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In 1994 Al Cowlings and O.J. went for a ride in a white Ford Bronco.
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And in 1972, a continent removed from LA, five men were arrested in DC's Watergate Hotel for felonious burglary and possession of implements of crime.
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Today, in 1923, Checker produced its first taxi at its Kalamazoo factory. Speaking of crosstown traffic and zoos, in 1967 the Monterey Pop Festival reached its climax when Jimi Hendrix set his Fender on fire.
And in 1798 John Adams passed the first of the Alien and Sedition Acts, relating to restrictions on immigration, which was opposed by many as being detrimental to American principles. Thankfully, we have evolved past such issues. :r |
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The Feds just wanted to shut up the burgeoning Democratic-Republican party and remain in power. This move stuck a fork in the Federalists, lost them the 1800 election, and allowed Thomas Jefferson to take office. The Alien act was repealed in 1802, and the Sedition Act was left to expire. John Adams was a total blockhead, quite frankly. Always on the wrong side of the fence, promoting French and English ideals, and just normally wrong. His boy was his polar opposite and very much galvanized our independence. On a personal basis, I really enjoy this very period of our country's history. The whole Thomas Jefferson era, actually. If it's okay, I'm just gonna continue to blather, Thomas. I ****in LOVE history. :tu |
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Blather away, brother. You are skilled at it. :D Plus, you are correct about the whole Adams/Jefferson conflict.
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Mr. Thomas, on the 4th of July, will you tell everyone that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on that day in 1826?
Their friendship is such a great story. I've wanted to read their letters for quite some time, and I plan to do that soon. My goal is to get smarter than you, stud. :tu (;)) It may be possible if I can stay alive for 50 more years and you check out relatively soon. |
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On this day in 1972, the US Supreme Court ruled against Curt Flood in his case seeking to become a free agent, reaffirming the 1922 decision that baseball was a sport and not a business, and was thus exempt from anti-trust law. Remember this the next time you drop a few hundred on a pair of plastic seats. Flood, a star player with the Cards for a decade, never played again. Speaking of judicial matters, in 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies for allegedly providing atomic bomb secrets to Soviet agents. They denied these charges until the end. In the meantime, Klaus Fuchs, a physicist who had actually confessed to such espionage, was in England's Wakefield prison, from which he was released in 1959 after serving less than 9 1/2 years of a 14-year sentence.
On a cultural note, and to return to our 5 cents theme, in 1905 about 450 people attended the opening of the first Nickelodeon in Pittsburgh PA. Remember THAT the next time you drop 15 bucks to see the newest billion-dollar blockbuster . . . and an additional 6 bucks on a nickel's worth of popcorn. |
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Today in history nothing much happened, or at least nothing much happened which interests me. Yes, in 1863 West Virginia joined the Union as either the 35th or the 24th state, depending on whether or not one counts the 11 states of the Secession. But this was more symbolic than significant at the time, and West Virginia remains pretty insignificant to this day. And in 1963 the US and USSR agreed to the establishment of the hotline, to ease communications in times of tension. But this also has, thankfully, proven to be symbolic, as it has never been used "in anger". Actually, its most significant usage has been as a prop in numerous movies, beginning with the dueling apocalyptic classics of Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove.
Yet speaking of movies, one historical landmark did occur on June 20 1975. That is the release of Jaws, which became the first summer blockbuster film ever. I leave it to you to decide if this was a positive or negative development. :D |
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Today in history they cranked up the Alaska pipeline for it's maiden voyage.
