Adam Clayton (U2)

Best known As the Bass Player with Irish Rock Band U2 Adam Clayton was Born 13th March in 1960. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, his family moved from Oxfordshire to Malahide, County Dublin When Clayton was five years old, where Clayton attended boarding school first at Castle Park School in Dalkey, then at St. Columba’s in Rathfarnham. He later changed school to Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, where he met fellow bandmates Paul “Bono” Hewson and Larry Mullen Jr., and was reunited with his boyhood friend Dave “The Edge” Evans. Mullen had posted an advertisement on the school bulletin board for musicians to form a band with him; Clayton showed up at the first practice, which also included Dik Evans, Dave Evans’s older brother, Ivan McCormick, and Peter Martin, who were two of Mullen’s friends. McCormick and Martin left the band soon after its conception. While the band was a five-piece (consisting of Bono, The Edge, Mullen, Evans, and Clayton), it was known as Feedback. The name was subsequently changed to The Hype, but changed to “U2″ soon after Dik Evans left the band.

As a bass player, Adam Clayton’s most recognizable basslines include “New Year’s Day”, which evolved out of an attempt to play Visage’s song “Fade to Grey”, and “With or Without You”. His style includes Motown and reggae influences, and cites artists such as Paul Simonon of The Clash as influences on his musical style. When Clayton first joined the fledgling U2, he did not have formal training in the bass. In the band’s early years, he generally played simple parts in 4/4 time. He has also sung on several occasion, including on the song “Endless Deep”, the B-side to the single “Two Hearts Beat As One” from 1983. Clayton also sung backup vocals on “I Will Follow” during live performances in 1983 and 1984. He also spoke the last verse of “Your Blue Room”. Clayton can be heard speaking on “Tomorrow (’96 Version)” (a rerecording of “Tomorrow” that he arranged) a song from U2′s 1981 album October. He plays the guitar on a few occasions, most notably the song “40″, where he and guitarist The Edge switch instruments. He also plays the keyboard introduction to “City of Blinding Lights”.

Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs such as “New Year’s Day”, “Bullet the Blue Sky”, “With or Without You“, “Mysterious Ways“, “Get on Your Boots“, and “Magnificent“. His work on No Line on the Horizon has been cited as his best bass playing. He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen Jr. on the theme of 1996′s Mission: Impossible. Clayton, as a part of U2, has also won 22 Grammy awards. and numerous other awards, including those for Best Rock Duo or Group seven times, Album of the Year twice, Record of the Year twice, Song of the Year twice, and Best Rock Album twice.

Susan B.Anthony

American social reformer and women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony sadly died March 13, 1906. She was born February 15, 1820 and played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities, primarily in the field of women’s rights. In 1852, they founded the New York Women’s State Temperance Society after Anthony was prevented from speaking at a temperance conference because she was female. In 1863, they founded the Women’s Loyal National League, which conducted the largest petition drive in United States history up to that time, collecting nearly 400,000 signatures in support of the abolition of slavery. In 1866, they initiated the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for both women and African Americans.

In 1868, they began publishing a women’s rights newspaper called The Revolution. In 1869, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association as part of a split in the women’s movement. In 1890, the split was formally healed when their organization merged with the rival American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, with Anthony as its key force. In 1876, Anthony and Stanton began working with Matilda JoslynGage on what eventually grew into the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. The interests of Anthony and Stanton diverged somewhat in later years, but the two remained close friends.

In 1872, Anthony was arrested in her hometown of Rochester, New York for voting in violation of laws that allowed only men to vote. She was convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action. In 1878, Anthony and Stanton arranged for Congress to be presented with an amendment giving women the right to vote. Introduced by Sen. Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA), it later became known colloquially as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It was eventually ratified as the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.

