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 James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) with his mother, Lucille, in 1943. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after bas

  A revolutionary surgery took place on this day 64 years ago, changing the world of medicine as we know it.  For the first time ever, a machine was inserted into the human body in lieu of a body part that was no longer able to function correctly.  In 1958, two doctors, cardiac surgeon Ake Senning and medical device engineer Rune Elmqvist, implanted the first ever internal cardiac pacemaker into the body of Swedish engineer Arne Larsson. Larsson’s surgery was done to treat his Stokes-Adams syndrome, a condition that slows the heartbeat and decreases blood flow to the brain, resulting in potentially fatal fainting spells.  This revolutionary internal pacemaker was the size of a hockey puck and used two transistors that would deliver tiny shocks to the heart. Unfortunately, the first edition of this pacemaker would not last past 8 hours. Thankfully, Senning managed to successfully implant a second pacemaker that Elmqvist had ready on hand.  This second pacemaker was more successful than

  Persecution of Buddhists Many adherents of Buddhism have experienced religious persecution TV. Many adherents of Buddhism have experienced religious persecution because of their adherence to the Buddhist practice, including unwarranted arrests, imprisonment, beating, torture, and/or execution. The term also may be used in reference to the confiscation or destruction of property, temples, monasteries, centers of learning, meditation centers, historical sites, or the incitement of hatred towards Buddhists. Sassanids In 224 CE Zoroastrianism was made the official religion of Persia, and other religions were not tolerated, thus halting the spread of Buddhism westwards.[1] In the 3rd century the Sassanids overran the Bactrian region, overthrowing Kushan rule,[2] were persecuted[clarification needed] with many of their stupas fired.[1] Although strong supporters of Zoroastrianism, the Sassanids tolerated Buddhism and allowed the construction of more Buddhist monasteries. It was during

  7-year-old boy tortured, killed for being Christian . India (GFA/MNN) — Seven-year-old Anmol (AH-NEE-MOHL) laughed and played; he sang songs and learned Bible stories at Sunday school—and later, he was cruelly tortured and killed for being a Christian. A photo of Anmol taken a couple years ago. (Image, caption courtesy GFA) Gospel for Asia’s Danny Punnose says Anmol’s family thought he went to a friend’s house after Sunday School, like he did in the past. But when the young boy didn’t come home, they began to worry. “A couple of days later, they actually found his body,” Punnose states. Harish, Anmol’s father, had filed a missing persons report with the local police Monday, November 18. That same evening, police received a call about a child’s body seen floating in a nearby pond. When Anmol’s parents heard the news, they rushed to the hospital, where the body was taken, and identified the dead child as their son. “It was very clear he was brutally murdered,” reported field cor

  Brutality of Syria war casts doubt on peace talks War crimes experts say they have huge cache of photos documenting mass killing by Assad; Syrian FM arrives in Switzerland, says Assad's future a 'red line' In this June 12, 2011 photo during a government-organized tour for media, Syrian army soldiers show reporters dead bodies after they claimed that they are policemen who were killed by gunmen, near the city's Military Police building, in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, north of Damascus, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Bassem Tellawi) Syria’s conflict was sparked by an act of brutality — the detention and torture of schoolchildren who spray-painted anti-government graffiti in a southern city. In the three years since, the conflict has evolved into one of the most savage civil wars in decades. The atrocities have been relentless. Protesters gunned down in the streets. An opposition singer whose vocal cords were carved out. Beheadings and mass sectarian killings. Barrels f

  A Woman Let Strangers Do Whatever They Wanted To Her Body For 6 Hours — And The Results Were Awful Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramović is the woman many credit as "the grandmother of performance art." She was featured on Sex and the City and collaborated with James Franco. Somehow, her celebrated 1988 art piece, "The Lovers: the Great Wall Walk" — in which she and her longtime lover and collaborator Ulay started at opposite ends of the Great Wall of China, to meet in the middle as a way of signaling the break up of their 12-year relationship — seems like something that happened over a million years ago now. In light of the events going on in the world today, her work may perhaps be more intensely important now than it ever has been before, particularly if you are either a woman or someone with a sincere interested in understanding the depth of what women experience. The premise was deceptively simple. Abramović announced that she would stan

The  Algerian War  or  Algerian Revolution  was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France.  An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare and war crimes. The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities. The war took place mainly on the territory of Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France. Effectively started by members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on 1 November 1954, during the  Toussaint Rouge  ("Red All Saints' Day"), the conflict led to serious political crises in France, causing the fall of the Fourth Republic (1946–58), to be replaced by the Fifth Republic with a strengthened presidency. The brutality of the methods employed by the French forces failed to win hearts and minds in Algeria, alienated support in metropolitan France,

