David Jones changed his last name to Bowie

Today in history, on this day, I would like to share one of the highlights of Mr. David Bowie, one of the most famous musicians of his era. Who unfortunately has passed away last January 10, 2016, just a few days ago. Bowie, a singer song writer has written a lot of songs, especially in the 1970’s in his prime. Maybe here in the Philippines, some of his songs are not that popular, but as a music artist, he gained a lot of attention also, especially the 70’s era, wherein he released and made a lot of songs.

           But before some his songs was released, today in history, in January 14, 1966, exactly 50 years ago, has decided to change his name from David Jones to David Bowie. It is because for the reason that to avoid confusion with his fellow musician’s name also who happens to be Davy Jones of the Monkees, who sounds like the same as his. Probably, this is one of his lucky charms that made a name for Mr. Bowie in the world of music. About 3 years later, he released the song named “Space Oddity” in 1969. By 1970, released a song called” The man who sold the World”. By 1971, also released the songs called “Life on Mars?”, Changes, Queen Bitch and Oh!You Pretty Things. And in 1972, made a lot of songs namely: “Starman”, “Five Years”, “Moonage Daydream”, “Suffragette City” and Ziggy Stardust. And lots of other songs composed in the next succeeding years.

           David Bowie’s birthday was celebrated with his family on January 8^th, just 2 days before his death. The cause of his death was the cancer, an 18^th month long battle with the said disease. The music world would never forget all the things he had done whether it’s good or bad. He has done his part already, and we have to accept is that, it’s the fact of life. We come and go. Bowie died at age 69.

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The birth of Joan of Arc

 It was 1412, this time in Europe was somewhat very much into wars and claiming of lands or territories are all over. But France has one of its saint born, her name Joan. The story of Joan of Arc started when she has gotten some visions of 3 saints namely Saint Margaret, Saint Michael and Saint Catherine, asking her to assist King Charles VII fought against the English. During the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc was so young simple peasant girl, helped and played an important role in capturing Orleans, France. She later went to capture other towns, most importantly Rhiems and even Paris that time.

                       

Later that time on, Joan of Arc was captured in exchange of money to the English. Joan a throughout the trial kept her silence, didn’t say anything, but just sitting, that the English have come to think that they can’t get anything or any information for Joan. Because of this, the English captors were angered and it leads this to Joan’s sentence to death. Joan was burned at the stake alive in the month of May 1431. About  25 years later Pope Callixtus III named Joan of Arc a martyr.  And finally, centuries later, she was finally declared a saint particularly in 1920. Joan of Arc was put to death only at age 19.

                        

It is really a strong portrait of a strong woman power. Joan of Arc is not only a patron saint of France but also the role model of woman bravery all over the world. It is really an honor for every woman to have Joan of Arc gone into this world, no wonder why, lots of woman are named after. I do believe that you are who you are of what name you are bringing to since birth to your death. This accomplishment’s of Joan of Arc would somehow affect not only women, but also men, even if how young or our status in life we have, we should keep on fighting on the battle in life we face win or lose, as long as we tried for it, there would be no losers in the end.

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The suspension of a Golden State Warrior player

Today, I will be writing about a basketball player who happens to be one of the famous players in the 1990’s and in the early 2000. He happens to be the player drafted of Golden State Warriors in 1992-1993 season. All we know today that the Golden State Warriors have won their championship just this year after 40 years of waiting. Even making the best start in NBA history,this season currently as I write this one with a blazing 20-0 record. The Warriors have built it’s reputation with their hot shooting duo starring Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson plus with the help of the NBA Final’s MVP Andre Iguodala. But before this guys achieved the mightiest goal in Basketball world, a player was creating himself a name in the Golden State Warriors franchise, his name Latrell Sprewell.

Sprewell, first played in November 6, 1992 for the warriors and it lasted for 6 season before being drafted to the New York Knicks in the 1998-1999 season of the NBA. Something happened in  that somehow turned heads on the NBA, it is when Mr. Sprewell choked and threatened to kill his coach PJ Carlesimo.  It was one of the harshest implemented suspension of an NBA player.  Because of the event that happened, On  December 4^th 1997, exactly 18 years ago today, the NBA decided to suspend Mr. Sprewell  for one year. By 1998, Sprewell got in into a new team, the New York Knicks and played there for over 5 season before going again to other team, he played well and got a reputation of being a shooter also. And on his final 2 seasons, he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves together with my favorite player that time, Kevin Garnett.

That event was implemented due to the harsh actions of Mr. Sprewell, obviously. But sometimes we cannot avoid to look at his side also, maybe he has deeper reasons, on why he did it. But the NBA rules must be followed, a professional sport which is being watched by millions of people must do something that would make people realize that such violent actions would not be tolerated in any way.

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The arrest and conviction of Adolf Hitler

As we all know, Adolf Hitler is the most power man in Europe in the 1940’s through the annexation from country or even the world, he has the great control of vast military command. And of course all the things he needed to be done are all in hands. Before he came to power, he became a soldier fighting in the great World War 1. To this war he is wounded, this making home a lot braver in the next coming years upon rising to power leading the Nazi Germany towards its quest in conquering nations along with it’s Axis partner’s Italy and Japan. This group of fierce force was the force to be reckoned with during that time and almost making their campaigns all be successful if not because of the ever strong Allied forces in the 1940’s.

