A month of Sundays would, technically, mean a period of 30 to 31 weeks. Used to denote a long period of time or something that will never occur. From times when amusement, commerce and other activities were restricted or banned on the Sabbath, a month of Sundays suggested a long, endlessly dreary period of time.
Birthdays
Heidi Watney 1981
Kevin Garnett 1976
Malcom X 1965
Nicole Brown Simpson 1959
James Gosling 1955
Joey Ramone 1951
Grace Jones 1948
Andre the Giant 1946
Pete Townshend 1945
Peter Mayhew 1944
Nora Ephron 1941
Nancy Kwan 1939
Lorraine Hansberry 1930
Pol Pot 1925
Nathuram Vinayak Godse 1910
John Vernou “Black Jack” Bouvier III * 1891
Ho Chi Minh 1890
Albert Fish 1870
Johns Hopkins 1795
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744 (Queen Charlotte)
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** Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis father. Interesting note: Jackie died on this date in 1994
[a few, well two] Quotes of Note
Never be afraid to sit a while and think. ~ Lorraine Hansberry
The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the masses. ~ Malcolm X
History Bytes (any sound familiar?)
1962: at Madison Square Gardens, Marilyn Munroe sings Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy during a party in his honour.
1958: North American Air Defense (NORAD) formed by US and Canada (now North American Aerospace Defense)
1928: explosion in coal mine (Mather, Pennsylvania) kills 175 miners
1921: Congress passes the Emergency Quota Laws to sharply decrease immigrant
1913: Alien Landholding bill passes, making it illegal for Japanese to own land/property in California
1910: passage of earth through tail of Hailey’s comet causes near panic
1884: premiere of Ringling Brothers Circus
1883: William “Buffalo Bill” Cody opens his Wild West Show in Omaha, Nebraska
1864: siege of Vicksburg
1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by Mexico, ending the Mexican American War, and giving the US areas of Utah, California and Nevada (and portions of 4 other modern states)
1828: a protective series of tariffs to assist American manufacturers is signed into law by President John Quincy Adams . . . 62% tax on 92% of all imported goods . . . “the tariff of abominations”
1780: near total darkness at noon in New England (caused by smoke from forest fires in Canada)
1536: beheading of Anne Boleyn
I can’t believe that a government that has at its disposal a Federal Bureau of Investigation which cannot even find the murderers of Negroes, and by that method shows that it cares very little about American citizens who are black—really is off somewhere fighting a war for a bunch of other colored people, several thousand miles away. ~ lhlt.org
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words, was written by Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play A Raisin in the Sun, a play that made Hansberry the first black author of a show on Broadway. After her death in 1965, Hansberry’s ex-husband and friend, songwriter and poet Robert Nemiroff, collated her unpublished writings and adapted them into a stage play that first ran from 1968 to 1969 off Broadway. It was then converted into an equally successful autobiography with the same title. ~ Wikipedia
In Hansberry’s honour, Nina Simone released a song, “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” in 1969.
That I would end with a music video from Pete Townsend and the Who is probably not too surprising.
But the Ramones! Hey, just took a few decades and generations for me to sit through a whole Ramones song . . . (Watch at your own peril . . .)
Lorraine Hansberry image: missiomnimedia.com
May 19, 2019 at 7:23 am
I’m laughing at the Ramones bit – and not being able to sit through their music …. which, surprisingly doesn’t surprise me at all … LOL …. because I think it’s kind of like deliberately setting oneself up for a seizure ;)
but then, there is for all tastes in the world, but I agree with you, not mine – not way back then, and not now … *shrugging* … I’ll definitely take “The Who” for 100 Alex. 😅
another fascinating post :) thank you, I’m so enjoying these … wonderful combo of historical and sociological etc. which makes these so interesting, especially in the chronology …. it adds a richness to see it all laid on in this kind of time line :)
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June 1, 2019 at 9:10 pm
Thanks.
The a month of sundays posts allows me to canoe through the archipelagos of information, pulling together all sorts of “stuff.”
I wonder if I can keep it up for a true month of sundays!
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June 2, 2019 at 8:14 am
time will tell? … so here’s the paddle, — let yourself wander into the wilds, for the stillness in the soft stroking of searching and seeing…. as long as it’s an interest, then it makes for time well spent, and certainly, for me, time well spent in reading, learning and enjoying :)
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June 4, 2019 at 3:44 am
Thanks. June 2 is a very emotional post.
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