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Pop Wine Ted Curson

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Ted Curson

[jazzplusplus]

1968 - Festival de Jazz d'Antibes (du 20 au 25 juillet) - Mahalia Jackson, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Don Ellis, the Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Betty Carter, …

[chantssecrets]

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, author, teacher and political activist. In 1986, he became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 13 July 1921, the Tennessee state holiday Nathan Bedford Forrest Day was first observed, celebrating the 100th birthday of the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who was also a war criminal responsible for the murder of hundreds of mostly Black Union soldiers during the American civil war. Confederate forces under Forrest's control carried out the Fort Pillow massacre of 1864, when they slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Union soldiers who had surrendered. They murdered most of the Black soldiers and roughly one third of the whites: burning some alive, crucifying others and hacking people to death. One Confederate soldier described events in a letter to his family: "The slaughter was awful. Words cannot describe the scene. The poor deluded negroes would run up to our men fall upon their knees and with uplifted hands scream for mercy but they were ordered to their feet and then shot down. The white men fared but little better. Their fort turned out to be a great slaughter pen. Blood, human blood stood about in pools and brains could have been gathered up in any quantity." After the war Forrest became the first national leader of the white supremacist terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan, helping lead a wave of terroristic violence, torture and murder against Black people and white Republican voters. In June 2020, the Tennessee state government voted to continue to observe his birthday as a holiday, although under pressure from a national wave of Black-led anti-racist protests, they did amend the law slightly so that the governor does not have to personally sign a proclamation to him each year. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8483/tennessee-celebrates-kkk-leader Photo by Brent Moore

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Food: Campfire stew

Elara has made a nice simple dinner for everyone. Come and get it while it's hot.

(Mod: I cooked this. It's simple. 3 ingredients: 1 can corn, 1 can baked beans, 1 pack of hotdogs cut into bite sized pieces. Season to taste. I doubled the recipe so I had lots for a few days)

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Leon Bridges

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Hermanos Gutiérrez - "Elegantly Wasted" (feat. Leon Bridges) [Official Music Video]

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Holidays 7.13

Holidays

Ann Hutchinson Memorial Day

Atomic Bomb Test Day

Barbershop Music Appreciation Day

Bastille Eve (France)

Be A Geek For A Day

Be Your Own Hero Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Childhood Memories Day

Day of Tax Office Workers (Belarus)

Day of the Russian Post (Russia)

Embrace Your Geekness Day

Festival of Inner Worlds

Festival of the Three Cows (Border of France & Basque Spain)

Fight, Fight, Fight Day

Fisherman's Day (Russian, Ukraine)

Fish Farmer's Day (Tajikistan)

Fool's Paradise Day

GIST Awareness Day

Go Wakeboarding Day

Go West Day

Gruntled Workers Day

Hollywoodland Day

International Day of ADHD Awareness

International Day of Sarcoma

International Day of the Conductor

International Growth Hacking Day

International Puzzle Day

International Rock Day

International Rock ’N’ Roll Day

Job Satisfaction Day

Kashmir Martyrs’ Day (Pakistan)

La Retraite Aux Flambeaux (Night Watch; France)

Martyrs’ Day (Kashmir)

Montenegrin Peoples Uprising Day (Yugoslavia)

Naadam, Day 3 (Mongolia)

Nathan Bedford Forrest Day (Tennessee)

National Day (French West Indies; Tahiti)

National Delaware Day

National Geekness Day

National Indigenous Intersex Day

National Security Committee Day (Kazakhstan)

Puzzle Day

Sandra Bland Day (Texas)

713 Day

Swiftie Day

Uniwaine Day (Elderly Men Day; Kiribati)

World Aquatics Day

World Naked Photography Day

World Rock Day (Brazil)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beans 'n' Franks Day

Bottled Beer Day

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Day

National Beef Tallow Day

National Fries Day (a.k.a. National French Fry Day)

National Nitrogen Ice Cream Day

Nature Celebrations

A Flock of Echidnas Day (Animal Collective Noun Days)

