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May 10 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 10
NGC 6334: The Cat’s Paw Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Steve Bemmerl & Team Wolfatorium (Hakos/Namibia)
Explanation: Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into trouble. Still, no known cat could have created the vast Cat’s Paw Nebula visible toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius. At 5,500 light years distant, Cat’s Paw is an emission nebula with a red color that originates from an abundance of ionized hydrogen atoms. Alternatively known as the Bear Claw Nebula and cataloged as NGC 6334, stars nearly ten times the mass of our Sun have been born there in only the past few million years. Pictured here is a deep field image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula in light emitted by hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
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May 10 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World (disputed)
1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time
1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)
1857 Indian mutiny against rule by the British East India Company begins with the revolt of the Sepoy soldiers in Meerut
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
1960 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa’s 1st black president
Today’s Historical Events
1267 Vienna’s church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English King Edward I
1294 Temür Khan declared Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
1427 Jews are expelled from Bern, Switzerland
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World (disputed)
1503 Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands
1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1952 5th Cannes Film Festival: “The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice” directed by Orson Welles and “Two Cents Worth of Hope” directed by Renato Castellani jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 8th Cannes Film Festival: “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann wins Palme d’Or
1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 9th Cannes Film Festival: “The Silent World” directed by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle wins the Palme d’Or
1973 Bruce Lee collapses in Golden Harvest studios in Hong Kong and is rushed to Hong Kong Baptist Hospital where doctors diagnose him with cerebral edema
1982 WABC radio (NYC) plays its last record – John Lennon‘s “Imagine” – and switches to all-talk format
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1849 Astor Place Riot: Backers of American actor and working class hero Edwin Forrest attempt to disrupt British actor William McReady’s performance at Astor Place Opera House in NYC; Military troops supporting police shoot at the crowd, killing between 22 and 31 [1]
1907 Paul Dukas’ opera “Ariane et Barbe Bleue” premieres in Paris
1932 Government declares “Wilhelmus” as the Netherlands’ national anthem
1947 “Chocolate Soldier” closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances
1952 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle’s musical “Shuffle Along” closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
1957 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 2nd Piano concerto premieres in Moscow
1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1967 Rolling Stones Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
1902 Dutch soccer club FC Blauw-Wit (Blue-White) is formed in the Kinkerbuurt area of Amsterdam; merge with VV De Beursbengels in 2015
1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Monday
From Ancient Pathway
| Monday | ||
| Magickal Intentions: Psychic Sensitivity, Women’s Mysteries, Tides, Waters, Emotional Issues, Agriculture, Animals, Female Fertility, Messages, Theft, Reconcilliations, Voyages, Dreams and Merchandise |
Incense: African Violet Honeysuckle Myrtle Willow Wormwood |
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| Planet: Moon |
Sign: Cancer |
Angel: Gabriel |
| Colors: Silver White Gray |
Herbs/Plants: Night Flowers Willow Root Orris Root Birch Motherwort Vervain White Rose White Iris |
Stones: Carnelian Moonstone Aquamarine Pearl Quartz Crystal Flourite Geodes |
May 9 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 9
A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun
Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSIExplanation: What’s that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can’t be Earth’s Moon, because it isn’t round. It’s the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars a month ago by the Perseverance rover. Phobos, at 11.5 kilometers across, is 150 times smaller than Luna (our moon) in diameter, but also 50 times closer to its parent planet. In fact, Phobos is so close to Mars that it is expected to break up and crash into Mars within the next 50 million years. In the near term, the low orbit of Phobos results in more rapid solar eclipses than seen from Earth. The featured video is shown in real time — the transit really took about 40 seconds,as shown. The videographer — the robotic rover Perseverance (Percy) — continues to explore Jezero Crater on Mars, searching not only for clues to the watery history of the now dry world, but evidence of ancient microbial life.
New Social Mirror: APOD now available on mastodon
May 8 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1660 English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England
1835 1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen “Fairy Tales” published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1902 Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors
1945 V-E Day: World War II ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender
1980 World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated
2007 A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) as Deputy First Minister
Today’s Historical Events
535 John II’s reign as Catholic Pope ends
589 Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo
615 St Boniface IV’s reign as Catholic Pope ends
685 St Benedict II’s as Catholic Pope ends after 11 months with his death
1254 University of Salamanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and the oldest Hispanic.
1348 Ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. The beginning of the Terrible Pestilence (Black Death) in England.