November 8, 1923 Adolph Hitler led his Nazi followers in an abortive attempt seize power in Munich in what became known as the "Beer Hall Putsch". Although the plan failed, and Hitler imprisoned, the Nazi leader gained for his rise to the dictatorship of Germany. There were riots going on the streets between different political parties. These parties are consisting of Communist, Nazi’s and Socialist groups. It all started during a meeting or gathering with leaders of the Bavarian government were having a rally with its 3000spectators. Suddenly Hitler fired into the air, stunning the leaders and announced that the area was surrounded by his 600 storm troopers. By dawn, the coup ended up in a sense of misdirection and confusion, Hitler later that day manage to march towards the streets of Munich. They manage to cross the city center, but eventually stopped by police forces, some of his followers died because of that marched and Hitler managed to escaped but arrested in November 12, 1923, 92 years ago today.

Upon the arrest, Hitler was convicted with treason, with 5 years of confinement, but this conviction only lasted for 8 months. After that conviction, Hitler come to think that to take into power he must not do it to armed conflicts but to it’s manipulation of the existing political system of their country. Even though Hitler rise to power in World War 2, he also experience of being confined like what he did to the opposing captured soldiers during that time. It just says that the one that happened in your life, there is a tendency that you would implement all over again as long as you live.

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The music and early death of Johnny Horton

                Being a music artist is really a profession, it is believed to be one of the greatest job in the world aside from an athlete. People all over the world when you become popular, will follow your way of your music and sometimes the way you handle life about. So being a musician is fun, but you need to be able to be careful with everything that you do in life, because your fans will be going after what you do especially nowadays that the social media is just around our corners. However, about 50 years ago today, musicians are much being loved because of the way they express themselves and that the people can relate so much with every wrotes sanged by an artist. Today, I would to share to you the short but popular life of Mr. Johnny Horton.

                

Johnny Horton was born on April 30, 1925, and his music came to life and to its peak in the 1950’s. He has lot of songs that have loved by lots of people across the Western world. This is a handful of songs that Mr. Horton has sanged and that making this songs as his trademarks as an artist, one is “Honky Tonk Man”, the one that has lightens the day of people that time. The other one is the “Battle of New Orleans” this song has pictured out the British occupation in New Orleans in the state of Louisiana, which is quite interesting to made up a lyrics mixed with a bit of fun in it. The last one would be the “North to Alaska” who helped people imagine what’s the beauty of Alaska and it’s topographic location and also assisted the tourism somehow of the state.

             

Horton was being loved by lots of people, until such time of his career, a life ending car accident that causes his life in November 5, 1960 dying at the young age of 35. Even though people in the Philippines don’t know much of Horton, but there are still Filipino’s who love country music and continue making life to his works as an artist. That’s the everlasting work of being an artist.

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Nazis murder 16,000 Jews in Pinsk, Soviet Union

     This day was only one of the darkest day in history, especially to the Jewish people. The Nazi’s as we know even from before, started there campaigned in conquering much of Europe, and one of there main focus is to eliminate the existence of the Jews, more likely in the 1940’s.The Nazi’s came to rise first in Poland in late of 1939 and obviously was a successful step. World war 2 came, and all of the world is nervous of what might be the result of the war, many of the people migrated from one place to other in order for them to secure themselves from the great danger. And one of the most affected race is that of the Jews, they were facing the greatest test of there life, through the extermination by the Nazis.

                         

     This day in October 29, 1942, exactly 73 years ago from today, was seemingly one of the largest extermination campaigns of the Nazi’s to the Jewish people in Pinsk, in the former Soviet Union. It was a thousand act of murders that occurred in the place. Approximately 16,000 of Jews was murdered through the same method as we know that happened in the Auschwitz concentration camp. It was really murderous that according to some witnesses by some sources also, they could smell the dead as far as in the next city due to the number of murders done.

        

     Those acts right now are really much condemned even in Germany, they prohibit people as much as possible to talk about it, due to its horrific past that occurred during the World War 2. However, the Nazi officers have payed for it also, years later. That seems to be a sort of justice for all the human killings and war crimes they have committed in those era.

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The day MacArthur came back to the Phillipines

 In 1944 on this day, October 20 2015, marked the return of General Douglas MacArthur in Philippines, particularly in Leyte. It would be marked as the bloodiest war in the Pacific and also marking an end to the Japanese forces invasion. During the war, the Japanese making an action towards it launching operation Sho-go an attempt to take away the 3^rd U.S fleet north towards the fighting. The American and Japanese fleet have faced together in October 23 days after the landing in Leyte Gulf.

In Leyte Island, the Americans take on the Japanese garrisons. It took them almost 70 days before completing the annihilation of the Japanese troops, all in all the Japanese lost about 80,000 troops compared to Americans who only lost about 3,500 troops. In the Leyte Gulf a lot of destruction has cost both sides, after 3 days of sea battle, the Americans lost only 3 battle ships compared to a lot more for the Japanese which has 36 battleships destroyed. The battle ended at about 5,000 Kamikaze pilots died and managed to take down 34 ships.

Until the end the Japanese troops hold its resistance til the end of the battle, they have not given up an easy war. They give all there power to fire up the Americans, but in the end, they really cannot with stood the mighty power of the Americans , they were just really outnumbered, out smarted to the extent that the war was ended because of that. Its one of the greatest highlights of every Filipino until now, and it would remain to be the liberation day of the entire country and regained our own strength as one nation on this day exactly 71 years ago.

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