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FearlessF · « **Reply #5502 on:** August 21, 2025, 10:33:03 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Demon Core Goes Critical (1945)
The Demon Core was a plutonium core—used in nuclear testing at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico—so nicknamed because it resulted in the deaths of two scientists in separate accidents. In 1945, Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto the core, causing it to go "critical," or achieve a chain reaction of nuclear fission. Daghlian stopped the reaction, but died from radiation poisoning a month later.

MrNubbz · « **Reply #5503 on:** August 21, 2025, 10:39:46 AM »

That's a tough way to take one for the Team

FearlessF · « **Reply #5504 on:** August 21, 2025, 10:43:21 AM »

a rough month

Cincydawg · « **Reply #5505 on:** August 21, 2025, 05:01:27 PM »

Rail Tale: Uncovering History Beneath Juniper Street

Courtland-Juniper Line Started in 1900 and Ran for 20+ Years

Sullivan’s research indicates Atkinson's Courtland-Juniper line was hastily constructed in about two months in 1900, laid right on top of the packed sand-clay surface that comprised Juniper Street. The line originally ran slightly less than three miles from Piedmont Park at 13th Street in Midtown to the intersection of Auburn Avenue and Peachtree Street in Downtown.
By the end of 1901, Atkinson had outmaneuvered Hurt, installing 33 miles of track across Atlanta and securing city government franchise rights. Hurt exited the streetcar business.
“The network underwent a substantial modernization program from 1902 through about 1911, where they double-tracked lines and got rid of redundant lines,” Sullivan said. “Atkinson threw the Courtland-Juniper line up quickly to compete against Hurt but it was somewhat redundant from the start. Somehow that line continued to hang on through the 1920s, which was an anomaly.”

They are redoing Juniper Street now reducing it to two lanes from four and adding a bike lane.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5506 on:** August 22, 2025, 08:38:45 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
The First Geneva Convention Is Signed (1864)
After witnessing firsthand the suffering of thousands of wounded soldiers left without aid on a battlefield in Italy, Jean-Henri Dunant returned to his native Switzerland and began campaigning for the humane treatment of war wounded. This prompted an international conference that resulted in the First Geneva Convention, an international agreement protecting neutral medical personnel and wounded soldiers. The Red Cross was also founded as a direct result of his efforts.

FearlessF · « **Reply #5507 on:** August 22, 2025, 10:31:26 PM »

The photograph shows the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) passing through the Gaillard Cut in Panama in 1984. The Gaillard Cut, also known as the Culebra Cut, is a notable feature of the Panama Canal. It is a narrow and deep man-made trench that was created during the construction of the canal.

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