Tuesday!
Sky and Telescope
Total eclipse: From the Moon's perspective, the Sun remains completely hidden for 1 hour 18 minutes. From Earth's perspective, the lunar disk isn't completely blacked out but instead remains dimly lit by a deep orange or red glow. Why so? - See more at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/...
The show starts this morning,
at 12:20 AM,
Wichita time,
and ends after 5 AM.
'Nuff said?
More,
below the divider doodle.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We've split up the publishing duties, and this is our regular schedule:
Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: bigjacbigjacbigjac
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: weck
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:broths
Sunday: loggersbrat
That's the regular schedule,
but we welcome everyone in IAN
to do diaries for the group!
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when they have:
something to say,
photos and music to share,
a cause to promote,
or news!
If you would like to fill in,
either
post in thread,
or,
send FloridaSNMom a Kosmail,
with the date you want to write for.
If you need someone to fill in,
ditto.
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to around 11 pm eastern.
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The bigger our network,
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Well,
here we are again,
another bigjac Tuesday.
I'm posting events,
selected from
Chase's Calendar of events,
every Tuesday,
until further notice.
Plus a few items,
selected from other sources,
if I take time
to do so.
This is my new,
regular topic,
and here's the link,
in case you want to look for yourself:
Chase's Calendar of Events
By the way,
even if I'm tired,
even if I'm running late,
I read all this Chase's information carefully,
and delete any items that seem,
shall we say,
of very low interest to me.
I do not copy and paste
the whole shebang,
and expect you folks
to wade through
a lot of what I feel is
not very interesting.
I delete names of those who have birthdays,
if I've never heard of them,
or barely heard of them.
Here we go:
April 16, 2014
Emancipation Day: Anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia (1862).
National Bookmobile Day. See www.ala.org
Anniversary of the 1947 Texas City Disaster.
Anniversary of the 2007 Virginia Tech University shootings that took 32 lives.
125th birth anniversary of Charlie Chaplin (1889-1975).
Birth anniversaries of Henry Mancini (1924-94), Peter Ustinov (1921-2004), Wilbur Wright (1867-1912).
Birth anniversary of Tejana singer Selena (1971-95).
Happy Birthday! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Martin Lawrence, Bobby Vinton
April 17, 2014
Maundy Thursday
Ellis Island Family History Day. See www.ellisisland.org
National Haiku Poetry Day
In 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was launched.
In 1975, Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge. The Pol Pot regime inaugurated “Year One” and the wholesale slaughter of intellectuals, political enemies and peasants began.
25 years ago, in 1989, Solidarity was granted legal status by the Polish government.
Happy Birthday! Jennifer Garner
April 18, 2014
Good Friday
International Amateur Radio Day
National Adult Autism Awareness Day
(That's bigjac!)
England: British and World Marbles Championship, Greyhound Public House, Tinsley Green, West Sussex.
England: Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race (Apr 18-21). 66th year. See www.dwrace.org.uk
The “Midnight Ride” of Paul Revere and William Dawes took place (at about 10 pm) in 1775.
Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Birth anniversary of American attorney Clarence Darrow (1857-1938).
Happy Birthday! America Ferrera, Hayley Mills, Rick Moranis, Conan O’Brien, James Woods
April 19, 2014
Easter Even
1775: The Battle of Lexington and Concord
1943: Warsaw Ghetto Revolt
1989: Explosion on the USS Iowa--25th anniversary
1990: Nicaragua Civil War truce.
1993: Branch Davidian Fire at Waco, TX
1995: Oklahoma City Bombing
Birth anniversary of legendary crimefighter Eliot Ness (1903-57).
Happy Birthday! Kate Hudson, Ashley Judd, Hugh O’Brian
April 20, 2014
Easter
Merrie Monarch Festival with World’s Largest Hula Competition, Hilo, HI (Apr 20-26). See www.merriemonarch.com
100 years ago, in 1914, striking mine workers at Ludlow, CO, were attacked by National Guard troops resulting in 18 people killed--11 of which were children.
75 years ago, in 1939, future baseball legend Ted Williams made his major league debut for the Boston Red Sox.
15th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Littleton, CO, in 1999.
In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in US history.
Birth anniversaries of Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) and Tito Puente, The King of the Mambo (1923-2000).
Happy 94th Birthday, John Paul Stevens, former Associate Justice of the US!
Happy Birthday! Carmen Electra, Shemar Moore, Ryan O’Neal
Here's the link again:
Chase's Calendar of Events.
Thanks for reading.
Hope you're doing well,
but even if not,
tell us about it.
We're here to listen.