(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 02/06 - Happy Waitangi Day [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-06 ********** On this day in history: - 1819 -- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore. Slings were presumably slung. 1820 -- 86 African Americans left New York to colonize what is today Liberia. 1840 -- New Zealand became a British colony. 1899 -- The US Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris between the US and Spain 1900 – The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague was created 1918 -- British women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications got the right to vote, the rest remained serfs. 1919 – The five-day Seattle General Strike began 1922 -- The Washington Naval Treaty was signed limiting the naval armaments of the US, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. 1952 -- Elizabeth II became queen 1959 -- Jack Kilby filed for the first patent of an integrated circuit. 1973 – The Ms 7.6 Luhuo earthquake struck Sichuan Province 1976 – Lockheed Corporation admitted paying $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, began 1981 -- The National Resistance Army of Uganda started the Ugandan Bush War 1987 -- Justice Mary Gaudron became the first woman appointed to the Australian High Court 2012 -- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines 2013 -- A 8.0 magnitude earthquake in the Solomon Islands 2016 -- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan - ********** Some people who were born on this day: In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war. ~~ Robert La Follette Jr. 1465 – Scipione del Ferro, mathematician, solved the morose depressed cubic equation 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, mathematician and theorist 1726 – Patrick Russell, surgeon and zoologist 1802 – Charles Wheatstone, physicist and cryptographer 1811 – Henry Liddell, priest, author, and academic; Alice's Dad 1879 -- Othon Friesz, Fauvist painter 1890 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, activist and politician 1895 – María Teresa Vera, singer, guitarist and composer 1895 - Robert La Follette Jr., politician, co-founder of the progressive party 1898 -- Harry Haywood, politician, activist, CPUSA member 1902 -- George Brunies, trombonist 1903 -- Claudio Arrau, pianist and composer 1913 -- Mary Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist 1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, physicist and astronomer 1932 -- François Truffaut, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1939 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer 1940 -- Tom Brokaw, journalist and author 1941 – Stephen Albert, pianist and composer 1942 -- Sarah Brady, gun control activist and author 1943 – Fabian Forte, pop singer and actor 1944 -- Willie Tee, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1945 -- Bob Marley, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1946 -- Richie Hayward, drummer and songwriter 1946 -- Kate McGarrigle, musician and singer-songwriter 1947 -- Bill Staines, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1949 -- Mike Batt, singer, songwriter and producer 1950 -- Natalie Cole, singer, songwriter and actress 1950 – Punky Meadows, rock guitarist and songwriter 1956 – Jerry Marotta, drummer (orleans/still the one) 1957 -- Simon Phillips, drummer and producer 1962 -- Axl Rose, singer, songwriter and producer 1964 -- Gordon Downie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1966 -- Rick Astley, singer, songwriter, nothing to see here 1967 -- Anita Cochran, country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1967 – Izumi Sakai, singer and songwriter 1975 – Tomoko Kawase, singer, songwriter, and producer - - ********** Some people who died on this day: Art is a line around your thoughts. ~~ Gustav Klimt 1378 -- Joanna of Bourbon, not to be confused with Joanna of Rye or Scotch 1804 -- Joseph Priestley, chemist and theologian 1918 -- Gustav Klimt, painter and illustrator 1976 -- Vince Guaraldi, singer, songwriter and pianist 1981 -- Hugo Montenegro, composer and conductor 1990 -- Jimmy Van Heusen, pianist and composer 2007 -- Frankie Laine, singer, songwriter and actor 2011 -- Gary Moore, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 2016 -- Dan Hicks, singer, songwriter and guitarist 2022 – Lata Mangeshkar, singer and music composer - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations) Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840. - ********** - Today's Tunes - María Teresa Vera - x YouTube Video - George Brunies x YouTube Video - Jair Rodrigues x YouTube Video - Claudio Arrau x YouTube Video - Willie Tee x YouTube Video - Bob Marley x YouTube Video - Richie Hayward x YouTube Video - Kate McGarrigle x YouTube Video - Bill Staines x YouTube Video - Mike Batt x YouTube Video - Natalie Cole (Gives erroneous song history, actually by Moe Kaufman, as an instrumental, Tito covered it on Swinging Shepherd Blues (Goes Latin) then Ella added vocals ) x YouTube Video Simon Phillips x YouTube Video - Axl Rose x YouTube Video - Gordon Downie x YouTube Video - Rick Astley x YouTube Video - Anita Cochran x YouTube Video - Vince Guaraldi x YouTube Video - Hugo Montenegro x YouTube Video - Jimmy Van Heusen x YouTube Video - Frankie Laine x YouTube Video - Gary Moore x YouTube Video - Dan Hicks x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Lata Mangeshkar x YouTube Video - Bonus: Moe Kaufman x YouTube Video - Tito Puente x YouTube Video - Ella Fitzgerald added vocals x YouTube Video - - ********** - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. 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