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Interrogatories

Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones?

Are you a good photographer? Were you before the advent of digital photography?

Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any?

It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day? Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate?

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On This Day

In 1543, Henry VIII married his final wife (number six) Catherine Parr.

In 1862, the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor, was authorized by Congress.

In 1917, one of the most egregious acts of union-busting occurred in Bisbee, Arizona, when 1300 striking miners were illegally deported by being forced onto a train and taken, in a 16 hour cattle-car journey with no food or water, to Hermanas, New Mexico and warned never to return. All telegraph and telephone communication was shut down and reporters were prevented from filing stories. Remaining citizens were interrogated regarding their loyalties. Hundreds of citizens were “tried” and also deported.

In 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first gig at the Marquee Club, with Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) on bass.

In 1972, at the Democratic National Convention in Miami, George McGovern won the nomination as the Democratic candidate.

In 2010, Swiss authorities refused an extradition request for rapist Roman Polanski, allowing him to go free.

Born on This Day

1730 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)

1764 – Charles Thévenin, French painter (d. 1838)

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1817 – Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)

1818 – Alexis van Hamme, Belgian painter (d. 1875)

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1824 – Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)

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1852 – Frédéric Auguste Dufaux, Swiss artist (d. 1943)

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1854 – George Eastman, American businessman and inventor of Roll film, founded the Eastman Kodak Company (d. 1932)

1880 – Tod Browning, American director (d. 1962) (Freaks)

1884 – Louis B. Mayer, Russian-American film producer and founder of MGM (d. 1957)

1884 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)

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1886 – Jean Hersholt, Danish director and actor (d. 1956) (The honorary “humanitarian award” Oscar was named for him.)

1892 – Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)

1895 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)

1895 – Buckminster Fuller, American architect, engineer, and author, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)

1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American songwriter, director, and producer (d. 1960)

1904 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1908 – Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)

1917 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (d. 2009)

1920 – Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)

1927 – Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2001)

1933 – Donald E. Westlake, American novelist (d. 2008)

1934 – Van Cliburn, American pianist (d. 2013)

1937 – Bill Cosby, American comedian, actor, producer, and author

1943 – Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and musician (Fleetwood Mac)

1944 – Denise Nicholas, American actress and activist

1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer

1951 – Brian Grazer, American film producer

1951 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress and model

1952 – Liz Mitchell, Jamaican singer (Boney M.)

1962 – Dan Murphy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soul Asylum)

1964 – Tim Gane, English guitarist (Stereolab and McCarthy)

1967 – John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Explorers Club)

1969 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death, Terrorizer, and Lock Up) (d. 2006)

1972 – Brett Reed, American drummer (Rancid and Devils Brigade)

1978 – Topher Grace, American actor

1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, American actress

Died on This Day

1536 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher (b. 1466)

1712 – Richard Cromwell, English son of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1626)

1804 – Alexander Hamilton, American soldier, economist, philosopher, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)

1841 – Georg Emanuel Opitz, Austrian painter, watercolorist, and engraver (b. 1775)

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1849 – Dolley Madison, American wife of James Madison, 4th First Lady of the United States (b. 1768)

1904 – Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, Dutch painter (b. 1829)

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1907  – David Farquharson, British painter (b. 1839)

1913 – Gaston de La Touche, French painter (b. 1854)

1916 – James Sant, English painter (b. 1820) Official court painter for Queen Victoria

1917 – Hugo Simberg, painter (b. 1873)

1924  – Henrietta Mary Ada Ward, English painter (b. 1832)

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1935 – Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)

1944 – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general (b. 1887)

1947 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

1950 – Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)

1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)

1974 – Yuri Annenkov, Russian painter (b. 1889)

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1975 – James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)

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1979 – Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

1983 – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (Traffic and Ginger Baker’s Air Force) (b. 1944)

1988 – Julian Trevelyan, British painter (b. 1910)

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1996 – Jonathan Melvoin, American keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)

1998 – Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1907)

1998 – Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)

2003 – Benny Carter, American musician, bandleader, and composer (b. 1907)

2008 – Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)

Today is:

National Pecan Pie Day (which should be in winter)

Different Color Eyes Day

Simplicity Day

Collector Car Appreciation Day


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30 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    Paula Deen must have ignored her PR people yesterday, because she tweeted, asking for people to retweet their favorite potluck dishes. Black Twitter went mad. These are some of the best responses:

  2. JanF

    This one refers to how Mitch McConnell said that Harry Reid’s tombstone would read “Killed the Senate” if he dared invoke the “Elections Have Consequences, Majority Rules” rule.

    I hope Harry Reid’s tombstone reads: “It was worth dying to choke Mitch McConnell to death with my bare hands.”

