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The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 9/18/13

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Are you fond of jewelry? Do you (or spouse/partner) have any nice or interesting pieces?

Did any of your ancestors own slaves? Or conversely, were any slaves?

What is the most important or valuable thing you ever lost?

Have you ever lived through a serious drought? Did you ever have to ration water?

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On This Day

In 1837, a “stationery and fancy goods emporium” called Tiffany & Young opened in New York City. Today it is known for little blue boxes of bling, and is called Tiffany & Co.

In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which declared that all runaway slaves were to be returned to their so-called masters.

In 1851, The New York Times began publication under the name “The New-York Daily Times.”

In 1882, the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange, later combined with the Los Angeles Oil Exchange to become the Pacific Stock Exchange, opened.

In 1885, citizens of Montreal rioted against mandatory smallpox vaccinations. Apparently Jenny McCarthy got hold of a time machine.

In 1919, Fritz Pollard made history playing with the Akron Pros football team, the first African-American to play on a professional team.

In 1927, the Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS) went on the air (this was, mind you, pre-Time Warner Cable).

In 1947, the National Security Act established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency.

In 1975, the FBI arrested kidnaped heiress Patty Hearst for bank robbery. In two years, Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence, and Bill Clinton later pardoned her.

Born on This Day

53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)

1739 – Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, Parisian painter (d. 1821)

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1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, theologian, and historian (d. 1715)

1764 – Mauro Gandolfi, Italian painter and printmaker (d. 1834)

1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)

1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)

1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter (d. 1888)

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1838 – Friedrich Otto Gebler, German painter (d. 1917)

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1854 – Fausto Zonaro, Italian painter (d. 1929)

1859 – Thomas Austen Brown, British painter (d. 1924)

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1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)

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1905 – Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)

1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)

1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)

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1912 – María De la Cruz, Chilean activist and journalist (d. 1995)

1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1994)

1923 –  Xavier Valls, Spanish painter (d. 2006)

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1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)

1933 – Bob Bennett, American retired Senator (R, Utah)

1933 – Robert Blake, American actor

1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1939 – Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer

1939 – Fred Willard, American comedian, actor, and author

1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright

1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones) (d. 2002)

1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!)

1958 – Joan Walsh, American journalist

1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)

1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer (The Human League)

1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer

1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)

1967 – Tara FitzGerald, English actress

1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress

1979 – Alison Lohman, American actress

1993 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American model and actor

Died on This Day

887 – Pietro I Candiano, Italian 16th Doge of Venice (b. 842)

1426 – Hubert van Eyck, Flemish painter, brother of Jan van Eyck. His only surviving work was completed by his brother after his death, so it is unknown how much is his. (b. ca. 1390)

1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)

1807 – Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish painter (b. 1745)

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1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, writer, and critic (b. 1778)

1886 – Eduard Jakob von Steinle, Austrian painter (b. 1810)

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1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (b. 1820)

1914 – Albert Kappis, German landscape painter (b. 1836)

1929 – Hippolyte Petitjean, French painter (b. 1854)

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1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)

1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor best remembered today as Joan Crawford’s ex. (b. 1905)

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1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Blue Flame and The Isley Brothers)(b. 1942)

2004 – Russ Meyer, American director (b. 1922)

2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., African-American editorial cartoonist (b. 1914)

Today is

World Water Monitoring Day

National Cheeseburger Day

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

National Rehabilitation Day

National Respect Day


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26 comments

  2. Floja Roja

    It’s 63 and a little foggy. I am less than 63, but am a little foggy.

    I can admire some jewelry, particulary Art Nouveau and Deco pieces, but have very little of my own and no pressing desire to own any. Does this make me unnatural?

    Being descended from Southern landowners, there is very little likelihood of me not being descended from slave owners. Maybe that is why I don’t understand ancestor worship.

    My mind.

    We are currently in a mild drought here, and have been through many in the past. In Northern CA, when I lived there, we almost always ended up rationing. Here in Southern CA, we’ve only done it once. I don’t think they are rationing at all in Texas – if not that is really short-sighted, but then, it’s been a while since those in power there were anything but short-sighted.

  3. plf515

    (psssst it’s Wednesday)

    Are you fond of jewelry? Do you (or spouse/partner) have any nice or interesting pieces?