Flower of Grass (Pragmatic; Korean Birth Flowers)

Guinea Fowl Day (French Republic)

Astronomical Celebrations or Events

Luna 15 Probe (Launched; 1969)

Sports & Games Celebrations or Events

#9 Day (Roger Maris' N.Y. Yankees number retired; 1985)

#32 Day Elston Howard's N.Y. Yankees number retired; 1985)

World Cup (Soccer) Day

World Cup Final (Germany beats Argentina; 2014)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Alabama (Readmitted to the Union; 1868)

Montenegro, Romania and Serbia (Gained Independence from Turkey via Trey of Berlin; 1878)

Statehood Day (Montenegro)

Usi (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Wilkland (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

2nd Monday in July

Carnival Monday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Monday]

International Town Criers Day [2nd Monday]

Legal Business Day (Irish Book of Rights for Celtic Kings; Celtic Book of Days) [Every Monday]

Marinara Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Mindful Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Monte Cristo Monday [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

Peace Day (Antarctica)

Sempach Commemoration Day (Switzerland) [Monday after 4th]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 13 (2nd Full Week of July)

National Farriers Week (thru 7.19)

Festivals On or Beginning July 13, 2026

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival (Crested Butte, Colorado) [thru 7.18]

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustinen, Finland) [thru 7.19]

Mango Festival (Coral Gables, Florida) [thru 7.14]

Moldejazz (Molde, Norway) [thru 7.18]

Saulkrasti Jazz Festival (Saulkrasti, Latvia) [thru 7.18]

Feast Days

Abd-al-Masih (Christian; Saint & Martyr)

Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church)

Anacletus (Christian; Martyr)

Asarnha Bucha Day (Theravada Buddhism)

Bhanu Jayanti (Sikkim, India)

Blanche of Castile (Positivist; Saint)

Boun Khao Phansa begins (Buddhist Lent)

Bridget and Maura (Christian; Saints)

Clelia Barbieri (Christian; Saint)

Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA))

Day of Osiris (Everyday Wicca)

Eugenius of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Kalimát (Words; Baha’i)

Francis Solano (Christian; Saint)

Geek Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (a.k.a. Henry the Emperor; Christian; Saint)

Joel the Prophet (Christian; Saint)

Macarena Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Maura and Brigid (Christian; Saints)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 8 (Shamanism)

Mildred (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mildrith of Thanet (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Screech (Muppetism)

Obon (a.k.a. Ulanbana, Festival of the Lanterns; Buddhist, Shinto)

Rosa Mystica (Christian; Saint)

Silas (Catholic Church; Saint)

Solstitium IX (Pagan)

Spot the Loony Day (Pastafarian)

Teresa of the Andes (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Rowlandson (Art)

Turiaf (a.k.a. Turiave or Thivisiau; Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 5 (Jia-Wu), Day 29 (Wu-Zi)

Day Pillar: Earth Rat

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Initiate Day (执 Zhi) [Auspicious]

Holidays: None Known

Secular Saints Days

Mordecai Ardon (Art)

Isaac Babel (Literature)

Ronald Bladen (Art)

Marcia Brown (Art)

Cameron Crowe (Entertainment)

Svein Ellingsen (Art)

Harrison Ford (Entertainment)

Jane Hamilton (Literature)

Wenceslaus Hollar (Art)

George Lewis (Music)

Cheech Marin (Entertainment)

Roger McGuinn (Music)

Erno Rubik (Science)

Wole Soyinka (Literature)

Patrick Stewart (Entertainment)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 13 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [13 of 24]

Fatal Day (Pagan) [14 of 24]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

All Summer Long, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1964)

Alright, Still, by Lily Allen (Album; 2006)

Betty Boop's Life Guard (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1934)

The Body in the Bag (Aesop's Film Fable Cartoon; 1924)

Born To Be Wild, by Steppenwolf (Song; 1968)

Breaking Away (Film; 1979)

Bully Beef (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1930)

Californy ’er Bust (Goofy Disney Cartoon; 1945)

