Almanac for July 12: https://ko-fi.com/Post/July-12-Serpent-Mound-U7U71HQD2L
Artist Birthday: Henry David Thoreau
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Bummer July 12
July 12, 1979: Singer Minnie Riperton dies of breast cancer. She’s 31 years old.
Riperton's daughter Maya Rudolph was six years old when Riperton passed away. In addition to her successful tv and film career, Rudolph is also a singer. Her band Princess is a tribute band in honor of Prince Rogers Nelson.
July 12, 1996: Multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Melvoin, at the time touring with the Smashing Pumpkins as a keyboardist, dies of a heroin overdose. He’s 34 years old.
This song is about him:
July 12, 2007: In an incident caught on video, U.S. military forces in Iraq kill at least 12 civilians and wound two children. Military personal can be seen on the video laughing about the deaths and wishing for excuses to kill more people. The video is leaked to WikiLeaks by Chelsea Manning in 2010. Manning is arrested for leaking military property and imprisoned until her sentence is commuted in 2017.
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