This Day in History

[olroadbeech]

8/4/1997

On this day in 1997 the UPS strike began !
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I still have every piece of paper ( lies ) that the company handed out. It's actually pretty sad how low they went......

 

[Covemastah]

5 Aug, 1962 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe​

1962 : Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom, the death was ruled a suicide, as a bottle of empty sleeping pills was found near Monroe's body.

 

[BSWALKS]

5 Aug, 1962 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe​

1962 : Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom, the death was ruled a suicide, as a bottle of empty sleeping pills was found near Monroe's body.

Hanging around with any Kennedys sure was bad luck...

 

[olroadbeech]

5 Aug, 1962 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe​

1962 : Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom, the death was ruled a suicide, as a bottle of empty sleeping pills was found near Monroe's body.

she was gonna rat.....

 

[Covemastah]

6 Aug, 1945 Nuclear Bomb Hiroshima​

1945 : An atomic bomb was used containing more power than 12,000 tons of TNT and producing more than 2,000 times the blast of the most powerful bomb ever dropped before was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated 140,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare. The bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" with 130 pounds of uranium-235 produced the equivalent to about 13 kilotons of TNT. On August 9, 1945, America dropped the second Atom bomb on Nagasaki effectively ending the war when Japan announced their surrender.

 

[Covemastah]

August 7 1945
Tojo woke up and said. W T friend ! ?????

 

[Covemastah]

10 Aug, 1974 U.S.A. Gerald Ford​

1974 : In the wake of scandal, Richard Nixon’s resignation was accepted by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford stepped into the oval office. Ford promised a government with honesty, and transparency.

 

[Covemastah]

11 Aug, 1934 U.S.A. Alcatraz​

August 11, 1934 : The Prisoners that are considered the most dangerous are sent to Alcatraz " The Rock " because it is considered to be one of the hardest prisons in the world to escape from due to the strong tides.

 

[Covemastah]

12 Aug, 1930 U.S.A. Al Capone​

1930 : In Chicago, Al Capone’s liquor business and headquarters was to be stormed by police on orders from Judge H. Lyle. Also, one of Capone’s king pins, Jack Zuta was gunned down by the law in Wisconsin at a summer resort.

 

[floridays]

AUGUST 12, 1974 Mickey Mantle Whitey Ford

Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Class of 1974 brought the Big Apple to Cooperstown

@Covemastah

 

[floridays]

@MyTripisCut , you too Mick on the above Mantle and Ford Induction.

I can only imagine the stories told around the bar, I'm sure Billy Martin was lurkin around.

 

[Covemastah]

Both overrated , if they played for the St. Louis Browns , never would of heard of them !!

 

[Covemastah]

Both overrated , if they played for the St. Louis Browns , never would of heard of them !!

Lol.
Don't you two get your panties in a knot,, two of the greatest to ever play this great game

 

[Covemastah]

8/13/1982. This gem of a classic was released ,, and most of us over 50 , did a lot of "releasing" over Phoebe Cates !!
Fast Times !!

 

[Covemastah]

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

8/13/1982. This gem of a classic was released ,, and most of us over 50 , did a lot of "releasing" over Phoebe Cates !!
Fast Times !!

I'm 44, and I'm still in that club.

 

[Covemastah]

8-14-1945

 

[Covemastah]

8/15 /65

1965 Beatles Live Concert at Shea Stadium​

1965 : At the peak of American Beatlemania the Beatles play at Shea Stadium in New York City where 55,000 Beatles fans mostly young teenage girls screamed and cried through the concert.

 

[Covemastah]

16 Aug, 1977 Elvis Presley Dies​

1977 : Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42, leaving rock and roll fans worldwide mourning his loss. Elvis was found dead at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. The cause of death is pronounced as cardiac arrhythmia which is a form of heart attack. Since his divorce from Priscilla Presley four years ago he has had problems with ill health which forced him to cancel a number of concerts due to exhaustion.

 

[Covemastah]

8/18 / 67
Boston's Tony Conigliaro beaned , ruined his career and eventually killed him !