Almanac for January 22nd

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 22nd: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-22-Oh-The-Places-Youll-Go-C0C7197708

And then I made a fan edit with Ghost's "Kiss the Go Goat" as the soundtrack. And then I made another, better one that looks like the goats are at the goat disco.

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Artist birthday: George Gordon, Lord Byron

Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Sir Francis Bacon

Bummer January 22nd

January 22, 1915: More than 600 people die in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a trains derails and plunges into a canyon. The 20 cars of the train are filled with soldiers who had fought for General Victoriano Huerta. When Huerta’s army was overthrown by Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa, the revolutionaries ordered Huerta’s troops to be deported from Guadalajara to Colima. The train derails on its way to Colima in one of North America’s worst railroad disasters.

January 22, 1987: R. Budd Dwyer, the treasurer of the state of Pennsylvania, knows he is soon to be arrested on corruption charges, of which he claims to be innocent. At a televised press conference, he passes out a 20-page statement to the reporters in his office. He then pulls out a handgun, places it in his own mouth, and dies by suicide. His death is captured by the traumatized reporters and, as of 2022, could readily be accessed to watch online. 

This event is the inspiration behind the Filter song "Hey Man, Nice Shot."

Filter lead singer Richard Patrick is the brother of actor Robert Patrick, who was in Terminator 2. 

January 22, 1993: Two-year-old Brenda Nole dies of kidney failure in a Seattle hospital after eating food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a species of bacteria that creates a toxin that causes hemolytic-uremic syndrome in humans. Hers is the second of four eventual deaths of children traceable to contaminated hamburger meat from the Jack In the Box fast food chain. More than 730 people become sick from eating the same contaminated beef.

January 22, 2008: Actor Heath Ledger dies from an apparently accidental overdose of prescription anti-anxiety and painkiller medications. He’s 28 years old and leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose. 

Almanac for January 21st

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 21: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-21-Baby-Spice-M4M41976XR

Artist Birthday: Emma Bunton

Beatles Trivia

January 21
Friday, January 21, 1966: George Harrison and Pattie Boyd get married.

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Bummer January 21st

January 21, 1793: Convicted of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI is executed by guillotine. 

January 21, 1984: American R&B singer Jackie Wilson dies of complications of pneumonia at age 49. He has been semi-comatose since collapsing on stage while performing in New Jersey on September 29, 1975.

January 21, 2023: A 30-year-old man in Kansas was shot by his own gun as it sat in the rear seat of his pickup truck after the man’s dog stepped on the firearm and inadvertently pulled the trigger.

Almanac for January 20th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 20th: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-20-Inaugural-Z8Z11976V2

Today's Observance: St. Sebastian's Day

Bummer January 20th

January 20, 1985: Czech-Canadian stunt performer Karel Souček dies from the injuries he sustained in a failed stunt the previous day. Souček, sealed inside a barrel, attempted to drop 180 feet into a tank of water inside the Houston Astrodome. The barrel is released prematurely, spins, and hits the rim of the tank. Souček is cut free of the barrel but is severely injured and dies in the hospital.

January 20, 2020: Former NBA player Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, basketball coach Christina Mauser, pilot Ara Zobayan, and five others are killed when their helicopter crashes in poor weather in Calabasas, California.

Almanac for January 19

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 19: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-19-Edgar-Allan-Poe-and-Dolly-Parton-O5O319738N

Artist Birthday: Edgar Allan Poe

Dolly Parton movie 9 to 5 by Movies of the 80s
Dolly Parton at Dorothy Surrenders

Today's Observance (United States): Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Beatles Trivia

January 19
January 19, 1971: During Charles Manson’s murder trial, Manson’s defense attorneys introduce the Beatles’ song “Helter Skelter” into evidence. According to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi, one of Manson’s delusion beliefs was that the song, written by Paul McCartney, referred to a coming race war. 

In reality, the lyrics refer to the literal meaning of a helter skelter, an English amusement ride consisting of a tower with a slide curling around it.

Bummer January 19

January 19, 1729: Restoration-era playwright William Congreve dies of complications from internal injuries he suffered in a September 1728 carriage accident.

January 19, 1903: Newspaper publisher and political powerbroker Narciso Gener Gonzales dies of a gunshot wound inflicted by James H. Tillman, the lieutenant governor of South Carolina. Gonzales was critical of Tillman’s uncle Ben Tillman, a U.S. senator. Tillman was a strict segregationist who favored harsh repression of African-American voting rights in South Carolina. Gonzales, although himself a segregationist, was also an anti-lynching activist who abhorred Tillman’s support for violence.

January 19, 1991: 20-year-old Austrian ski racer Gernot Reinstadler, competing in a qualifying race in Wengen, Switzerland, veers slightly to the right during the course of the downhill race. This slight deviation causes one of the tips of his skis to become tangled in the side netting while Reinstadler is still moving at a high speed. Reinstadler suffers a severe injure that essentially threatens to split his body in two from the pelvis upward. Although flown by helicopter to the nearest hospital and given multiple blood transfusions, the young man dies from the injury.

Almanac for January 18th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 18th: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-18-The-Abbot-Secluded-Him-W7W11972JS

Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Pooh Day (birthday of A.A. Milne)

The extremely specific Simpsons meme that goes with that almanac entry:

Bummer January 18th

January 18, 2019: A gasoline pipeline explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people and injures an unknown number of people. The Mexican government compensates the families of the victims approximately $800 each.

January 18, 2024: Sanjay Shah, the 55-year-old CEO of Chicago-based software company Vistex, attends an event in honor of the company’s 25th anniversary in Hyderabad, India. As part of a presentation on a film set, Shah and company president Raju Datla are lowered onto the stage in an apparatus made to look like a hot air balloon. A cable supporting the apparatus snaps, sending Shah and Datla plummeting onto the stage below. Shah dies shortly afterward. Datla dies at a Chicago hospital on July 19, 2024. 

Almanac for January 17th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 17th: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-17-E1E6ZRHFK

Bummer January 17th

January 17, 1893: An alliance of U.S. and European business interests lead a coup d’etat that overthrows the sovereign government of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Queen Liliʻuokalani is forced to surrender, fearing that her kingdom won’t withstand a war with the United States.

January 17, 1995: More than 6,000 people die when a 6.9 magnitude earthquake centered on the city of Kobe strikes Japan.

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First appearance of Popeye in the Thimble Theater comic strip: January 17, 1929

Almanac for January 16th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 16th: https://ko-fi.com/post/January-16th-X8X1ZOPZW

Bummer January 16th

January 16, 1862: A coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, kills 204 workers, some of them children as young as ten, and the pit pony. Most of them die of asphyxiation when the ventilation system breaks down, allowing the mine to fill with carbon monoxide.

January 16, 1942: TWA Flight 3 crashes into Potosi Mountain, Nevada, due to pilot error, killing all 22 people on board, including the actress Carole Lombard.

January 16, 1979: Ted Cassidy, the 6'9", deep-voiced actor who played Lurch on The Addams Family tv series, dies at age 46 from complications of surgery to remove a tumor from his heart. The tumor is a symptom of his acromegaly, the health condition responsible for his unusual height.

Carole Lombard at Dorothy Surrenders: https://dorothysurrenders.blogspot.com/search/label/Carole%20Lombard

What was Diane Meyer grateful for on January 16, 2024?

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pesto pasta
new books
packages
French press coffee
saying what I want to say
hugs
motivation
how far I've come
bagels with cream cheese
birthday cake
banana bread
being proud of others
short stories
making plans -- keep making them! Life is too short to want to see people and not follow through.

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