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May 15 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 May 15
Colors of the Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace
Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth’s atmosphere, though, the moon can appear quite different. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. What created the purple moon is unclear — it may be a combination of several effects. The last image captures the total lunar eclipse of 2018 July — where the moon, in Earth’s shadow, appeared a faint red — due to light refracted through air around the Earth. Today there is not only another full moon but a total lunar eclipse visible to observers in North and South America — an occurrence that may lead to some unexpected lunar colorings.
May 15 Today in History and the Word of the Day
Today’s Important Historical Events
1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
1618 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his “harmonics law”
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the 1st McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California
1951 AT&T becomes the 1st US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases 7 shares worth $1,078
1988 USSR begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan
Today’s Historical Events
756 Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova, Spain
884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned King of Italy
1213 King John of England names Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury
1222 Mongolian leader Genghis Khan meets the leader of the Taoist Dragon Gate sect Chang Chun at his camp in Parwan (Afghanistan)
1248 Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Cologne Cathedral
1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
1492 Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kill 232 residents of Alkmaar, Netherlands
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1928 Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film “Plane Crazy”
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 “Gigi” based on the story by Colette, directed by Vincent Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier premieres in New York (Best Picture 1959)
1959 12th Cannes Film Festival: “Black Orpheus” directed by Marcel Camus wins the Palme d’Or
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 “L’Avventura”, Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti. premieres at Cannes
1961 “Bonanza” by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden, London
1891 Jules Massenet‘s opera “Grisélidis” premieres in Paris
1914 Henri Rabaud’s opera “Marouf, savetier de Caire” premieres in Paris
1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 7th String quartet premieres in Leningrad
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1971 “70, Girls, 70” closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 35 performances
1972 “Hard Job Being God” opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1862 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn
1876 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25
1894 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
1906 NY Giants’ Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
1912 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
1918 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
Today’s Word is
Majestic
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Majestic / adjective / muh·jeh·stuhk
We use the word “majestic” in the English language to represent people, places, and things that have an elegant or stately quality. “Majestic” is a term that describes otherworldly greatness, grace, style, and outstanding beauty or form. English speakers often use the word “majestic” to describe things related to royalty and regality. Familiar terminology uses the word “majestic” to address royal kings and Queens as his or her “majesty.”
In a Sentence
It surprised them to see the “majestic” looking yacht emerge from the ocean.
The King and Queen of the palace always dress in a “majestic” fashion.
The Taj Mahal is one of the most “majestic” buildings in existence.
Etymology
English-speakers find the first instance of the word “majestic” showing up around the end of the late-15th century. Etymologists say the word “majestic” has Latin origins and first entered language around 1570. The original definition of “majestic” refers to outstanding and out-of-this world characteristics or behavior synonymous with exceptionality, dignity, and grace. “Majestic” still carries the original definition assigned in the 1500s.
Synonym
Classy, Courtly
Antonym
Dowdy, Graceless
A Laugh for Today
I hope you can enjoy a kicked back Sunday! I will be when I am done posting for today.
A Thought for Today
Until we meet again dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may you blessed be.
May 14 I Ching, Numerology, Angel Number, Animal Spirit Guide or Helper
I thought instead of doing specific numbers for I Ching, numerology, and angel number today I would post something with a wider meaning for each. Also, a variety of animal spirit meanings.
I Ching
Numerology
Angel Number
Animal Spirit Guide or Helper
Spell for Today – Printable
May 14 Today in History and the Word of the Day
Today’s Important Historical Events
1787 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution
1796 English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‘s expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson sets out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1948 Israel declares independence from British administration
Today’s Historical Events
649 Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1027 Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks
1264 Battle of Lewes, 2nd Barons’ War: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats English King Henry III
1483 Coronation of Charles VIII of France (“Charles the Affable”)
1509 Battle of Agnadello, French forces under Louis XII defeat the Venetians in Northern Italy
1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten
1607 English colonists establish the 1st permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown. Unknown to them they have landed amidst the worst drought in 800 years.
