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« Reply #3948 on: October 01, 2024, 08:13:39 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Stanford University Officially Opens (1891)
California's Stanford University is one of the most prestigious universities in the US. It has extensive research facilities and places a strong emphasis on scientific, technological, and social science research. It was established in 1891 by American railroad builder, politician, and philanthropist Leland Stanford and his wife, as a memorial to their son, Leland Stanford, Jr., who died of typhoid in 1884 at age 15.
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« Reply #3949 on: October 02, 2024, 08:49:50 AM »
In 1963, an East German soldier named Wolfgang Engels stole a tank and crashed through the Berlin Wall. Though he was shot twice, he made it to the other side of the wall.
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« Reply #3950 on: October 02, 2024, 09:01:25 AM »
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: 

Nat Turner (1800)
Turner was an American slave who believed that he had been chosen to lead the slaves out of bondage. He took a solar eclipse in 1831 as a sign and began his rebellion with a few trusted fellow slaves. They killed his master's family and went from house to house, freeing slaves and killing the white people they found. The rebels grew to more than 70 before the state militia quashed the insurrection. Turner was tried and hanged along with 56 others.
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« Reply #3951 on: October 02, 2024, 10:15:55 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on October 02, 2024, 08:49:50 AM
In 1963, an East German soldier named Wolfgang Engels stole a tank and crashed through the Berlin Wall. Though he was shot twice, he made it to the other side of the wall.
He should have plowed thru the wall 1st before poking his head out
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« Reply #3952 on: October 02, 2024, 10:19:17 AM »
1970
A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, staff, and supporters crashes in Colorado; 31 of the 40 people aboard die.
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« Reply #3953 on: October 02, 2024, 11:08:30 AM »
on this date
1909 Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham’s previous record of 508 feet.

1941 The German army launches Operation Typhoon, the drive towards Moscow.

1945 Don McLean, singer, songwriter guitarist, best known for “American Pie,” his tribute to Buddy Holly and early rock ‘n’ roll is born

1950 Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers.

1959 The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS.

1967 Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, is sworn in. Marshall had previously been the solicitor general, the head of the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a leading American civil rights lawyer.
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« Reply #3954 on: October 04, 2024, 08:28:05 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Sputnik 1 Launch Begins the Space Race (1957)
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by the USSR in 1957 and spurred the dormant US space program into action, leading to an international competition popularly known as the "space race." Explorer I, the first American satellite, was launched just months later, in January 1958. In the decade that followed, the US and the USSR launched approximately 50 space probes between them to explore the Moon.
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« Reply #3955 on: October 05, 2024, 07:11:48 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Dr. No, the First James Bond Film, Is Released (1962)
In 1953, Ian Fleming published Casino Royale, the first of 12 novels featuring James Bond, the stylish, high-living secret service agent 007, who became one of the most successful heroes of 20th-century fiction. Packed with action, espionage, and sex, all 12 books—including From Russia, with Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball—became popular films. Although it was not the first Bond book, Dr. No was the first to be adapted for the big screen.
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« Reply #3956 on: October 05, 2024, 07:30:52 AM »
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« Reply #3957 on: October 06, 2024, 08:45:53 AM »
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The Battle of Tigranocerta (69 BCE)
Through an alliance with his father-in-law, Mithradates VI of Pontus, Armenian King Tigranes the Great extended his conquests across Asia Minor and founded Tigranocerta—the modern Siirt, Turkey—as the capital of his large empire. In 69 BCE, Roman forces led by General Lucullus captured Tigranocerta. With the aid of Tigranes's son, Pompey vanquished Tigranes, who lost all of his conquests and had to pay tribute to Rome.
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« Reply #3958 on: October 07, 2024, 08:13:15 AM »
The Phoenix Program

Coordinated with South Vietnam's security network during the Vietnam War, the Phoenix Program was a military and intelligence program designed by the US Central Intelligence Agency to "neutralize"—via capture or assassination—the insurgency's civilian support infrastructure, which included between 70,000 and 100,000 civilians in 1967. Although some saw it as a success, the program is widely criticized as an "assassination campaign."
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« Reply #3959 on: October 08, 2024, 07:34:16 AM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #3960 on: October 08, 2024, 07:41:11 AM »
During the 1700s lobsters were so plentiful that they used to wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches in piles up to 2 feet high. Lobsters were considered the “poor man’s chicken” and primarily used for fertilizer or fed to prisoners and slaves. Some indentures servants even revolted against being forced to eat the meat and the colony agreed that they would not be fed lobster meat more than three times a week.

As the American rail transportation system began to develop it made it easier for people to travel from state to state. Train workers realized that they could serve lobster to passengers because it was plentiful and cheap. Unaware of the negative stigma that was attached to these crustaceans, the passengers believed they were eating a decadent food and began requesting lobster even when they weren’t on the train.

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« Reply #3961 on: October 08, 2024, 08:01:25 AM »
Sentenced to Prison they never came to get him
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-2qdRLLXMyM?feature=share
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