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ajblakejr
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On this day, 21 Oct 1879, After 14 months of experimenting in Menlo Park, NJ, Thomas Alva Edison
succeeded in producing a working prototype of the electric, incandescent lamp.
It could burn for thirteen and a half hours.
I remember this light bulb.
Affordable.
Not harzardous.
texan
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On this day, 22 Oct 1962, U.S. President John friend. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building
secret missile bases in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval quarantine (blockade) of Cuba.
He also demanded that Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev remove all the missiles and their bases.
secret missile bases in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval quarantine (blockade) of Cuba.
He also demanded that Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev remove all the missiles and their bases.
texan
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On this day, 23 Oct 1983, Suicidal terrorists drove a truck loaded with TNT into the U.S. Marines headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon.
The explosion killed 241 U.S. personnel. It represented the deadliest single-day death toll for the
United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II, the deadliest single-day death
toll for the United States military since the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and the
deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.
Many French personnel were also killed in a similar attack on their location at the same time.
The terrorist plowed his bomb-laden truck through three guard posts, a barbed-wire fence, and into
the lobby of the Marines Corps headquarters in Beirut, where he detonated a massive bomb, killing
241 marine, navy, and army personnel.
The bomb, which was made of a sophisticated explosive enhanced by gas, had an explosive power equivalent to 18,000 pounds of dynamite. The identities of the embassy and barracks bombers were
not determined, but they were suspected to be terrorists associated with Iran.
The explosion killed 241 U.S. personnel. It represented the deadliest single-day death toll for the
United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II, the deadliest single-day death
toll for the United States military since the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and the
deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.
Many French personnel were also killed in a similar attack on their location at the same time.
The terrorist plowed his bomb-laden truck through three guard posts, a barbed-wire fence, and into
the lobby of the Marines Corps headquarters in Beirut, where he detonated a massive bomb, killing
241 marine, navy, and army personnel.
The bomb, which was made of a sophisticated explosive enhanced by gas, had an explosive power equivalent to 18,000 pounds of dynamite. The identities of the embassy and barracks bombers were
not determined, but they were suspected to be terrorists associated with Iran.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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6 months ago, on 4/23/2012, 705Red made his last post on this forum. While we usually did not agree I did appreciate his efforts on the part of his Union brothers. I miss his contributions to this forum.
CaliforniaPaul
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Your the only one who cares.
texan
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On this day, 27 Oct 1955, The public / consumer microwave oven was introduced in
Mansfield, Ohio at the corporate headquarters of the Tappan Company.
The manufacturer put a $1,200 price tag on the new stove that could cook eggs in 22 seconds, bacon in 90 seconds.
MICROWAVE OVEN. While experimenting with radar during World War II, Percy Spencer of
Raytheon Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts, discovered the heating properties of microwaves.
With a candy bar in his pocket, he leaned in front of the microwave tube and the candy bar promptly melted.
This event led to the birth of microwave ovens.
Mansfield, Ohio at the corporate headquarters of the Tappan Company.
The manufacturer put a $1,200 price tag on the new stove that could cook eggs in 22 seconds, bacon in 90 seconds.
MICROWAVE OVEN. While experimenting with radar during World War II, Percy Spencer of
Raytheon Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts, discovered the heating properties of microwaves.
With a candy bar in his pocket, he leaned in front of the microwave tube and the candy bar promptly melted.
This event led to the birth of microwave ovens.
texan
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On this day, 26 Oct 1825, After 8 years of digging ... and digging ... and digging, Clinton’s Big Ditch was completed.
(That’s not Bill Clinton, but De Witt Clinton, governor of the state of New York at the time.)
The 363-mile-long inland waterway, connecting Lake Erie to New York City by way of the Hudson River, opened to
boat traffic on this day in 1825.
Cannons fired in celebration and folks lined the route to cheer the $7,602,000, pet project of Governor Clinton.
He knew that this, the first major, man-made waterway in the U.S. would be enormously important to the settlement
of the Great Lakes region.
(That’s not Bill Clinton, but De Witt Clinton, governor of the state of New York at the time.)
The 363-mile-long inland waterway, connecting Lake Erie to New York City by way of the Hudson River, opened to
boat traffic on this day in 1825.
Cannons fired in celebration and folks lined the route to cheer the $7,602,000, pet project of Governor Clinton.
