(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 10/09 is World Post Day [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-09 On October 9, 1874, the General Postal Union was created. Prior to that, international mail was based on bilateral treaties between countries. The treaty of Bern, which created the General Postal Union provided: There should be a uniform flat rate to mail a letter anywhere in the world Postal authorities should give equal treatment to foreign and domestic mail Each country should retain all money it has collected for international postage. In 1878 the General Postal Union was renamed the Universal Postal Union, a farsighted move readying humankind for the day when we finally use the postal system to mail something off planet. Since then, the UPU has instituted many modifications and changes and arguably some enhancements as well. One of the many enhancements brought about by the UPU was the creation of World Post Day to memorialize and celebrate the October 9 signing of the Treaty of Bern and the importance of the postal service. ----------- On October 9, 2006, the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, GWBush (Bush the Lesser) suddenly decided not to invade it despite his previous declaration of war upon it. Years later, Obama would assure the world that it was all some kind of joke, but took no official steps to rescind the Bush Declaration. The DPRK, seemingly, did not buy his story. - ********** On this day in history: - 1264 -- The Kingdom of Castile conquered the city of Jerez, the source of Sherry 1410 -- The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. 1582 -- Adoption of the Gregorian calendar eliminated this day in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1604 -- Somebody spotted Supernova 1604 1635 -- Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1740 -- Dutch colonists and slaves began to massacre ethnic Chinese in Batavia 1804 -- Hobart was founded 1820 -- Guayaquil declared its independence from Spain. (Good yerba mate' down there) 1824 -- Costa Rica abolished slavery 1847 -- Saint Bartholemy bolished slavery 1854 -- The siege of Sebastopol began 1873 -- The U.S. Naval Institute was established. 1874 -- The Treaty of Bern created the General Postal Union 1934 – An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France 1936 -- Generators at Boulder Dam began cranking out juice 1950 -- The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre started, with South Korean police killing 153 unarmed civilians. 1966 -- The Binh Tai massacre in Vietnam by ROK marines. 1967 -- Ernesto "Che" Guevara was killed for attempting to incite a revolution 1969 -- The National Guard was called in to suppress demonstrations about the "Chicago Eight" trial 1970 -- US puppet Lon Nol's fascist "Khmer Republic" dictatorship was proclaimed. 1981 -- France abolished capital punishment. Texas struggled to pick up the slack. 2006 - DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, GWBush suddenly decided not to invade. 2012 -- The failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai took place. - ********** Some people who were born on this day: If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~~ John Lennon 1201 -- Robert de Sorbon, the founder of the College de Sorbonne 1581 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, mathematician, poet, and scholar 1835 – Camille Saint-Saëns, composer and conductor 1837 -- Francis Wayland Parker, "the father of progressive education" - Dewey 1859 -- Alfred Dreyfus, as in Dryfus affair, as in J'accuse 1873 -- Karl Schwarzschild, physicist and astronomer 1890 -- Aimee Semple McPherson, religionist, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1893 -- Mario de Andrade, author and poet 1899 -- Bruce Catton, author and historian 1901 -- Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist 1908 -- Lee Wiley, jazz singer 1918 -- E. Howard Hunt, spook, plumber, criminal, all around asshole 1918 -- Bebo Valdes, pianist, composer, and bandleader, arranger for the Tropicana 1920 -- Yusef Lateef, multi-instrumentalist, blended jazz with eastern music 1922 -- Olga Guillot, singer, the queen of bolero 1934 -- Abdullah Ibrahim, pianist and composer, did Mannenberg 1939 -- O. V. Wright, singer, songwriter and producer 1940 -- John Lennon, singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer 1941 -- Omali Yeshitela, activist, founder of the Uhuru Movement 1944 -- John Entwistle, English singer, songwriter, bassist, moose, and producer 1944 -- Nona Hendryx, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress 1945 -- Taiguara, singer 1947 -- France Gall, ye ye singer 1948 -- Jackson Browne, singer, songwriter and guitarists 1949 -- Rod Temperton, keyboard player, songwriter and producer 1960 -- Kenny Garrett, saxophonist 1961 -- Kurt Neumann, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1975 -- Sean Lennon, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor - - ********** Some people who died on this day: Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary. ~~ Che Guevra 1943 -- Pieter Zeeman, physicist 1967 -- Che Guevara, physician, politician, commandante 1978 -- Jacques Brel, singer, songwriter and actor 1987 -- Clare Boothe Luce, author, playwright conservative activist ** 1999 -- Milt Jackson, Vibraphone player 2004 -- Jacques Derrida, philisopher 2007 -- Enrico Banducci, founder of the hungry i 2014 – Carolyn Kizer, poet and academic ** Ms. Luce, upon once arriving at a doorway at the same time as Dorothy Parker stepped aside and motioned her through saying "Age before beauty", to which Ms. Parker blithely replied "Pearls before swine" and walked on through. - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador) World Post Day - ********** - Today's Tunes - Jerez - x YouTube Video - The General Postal Union (Two-Fer) x YouTube Video x YouTube Video - Che x YouTube Video - Aimee Semple McPherson x YouTube Video - Mario de Andrade x YouTube Video - Lee Wiley x YouTube Video - Bebo Valdes x YouTube Video - Yusef Lateef x YouTube Video - Olga Guillot x YouTube Video - Abdullah Ibrahim x YouTube Video - O. V. Wright x YouTube Video - John Lennon x YouTube Video - John Entwistle x YouTube Video - Nona Hendryx x YouTube Video - Taiguara < x YouTube Video - France Gall x YouTube Video - Jackson Browne x YouTube Video - Rod Temperton x YouTube Video - Kenny Garrett x YouTube Video - Kurt Neumann x YouTube Video - Sean Lennon x YouTube Video - Jacques Brel x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Bonus: - Yusuf Lateef x YouTube Video - The Moose x YouTube Video - Jackson Browne x YouTube Video - - - - ********** - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind? - Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com After the earlier html tag purges, those of us who write offline could still use < br > to force a line break despite the site’s concatenation daemon. That no longer works. Does anybody have any idea what will? 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