Spark! Pro Series - 19 November 2024

[VikingMichael]

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Today in History: 19 November

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1581 – Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich dies after being attacked by his father Ivan the Terrible three days earlier

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1620 – The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast

1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition, led by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, the first European Americans to cross the West

1850 – Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth

1861 – American poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe commits lyrics of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” to paper

1863 – US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; “Four score and seven years ago…”

1911 – NY receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy

1932 – Shaft & Thyssen demand Adolf Hitler become German chancellor

1952 – North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH

1959 – 1st episode of Jay Ward’s cartoon series Rocky and His Friends featuring Rocket J. (Rocky) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, airs on ABC; voice talents of June Foray, Paul Frees, and William Conrad

1969 – Apollo 12’s Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the 3rd and 4th humans on the Moon

1979 – Chuck Berry released from prison for income tax evasion

1998 – Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million

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1600 – Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and big band bandleader

1917 – Indira Gandhi, 4th Prime Minister of India

1921 – Roy Campanella, American Baseball HoF catcher

1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist

1959 – Allison Janney, American actress

1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress

1983 – Adam Driver, American actor

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1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer

1883 – Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German engineer and inventor

1887 – Emma Lazarus, American poet

The Funnies:

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YouTube Clip of the Day

Really Don't Care - Vintage Motown - Style Demi Lovato Cover ft. Morgan James

Comic of the Day

Mouseover: The real key was inventing the windmill-powered winch.

Explain XKCD 3013: Kedging Cannon - explain xkcd

Image Credit: xkcd: Kedging Cannon

Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

In case you missed it, you can find yesterday’s touchy Spark by @Lonny6654 over [here]( Spark! Pro series – 18th November 2024

[RedBeardedGriff]

1998 – Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million

I wonder how much I’d make if I drew a portrait of myself, but without a beard.

[HulkSmash]

@VikingMichael

Quote of the Day

Wish people were kinder.

[Sean-Spiceworks]

My YouTube song of the morning is one I didn’t know I needed… but it is now eating up space in my brain, rent-free.

What if "PUSH UP" by Creeds was METAL?

I’m not actually familiar with “Push Up” by Creeds, and I think this was a thing over a year ago, but its been promoted to me in TikTok and YouTube lately, so I finally listened. Now I need to find the full version.

Also, today appears to be National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day . I didn’t know that was a thing, but I shouldn’t be surprised as there is practically a day for everything these days, right? This is probably a day I would have celebrated a lot in my old raiding and PvPing all night days (and also working since I was more a night owl worker then)… Jolt, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, and Red Bull got me through many a night!

[mweed]

For that grumpy IT person, today is the day to celebrate!

[redrumrudy]

Bring on the Mountain Dew! Braaawwwrrr! (I already had one, as you can tell.)

[edrubin1718 (Ed Rubin)]

Bullwinkle was an awesome cartoon funny for the kids with enough hidden humor for their parents. BTW the 1914 Apperson Jackrabbit is a real car, and has a rabbit hood ornament.
XKCD is funny and in honor of Lewis and Clark

The Long Ryders - "Looking for Lewis and Clark" (official promo video)

[jeffjones11]

@VikingMichael

1998 – Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million

I wonder if he ever did Portrait of the Artist Without Ear…

[Steve6343]

CoTD: That Kedging cannon is a tough sell but once you’ve tried it, you’re hooked

[DrDeany]

Van Gogh did a self portrait with a bandage on his ear.

[jbatubara]

1863 – US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; “Four score and seven years ago…”

And ending it with, “Be excellent to each other, and… PARTY ON, DUDES!”

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - Party On, Dudes Scene (13/13) | Movieclips

[DailyLlama]

I used to like Rocky & Bullwinkle. Haven’t seen them for years though. Wonder if I’d still find them funny…

[gurugabe1 (GuruGabe)]

@VikingMichael

1850 – Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth

You can actually get paid to occasionally write a poem?
Charles the Third, a modern king,
A man of taste, a curious thing.
He gardens, paints, and writes with zeal,
A royal Renaissance, quite a deal.

He sips his tea, a dainty sight,
A gentle soul, a guiding light.
But when he speaks, a nation hears,
A voice of wisdom, calming fears.

A king of eco-conscious mind,
A greener future, humankind.
He’ll plant a tree, a noble quest,
A legacy of nature’s best.

So let us bow, with humble grace,
To Charles the Third, a royal case.
A king for now, a king for all,
A modern monarch, standing tall.

National Dr Pepper Day should be 10/02

Brits can celebrate 10 February, Muricans can celebrate October 02.

2017: American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson—whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the 1960s, notably those at the home of Sharon Tate—died in prison at age 83.
2007: Amazon began selling the Kindle, a wireless electronic reading device key in popularizing e-books.
2002: As had the House of Representatives the previous week, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the creation of a new cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security, to have a workforce of 170,000.
2003: An arrest warrant is issued for Michael Jackson

[lamocon]

Inspirobot, seeing how the “younger” Millennial generation is starting to become the bulk of the workforce; I’ve definitely noticed a shift in generational power. That said, moths are yucky and I don’t like them. You ever smoosh a moth and it leaves all that moth powder behind? Gross.

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@jeffjones11

@VikingMichael

1998 – Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million

I wonder if he ever did Portrait of the Artist Without Ear…

He did that after he got into ceramics.

[badger1]

Boooo…Hisssss…

[machomanrandall]

Happy Tuesday y’all. Hope everyone has a great day

[chrisdavis8]

My wife would LOVE this seeing as how she’s an art teacher.

[Sean-Spiceworks]

@VikingMichael

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1600 – Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and big band bandleader

1917 – Indira Gandhi, 4th Prime Minister of India

1921 – Roy Campanella, American Baseball HoF catcher

1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist

1959 – Allison Janney, American actress

1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress

1983 – Adam Driver, American actor

I don’t know the year, but it looks like today is @clutka’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAINSTRIKE!

[clutka (MAINSTRIKE)]

Shh… if you say it too loud, everyone else will want a birthday too!