Non-musical history for today: 1776 – Thomas Paine published one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled “The American Crisis,” using the pseudonym “Common Sense.” The first line reads: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 19.

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Non-musical history for today: 1944 – The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Korematsu v. United States, supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States.  Sounds eerily similar to what ICE and USNG are up to right now. It’s also theorized that George Lucas modeled Order 66 of the Republic after this, as it targets a single group of people. At least Roosevelt didn’t order extermination. Not that it didn’t happen.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 18.

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Non-musical history for today: 1989 – The Simpsons premiered on television with the episode “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” Many call The Simpsons an ’80s show. Technically, it is because they were conceived for the Tracy Ulman Show. But, this is the only full-length episode of the series to air in the 1980s. It wasn’t supposed to be the first episode, but something happened along the way for the intended episode (“Some Enchanted Evening”).

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 17.

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Non-musical history for today: 1773 – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped hundreds of crates of tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. You could say that they had a “tea party.”

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 16.

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Non-musical history for today: 1903 – Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony receives a patent for inventing a machine that makes ice cream cones. I scream!

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 15.

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Non-musical history for today: 1903 – The Wright brothers made their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. And, suck it, Ohio! They may have been from there. They may have designed it there. They may have built beta models there. But they DID it in North Carolina! (raspberry sounds)

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 14.

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Non-musical history for today: 1577 – Sir Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his “round-the-world voyage.” Termed a ‘voyage of discovery,’ it was in effect an ambitious covert raiding voyage and the start of England’s challenge to the global domination of Spain and Portugal.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 13.

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Non-musical history for today: 1941 – Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. This meeting is less well-known than the later Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942. Hitler was such a piece of shhhhh… I can’t say that. Even if it’s Tru… I mean, true!

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 12.

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Non-musical history for today: 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took his last drink and entered treatment for the final time. That’s why the code words for AA are “Friends of Bill’s.”

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 11.

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Non-musical history for today: 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published. Just like Wikipedia and other “encyclopedias,” they aren’t used for legitimate sources, but should be used to find those legitimate resources.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 10.

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