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It’s Friday!!!

Today’s header photo is from Janice.

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On this day in 0451 Roman and Barbarian warriors brought Attila’s army to a halt at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France. 

In 1756, in India, 150 British soldiers were imprisoned in a cell that became known as the “Black Hole of Calcutta.” 

In 1898 the U.S. Navy seized the island of Guam enroute to the Phillipines to fight the Spanish.

In 1941 the U.S. Army Air Force was established, replacing the Army Air Corps. 

And in 1997 the tobacco industry agreed to a massive settlement in exchange for major relief from mounting lawsuits and legal bills. 

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Quote of the Day

“Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.”

Charles W. Chestnutt

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Today is Chet Atkins’ birthday.

And it’s Jerome Fontamillas’ too. From BlackTree TV

And Remembering Mister Guitar – Chet Atkins – From Roger Niccum who has a lot more of Chet.

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On this day in 1586 English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America. 

In 1862 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories. 

In 1911, in Pennsylvania, the first motion-picture censorship board was established. 

In 1934 the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration was established. 

And in 1958, in Washington, DC, nine entertainers refused to answer a congressional committee’s questions on communism. 

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Quote of the Day

“Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.

Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I’m lucky. Who wouldn’t consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I’m lucky.

When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift—that’s something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies—that’s something.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter—that’s something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body—it’s a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed—that’s the finest I know.

So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for. Thank you.”

—Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939

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 I thought I’d play a favorite of mine this morning, from a whole bunch of people.

And of course, Lou Gehrig’s farewell. From Historic Films Stock Footage Archive

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On this day in 1778 Britain evacuated Philadelphia during the U.S. Revolutionary War.

In 1812 The War of 1812 began as the U.S. declared war against Great Britain. The conflict began over trade restrictions. 

In 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon abdicated on June 22. 

In 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

And in 1959 a Federal Court annulled the Arkansas law allowing school closings to prevent integration. 

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Quote of the Day

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

Abraham Lincoln

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Today is Eduard Tubin’s birthday. This young lady gives a fine performance of Tubin’s “Shepherd’s Song” From Jekatherina

Today is also Paul McCartney’s birthday. From PAULMCCARTNEY

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Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Janice.

And this one is too. Longest ear hair ever. 🙂

On this day in 0362 Emperor Julian issued an edict banning Christians from teaching in Syria. 

In 1775 the British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston.  

In 1885 the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere. 

And in 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court banned the required reading of the Lord’s prayer and Bible in public schools. 

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Quote of the Day

“I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.”

John Wesley

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 Today is Igor Stravinsky’s birthday. This one is rare because there are so few films of him performing his own work. 🙂

And it’s the also the birthday of one of my favorite singers.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 455 Rome was sacked by the Vandal army. 

In 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland. 

In 1858, in a speech in Springfield, IL, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” 

In 1952 “Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl” was published in the United States. 

And in 1978 the film adaptation of “Grease” premiered in New York City. 

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Quote of the Day

“Another fine mess you’ve gotten me into.”

Stan Laurel

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Today is composer Eugene Ysaye’s birthday.

And it’s Billy “Crash” Craddock’s too.

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And Happy Flag Day.

Todays header photo is where I’ll be spending my morning. 🙂

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On this day in 1775 the Continental Army was founded by the Second Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief.

And in 1777 the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated “Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 “Flag Day” as a commemoration of the “Stars and Stripes.”

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Quote of the Day

“You have to think anyway, so why not think big?”

Donald Trump

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Today is Burl Ives’ birthday. From The Mouse Castle

On this day in 1965 this was recorded.

And here’s a bonus medley from Burl, with Johnny.

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Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!!

On this day in 1898 the Canadian Yukon Territory was organized.

In 1912 Captain Albert Berry made the first successful parachute jump from an airplane in Jefferson, Mississippi. 

In 1927 Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. 

In 1943 German spies landed on Long Island, New York. They were soon captured. 

And in 1978 Israelis withdrew the last of their forces from Lebanon.  

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Quote of the Day

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

C. S. Lewis

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No birthdays of note in the music area today, so random selection it is.

First, ThePianoGuys

From oprylive

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On this day in 1665 England installed a municipal government in New York. It was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. 

In 1849 the gas mask was patented by L.P. Haslett. 

 In 1923 Harry Houdini, while suspended upside down 40 feet above the ground, escaped from a strait jacket. 

In 1981 Major League Baseball players began a 49 day strike.

And in 1987 President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 

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Quote of the Day

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”

Anne Frank

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This song was released today in 1959.

And it’s Brad Delp’s birthday.

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On this day in 1895 Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile. 

In 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born. He was the French underwater explorer that invented the Aqua-Lung diving apparatus. 

In 1930 William Beebe dove to a record-setting depth of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda. He used a diving chamber called a bathysphere.

In 1937 Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a purge of Red Army generals. 

And in 1973, after a ruling by the Justice Department of the State of Pennsylvania, women were licensed to box or wrestle.

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Quote of the Day

“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”

Julia Margaret Cameron

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Today is composer Richard Georg Strauss’ birthday.

And it’s Hazel Scott’s too.

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On this day in 1776 the Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence. 

In 1854 the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, held its first graduation. 

In 1943 Laszlo Biro patented his ballpoint pen.

In 1943 the Allies began bombing Germany around the clock. 

And in 1985 the Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon after 1,099 days.

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Quote of the Day

“Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.”

Ruth Graham

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Since it’s her birthday… with Mel Torme, and Count Basie and his orchestra.  From TheManThatGetsAway

And it’s composer Heinrich von Herzogenberg’s too.

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