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july 17th
Hello humans, and welcome to Monday! Monday! Monday!
Pip from duction cups, wishing you all a happy Firgun day, and in respect for Firgun day, may I say this –
You are all looking halfway decent, and almost respectable, for a Monday.
(that attempt at the compliments will be explained in the Holidays)
Anyway…
There are 167 sun things after today left in this year. Count it.
Here’s today’s current past events. uh… I hope no one has a flight today….
I stopped counting the history of plane crashes… eesh. Anyway…
- 1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
The 1902 installation marked the birth of air conditioning because of the addition of humidity control, which led to the recognition by authorities in the field that A/C must perform four basic functions:
control temperature
control humidity
control air circulation and ventilation
cleanse the air
After several more years of refinement and field testing, on January 2, 1906, Carrier was granted U.S. Patent 808,897 for an Apparatus for Treating Air, the world’s first spray-type air conditioning equipment.
In 1906 Carrier discovered that “constant dew-point depression provided practically constant relative humidity,” which later became known among air conditioning engineers as the “law of constant dew-point depression.”
Pip’s notes – Cheers, dude. We were just talking about Willis & refrigeration.
Odd timing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Carrier
- 1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
Disney initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized that the proposed site was too small for the ideas that he had. After hiring the Stanford Research Institute to perform a feasibility study determining an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a 160-acre (65 ha) site near Anaheim in 1953.
They founded WED Enterprises, the precursor to today’s Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17, 1955.
Pip’s notes – Disneyland is in Kommiefornia. Disney World is here in Orlando.
(Pip looks at a map..)
As a dude who is from Long Beach, I’m grateful for the ‘birthing humans’ for getting outta Kali, years ago.
And yeah, there’s a whole lot of New York in Florida, and increasing.
Pip’s side notes – Disney founded Wed… (snickers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland
- 1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site
In Little Feller II (July 7), the warhead was suspended only three feet above the ground and had a yield equivalent to 22 tons of TNT (92 GJ). In Little Feller I (July 17), the warhead was launched as a Davy Crockett device from a stationary 155 millimeter launcher and set to detonate between 20–40 feet (6.1–12.2 m) above the ground around 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the launch point, with a yield of 18 tons of TNT (75 GJ). This test was performed in conjunction with Operation Ivy Flats, a simulated military environment, and was observed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and presidential adviser General Maxwell D. Taylor.
Pip’s notes – Y’all make fun of Jeepers… the US Army mounted ‘The Davy Crockett’ nuclear weapons delivery platform
on the back of a Willies Jeep.
Oh, you have aftermarket speakers that blast? Oh, ‘bless your heart’, that’s cute. ‘blast’… lulz..
(Pip checks in Mopar factory catalog)… turns out that part is no longer available through factory part numbers.
At least the Ram trucks still have factory gun racks.
Pip’s side notes – (Watches Demolition Ranch on YouTube..) Oh, that big truck you had built is cute,
but my Jeep has a nuke launcher. Check Mate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Feller_(nuclear_tests)
- 1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses.
The bomber can drop conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) Mk 82 JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs.
The B-2 is the only acknowledged in-service aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.
Pip’s notes – ‘that flying V’ comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit
- 2001 – Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history
Pip’s notes – It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history…. yet.
The jet crashed into a hotel in nearby Gonesse two minutes after takeoff.
2 minutes of ‘yeah, I’m gonna die any second’…. that’s a bit heavy.
How long was that 120 seconds in real time…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590
- 2018 – Scott S. Sheppard announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter
tarting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
He has also discovered the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC18, the first named leading Neptune trojan, 385571 Otrera, and the first high inclination Neptune trojan, 2005 TN53.
These discoveries showed that the Neptune trojan objects are mostly on highly inclined orbits and thus likely captured small bodies from elsewhere in the Solar System.
Pip’s notes – That’s no moon…. That’s… Moons, plural.
There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 23 March 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_S._Sheppard
Happy Birthdays
- 1744 – Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814.
