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« Reply #2044 on: June 19, 2023, 12:44:44 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 19, 2023, 06:08:02 AM
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

First Juneteenth Celebrations (1865)
Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a US holiday that commemorates the day when the slaves of Texas learned that they were legally free. Although President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was formally issued on Jan 1, 1863, it had little immediate effect on slaves' day-to-day lives. In Texas, it was not until June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops took over the state, that it was enforced.


Yup Juneteenth is a really big deal here in Texas, it started here and it wasn't really celebrated nationally until fairly recently, last 20-30 years or so, and wasn't officially a national holiday until Biden signed it into law 2 years ago.

But I've enjoyed attending Juneteenth festivals and festivities in Austin forever.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2045 on: June 19, 2023, 02:30:36 PM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2046 on: June 20, 2023, 02:37:46 PM »


I could totally fly that thing ...
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« Reply #2047 on: June 20, 2023, 06:19:50 PM »

Customers line up outside the first McDonald's hamburger stand which was opened in 1948 by brothers Dick and Maurice McDonald in San Bernadino, Calif.
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« Reply #2048 on: June 21, 2023, 07:37:26 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 20, 2023, 06:19:50 PM
Customers line up outside the first McDonald's hamburger stand which was opened in 1948 by brothers Dick and Maurice McDonald in San Bernadino, Calif.
That pic is so old they don't have milk shakes on the menu
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« Reply #2049 on: June 21, 2023, 08:24:22 AM »
Well the milk shake hadn't been invented yet 
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« Reply #2050 on: June 21, 2023, 08:27:29 AM »
The milkshake made it into the mainstream when in 1922 a Walgreens employee in Chicago, Ivar “Pop” Coulson, took an old-fashioned malted milk (milk, chocolate, and malt) and added two scoops of ice cream, creating a drink which became popular, soon becoming a high-demand drink for young adults around the country.
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« Reply #2051 on: June 21, 2023, 08:30:50 AM »
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« Reply #2052 on: June 21, 2023, 08:57:44 AM »





A novella called "Futility" that was published 14 years before the Titanic set sail seemed to have predicted the disaster.

"Futility," a novella written by American author Morgan Robertson, was published in 1898, 14 years before the Titanic set sail. It centered around the sinking of a fictional ship called the Titan.
According to Time, there's an eerie number of similarities between the ship's sinking in "Futility" and the Titanic in real life.
First, the ship names are just two letters off (Titan vs Titanic). They were also said to be almost the same size, and both sank in April, due to an iceberg. Both ships had been described as unsinkable, and, sadly, both had just over the legally required amount of lifeboats, which were nowhere near enough.
The author was accused of being a psychic, but he explained that the uncanny similarities were simply a product of his extensive knowledge, saying, "I know what I'm writing about, that's all."
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« Reply #2053 on: June 21, 2023, 09:09:14 AM »
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« Reply #2054 on: June 22, 2023, 09:20:44 PM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany Invades the Soviet Union (1941)
The largest military operation of World War II, Operation Barbarossa was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Named for 12th-century crusader and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the Axis operation included more than 4.5 million troops over a 1,800-mile (2,900-km) front. Though the Red Army suffered heavy losses, Operation Barbarossa failed and marked a turning point in the war that many believe sealed the Nazis' fate.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2055 on: June 23, 2023, 06:33:47 AM »
Same date as Napoleon invaded ...
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« Reply #2056 on: June 23, 2023, 07:29:06 AM »
same result
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« Reply #2057 on: June 23, 2023, 07:40:34 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 23, 2023, 07:29:06 AM
same result
Same final outcome, yes, but differences in timing of course.  Napoleon basically "won" by taking Moscow, and then lost when it didn't matter to the Tsar or his forces.

Had Germany been able to take over the Caucusus in 1942, the outcome there could plausibly have changed.
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