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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7168 on: October 19, 2026, 11:42:58 AM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7169 on: October 19, 2026, 11:43:49 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on October 18, 2026, 10:11:59 AM
My great-great grandfather saw an even more devastating Atlanta fire 53 years earlier.
Arguably, there was less to burn, and not a lot got into the residential areas in 1864.  Downtown suffered of course.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7170 on: October 19, 2026, 06:38:19 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 19, 2026, 11:43:49 AM
Arguably, there was less to burn, and not a lot got into the residential areas in 1864.  Downtown suffered of course.
My understanding is that my great-great grandfather and his companions were directed to destroy railroads (they made a lot of "Sherman's neckties and I'll explain that if anyone is interested) and buildings of industrial use so they didn't actually target homes. Intentionally targeting homes would become a part of warfare but not until eight decades later when Arthur Harris and Curtis LeMay had MUCH more sophisticated weapons at their disposal than what Sherman and my great-great grandfather were limited to. 
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7171 on: October 19, 2026, 07:11:48 PM »
Some of the damage was by retreating Confederates.   The Yankees burned war materiel though fires do spread.  A few were over eager.  


Tokyo as you note suffered horribly.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7172 on: October 19, 2026, 09:36:19 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 19, 2026, 07:11:48 PM
Some of the damage was by retreating Confederates.  The Yankees burned war materiel though fires do spread.  A few were over eager. 


Tokyo as you note suffered horribly.
Most people don't realize it but the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not the deadliest bombing raids in history. That title belongs to the firebombing of Tokyo.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7173 on: October 20, 2026, 07:49:32 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
The Anglo-American Convention (1818)
The Anglo-American Convention was a treaty signed in 1818 between the US and UK resolving their standing border issues and allowing for joint rights to the Oregon Country. Though it marked the beginning of improved relations between the two countries, tensions remained over the shared territory in Oregon. The British-chartered Hudson's Bay Company had already established a trading network there and sought to exclude US fur traders.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7174 on: October 20, 2026, 08:23:55 AM »
There is a pretty neat painting about one of the "battles of Atlanta" now at the Atlanta History Center.  It started up north, came south, was then repainted in areas to make it seems the South won the battle, then restored and moved with commentary about all of this and why.  The revisionist history is an interesting story of course, and something which happens fairly often in life.

Cyclorama: The Big Picture | Exhibitions | Atlanta History Center





This was a battle fought east of Atlanta in an area now "paved over", even a major hill was removed to build I-20.  The area then of course was farms and fields and one large house that was never finished.



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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7175 on: October 20, 2026, 12:05:23 PM »
SEC Shorts - The College Football ER has never seen a day like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUq0cZaflyc
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« Reply #7176 on: October 20, 2026, 03:13:22 PM »
49 years ago in 1977 a Plane chartered by Southern Rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd runs out of fuel and crashes in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing six people, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick

1944 Liquid gas tanks explode in Cleveland, Ohio, killing 135 people and leaving 3,600 homeless

1944 US forces under Douglas (I Shall Return) MacArthur returns to the Philippines

1956 58°F (15°C) at Esperanza Station, Antarctica, an Antarctic record high

1967 A purported Bigfoot is filmed at Bluff Creek in Northern California by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin

1968 American Dick Fosbury, using his unconventional technique, wins the men's high jump gold medal with 2.24 m at the Mexico City Olympics; the "Fosbury Flop" becomes accepted as the most efficient technique

1987 Ten people die as a US Air Force jet crashes into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis

1988 Reggie Rogers, Detroit Lions' #1 pick, kills three people by driving intoxicated

1998 Comedian Richard Pryor receives the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7177 on: October 20, 2026, 04:12:59 PM »
Nebraska's Memorial Stadium was dedicated 103 years ago on Oct. 20, 1923.

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« Reply #7178 on: October 21, 2026, 05:27:03 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
The Valentich Disappearance (1978)
On October 21, 1978, 20-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a Cessna light aircraft over Australia. He was supposed to land at King Island, pick up a few friends, and return to Moorabbin Airport, but during his flight, he reported to air traffic control that a strange aircraft was flying close above him. No trace of Valentich or his aircraft was ever found, prompting some to speculate that he had been captured by a UFO.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7179 on: October 21, 2026, 07:16:26 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on October 20, 2026, 04:12:59 PM
Nebraska's Memorial Stadium was dedicated 103 years ago on Oct. 20, 1923.
It's cute but not the venerable 'Shoe and you're a day late :93:

Ohio Stadium was officially dedicated 104 years ago on October 21, 1922, during a game against the University of Michigan.


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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7180 on: October 21, 2026, 07:53:37 AM »

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September 27, 1913[


Guess which stadium this is?

We could have a thread on stadia, unusual facts, one's we've visited, etc.



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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #7181 on: October 21, 2026, 08:41:26 AM »
Wow this weird one might just take the cake

the story of Tony Tovar is absolutely true. He became a viral internet sensation dubbed the "world's chillest man" after security camera footage captured his mind-blowing nonchalance during an armed robbery. The incident took place in August 2019 at Beerman's Bar in St. Louis, Missouri.

Here is exactly how the real events played out:
•  As a robber walked into the bar waving a rifle/shotgun and demanding everyone get on the floor, Tovar didn't flinch. Instead, he casually pulled out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and took a drag while sitting completely exposed at the bar stool.

• The gunman tried to snatch Tovar's phone off the bar counter. Tovar aggressively grabbed it back out of the robber's hands and refused to let him take it.

• When the robber shoved the barrel of the gun directly into Tovar's ribs and demanded the money out of his wallet, Tovar calmly told him he only had two dollars on him—and that was saved for his next beer. He then actually asked the gunman to pour or get him a beer. According to Tovar, the stunned robber replied, "No, get your own beer."

 Tovar later explained that he didn't comply because he had a strong feeling the gunman wasn't looking to hurt anyone and just wanted the cash from the register for drug money. While his stubbornness turned him into an overnight local legend, Tovar publicly warned others never to copy his behavior, strongly advising people to just comply with armed robbers for their own safety.

 The robber was eventually caught by police and sent to prison.
You can watch the surveillance video of Tovar's legendary interaction with the gunman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtHwcfNHfPM
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