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On this day in 1783 Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

In 1789 electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

In 1861 delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, AL, to form the Confederate States of America.

In 1941 the United Service Organizations (USO) was created.

And in 1974 Patricia (Patty) Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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Quotes of the Day

“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”

“To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Today is Randy Hoslapple’s birthday. He used to play with this band.

And it’s Clint Black’s birthday too.

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Good Morning!

It’s Monday, so that means snow. Again. Tuesday night and Wednesday is the same forecast. Yay. 🙄

On this day in 1690 the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency was used to pay soldiers that were fighting in the war against Quebec.

In 1783 Spain recognized the independence of the United States.

In 1913 the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized the power to impose and collect income tax.

In 1916 Ottawa, Canada’s original parliament buildings burned down.

And in 1966 the first rocket-assisted controlled landing on the Moon was made by the Soviet space vehicle Luna IX.

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Quote of the Day

“Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I’ve always called myself an illustrator. I’m not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.”

Norman Rockwell

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On this day in 1956 Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis.

It’s also Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s birthday. From Youth Orchestra Concerts by Jason Julian

And it’s John Schlitt’s birthday.

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Good Morning!

Can you believe it’s already February?

Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.

If you see Phil, treat him like you would any other varmint, ‘cuz I am soooo done with Winter. 😉

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On this day in 1788 Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.

In 1790 the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City. 

In 1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union.

In 1862 “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the “Atlantic Monthly.”

In 1893 Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world’s first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ.

And in 1920 Canada’s Royal North West Mounted Police changed their name to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The organization was commissioned in 1873.

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Quote of the Day

“None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man’s life.”

Thomas Cole

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Some days it’s really easy to select music. Like today. On today’s date in 1909 George Beverly Shea was born.  From TheTrueSeven

This next one is from TheSevenSunny

And today is also Victor Herbert’s birthday. The Abington Symphony Orchestra, From Imacademy1

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Good Morning!

It’s finally Friday!

On this day in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. It was ratified by the necessary number of states on December 6, 1865.  The amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

Also in 1865, General Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. 

In 1876 all Native American Indians were ordered to move into reservations.

In 1940 the first Social Security check was issued by the U.S. Government.

And in 1950 President Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.

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Quote of the Day

“It helps if the hitter thinks you’re a little crazy.”

Nolan Ryan

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Today is Franz Schubert’s birthday.

It’s also Peter Dawson’s.

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On this day in 1798 the first brawl in the U.S. House of Representatives took place. Congressmen Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold fought on the House floor.

In 1847 the town of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco.

In 1862 the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship, the “Monitor”, was launched.

In 1911 the first airplane rescue at sea was made by the destroyer “Terry.” Pilot James McCurdy was forced to land in the ocean about 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.

In 1933 “The Lone Ranger” was heard on radio for the first time. The program ran for 2,956 episodes and ended in 1955.

And in 1972, in Northern Ireland, British soldiers shot and killed thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers. The day is known as “Bloody Sunday.”

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Quote of the Day

“I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should, or as our forefathers did.”

Francis Schaeffer

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Today is the birthday of Johann Joachim Quantz. A very nicely done “Trio Sonata in C Minor”

Today is also Phil Collins’ birthday. I always preferred him on drums more than when he was singing, so I found both.

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On this day in 1802 John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress.

In 1820 Britain’s King George III died insane at Windsor Castle.

In 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was published for the first time in the “New York Evening Mirror.”

In 1936 the first members of major league baseball’s Hall of Fame were named in Cooperstown, NY.

In 1949 “The Newport News” was commissioned as the first air-conditioned naval ship in Virginia.

And in 1990 Joseph Hazelwood, the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, went on trial in Anchorage, AK, on charges that stemmed from (what was at the time) America’s worst oil spill.  Hazelwood was later acquitted of all the major charges and was convicted of a misdemeanor.

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Quote of the Day

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”

Thomas Paine

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Today is the birthday of Frederick Delius. Given the weather most of us are having, a reminder of what’s to come seems appropriate. So here’s Delius’ “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring” From George Morton, who I believe is the conductor. It’s the Sheffield University Orchestra, and they do a very nice rendition. 🙂

And this one makes me feel a little better about the weather. Kings College Choir, who never disappoints, with “In the Bleak Midwinter”. From Suila2007

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On this day in 1521 the Diet of Worms began, at which Protestant reformer Luther was declared an outlaw by the Roman Catholic church.

In 1878 the first telephone switchboard was installed in New Haven, CT.  

In 1915 the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea. 

In 1980 six Americans who had fled the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, left Iran using false Canadian diplomatic passports. The Americans had been hidden at the Canadian embassy in Tehran.

And in 1986 the U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crew members were killed.

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Quote of the Day

“Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action.”

Alexander Mackenzie

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Today is the birthday of composer Johann Ernst Bach. From Ria Brezova

It’s also Arthur Rubenstein’s. So here he is from 1964, in Moscow. via SProkofieff

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On this day in 1606 the trial of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators began. They were executed on January 31.

In 1880 Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.

In 1888 the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC.

In 1926 John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.

In 1945 Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.

In 1951 in the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.

And in 1973 the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.

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Quote of the Day

“It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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We’ll start off with some Mozart today. From Dagmar Dolatschko

Next up, Jack Brymer, who also has a birthday today, playing more Mozart. From UltimateMozart

And it’s also Skitch Henderson’s. From MusicProf78

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Good Morning!

And Happy Saturday! 🙂

On this day in 1881 Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and others signed an agreement to organize the Oriental Telephone Company.

In 1915, in New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San Francisco, inaugurating the first transcontinental telephone service.

In 1924 the 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.

In 1950 a federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.

In 1971 Charles Manson and three female members of his “family” were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven counts of murder in the first degree.

In 1981 the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States and were reunited with their families. 

And in 1987 the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI on NBC. 🙂 WooHoo!

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Quote of the Day

“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.”

Robert Burns

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On this day in 1858 Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia.  

It’s Matt Odmark’s birthday. So a Jars of Clay medley. From NoiseTradeVideo

Today is also Richard Finch’s birthday. From WebPortalAvro

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On this day in 1848 James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of ’49.

In 1908, in England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.

In 1922 Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.

In 1952 Vincent Massey was the first Canadian to be appointed governor-general of Canada.

In 1965 Winston Churchill died at the age of 90.

In 1989 Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida’s electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.

And in 1995 the prosecution gave its opening statement at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

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Quote of the Day

“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Today is the birthday of composer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman.  From KuhluaDilfeng2, who has a very nice collection of classical music videos.

It’s also Neil Diamond’s. So here he is, with Mr. Cash.

And it’s Ray Stevens’ birthday as well. Here he is with the “Obama Budget Plan.” From RayStevensMusic

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