On This Date in History

Originally posted by st dominics preview
actually, it's ST dominics preview. A great Van Morrison album

does your post even make sense??

do you want me to taunt you, Grampy?? Or is that Bobby??

Is 'Grampy' an affectionate US of A term for 'Grandfather'??

Please explain GB..ta

Simply your verbatim site nickname and Self Proclaimed Forum Title. Noticed that you're a Van Morrison fan in your site profile. Just kidding around with the "olde". Bob or Bobby or GB, I'll respond to all most of the time except to trolls.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Simply your verbatim site nickname and Self Proclaimed Forum Title.

His verbatim site nickname is "st dominics preview" and not "dominics preview".

Originally posted by FMF
His verbatim site nickname is "st dominics preview" and not "dominics preview".

Thank you.

January 21: "This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

1921: "A comedy with a smile -- and perhaps a tear," Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" opened in movie theatres. Jackie Coogan appeared as the title character. More than 60 years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on TV's "The Addams Family."

Born 1924: Benny Hill, British television comedian, romped through more than four decades in the medium, specializing in manic sketches laced with chesty women and innuendoes. Syndication of the episodes made him an international star. Died 1992.

Born 1939: Wolfman Jack, early rock-and-roll disc jockey, gained prominence with his gravelly vocal style and double entendres. Cast as more-or-less himself in George Lucas' retro-comedy, "American Graffiti" (1973) boosted his prestige and popularity. Died 1995.

Born 1956: Geena Davis, Oscar-winning actress, appeared in A-list comedies, "Tootsie" (1982), "Beetlejuice" (1988), "Thelma & Louise" (1991), "A League of Their Own" (1992), and "Stuart Little" (1999) (as the human mom of an adopted mouse). Several TV sitcom series along the way, most notably "Buffalo Bill" (1983) with Dabney Coleman.

1959: The bright-eyed, freckle-faced favorite in MGM's "Our Gang" shorts during the '40s, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer died in a California brawl, reportedly fought over a $50 drug debt." http://humor.about.com/library/day/bl0121.htm

"Jan 21, 1793: King Louis XVI executed"

"One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

Louis ascended to the French throne in 1774 and from the start was unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems that he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. In 1789, in a last-ditch attempt to resolve his country's financial crisis, Louis assembled the States-General, a national assembly that represented the three "estates" of the French people--the nobles, the clergy, and the commons. The States-General had not been assembled since 1614, and the third estate--the commons--used the opportunity to declare itself the National Assembly, igniting the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, violence erupted when Parisians stormed the Bastille--a state prison where they believed ammunition was stored.

Although outwardly accepting the revolution, Louis resisted the advice of constitutional monarchists who sought to reform the monarchy in order to save it; he also permitted the reactionary plotting of his unpopular queen, Marie Antoinette. In October 1789, a mob marched on Versailles and forced the royal couple to move to Tuileries; in June 1791, opposition to the royal pair had become so fierce that the two were forced to flee to Austria. During their trip, Marie and Louis were apprehended at Varennes, France, and carried back to Paris. There, Louis was forced to accept the constitution of 1791, which reduced him to a mere figurehead.

In August 1792, the royal couple was arrested by the sans-cullottes and imprisoned, and in September the monarchy was abolished by the National Convention (which had replaced the National Assembly). In November, evidence of Louis XVI's counterrevolutionary intrigues with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered, and he was put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine."

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed?catId=6

Originally posted by st dominics preview
21st January 1957. 'St Dominics Preview' aka ME born

Happy 58th Birthday to me

Happy Birthday!

Originally posted by st dominics preview
21st January 1957. 'St Dominics Preview' aka ME born

Happy 58th Birthday to me

St. Dominics Preview, sharing a birthday anniversary with the great Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson...Aquarians on the cusp...grounded visionaries of the zodiac...

I hope you will accept my heartfelt apologies for

the delay in my offering best wishes for

a very Happy Birthday!

Here's hoping you will celebrate throughout

the week...and that you were able

to crack open a bottle of fine Jameson.

Sláinte!