The political practice of gerrymandering is named after him.
Pip’s notes – Gerry signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.
He was one of three men who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but refused to sign the Constitution because originally it did not include a Bill of Rights.
After its ratification, he was elected to the inaugural United States Congress, where he was actively involved in the drafting and passage of the Bill of Rights as an advocate of individual and state liberties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry
- 1894 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain.
He was the first to theorize that the recession of nearby galaxies can be explained by an expanding universe, which was observationally confirmed soon afterwards by Edwin Hubble
He first derived “Hubble’s law”, now called the Hubble–Lemaître law by the IAU, and published the first estimation of the Hubble constant in 1927, two years before Hubble’s article.
Lemaître also proposed the “Big Bang theory” of the origin of the universe, calling it the “hypothesis of the primeval atom”, and later calling it “the beginning of the world”.
Pip’s notes – coughs… is the universe expanding to give another universe a hug, or is it yawning, and about to curl up for a nap…. coughs
Pip’s side notes – this is the 2nd dude that’s dabbled in religion and science.
I’m not a dude of the praise, but bonus points in my book for this dude with an open mind… I guess. Cheers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre
- 1912 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)
a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Old clips from Linkletter’s House Party program were later featured as segments on the first incarnation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. A series of books followed which contained the humorous comments made on-air by children. He appeared in four films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Linkletter
- 1921 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
She began performing at a young age and was featured on a radio program in North Dakota, where she grew up.
In New York City during the 1940s, she played with jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk.
After moving to California in 1968, she and her husband founded the Osborne Guitar Company.
Pip’s notes – We’re doing jazz for morning, and rock for afternoon, FYI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Osborne
- 1939 – Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
Welsh singer and musician. He founded the Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including “Keep On Running”, “Gimme Some Lovin'”, and “I’m a Man”, all sung by Steve Winwood. Davis subsequently enjoyed success as an A&R executive with Island Records.
Pip’s notes – “Gimme some Lovin” – Movie scenes –
Iron Eagle & Days of Thunder. Good song…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Davis
- 1946 – Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist (d. 2009)
an American Vietnam War veteran and activist. He primarily advocated for those servicemembers still considered missing in action or prisoners of war (POW-MIA) as of the end of hostilities in 1975
He is credited with the research that identified Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie as the Vietnam fatality buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and for his role in organizing the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle event in Washington.
In Kinston, North Carolina, where he lived for much of his adult life, he was known for his local civic activism, most notably his effort to build a replica of the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse, the only full-size replica of a Confederate ironclad, in the city’s downtown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sampley
- 1952 – David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
an American actor, singer, and television personality.
Pip’s notes- I make a joke when people interrupt me with a phone call, I tell them you’re interrupting my latest ‘Hasselhoff’ CD.
They look at me with a puzzled face.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hasselhoff
Passings
- 1959 – Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
an American jazz and swing music singer
Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills
According to Hari, after ten days, methadone was discontinued as part of Anslinger’s policy.
On July 15, she received last rites.
Holiday died at age 44 at 3:10 am on July 17, 1959, of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis of the liver
On May 31, 1959, Holiday was finally taken to Metropolitan Hospital in New York for treatment of both liver and heart disease.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
- 2009 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
n American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981.
Cronkite reported many events – (Suggest Bryan takes a deep breath)
including
The bombings in World War II
The Nuremberg trials
combat in the Vietnam War
the Dawson’s Field hijackings
Watergate
the Iran Hostage Crisis
and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy
civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr.
and Beatles musician John Lennon.
He was also known for his extensive coverage of the U.S. space program
from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle.
He was the only non-NASA recipient of an Ambassador of Exploration award.
Cronkite is known for his departing catchphrase, “And that’s the way it is”, followed by the date of the broadcast.
Pip’s notes – I don’t know if this will be a ood or bad thing, but maybe how they died…In June 2009, Cronkite was reported to be terminally ill.
He died on July 17, 2009, at his home in New York City aged 92.
