January 9


(Sidequest unlocked: "L'éclipse du soleil en plein lune" (English: "The eclipse of the sun in the full moon") - attributed to the French filmmaker and artist Georges Méliès is the cover art for the 1993 album Hum of Life by the band Dog Faced Hermans.)

It's January 9th.

On this day in 1431 – The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.




In 1816 – Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery


In 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

"Shackleton Talk on the Nimrod Expedition"





In 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight




In 1962 - NASA announces plans to build the "Advanced Saturn", to carry whitey to the Moon.



In 1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced.



Birthdays:

Simon Vouet
"Diana"

"The Fortune Teller"


Cassandra Austen

Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
"The Philosopher"


S. P. L. Sørensen

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
"Salome"


Lascelles Abercrombie
Epitaph

ir, you shall notice me: I am the Man;
I am Good Fortune: I am satisfied.
I am Good Fortune: I am satisfied.
All I desired, more than I could desire,
I have: everything has gone right with me.
Life was a hiding-place that played me false;
I croucht ashamed, and still was seen and scorned:
But now I am not seen. I was a fool,
And now I know what wisdom dare not know:
For I know Nothing. I was a slave, and now
I have ungoverned freedom and the wealth
That cannot be conceived: for I have Nothing.
I lookt for beauty and I longed for rest,
And now I have perfection: nay, I am
perfection: I am nothing, I am dead.


Giovanni Papini
""The Circle is Closing" (The 8-bit music on this YouTube video is ridiculous)
"GOG"
"A Prayer For Fools (Particularly Those We See in Art Galleries, Drawing Rooms and Theatres)"

Lloyd Loar
with Gibson F2 mandolin c. 1911


Karl Löwith
"Meaning in History"

Kurt Tucholsky

Anita Louise


Clive Dunn as Sommelier in "The Magic Christian"


Sergei Parajanov
"Ashik Kerib (An Oriental Fairytale) aka The Lovelorn Minstrel"


Lee Van Cleef


Bob Denver
as Maynard G. Krebs on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"

as Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island"

Joan Baez


(Sidequest: "Sacco and Vanzetti" biopic)

Scott Walker
Oddly enough Scott does a cover of "The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti" on his album "The Moviegoer"




Jimmy Page
"Achilles Last Stand"


Bill Cowsill


David Johansen


Eric Erlandson



Joey Lauren Adams

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