Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk
musician. Guthrie's musical legacy is sizable and includes hundreds of
songs, ballads and improvised works covering topics from political themes to
traditional songs to children's songs. Guthrie performed continually
throughout his life with his guitar frequently displaying the slogan "This
Machine Kills Fascists." Guthrie is perhaps best known for his song "This
Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools. Many of his
recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Guthrie traveled
with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional
folk and blues songs. His songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl
era during the Great Depression and he is known as the "Dust Bowl
Troubadour." Guthrie was associated with, but never a member of, Communist
groups in the United States throughout his life. Guthrie was married three
times and fathered eight children, including American folk musician Arlo
Guthrie. He is the grandfather of musician Sarah Lee Guthrie. Guthrie died
from complications of the genetic neurologic disorder known as Huntington's
disease.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1475:
Moldavian-Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great and his Moldavian forces
successfully repelled an Ottoman attack led by Hadân Suleiman Pasha, the
Beylerbeyi of Rumelia, near Vaslui in present-day Romania.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui)
1776:
Common Sense by English revolutionary Thomas Paine, a document denouncing
British rule which contributed to stimulating the American Revolution among
the populace of the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)<http://en.wikipedia…
)
1810:
Napoleon, childless after 14 years of marriage, divorced his first wife
Joséphine.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9phine_de_Beauharnais)
1863:
Service began on the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon
Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_and_Metropolitan_District_Railways
)
1946:
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the
Westminster Central Hall in London with representatives from fifty-one
member states.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly)
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sibilant (adj) Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or
"sh" in
sash or surge.
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sibilant)
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe that the Universe is one being, all its parts are different
expressions of the same energy, and they are all in communication with each
other, therefore parts of one organic whole. This whole is in all its parts
so beautiful, and is felt by me to be so intensely in earnest, that I am
compelled to love it and to think of it as divine. --Robinson Jeffers
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers)