January 15
It's January 15th
On this day in 1870 – Thomas Nast publishes a political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion") for Harper's Weekly.
In 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
Normally I'm trying to avoid negative stories but sometimes it's just strange enough to be interesting.
In 1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
More bad news in 1947 - The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in L.A.
In 1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
In 1969 -Soyuz 5 is launched.
In 1983 - Men At Work began a four-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Down Under.”
In 2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
Birthdays:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Don Van Vliet.
"Crepe and Black Lamps"
Also known as...
Captain Beefheart
Here's a playlist with one track from each record (Not including "Bongo Fury" or any posthumous realeases.):
Regina King
Adam Jones
Craig Fairbrass
as Tarquin in "Galaxis"
Mario Van Peebles
as X in "Exterminator 2"
Andreas Gursky
"Paris Montparnasse II"
Nigel Benson
"Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide"
Boris Blank
Andrea Martin
Richard Franklin
Robert Silverberg
borrow "A Robert Silverberg Omnibus" from The Internet Archive
Also Galaxy Magazine Vol.33 No.1 which contains "Dying Inside" Part 1
and Galaxy Magazine Vol.33 No. 2 with "Dying Inside" Part 2
Ernest J. Gaines
"Ernest J. Gaines - Louisiana Stories"
Derek Meddings
Earl Hooker
Joanne Linville
as Sarah Cross in "Scorpio"
Phyllis Coates
as Margeret in "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein"
Ruth Slenczynska
Ivor Cutler
Miriam Hyde
Lloyd Bridges
as Tris Stewart in "Trapped"
Eugène Brands
Gene Krupa
Ernest Thesiger
as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in "Bride of Frankenstein"
Stanisław Wyspiański
"Stained glass window. Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Kraków"
Giovanni Segantini
"The Bagpipers of Brianza"
On this day in 1870 – Thomas Nast publishes a political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion") for Harper's Weekly.
In 1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
Normally I'm trying to avoid negative stories but sometimes it's just strange enough to be interesting.
In 1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
More bad news in 1947 - The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in L.A.
In 1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
In 1969 -Soyuz 5 is launched.
In 1983 - Men At Work began a four-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Down Under.”
In 2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
Birthdays:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Don Van Vliet.
"Crepe and Black Lamps"
Also known as...
Captain Beefheart
Here's a playlist with one track from each record (Not including "Bongo Fury" or any posthumous realeases.):
Regina King
Adam Jones
Craig Fairbrass
as Tarquin in "Galaxis"
Mario Van Peebles
as X in "Exterminator 2"
Andreas Gursky
"Paris Montparnasse II"
Nigel Benson
"Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide"
Boris Blank
Andrea Martin
Richard Franklin
Robert Silverberg
borrow "A Robert Silverberg Omnibus" from The Internet Archive
Also Galaxy Magazine Vol.33 No.1 which contains "Dying Inside" Part 1
and Galaxy Magazine Vol.33 No. 2 with "Dying Inside" Part 2
Ernest J. Gaines
"Ernest J. Gaines - Louisiana Stories"
Derek Meddings
Earl Hooker
Joanne Linville
as Sarah Cross in "Scorpio"
Phyllis Coates
as Margeret in "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein"
Ruth Slenczynska
Ivor Cutler
Miriam Hyde
Lloyd Bridges
as Tris Stewart in "Trapped"
Eugène Brands
Gene Krupa
Ernest Thesiger
as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in "Bride of Frankenstein"
Stanisław Wyspiański
"Stained glass window. Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Kraków"
Giovanni Segantini
"The Bagpipers of Brianza"
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