Along the 800 mile stretch, numerous sections of pipes split, and gazillions of welds failed. Now, the tie-in to Thomas' post. Bear with me... On this job the derisive term "Hoopie" was formed and exists to this day. The pipeline was made of 48" diameter 1/2" thick steel. This is super easy stuff to weld. I can tell you this because I can weld it to pass xray in one shot, and I can't weld worth a damn. What I can do is boss welders, so that's what I did for lots of years. As you can imagine, 800 miles of pipe requires an extraordinary amount of manpower. When you hurt that hard for help, the quality of skills that come with the manpower suffers. In the 3rd year of that 3 year project, it turned out that every able-bodied man in West Virginia was a welder. If they could make a spark, they were hired. Problem was, a high percentage really couldn't weld to save their ass. So Aleyeska brought in chill rings. Chill rings are basically hoops that fit inside or outside pipe. They facilitate welding in extremely difficult situations by pulling heat away from the weld, making it easier to control an arc. They have no place on any pipeline. Then the men were babied along and taught to weld in critical situations they should have had no part in. They should have been welding bumpers on trucks. As you'll have with guys at work, these men were teased and tortured. Anyone who was seen anywhere near a chill ring was called a Hoopie, regardless of where they came from, their skill level, or actual tradecraft, and are still called Hoops today. Among fitters and welders, it's much like "yanks and rebels". You may take it from there, my crusty, old, scalawag brother. :tu |
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On this first Father's Day of summer, there's a ton of little things that float my boat. For instance, for Scott, who has wanted to know what France has done for US lately, in 1963 it withdrew its navy from NATO. Considering the checkered nature of its history, this may have been addition by subtraction. Speaking of armadas, in 1779 Spain followed well-worn old habits and declared war on England . . . again. In 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared near Meridian MS, later found murdered by the local KKK. No additional comment necessary, save perhaps to note that in 1788 the US Constitution was ratified. Someday it may even be enforced. ;)
On cultural fronts, in 1920 film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks were mobbed by fans on their arrival in London, a new phenomenon we have long outgrown. Who mobs celebrities these days? In 1956 playwright Arthur Miller pulled an anti-Elia Kazan by refusing to name colleagues with communist leanings to the HUAC. And in 1965 The Byrds released their hit album Mr. Tambourine Man, "borrowing" equally from Bob Dylan and The Beatles to create a smash, and a new genre of folk-rock. Folk-rock on, folks! :banger |
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Nothing much of interest happened on this date. In 1611 Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutineers in the bay which now bears his name, and still hides his lost remains. And in 1937, in Comiskey Park, Joe Louis knocked out Jim Braddock in the eighth to become the heavyweight champion of the world. With all due respect to Clay/Ali's career, it can be argued Louis was the greatest ever. Also, in 1775, the Continental Congress issued $2 million in "bills of credit", a paper currency dubbed Continentals which served as promissory notes backed by unspecified future tax revenues. The issue was subject to massive inflation and led to a vast debt burden. Thankfully, the nation has not faced such a problem again. :D
With some hesitation, I also point out that in 1950 a number of dangerous Communist sympathizers were accused, including such dire threats as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Artie Shaw, and Pete Seeger. |
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Returning briefly to an earlier topic, today in 1959 Klaus Fuchs was released from a British prison. In 1992 John Gotti, the Teflon Don, was sentenced to life on 14 counts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. In 1902 "Mercedes" was registered as a brand name, and in 1989 another brand name, Batman, hit the theater screens and became a massive one (hit, that is), boosting the careers of Michael Keaton and Tim Burton, in large part thanks to Jack Nicholson's creepy take on the Joker. The movie also holds much of the credit, or blame, for the vast success of comics-based films in recent times.
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On this 9day in 1949 the fledgling NBC network in the equally youthful TV industry began airing Hopalong Cassidy films recut to fit the necessary length for broadcast, despite their strong misgivings that there would be an audience for Westerns with their viewers. NBC executives remain as insightful today as then. In 1986 Maryland star forward Len Bias died from a cocaine overdose, just two days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics. Whether he indulged in celebration or commiseration of this remains unknown. And in 1997 the US Air Force released its report on the controversial Roswell incident fifty years earlier. What the report failed to address is the question as to why advanced interstellar beings would travel dozens or hundreds of light years merely to probe the lower gastric tracts of drunken meth-heads in Arkansas trailerparks.
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Today in 1950 the Korean War . . . excuse me, "police action" . . . began when North Korean troops crossed the 38th Parallel to invade the South in a surprise attack. Someday this conflict might even end, and put to the lie Frost's assertion that good fences make good neighbors. Also, in 1876 the Battle of Little Bighorn occurred, which not only outraged white Americans at the slaughter of the 7th Cavalry but also ended the colorful career of Gen. George Armstrong Custer with this, his Last Stand.
