MeMeMe #5 'Pathos' - My Gift To Brave New World (09/15/25)

Pathos, from Greek (πάθος) meaning "suffering," "sensation," or "experience". In classical rhetoric, pathos was one of Aristotle's three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos. Some 09/15 observances: 8-Track Tape Day Greenpeace Day International Day of Democracy Tackle Kids Cancer Day Google . Com Day National Double Cheeseburger Day National Neo-natal Nurses Day World Afro Day Cry of Dolores, (celebrated on the eve of Mexican Independence Day) Some Famous people born 09/15 1254-Marco Polo 1857-William Taft 1881-Ettore Bugatti 1946-Tommy Lee Jones 1962-Dan Marino Some Historic events of 09/15 608-Saint Boniface IV begins reign as Pope 668-Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated 1656-England/France peace treaty 1683-Germantown founded, PA 1762-Battle of Signal Hill 1775-"Liberty" raised over Fort Johnson 1776-British capture Kip's Bay 1777-Washington appoints Pulaski brigadier general 1795-Britain seizes Dutch Cape Colony in SA 1812-Napoleons Grande Armeé reaches Kremlin 1821-Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, & Nicaragua declare independence from Spanish Empire 1830-First National Negro Convention in PA -Liverpool & Manchester Railways open 1835-Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands 1851-St. Joseph's U founded in PA 1853-First female minister in US (A. Blackwell) 1862-Confederates take Harpers Ferry 1883-U of T at Austin opens 1894-Japan wins Battle of Pyongyang 1898-National Afro-American Council (Rochester NY) 1900-Boer appeal for intervention in SA 1910-Boers & Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa 1912-War rerupts in Albania 1914-US Marines leave Vera Cruz 1916-1st wartanks;Battle of the Somme 1917-Russia proclaimed a Republic 1923-Oklahoma Gov. declares "state of siege" 1928-A. Fleming discovers penicillin, while studying influenza 1931-British naval fleet paycut mutiny 1935-Nuremberg Laws enacted: German Jews stripped of citizenship & Nazi Germany adopts swastika 1938-PM Chamberlain visits Adolf Hitler 1940-Winston Churchill visits Royal Air Force 11th -climax of the Battle of Britain 1941-Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil, Lithuania 1942-USS Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal 1944-German battleship Tirpitz bombed -Roosevelt and Churchill discuss strategy at Octagon Conference -Soviet troops free Sofia, Bulgaria -1st Infantry reaches Westwall -US 28th Infantry division takes Hill 555 -US troops land on Palau & Morotai 1947-Typhoon Kathleen hits Kantō region in Japan 1948- F-86 Sabre sets record aircraft speed (1080kph) 1950-UN land at Inchon -US land on Wolmi-Do island 1952-European Parliament forms in Strasbourg - UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia 1958-NJ, Commuter train crashes through drawbridge 1959-First Soviet leader to arrive in US (Nikita Khrushchev) 1961-The U.S. resumes underground nuke tests 1962-The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba 1964-British newspaper "Daily Herald" final edition 1966-1st Nuclear sub launched by British (HMS Resolution) 1967-LBJ urges congress toward gun control 1968-Zond 5 launched (1st lunar fly-around with reentry) 1970-Rotterdam harbor strikes end 1971-Greenpeace founded. 1972-Flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm hijacked. -4.5 earthquake in N. Illinois. 1974-Flight 706 hijacked -Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens 1975-Isle Corsica is divided into two 1976-Soyuz 22 launch 1977-Jimmy Carter meets with 15 record company executives -U.S. nuclear test at Nevada site 1978-Ali defeats Spinks 1981-1st female justice of SCOTUS 1982-1st issue of "USA Today" 1983-Israeli PM Begin resigns. -Michael Stewart beaten to death by police (NYC) 1984 -Princess Diana, distant cousin to Winston Churchill, bears a son. 1985-Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert -Robert Bork confirmation hearings begin 1986-Bomb attack in Paris 1988-Museum of Moving Image opens (London) 1992-Ted Weiss wins election, despite dying on 14th (NYC) -Black Wednesday/Sterling Crisis: Soros' Quantum Fund begins selling mass pound sterling, pound crashes next day. 1994-Clintons ultimatum to Haiti's military leaders  -16 citizens beheaded in Algeria 1997-Domain "google. com" registered. 1998-MCI & WorldCom open together after merging 1999-UN approves forces in East Timor. 2000-Summer Olympics open in Sydney 2004-Johnny Ramone dies age 55 -Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama/Florida 2008-The largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history (Lehman Brothers) 2013-Series of Bombings in Iraq -Coal mine collapse in Afghanistan -Japan switches off last nuclear reactor 2015-Hungary closes border with Serbia 2017-Parsons Green bombing, London. 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut, category 5, Philippines 2020- Abraham accords signed -Scientific American's 1st ever presidential endorsement in 175 years 2021-SpaceX launches first all-civilian spaceflight 2024- Man arrested and charged for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump