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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #2114 on: July 01, 2023, 06:03:05 AM »
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« Reply #2115 on: July 01, 2023, 07:14:30 AM »
1995 - DJ Wolfman Jack

DJ Wolfman Jack died of a heart attack. He was the master of ceremonies for the rock 'n' roll generation of the '60s on radio, and later on television during the '70s.

1979 - The Sony Walkman

Sony introduced the Walkman, the first portable audio cassette player. Over the next 30 years they sold over 385 million Walkmans in cassette, CD, mini-disc and digital file versions, and were the market leaders until the arrival of Apple's iPod and other new digital devices.

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  • The keel of the battleship Bismarck was laid down at Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. 
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  • 1st Lieutenant Mel Wheadon of US 44th Fighter Squadron, flying a P-40 fighter, became an "ace in a day" by shooting down five Japanese D3A dive bombers while defending the invasion fleet at Rendova, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands.

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« Reply #2116 on: July 03, 2023, 09:59:54 PM »
The Livermore Centennial Light Bulb, at Firestation #6, Livermore, California, USA, has been burning since its installation in 1901. By 2010, the hand-blown bulb has operated at about 4 watts and has remained 24 hours a day to provide night illumination of the fire engines. There was only one break in its operation when it was removed from one fire station and fitted.
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« Reply #2117 on: July 04, 2023, 08:06:21 AM »
There were no fireworks on July 4, 1776. However, the first Fourth of July fireworks began in 1777 as they lit Philadelphia's night sky. The Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote this of the celebration: "The evening was closed with the ring of bells, and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated."
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« Reply #2118 on: July 04, 2023, 10:04:57 AM »
Happy Independence Day you treasonous Bastards - celebrate the 4th with a Fifth


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« Reply #2119 on: July 04, 2023, 09:40:56 PM »


On this day in Sioux City history: Sioux City’s first professional baseball team, the Sioux City Cornhuskers, had their first game in Des Moines on July 4, 1888. Dubbed in the papers as “the Corn Huskers from the Corn Palace City,” the Cornhuskers were part of the Class A Western League, playing one level below the majors. The team played their home games at Evans Driving Park near modern-day Crescent Park. The Sioux City team lost both rounds of the double-header but still made an impressive showing. They would go on to win two Western League Pennants (1891 and 1894) before the franchise was sold and moved to St. Paul, MN. Later the team moved to Chicago’s south side where they became the Chicago White Stockings, renamed the Chicago White Sox in 1904. These photos are from 1891.

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« Reply #2120 on: July 05, 2023, 08:12:50 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

SPAM Introduced into the Market (1937)
Introduced in 1937 by the Hormel Foods Corporation as "Hormel Spiced Ham," the precooked, canned-meat product was renamed "SPAM" when it began to lose market share. SPAM is now popular worldwide and is sold in more than 40 countries, including South Korea, where it is said to be so popular that it is sometimes given as a gift. The product has become a part of pop culture as the butt of many jokes and urban legends about mystery meat.
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« Reply #2121 on: July 05, 2023, 11:38:41 AM »




Roster doesn't look to deep - must have been a lot of multi tasking going on
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« Reply #2122 on: July 05, 2023, 12:02:38 PM »
pitchers had to hit and play the field back then
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« Reply #2123 on: July 06, 2023, 08:25:36 AM »
Until 1948, 7-Up contained "lithium citrate," a mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder.
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« Reply #2124 on: July 06, 2023, 11:42:45 AM »
Damn didn't Coca~Cola have traces of well you know?Damn gubermit trying to manipulate the masses
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« Reply #2125 on: July 09, 2023, 11:34:52 AM »
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was born  on July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Though many speculate it may have been more like 1903.
According to Paige, his mother sent him to earn money carrying luggage for businessmen at the train station, but he was frustrated with the little money it paid. So he rigged a pole to carry several bags at once to make the job pay better, and his co-workers purportedly told him, "You look like a walking satchel tree." And his nickname stuck.
At the age of 42 in 1948, Paige was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first electee of the Negro League Committee to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

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« Reply #2126 on: July 09, 2023, 04:20:09 PM »


The $3 billion cost of design and production (equivalent to $49 billion today), far exceeding the $1.9 billion cost of the Manhattan Project, made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war.

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« Reply #2127 on: July 09, 2023, 04:35:31 PM »


The Northeast Expressway at Piedmont Road in October 1958.

This is pretty near me today.  I hadn't realized it had no median back then.  Some of the concrete in the exit ramps still exists.  This section of ancient freeway was preserved while the new I-85 was built parallel to it.  
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