Eva Cassidy died on this day in 1996 at the age of 33. She is a little known musician who mostly performed covers of standard songs. But her renditions of those tunes are sublime. Here are a few:
Happy birthday to live election coverage. In 1920, KDKA of Pittsburgh, PA started broadcasting the first commercial radio station. Their first broadcast were the results of the U.S. presidential election. Warren G. Harding, one of our most corrupt presidents, won. Tomorrow, television stations will celebrate with 48 hours of coverage of the presidential election. I can't wait to see which corrupt presidential candidate wins this time! Ah, presidential elections ... are there no high hopes you can't devastatingly crush?
On this day in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson and his "Wise Men" concluded that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war. Modern-day administrations know this as "standard procedure." For that matter, so did previous ones.
On this day in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King Day. This might be to make up for Lyndon B. Johnson authorizing warrantless wiretaps on King during his administration. Or JFK. I'm pretty sure FDR would have as well, but I don't think King had been born yet.
And happy birthday to another president, James K. Polk (what's up with the middle initials?), the only president born in NC (except, maybe, Andrew Jackson, but we try not to let people know about that). After winning the unnecessary war with Mexico, we were able to purchase most of the Southwest U.S. for a real steal. Literally! What's better, by bringing in a bunch of new territory, he exacerbated the slavery debate and also helped bring on the Civil War. What's not to like? Here's They Might Be Giants with their ode to Polk, Napoleon of the South.
Oh, happy voting on Tuesday. I'm sure we'll get a good'un!
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