1608 The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1897 Oldest continuously operating movie theater in the world, the State Theatre first opens in Washington, Iowa (Guinness World Records)
1938 “The Adventures of Robin Hood”, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland premieres
1948 WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC
1964 17th Cannes Film Festival: “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” directed by Jacques Demy wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1972 24th Emmy Awards: “All in the Family”, Carrol O’Conner & Jean Stapleton win
1973 French film “Day for Night” written and directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Léaud premieres at Cannes (Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film)
1975 Cult feminist film “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” written and directed by Chantal Ackerman and starring Delphine Seyrig premieres at Cannes
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1832 Felix Mendelssohn‘s concert overture “Hebrides” premieres in London
1902 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his Covent Garden debut opposite Nellie Melba in Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” in London
1927 “Ain’t She Sweet?” hits #1 on the singles chart by Ben Bernie
1942 World premiere performance of Aaron Copland‘s “Lincoln Portrait” with: Andre Kostelanetz conducting the Cincinnati Symphony in Cincinnati, Ohio
1946 Paul Hindemith‘s “For Those We Love” premieres
1949 “Love Life” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances
1951 Sammy Fain and Yip Harburg’s musical “Flahooley” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances
1957 Bob Merrill’s musical “New Girl in Town” opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 432 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25
1886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50
1888 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends MLB record scoreless streak at 56 innings
1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, D.C.
1919 44th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on way to first Triple Crown
Today’s Word is
Spiffy
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Spiffy / adjective / ˈspi-fē
“Spiffy” is an adjective we use in the English language to describe a person’s clothing and outer appearance. Someone said to be looking “spiffy” is well-dressed and sharp looking in their appearance. While the word doesn’t always apply to high fashion, when we think of the word “spiffy,” we think of elegant, well-dressed partygoers or business persons who have put on their most stunning outfits.
In a Sentence
The new army recruits were looking very “spiffy” in their uniforms.
The groom was looking spiffy in his tuxedo as he awaited the arrival of his bride.
That is quite a spiffy-looking vehicle you’re driving!
Etymology
Spiffy first entered the English language as an adjective. Etymologists say that “spiffy” was used to describe snappy dressers in the mid-18th century. We first see the word recorded toward the latter end of the 18th century in 1877. Other words derived from “spiffy” include ‘spiffier’ and ‘spifiest.’ All iterations of the word carry the same meaning intending to describe well-dressed people and people wearing high fashion or trending items of their time. “Spiffy” hasn’t changed its definition since its first introduction into the language.
Synonym
Stylish, Chic
Antonym
Unfashionable, Old Fashioned
A Thought for Today
As the day ends the only person you need to be true of spirit to is yourself. Do not worry whether you are in or out of the broom closet as long as you follow the spiritual and magickal path that brings you happiness, contentment, and you feel at peace with.
Until we meet again dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may you blessed be.
May 13 Today in History and Introducing the Word of the Day
Today’s Important Historical Events
1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1934 Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies
1940 Winston Churchill says “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in his first speech as Prime Minister to British House of Commons
1981 Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded by Turkish gunman Mehemet Ali Agca in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City
1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
Today’s Historical Events
535 St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
609 Pope Boniface I turns the Pantheon in Rome into a Catholic church
641 Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
1106 Henry I of Limburg loses the duchy of Lower Lorraine to Godfrey of Louvain
1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1277 As Vizier Mehmet I of Karaman issues a firman (decree) ordering only the Turkish language to be used, not Arabic or Persian
1364 Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Italian Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (urged the expulsion of the Medici’s from Florence)
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1878 Danvers State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, opens—later serves as inspiration for Arkham Sanitorium in the work of H.P. Lovecraft, which in turn inspired Arkham Asylum of the D.C. Batman universe
1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
1970 Beatles movie “Let it Be” premieres
1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA
1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
1993 Arsenio Hall‘s 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1767 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s first opera “Apollo et Hyacinthus”, written when he was 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg
1848 First performance of Finland’s national anthem “Maamme”, composed by Fredrik Pacius, Swedish words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg
1941 Willy Lewis’ US jazz band performs in Switzerland
1954 “Pajama Game” opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
1965 The Rolling Stones record “Satisfaction”
1966 The Rolling Stones release “Paint it Black” in the UK
1973 “Cyrano” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1975 “Rodgers & Hart” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25
1890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25
1905 World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retires undefeated after 7 title defences; returns in 1910 to be beaten by Jack Johnson
1909 First Giro d’Italia takes place in Milan – Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner
1911 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
Today’s Word is
We use the word frou-frou to describe the sound made by a woman’s clothing. In most cases, the frou-frou sound refers to the sound a ruffling dress makes as a woman is walking. As a noun, we also use frou-frou to describe frilly ornamentation and embellishments added to clothing.
We see a person wearing frou-frou clothing as annoyingly overdressed and unnecessarily flamboyant. Their over-the-top clothing style makes frou-frou dressers the butt of many fashion-related jokes.
In a Sentence
She disturbed the church service by walking in late wearing a frou-frou dress.
Please dress casually. None of that “frou-frou” excess is required for the occasion.