1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War
1450 Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt begins against King Henry VI and they march towards London
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1912 Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded
1952 5th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): “La Ronde” Best Film
1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Classic Hammer horror film “Dracula” film starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous vampire alongside Peter Cushing, directed by Terence Fisher released
1963 1st James Bond film, “Dr. No”, starring Sean Connery, premieres in US
1970 Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, “Let It Be”, in conjunction with the film of the same name
1978 ABC TV airs “Stars Salute Israel at 30”
1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1823 “Home! Sweet Home!” by John Howard Payne is 1st sung in London
1924 Arthur Honegger‘s orchestral tribute to steam locomotives “Pacifica 231” premieres
1952 Revival of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin’s musical “Of Thee I Sing” opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances
1952 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle’s musical “Shuffle Along” opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofé’s “San Francisco Suite”, with Grofé conducting, in San Francisco
1962 Stephen Sondheim‘s musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” starring Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford, and directed by George Abbott, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 965 performances, and wins 6 Tony Awards
1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” closes at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, after 5 performances
1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” closes at Mark Hellinger, NYC, after 7 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T. Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
1906 Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
1907 Boston’s Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0
1907 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds in Los Angeles, California
1909 American Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) in NYC
1909 British runner Henry Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London
May 7 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 7
Firefall by Moonlight
Image Credit & Copyright: Tara Mostofi
Explanation: On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photographed from vantage points below, at the right moment the park’s seasonal Horsetail Fall is isolated in the shadows of the steep walls of El Capitan. Then, still illuminated with rays of reddened sunlight the waterfall briefly takes on a dramatic, fiery appearance. But a Horsetail firefall can be photographed by moonlight too. Even more elusive by moonlight, the firefall effect can also be seen when a bright Moon sets at the right direction along the western horizon. And skies were clear enough for this well-planned imaging of an ephemeral Horsetail firefall, lit by a bright gibbous Moon setting in the early morning hours of April 15.
May 7 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel Patents Dynamite in England, the first of three patents he would receive for the explosive material
1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer
1915 RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost
1939 Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1945 World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims
1952 The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by G
eoffrey Dummer
2017 Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen
Today’s Historical Events
558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens, convened by Pope Gregory X
1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo, Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands
1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1947 “Kraft Television Theater” premieres on NBC
1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1987 Diane Chambers’ (Shelley Long) final episode on TV comedy “Cheers”
1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
1997 Science fiction film “The Fifth Element” written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich is released. Then the most expensive European film ever made.
2006 52nd British Academy Television Awards: “Help” Best Comedy, “Doctor Who” Best Drama
2011 “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, premieres in – opening weekend makes $350.6m
2017 MTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories – Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1824 Ludwig van Beethoven‘s 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres in Vienna
1888 Édouard Lalo’s opera “Le roi d’Ys” premieres in Paris
1941 Glenn Miller records “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA, it becomes 1st record to be designated “gold”
1953 Cole Porter‘s musical “Can-Can” opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; runs for 892 performances
1960 Webster and Fain’s musical “Christine”, based on Hilda Wernher’s novel “My Indian Family”, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “Flower Drum Song” closes at St James Theater. NYC, after 602 performances and 1 Tony Award
1960 Musical review “From A to Z” closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 21 performances
1961 “Young Abe Lincoln” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 27 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
1917 In a testament to his pitching ability, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth leads Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory against Washington Senators legend Walter Johnson
1921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
1922 NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
1925 MBA Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
May 6 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 6
NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Taylor
Explanation: This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster’s estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust is part of the star cluster’s natal molecular cloud. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing star formation with shapes reminiscent of the Tadpoles of IC 410 better known to northern skygazers. In the coming tens to hundreds of millions of years, gas and stars in the cluster will be dispersed though, by gravitational tides and by violent supernova explosions that end the short lives of the massive cluster stars.
May 6 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape
1840 World’s first adhesive postage stamp, the “Penny Black“, is first used in Great Britain
1889 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch
1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground
1941 Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing his foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov
Today’s Historical Events
878 Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great and his West Saxon army defeat Viking army of Guthrum the Old [earliest possible date]
1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
1432 Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck is consecrated at St Bravo’s Cathedral, Belgium, commissioned by wealthy merchants
1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance
1529 Battle at Gogra: Mughal Emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals
1541 King Henry VIII orders a bible in English be placed in every church in England
1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, then capital of Portuguese India
1598 Archduke Albrecht & Isabella become rulers of the Southern Netherlands
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
1941 At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show
1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 Last broadcast of “I Love Lucy” on CBS-TV
1977 “Beatles at Hollywood Bowl” released in UK
1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina
1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on The Tonight Show
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1948 Revival of Jerome Kerns and Clifford Grey’s rags-to-riches musical “Sally” opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 36 performances
1950 “Great to Be Alive” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
1966 The Rolling Stones release “Paint it Black” in the US
1974 Stolen “Guitar Player” painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 American composer Roger Sessions receives special Pulitzer Prize for his life’s work in music
1981 “Inacent Black” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
1989 34th Eurovision Song Contest: Riva for Yugoslavia wins singing “Rock Me” in Lausanne
1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Bee Gees; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Jackson Five; Joni Mitchell; Parliament-Funkadelic; The (Young) Rascals; Mahalia Jackson; Bill Monroe; and Syd Nathan
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1733 First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg’s academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London
1895 21st Kentucky Derby: James “Soup” Perkins aboard Halma wins last KD run over a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4km)
1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins first Derby held at the current distance of 1.25 miles (2.0km)
1903 Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9 at South Side Park. Chicago
1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: In muddy conditions and against a reduced field Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in a slow 2:12.6
1915 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits his first MLB home run; pitches 12 frames in Boston Red Sox 4-3 extra innings loss to New York Yankees
1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis
1921 Teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League merge to form the American Soccer League (ASL); collapses 1933
Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Thursday
Thursday (Thor’s day)
Planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Deep Blue
Crystals: Amethyst, Lepidolite, Sugilite, Tin
Aroma: Melissa, Clove, Oakmoss, Jupiter Oil, Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg, and Sage
Herb: Cinquefoil Ruled by the planet Jupiter and dedicated to Thor, god of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European Traditions include Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.
