* 1907 – Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1941 )

It also played a central role in the development of the musical style later referred to as Piedmont blues ; indeed, much of the music played by such artists of the genre as Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, Elizabeth Cotten, and Etta Baker, could be referred to as " ragtime guitar.

Numerous records emanated from several labels, performed by Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Lemon Jefferson, and others.

* Blind Boy Fuller, early blues artist, recorded some 120 sides using the Piedmont blues fingerpicking style.

* The Boy and the Blind Man, 13th century, oldest written French farce.

Cabrel cites the artist as one of a number of blues influences, including Charley Patton, Son House, Blind Lemon, Robert Johnson, Howlin ' Wolf, Blind Blake, Willie Dixon, and Blues Boy Willie, whose father toured with Rainey.

Recording artists such as Blind Blake, Josh White, Buddy Moss, and Blind Boy Fuller helped spread the style on the strength of their sales throughout the region.

Blind Boy Fuller's 1940 recording of " Step It Up and Go " sold over half a million copies.

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Checker's releases cover a wide-range of genres including blues ( Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson II ), rhythm and blues ( Sax Mallard, Jimmy McCracklin ), doo-wop ( The Flamingos, The Moonglows ), gospel ( Aretha Franklin, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi ), rock and roll ( Bo Diddley, Dale Hawkins ), and soul ( Gene Chandler ).

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He was commemorated in Gordon Hake's Blind Boy, and in a sonnet by Swinburne, beginning The days of a man are threescore years and ten.

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Hart's 1985 single " Eurasian Eyes " ( from Boy in the Box ) was featured in the film 9 1 / 2 Weeks and the final track from Fields of Fire, " Blind Faith ," was featured in the Jan. 16, 1987 episode of " Miami Vice " entitled " Down for the Count, Pt.

The first successful male country blues performer, Blind Lemon Jefferson was blind, as were many other country bluesmen, including Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Sonny Terry, and Blind Boy Fuller.

* August 15 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer ( b. 1901 )

* December – Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician ( b. 1894 )

* Blind faith: Lack of checking of ( a ) the correctness of a bug fix or ( b ) the result of a subroutine

* Blind Girl b / w America America ( as Colorblind James & The White Caps ) ( 1980 ) 7 " 45rpm

* 1970 I Must Have Been Blind b / w The Beginning ( single release, never compiled on album )

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Blind students also complete mathematical assignments using a braille-writer and Nemeth code ( a type of braille code for mathematics ) but large multiplication and long division problems can be long and difficult.

Seven stories are inspired by a nursery rhyme: And Then There Were None by Ten Little Indians ; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by One, Two, Buckle My Shoe ; Five Little Pigs by This Little Piggy ; Crooked House by There Was a Crooked Man ; A Pocket Full of Rye by Sing a Song of Sixpence ; Hickory Dickory Dock by Hickory Dickory Dock, and Three Blind Mice by Three Blind Mice.

* Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories, Hardcover, 243 pages, Published 1985 by Dodd, Mead NY, ISBN 0-396-08747-7 includes 20 from 4 sets: The Tuesday Club Murders, The Regatta Mystery, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, and Double Sin and Other Stories.

Four stories in the Three Blind Mice collection ( 1950 ) feature Miss Marple: Strange Jest, Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of the Caretaker, and The Case of the Perfect Maid.

* In the Michael Flynn novel In the Country of the Blind, a secret society calling itself the Babbage Society secretly financed the building of Babbage Engines in the mid-19th century.

It has been noted that Ambrose's theology was significantly influenced by that of Origen and Didymus the Blind, two other early Christian universalists.

* 1717 – Blind Jack, English road builder ( d. 1810 )

In 1995, the year Ajax won the Champions League, the Dutch national team was almost entirely composed of Ajax players, with Edwin van der Sar in goal ; players such as Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer, and Danny Blind in defense ; Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, and Clarence Seedorf in midfield ; and Patrick Kluivert and Marc Overmars in attack.

In addition, in 889, Arnulf supported the claim of Louis the Blind to the kingdom of Provence, after receiving a personal appeal from Louis ’ mother, Ermengard, who came to see Arnulf at Forchheim in May 889.

Blind people with undamaged eyes may still register light non-visually for the purpose of circadian entrainment to the 24-hour light / dark cycle.

Blind people had, in her opinion, grown so accustomed to waiting on others as to be passive and ' whiney.

Father Thomas Carroll, who founded the Carroll Centre for the Blind, wrote Blindness: What It Is, What It Does and How to Live with It in 1961.

" The Country of the Blind ", a short story by H. G. Wells, is one of the most well-known stories featuring blind characters.

* Blind author Tom Sullivan has written several inspirational books, including If You Could See What I Hear, about his life and accomplishments.

* Stephen Kuusisto wrote about his experiences as a visually impaired person in Planet of the Blind, and his upcoming memoir, Eavesdropping: A Life By Ear.

* The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, by H. G. Wells

Blind bowlers are extremely skilful.

" Blind " Lemon Jefferson ( Lemon Henry Jefferson ; September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929 ) was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas.

It was largely due to the popularity of artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson and contemporaries such as Blind Blake and Ma Rainey that Paramount became the leading recording company for the blues in the 1920s.