On This Day November 11th

 OTD

November 11th is the three hundredth thirteenth day of the year, and there are 50 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1572 – Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.

1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.

1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).

1750 – The F.H.C. Society, known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.

1839 – The Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, Virginia.

1911 – Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a vital cold front rolls through.

1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding dedicates the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

2006 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

 

Birthdays

1743 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)

1821 – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (d. 1881)

1863 – Paul Signac, French painter and educator (d. 1935)

1885 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945)

1914 – James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)

1951 – Marc Summers, American television host and producer

1953 – Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959 – Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss criminologist and academic

1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer

2005 – Ben Doak, Scottish footballer

 

Holiday Highlight

 World Metal Day

“These go to 11.”

The famous This Is Spinal Tap scene explaining how the band’s amps go up to “one louder” than 10 is the basis for National Metal Day’s unique date. Moreover, the day was first celebrated in 2011 (so yes, 11-11-11) by the 24-hour music network VH1 Classic. The celebrations began on November 1, allowing more time for the network to focus on airing metal concerts, specials, movies, and videos each night — leading up to the grand finale on 11-11-11, when VH1 Classic premiered the film “Metal Evolution.”

Metal is a subcategory of hard rock and is one of the most controversial and complex genres of music. It’s not made for those light of heart and modesty but to be enjoyed excessively through its music, aesthetic, and lifestyle. The genre originated from industrial working-class areas within the UK, specifically in northern and midland England, where several factories process actual metal and steel. Early metal bands would reference the sound of these factories as a direct influence on their sound. Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton remarked that the steel mill was always within audible distance.

But metal comes from more than just factories. It has a solid British blues rock influence, with heavy impact from acts like The Rolling Stones, The Animals, and The Kinks. There is also influence from guitar legends Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Metal began owning its title as a genre in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple sharing ownership as the first metal bands.

Metal has since spread into various sub-genres such as thrash, death, black, doom, Christian, and the oft-reviled nu-metal. Some of the biggest names in music are metalheads, like Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Motorhead, and Pantera. So, if you can properly answer this question: “Who would win in a fight, Lemmy Kilmister or god?”* This day may just be the excuse you need to bang your head.

*It’s a trick question. Lemmy IS god. Rock on.

 

Holidays And Observance

Air Day

Armistice Day

Bonza Bottler Day

Death/Duty Day

Metal Day

National Homunculus Awareness Day

National Sundae Day

Origami Day

Pocky Day

Red Lipstick Day

Single's Day

Veteran Owned Business' Anniversary 

Veteran's Day

World Origami Day

World Orphans Day  

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