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HMVWNAB Samba Member
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Tram Samba Socialist
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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50 years ago this month. Yikes.
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Sometimes, these days, instead of "SHAFT!" my ears hear "CHEF!"
Can you dig it?
RIP Mr. Hayes... _________________ Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Abscate Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:59 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Who you gonna call?
( if you said “Ghostbusters” you are a NooB) _________________ .ssS! |
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crukab Samba Chef
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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42 years ago - Disco Demolition Night @ Comiskey Park in Chicago !! At the time we "Rockers" thought it was wild !! But looking back, it was a riot ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night _________________ Tom
My Pops:
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I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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John Ringo, the famous gun-fighting gentleman, is found dead in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona.
Romanticized in both life and death, John Ringo was supposedly a Shakespeare-quoting gentleman whose wit was as quick as his gun. Some believed he was college educated, and his sense of honor and courage was sometimes compared to that of a British lord. In truth, Ringo was not a formally educated man, and he came from a struggling working-class Indiana family that gave him few advantages. Yet, he does appear to have been better read than most of his associates, and he clearly cultivated an image as a refined gentleman.
By the time he was 12, Ringo was already a crack shot with either a pistol or rifle. He left home when he was 19, eventually ending up in Texas, where in 1875 he became involved in a local feud known as the “Hoodoo War.” He killed at least two men, but seems to have either escaped prosecution, or when arrested, escaped his jail cell. By 1878, he was described as “one of the most desperate men in the frontier counties” of Texas, and he decided it was time to leave the state.
In 1879, Ringo resurfaced in southeastern Arizona, where he joined the motley ranks of outlaws and gunslingers hanging around the booming mining town of Tombstone. Nicknamed “Dutch,” Ringo had a reputation for being a reserved loner who was dangerous with a gun. He haunted the saloons of Tombstone and was probably an alcoholic. Not long after he arrived, Ringo shot a man dead for refusing to join him in a drink. Somehow, he again managed to avoid imprisonment by temporarily leaving town. He was not involved in the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, but he did later challenge Doc Holliday (one of the survivors of the O.K. Corral fight) to a shootout. Holliday declined and citizens disarmed both men.
The manner of Ringo’s demise remains something of a mystery. He seems to have become despondent in 1882, perhaps because his family had treated him coldly when he had earlier visited them in San Jose. Witnesses reported that he began drinking even more heavily than usual. On this day in 1882, he was found dead in Turkey Creek Canyon outside of Tombstone. It looked as if Ringo had shot himself in the head and the official ruling was that he had committed suicide. Some believed, however, that he had been murdered either by his drinking friend Frank “Buckskin” Leslie or a young gambler named “Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce.” To complicate matters further, Wyatt Earp later claimed that he had killed Ringo. The truth remains obscure to this day. |
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Fish Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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July 20th, 1969. Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle" landed on the moon. I'm sure we all can remember that day. Most of us anyway. _________________ Prosit!
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Germany passes controversial “Volkswagen Law”
On July 21, 1960, the German government passes the “Law Concerning the Transfer of the Share Rights in Volkswagenwerk Limited Liability Company into Private Hands,” known informally as the “Volkswagen Law.”
Founded in 1937 and originally under the control of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist (Nazi) Party, Volkswagen would eventually grow into Europe’s largest car manufacturer and a symbol of Germany’s economic recovery after the devastation of World War II. The Volkswagen Law, passed in July 1960, changed the company to a joint stock corporation, with 20 percent held each by Germany and Lower Saxony, the region in which Volkswagen is still headquartered. By limiting the share of any other stockholder to 20 percent, regardless of how many shares owned, the law effectively protected the company from any attempt at a hostile takeover.
By 2007, the controversial legislation had come under full-blown attack from the European Commission as part of a campaign against protectionist measures in several European capitals. The commission objected not only to the 20 percent voting rights cap but to the law’s stipulation that measures taken at the annual stockholders’ meeting must be passed by more than four-fifths of VW shareholders—a requirement that gave Lower Saxony the ability to block any such measures as it saw fit.
In March of that year, fellow German automaker Porsche announced that it had raised its stake in Volkswagen to 30.9 percent, triggering a takeover bid under a German law requiring a company to bid for the entirety of any other company after acquiring more than 30 percent of its stock. Porsche announced it did not intend to take over VW, but was buying the stock as a way of protecting it from being dismantled by hedge funds. Porsche’s history was already entwined with Volkswagen, as the Austrian-born engineer Ferdinand Porsche designed the original “people’s car” for Volkswagen in 1938. |
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ach60 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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This Day In History: Niki Lauda Severely Injured In F1 Crash At The Nurburgring
Lauda's crash changed motorsport as we knew it at the time.
