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| 20 years ago yesterday Futurama airs for the first time. |
Wow, thanks for making me feel old 
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Fish
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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49 years ago the Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces.
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Randy in Maine
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| No one was ever held "accountable" for Kent State. |
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Fish
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| No one was ever held "accountable" for Kent State. |
And four people died. Sad all around.
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| Fish wrote: |
| 49 years ago the Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces. |
Yes. Hard to believe that next year is 50 years since this.
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Tram
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| Fish wrote: |
| Randy in Maine wrote: |
| No one was ever held "accountable" for Kent State. |
And four people died. Sad all around. |
More were injured- more still traumatized.
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Zundfolge1432 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:44 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Going to mention this just a tad early but tomorrow marks the anniversary of
D Day and it gets a mention from me. Too much stuff seems to fly under the radar but not this  . |
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I really have no words to describe the courage these men showed that day.
Picture yourself here. Know that you are walking into a shooting gallery and probably won't make it.
But you do it anyway.
Please watch any and all specials this week that describe the countless selfless acts that collectively gave us the freedom we have today. |
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Fish
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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June 4th, 1989. The Tiananmen Square Massacre. They fight for democracy but were no match for the government.
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KTPhil
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I hope I don't garble this story too badly. I saw it on a TV special many years ago, and repeat its point here...
There was a French restaurant/inn owner in the area behind Normandy. It was well known that an invasion would come, just not when and where. That day was like any other, with workers and patrons inside.
The owner, like everyone else, ducked for cover when the pre-invasion shelling started. The bombing was so dense and sustained that he knew this must be "the one they had been waiting for."
He later remarked to a reporter that he immediately knew the Allies would be successful, and that his country would be liberated, and Hitler defeated.
How did he know?
"When the bombing started, and everyone was yelling and swearing as they ducked down or ran out, most of the swearing was in English, not French or German. I knew then, that if the Allies had infiltrated the countryside this thoroughly, that they were prepared and would prevail."
God bless them all.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| Fish wrote: |
| June 4th, 1989. The Tiananmen Square Massacre. |
For anyone literate enough to read. USA Today did a very nice special on this complete with pics. Wall Street Journal did even better with D Day. Print media still has an audience , ck em out. |
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busdaddy
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
Going to mention this just a tad early but tomorrow marks the anniversary of
D Day and it gets a mention from me. Too much stuff seems to fly under the radar but not this . |
It's never too early for something as epic as that beach party, right now 75 years ago a bunch of 15-20 year olds from all over the world (yes they volunteered and lied about their ages sometimes) were loading up and sailing off to knowingly step into a meat grinder in the morning, what big things were you doing when you were in your late teens?
They didn't earn the label of "the greatest generation" by sitting around posting videos of stupid shit on Youtube, actions always speak louder than words, those guys set the standard and we are lucky to have had them.
To the few that remain and all who have already gone Thank you!
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ach60
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
Going to mention this just a tad early but tomorrow marks the anniversary of
D Day and it gets a mention from me. Too much stuff seems to fly under the radar but not this . |
It's never too early for something as epic as that beach party, right now 75 years ago a bunch of 15-20 year olds from all over the world (yes they volunteered and lied about their ages sometimes) were loading up and sailing off to knowingly step into a meat grinder in the morning, what big things were you doing when you were in your late teens?
They didn't earn the label of "the greatest generation" by sitting around posting videos of stupid shit on Youtube, actions always speak louder than words, those guys set the standard and we are lucky to have had them.
To the few that remain and all who have already gone Thank you! |
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/europe/d-day-75-anniversary-explainer-intl-gbr-scli/index.html
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Wednesday, June 7, 1944
The days that marked the Battle of Normandy
For the time being, the landing of Normandy is a success even if all the initially planned objectives are not reached. To the west of the invasion beaches, the American sector is held by the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted on the night of June 6th (these two divisions suffered a lot of casualties) and by the 4th Infantry Division having landed at Utah Beach at dawn (without encountering any major problems). The American parachute troops have a 15-kilometer bridgehead on the evening of June 7th. In Omaha Beach, the situation of the 1st and 29th American infantry divisions landed at dawn is more critical. Only a small part of the soil of France is under their control. The Commonwealth landings on the eastern flank (on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches) have encountered difficulties but it is generally a great success. The paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division seized the bridges over the Orne and made their junction with the troops disembarked at Sword Beach.
On the German side, the surprise is total. The storm which reigned the day before in the English Channel did not trouble the sentries on the coasts, nor the officers in their staffs. Allied air superiority prevents any movement and for the time being no Panzer division was fully engaged to push back the attackers to the sea. Hitler was not informed of the allied invasion until nine o’clock on the morning of June 6 : having gone to bed late, he fell asleep with sleeping pills and gave as instructions that no one wakes him up. Meanwhile, Rommel is in Germany and celebrates the anniversary of his wife. The same day, he rode towards Normandy to take matters into his own hands.
The Germans launched their first counter-offensive towards Port-en-Bessin north of Bayeux, where US and British troops tried to join their bridgeheads. The 716th German Infantry Division and the 21st Panzer Division are designated to counter-attack.
Allied fighter aircraft flying over Normandy saw German armored movements and destroyed a large number of tanks and vehicles. They abandon the counter-attack and decide to move at night. The paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division, located to the east of the landing beaches in the vicinity of the village of Ranville, cling to them and defend their positions with the newly disembarked anti-tank guns. Reinforced by the British 3rd Division, they rejected the advanced elements of the 21st Panzer Division, which retreated to the defensive line of Caen. In order to seize the latter, General Montgomery ordered the launch of operation Perch, which begins the same day.
Meanwhile, hundreds of American and British gliders landed in Normandy, often behind the lines of German forces, forcing the latter to retreat. |
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I watched for the 2nd time "Saving Private Ryan".
My dad was in the Army Air Corps in England and Europe, did something with D-Day.
Even baseball great yogi Berra was part of that huge assault force.
Thank you all.
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Golly we missed August 6th anniversary of Hiroshima but here’s another key date in history. Today is 45th anniversary of a president that resigned in disgrace. Hell I remember everyone was pissed off, some still are.
On a happier note in 1942 this date 6 nazi saboteurs were executed. |
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50 years ago today this picture was taken:
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Golly we missed August 6th anniversary of Hiroshima but here’s another key date in history. Today is 45th anniversary of a president that resigned in disgrace. Hell I remember everyone was pissed off, some still are.
On a happier note in 1942 this date 6 nazi saboteurs were executed. |
Yep, I remember watching the Watergate hearings on Tv....
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