We'll have some birthday tributes - one in particular features our dear friend and Carolina Bluesman, Nappy Brown whose birthday would have been this week, were he still here with us.
Then we'll talk about cake and its role in history - some military maneuvers that made the news on this date long and even longer ago... and then we'll commemorate some October 15th birth and death dates of Bluesmen.
Addendum
to BMR_PL_20131015_DayInHistory
October
15th through the years:
How Time Flies: 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar.
In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by
October 15.
Let Them Eat Cake: 1793 – Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted
in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned
to death the following day.
Probably No Cake: 1815 – Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in
the Atlantic Ocean.
Definitely No Cake: 1917 – World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is
executed by firing squad
for spying for
the German Empire.
For this, there WAS cake: 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy,
an American television sitcom
starring Lucille Ball,
Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and
William Frawley,
airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
Military fails and flails:
1863
– American Civil
War: The H.
L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test,
killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
1969 – Vietnam War; The Moratorium
to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the
US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation's
capital.
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And ... speaking of money (or not having any):
Let there be Antacid: 2008 – The Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the
Dow's history based on a percentage drop. GULP!
By the way, October 15th is Global Handwashing Day (International) – so wash those dirty paws, will ya?
Did you know? According to leading health authorities (including the Centers for Disease Control), washing your hands well and often is the second best way to prevent transfer of the flu virus - of course, the first is taking the flu vaccine. Keep yer mitts clean!
Stay well, Blues fans!
Clair DeLune, and the ever-so-pristine RockyDawg, Blues Defender
