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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7014 on: September 12, 2026, 08:17:55 AM »
nah, starters weren't playin in the 4th quarter
Sure the they were,of course - Absolutely
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« Reply #7015 on: September 12, 2026, 08:31:33 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Steve Biko Dies in Police Custody (1977)
A former medical student, Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa in 1968 to combat racism and apartheid. He was officially "banned" by the South African government in 1973 and was arrested several times in the years that followed. Arrested for the last time in 1977, he was tortured and beaten to death in police custody, prompting international protests and a UN arms embargo. Twenty years later, five former policemen admitted killing him.
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« Reply #7016 on: September 13, 2026, 10:57:56 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

UN General Assembly Adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)
Over two decades in the making, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was finally adopted in 2007 despite opposition from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US. The non-binding declaration prohibits discrimination against the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlines their rights, among them the rights to culture, identity, language, employment, and education.
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« Reply #7017 on: September 13, 2026, 02:36:09 PM »
"nonbinding declaration" ... what a waste of effort.

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« Reply #7018 on: September 13, 2026, 02:42:54 PM »
but, but it prohibits discrimination and outlines their rights
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« Reply #7019 on: September 14, 2026, 08:49:11 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

First Man-Made Object Reaches the Moon (1959)
In the early years of space exploration, the US and USSR launched numerous probes in their race to explore outer space and the Moon in particular. The first probes were intended either to pass very close to the Moon—performing a flyby—or crash directly into it—a maneuver known as a hard landing. The Soviets were the first to succeed in the latter objective. Luna 2 impacted the lunar surface on September 14, 1959.
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« Reply #7020 on: September 14, 2026, 10:37:28 AM »
"nonbinding declaration" ... what a waste of effort.
Sounds like the UN in general.
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« Reply #7021 on: September 14, 2026, 11:26:09 AM »
On September 14, 1974, Eric Clapton reached the top spot on the US charts with his cover of Bob Marley’s I Shot the Sheriff from 461 Ocean Boulevard. Clapton was initially reluctant to even release the song, fearing he could not do justice to Marley’s original, but his band talked him into it.

🎸 Even though Eric Clapton is celebrated as one of the most successful guitarists in history, I Shot the Sheriff stands as his only Number 1 hit single on the US Billboard Hot 100.


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« Reply #7022 on: September 14, 2026, 01:39:39 PM »
Recognizing the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Edson’s (Bloody) Ridge. Considered as a small and localized battle in the overall campaign, it however rates as a key one. The picture appears very close to how it would have been on 13 Sept 42. This was taken in 1944 when the area became a major logistical and training base. A great example of how the Japanese were funneled  by the jungle. Their original plan was sound until the Marines quickly manned the ridge.


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« Reply #7023 on: September 14, 2026, 04:37:54 PM »

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« Reply #7024 on: September 14, 2026, 05:16:55 PM »
In one of the more ironic twists in Rock & Roll History - Happy Birthday to both Steve Gaines and Ed King of Lynryd Skynrd both born on the this day, September 14, 1949. The two guitarists shaped that band forever,Ed king redefined the band’s sound with his Stratocaster guitar. He was an original member who played guitar and bass, co-writing hits like "Sweet Home Alabama" before leaving in 1975.Steve Gaines joined the band in 1976 as King's direct replacement on guitar.  Steve's sister Cassie was one of the back up singers in the the band and suggested to Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins they check out her brother who indeed was a damn fine picker. And they hired him in.

King met the members of what was to become the Jacksonville, Florida-based Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd when they were known as The One Percent and opened for Strawberry Alarm Clock in early 1968(who King was playing for at the time). King was so enamored with the band that he told vocalist and leader Ronnie Van Zant that if they ever needed his services, he would be happy to join. It was not until 1972 when bassist Leon Wilkeson left the band that Van Zant took King up on his offer and asked him to join Skynyrd as the band's new bassist. Wilkeson soon regretted leaving and rejoined the band, and King switched to lead guitar, creating with Allen Collins and Gary Rossington the triple-guitar attack that became the band's signature sound.


Unfortunately on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and his sister backup singer Cassie Gaines, and seriously injuring the rest of the band,staff and crew

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« Reply #7025 on: September 14, 2026, 05:48:14 PM »
It was actually September 13, so I'm a day late on the 70th birthday of the HDD.


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« Reply #7026 on: September 15, 2026, 07:09:23 AM »
I have stored data on:

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« Reply #7027 on: September 15, 2026, 08:06:11 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (1963)
Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church has been an Alabama institution since 1873. During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, it served as an organizational headquarters, meeting site, and rallying point for Blacks protesting racism in the South. This made it a target for the Ku Klux Klan, which arranged to bomb the church during Sunday services. Four young girls died in the attack and more than 20 others were injured.
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