  A PAPUAN SOLDIER HOLDS THE DECAPITATED HEAD OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER, 1945 . Bernard Harry Gilbert (serial # 39202990) was born in 1923 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1943 at the age of 18, attending training at San Luis, Obispo, California. He served with the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division. During his service he was wounded at New Guinea in June 1944. He reached the rank of Tech 2. Bernard had two older brothers, born in Tacoma, Washington, that served in the Canadian Army during WWII. His brothers were James Cameron Gilbert, who was wounded while serving with the Canadian Infantry, and Charles Frederick Gilbert, who served in the Canadian Armored Service Corps. The collection and information was provided by Robert J. Gilbert, Bernard's nephew. Robert also served in the Royal Canadian Engineers as a Sergeant Major. Collection includes one bound album with 150 photos, and an additional 50 loose photographs.

  Egyption Pharoahs used to masterbate into the Nile river publically. Basically, it was a yearly practice, at the last month of the summers, the Pharoah will come, take of his clothing, do some stimulation, jerk off and then would get back to his day. It was a festival called “Min festival” It also had Religious value there, not something just for pleasure. I guess there’s a reason they call the Nile river “Source of life” Egyption Pharoahs used to masterbate into the Nile river publically. Basically, it was a yearly practice, at the last month of the summers, the Pharoah will come, take of his clothing, do some stimulation, jerk off and then would get back to his day. It was a festival called “Min festival” It also had Religious value there, not something just for pleasure. I guess there’s a reason they call the Nile river “Source of life” often did the Romans have sex? Romans were pretty open about sex. Their society wasn't as prudish as later Western so

 The Battle of Wakefield and the death of Richard duke of York:- On this date in 1460 the Battle of Wakefield was fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions. Richard Plantagenet, the 3rd duke of York had left London in early December and spent Christmas at his Castle of Sandal near Wakefield. It was a major battle of the early years of the wars, ushering in a new and far more brutal period of fighting where no prisoners were taken. Until that point it had been usual to spare and ransom those of noble blood captured during battle. On the 24th of October 1460 the Act of Accord was ratified naming the duke of York as the heir to the throne, after Henry VI's death. This disinherited the King's own young son, Edward of Westminster. The King was mentally unstable, his illness probably being passed through his Mother Katherine of Valois whose own Father King Charles VI had been famously mad. Like his grandfather before him, Henry VI found his court divided by factions vying f

 RISKING IT ALL: A Cheyenne Dog Soldier tethered to the ground, faces the enemy combatant attempting to count coup on him. The mounted rider must get it right in this death waltz, otherwise he will feel the edge of the DS's Tomahawk.  Counting coup was the highest battle honor among Plains tribes. The warrior would ride up on an enemy either mounted p00p on foot, tap him with his coupstick, seen here within reach of the DS, then ride off. It meant that he came close enough to be killed by the enemy, stared death in the face, touched him and lived. Back in camp, a man couldn't claim to count coup. It had to be witnessed by others.  The coup counter's stock would rise dramatically. Meanwhile, the Dog Soldier's axe blade has a large hole in it. This cause the blade to slice through the air faster and impact with more energy. Also, Dog men had to remain pinned to the ground during a battle, and could only be released by another DS, or his party had departed the scene comple

  THE DEADLY FISH INDUSTRY Fish feel pain and deserve protections UNDERWATER SUFFERING Whether they are raised in industrial fish farms or caught in the wild, fish have zero legal protections in how they’re treated or slaughtered. Fish often live in complex social groups, they use tools and exhibit signs of anxiety and pain. However, fish are treated like commodities by the fishing industry. FACTORY FISH FARMS Most of the fish eaten today are raised inland or on ocean-based aquafarms, spending their entire lives confined in tightly packed environments. In the factory farm industry, fish suffer for up to two years in water that has high levels of ammonia and nitrates. It is common that groups of fish will become infested with parasites which feed on the gills, organs, and blood of fish. Bacterial infections also run rampant. INDUSTRIAL FISHING Commercial fishing is cruelty to animals on a colossal scale, killing nearly a trillion animals worldwide every year. Ships the size of f

FORCE CONVERSION: What Muslims won’t tell you about Muhammad. According to Muhammad the prophet of Islam, there are two ways a person can convert to Islam. 1. Willingly  2. Compulsion  ________________________________ Sura 3:83 So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, WILLINGLY or by COMPULSION, and to Him they will be returned?  Tafsir Jalalain explains it this way: …willingly, without refusal, or unwillingly, BY THE SWORD… ________________________________ It is also clear from the Hadith that Muhammad believed in and practiced force conversions with threat of death if one refuses to become a Muslim. It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: I have been commanded to fight against people, till they testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and believe in me (that) I am the messenger (from the Lord) and in all that I have brought. And w