Magical aspects: controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being, material success, expansion, money/wealth, prosperity, leadership, and generosity.
Thursday is the day of Jupiter, the largest of the planets and said to be the most powerful. Spellcasters would be wise to use this day for attempting wealth, success and prosperity spells.
Thursday is also associated (in Greek mythology) to Thor – Thor’s day – and some even say that Jupiter and Thor are one in the same. Both are strong and powerful, yet wise and just. Try a small prayer to Jupiter before commencing any ritual on Thursday as a sign of respect. This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure, wealth, honour, riches, clothing, money, desires, business, group pursuits, joy, laughter, and expansion.
May 5 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 5
NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble
Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby
Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth’s sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It’s hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait though. Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. This deep image also finds NGC 3521 embedded in fainter, gigantic, bubble-like shells. The shells are likely tidal debris, streams of stars torn from satellite galaxies that have undergone mergers with NGC 3521 in the distant past.
May 5 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire
1941 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
1955 West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
1965 First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building
1981 After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision. Nine more hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.
Today’s Historical Events
553 Second Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens
1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire
1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer, Germany
1494 On 2nd voyage to New World Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay
1640 English Short Parliament rises
1646 King Charles I surrenders in Scotland
1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
1762 Russia & Prussia sign Treaty of Saint Petersburg ending the Seven Years’ War
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” (also known as “Vitameatavegamin”) episode of “I Love Lucy” premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers
1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 “West Side Story” soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
1997 “Married With Children” final episode on Fox TV
1999 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
2018 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single “This is America” to wide acclaim
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris
1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky is guest conductor
1900 “The Billboard” began weekly publication
1927 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Symphony premieres in Berlin
1951 “Out of This World” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
1955 “Damn Yankees” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
1967 The Kinks release “Waterloo Sunset” as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1863 Irish boxer Joe Coburn KOs American Mike McCoole in the 67th round in his first defence of Heavyweight C’ship of America in Charlestown, Maryland
1904 Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in “modern” baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0
1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens aboard 66-1 chance Stone Street wins in muddy track conditions; 2:15.20 slowest Derby in history
1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Sportsman’s Park III
1922 After sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants for 10 years construction begins on Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
1925 Detroit center fielder Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6 with 4 runs, 5 RBI and 16 TBs in Tigers’ 14-8 win over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park III, St. Louis
1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1930 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 185 in a tour match for Australia v Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester
May 4 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 4
Planets Over Egyptian Pyramid
Image Credit & Copyright: Osama Fatehi
Explanation: The early morning planet parade continues. Visible the world over, the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn have been lining up in the pre-dawn sky since mid-April. In the featured image taken last month, these planets were captured over the Step Pyramid of Djoser, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the Saqqara necropolis of Egypt, the pyramid was constructed in the 27th century BC and is one of the oldest pyramids known. The two-image composite includes a foreground image taken during evening blue hour, and a background image captured from the same location the following morning. The morning planet line-up is slowly changing. At the end of last month, planets Jupiter and Venus switched places, while at the end of this month, Jupiter and Mars will switch after passing within one-degree of each other. Of course, this picturesque planetary angular alignment is a coincidence, as all of these worlds continue to orbit the Sun as they have for billions of years, well before even the ancient Pyramid of Djoser was built.
Notable Submissions to APOD: Morning Planet Parade 2022
May 4 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.
1814 King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism
1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Today’s Historical Events
1256 Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae
1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg
1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.
