1945 : MacArthur arrives in Japan.

1963 : The U.S.-Soviet "hot line" goes into operation.

1967 : Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice.

1983 : First African American in space. (U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford)

1945 : MacArthur arrives in Japan.

1963 : The U.S.-Soviet "hot line" goes into operation.

1967 : Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice.

1983 : First African American in space. (U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford)

2008 : 5,000th U.S. military death in Iraq.

2008 : 5,000th U.S. military death in Iraq.

Wow, that must be a record.

Darktemper posts a nice informative thread that everyone can enjoy and THE VERY NEXT POST turns it into an anti Iraq war and by default and anti Bush thread!

There probably isn't a single post that anyone can make that won't be turned.

Not only that, it wasnt accurate, the 5,000 death didnt occur that day.

But it shows the depths libs will go, in celebrating the Deaths of American Servicemens lives.

Not only that, it wasnt accurate, the 5,000 death didnt occur that day.

But it shows the depths libs will go, in celebrating the Deaths of American Servicemens lives.

Please Leave Politics Out Of My Thread!

2017 : Darktemper finally gets everyone to get along on the message board. :0)

This is a great thread, so feed it some dates folks! Let's kickstart things with a recap:

30 B.C.: Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.

1862: The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.

1905: Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing for the Detroit Tigers.

1941: The two-year siege of Leningrad during World War II began.

1963: A hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.

1967: Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first African American Supreme Court justice.

1999: East Timor residents voted to secede from Indonesia.

Nwokie: You give excellent proof you were an NCO, as you don't know 2007 from 2008.

We now have about 3,000 dead and will certainly reach 5,000 by this time next year.

And Darktemper, this is the political site. If you are afraid of politics, put it on the regular radio side.

Besides, you are always twisting threads to political nature.

I just remembered, Nwokie, you claimed you were an officer in Vietnam, then earlier today you talked about your NCO course.

As a Vietnam vet, I am not happy if you are a fraud claiming service you did not have

Actually thats not what I said, and someone can be an NCO and later an officer.

In the military, you can be an enlisted, then become an officer, and somettimes go back to being an enlisted, all through no fault of your own.

You can also be an officer, then become an enlisted, then retire as an officer.

The military has a thing called RIF, reduction in force. If your an officer and are passed over for promotion twice, you get 2 options, accept a dischage, or go on enlisted status, at the highest rank, you previously held, or E5 (Sgt). I was never RIFFED, but a lot of my friends were, after Vietnam, a whole lot of helicopter pilots were let go. as were a fair amount of SF guys.

I won't disagree with you. I probably poke fun at something political in a non-political thread. All i'd like to see is the politics left out of thread topics that are not political. I will make an effort to do so as well in return.

But: This is my sandbox so please don't crap in it!

Just funnin man. Feel free to post away...it is a free country after all and I am not afraid of political banter....just tire of it in every damn thread. As far as posting on the other side of this board...well I think not!

OH Yah.....this is the Political and OTHER THINGS side. So if not a political thread then it must be Something Other!

"When I attended the Senior NCO academy"
Nwokie:

You've got to be an E-7 to do that, so you say you took a pay cut to become a butter bar Lt.?

A lot of my Lt.s were former E-5 and below. Never had one who was a E-7 or above before OCS. I bet they called you Pops or Old Man.

I know 2 E9's that accepted commissions.
Its more common in the navy, they have a limited duty officer program, in which an enlisted person, can start out as an 03, but he/she can never command.

RIF, is something that doesnt happen in civilian life, if your a middle manager, you get fired or laid off, I dont know of any middle manager in a civilian company being told, we dont need you as a manager, but we got a job for you in shipping. Hang in there 3 years, and we'll let you retire with your managers pay.

You Know...somedays in here it's like running downhill on a steep sand dune....you just know your gonna wind up eating sand!

Nwokie: Did you get Riffed after coming home. I lost the best damn Captain I knew, who was enlisted before going to Vietnam at a Lt. That soured me on staying in, when the best and brightest were dropped just because they were earlier enlisted.

No, but I sometimes wish I'd stayed enlisted, I think I would have made SGM, maybe CSM, and I think I would have accomplished more that way.
But you cant go back and change things.

1997 : Princess Diana dies.

1888 : Jack the Ripper claims first victim.

1897 : Edison patents the Kinetograph.

1935 : FDR signs Neutrality Act.

1939 : Germany prepares for invasion of Poland.

1957 : Kukla, Fran and Ollie's final episode.

1995 : Jerry Garcia dies.