Her ruffled “frou-frou” dress made a loud swooshing sound when she walked by.
Etymology
We see the first use of the word “frou-frou” introduced in the late 18th-century. “Frou-frou” is a French word that came about in a …
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Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Friday
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Friday is the sixth day of the week, but used to be the seventh, the Sabbath of the Jewish lunar calendar. The name, Friday, is derived from the Nordic goddess, Frigg, Frigga, Freyja, Freya, or Frija (Germanic), considered to be the mother of all. She is the Goddess of love and war, fertility and death. She is the leader of the Valkyries and the Disir (Divine Grandmothers), and creator of Seidr magic. Her symbols are the cat and the Brisingamen, which is the magic necklace of the rainbow bridge. Freya’s Roman and Greek counterparts are Venus and Aphrodite, goddesses of love and beauty.
Latin: Dies Veneris, dedicated to Venus, the Roman Goddess of love
French: vendredi
Italian: venerdi
Spanish: viernes
Old High German: frigedag
German: Freitag
Dutch: vrijdag
Rules: Love, fidelity, reconciliation, interchanges, beauty, youth, joy, happiness, pleasure, luck, friendship, compassion, music, the arts.
Colors: Light Blue, Green, Pink, Copper Hues
Planet: Venus
Metal: Copper
Stones: Azurite, Calcite (blue, green & pink), Cat’s Eye, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Coral, Emerald, Jade, Jasper (green), Kunzite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Olivine, Peridot, Sodalite, Tourmaline (blue, green, pink & watermelon), Turquoise Malachite
Herbs: Apple Blossom, Cardamom, Crocus, Daisy, Geranium (rose), Heather, Hyacinth, Iris, Licorice, Lilac, Magnolia, Myrtle, Orchid, Orris, Plumeria, Rose, Spearmint, Stephanosis, Sweet Pea, Tansy, Thyme, Tonka, Tuberose, Vanilla, Violet, Willow, Ylang Ylang
Zodiac: Libra & Taurus
French: vendredi
Italian: venerdi
Spanish: viernes
Old High German: frigedag
German: Freitag
Dutch: vrijdag
Rules: Love, fidelity, reconciliation, interchanges, beauty, youth, joy, happiness, pleasure, luck, friendship, compassion, music, the arts.
Colors: Light Blue, Green, Pink, Copper Hues
Planet: Venus
Metal: Copper
Stones: Azurite, Calcite (blue, green & pink), Cat’s Eye, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Coral, Emerald, Jade, Jasper (green), Kunzite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Olivine, Peridot, Sodalite, Tourmaline (blue, green, pink & watermelon), Turquoise Malachite
Herbs: Apple Blossom, Cardamom, Crocus, Daisy, Geranium (rose), Heather, Hyacinth, Iris, Licorice, Lilac, Magnolia, Myrtle, Orchid, Orris, Plumeria, Rose, Spearmint, Stephanosis, Sweet Pea, Tansy, Thyme, Tonka, Tuberose, Vanilla, Violet, Willow, Ylang Ylang
Zodiac: Libra & Taurus
May 13 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 13
The Milky Way’s Black Hole
Image Credit: X-ray – NASA/CXC/SAO, IR – NASA/HST/STScI; Inset: Radio – Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Explanation: There’s a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Stars are observed to orbit a very massive and compact object there known as Sgr A* (say “sadge-ay-star”). But this just released radio image (inset) from planet Earth’s Event Horizon Telescope is the first direct evidence of the Milky Way’s central black hole. As predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, the four million solar mass black hole’s strong gravity is bending light and creating a shadow-like dark central region surrounded by a bright ring-like structure. Supporting observations made by space-based telescopes and ground-based observatories provide a wider view of the galactic center’s dynamic environment and an important context for the Event Horizon Telescope’s black hole image. The main panel image shows the X-ray data from Chandra and infrared data from Hubble. While the main panel is about 7-light years across, the Event Horizon Telescope inset image itself spans a mere 10 light-minutes at the center of our galaxy, some 27,000 light-years away.
Black hole at the center of our Galaxy imaged for the first time
The second-ever direct image of a black hole — Sagittarius A*, at the centre of the Milky Way.Credit: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration
The Event Horizon Telescope network has captured the second-ever direct image of a black hole — called Sagittarius A* — at the center of the Milky Way.
Radio astronomers have imaged the super massive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. It is only the second-ever direct image of a black hole, after the same team unveiled a historic picture of a more distant black hole in 2019.
