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LOTS of History
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August 9th
Hello humans, happy wednesday, and something learned today, there is a unit of measurement called ‘Modius’, which is slightly under 2 gallons.
The More You Measure
- 1428 – Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa.
Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1,500 modius of salt.
Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt.
- 1854 – American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau publishes his memoir Walden.
Walden details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Mass
The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden
- 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
The earliest true telegraph put into widespread use was the Chappe telegraph, an optical telegraph invented by Claude Chappe in the late 18th century.
The system was used extensively in France, and European nations occupied by France, during the Napoleonic era.
The electric telegraph started to replace the optical telegraph in the mid-19th century. It was first taken up in Britain in the form of the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid to railway signalling.
This was quickly followed by a different system developed in the United States by Samuel Morse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy
- 1897 – The first International Congress of Mathematicians is held in Zürich, Switzerland
the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years,
German mathematicians Felix Klein and Georg Cantor are credited with putting forward the idea of an international congress of mathematicians in the 1890
Pip’s notes – Math camp for adults!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Congress_of_Mathematicians
- 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history.
A campaign began in 1944 featuring Smokey and the slogan “Smokey Says – Care Will Prevent 9 out of 10 Forest Fires”. His slogan changed to “Remember… Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires” in 1947 and was associated with Smokey Bear for more than five decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Bear
- 1973 – Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
Mars 7 spacecraft carried an array of instruments to study Mars.
The lander was equipped with a thermometer and barometer to determine the surface conditions, an accelerometer and radio altimeter for descent, and instruments to analyse the surface material including a mass spectrometer.
Pip’s notes – Ok, Here’s an odd question – if the moon, or Mars was known confirmed to be haunted, would you want to go visit?
(If you need to ask- no, you don’t know what they are ‘haunted’ by)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_7
- 1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
Pip’s notes – was the dude trying to “drain the swamp”?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin
- 2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada, disguised as soft drinks
Pip’s notes – I don’t think I’m going to shake any soda cans, after that story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot
Happy Birthdays
- 1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress and produce
an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Griffith
- 1968 – Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and write
an American-British actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files.
Pip’s notes – Hey, she acted in other movies, outside of the X files. who knew?… anyway..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Anderson
- 1983 – Dan Levy, Canadian actor and comedian
a Canadian actor, writer and producer. Born in Toronto to parents Eugene Levy and Deborah Divine, he began his career as a television host on MTV Canada.
He received international prominence and critical acclaim for starring as David Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt’s Creek (2015–2020), which he co-created with his father and co-starred in with him and his sister, Sarah Levy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Levy_(Canadian_actor)
- 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
an American actress. Her first starring role was in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp (2003), and had a supporting role in The Twilight Saga (2008–2011)
Pip’s notes – Who recalls “the cups” song? That chick, not the main twilight chick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kendrick
Passings
- 1948 – Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
a German businessman. He was the founder of the fashion house Hugo Boss AG.
Boss founded his own clothing company in Metzingen in 1923 and then opened a factory in 1924, initially with two partners.
The company produced shirts and jackets and later work clothing, sportswear, and raincoats.
His clothing company also utilized forced labour drawn from German-occupied territories and POW camps, to manufacture uniforms for the SS.
In the 1930s, it produced uniforms for the SA, the SS, the Hitler Youth, the postal service, the national railroad, and later the Wehrmacht.
He was an active member of the Nazi Party from 1931, and remained so until Nazi Germany’s capitulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss_(businessman)
- 1969 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)
an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model.
On August 9, 1969, Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family, a cult, in the home she shared with Polanski. She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Tate
- 1995 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.
Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader of the band.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the Grateful Dead.
Garcia died in his room at the rehabilitation clinic on August 9, 1995.
The cause of death was a heart attack.
Garcia had long struggled with drug addiction, weight problems, sleep apnea, heavy smoking, and diabetes—all of which contributed to his physical decline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia
- 2008 – Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957)
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known by his stage name of Bernie Mac, was an American comedian and actor.
Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined fellow comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley in the film The Original Kings of Comedy.
Mac publicly disclosed that he had had sarcoidosis, a disease of unknown origin that causes inflammation in tissue. Sarcoidosis frequently attacked his lungs.
On July 19, 2008, Mac was admitted to the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in his hometown of Chicago.
After being treated in the ICU for three weeks, Mac went into cardiac arrest and subsequently died during the early morning hours on August 9, at the age of 50.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Mac
- 2021 – Pat Hitchcock, English actress and producer (b. 1928
an English actress and producer. She was the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of her father’s films, with her most substantial appearance being in Strangers on a Train
Hitchcock died of natural causes in her sleep at her home in Thousand Oaks, California, on 9 August 2021, one month after her 93rd birthday.
Her daughter Teresa made the following statement:
“She was always really good at protecting the legacy of my grandparents and making sure they were always remembered. … It’s sort of an end of an era now that they’re all gone.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Hitchcock
Holidays
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population.
This event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection.
It was first pronounced by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 1982.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_World%27s_Indigenous_Peoples
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
The National Day Message is an annual tradition on 8 August since 1966. In each year’s recorded message, the Prime Minister of Singapore “examines domestic and global developments, reviews economic performance and outlook, and outlines national priorities and government plans as [he inspires] Singaporeans to move forward with a unified sense of purpose”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_(Singapore)
- National Women’s Day (South Africa)
The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country’s pass laws that required South Africans defined as “black” under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport, known as a passbook, that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation, and manage migrant labour during the apartheid era.
The first National Women’s Day was celebrated on 9 August 1995.
In 2006, a reenactment of the march was staged for its 50th anniversary, with many of the 1956 march veterans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Women%27s_Day
Pip, with Ducktion Cups, suggesting that you do stuff today. Yeah, a little vague, but it works. Cheers