In 1956 the last Packard automobile was produced in Detroit. Ask the man who never had a chance to own one. And speaking of man, today in 1910 Congress passed the Mann Act . . . much to the chagrin of Admiral Icehog. :D |
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On June 26 in 1948 the Berlin Airlift began, bringing supplies to the 2 million citizens of the Soviet-blockaded of the Western zones of that surrounded city for nearly a year. And in commemoration of that massive effort in 1963, President Kennedy declared in a speech there that he was a doughnut. On the topic of transportation, and in imitation of the German Autobahn system which had been blockaded, in 1956 Congress passed the Federal Highway Act, thus laying the foundation of our present interstate highway system, and ultimately producing what is arguably the greatest monument of the Eisenhower administration. On a damper note, in 1959 the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened.
And today in 1975, the divorce of Sonny and Cher became final. I got screwed, babe. |
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Today American culture was affected by death and resurrection. In 1829 English scientist James Smithson died in Genoa, leaving is entire estate to his only nephew, but with the odd proviso that, were his nephew to die heirless, his bequest should go to the United States for the establishment of an institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. As his nephew did indeed die without an heir some 6 years later, this fortune founded the Smithsonian. In 1939 a relationship died and a classic was born when the "Frankly my dear" scene was filmed to wrap up production of Gone With The Wind. The line, shocking at the time, did pass the censors, though producer David O. Selznick was fined $5000 . . . as if he gave a damn. And in 1968 Elvis Presley, who had been pretty much musically irrelevant since he'd entered the Army a decade earlier, began filming his Comeback Special. Thank you very much.
Finally, in 1985, the famed Route 66, once THE link between Chicago and LA, and a part of American culture, was decertified, with its iconic signs removed. The Mighty I-40 slowly killed it, much to the despair of Tod and Buz. |
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On this day in 1836 James Madison, fourth President of the nation he helped to found, vital contributor to the American Constitution, co-writer with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton of The Federalist Papers, and husband of famed cakemaker Dolly (zinger! :D) died at his Virginia plantation. In 1914 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, which led to a bit of strife. Sadly, this strife did not, as promised, end all strife.
In 1953, in Flint MI, the first Corvette was built, and became an American icon almost immediately. In 1997. Mike Tyson bit an ear, though Tyson never said it tasted like chicken. And in a bit of serendipity, in light of the recent Supreme Court decision, today marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riot which began outside a Christopher Street club in Lower Manhattan. |
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Today in 2015 I am having internet problems, so this may be truncated. In 1613 The Globe Theater burned down, a midsummer's nightmare to all Shakespeareans. In 1972 the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty. Yeah, right. By "popular demand", and in time to celebrate our Bicentennial, it was reinstated in 1976. And there was a double-dip in 1967. Firstly, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones went on trial for allowing his Redlands estate to be used for the purpose of smoking Indian hemp. The case for the prosecution hinged upon two main points . . . the smell of incense, and the fact that Marianne Faithfull was found clad in a bearskin rug. For these heinous crimes, Richards was sentenced to a year in prison. Secondly, on the same day, actress and pinup bombshell Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car accident on her way from Biloxi to New Orleans, though her three-year-old daughter (Mariska Hargitay) and two siblings survived the wreck. This was in the days before airbags . . . as if Ms. Mansfield needed those.
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On June 30 1962 Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter. Another swing-and-miss occurred in 1975, when Cher and Greg Allman were married. But far and away the most significant event in human history happened in 1948, when Bell Labs introduced the first transistor to the world, thus starting the evolution of silicon-based life on earth.
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At local midnight of June 30-July 1 1997 the Union Jack was replaced by the so-called Five Star Red Flag of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong, as it reverted to Chinese rule following the end of the 99-year lease signed in 1868. To the dismay of many, both in and outside the former British colony, that flag seems to fly a bit higher each day. More worryingly, few of those dismayed are citizens of mainland China, and those hold little power. By odd coincidence, in 1967 Canada became independent of Britain, sort of anyway, as it remained a self-governing entity within the British Empire.