  ALGERIAN WAR. Part of the Cold War and decolonisation of Africa (Not to be confused with Algerian Civil War). The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution (Arabic: الثورة الجزائرية‎ Al-thawra Al-Jazaa'iriyya;, Berber languages: Tagrawla Tadzayrit;, French: Guerre d'Algérie or Révolution algérienne) was a war between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (French: Front de Libération Nationale – FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France.  An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, and the use of torture by both sides. The conflict also became a civil war between the different communities and within the communities. The war took place mainly on the territory of Algeria, with repercussions in metropolitan France. Effectively started by members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on November 1, 1954, during the T

 Henry VIII is a two-part British television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV from 12 to 19 October 2003. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time. Additional production funding was provided by WGBH Boston, Powercorp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It stars Ray Winstone in his first role in a costume drama. His co-star is Helena Bonham Carter who played Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn; her character dominates the first episode and her dramatic death brings the first part of the story to its conclusion.  David Suchet also makes an appearance as Henry's first chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey. The second episode, which follows the last eleven years of Henry's life, sees Winstone act opposite Emilia Fox, as his docile third wife Jane Seymour, Sean Bean as Robert As

 Just a twist- Davy Crockett's older sister, Effie Crockett was invited to help some mothers in the Muskogee Tribe.  Once she arrived in camp, Effie laughed at what she saw. The Muskogee Tribe had a custom of cradling their pappooses among the swaying branches of birch trees. This protected their babies from ground insects, the sun, and wild animals.  After first finding it funny, she soon learned all the great reasons for this practice and marveled at the beauty of it.  Effie watched the swaying and soothing motion of the topmost branches of the trees. She loved how each baby enjoyed nature, how they listened to the songbirds, observed every ladybug, and smiled at the colors of a butterfly, every little breeze was felt and enjoyed by these young ones; each babe seemed perfectly content.  One of the Tribal mothers began to sing a song to the children in her native tongue. As the Muskogee mother sang, Miss Effie observed a small tear running down the mother’s cheek.  Lulu se pepe i

  Redd Foxx did a really risky, yet honorable thing for his friend LaWandaPage (Aunt Esther) back in the day. To understand why he did it, you have to first understand their history together. Redd and LaWanda were really close friends in real life, long before they were comedians. They were friends since their pre-teen years and they attended the same high school in St. Louis. As they grew up, they both separately pursued comedy careers and both of them had a reputation for being two of the most hilarious kids in the neighborhood back in the day. They each started doing their own thing in stand-up comedy, making a name for themselves on the chitlin’ circuits and far beyond. Then eventually Redd Foxx got offered a starring role in a new TV show, Sanford and Son, and he suggested his childhood friend, LaWanda, for the role of “Aunt Esther.”  LaWanda had just decided to step away from comedy and move back from L.A. to St. Louis to care of her sick mother, when Foxx called her about the ro

 Dole Chadee (born Nankissoon Boodram) Over a four day period in June 1999, Trinidad and Tobago hanged Dole Chadee and eight members of his drugs gang.   Chadee was Trinidad's most notorious murderer, drug lord and gang leader.  He went to the gallows on Friday the 4th of June 1999, at 6 a.m. as the bell pealed at nearby St. Mary's College.  Gang member Joey Ramiah was the next to die.  And, at 8:44 a.m., it was Ramkalawan Singh's turn. Three more were hanged on Saturday the 5th, Clive Thomas was being the first, followed by Robin Gopaul and Russel Sankerali, Prisons Commissioner Cipriani Baptiste said. The men went “without trouble,” he said. The final three executions were carried out on Monday, the 7th of June 1999.  Joel Ramsingh, Stephen Eversley and Bhagwandeen Singh were put to death within three hours starting at 6 a.m. EDT at the Royal Jail in Port of Spain, Prison Commissioner Cipriani Baptiste said. The executions were cleared by the Privy Council in London, the

  He Sexually Assaulted Dog With Knife Lucas Russell Vanwoert of Kent Country, Michigan, 25, was charged with 4 counts of "Creation of Animal Crush Video" and 4 counts of "Distribution of Animal Crush Video" involving 4 different dogs and resulting in death.    One of the videos shows a dog being sexually assaulted with a knife and then cutting it's tongue out displaying it to the camera.  Vanwoert exchanged approximately 705 files of animal abuse videos since November 2020 with an unidentified 51-year-old Australian man that has since been arrested. That man was subsequently charged arrested in Australia for bestiality, animal cruelty, and child exploitation. The digital age has brought a whole new type of sicko into the spotlight. Individuals making sadistic videos of animals being tortured to satisfy their perverse fetishes. In 2020 there was a federal bill passed into law called the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (The PACT Act). Signed into law by the