       – allanbrauer (@allanbrauer) July 11, 2013

    The Republicans realize that they will never regain the majority and that their gaming the system is about to come back and bite them in the ass (this is my fervent hope, anyway, other than the part which caused me to think about Ted Cruz’s ass).

    THIS is exactly what is wrong with “journalism” in America:

    Dear @nprnews When you say a bill “failed” in the US Senate, and it really was blocked by GOP filibuster, you are lying to your audience.

       – rootless (@root_e) July 11, 2013

    Back later to hover …

  3. JG in MD

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones? No.

    Are you a good photographer? Were you before the advent of digital photography? Yes and yes.

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any? No, not a fan, but I used to write some a long time ago.

    Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate? I learned to drive on this car.

  4. Gee

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones?

    Are you a good photographer? Were you before the advent of digital photography?

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any?

    It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day? Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate?

    Seen the Stones?  No, alas.  You’d be impressed at the list of bands I’ve never seen.  😉

    I’m an OK photographer.  Always have been.  My only trouble was getting the exposure right.

    The big gaping hole in my reading is called Poetry.

    1957 Chevy.  And the original teeny-tiny T-Bird.

  5. Gee

    In 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first gig at the Marquee Club, with Dick Taylor (later of The Pretty Things) on bass.

    Ginger Baker tells the story that Jack Bruce came to him and said he had a gig with such-and-such a band (I can’t remember which right now), and the band had a drummer, but nobody was really happy with him.  The drummer turned out to be Charlie Watts.  Ginger went over to check things out, and Charlie said, “I’ll quit and you can have the job.”

    Ginger expressed his astonishment that Charlie was being so nice about it.  Charlie said, “I don’t know if I want to be a professional musician.  There’s no security in it.”

    Ginger wraps up the story neatly by saying that, when the Stones were forming, he suggested Charlie Watts to them.

  6. Floja Roja

    I didn’t think I would, but the GOS, Facebook, and Twitter were full of it, and it sounded so hilarious, that when we West Coasters finally got it, I watched the whole damn thing (I think it was only one hour if you took out the commercials). It had everything! Every cliche I recall from the monster movies of my youth (a ferris wheel breaks loose, is rolling along the road, and everyone ran straight in front of it instead of merely stepping aside), the worst special effects I’ve seen since… since… OK, I have never seen worse special effects. And the acting! It had to be deliberately bad, nobody can really be that awful.

    The people who were following it were interesting. Mia Farrow? Jake Tapper? Jim Cantore? Wil Wheaton (that one is not surprising, he wants to be in the sequel)? Most of the DC Press Corps was on it. Well, they are used to covering fiction.

  7. emeraldmaiden

    First, the question and answer portion:

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones? Nope,they were never one of my fave bands. Something about Mick gives me the willies.

    Are you a good photographer? Were you before the advent of digital photography? Yes, I’m pretty good, and I still have my film Minolta. Which, this reminds me, it needs a new battery and some film so I can go out and play!

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any? Used to be, and I used to write a bit – didn’t everyone? The funny thing is that I wrote a 3 page poem in oh, about 20 minutes one night. Turned it in for two different English assignments (different schools), and got an A both times. /coolstorybro

    It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day? Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate? Used to be the 60’s Mustangs (pre-fastback; I do not like fastbacks.), and now, I dunno. There are lots of cool vintage cars out there.

    Second, …um… well. Hi, everybody! 😀

  8. bubbanomics

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones?

    Nope.

    Are you a good photographer?

    I’m okay.

    Were you before the advent of digital photography?

    Yeah, I was probably better back in the day.  I still have some darkroom equipment, but i’ve not used it in years.

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any?

    not really, and no.

    It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day? Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate?

    I have a ’59 chevy apache pickup.  

    I enjoy old cars and would own many if i could afford them.

  9. Avilyn

    laugh out loud at work, so thanks 😉

    Q&A:

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones?  Only in photos.

    Are you a good photographer? Were you before the advent of digital photography?  I’m only a good photographer if you like out of focus photos.

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any? Yes, and yes, although not for ages.  

    It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day? Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate? Nah.  Not unless the Delorean counts, at least.  😉  Seriously though, I can’t usually tell one car from another.  I can recognize the classic Bug, but that’s about it.  Otherwise my car identification skills are “Tan”, “Blue” “Red” “Car” “Truck” “Van” or “SUV”.  

  10. freedapeople

    Have you ever seen The Rolling Stones? Yes

    Are you a good photographer?

    Not really

    Were you before the advent of digital photography?

    Not really

    Are you a fan of poetry? Do you write any? Yes and yes

    It’s Collector Car Appreciation Day. Is there a particular vintage car that you appreciate? I prefer vintage motorcycle

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