This was one of the most contentious and deadly days in human history. In 1863 the Battle of Gettysburg began. In 1898 the Battle of San Juan Hill occurred. In 1916 the Battle of the Somme began. And in 1942 the Battle of El Alamein began. One bloody way to start the second half of any year, much less numerous ones. In 1979 the first Sony Walkman went on sale. I still own one, and it sounds better than today's portable options. And in 1984 the MPAA introduced the new PG-13 rating, which has played a significant role in the following spate of Hollywood blockbusters. Hey, you could now shoot and blow up as many people as you wished, as long as you gave no more than a flash of boob or said the F-word more than once. Oh, and in 1963 the Zone Improvement Plan was introduced by the US Post Office, and Mr. Zip was born. |
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Today in 1900 Count Zeppelin launched his first airship. It was not much of a success, but not as big a failure as was the Hindenburg. While we're talking balloons, in 1947 a weather balloon crashed outside Roswell NM. Or did it? Don't ask me, ask Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. And while we're talking aliens and the Fresh Prince, in 1997 Men In Black premiered. And while we're already all up in the air, in 1937 Amelia Earhart . . . ?
Finally, in 1962 Sam Walton opened his first discount store in Rogers AR, and within a few decades Wal-Mart had taken the air out of many other retailers. |
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On this day in 1962, superstar Tom Cruise was born. As for when he was reborn into the Church of L. Ron Hubbard remains a sacred secret. And in 1985 the movie Back To The Future was released, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and a DeLorean DMC-12. Sadly, these three were not actually able to travel into the past, as on this day in 1969 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones died in his pool, and in 1971 Jim Morrison of The Doors died in his bathtub. Had Marty McFly and Doc Brown been there, these two icons may have been saved . . . though what effect all that water may have had upon the Flux Capacitor remains unanswered.
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Don't forget Jefferson and Adams today, Thomas!!! :D
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My old buddy Jimmy Bish used to say "I KNOW JACK SH1T!!!"
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Meyer Lansky was born today in Russia, in 1902
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Aside from the historical event which is obvious to all of us, on the 50th anniversary of the symbolic foundation of the United States . . .
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On July 5 1921 jury selection began in the case against the 1919 White/Black Sox for throwing the World Series. Following the subsequent ban for life from baseball of many of the players involved, everyone but Pete Rose got the message. On a happier note, in 1946 designer Louis Reard unveiled a daring 2-piece woman's bathing suit at a popular Parisian pool. Modeled by an exotic dancer, Micheline Bernardini, who had little aversion to showing some skin, the new suit was named by Reard after a Pacific atoll which was in the news at that time for its role in American A-bomb tests . . . Bikini. Ohh, baby! That culture-changing event was planned and orchestrated, unlike the one which happened at Sam Phillip's Sun Records of Memphis back in 1954, when an impromptu jam session featuring a young Elvis Presley gave the world his first hit record, That's All Right. Mama!
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Today in 1933, in Chicago's Comiskey Park, baseball's first All Star Game was played, won by the AL 4-2. There is no record of fans from Missouri stuffing the ballot box. In 1935, Tenzin Gyatso was born in Takster Tibet. Two years later he was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama. In 1957 Althea Gibson became the first African American to win at Wimbledon, though the terms used to designate her race were not as PC at the time. Of at least as significant culturally, on the same day, half a nation away to the NW, two Liverpudlians named John Lennon and Paul McCartney at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fest, to which John's Quarry Men Skiffle Group had been invited to play. Paul was a rapt spectator who later impressed Lennon by playing his own guitar with more skill than John possessed at the time.
And in 1994 the movie Forrest Gump opened, not only becoming a smash hit but also winning Tom Hanks his second (and consecutive) Oscar for Best Actor. Run, Forrest, run! |
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By popular definition, July 7 was the best day ever, since in 1928 sliced bread was invented. In 1930 construction began on the Hoover Dam. According to author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, today in 1852 Dr. John H. Watson was born. Strangely, Conan Doyle died on this same date in 1930. In 1941 the US moved closer to war with Nazi Germany as it took occupational control over Iceland, while in 1958 the US changed the status of its own territorial icebox when Pres. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act. And again oddly, the US moved further away from war in 1969 with the first withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam.
