Here's a double dose of "ambient space music" from a Magnatune artist.Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download MP3 or to open in a new tab in window):
- Paul Avgerinos: "Follow Your Bliss"
- Paul Avgerinos: "Gnosis"
Today is Independence Day in Ghana and Alamo Day in Texas (the latter marking the 1836 fall of the fort to Mexican troops). Ferdinand Magellan and his explorers arrived at Guam this day in 1454. Italian artist Michelangelo was born this day in 1475. French soldier and poet Cyrano de Bergerac was born this day in 1619. British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born this day in 1806. President James Monroe signed into law this day in 1820 the Missouri Compromise,Dred Scott v. Sandford which let Missouri enter the Union as a slave state but ensured the remainder of the northern area of the Louisiana Purchase territory would be free from slavery. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the ruling this day in 1857, the most infamous court decision in American history (though history will look similarly upon Bush v. Gore and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in time). American novelist Louisa May Alcott died this day in 1888. Bayer registered the term aspirin as a trademark this day in 1899. American singer Bob Wills was born this day in 1905. American comic actor Lou Costello was born this day in 1906. Comics artist Will Eisner was born this day in 1917. Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez was born this day in 1927. New Zealander singer Kiri Te Kanawa was born this day in 1944. British musician David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) was born this day in 1946.
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Actor turned director Rob Reiner was born this day in 1947. Comedian and actor D.L. Hughley was born this day in 1963. Kentucky-born boxer Cassius Clay was given the name Muhammed Ali on this day in 1964 by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Writer and Nobel laureate Pearl Buck died this day in 1973. Actress Ellen Muth (star of the former cable series Dead Like Me some years back on Showtime) was born this day in 1981. Artist Georgia O'Keeffe died this day in 1986. Actress turned activist Dana Reeve (widow of Christopher Reeve, co-founder of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which continues to raise funds for research offering hope to paralysis patients) died this day in 2006. Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby Jr. (aka "Scooter") was convicted on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice this day in 2007 for his part in revealing an undercover CIA agent's identity, though sadly neither he nor his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, was tried on charges of treason despite their obvious guilt.
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