On This Date in History: January 22

"1666 - Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal.

1771 - The Falkland Islands were ceded to Britain by Spain.

1824 - The Asante army crushed British troops in the Gold Coast.

1874 - A patent was issued to Samuel W. Francis for the spork.

1879 - James Shields began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He had previously served Illinois and Minnesota. He was the first Senator to serve three states.

1879 - British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana.

1889 - The Columbia Phonograph Company was formed in Washington, DC.

1895 - The National Association of Manufacturers was organized in Cincinnati, OH.

1900 - Off of South Africa, the British released the German steamer Herzog, which had been seized on January 6.

1901 - Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son, succeeded her.

1905 - Insurgent workers were fired on in St Petersburg, Russia, resulting in "Bloody Sunday." 500 people were killed.

1917 - U.S. President Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." America entered the war the following April.

1924 - Ramsay MacDonald became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister.

1936 - In Paris, Premier Pierre Laval resigned over diplomatic failure in the Ethiopian crisis.

1938 - "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder, was performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, NJ.

1941 - Britain captured Tobruk from German forces.

1944 - Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.

1947 - KTLA, Channel 5, in Hollywood, CA, began operation as the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River.

1950 - Alger Hiss, a former adviser to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, was convicted of perjury for denying contacts with a Soviet agent. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

1951 - Fidel Castro was ejected from a Winter League baseball game after hitting a batter. He later gave up baseball for politics.

1953 - The Arthur Miller drama "The Crucible" opened on Broadway.

1956 - Raymond Burr starred as Captain Lee Quince in the "Fort Laramie" debut on CBS radio.

1957 - Suspected "Mad Bomber" was arrested in Waterbury, CT. George P. Metesky was accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices in the New York City area.

1957 - The Israeli army withdrew from the Sinai. They had invaded Egypt on October 29, 1956.

1959 - British world racing champion Mike Hawthorn was killed while driving on the Guildford bypass.

1961 - Wilma Rudolph, set a world indoor record in the women’s 60-yard dash. She ran the race in 6.9 seconds.

1962 - Cuba's membership in the Organization of American States (OAS) was suspended.

1964 - Kenneth Kaunda was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia.

1968 - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", debuted on NBC TV.

1970 - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 began in New York City and ended in London about 6 1/2 hours later.

1972 - The United Kingdom, the Irish Republic, and Denmark joined the EEC.

1973 - Joe Frazier lost the first fight of his professional career to George Foreman. He been the undefeated heavyweight world champion since February 16, 1970 when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis.

1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case (Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion.

1983 - Bjorn Borg retired from tennis. He had set a record by winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.

1984 - Apple introduced the Macintosh during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.

1987 - Phil Donahue became the first talk show host to tape a show from inside the Soviet Union. The shows were shown later in the year.

1992 - Rebel soldiers seized the national radio station in Kinshasa, Zaire's capital, and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.

1995 - Two Palestinian suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip detonated powerful explosives at a military transit point in central Israel, killing 19 Israelis.

1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.

1998 - Theodore Kaczynski pled guilty to federal charges for his role as the Unabomber. He agreed to life in prison without parole.

2000 - Elian Gonzalez's grandmothers met privately with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno as they appealed for help in removing the boy from his Florida relatives and reuniting him with his father in Cuba.

2001 - Former National Football League (NFL) player Rae Carruth was sentenced to a minimum 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the 1999 shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams. Adams died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived and lives with the victim's mother.

2001 - Acting on a tip, authorities captured four of the "Texas 7" in Woodland Park, CO, at a convenience store. A fifth convict killed himself inside a motor home.

2002 - In Calcutta, India, Heavily armed gunmen attacked the U.S. government cultural center. Five police officers were killed and twenty others, including one pedestrian and one private security guard, were wounded.

2002 - Lawyers suing Enron Corp. asked a court to prevent further shredding of documents due to the pending federal investigation.

2002 - Amazon.com announced that it had posted its first net profit in the fourth quarter (quarter ending December 31, 2001).

