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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3682 on: July 16, 2024, 02:29:01 PM »
On July 16, 1054, a delegation sent by Pope Leo in Rome marched into the Hagia Sophia cathedral in Constantinople and laid a papal bull (an official pronouncement) on the altar, excommunicating Patriarch Michael Cerularius and his followers. Four days later Cerularius excommunicated Leo’s followers.
The disputes leading up to the mutual excommunications had been festering for some time. Many, although seeming to be of immense importance at the time, seem trivial to us today. For example, they disagreed about exactly how to fast and about what type of bread should be used in communion. There were other disagreements. They disagreed about whether the liturgical language should be Greek or Latin. They disagreed over the use of icons. The principal theological dispute (believe it or not) was whether the Holy Spirit “proceeds from the Father,” or “proceeds from the Father and from the Son,” with each side declaring that the other’s position made them heretics. Underlying all this, of course, was the dispute was over which patriarch (the one in Rome or the one in Constantinople) had authority over the other.
The Great Schism occurred 970 years ago today.

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« Reply #3683 on: July 16, 2024, 03:00:03 PM »
79 years ago today at 5:29 am the world's first nuclear explosion occurred. 

At the time President Truman was in Germany for the Potsdam Conference with Stalin and Churchill (who was replaced by Clement Attlee during the conference).

Stalin's spy network was so good that he learned about the successful test before Truman.
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« Reply #3684 on: July 17, 2024, 07:48:03 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Napalm Incendiary Bombs Dropped for First Time by US Air Force (1944)
Napalm is an organic compound used to thicken gasoline for use as an incendiary in flamethrowers and firebombs. The thickened mixture burns more slowly and can be propelled more accurately and farther than gasoline. When it comes in contact with surfaces, including the human body, it sticks and continues to burn. It was developed and first used by the US in World War II. Its use in the Vietnam War became highly controversial.
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« Reply #3685 on: July 17, 2024, 07:49:49 AM »
The Schwerer Gustav in 1943, the largest calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat. The fully assembled gun weighed nearly 1,350 tons, and could fire shells weighing 7 tons to a range of 47 km. It was transported using railway.

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« Reply #3686 on: July 17, 2024, 07:52:08 AM »


The original Varsity opened in 1928 by Frank Gordy at 55 North Avenue in Atlanta,
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« Reply #3687 on: July 18, 2024, 03:43:41 PM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

La Cantuta Massacre (1992)
In 1992, a professor and nine students from Lima's La Cantuta University were abducted by a military death squad, murdered, and secretly buried. The murders occurred during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori and his government's battle against the guerilla terrorist group Shining Path. The massacre contributed to Fujimori's conviction in 2009 on charges of human rights abuses, for which he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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« Reply #3688 on: July 18, 2024, 05:39:54 PM »
The price of gas in 1963.

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« Reply #3689 on: July 18, 2024, 06:32:35 PM »
I'm more interested in the $0.95 car wash.
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« Reply #3690 on: July 18, 2024, 09:12:26 PM »
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« Reply #3691 on: July 19, 2024, 07:29:56 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

WWI: Battle of Fromelles Begins (1916)
The Battle of Fromelles was fought in France during World War I between Germany and a combined force of British and Australian troops. More than 1,500 British and 5,500 Australian soldiers were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for Germany, which suffered 1,500 casualties. The Australian War Memorial describes the battle as "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history."
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« Reply #3692 on: July 20, 2024, 07:56:56 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

King Abdullah I of Jordan Is Assassinated (1951)
Abdullah I was the king of Jordan from 1946 until his death. With Britain's support, he led Arab revolts against Turkish rule in WWI and, after the Ottoman Empire's collapse, became emir of the British mandate of Transjordan in 1921. When the mandate ended, he became king of the renamed Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In 1948, he attacked the newly established state of Israel, annexing the portions of Palestine now known as the West Bank. In 1951, he was assassinated in Jerusalem
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3693 on: July 20, 2024, 09:45:13 AM »
When the Boston Red Sox signed Babe Ruth in 1914, he was a tall, lean pitcher standing at 6’2". By 1915, Ruth had proven to be a formidable player with an impressive 18–8 win-loss record and a 2.44 ERA.
The following year, he bolstered the Red Sox's championship repeat with a league-leading nine shutouts and a 1.75 ERA. The 1918 season was shortened due to wartime restrictions, and the player roster was reduced. (Ruth, being married, was exempt from the draft.) In that season, he played both as an outfielder and pitcher, ending with a 13–7 record and tying for the league lead with eleven home runs.
Ruth's performance in the 1918 World Series was historic, setting a record with two shutouts and a scoreless innings streak that lasted until 1961. In 1919, his final season with the Red Sox, Ruth transitioned to a full-time outfielder.
By then, he had accumulated an 89–46 win-loss record and a 2.28 ERA, solidifying his potential as one of baseball’s finest pitchers.


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« Reply #3694 on: July 20, 2024, 10:18:37 AM »


A German Ferdinand, or Elefant, tank destroyer.  Porsche had made ~90 Porsche Tigers that were not accepted as tanks, so he took off the turret and replaced it with a "casemate" and 88 mm powerful antitank gun.  It was first used at Kursk with mixed success.  One deficiency was that it lacked a machine gun.

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« Reply #3695 on: July 20, 2024, 11:11:50 AM »
Hitler really shyt the bed having too many tank model made that needed the kinks worked out. Watched more than a few WWII Armored segments on YT. The Wehrmacht should have stuck with the Panzer IVs and Stugs. Both reliable,efficient fairly easy to repair in the field and economical to make
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