Monday Open Thread: April 8 is International Romani Day

April 8 is the 98th day of the Gregorian Calendar year,

Pungenday, Discord 25, 3185 YOLD (discordian),

And let us not forget 13.0.6.6.19 by the Mayan Long Count

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Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...
 

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On this day in history:

1093 – The new Winchester Cathedral was dedicated.
1820 – The Venus de Milo was discovered.
1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the US Supreme Court declared unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
1911 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity.
1913 – The 17th Amendment to the US Constitution, becames law requiring direct election of US Senators.
1935 – The WPA was formed.Unbelievably, it was not "market based".
1946 –Électricité de France, was formed by the nationalisation of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
1959 – A team led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be COBOL.
1961 – An explosion sank the MV and killed 238. The British eventually blamed Russia rebels, but produced no evidence.
1970 – The Israeli air force bombeds an Egyptian primary but only killed forty-six children.
2008 – The world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines was completed in Bahrain.

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Born this day in:

1859 – Edmund Husserl, mathematician and philosopher
1896 – Yip Harburg, lyricist
1905 – Helen Joseph, activist
1917 – Winifred Asprey, mathematician and computer scientist
1922 – Carmen McRae, singer, songwriter, pianist, and actress
1927 – Ollie Mitchell, trumpet player and bandleader
1929 – Jacques Brel, singer-songwriter and actor
1937 – Seymour Hersh, journalist and author
1941 – J. J. Jackson, singer, songwriter, and arranger
1944 – Deke Richards, songwriter and producer
1947 – Steve Howe, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1949 – Brenda Russell, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player
1951 – Mel Schacher, bass player
1951 – Joan Sebastian, singer, songwriter, and actor
1962 – Izzy Stradlin, guitarist and songwriter
1963 – Julian Lennon, singer, songwriter, and photographer

Died this day in:

1950 – Vaslav Nijinsky, dancer and choreographer
1973 – Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor
1993 – Marian Anderson, singer
1997 – Laura Nyro, singer,songwriter, and pianist

 

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:

International Romani Day
Hana Matsuri (Japan)
 

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Music goes here, iirc, well,

Winchester Cathedral

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Venus de Milo

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Yip Harburg

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Carmen McRae

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Ollie Mitchell

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Jacques Brel

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J. J. Jackson

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Deke Richards

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Steve Howe

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Brenda Russell

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Mek Schacher

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Julian Lennon

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Marian Anderson

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Laura Nyro

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Image is the Flag of the Romani People
 

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It's an open thread, so do your thing

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