(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 10/16 is World Food Day [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-16 World Food Day was created to commemorate the 1945 creation of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization. If you go to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Day and scroll down a bit, you'll find a picture of the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day offices in Washington, D.C. It appears to be 12 stories tall. According to the UNFAO, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022. Furthermore, according to the USDA: 89.8 percent (118.5 million) of U.S. households were food secure throughout 2021. ... Food insecure—At times during the year, these households were uncertain of having or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food. Food-insecure households include those with low food security and very low food security. 10.2 percent (13.5 million) of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during 2021. Essentially unchanged from 10.5 percent in 2020. Maybe the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day needs a bigger building? - Just so you know your place in the greater scheme of things, it is Boss's Day in the United States and Canada, something we clearly really need. - - ********** On this day in history: - 1384 -- Jadwiga was crowned King of Poland, although she was a woman. 1841 -- Queen's University was founded in Kingston, Ontario 1843 -- Sir William Rowan Hamilton invented and described quaternions, non-commutative complex numbers 1847 -- Jane Eyre was published 1859 -- John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry 1869 -- Girton College, Cambridge, England's first residential college for women, was founded 1875 -- Brigham Young University was founded, before Lavell Edwards was even born 1916 -- Margaret Sanger opened the US' first family planning clinic 1934 -- Chinese Communists begin the Long March (alternate date) 1940 -- The Warsaw Ghetto was established. 1943 -- Raid on the Rome Ghetto 1946 -- Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders from the Main Nuremberg Trial 1950 -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published 1964 -- China detonated its first nuke 1968 -- Tommie Smith and John Carlos were kicked off the US team for the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute. 1978 -- Wanda Rutkiewicz was the first European woman to summit Mount Everest. 1984 -- Desmond Tutu got the Nobel Peace Prize. 1995 -- The Million Man March in Washington, D.C. - ********** Some people who were born on this day: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." ~~ Oscar Wilde - 1620 -- Pierre Paul Puget, painter and sculptor 1678 -- Anna Waser, painter 1679 -- Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer and viol player 1729 -- Pierre van Maldere, violinist and composer 1 758 -- Noah Webster, lexicographer 1854 -- Oscar Wilde, wit, playwright, poet and novelist 1888 -- Eugene O'Neill, playwright 1898 -- William O. Douglas, jurist 1900 -- Primo Conti, futurist painter 1927 -- Gunter Grass, novelist 1931 -- Charles Colson, evangelical lawyer and criminal, Nixon's hatchet 1938 -- Nico, as in "The Velvet Underground and Nico" 1943 -- Fred Turner, bassist, singer, songwriter, co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive 1945 -- Roger Hawkins, session drummer 1947 -- Bob Weir, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1952 -- Cordell Mosson, bassist, took over for Bootsy Collins 1953 -- Tony Carey, keyboardist 1960 -- Bob Mould, singer, songwriter, guitarist (husker du) 1962 -- Flea, bassist, Chili Pepper 1969 -- Wendy Wilson, singer and songwriter - - ********** Some people who died on this day: Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history. ~~ Pierre Salinger 1553 -- Lucas Cranach the Elder, painter 1959 -- George Marshall, general, planner, politician 1972 -- Leo G. Carroll, Topper 1973 -- Gene Krupa, Drummer 1990 -- Art Blakey, drummer, bandleader, messenger 1997 -- James A. Michener, author 2001 -- Etta Jones, singer, and songwriter 2004 -- Pierre Salinger, journalist and politician - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: World Food Day (International) World Anaesthesia Day (International) Teachers' Day (Chile) Boss's Day (United States and Canada) - I shit you not. - ********** - Today's Tunes - John Brown - x YouTube Video - Jan Dismas Zelenka (Two-Fer) x YouTube Video - Pierre van Maldere x YouTube Video - Oscar Wilde x YouTube Video - Nico x YouTube Video - Fred Turner x YouTube Video - Roger Hawkins x YouTube Video - Bob Weir x YouTube Video - Cordell Mosson x YouTube Video - Tony Carey x YouTube Video - Bob Mould x YouTube Video - Flea x YouTube Video - Wendy Wilson x YouTube Video - Gene Krupa x YouTube Video - Art Blakey x YouTube Video - Etta Jones x YouTube Video - - Bonus: - "The Velvet Underground and Nico" x YouTube Video - Bachmann-Turner Overdrive x YouTube Video - Bob Weir x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - - ********** - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. 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