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August 1, 1976 changed the face of Formula One as we know it. On the second lap of the German Grand Prix, Niki Lauda lost control of his Ferrari, which snapped to the right and collided with the metal barriers. The force shoved Lauda back into the track, where he was struck by another car. When he was finally pulled from the flames, it was unclear if Lauda was actually going to live. It became the turning point of the season.
(Welcome to Today in History, the series where we dive into important historical events that have had a significant impact on the automotive or racing world. If you have something you’d like to see that falls on an upcoming weekend, let me know at eblackstock [at] jalopnik [dot] com.)
That year, Lauda had been battling the spectacular but not always consistent James Hunt of McLaren for wins and championship points. It was one of the wildest seasons in history, with accusations of cheating, stolen wins, and reinstated points that constantly kept fans on their toes because there was no telling which driver would come out on top.
But Lauda’s crash changed the complexion of the season. He suffered extensive burns that had him first fighting for his life and then fighting to maintain his race seat. He missed two races while in the hospital — races where he wasn’t scoring points but Hunt was. It served as the motivation for Lauda to leave the hospital as quickly as he could. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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This Day In History: Niki Lauda Severely Injured In F1 Crash At The Nurburgring
Lauda's crash changed motorsport as we knew it at the time.
ByElizabeth Blackstock
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August 1, 1976 changed the face of Formula One as we know it. On the second lap of the German Grand Prix, Niki Lauda lost control of his Ferrari, which snapped to the right and collided with the metal barriers. The force shoved Lauda back into the track, where he was struck by another car. When he was finally pulled from the flames, it was unclear if Lauda was actually going to live. It became the turning point of the season.
(Welcome to Today in History, the series where we dive into important historical events that have had a significant impact on the automotive or racing world. If you have something you’d like to see that falls on an upcoming weekend, let me know at eblackstock [at] jalopnik [dot] com.)
That year, Lauda had been battling the spectacular but not always consistent James Hunt of McLaren for wins and championship points. It was one of the wildest seasons in history, with accusations of cheating, stolen wins, and reinstated points that constantly kept fans on their toes because there was no telling which driver would come out on top.
But Lauda’s crash changed the complexion of the season. He suffered extensive burns that had him first fighting for his life and then fighting to maintain his race seat. He missed two races while in the hospital — races where he wasn’t scoring points but Hunt was. It served as the motivation for Lauda to leave the hospital as quickly as he could. |
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Check out the movie "Rush" by Ron Howard. It is all about the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda. Great movie. _________________ Prosit!
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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100 years ago today, the greatest tenor of all time, Enrico Caruso, died in Naples, too young, at 48. _________________ Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.
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ach60 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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And when did mtv stop playing music videos and start the "reality-based " shows? |
In 1985, Viacom bought Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, which owned MTV and Nickelodeon, renaming the company MTV Networks and beginning this expansion. Before 1987, MTV featured almost exclusively music videos, but as time passed, they introduced a variety of other shows, including some that were originally intended for other channels. _________________ Good Luck
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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100 years ago today: first radio broadcast of a baseball game; in Pittsburgh, station KDKA.
On August 5, 1921, Harold Arlin of KDKA in Pittsburgh voiced the first MLB game on radio. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Hiroshima 1945 |
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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...and Nagasaki was August 9th. VJ Day is August 15th and WW2 ended on Sept. 2. Just thought I'd save you the future posts. _________________ "Someday the world is gonna be populated by nothing but Volkswagens'" Corporal Klairvoy |
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:29 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Hiroshima 1945 |
It should be in everyone’s bucket list to make it to the Hiroshima museum.
I’ve never since used the phrase” ground zero “.
There is a mass grave of 70,000 people there the size of my front flower bed. _________________ .ssS! |
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61 BUS Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:53 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Actually, the correct term is "hypocenter".
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
Let's hope it never comes to that again. _________________ 61 Bus, 71 Bus, 76 Beetle, 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth, 47 Plymouth Business Coupe, 58 BMW Isetta 300 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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On August 12, 1938, Adolf Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross, to encourage German women to have more children, to be awarded each year on August 12, Hitler’s mother’s birthday.
The German Reich needed a robust and growing population and encouraged couples to have large families. It started such encouragement early. Once members of the distaff wing of the Hitler Youth movement, the League of German Girls, turned 18, they became eligible for a branch called Faith and Beauty, which trained these girls in the art of becoming ideal mothers. One component of that ideal was fecundity. And so each year, in honor of his beloved mother, Klara, and in memory of her birthday, a gold medal was awarded to women with seven children, a silver to women with six, and a bronze to women with five. |
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