death tribble Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 17th January 1983 40th anniversary of BBC Breakfast Time which was the first breakfast time tv service in Britain. Also 40th anniversary of BBC Radio Devon GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 18th January 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising 18th January 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family 18th January 1993 Martin Luthor King Jnr day is officially observed in all 50 states for the first time. 18th January 1977 scientists identify a previous unknown bacterium as the cause of Legionnaires Disease GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 15 February 2013: a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk Oblast in the Russian Ural Mountains. The asteroid exploded at altitude, but was caught on video and audio recordings by many people over a considerable area. Only one death, but some 1500 injuries, resulted from the event, mostly from broken glass cuts from windows blown apart when the blast wave reached ground level. Among the unusual results from the event was the publication in a refereed journal (Nature) of a paper purely based on the analysis of anonymously-uploaded YouTube videos of the asteroid's trail and fireball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted April 28, 2023 Report Share Posted April 28, 2023 In honor of National Superhero Day, here are some of my Superhero Favorites-- From DC--Superman. From Marvel--Spider-Man. From American Animation--Space Ghost. From Japanese Animation--Tie between Astro Boy and Eighth Man. From Japanese Live Action--Ultraman. From American Live Action--The Green Hornet. From Mexican Live Action--El Santo From Champions--Starburst. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted April 30, 2023 Report Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 4/28/2023 at 5:30 PM, wcw43921 said: In honor of National Superhero Day, here are some of my Superhero Favorites-- (clip) From Champions--Starburst. (Looking at your avatar) Never in a million years would I have guessed that. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 30, 2023 Report Share Posted April 30, 2023 April 30th 1943 Operation Mincemeat begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat The Bristol Bus Boycott begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bus_Boycott The helicopter evacuation of US citizens from Saigon is completed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 May 1st 1707 The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form Great Britain took effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 May 1st 1807 The Slave Trade Act takes effect abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807 May 1st 1840 The Penny Black the world's first adhesive stamp is issued https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Black May 1st 1844 The Hong Kong Police Force is established. Asia's first modern police force and the second in the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force May 1st 1898 Battle of Manila Bay. America vs Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay May 1st 1931 The Empire State Building opens May 1st 1941 Citizen Kane has its premiere May 1st 1945 The Battle of Elephant Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elephant_Point May 1st 1947 a massacre occurs in Sicily as people celebrate May Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portella_della_Ginestra_massacre May 1st 1956 The Polio vaccine is made available to the public May 1st 1960 Gary Powers is shot down May 1st 1994 Ayrton Senna dies in the San Marino Grand Prix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 1835; the first installment of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Told For Children is published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted May 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 1994; Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South Africa's first black president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 10, 2023 Report Share Posted May 10, 2023 10 May 1983: forty years ago tonight, my apartment started burning (the fire department arrived about 1AM on the 11th, but conversations with neighbors indicate the fire got started in the evening of the 10th. GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 May 13th 1612 a sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island May 13th 1909 The first edition of the Giro d'Italia begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Giro_d'Italia May 13th 1912 The Royal Flying Corps is established May 13th 1950 the inaugural Formula 1 championship begins at Silverstone GhostDancer and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 George Lucas was born seventy-nine years ago this day. Thank You Always, SIr, for Star Wars, one of my favorite stories ever. (And America Graffiti was really good, too.) GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted May 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2023 1844: Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 24, 2023 Report Share Posted May 24, 2023 2022: Uvalde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) May 27th Henry Kissinger is 100 Siouxsie Sioux is 66 1199 King John of England is crowned 1703 Peter the Great founds St Petersburg 1905 Battle of Tsushima begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima 1923 first edition of the Le Mans 24 hour race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens 1940 The Le Parasis massacre takes place. The S murder 97 British soldiers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre 1941. The Bismarck is sunk with the loss of around 2,100 men 1942. Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague. He dies 8 days later Christopher Lee was also born this day in 1922 Also Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House Edited May 27, 2023 by death tribble GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Today is National Superman Day--mainly because DC said so. Nevertheless, if any fictional character deserves a day, it's Superman--without whom we would all be pretending to skulk around in dank dungeons, killing them all and taking their stuff* Instead, we pretend to wear really great costumes and fight the forces of evil. *Well, some of us do that anyway, but still. . . Pariah and GhostDancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 I missed posting this on the day, but the 6th of June was the 500th anniversary of modern Sweden. On that day in 1523, Gustav I was elected king -- with this, the Union of Kalmar was dead and buried, and Sweden has since been independent and sovereign. And come September, the current monarch, Carl XVI Gustav, will celebrate 50 years as head of state. So he's been king for ten percent of post-medieval Sweden's history. A quick count gives 22 monarchs -- kings and queens regnant -- after Gustav I. And the Bernadottes have had a tendency towards long lives and a spry old age, so I guess he's got a couple more decades as a figurehead before he shuffles off this mortal coil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Any plans for the Jubilee? GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Not that I'm aware, but I'm not that interested. I see the institution of the monarchy as a historical curiosity, and the royals as nothing but padding for the tabloids. I did my stint in the Royal Guards back in '95 as detachment chief out at the king's private residence on Drottningholm, but that was probably because I wasn't photogenic enough for the Royal Palace. That's it between me and the royals. I lean slightly towards republicanism -- just split the king's few remaining duties between the speaker of the riksdag and the prime minister -- but even that is a bit more hassle than it is worth. And a quick search dive yielded no plans. For the 40 year jubilee, there was a bit extra touring of the Eriksgata ... GhostDancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 21, 2023 Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 It is the Summer Solstice 21st June 217 BC Battle of Lake Trasimere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Trasimene 21st June 1854 Charles Davis Lucas performs an action that leads to him being awarded the first Victoria Cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted June 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 1949: Captain Video & His Video Rangers debuts on DUMONT-TV. It is television's first science fiction series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 It is the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service in Britain founded July 5th 1948 1937. Spam is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation. 1943 Operation Citadel begins better knowns as the Battle of Kursk Elvis Presley records his first single 'That's All Right' July 5th 1954 July 5th 1975 Arthur Ashe wins the Men's Wimbledon title the first black man to do so. July 5th 1980 Bjorn Borg wins his 5th Men's Wimbledon Title in a row July 5th 1994 Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 I was reminded of something. Wasn't this date, sorry, it was June 30th...but on that day in 2013, the Yarnell Hill wildfire, ignited by dry lightning a few days earlier, in difficult, rugged terrain in Arizona, and complicated by "an extreme and sudden shift in weather patterns," 19 members of the Granite Hill Hotshots crew were killed fighting the blaze. One article I saw that I can't find now, indicated that was the 3rd worst death toll among firefighters, in US history...the 2 that were worse, date back to, IIRC, 1910 and 1933. The only survivor of the team was a lookout who was separate from the rest. It was a devastating blow to the community. So even if it's a couple days late, it is worth remembering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 I thought the worst firefighter death toll in US history was when the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 SPFX pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya was born on this date in 1901. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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