2002 - AOL Time Warner filed suit against Microsoft in federal court seeking damages for harm done to AOL's Netscape Internet Browser when Microsoft began giving away its competing browser.

2002 - Marc Chagall's work "Study for 'Over Vitebsk" was found at a postal installation in Topeka, KS. The 8x10 oil painting is valued at about $1 million. The work was stolen a year before form the Jewish Museum in New York City.

2002 - Kmart Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy making it the largest retailer in history to seek legal protection from its creditors.

2003 - In New York, the "Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsmen" exhibit opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2003 - It was reported that scientists in China had found fossilized remains of a dinosaur with four feathered wings."

http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jan22.htm

Enjoy. ~Otdih

On this day 740 years ago Ulrich von Liechtenstein died.

and he is still known...would be interesting who will remember one of us in 740 years time.

Originally posted by Ponderable
On this day 740 years ago Ulrich von Liechtenstein died.

and he is still known...would be interesting who will remember one of us in 740 years time.

Historical Events for Year 1275 (740 Years Ago)

"May 23rd - King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews.

Oct 27th - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam."

http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1275

Thanks, Ponderable. Here are two more events on this timeline.

In their 30 year career, the Grateful Dead played only twice on the 27th January, once in 1967 and then again the following year. In 1967 the concert was at Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco and all that is known about what they played is that their first set ran thus: Morning Dew, New Potato Caboose, Viola Lee Blues, Cold Rain And Snow, Alligator, Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) and Good Morning Little School Girl. If they played other tunes, it is not documented.

The info about the previous 27th January's show at Eagle's Auditorium in Seattle, the second of a two night run, is a lot more sketchy ~ to put it mildly ~ with only Born Cross-Eyed known to have been performed for sure.

The previous night's setlist at the same venue was: Cryptical Envelopment> The Other One> Cryptical Envelopment> Clementine, New Potato Caboose> Born Cross-Eyed> Caution, St. Stephen> Drums.

Having said this, it is not likely to be a complete list ~ they never finished with "drums" ~ and there are also those who believe that this particular running order (and performance) is in fact from 23rd January, recordings of which are in circulation.

Setlists from this era were often very similar from night to night as their repertoire was still relatively limited. The days (late 80s to mid 90s) of being able to play five nights in a row, three hours a night, without repeating a song, were still some way off.

70 years ago today, Auschwitz was liberated.

Originally posted by aranya10
70 years ago today, Auschwitz was liberated.

Thanks, aranya10. Hope you'll continue to remind us of these significant events in human history.

Twenty four years ago today Phish played at The Front, in Burlington, VT.

Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, Split Open and Melt, Tela > Fluffhead, La Grange, Carolina, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Communication Breakdown

Set 2: Wilson, Run Like an Antelope, Bouncing Around the Room, Caravan, The Squirming Coil > You Enjoy Myself > Bathtub Gin, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Encore: Lawn Boy > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars

This is what attendee 'westbrook' had to say about the concert:

"This is a nice show. Suzy works well as the opener. SOAM is played much slower than it would be played in later years, but this short version is fine. I like the following combo of Tela>Fluffhead a lot. La Grange is pretty good, featuring nice playing from Trey. The placement of Carolina is a little odd, but it's a fine version. The set gets another does of Gamehendge in Col. Forbin's Ascent>Fly Famous Mockingbird. Communication is a fun cover. Oddly enough, this was the third day in a row that it was played, before being shelved for 83 shows. The heavy metal style Wilson to open the second set is real nice, a highlight of the show. Antelope is typically shredding. Then, we get some humorous banter about the heat in the room and Fish telling the audience to take their clothes off. This is only the third Bouncing Around the Room ever played, and there are a few minor lyrical mistakes. Caravan is ok. The fourth ever Squirming Coil is good, albeit with much shorter piano solo than what the song would eventually feature. There's a nice jam in YEM. Bathtub Gin is par for the course for this period. The set-ending Mike's Groove is another highlight of the show, particularly Weekapaug Groove. The double encore of Lawn Boy and BBFCFM features the band playing back-to-back songs of completely different styles. I'm giving this show 4 stars."