My friend Patriarch Hannah advised me that today is both National Housewife Day and National Sandwich Day. Man, Patriarchy Country sounds nice.
It is also National Jersey Day as well – go Colorado Avalanche – and it’s World Jellyfish Day! Here are some facts about Jellyfish:
Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organ animals on Earth, allegedly.
Approximately 50% of Jellyfish are bioluminescent.
Jellyfish don’t have a brain, heart or lungs.
Jellyfish are 95% water.
Smaller species only live for a few hours; larger live for up to two years.
Some jellyfish can biologically reverse their aging.
In Government…
Happy Anniversary, everyone! It’s the third anniversary of the insurrection on November 3, 2020 – the real insurrection of the United States of America. Just look around – it’s obvious. The “Big Lie” is not that the election was stolen, it’s that the election was free and fair. And the (multi-year) coverup is always worse than the crime.
If you would like more information on November 3, 2020, here is a shameless plug for my coverage over the years. You can find my archived reporting on asheinamerica.com and my current reporting on this substack. Please subscribe!
Aside from the crime of the century, there were other historic elections today:
1796: 2nd President John Adams (F)
1868: 18th President Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1896: 25th President William McKinley (R)
1964: 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1992: 42nd President Bill Clinton (D)
1992: US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)
Other notable moments in US history on November 3 include DC residents obtaining the right to vote for the first time since 1800, in 1964. Now they want statehood. If you give a mouse a cookie… Six years later in 1970, President Nixon promised to remove troops from Vietnam in a gradual withdrawal.
November 3, 1986 was a heavy news day as the Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra revealed that the US was secretly selling arms to Iran. On that same day, the Federated States of Micronesia signed a “Compact of Free Association” with the US, and the Northern Mariana Islands became a Commonwealth (CNMI) associated with the US. They are a US Territory and citizens of CNMI are US citizens.
From the Department of the Interior:
“The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) emerged from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) which the United States administered on behalf of the United Nations from 1947 until Palau, the last member of the TTPI to choose its own political future, became an independent country 1994. The Federal law (the Covenant) making the CNMI a U.S. territory passed in 1975. The CNMI adopted its constitution in 1977, and its first constitutional government took office in 1978. The CNMI came under Federal minimum wage regulations in 2007 and immigration law in 2008. In June 2009, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes over the CNMI's immigration and border controls.”
Back in 1997, a California law ended affirmative action went into effect on this day. 1997 California sounds based. What happened?
Finally in government, in 2022 Oregon legalized psilocybin mushrooms for use in therapy and decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs.
In world history…
1817: The Bank of Montreal Founded
1941: Japanese Admiral Presented Pearl Harbor Attack Plan to Emperor
1956: Israel Captured the Gaza Strip During the Suez Crisis
1988: Soviet Union Agreed to Allow Teaching of Hebrew
2007: State of Emergency in Pakistan: Suspended Constitution & Fired Justice
2014: UN Secretary-General Calls for Global Action on Climate Change
2022: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Survives Assassination Attempt
In Culture…
In 1906, SOS was selected as the international distress signal during the International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin. Zee Germans! Also on this day, interestingly, Bank of Italy was renamed to Bank of America in 1930. I had no idea that BofA was that old, or that it used to be Italian.
Back in 1955, scientists Carlton E. Schwerdt and Fred L. Schaffer announced that they crystallized the pure polio virus. This apparently meant that they could better determine the chemical and biological properties of the virus.
In 1957, Canada launched Laika, a Siberian Husky mix, into space. Laika became the first animal in space. I said it before, and I’ll say it again – the Soviets kicked our butts in the “Space Race” narrative war. That said, this is so sad. From Time Magazine:
“It was a Space Race victory that would have broken Sarah McLachlan’s heart. On this day, Nov. 3, in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first-ever living animal into orbit: a dog named Laika. The flight was meant to test the safety of space travel for humans, but it was a guaranteed suicide mission for the dog, since technology hadn’t advanced as far as the return trip.”
Other innovative firsts today include:
1911: First Chevrolet Automobile
1914: First Elastic Bra Patented
1931: First Commercially Produced Synthetic Rubber Manufactured
1952: First Marketing of Frozen Peas (Birdseye)
1956: First Time "The Wizard of Oz" was Played on Television
1987: First Laser Patent Issued to Gordon Gould
2021: First Covid Vaccines on Children Aged 5 to 11 – Never Forget
In movies, “Godzilla” was released on this day in 1954, and in 1998, “Shakespeare in Love” premiered. That was the one where Gwyneth Paltrow was a trans-male. On television, “Good Morning America” premiered on ABC in 1975, and “Different Strokes” premiered on NBC in 1978.
In 1986, John Lennon's "Menlove Avenue" album was released posthumously. Whitney Houston released her cover of Dolly Parton’s "I Will Always Love You” – winning Billboard Song of the Year in 1993 – and Rage Against the Machine released their debut album on the same day in the same year.
But perhaps the most entertaining thing that happened on this day occurred in 1988 when Geraldo Rivera's nose was broken during a brawl with skinheads in the midst of taping his show.
Finally, in 2014, One World Trade Center opened, 13 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In Death & Destruction…
It’s not too bad in D&D today, except that today is the day Susan Smith was arrested for murder. She claimed that her children were in a car-jacking, but in reality she drowned them. Straight up evil. In terms of overall numbers, this was a low day!
1791: 637 Killed at Battle at Wabash
1927: 84 Killed from Tropical Storm Flooding in Vermont
1984: 3,000 Killed in Three-Day Riot in India
2013: 6 Killed When Overcrowded Thai Ferry Sinks
2013: 8 and 10 Injured in Turboprop Plane Crash in Bolivia
2020: 235 Killed in Hurricane Eta, which Made Landfall in Nicaragua
2020: “Our Democracy”
Today’s Birthdays…
1933: Michael Dukakis (Politician)
1952: Roseanne Barr (Ran for President, Comedian)
1987: Colin Kaepernick (SoyBoy Cry Baby)
1987: Elizabeth Smart (Survivor)
1995: Kendall Jenner (Has a New Face Now)
Deaths Today…
1926: Sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Blood Disorder)
1949: Swiss Mining Magnate Solomon R. Guggenheim (Unknown)
1990: Actress Mary Martin (Cancer)
2006: The "Fruitcake Lady" Marie Rudisill (Old Age)
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"In Death & Destruction…
- 2020: “Our Democracy”"
Brilliant!