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« Reply #3122 on: March 13, 2024, 07:42:36 AM »
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The Phoenix Lights: Aliens or Air Force? (1997)
In 1997, thousands of people reported a series of optical phenomena—since known as the Phoenix Lights—taking place in the skies over the US states of Arizona and Nevada. The sightings consisted of two events: a triangular formation of lights observed passing overhead and a series of stationary lights seen in the Phoenix area. Although the US Air Force identified the second group of lights as flares, many believe the first set of lights were those of a UFO
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« Reply #3123 on: March 14, 2024, 09:04:15 AM »
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Nazis "Liquidate" Poland's Kraków Ghetto (1943)
In 1941, the Nazis ordered all remaining Jews in the Polish city of Kraków—15,000 of an original 68,000—to move into a walled-off district of the city, thereafter known as the Kraków ghetto. The systematic deportation of these Jews to concentration camps began in May 1942. On March 13 and 14, 1943, the deportation of 8,000 Jews to a nearby camp and the killing of 2,000 in the streets completed the Nazi's "liquidation" of the ghetto.
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« Reply #3124 on: March 14, 2024, 02:39:49 PM »
Charles Lindberg, a recent college drop out from the University of Wisconsin enrolled in the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation Flight School in Lincoln in February, 1922 where we took his first ride in a two-seat Lincoln Standard "Tourabout" biplane trainer piloted by Otto Timm.

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« Reply #3125 on: March 15, 2024, 08:52:10 AM »
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First Commercial Internet Domain Name Registered (1985)
A domain name is an address of a computer, organization, or other entity on a network, such as the Internet, that follows TCP/IP communications protocol. Domain names must be unique on the Internet and must be assigned by a registrar accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. They typically include the type and name of an organization and identify the specific host server at the address. The first commercial Internet domain name was registered in 1985.
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« Reply #3126 on: March 15, 2024, 10:28:48 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 15, 2024, 08:52:10 AM
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First Commercial Internet Domain Name Registered (1985)
A domain name is an address of a computer, organization, or other entity on a network, such as the Internet, that follows TCP/IP communications protocol. Domain names must be unique on the Internet and must be assigned by a registrar accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. They typically include the type and name of an organization and identify the specific host server at the address. The first commercial Internet domain name was registered in 1985.


Didn't know that.  I dug a little deeper:


Symbolics.com


Answer: The first domain name registered was Symbolics.com. It was registered March 15, 1985, to Symbolics Inc., a computer systems company in Cambridge, Mass.
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« Reply #3127 on: March 15, 2024, 10:41:29 AM »
probably not still alive
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3128 on: March 15, 2024, 10:56:49 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on March 15, 2024, 10:28:48 AM
Didn't know that.  I dug a little deeper:


Symbolics.com


Answer: The first domain name registered was Symbolics.com. It was registered March 15, 1985, to Symbolics Inc., a computer systems company in Cambridge, Mass.
Thanks.

When I read @FearlessF 's post I wondered what it was.
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« Reply #3129 on: March 16, 2024, 10:18:43 AM »
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My Lai Massacre (1968)
During the Vietnam War, US troops searching for Viet Cong fighters massacred hundreds of civilians from the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. Though they had not located any insurgents in My Lai, the soldiers opened fire on the villagers, killing men, women, and children. The incident was initially covered up by army officers. When it was revealed in the press nearly two years later, it divided the US public and increased pressure to end the war.
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« Reply #3130 on: March 17, 2024, 09:49:26 AM »
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Synthesis of Californium Announced (1950)
The sixth transuranium element to be synthesized, californium is an artificially produced, radioactive metallic chemical element. A member of the actinide series of elements, it has isotopes with half-lives ranging from about 40 seconds to 900 years. One isotope, californium-252, is used as a neutron source in nuclear reactors. Which four scientists first produced californium in a cyclotron at the University of California at Berkeley?
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« Reply #3131 on: March 17, 2024, 10:09:00 AM »
A 20P7 armored bell at Musée D-Day Omaha. With walls 250-295 mm thick, weighing 56 tons and with an internal diameter of 2.25 metres (7 ft 5 in), the 20P7 provided six equally-spaced protected firing positions for a machine gun around its circumference, though standard practice saw only two of these positions being used at a time. It was constructed from extremely thick chrome molybdenum steel, and would have been partially buried in a concrete base

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« Reply #3132 on: March 18, 2024, 08:02:04 AM »
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UK Recognizes British Sign Language as Official Language (2003)
Making use of space and involving movement of the hands, body, face, and head, British Sign Language (BSL) is the preferred language of deaf people in the UK and those who communicate with them, such as relatives and interpreters. BSL has regional and local dialects, and some signs go in and out of fashion or evolve over time, just like spoken words.
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« Reply #3133 on: March 19, 2024, 08:41:39 AM »
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René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Murdered by His Own Men (1687)
La Salle was a celebrated French explorer of North America. He began exploring the Great Lakes in 1679, setting up forts in the region and organizing a federation of native American tribes to fight the Iroquois. Given power to colonize the region between Lake Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico, he set sail in 1684 for the mouth of the Mississippi River, which he was ultimately unable to locate. Beset by losses of men and ships, La Salle was killed by mutineers
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« Reply #3134 on: March 20, 2024, 07:53:51 AM »
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Dutch East India Company Established (1602)
Chartered by the parliament of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close ties between the government and its colonial enterprises in Asia, the Dutch East India Company was the world's first multinational corporation. It had quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, and wrested control of the Spice Islands trade from Portugal. However, it was plagued by corruption and insolvency in the late 18th century and was dissolved.
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« Reply #3135 on: March 21, 2024, 08:24:36 AM »
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Bahá'í Calendar Begins (1844)
Founded in Iran in the mid-19th century by Baha' Ullah, Bahá'í is a religion based on the unity of all faiths. Adherents pray daily, fast 19 days a year, and follow a strict ethical code. Because of the religion's 19 initial disciples, the number 19 is considered sacred, and the Bahá'í calendar, which began in 1844, consists of 19 months of 19 days, with four additional "intercalary" days. Today is the first day of the 168th year of the Bahá'í Era.
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