Today is indeed a momentous day in history. On this day, in 1927, the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) was discovered by Teh West. It, of course, had previously been known to all those people for tens of thousands of years who lived among, and eated them.
This is also Carl Sagan's birthday. He was born in 1934, which seems like billions of years ago.
Do you remember Cosmos, first broadcast in 1980? (I always think of it as a few years earlier, but it was not.)
Do you remember The Great Blackout of 1965? I do (barely). It was today, but back then. It looked like this:
It is not true that there was a Blackout Baby Boom nine months later. But I think a lot of people did buy generators and/or candles.
On this day in 1888, Jack the Ripper killed Jane Kelly. He would not kill again after that. Here is a copy of a letter that may have been sent by Jack, along with a bit of internal organ from one of the victims, to the authorities:
"Lusk" was George A. Lusk chair of a "vigilance committee" established at the time to keep an eye on things.
This is also the anniversary of the formation of the American Birth Control League by Margaret Sanger in 1921.
America was in a depression in the 1930s. It took 15 years to fully pull out of that economic crisis. Funny thing, though, when Roosevelt was elected in part to get us out of that crisis, and two years went by, the American People did not belly ache about how he had not fixed all of our problems already. Let that be a lesson to you people! Anyway, on this day in 1933, Roosevelt established the Civil Works Administration.
Men working.
And, finally, on this day in 1967 the first issue of "Rolling Stone" was published.
John Lennon on the cover of the first Rolling Stone.
Yes, a very interesting day in history. Tomorrow is interesting too.
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This is also Carl Sagan's birthday. He was born in 1934, which seems like billions of years ago.
Do you remember Cosmos, first broadcast in 1980? (I always think of it as a few years earlier, but it was not.)
Do you remember The Great Blackout of 1965? I do (barely). It was today, but back then. It looked like this:
It is not true that there was a Blackout Baby Boom nine months later. But I think a lot of people did buy generators and/or candles.
On this day in 1888, Jack the Ripper killed Jane Kelly. He would not kill again after that. Here is a copy of a letter that may have been sent by Jack, along with a bit of internal organ from one of the victims, to the authorities:
From hell
Mr Lusk,
Sir
I send you half the Kidne I took from one women prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nise. I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wate a whil longer
signed
Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk
Mr Lusk,
Sir
I send you half the Kidne I took from one women prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nise. I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wate a whil longer
signed
Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk
"Lusk" was George A. Lusk chair of a "vigilance committee" established at the time to keep an eye on things.
This is also the anniversary of the formation of the American Birth Control League by Margaret Sanger in 1921.
America was in a depression in the 1930s. It took 15 years to fully pull out of that economic crisis. Funny thing, though, when Roosevelt was elected in part to get us out of that crisis, and two years went by, the American People did not belly ache about how he had not fixed all of our problems already. Let that be a lesson to you people! Anyway, on this day in 1933, Roosevelt established the Civil Works Administration.
Men working.
And, finally, on this day in 1967 the first issue of "Rolling Stone" was published.
John Lennon on the cover of the first Rolling Stone.
Yes, a very interesting day in history. Tomorrow is interesting too.
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