Day Tripping: May 28

Purges, Publications, and Paintings

First Round Up

When President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Renewal Act in 1830, it triggered the relocation of Native Peoples from their lands by force in the American Southeast. Over 125,000 indigenous residents of Alabam, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida were marched along The Trail of Tears and across the Mississippi River.

Stripped of their rights to any territories in the region, this act enabled white settlers to claim lands for cotton production while Natives were sent hundreds of miles away to an area designated as Indian Territory. At first, new emigrants tried unsuccessfully to convert natives to the ways of the white man. Ultimately, the Indian Problem was solved by eradication or relocation, a tactic that was used again a century later in Europe.

Binary Genius

The origins of computing can be drawn from this day in 1936 when Alan Turing submitted his paper, On Computable Numbers for publication. At the age of twenty-four, Turing mapped out his solution answering the Entscheidungsproblem (decision problem) by mathematician David Hilbert. By giving a machine a specific set of instructions, Turing’s proof enabled the future of computing which we know today.

Alan was a student at Princeton University when he presented his ideas of patterns in space across time​ which denoted memory, and the patterns of time being transmitted across space, or code. In essence, Turing had created the concept of software. When he returned to the UK as war was breaking out, his talents became essential to decoding the infamous German Enigma machine which saved countless allied lives.

Last Restoration

It took 22 years to complete the restoration Leonardo Da Vinci’s renaissance masterpiece, The Last Supper before being put back on display in 1999. The original fresco which stands in the rectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan, Italy was completed by the artist himself in only four years.

Much maligned by art critics as a repainting rather than an original renaissance, and loved by Italians as grand achievement, the painting now displays the original colouration of the master’s work. The main concern by some is that the restorer, Pinin Brambilla Barcilon scraped away much of the earlier attempts to restore the fresco before painting over again. James Beck, an American art historian claims that The Last Supper is now 20% Da Vinci, and 80% a new post-modern work. Regardless, after such a long wait, many are delighted to view it again in its original glory.

Musical Milestones

The co-founder of Apple, Steve Wosniak hosted his second annual US Super Bowl of Rock music festival in 1983, but this time he went a little overboard when it came to booking acts. Determined to have his hero, David Bowie on the bill, Wosniak agreed to pay the superstar rocker $1.5 million for the gig which is necessary for Bowie to divert his equipment from a European tour by chartering a 747 Jumbojet.

When Van Halen who had stipulated they be the highest paid performer, got wind of the deal, they demanded equal payment. The weekend also included the disgruntled The Clash who played their set with a certain amount of disdain. In all, Steve Wosniak spent millions of his own cash for what some called The Biggest Backstage Pass of All Time.

Narratives

Weird goes political with the birth of Rudy Giuliani (1944) and Rob Ford(1969) on the same day. Rudy of course, is still searching for ‘stolen’ votes, and the former crack smoking mayor of Toronto sadly passed away from cancer in 2016.

Remembrance

The much beloved comedian and character actor Phil Hartman was fatally shot by his girlfriend in 1998 while he was sleeping. Phil was 49 years old.

Writer, poet, and longtime civil rights activist Maya Angelou passed away at age 86 in 2014.

Notable Births

1908 — Creator of Bond, James Bond, Ian Fleming

1910 — Innovator of the Electric Blues, the great T-Bone Walker

1918 — Johnny Wayne. Not that one, but the Canadian funnyman who partnered with Frank Shuster for decades.

1939 — Lovely Irish author and playwright Maeve Binchy

1944 — Where would the Pips be without Gladys Knight?

1945 — Co-founder and songwriter for Credence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty

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