Clara's Toys (Eclair Journal Cartoon; 1913)

The Closer (TV Series; 2005)

Country Mouse (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)

Dedicated To the One I Love, by The Shirelles (Song; 1959)

Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Downstairs and Up (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1919)

Dunkirk, by Christopoher Nolan (Film; 2017)

The Eager Beaver (WB MM Cartoon; 1945)

Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series, by Eliot Asinof (Sports Book; 1963)

Eighth Grade (Film; 2018)

The Frisco Kid (Film; 1979)

Generation Kill (TV Series; 2008)

Ghost (Film; 1990)

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles (US Album; 1964)

Hollywoodland sign (Dedicated; 1923)

Ice Age: Continental Drift (Animated Film; 2012)

Inception (Film; 2010)

In My Gondola (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

Introducing the Hardline, by Terence Trent D'Arby (Album; 1987)

I Shot the Sheriff, by Eric Clapton (Song; 1974)

It Is Hard to Please Him But It Is Worth It (The Newlyweds Cartoon; 1913)

The Heart Bug (Universal Screen Magazine Cartoon; 1919)

Hollywoodland Sign (L.A. Sign dedicated; 1923)

The Last Starfighter (Film; 1984)

Legally Blonde (Film; 2001)

Li'l Abner (Broadway Musical; 1958)

Lithium, by Nirvana (Song; 1992)

Live Aid (Live Charity Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, UK & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1985)

Mickey's Garden (Mickey Mouse Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Microbe Hunters, by Paul de Kruif (Science Book; 1926)

Midaq Alley, by Naguib Mahfouz (Novel; 1947)

The Muppets Take Manhattan (Film; 1984)

My Lady’s Garden (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)

Nothing From Nothing, by Billy Preston (Song; 1974)

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce (Short Story; 1890)

Old Tire Man Diamond Cartoon Film (B.D.F. Film Co. Cartoon; 1918)

Ozark Lark (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1960)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, by Bob Dylan (Soundtrack Album; 1973)

Pedro and Lorenzo (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1956)

Pilgrim Popeye (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1951)

Queen, by Queen (Album; 1973)

Rape of Lucretia, by Benjamin Britten (Opera; 1946)

Rock Odyssey (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Film; 1987)

Singin' in the Rain (Broadway Musical; 1985)

Skyscraper (Film; 2018)

The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond Film; 1977) [#10]

The Stone Age (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

The Tee Bird (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1959)

Tehanu, by Ursula Le Guin (Novel; 1990) [Earthsea #4]

Timmy Time: Timmy’s Seaside Rescue (Aardman Animations Cartoon; 2012)

The Tipping Point, by The Roots (Album; 2004)

Toni Braxton, by Toni Braxton (Album; 1993)

Two Lazy Crows (Columbia Favorites Cartoon; 1949)

University of Pennsylvania (Chartered as Willian Penn Academy; 1753)

The Vegetables (Eclair Journal Cartoon; 1913)

Where the Money Goes (Money Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rocks; 1995)

Wilson's Row-Row (Eclair Journal Cartoon; 1913)

World Cup Final Match (Sporting Event; 1930) [Uruguay won]

You Keep Me Hangin' On, by Vanilla Fudge (Song; 1968)

Yukon Have It (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1959)

Today’s Name Days

Anno, Heinrich, Kunigunde (Austria)

Emanuel, Ferdinand, Henrik (Croatia)

Markéta (Czech Republic)

Margrethe (Denmark)

Greta, Grete, Kreet, Kreeta, Mare, Maret, Mareta, Margareeta, Marge, Margit, Marit, Marita, Meeta, Reeda, Reet (Estonia)

Ilari, Joel, Lari (Finland)

Enzo, Eugène, Henri, Joël (France)

Heinrich, Kunigunde (Germany)

Iliofotos, Sarah (Greece)

Jenő (Hungary)

Enrico (Italy)

Alda, Margarita, Margrieta, Mariska, Pērle (Latvia)

Anakletas, Arvilas, Arvilė, Henrikas (Lithuania)

Melissa, Mia, Mildrid (Norway)

Ernest, Ernestyn, Eugeniusz, Irwin, Jakub, Justyna, Małgorzata, Radomiła (Poland)

Margita (Slovakia)

Enrique, Joel (Spain)

Joel, Judit (Sweden)

Ezra, Joel, Joelle, Mildred, Natalia, Natalie, Natasha, Nathalie, Nathan, Nathanael, Nathania, Nathaniel, Tasha (USA)

Henri, Nathalie, Nathaly (Universal)

Today’s National Name Days

National Mordecai Day

National Paul Day

National Sam Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 194 of 2026; 171 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 1 of Week 29 of 2026

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 6 of 28] (thru 8.4)

Chinese: Month 5 (Jia-Wu), Day 29 (Wu-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Horse 4724 (until February 6, 2027) [Bing-Wu]

Coptic: 6 Abib 1742

Druid Tree Calendar: Fir (July 5-14) [Day 9 of 10]

Hebrew: 28 Tammuz 5786

Islamic: 27 Muharram 1448

Julian: 30 June 2026

Meteorological Summer [Day 43]

Moon: 1%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 26 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Blanche of Castille]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15] (thru 7.27)

Season: Spring (Day 23 of 93)

SUn Calendar: 14 Red; Sevenday [14 of 30]

Week: 2nd Full Week of July

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical): Cancer (Day 23 of 32)

Sidereal Zodiac: Gemini (Day 28 of 31)

Schmidt Zodiac: Gemini (Day 11 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Gemini (Day 22 of 29)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Gemini (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.27)

[jazzplusplus]

1962 - 3ème Festival International du Jazz - Antibes

[jazzplusplus]

Charlie Mingus et Bud Powell au festival d'Antibes/Juan les Pins en 1960.

 Ted Curson (tp), Eric Dolphy (as), Booker Ervin (ts), Bud Powell (p), Charlie Mingus (b), Dannie Richmond (dr)

[hope-for-the-planet]

Giant sequoia clones from 3,000-year-old trees are taking root in Detroit | The Optimist Daily

Clones from California's most ancient sequoias, including the famous Amos Alonzo Stagg tree, are being planted across Detroit neighborhoods

From the article:

In recent years, severe wildfires have burned through several of California’s historic sequoia groves. Thousands of mature trees are gone: trees that were centuries old, in populations that are struggling to recover. Conservation groups, including Save the Redwoods League, are working on new strategies. One is to plant genetically identical copies in different climates. If the original groves keep burning or drying out, clones elsewhere protect that genetic material from being lost entirely. [...] Archangel Ancient Tree Archive works from a straightforward premise: the genetics of old, resilient trees are worth preserving the same way seeds are. Propagating clones rather than planting from seed keeps the exact genetic profile intact, including traits that helped specific trees survive thousands of years of drought, fire, and disease. The saplings going into Detroit right now fit in the palm of a hand. Some won’t make it. The ones that do will still be growing long after everything around them is gone.

[azspot]

“Trees hold stories: they are witnesses of time and history. Of course, we can read a tree’s age and local climate from its rings, but in recent years we’ve discovered so much more. Deep inside a tree’s trunk is an archive waiting to be found: tales of planetary shifts, cosmic events, and even turning points in human history. And the oldest trees have seen it all.”

— How to decode the archive inside ancient tree rings

[todaysdocument]

Lt. Ernest Childers, a Creek, being congratulated by Gen. Jacob L. Devers after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor in Italy for wiping out two machine gun nests

Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War InformationSeries: Photographs of Allied and Axis Personalities and Activities

This black and white photograph shows an officer in dress uniform shaking hands with a lieutenant in combat fatigues and helmet.  The lieutenant, a young Native American man, is wearing the Congressional Medal of Honor around his neck and smiling proudly.  Large tents can be seen in the background, and further in the distance are hills.

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Daphne Etta Maxwell Reid: July 13, 1948

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River (Live on Austin City Limits 2016) - Leon Bridges🎶