It’s Hump Day. Another day with Clyde Blend in the cup. Today I relive my day last Friday. It was a normal weekly trip for me that happen to land on an extra special day. Leading off with The Perfect Cup Question “What is one thing you look forward to during your day?” followed up by LOTS of History prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com.
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LOTS of History
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Greetings, humans and it’s that time again for the LOTS of history segment…
- 1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
The term ‘New World’ is often used to mean the majority of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas.
The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Castile,
modifying an earlier division proposed by Pope Alexander VI.
The treaty was signed by Spain, 2 July 1494, and by Portugal, 5 September 1494
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas
- 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out
specific individual protections against the state,
reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689
Following a series of disputes with Parliament over granting taxes, in 1627 Charles I imposed “forced loans”,
and imprisoned those who refused to pay, without trial.
This was followed in 1628 by the use of martial law, forcing private citizens to feed, clothe and accommodate soldiers and sailors,
which implied the king could deprive any individual of property, or freedom, without justification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right
- 1776 – Richard Henry Lee presents the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress.
The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
Some sources indicate that Lee used the language from the Virginia Convention’s instructions almost verbatim.
Voting was delayed for several weeks on the first part of the resolution while state
support and legislative instruction for independence were consolidated,
but the press of events forced the other less-discussed parts to proceed immediately.
On June 10, Congress decided to form a committee to draft a declaration of independence in case the resolution should pass;
the following day, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman,
and Robert R. Livingston were appointed as the Committee of Five to accomplish this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Resolution
- 1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the “whites-only” car of a train;
he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws
did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality,
a doctrine that came to be known as “separate but equal”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson
- 1955 – Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934,
and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays[1] during its first two seasons before it began adapting films.
These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences.
The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years
and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux_Radio_Theatre
Happy Birthdays
- 1811 – James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician (d. 1870)
a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine.
He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans
and helped to popularise its use in medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson
- 1909 – Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (d. 1974)
an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist, and medical researcher,
known as the inventor of the Apgar Score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child
immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality.
In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns.
Given at one minute and five minutes after birth, the Apgar test measures a child’s
breathing, skin color, reflexes, motion, and heart rate.
A friend said, “She probably did more than any other physician to bring the problem of birth defects out of back rooms.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Apgar
- 1962 – Lance Reddick, American actor and musician (d. 2023)
Reddick died from heart disease on March 17, 2023, at age 60, at home in Los Angeles.
Pip’s notes- known for starring as Charon, the Hotel front counter dude, in the John Wick franchise (2014–2023)
And I forgot he was in LOST for 4 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Reddick
Passings
- 1792 – Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
an American soldier in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Continental Army
during the American Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of brevet brigadier general.
Subsequently, he served as a Massachusetts legislator, and he assisted Gen. William Shepard in stopping Shays’ Rebellion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tupper
- 1866 – Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (b. 1780)
a Suquamish and Duwamish chief.
A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers,
forming a personal relationship with “Doc” Maynard.
The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Seattle
- 1992 – Bill France Sr., American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR (b. 1909)
“clip from the NASCAR story on Wiki”
“…France knew that promoters needed to organize their efforts.
Drivers were frequently victimized by unscrupulous promoters who would leave events
with all the money before drivers were paid.
On December 14, 1947, France began talks with drivers, mechanics, and car owners at the Ebony Bar
at the Streamline Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, which ended with the formation of NASCAR on February 21, 1948
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_Sr.
Holidays
- Flag day in Peru
- Journalist day in Argentina
- Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (International)