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LOTS of History
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August 24th
Humans, hello and be sure to turn up the music… after the podcast. Pip here, planning on blastic some “golden oldies” and “strange” music. Why?
2 holidays celebrate music today… there’s a few more things that happened today, back in the day.
Cheers humans & happy Friday-eve, and do enjoy your LOTS of History.
1215 – Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid.
At the request of England’s King John, Pope Innocent III declared the Magna Carta annulled, which resulted in a rebellion by the English barons who rejected the disenfranchisement.
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; “Great Charter”), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.
Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons’ War.
Pip’s notes – Lets talk about King John’s wiki nugs here for a moments…. the dude was King of England from 1199 until his death in Oct 1216.
Rough name alert… here’s the wiki voice file, just in case…
Married, actually on this day in 1200, to Isabella of Angoulême, her family’s cathedral.
Wait… Queen Isabella notes –
Isabella had five children by King John, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
1662 – The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.
Pip’s notes – (Pip looks through the wiki page) Huh, the Book of Common Prayer… 1552 edition, ’59 edition, something in ’62, something else in ’71, 1604, 1637….
I lost track of the all the changes of a book….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1662)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1662
1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
a British army led by Major-General Robert Ross marched on Washington City. That night, his forces set fire to multiple government and military buildings, including the Presidential Mansion and the United States Capitol.
The attack was in part a retaliation for prior American actions in British-held Upper Canada, in which U.S. forces had burned and looted York the previous year and had then burnt large portions of Port Dover.
Less than four days after the attack began, a heavy thunderstorm—possibly a hurricane—and a tornado extinguished the fires and caused further destruction. The British occupation of Washington lasted for roughly 26 hours. Following the storm, the British returned to their ships, many of which required repairs due to the storm.
Pip’s notes – President Madison leans over to his V.P…..
Madison – Sooo, not to “Great” of a House. I liked it as that Gray color.
It reminded me of the sandstone from Aquia, Virgina.
The V.P. – Well, Smith, down the street just got a bunch of white paint… It’ll work.
Madison – A white house? Think that’ll work?
The V.P. – It’ll work….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
34-year-old Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with a copy of the Telegraph-Journal, given to her by journalist Stuart Trueman to confirm the date of the flight.
She intended to fly to Paris in her single engine Lockheed Vega 5B to emulate Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight five years earlier.
After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, during which she contended with strong northerly winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems, Earhart landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland. The landing was witnessed by Cecil King and T. Sawyer. When a farm hand asked, “Have you flown far?” Earhart replied, “From America”.
Pip’s notes – Wait, and she didn’t try to claim the land? Huh…
So, after this flight, she was given a few awards, and as her fame grew, became friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, who later went and got a student flying permit from Earhart’s influence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
1938 – Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the first recorded instance of a civilian airliner being shot down.
during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong.
the Kweilin, which made an emergency water landing to avoid the attack, was strafed by the Japanese and sunk in a river. The American pilot Hugh L. Woods and two others survived. Three prominent Chinese bankers, Hu Yun, Singloh Hsu, and Wang Yumei, were among the dead. It was later believed to be an assassination attempt on Chinese president Sun Yat-sen’s only son, Sun Fo, who was believed by the Japanese to be aboard but missed the flight.
Pip’s notes – Why sure, I’ll list the airliner (ahem) “incidents” – Post Kweilin –
…….uh… there’s another 70 listings… Think I’ll skip the rest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_incidents
1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and criminalizes membership in or support for the party or “Communist-action” organizations and defines evidence to be considered by a jury in determining participation in the activities, planning, actions, objectives, or purposes of such organizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Control_Act_of_1954
1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD) in damages.
It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed, and remained the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later.
Andrew was also the strongest landfalling hurricane in the United States in decades and the costliest hurricane to strike anywhere in the country, until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew
1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
Accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, Windows 95 introduced numerous functions and features that were featured in later Windows versions, and continue in modern variations to this day, such as the taskbar, notification area, and the “Start” button.
It is considered to be one of the biggest and most important products in the personal computing industry.
Pip’s notes – So.. you need to hit the “Start” icon to turn the computer off?..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term “planet” such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defined in August 2006 that, in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body that:
is in orbit around the Sun,
has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape),
and
has “cleared the neighbourhood” around its orbit.
Pip’s notes – Y’all, I lost track of what someone thinks of Pluto. The science keeps changing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet
2014 – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989
A 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), the event was the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_South_Napa_earthquake
Happy Birthdays
1787 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834)
a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weddell
1852 – Agnes Marshall, English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef (d. 1905)
An unusually prominent businesswoman for her time, Marshall was particularly known for her work on ice cream and other frozen desserts, which in Victorian England earned her the moniker “Queen of Ices”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Marshall
1919 – Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II (d. 1943)
a courier and smuggler for Hashomer Hatzair and the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) during the German occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosia_Altman
1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016)
an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus, and Labyrinth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Baker_(English_actor)
1945 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded WWE
an American businessman, media proprietor and professional wrestling executive. He is the executive chairman of WWE, the world’s largest professional wrestling company, having previously served as its chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder for 40 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon
1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter.
an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, audiobook narrator and writer
Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of audiobooks.
He has also read for Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy film
Pip’s notes – This dude seems cool. Stephen sticks out to me from an interview question he was asked what he would do, if he woke up and god was asking him “why should I welcome you into Heven”.
The responce was priceless, ranting about ‘how dare you, if that was your work’, and rips on anyting from politicans, cancer in children, and another few minutes with the things that would be discussed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
Passings
1103 – Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073)
Magnus III Olafsson, better known as Magnus Barefoot, was the King of Norway from 1093 until his death in 1103.
His reign was marked by aggressive military campaigns and conquest, particularly in the Norse-dominated parts of the British Isles, where he extended his rule to the Kingdom of the Isles and Dublin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Barefoot
1595 – Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)
Thomas Digges was an English mathematician and astronomer who was the first to expound the Copernican system in English but discarded the notion of a fixed shell of immoveable stars to postulate infinitely many stars at varying distances.
He was also first to postulate the “dark night sky paradox”
Digges attempted to determine the parallax of the 1572 supernova observed by Tycho Brahe, and concluded it had to be beyond the orbit of the Moon. This contradicted Aristotle’s view of the universe, according to which no change could take place among the fixed stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Digges
1821 – John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
John William Polidori was a British writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story “The Vampyre” (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Although the story was at first erroneously credited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the author was Polidori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Polidori
1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was involved in the construction industry; his company was one of those that built the Hoover Dam.
He established the Kaiser Shipyards, which built Liberty ships during World War II, after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel.
Kaiser organized Kaiser Permanente health care for his workers and their families.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Kaiser
2017 – Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948)
an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR “Power 106”, where he hosted the station’s top-rated morning show until 1993.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Thomas
Holidays
Flag Day (Liberia)
International Strange Music Day
the link takes me to this dude’s page –
Patrick Grant (born 1963) is a Detroit-born American composer living and working in New York City.[1] His works are a synthesis of classical, popular, and world musical styles that have found place in concert halls, film, theater, dance, and visual media over three continents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grant_(composer)
National Waffle Day (International )
a tradition that is celebrated in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, on 25 March, which is also the Feast of the Annunciation, upon which waffles are typically eaten.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_Day
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
an annual celebration of music from the past. It is celebrated every 24 August. All dance clubs, radio stations, and many other events play “golden oldies”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_Night
Cheers my dudes, and have a better than half way decent Friday-eve, and do enjoy the party.
I was told there would be cake.
Pip from Duckion cups reminding all of ya, that someone out there that you know thinks your music is weird. Just sayin’