This day is referred to as March 27, 2023. It’s a singular event in our history. Just another page in a book with 7.79 billion pages. That’s Earth’s estimated lifetime. Everything has a beginning, middle and an end. Humans will be long gone by then. The tend lines say that we may not be around another couple of hundred years. I’m not going to worry about that because I can’t fix it. I’m going to focus on today because it’s National Be Heard Day, National Cereal Day, National Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Sportsmanship Day, Peace Corps Day, Plant power Day and Unique Names Day. Onto history: On this day in 161 Marcus Aurelius became Emperor of the Roman Empire. He’s one of my favorite stoic philosophers. On this day in 321 the emperor Constantine decreed that the dies Solis Invicti (Sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. On this day in 1644 Massachusetts established the first two-chamber legislature in the Colonies. On this day in 1801 Massachusetts enacted the first state voter registration law. On this day in 1857 Baseball decided that 9 innings constituted an official game, not 9 runs. On this day in 1908, Cincinnati Mayor stood before the city’s council and announced that “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles”. On this day in 1932 unemployed workers staged a “Hunger March” from Detroit to the Ford’s Dearborn complex demanding jobs. It turned into a riot and 4 people were killed. On this day in 1965 civil-rights protesters and Alabama state troopers clashed in what became known as “Bloody Sunday”. Among the protesters was a young John Lewis who was beaten and hospitalized and later became a congressman. Today we will hear from the film maker Stanley Kubrick who died on this day in 1999. He said, “I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don’t want.” “Be suspicious of people who have or crave power. It’s dangerous.” “Man isn’t a noble savage, he’s an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own interests are involved. That about sums it up.” I’ll wrap this post up with this gem: “The dead know only one thing; it is better to be alive.” I agree. Abide.
