Today is National Heroes Day in the Philippines. It is a day to honour the bravery of all Filipino heroes who struggled for the nation’s freedom, including those who vanished into anonymity. The date chosen is intended to mark the ‘Cry of Pugad Lawin’ in August 1896, which was the first act of insurrection against the Spanish colonisers by the Katipunan, a hitherto secret Filipino revolutionary movement.
Spider Costumes for Dogs!!
Today is the birthday, in 1924, of Dinah Washington. She had this hit in 1959 and a couple more in the early sixties. She died in 1963 of a fatal drug interaction.
Today is ‘Black Ribbon Day’, also known as the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes.
Reminder…cats have serious claws! (Murder Mittens)
Globalization:
Bada Bing!
Primenesia – When you order so much stuff from Amazon that you don’t know what’s in the box.
Jehovah’s Witnesses seemed a little shocked when I asked if they were here for the orgy.
My ancestors navigated the ocean using the stars and I’m over here missing my exits with GPS.
If you lose one sense, your other senses are enhanced; that’s why people with no sense of humor have an increased sense of self-importance.
My doctor has advised me to stop drinking, it’s going to be a massive change for me. I’ve been with that doctor for 15 years.
So I set up my new Alexa to respond to “computer”. I didn’t think about it until I turned on Star Trek, and halfway through the episode, my house fired a spread of photon torpedoes into our neighbor’s garage. Sorry about your truck Kevin.
They say a large group of Karens is called a homeowners association.
It must be a very worrying time for anyone who has dumped a body in a reservoir.
Replacing RBG with Amy Coney-Barrett is like if your server said, “We don’t have Coke, is urine OK?”
I thought I was a good person, but the way I react when people drive slow in the left lane would suggest otherwise.
No good birthdays today. Here’s another of those amazing 80’s music videos, this one with Billy Idol.
Saturday was Revolution Day, a public holiday in Morocco. Also known as the King and People’s Revolution Day, this day commemorates the exile by the French of Sultan Mohammed V on this day in 1953. This was the beginning of the Moroccan battle for independence.
Hmmm…
Everyone is using dating apps….
Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Carmine John Granito, also known as Ron Dante, C.G. Rose, Bo Cooper and other names. He is best known as the lead vocalist for The Archies with whom he had this number one hit.
Today is Day of the Tribes, a public holiday in Nauru. It is celebrated on August 19 to honor the country’s twelve traditional tribes and matrilineal system. With a population of about 10,500 people, Nauru is the world’s second smallest sovereign state by population, after Vatican.
Aim for the stars!
SYNGSSSSSSS
Today is the birthday, in 1940, of Roger Cook, songwriter. Cook had more than 80 top 30 hits including this one by The Hollies.
Today is Independence Day in Indonesia, a public holiday. Indonesia had been a Dutch colony for over 300 years when a group of revolutionaries declared independence on 17 August 1945. It took Indonesians four years of diplomacy and armed struggle before their independence was formally granted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.
SINES or something
Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Gary Talley, guitarist for the Box Tops.
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