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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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50 years ago yesterday, The Beatles released The Magical Mystery Tour film for its first broadcast on BBC1. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
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He's fine, just waiting for the dragon in winklepickers to move out of his lane. |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20230 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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OB Bus Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2003 Posts: 2531 Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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And he played many years for the minor league San Diego Gulls. A very good "triple-A" player and a fine gentleman. _________________ Larry in OB
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!
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Jacks Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2006 Posts: 2344 Location: San Clemente, Ca.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:39 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. _________________ Jack Staggs
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aa390392 Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2007 Posts: 3602 Location: So.Cal
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:21 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Yesterday...all the artist got together and recorded (we are the world)
Leave your ego at the door.
Thomas _________________ .
getting grumpy & less tolerant!
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cbeck Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2014 Posts: 2494 Location: high ridge, mo
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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2/3/59- RIP Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Waylon Jennings lucky day. _________________ My cut in half and rebuild thread
www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=647779 |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12452
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:17 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Happy birthday to Abe Lincoln a wild and crazy guy |
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:54 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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25 years ago today- February 26, 1993. The World Trade Center is bombed by terrorists just after noon killing six and injuring thousands.
_________________ '67 Beetle L41
'74 Westfalia
'69 Plymouth "Adam-12"
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Go Cubs!
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...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
mukluk wrote: |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20230 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:40 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On this day in 1983, the final episode of MASH aired on television. _________________ nothing |
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jwp67 Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2012 Posts: 652
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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cdennisg wrote: |
On this day in 1983, the final episode of MASH aired on television. |
And I think I've watched at least one episode every night since then, lol. It never gets old to me. _________________ 21 million of these cars were built,and everyone of them were sold...kinda astounding given how unreliable they are.---johhnypan |
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Bob Loblaw Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 865 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:57 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon 45 years ago. _________________ sent from a phone using poor grammar and spelling |
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On this date (24 March 1945) the 17th. Airborne Infantry participated in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation in history ever conducted on one day. Many "students" of WW2 have never heard of the 17th. or Varsity. Look em' up.
I am proud to have had a good friend who was with the 17th. both at the Bulge and this jump. God Bless you Dick!! "Thunder From Heaven." |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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50 years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Also, 45 years ago today, the World Trade Center was officially opened/dedicated. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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mukluk wrote: |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31268 Location: Hot Arizona
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slave1pilot Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2010 Posts: 943 Location: Tehachapi CA
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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May 4th. 1970...Kent State (Ohio) shooting. 4 dead in O H I O... |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I missed this yesterday, sorry for the late post:
On May 13 (2016), Albert "Rabbit" Kekai, one of the greatest of Hawaiian surfing, passed away at age 95. From an obit at the time:
Born in 1920 in Honolulu, the young Rabbit quickly earned a reputation as one of the city’s most gifted natural athletes; he was reportedly as fast on land as he was adept in the water, which caught the attention of Duke Kahanamoku during Rabbit’s formative years as a beachboy, a vocation he continued for decades. Throughout his life, Rabbit worked a myriad of maritime jobs.
During the Second World War, he served in the Navy as a UDT swimmer, the precursor for the modern-day Navy SEALs, helping to clear beaches of Japanese defenses in Micronesia. After the war, he worked construction and as a longshoremen in Honolulu. Through it all, his passion for surfing remained.
But his energetic, high-performance surfing — a strange, exhilarating sight, compared to the conservative angled approach of surfing’s early history — led to a renowned influence on the sport and its epoch-turning figures, like Phil Edwards and Donald Takayama.
On a competitive level, Rabbit held the titles in both the Peruvian and Makaha International events. Up until recently, he served as the beach marshall for the Triple Crown and was a stalwart figure at the competition.
I met him 20 years ago in Malibu. Still very active and a character, with a young lady at his side who went by the name "Summer"! |
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Q-Dog Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2010 Posts: 8687 Location: Sunset, Louisiana
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Joe 20 Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 655 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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June 25, 1876 George Custer and 261 men killed at The Battle of the Little Big Horn (River). Also known until recently as the Custer Massacre. One of the few indian victories in what were known at the time as The Indian Wars. |
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