Anthony traveled extensively in support of women’s suffrage, giving as many as 75 to 100 speeches per year and working on many state campaigns. She worked internationally for women’s rights, playing a key role in creating the International Council of Women, which is still active. She also helped to bring about the World’s Congress of Representative Women at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

When she first began campaigning for women’s rights, Anthony was harshly ridiculed and accused of trying to destroy the institution of marriage. However Public perception of her changed radically during her lifetime. Her 80th birthday was celebrated in the White House at the invitation of President William McKinley and her social reforms, anti slavery and campaigns for women’s rights were vitally important. She also became the first female citizen to be depicted on U.S. coinage when her portrait appeared on the 1979 dollar coin.

Murray Walker🏎️💨

Formula One motorsport commentator and journalist Murray Walker, OBE sadly died 13 March 2021. He was born 10th October 1923. For most of his Formula One Commentating career he worked for the BBC, but when it lost the contract for F1 coverage to the company ITV, Walker continued his commentating after the change of broadcaster.He has a distinctive, enthusiastic commentary style. Since 1978, British television commentary of the Formula 1 seasons has been used by other broadcasters right around the world, including Australia and Japan. He was an exponent of the commentator’s curse, noting in an interview that he might say how well a driver was racing or that they would probably win the race, only to have them retire or crash out of the race shortly thereafter, hence his catchphrase “…Unless I’m very much mistaken…” which might lead shortly after to a correction “…And I am very much mistaken…” to introduce the correction of the foregoing comment if it turned out in the event to be incorrect.

He is known for his gentlemanly and considerate conduct, seeing the best in drivers who had attracted controversy. He rarely criticised drivers and preferred to give the benefit of the doubt in attributing blame for incidents. One example of this was during the 1994 Australian Grand Prix where, following the controversial crash between Michael Schumacher and Walker’s close friend Damon Hill which decided the World Drivers’ Championship in the German’s favor, Walker, unlike his fellow commentators at the time, most notably former 500cc Motorcycle World Champion Barry Sheene, declined to blame Schumacher outright for the crash. Here are some of Murray Walker’s best quotes:“

• “It’s raining and the track is wet”
• “He is shedding buckets of adrenalin in that car”
• “With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go”
• “Anything happens in Grand Prix racing and it usually does”
• “Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna’s Lotus sounding rough ?”
• “As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is 5th”
• “Senna is 3rd with Mansell 2nd and Piquet 3rd!”
• “This will be Williams’ first win since the last time a Williams won.”
• “You can’t see Alesi’s Ferrari because it isn’t there!”
• “You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not, it’s motor racing”
• “……..and Schumacher has just completed lap 77 out of 73.”
• “..and Micheal Schumacher is leading Micheal Schumacher”
• And Michael Schumacher is actually in a very good position. He is in last place.
• “There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.”
• “A sad ending, albeit a happy one”
• “So this being Michael Schumacher’s 10th race in his 151st year in F1″
• “There are 7 winners of the Monaco Grand prix on the starting line today and four of them are Michael Schumacher“.
• Fantastic!! There are four different cars filling the first four places!!“Senna 1st, Prost 2nd and Berger 3rd that makes up the top four!”
• “Here at Brands Hatch Will Gollop has a clear lead over Will Gollop”.
• Murray: There’s a fiery glow coming from the back of the Ferrari – James: No Murray, that’s his rear safety light
• Murrary: “What’s that? There’s a BODY on the track!!! -James: “Um, I think that that is a piece of BODY-WORK, from someone’s car.
• Murray (To Damon Hill)): When did you realise that you had a puncture, Damon? – Damon Hill: When my tyre went down, Murray!“
• “Frentzen is taking, er…, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.
• ”Michael has moved up to the position that..that…that…the other one isn’t“
• Two McLarens on the first row of the grid, two Ferarri’s on the first row of the grid…”
• “Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
• Upon seeing Pedro Diniz’s Sauber catch fire ” Fire! Fire!, Diniz in the oven”
• “…and HERE COMES DAMON HILL IN THE WILLIAMS!!!!…..this car is absolutely unique!….except for the one behind it….which is exactly the same…”