Somewhere on Earth on a day not too unlike a day like today
…in 430, Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian, dies at 75. Bob Dylan has a cool song about St. Augustine whom “I drempt I saw.” Check it out.
…in 476, the glorious and imperial Western Roman Empire formally disbands with the ousting of the final Roman emperor, Romulus August.
…in 1565, the oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, is established.
…in 1939, the first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178.
…in 1963 “I Have a Dream,” Says Martin Luther King, Jr.
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was one of the largest civil-rights demonstrations ever conducted in the US. More than 200,000 people heard civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech, which is considered one of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory. However, his prepared text did not mention a dream—King composed that section on the spot, likely at the urging of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. (source)
Daily Trivia:
Just before that epic “I Have a Dream Speech,” a couple of musicians performed in front of the thousands and thousands in the crowd. What folksy pair sang a duet rendition of “When Our Ship Comes In”?
– link to Bob Dylan
The pair that performed a rendition of “When Our Ship Comes In” was Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Winner winner chicken dinner…and what a performance it was! An historic day for sure.
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sang “When Our Ship Comes In.”