1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
1535 Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1572 Veere sides with Geuzen
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1944 “Gaslight”, starring an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her film debut, is released
1959 “The 400 Blows”, French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released
1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975 Italian film “Seven Beauties” directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released – first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award
1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
1999 “The Mummy” film directed by Stephen Sommers starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah premieres in the US
2008 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep “Family Guy” and “American Dad” on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world’s highest paid television writer
2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1728 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Tolomeo, re di Egitto” premieres in London
1878 Thomas Edison‘s Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1957 Alan Freed hosts “Rock n’ Roll Show” 1st prime-time network rock show
1959 First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win
1973 Wings release “Red Rose Speedway” in UK
1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” opens at Mark Hellinger, NYC; runs for 7 performances
1985 30th Eurovision Song Contest: Bobbysocks! for Norway wins singing “La det swinge” in Gothenburg
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9
1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5
1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3
1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France
May 3 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 3
Mercury’s Sodium Tail
Image Credit & Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
Explanation: That’s no comet. Below the Pleiades star cluster is actually a planet: Mercury. Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury‘s thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun. Sunlight also liberates these molecules from Mercury’s surface and pushes them away. The yellow glow from sodium, in particular, is relatively bright. Pictured, Mercury and its sodium tail are visible in a deep image taken last week from La Palma, Spain through a filter that primarily transmits yellow light emitted by sodium. First predicted in the 1980s, Mercury’s tail was first discovered in 2001. Many tail details were revealed in multiple observations by NASA‘s robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that orbited Mercury between 2011 and 2015. Tails, of course, are usually associated with comets.
May 3 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1791 Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, becoming the 1st modern constitution in Europe
1926 Britain’s Trade Union Congress calls for the country’s first ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in support striking coal miners, lasts 9 days
1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind”
1945 World War II: German ship “Cap Arcona” laden with prisoners sunk by Royal Air Force in East Sea, 5,800 killed – one of largest maritime losses of life
1947 Japan’s post-war constitution goes into effect, granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power and outlawing Japan’s right to make war
Today’s Historical Events
1374 BC Solar eclipse (2m 07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers “On the day of the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the daytime, with Mars in attendance.”
1294 John II becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg
1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld near Bruges in modern-day Belgium – the army of Ghent beats a drunken Bruges militia
1491 Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I
1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
1558 Ferdinand I officially appointed Holy Roman Emperor after his brother Charles abdicated in 1556
1616 Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1944 “Going My Way”, directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1945)
1948 1st broadcast of “CBS Evening News” – longest running network news show in the US
1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, Oklahoma(ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1982 ABC’s All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1917 1st performance of Ernest Bloch’s symphony “Israel”
1952 “Call Me Madam” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
1956 Frank Loesser’s musical “Most Happy Fella” opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 678 performances
1960 Musical “Fantasticks” by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, premieres in NYC (world’s longest running musical)
1969 “Trumpets of the Lord” closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 performances
1981 “Can-Can” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1986 31st Eurovision Song Contest: Sandra Kim for Belgium wins singing “J’aime la vie” in Bergen
1987 “Mikado” closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
1903 AVC Heracles (SC Heracles ’74) soccer team forms in Almelo
1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
1910 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
1922 Mayor Hylan closes 2 streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown
May 2 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 2
Partial Solar Eclipse over Argentina
Image Credit & Copyright: Aixa Andrada
Explanation: What’s happened to the Sun? Two days ago, parts of South America were treated to a partial solar eclipse — where the Moon blocked out part of the Sun. The featured image shows an image of the partially eclipsed Sun through clouds as it was setting over Patagonia, Argentina. In the tilted image, Earth is toward the right. During the eclipse, the Moon moved partly between Earth and the Sun. Although a visually impressive sight, the slight dimming of surroundings during this partial eclipse was less noticeable than dimming created by a thick cloud. In about two weeks, all of South America and part of North America will experience a total lunar eclipse — where the Earth moves completely between the Moon and the Sun. In about two years, a total solar eclipse will cross North America.
May 1 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 May 1
First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole
Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Explanation: What does a black hole look like? To find out, radio telescopes from around the Earth coordinated observations of black holes with the largest known event horizons on the sky. Alone, black holes are just black, but these monster attractors are known to be surrounded by glowing gas. This first image resolves the area around the black hole at the center of galaxy M87 on a scale below that expected for its event horizon. Pictured, the dark central region is not the event horizon, but rather the black hole’s shadow — the central region of emitting gas darkened by the central black hole’s gravity. The size and shape of the shadow is determined by bright gas near the event horizon, by strong gravitational lensing deflections, and by the black hole’s spin. In resolving this black hole’s shadow, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) bolstered evidence that Einstein’s gravity works even in extreme regions, and gave clear evidence that M87 has a central spinning black hole of about 6 billion solar masses. Since releasing this featured image in 2019, the EHT has expanded to include more telescopes, observe more black holes, track polarized light,and is working to observe the immediately vicinity of the black hole in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
This week is: Black Hole Week
New EHT Results to be Announced: Next Thursday
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