He knew that this, the first major, man-made waterway in the U.S. would be enormously important to the settlement
of the Great Lakes region.
texan
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On This day, October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since
1918, finally vanquishing the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued them for 86 years.
"This is for anyone who has ever rooted for the Red Sox," the team’s GM told reporters after the game.
"This is for all of Red Sox Nation, past and present."
Ever since team owner and Broadway producer Harry Frazee sold the great Babe Ruth to the Yankees
in 1920—he got $125,000 and a $300,000 loan, which he used to pay Fenway’s mortgage and put on
the musical No, No, Nannette—the Sox had been tragically unable to win the World Series.
People said that the team was cursed. Before 1920, the Sox had won five championships and the Yanks
hadn’t won any; after the Babe left, Boston’s well ran dry.
The Yankees, meanwhile, won a record 26 times after 1920.
1918, finally vanquishing the so-called "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued them for 86 years.
"This is for anyone who has ever rooted for the Red Sox," the team’s GM told reporters after the game.
"This is for all of Red Sox Nation, past and present."
Ever since team owner and Broadway producer Harry Frazee sold the great Babe Ruth to the Yankees
in 1920—he got $125,000 and a $300,000 loan, which he used to pay Fenway’s mortgage and put on
the musical No, No, Nannette—the Sox had been tragically unable to win the World Series.
People said that the team was cursed. Before 1920, the Sox had won five championships and the Yanks
hadn’t won any; after the Babe left, Boston’s well ran dry.
The Yankees, meanwhile, won a record 26 times after 1920.
moreluck
golden ticket member
Now, they are so cheap in the back to school packs.
texan
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On this day, 30 Oct. 1938, Orson Welles, known to radio audiences as The Shadow, presented his famous
dramatization of H.G. Wells’ The War on the Worlds on CBS’s Mercury Theater at 8 p.m.
The show was set up as a music program interrupted by news bulletins saying that Martians had landed near
Princeton, New Jersey.
Though a disclaimer was broadcast several times throughout the hourlong program, most people did not pay
attention to the explanation telling them that the story was fictional and a radio fabrication.
Even the newspaper program guides printed the warning.
But thousands paid no attention. Some folks, in fact, got pretty desperate when they heard the ‘news’
that the world was coming to an end.
They rushed out of their homes with handkerchiefs covering their mouths to guard
against Martian gas.
They clogged phone lines, caused traffic jams and checked into hospitals in shock.
In just one hour, Orson Welles panicked the majority of the populace with his version of War of the Worlds.
dramatization of H.G. Wells’ The War on the Worlds on CBS’s Mercury Theater at 8 p.m.
The show was set up as a music program interrupted by news bulletins saying that Martians had landed near
Princeton, New Jersey.
Though a disclaimer was broadcast several times throughout the hourlong program, most people did not pay
attention to the explanation telling them that the story was fictional and a radio fabrication.
Even the newspaper program guides printed the warning.
But thousands paid no attention. Some folks, in fact, got pretty desperate when they heard the ‘news’
that the world was coming to an end.
They rushed out of their homes with handkerchiefs covering their mouths to guard
against Martian gas.
They clogged phone lines, caused traffic jams and checked into hospitals in shock.
In just one hour, Orson Welles panicked the majority of the populace with his version of War of the Worlds.
texan
Well-Known Member
On this day, 31 Oct 1941, Mount Rushmore was ‘completed’ this day.
Actually, the money ran out. Work on the monument, honoring Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,
and Teddy Roosevelt, had begun August 10, 1927.
It was dedicated March 3, 1933 although work continued. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 and his son,
Lincoln, continued the project until funds ran out on this day. Since then , no additional carving has been
done, nor is any further work (other than maintenance) on the memorial planned.
Actually, the money ran out. Work on the monument, honoring Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,
and Teddy Roosevelt, had begun August 10, 1927.
It was dedicated March 3, 1933 although work continued. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 and his son,
Lincoln, continued the project until funds ran out on this day. Since then , no additional carving has been
done, nor is any further work (other than maintenance) on the memorial planned.
texan
Well-Known Member
On this day, 1 Nov 1870, the United States Weather Bureau made its first observations.
It was not called the Weather Bureau back then because it was part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
In the beginning, reports were telegraphed from 24 locations around the U.S. and the first national
weather report was born.
It was not called the Weather Bureau back then because it was part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
In the beginning, reports were telegraphed from 24 locations around the U.S. and the first national
weather report was born.