    I am fond of jewelry because it makes it easier to figure out what to give to my wife. I have a wedding ring and that’s it for jewelry.

    Did any of your ancestors own slaves? Or conversely, were any slaves?

    Own slaves? Ha! As Calvin Trillin once wrote “What were your ancestors doing while mine were being raped by Cossacks?”

    None were actually slaves, but the life of Jews in the shtetls of Russia wasn’t too much fun, from all reports.

    What is the most important or valuable thing you ever lost?

    My office in the World Trade Center and all that was in it.

    Have you ever lived through a serious drought? Did you ever have to ration water?

    Not a “serious” drought. NYC has occasionally had moderate droughts, during which we flushed a little less often and took shorter showers, but nothing severe.

     

  4. plf515

    What’s the difference between heaven and hell?

    In heaven the English are the police, the French are the cooks, the Italians are the lovers, the Germans are the mechanics and the Swiss are the administrators.

    But in hell…. The Germans are the police, the English are the cooks, the Swiss are the lovers, the French are the mechanics and the Italians are the administrators.  

  5. Gee

    Are you fond of jewelry? Do you (or spouse/partner) have any nice or interesting pieces?

    Did any of your ancestors own slaves? Or conversely, were any slaves?

    What is the most important or valuable thing you ever lost?

    Have you ever lived through a serious drought? Did you ever have to ration water?

    I like jewelry, but I don’t wear any myself, except my wedding ring.  Lulu’s not big on jewelry, but she occasionally wears earrings.

    My father’s family were in Virginia from the 1600s on, and did own slaves.

    Had a nice camera stolen once.

    Here on the east coast, it’s usually pretty wet.  If we go for a couple of years without snow, the reservoirs go down, but usually it’s just a matter of not being allowed to wash cars or water your lawn.

  7. princesspat

    jewelry….I do enjoy jewelry, especially the botanical designs by Michael Michaud

    ancestors…..mine were all working class immigrants, so I doubt any were slave owners.

    important losses…..my grandparents and parents

    drought…..rationing water was an everyday part of my western childhood. And when the water completely dried up my grandparents had to leave their Nevada ranch….a very sad time for my family.

  8. bubbanomics

    Are you fond of jewelry? Do you (or spouse/partner) have any nice or interesting pieces?

    Ms. bubba was getting that way.  Our house was burgled in the spring, and the (*^@#$@^$@^$!%#!#s took all her jewelry.  Now she’s of a different mind about ‘stuff’ in general and jewelry in particular.

    Did any of your ancestors own slaves? Or conversely, were any slaves?

    probably. my family’s been in the US, spread from VA to AL, since early 1700s. would be hard to know, ’cause it would have been 1000 yrs ago or more.

    What is the most important or valuable thing you ever lost?

    my wedding ring.  see above.

    Have you ever lived through a serious drought? Did you ever have to ration water?

    hard to say how serious a SoCal drought is… had to ration lawn watering many times.  Had a drought or two growing up and while in RI, but I couldn’t call ’em serious.

    currently podding:

  9. Avilyn

    Heh.  One of the advantages of getting here late is that I didn’t get confused by the day in the title (as it was already fixed) 😉

    Are you fond of jewelry? Do you (or spouse/partner) have any nice or interesting pieces?  I admire it from a distance, mostly, although I like to buy earrings every now and then.  The exception are a couple of pieces from Aji & Wings – I have a cuff, a necklace, and a ring from them; when I get some more savings, I’ll be ordering earrings that go with the pieces I’ve already ordered.

    Did any of your ancestors own slaves? Or conversely, were any slaves?  No clue.  I only know back as far as my great-grandparents.  I know my mom’s dad was a first generation american; his parents immigrated from Poland.  They were coal miners in PA though.  My dad’s father grew up on a farm in Maryland, but that’s pretty much all the detail I have there.

    What is the most important or valuable thing you ever lost?   A friendship.

    Have you ever lived through a serious drought? Did you ever have to ration water?  Never lived through a serious drought.  Had occasional water restrictions now and then, like not watering the lawn (which we don’t have anyway) or washing the car (isn’t that what rain is for?).

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