June 14th, 1946... A day that will live in infamy. Donald J. Trump, the POTUS (Pissed Off Toddler Undermining Society) was born. It was the beginning of the end.
I meant, can you image the uproar if there were a White Entertainment Television network, with the slogan “Yes to White”? Racial equality has to go both ways, if this is ever going to work.
On January 19, 1883, the world's first electric lighting system employing overhead wires began service in Roselle, NJ
Apollo 11 launched 51 years ago.
1585: English secret service discover Anthony Babington's plot to murder Elizabeth I.
WWII. The Hamburg Raids.
"On the night of 27 July, shortly before midnight,[8] 787 RAF aircraft—74 Wellingtons, 116 Stirlings, 244 Halifaxes and 353 Lancasters— bombed Hamburg.[9] The unusually dry and warm weather, the concentration of the bombing in one area and firefighting limitations due to blockbuster bombs used in the early part of the raid – and the recall of Hanover's firecrews to their own city – culminated in a firestorm. The tornadic fire created a huge inferno with winds of up to 240 kilometres per hour (150 mph) reaching temperatures of 800 °C (1,470 °F) and altitudes in excess of 300 metres (1,000 ft), incinerating more than 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi) of the city. Asphalt streets burst into flame, and fuel oil from damaged and destroyed ships, barges and storage tanks spilled into the water of the canals and the harbour, causing them to ignite as well.
The majority of deaths attributed to Operation Gomorrah occurred on this night. A large number of those killed died seeking safety in bomb shelters and cellars, the firestorm consuming the oxygen in the burning city above. The furious winds created by the firestorm had the power to sweep people up off the streets like dry leaves.
Operation Gomorrah killed 42,600 people, left 37,000 wounded and caused some one million German civilians to flee the city.[3]
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102 years ago today my father was born in Russellville, Alabama.
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On July 18, 1925 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
Original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice"
Sounds like a Trump introspective confessional autobiography title in wait.
Ernest Hemingway born on this date in 1899.
1934
American gangster John Dillinger is shot dead by FBI officers outside a Chicago cinema.
There are times she is kneeling out of obedience, reverence and respect. Those are the times it is okay to stand above her. But when she is kneeling because the weight of the world is just too heavy to bear … that is when You should be kneeling beside her.
1937. My Grandfather in the worst Depression years has built new successful business, cleared his seven year old bankruptcy, and able to send his son to college. He did not accomplish any of that standing around wringing his hands & complaining or blaming.