1789: Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on the British ship Bounty, leaving Captain Bligh and eighteen sailors adrift in the launch
1884: Henry Reed is born, but he has to learn how to play the fiddle before getting a dram from the Alabama girls [enormous tune collection]
1884: Black rain falls near Church Stretton in England; it is so intense that on the following day, brooks are still dyed with it
1906: Kurt Gödel is born incomplete
1953: Kim Gordon is born [video: bull, heather]
1967: Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the US Army and is stripped of his boxing title; no Viet Cong ever called him nigger
2001: The first space tourist blasts off
2002: John McGuffin dies; last orders, please
Mr. Reed’s fiddle tune must be monophonic, ’cause I hear it double-time.
You can click on the mp3 link itself to hear it at normal speed.