And in 1962 a throwaway piece of music composed by David Rose for an obscure TV show four years earlier hit #1 on the pop charts, and the tune which became known as The Stripper entered the American psyche. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YdMaZRVUU8 |
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Today in 1951, Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday. I don't know if they did so just to p!$$ off Scott or not.
In 1776 the Liberty Bell tolled to summon citizens of Philadelphia to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. And in 1859 Commodore Matthew Perry sailed four American warships into Tokyo Bay in defiance of Japanese restrictions against foreigners, in a gambit to force the opening of this closed society. It is still a question as to how successful this actually turned out to be. In 1960 Francis Gary Powers was charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. Who knows why they'd think so. And in 1994 Kim Il Sung, the Great Leader of North Korea, died at the age of 82. It is remarkable how that nation has changed in the interim. :rolleyes: |
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On July 9 not much happened that interests me. In 1918 a heartbroken William Faulkner, whose high school sweetheart had just married another man, left Oxford MS and joined the RAF in Canada, supposedly hoping the romance of a "Foreign Legion"-type existence would succor his pain. In 1948, after 21 years in the Negro League, Leroy "Satchel" Paige made his MLB debut with the Indians at age 42. And in 1962 Bob Dylan recorded his non-protest protest song, Blowin' In The Wind, though we would not hear it until nearly a year later when he released the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Yet we already knew the song itself, since Peter, Paul, and Mary had already made it a hit. Thus the question, if not the answer, was previously on the air.
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Another slow day in history. In 1850, following the death of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore was sworn in as President. Who?? And in 1925, in Dayton TN the Scopes Monkey Trial began. Though the trial lasted less than 2 weeks, the case itself still faces the same debate . . . which should prove that man has not evolved. :r
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Today in 1804, not too far from here, Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton on the dueling grounds near Weehawken NJ, following a heated feud between them which had grown over nearly a decade. Though charged with murder in both New York and New Jersey, Vice-President (!!) Burr avoided prosecution due to his immunity . . . just like he avoided charges of treason a few years later. Meanwhile Hamilton, a key contributor to the US Constitution and the Federalist Papers, and George Washington's choice as the first Secretary of the Treasury, ended up as the face on the ten-dollar bill . . . for now, anyway.
In 1914 George Herman "Babe" Ruth made his MLB debut, pitching 7 strong innings against the Cleveland Indians for a 4-3 win by the Red Sox. He also went 0 for 2 at the plate. :r In 1922 the Hollywood Bowl opened, hosting the LA Philharmonic. Speaking of Hollywood, in 1960 the novelty song Alley Oop, recorded by a fictitious group named for the intersection of the studio's address, became a #1 hit on the charts, and the Hollywood Argyles entered the lists as one-hit wonders. |
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On this day in 1389 Geoffrey Chaucer was named chief clerk of the king's work in Westminster by Richard II. I'm not sure what this meant, aside from the fact that those in power once recognized the value of poets. In 1933 the first Dymaxion car was produced in Bridgeport CT. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and styled by Isamu Noguchi, it was either ahead of its time or a product whose time will never arrive. Whichever, it was more successful as a concept than as an automobile revolution. And in 1979 the Chicago White Sox made only their second contribution to American culture (the first being the 1919 Black Sox scandal :D ) when their "Disco Demolition" promotion resulted in a riot where 9 were injured, 39 arrested, the game was forfeited to the Tigers, and disco was, with the rest of us, put out of its misery.
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Today in 1793 Charlotte Corday assassinated French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat in his bathtub, by stabbing him with a knife hidden in her bodice. This event was immortalized, and is best known, by the painting of his supine corpse by Neo-classicist artist Jacques-Louis David. As for Mlle. Corday, she was guillotined 4 days later. And in 1798 William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited a ruined church called Tintern Abbey. The poem thus inspired, published later that year, expounded many of the principles of the Romantic school of poetry.