The long-awaited results, presented today by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, show an image reminiscent of the earlier one, with a ring of radiation surrounding a darker disk of precisely the size that was predicted from indirect observations and from Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity.
“Today, right this moment, we have direct evidence that this object is a black hole,” said astrophysicist Sara Issaoun of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at a press conference in Garching, Germany.
“We’ve been working on this for so long, every once and a while you have to pinch yourself and remember that this is the black hole at the centre of our Universe,” said computational-imaging researcher and former EHT team member Katie Bouman at a press conference in Washington, DC. “I mean, what’s more cool than seeing the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way?”
Black-hole observations …
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A Laugh for Today
Wishing you an unfreaky Friday the thirteenth!
May 12 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 12
Young Stars of NGC 346
Image Credit: NASA, ESA – acknowledgement: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI) et al.,
Explanation: The massive stars of NGC 346 are short lived, but very energetic. The star cluster is embedded in the largest star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, some 210,000 light-years distant. Their winds and radiation sweep out an interstellar cavern in the gas and dust cloud about 200 light-years across, triggering star formation and sculpting the region’s dense inner edge. Cataloged as N66, the star forming region also appears to contain a large population of infant stars. A mere 3 to 5 million years old and not yet burning hydrogen in their cores, the infant stars are strewn about the embedded star cluster. In this false-color Hubble Space Telescope image, visible and near-infrared light are seen as blue and green, while light from atomic hydrogen emission is red.
May 12 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1940 Nazi blitzkrieg and conquest of France begins with the crossing of the Muese River
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people
Today’s Historical Events
254 Stephan I succeeds Lucius I as Catholic Pope
919 Duke Henry of Saxony becomes King Henry I of Oostfrankischreich
1057 The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory [1]
1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr
1215 English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta
1294 Construction of Santa Croce begins in Florence, the largest Franciscan church in the world (consecrated 1442)
1328 Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and assembly of priests select Pietro Rainalducc as anti-Pope Nicolas V; consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice
1459 Jodhpur, Sun City, founded by Rao Jodhpur in India
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1953 KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting
1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra television special; Elvis sings Sinatra’s 1957 Cy Coleman hit “Witchcraft”, and Frank performs Presley’s 1956 classic “Love Me Tender”
1963 Bob Dylan walks out of “The Ed Sullivan Show” over a dispute about his song choice
1967 20th Cannes Film Festival: “Blowup” directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1968 WSKG TV channel 46 (PBS) in Binghamton, NY, begins broadcasting
1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation: “Ryan’s Hope” and “Family Feud” win
1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1832 Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” premieres in Milan
1894 Ludwig Englander’s musical “Passing Show” premieres in NYC
1926 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad
1934 “Cocktails For Two” by Duke Ellington hits #1
1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams’ opera “Poisoned Kiss” premieres in London
1938 Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel’s oratorio “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher” (Joan of Arc at the Stake) premieres in Basel, Switzerland
1950 Darius Milhaud‘s opera “Bolivar” premieres in Paris
1958 “Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu” by Dicky Doo & The Don’ts hits #40
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1890 First official County Cricket Championship match begins; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by 8 wickets at Bristol; James Cranston scores first century (101) in the competition
1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
1910 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles “Chief” Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0
1913 English runner Harry Green runs world record marathon 2:38:16.2 in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England
1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
1919 New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day
1923 48th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
A Laugh for Today
Look for a reason to laugh today!
Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China
I found this article to be interesting and informative.
Species unknown to science could be hiding in this gaping hole. A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a giant new sinkhole with a forest at its bottom.
I found this on NewsBreak: Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China https://share.newsbreak.com/11zjnnrz
A Thought for Today
Until we meet again dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may you blessed be.
May 11 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 11
Gravity’s Grin
Image Credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / J. Irwin et al. ; Optical – NASA/STScI
Explanation: Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published over 100 years ago, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And that’s what gives these distant galaxies such a whimsical appearance, seen through the looking glass of X-ray and optical image data from the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes. Nicknamed the Cheshire Cat galaxy group, the group’s two large elliptical galaxies are suggestively framed by arcs. The arcs are optical images of distant background galaxies lensed by the foreground group’s total distribution of gravitational mass. Of course, that gravitational mass is dominated by dark matter. The two large elliptical “eye” galaxies represent the brightest members of their own galaxy groups which are merging. Their relative collisional speed of nearly 1,350 kilometers/second heats gas to millions of degrees producing the X-ray glow shown in purple hues. Curiouser about galaxy group mergers? The Cheshire Cat group grins in the constellation Ursa Major, some 4.6 billion light-years away.
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