He is believed to have died from cerebrovascular disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite
- 2014 – Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006.
He logged over 7,400 hours of flying time—of which over 6,150 hours are in the… uh… Yeah..there’s a list of aircraft here to make me think that if dude played Bingo – Aircraft Edition, he could win in all directions.
He died on 17 July 2014, from complications from back surgery.
Read or Pass –
North American F-86 Sabre,
North American F-100 Super Sabre,
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter,
Republic F-105 Thunderchief,
Convair F-106 Delta Dart,
Lockheed T-33,
Northrop T-38 Talon jet aircraft
Pip’s notes – BINGO! If you want a wormhole, here’s a good one. Dude did a good bunch.
Hell, if I’m still doing this history stuff, maybe next year we can do “This DUDE in History”.. Hum…actually, kinda dig that idea. Hmm, looks like the websites are available….
Pip’s OCD notes – Ooh, look! Another project that I don’t have time for!
Woot!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hartsfield
- 2020 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (b. 2000)
she was the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, the 2018 CS U.S. Classic bronze medallist, and a two-time Australian national champion. She learned to skate in 2004 when she was three.
Aleksandrovskaya struggled with depression and began treatment for epilepsy in January 2020
On 18 July 2020, Alexandrovskaya died after jumping out of the 6th floor window of her Moscow home, in a suspected suicide, leaving behind a note that said “Lyublyu” (Russian: Люблю, lit. ’I love’). She was 20 years old
Pip’s notes – heartbreaking. I almost didn’t want to put this in the notes, but wormholes are wormholes and try to appreciate what ya got….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Alexandrovskaya
Holidays
South Korea celebrates Constitution Day
The date was deliberately chosen to match the founding date of 17 July of the Joseon dynasty, in 1948.
Pip’s notes- picking a past day, on a current day, to celebrate a future day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(South_Korea)
- U Tirot Sing Day (Meghalaya, India)
see above – we just talked about this.
Pip’s notes – I hope that didn’t sound like those “as per my last e-mail” passive-aggressive note.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirot_Sing
- World Day for International Justice
On 1 June 2010, at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute held in Kampala (Uganda), the Assembly of State Parties decided to celebrate 17 July as the Day of International Criminal Justice.
Each year, people around the world use this day to host events to promote international criminal justice, especially support for the International Criminal Court.
Pip’s sarcastic notes – (not gonna joke about same dudes going to Ebstein’s island)
- World Emoji Day
The date originally referred to the day Apple premiered its iCal calendar application in 2002. The day, July 17, was displayed on the Apple Color Emoji version of the calendar emoji
World Emoji Day is “the brainchild of Jeremy Burge” according to CNBC which stated that the founder of Emojipedia created it in 2014.
Burge told The Independent “there were no formal plans put in place”[11] other than choosing the date.
Pip’s notes – (Sigh) kids will never know the days of learning how to make the smiley faces.
=D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Emoji_Day
- International Firgun Day
an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture, which compliments someone or describes genuine, unselfish delight or pride in the accomplishment of another person.
Another definition describes firgun as a generosity of spirit, an unselfish, empathetic joy that something good has happened, or might happen, to another person. The concept does not have a one-word equivalent in English.
The infinitive form of the word, lefargen, means to make someone feel good without any ulterior motives. This absence of negativity is an integral part of the concept of firgun.
Pip’s notes – To help promote the holiday, the company ‘Made in JLM’ holds an overnight marketing hackathon at the night before July 17 and an online automatic firgun-generating tool in several languages, called the firgunator.”
Pip’s side notes – Right clicks, opens new tab uner Mudita
a Buddhist concept of joy, referring particularly to an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy, or the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people’s well-being
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firgun
That’s been LOTS of History, this is Pip, and if all goes well, Ducktion Cups is getting an interview from Bryan in a few hours.
Firgun a few people today, don’t be too much of an ass. Maybe a little bit, but not too much..
Cheers and GSD. Both in life, and in coffee.