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With apologies to Scott, and all you other Francophobes, I would be remiss if I did not note that today, in 1789, Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops stormed and took the Bastille fortress, then used as a prison for the most uncommon of criminals and political troublemakers . . . such as the only French writer Scott will read, the Marquis de Sade. And speaking of the storming of fortified walls, in 1099 knights and infantry of the First Crusade captured the Holy City of Jerusalem, which they then cleansed with the blood of thousands of its Muslim and Jewish inhabitants.
In 1811 poet George Gordon (Lord) Byron returned to England after a 2-year tour of Europe and the Near East, and penned his first highly-successful work inspired by this sojourn, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. In 1968 Hank Aaron hit his 500th home run. He managed to knock a few more before he retired. And in 1995 a new file compression algorithm used to reduce the size of digital music files was dubbed MP3. Though I don't condemn it as fiercely as, say, Neil Young, I do feel it corrupts musical fidelity. Then again, considering what is being foisted off as music these days, that may not be a bad thing. Less is more, if the more so totally sucks. |
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Ahhh. The good old days. Before lossy digital compression. It's still ok to condemn Neil young though.
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Neil Young has been a grumpy old man since he was 25 at least, so I'm used to it by now. :r
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In 1606 Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden. Smile, brother, smile. In 1903 the Ford Motor Company took its first order for a two-cylinder Model A, at a cost of $850, from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning. I don't know what 850 bucks would be today, but it is considerably more than a pfenning. In 1988 the movie Die Hard opened, making a huge star out of Jersey boy Bruce Wills. Yippie-ki-yay, motherfarker. And in 1986, after a 26-year partnership, Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash from its label, shortly after they had done the same to another dead-beat non-performer, Miles Davis. Another man done gone, another song to sing, and flushed from the bathroom of your heart.
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Today in 1769 Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra founded the first Catholic mission in Alta California, which he named San Diego de Alcala. From that point I don't know what happened to the Catholics, the Mexicans, or to San Diego. :D
In 1935, in Oklahoma City, Park-O-Meter No. 1 was installed at the corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue. Thankfully, much to the benefit of a growing automobile culture in America and worldwide, the freedom-restricting concept of paid parking did not catch on . . . much. And in 1945, in the desert near Alamogordo NM, the first atom bomb was successfully detonated, yielding the equivalent of 15-20,000 tons of TNT. This quantum leap in military capability has since resulted in a stable world order of peace and tranquility. As Robert J. Oppenheimer, one of the leading architects of the project, remarked at the time, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." |
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On this day in 1941, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio failed to get a hit. Of itself, this would not be of significance, but it was the first time he hadn't in 56 consecutive games. That streak remains to this day, and likely shall for the foreseeable future. In 1938 aviator Douglas Corrigan took off from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, with a flight plan filed for a return trip to California. Twenty-eight hours later, he landed in Dublin Ireland, and thus earned the appellation "Wrong Way" . . . though his claims that he got lost were widely dismissed as a fabrication.
In 1955 Disneyland opened in Anaheim CA, and you still can't manage to get in . . . unless you are a Kardashian. And in 1967 teen heart-throbs The Monkees, on a summer-long American tour, lost their opening act after only 8 shows when The Jimi Hendrix Experience suddenly left, due mainly to the guitarist (largely unknown to the US audience) getting sick of hearing the teeny-bopper crowd booing him offstage as they screamed for Davy Jones. This fiasco might have been foreseen by all but the totally myopic, even if those early dates had not included such avant-guard locations as Jacksonville, Charlotte, and Greensboro. |
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You missed the Anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch and the Soyuz docking :tu
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A few years back, in 64, Rome burned. I don't know how long it took to build it, nor if Nero fiddled. In 1925 Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf, which became the best-selling piece of crap writing until the likes of L. Ron and J. K. came along. In 1914 Wobbly organizer and singer Joe Hill was sentenced to death in Utah, even though the evidence of the murder charges was meager. I did not dream I saw him last night. And in the only event I witnessed, in 1999 Yankee pitcher David Cone threw a perfect game against the Montreal Expos in The Bronx. It only took Coney 88 pitches to record the 27 outs, so he definitely wasn't jerking off that day.
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