On this day in...
1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
Happy Birthday to...
Parmigianino
Adolf Eberle
Georgios Jakobides
Alexander Sterling Calder
Ellinor Aiki
Nora Heysen
Slim Harpo
Betty Churcher
Big Bank Hank
Manfredi Beninati
(I'm cherry-picking Wikipedia mainly.)Looking at events and birthdays of people in history that pertain to art, music, literature, film, poetry, psychology, "magic", creative technologies, space travel, philosophies, "illumination", cosmic consciousness. With as little focus on war as possible. There will be exceptions owing to my own personal interest in a specific topic. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions. This is a work in progress.
Friday, January 11, 2019
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January 19
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On this day in... 1879 – In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quart...
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On this day: 1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. 1920 - ...
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Happy Birthday to... Baldassare Verazzi Gustave Doré Kahlil Gibran "...For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he ...
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