1922 - Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as youths aggressively taunt men wearing straw hats, getting an early jump on the unofficial season's end date of September 15; confrontations continue longer than usual, lasting eight days 1958 - Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony christens passenger ship SS Rotterdam, the last 'ship of state' 1963 - Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches New York Yankees' 28th pennant 1969 - Plastic Ono Band's 1st live performance, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival 1974 - OPEC instructs its Secretary General to "carry out a study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls" 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people 2015 - US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer 2017 - International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1800 - Curacao in British hands (until Jan 1803) 1918 - Train accident at Weesp Netherlands, kills 42 1969 - San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player 1973 - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1893 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1953) 1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), born in Paris (d. 1996) 1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece 1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil 1996 - Playboi Carti [Jordan Carter], American rapper (Whole Lotta Red), born in Riverdale, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1759 - James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32 1902 - John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73 1906 - Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66 1971 - Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44 2001 - Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79 More Famous Deaths »

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A unique Roman oil lamp in the shape of a theatrical mask has been discovered in Cuijk, the Netherlands. It dates to the 2nd century A.D. and is complete and in excellent condition. The lamp is elaborately decorated with botanical motifs, with a large headdress-like acanthus leaf springing from a scallop shell on the forehead of the wide-eyed and even wider-mouthed mask. The sides of the face are framed in curls and what may be two small animal ears. His nose and heavy brow suggest it may be a satyr mask. The mouth serves as the filling hole of the lamp. The “neck” underneath it (actually the nozzle of the lamp) is edged with a fluted border that narrows and then widens again around the wick aperture. Inspired by the expressive character masks of Greek theater, theatrical masks were common decorative motifs in architecture, art, gravestones and even on everyday utilitarian objects like oil lamps. Lamps with mask motifs are well-known in the Roman world, and when placed in the graves of the deceased, they took on the symbolic role of lighting their way to the underworld. This example is unusually elaborate, however, with its ornate decoration and detailed relief integrated into the shape of the lamp itself. The more typical mask lamp features lamps or actors and masks carved in relief onto the discus of the lamp (the circular top surrounding the filling hole). It was discovered in the excavation of what has proven to be the largest Roman cemetery in North Brabant. Only an estimated 15% of the burial ground has been explored, and so far more than 85 graves have been unearthed, many of them containing significant goods, including handled jugs, clay plates, glass bottles and jewelry. The reddish plates are terra sigillata, aka samian ware, a type of fine pottery with a flossy glaze made of iron-rich clay in Gaul. The unglazed white vessels were of Germanic production. Square pits dot the ground, some of them with the tell-tale black stains of carbonization from cremations. Archaeologists found a large number of potsherds, evidence that while the bodies were burning, mourners threw offerings in vases and jugs into the fire. The pottery exploded from the heat and the organic offerings were consumed. The modern town of Cuijk was the Roman settlement of Ceuclum in antiquity. The large quantities of pottery discovered in the cemetery confirms that the population had wide access to consumer goods imported from elsewhere in the Roman Empire. This video captures the moment of discovery and how the lamp reveals itself in increasingly complex detail as the archaeologist brushes away the dirt.

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