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Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:07 pm

75th anniversary of liberation of Autschwitz death camp. When I was a small boy man across street lost his whole family during the Holocaust.

Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:55 am

34th anniversary of the Challenger explosion today.

https://www.wfla.com/news/national/tuesday-marks-3...-disaster/

Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:47 am

61 years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson we’re killed when their plane crashed. Don McLean memorialized them in his song “The Day the Music Died”.

Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:12 am

Jacks wrote: 61 years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson we’re killed when their plane crashed. Don McLean memorialized them in his song “The Day the Music Died”.
With that said I think I will just go for a long ride today listening to tunes. weather is finally good...almost top down weather!!!! I needed a day off any way.

Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:37 pm

Rick was born.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:44 pm

Fish wrote: Rick was born.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Damn you! Here we go again with this on loop in my brain...

Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:25 pm

62DoKaGuy wrote: Fish wrote: Rick was born.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Damn you! Here we go again with this on loop in my brain...

He is 54 years old today.

Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:39 pm

February 22, 1980

Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:37 pm

April 19, 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing. This is the 25th. anniversary of this terrible crime and the services had to be held remotely due to the COVID 19 emergency. May we all say a silent prayer for all the people this tragedy still effects all these years later.

Sun Apr 19, 2020 7:50 pm

April 19, 1969 Led Zeppelin recorded 'Whole Lotta Love'.

Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:34 pm

Nineteenth of April, 1775, saw the two opening battles of the American Revolution at Concord and Lexington.

On this day in 1943 the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising started as well.

Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:27 am

Today marks 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:57 am

Zundfolge1432 wrote: 75th anniversary of liberation of Autschwitz death camp. When I was a small boy man across street lost his whole family during the Holocaust.

The devastation that Poland took in WWII is one of those areas in history that is often neglected with the stories of the Victors and the Evil Losers getting top billing.

The German Army was about 10% mechanized, much less than the French and English. Not what I was taught.

Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:14 pm

Yes that anniversary was 3 months ago this ones Earth Day. In my lifetime I see less visible trash and pollution. Less tolerance for dumping :D

Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:25 pm

Abscate wrote: Zundfolge1432 wrote: 75th anniversary of liberation of Autschwitz death camp. When I was a small boy man across street lost his whole family during the Holocaust.

The devastation that Poland took in WWII is one of those areas in history that is often neglected with the stories of the Victors and the Evil Losers getting top billing.

The German Army was about 10% mechanized, much less than the French and English. Not what I was taught.

While they might not have been as mechanized, the German troops were “meth-anized”. None of the opposing forces were prepared for the speed & non-stop push forward.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/intern...5-amp.html

Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:42 am

TDCTDI wrote: Abscate wrote: Zundfolge1432 wrote: 75th anniversary of liberation of Autschwitz death camp. When I was a small boy man across street lost his whole family during the Holocaust.

The devastation that Poland took in WWII is one of those areas in history that is often neglected with the stories of the Victors and the Evil Losers getting top billing.

The German Army was about 10% mechanized, much less than the French and English. Not what I was taught.

While they might not have been as mechanized, the German troops were “meth-anized”. None of the opposing forces were prepared for the speed & non-stop push forward.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spiegel.de/intern...5-amp.html

Yes, I just learned that this year, courtesy of the great PBS SPECIAL.

in the technical fields we make fun of History majors, but I think the Creator has made them our Society’s Cassandra...... :cry:

Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:00 am

Today is the 34th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Ray

Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:26 am

Zundfolge1432 wrote: Yes that anniversary was 3 months ago this ones Earth Day. In my lifetime I see less visible trash and pollution. Less tolerance for dumping :D

It's just been shipped to other countries as well as dumped way out in the oceans.

Good documentary called "Broken: Recycling Sham" on netflix...

Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:10 am

vwinnovator wrote: Zundfolge1432 wrote: Yes that anniversary was 3 months ago this ones Earth Day. In my lifetime I see less visible trash and pollution. Less tolerance for dumping :D

It's just been shipped to other countries as well as dumped way out in the oceans.

Good documentary called "Broken: Recycling Sham" on netflix...

Maybe where you live but I grew up in a time of pop tops, people were still burning trash or throwing into a ravine. Some outhouses still in use. Used motor oil dumped or spilled onto the ground without regard because nobody cared, no EPA. Great Lakes so polluted we had massive fish kills. Cuyahoga River on fire. So from where I’m standing it’s gotten cleaner.

Offshoring waste? Oh ya I helped dump bags of trash mostly plastic and oil waste from a Navy ship back in the 70s. Who’s gonna say we can’t? We are the govt. :D

Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:13 pm

This day in History: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history