It was on this day in 1859 that John Brown led a group of 21 men into Harper’s Ferry, VA. The abolitionist was attempting to capture a federal arsenal in order to lead a slave uprising. His group (which included at least one fugitive slave) cut the telegraph wires in town, took several hostages, and seized a train that was passing through. During the hi-jacking a baggage handler (ironically, a freed slave) became the first person killed, but Brown then let the train continue on. The raiders proceeded to take control of the armory, which local militia and business owners surrounded the next morning. After two days of gunfire back & forth, a detachment of US Marines (led by Robert E.Lee) arrived in town and captured John Brown while killing several of his men. Brown was later found guilty of treason, and executed by hanging in early December.
The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire” and the most recent is “2006 – Hawaii Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.”
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1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the US. She is soon arrested for doing so.
1923 – The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio is founded when Walt and Roy Disney set up an office in their uncle’s garage. (They soon moved to an office in downtown Los Angeles.)
Happy Birthday to Wendy Wilson, Michael Balzary, Tim Robbins, Cordell Mosson, Bob Weir, Suzanne Somers, Fred Turner, Barry Corbin, and Ann Morgan Guilbert.
RE: “1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the US. She is soon arrested for doing so.”
HERE WE ARE nearly a century later and birth control is as controversial as ever. Does anyone ever stop to think that properly-used birth control eliminates that person’s need for the even more controversial abortion?
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RE: “1923 – The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio is founded when Walt and Roy Disney set up an office in their uncle’s garage. (They soon moved to an office in downtown Los Angeles.)”
NEAL GABLER’S ‘Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination’ * is sometimes monotonous, but is the most intimate and in-depth look at Walt, Roy, and the Disney family even before Walt and Roy first formed this fledgling industry, weathered financial and other storms, and all they’ve left behind for us all. To millions, Disney equals fun, starting very early in life and continuing still, well into my own “adulthood.” During my younger years, Sunday night’s “Wonderful World of Disney,” at 6 p.m., was reason enough to already have a bath and PJs on … waiting for those fantastic fireworks over the castle graphics, and “Uncle Walt,” sitting on the corner of his desk introducing us to the show and giving us tidbits about the story and the making of “tonight’s show.” ‘Tomasina’ remains my very favorite, even though it taught me what a two-parter means. I felt kind of ticked, or maybe tricked considering I was about seven at the time.
* ‘WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination,’ by Neal Gabler, Knopf, 2006.