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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 7:35 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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90th birthday of empire state building _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12452
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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: Tue May 04, 2021 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Thank you Z...may we not forget. Senior in High School and it was one of the first times I said "...why?" And "..what for?" _________________ Larry in OB
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 7:51 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA was established in 1958 to keep U.S. space efforts abreast of recent Soviet achievements, such as the launching of the world’s first artificial satellite—Sputnik 1—in 1957. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the two superpowers raced to become the first country to put a man in space and return him to Earth. On April 12, 1961, the Soviet space program won the race when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space, put in orbit around the planet, and safely returned to Earth. One month later, Shepard’s suborbital flight restored faith in the U.S. space program.
I suppose this too could be politicized, resist the urge just note the event and date as it happened. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:33 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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5 May (as in Cinco de Mayo) 1862, the Battle of Puebla, Mexico was won despite overwhelming odds against them from superior numbers of French forces. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On May 7, 1994, Norway’s most famous painting, “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, is recovered almost three months after it was stolen from a museum in Oslo. The fragile painting was recovered undamaged at a hotel in Asgardstrand, about 40 miles south of Oslo, police said.
The iconic 1893 painting of a waiflike figure on a bridge was stolen in only 50 seconds during a break-in on February 12, the opening day of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Two thieves broke through a window of the National Gallery, cut a wire holding the painting to the wall and left a note reading “Thousand thanks for the bad security!”
A few days after the theft, a Norwegian anti-abortion group said it could have the painting returned if Norwegian television showed an anti-abortion film. The claim turned out to be false. The government also received a $1 million ransom demand on March 3, but refused to pay it due to a lack of proof that the demand was genuine. |
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62DoKaGuy Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2011 Posts: 1276 Location: Surprise, AZ
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:22 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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VE Day - 76 years on. _________________ ,,Wenige Menschen denken, und doch wollen alle entscheiden.'' -der Alte Fritz
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...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
4/62 Double Cab
5/61 Panel (sold)
4/59 Single Cab (sold) |
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jwp67 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Grateful Dead 5-8-77 Barton Hall, Cornell University. _________________ 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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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On May 9, 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. With this book, Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology called Dianetics, which quickly caught fire and, over time, morphed into a belief system called
On May 9, 1945, Herman Goering, commander in chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag, head of the Gestapo, prime minister of Prussia and Hitler’s designated successor is taken prisoner by the U.S. Seventh Army in Bavaria.
Goering was an early member of the Nazi Party and was wounded in the failed Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. That wound would have long-term effects; Goering became increasingly addicted to painkillers. Not long after Hitler’s accession to power, Goering was instrumental in creating concentration camps for political enemies. Ostentatious and self-indulgent, he changed his uniform five times a day and was notorious for flaunting his decorations, jewelry, and stolen artwork. It was Goering who ordered the purging of German Jews from the economy following the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, initiating an “Aryanization” policy that confiscated Jewish property and businesses.
Goering’s failure to win the Battle of Britain and prevent the Allied bombing of Germany led to his loss of stature within the Party, aggravated by the low esteem with which he was always held by fellow officers because of his egocentrism and position as Hitler’s right-hand man. As the war progressed, he dropped into depressions and battled drug addiction.
When Goering fell into U.S. hands after Germany’s surrender, he had in his possession a rich stash of pills. He was tried at Nuremberg and charged with various crimes against humanity. Despite a vigorous attempt at self acquittal, he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, but before he could be executed, he died by suicide by swallowing a cyanide tablet he had hidden from his guards.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the world’s first commercially produced birth-control bill–Enovid-10, made by the G.D. Searle Company of Chicago, Illinois.
Development of “the pill,” as it became popularly known, was initially commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger and funded by heiress Katherine McCormick. Sanger, who opened the first birth-control clinic in the United States in 1916, hoped to encourage the development of a more practical and effective alternative to contraceptives that were in use at the time.
In the early 1950s, Gregory Pincus, a biochemist at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, and John Rock, a gynecologist at Harvard Medical School, began work on a birth-control pill. Clinical tests of the pill, which used synthetic progesterone and estrogen to repress ovulation in women, were initiated in 1954. On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved the pill, granting greater reproductive freedom to American women. |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7838 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 6:54 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
On May 9, 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. With this book, Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology called Dianetics, which quickly caught fire and, over time, morphed into a belief system called
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don't leave us hanging on....the suspense is killing me! _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3306 Location: 802
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 7:52 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Diuretics _________________ "Albatross"! |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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May 10, 1869, Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike was hammered into the final tie completing America's transcontinental Railroad. _________________ Prosit!
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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40 years ago, Bob Marley died.
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Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. Over the course of his career Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality.
He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for the legalization of marijuana, while he also advocated for Pan-Africanism. |
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Nesta Robert Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. His father was a white British naval captain named Norval Sinclair Marley, who was nearly 60 at the time. His mother, Cedella, was a 19-year-old country village girl. Because of his mixed racial makeup, Bob was bullied and derogatorily nicknamed “White Boy” by his neighbors. However, he later said the experience helped him develop this philosophy: "I’m not on the white man’s side, or the Black man’s side. I’m on God’s side.” |
Celebrating the 40 years, his son Ziggy played a killer set of the Wailers best-known songs, his voice eerily like Bob's, in Ventura (CA) last month. Best concert I've been to in a looooong while!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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this day in history the USS Mobile got it's commission, 2021 |
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cbeck Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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10 years ago today. The joplin,mo ef5 tornado. Killed over 160 people, destroyed over 7000 structures. _________________ My cut in half and rebuild thread
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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 7:37 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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just to point out that - 21 May 2021 – was the 21st Day in 21st week of 21st Year of the 21st Century _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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olspeed Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2008 Posts: 489 Location: In the shadow of Denali, I still don't give a damn how they do it outside
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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5/24/1941 loss of the HMS Hood which sank in 3 minutes with the loss of 1415 crew out of 1418 crew members. _________________ 66- Ghia
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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