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Topic: OT - Weird History

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« Reply #6146 on: February 26, 2026, 12:55:36 PM »
Great Docu on how DG Yuengling & Son Brewery bounced back from the front step of bankruptcy using common sense, quality and keeping it in the family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ihEzQaQ0RU
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« Reply #6147 on: February 26, 2026, 06:40:07 PM »
I enjoyed a few pints of their suds last night with a Reuben in Branson 
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« Reply #6148 on: February 27, 2026, 12:03:51 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VH1cwfleTro?feature=share

The thing that I love is that Raul Castro made a statement that said: "If Lorenzo had the guts to leave with one of my MIGs, maybe he has the guts to come back and get his family."  Well... HE DID!!!!
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« Reply #6149 on: February 27, 2026, 08:03:33 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Ireland Legalizes Divorce (1997)
The culture of Ireland has long been strongly influenced by the Roman Catholic Church, to which most of the country belongs. Thus, until 1997, the Republic of Ireland had no legal provision for divorce—and though many couples were living apart, they were not free to remarry other people. Once the divorce legislation was passed, the number of separated couples in Ireland did increase but not dramatically.
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« Reply #6150 on: February 28, 2026, 09:09:51 AM »
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NATO's First Military Action (1994)
Founded in 1949 by the US, Canada, and 10 European countries as a security pact against the Soviet bloc, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did not actually perform any military operations for its first 45 years in existence. With the fall of the Soviet Union, however, its focus shifted to regional peacekeeping—and thus, in 1994, NATO forces took action in the Bosnian War. After the September 11 attacks, NATO invoked Article 5 of its charter for the first time in history.
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« Reply #6151 on: February 28, 2026, 01:52:37 PM »
1646 Roger Scott is tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church - heathen

1704 Frenchman Elias Neau opens a school for blacks in NYC

1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 40, kidnapping 100

1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered

1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from the east coast

1915 French forces attempt to drive the Germans back into the Champagne region during World War I, gaining a few hundred yards at the cost of 50,000 casualties

1917 AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I

1956 American engineer Wright Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory

1959 Chicago Cardinals trade running back Ollie Matson to the LA Rams for an unprecedented 9 players

1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal

1975 A major London tube train crash at Moorgate station kills 43 people and injures a further 74.

1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws

1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs on CBS, a two-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"; a record 125 million viewers watch in the US

1991 Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait

1993 Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound after FBI attempts a raid

2025 Extraordinary meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House is curtailed after an argument in front of reporters


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