.
His grandson Zach Hope told TV interviewer Soledad O’Brien that, when asked on his deathbed where he wanted to be buried, Hope is alleged to have told his wife, Dolores, “Surprise me.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
- 2013 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
George Everette “Bud” Day, a United States Air Force officer, aviator, and veteran of World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War.
He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross.
As of 2016, he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
Pip’s notes – they wait until you’re dead, before they promote you?…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day
- 2022 – Tony Dow, American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945)
He portrayed Wally Cleaver in the iconic television sitcom Leave It to Beaver from 1957 to 1963.
From 1983 to 1989, Dow reprised his role as Wally in a television movie and in The New Leave It to Beaver
In May 2022, Dow was diagnosed with liver cancer.
He died July 27, 2022, a day after his death was widely misreported.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dow
Holidays
- Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines)
Pip’s notes – Maybe Phillipine Mike can chime in on this one, I have no idea what this holiday is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines#Other_holidays
- José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)
a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the first persons of African descent to earn a medical degree in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Celso_Barbosa
Brian, the TSP live yesterday was good stuff. As for anyone else, go forth and GSD.
Pip with Ducktion Cups with the a music band album swap –
Metallica – Master of Duckets…. (snickers) maybe not.
Ride the Ducking….. Anyway…