(OK, maybe not today, but it was in August, as was his birthday)

That was on August 9, 1995.

Can you believe it's been ten years since Diana died. What a tragedy. Damn paparozzi anyway...they should be lined up and shot!

If her driver had not been drinking, she would still be alive.

If they had not been chased, if she had her seatbelt on, if......
it was a tragedy in any case.

OK, to follow Mrs. M's lead..... (Month of August)

The most important rock and roll concert ever; Woodstock Aug. 15 thru Aug. 18, 1969!

Best line I ever heard about Woodstock: "If you can remember being at Woodstock, you probably weren’t there!"

She was a public person, she lived a very public life, which she went out of the way to embelish.

So photographers followed her, so what, the driver should have driven at a safe speed. She and her boyfriend should have insisted.

The people at fault are her driver, her boyfriend and her.

She was a public person, she lived a very public life, which she went out of the way to embelish.

So photographers followed her, so what, the driver should have driven at a safe speed. She and her boyfriend should have insisted.

The people at fault are her driver, her boyfriend and her.

Embelish? She went out of her way to embelish her public life?

You've lost me. I've never heard the word " embelish " used that way. Would you mind restating that part for me?

Ok, I left an l out.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/embellish

If she wanted to be a privae person, she wouldnt attend all of the very public functions she did, and live such a public life. She could have stayed home with the kids some of the time.

I wasn't talking about the missing " l " - I figured you meant Embellish.

But how did Diana " enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions." ?

I'd like to re-state what I said.

Diana was a nice lady and it is to bad things happened the way they did and now she is no longer with us.

"To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. "

Which is what she did with her life (public).

OK.

Thanks.

1900 - The carbonated soft drink - Coca Cola went on sale in Great Britain for the first time.

1920 - The first ever news program was broadcast by the radio station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. The station had opened its service on August 20.

1935 - United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law an act that prohibited the export of arms made in the United States to belligerents.

1941 - On NBC radio, "The Great Gildersleeve", a spin-off of "Fibber McGee and Molly", began.

1976 - A judge ruled George Harrison was guilty of copying from the 1963 Chiffon's hit song "He’s So Fine". The judge said the chorus to Harrison’s "My Sweet Lord" was identical to "He’s So Fine" and eventually, after 5 years of appeals, cost the ex-Beatle over half a million dollars.

1998 - A ballistic missile was fired over Japan by North Korea.

" "To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. "

Which is what she did with her life (public)."

I'm sorry if I sound like I am trying to pick a fight, Nwokie. But are you saying that it would have been better for her and her kids if she just would have stayed in her house with her kids all the time?

How did she make her life beautiful and decorate her life? By venturing outdoors? I do not follow what you seem to be implying. That it's her fault she died? That it is reasonable to conclude that if she did that, she would still be alive and therefore...what exactly?

Say it. No matter how silly I think it may be, please, say it.

1864 : Atlanta falls to Union forces.

1939 : Germans invade Poland.

1950 : First Porsche is completed.

1954 : Social Security Act is amended.

1959 : Elizabeth Taylor signs for Cleopatra.

1969 : Qaddafi leads coup in Libya.

1970 : McGovern-Hatfield amendment defeated in the Senate.

1983 : Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union.

1985 : Wreck of the Titanic found.

1989 : Law requiring air bags is passed.

1989 : Toyota launches Lexus.

Princess Diane made a choice, to have a very public life, which is fine. But then when the photographers and newsmen started following her, she complained. She got in a car drunk, with a drunk driver who elected to try and out run the press. If whe didnt want the press following her, she shouldnt have lead such a public life.

Just a guess here...

Did you have a problem with her public campaign against land mines?

That is, after all, such a liberal thing to do.

Yep I do, land mines are a very valuable tool to an infantryman. Love the way some liberals are willing to sacrafice soldiers lifes.

Children account for half of landmine casualties in Cambodia
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cambodia_24266.html

But one of the children tried to open the landmine's metal casing, resulting in the blast, SAPA said.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/news/article_1347475.php/Six_killed_th ree_serious_injured_in_landmine_blast_in_Mozambique

Two children killed in mine explosion in Marivan, Iran
http://www.payvand.com/news/03/apr/1080.html


Two children were killed and four injured when discarded landmines they were handling exploded in India's desert state of Rajasthan, police said.
http://www.landminesurvivors.org/news_article.php?id=473

Question is,
Why do you hate the children so?

Every land mine I ever set out, was removed or properly documentated.

What I would support is a law, treaty whatever, that required all landmines to be properly recorded, so they can be removed later.

But again, you will probably never be in a position, where there are 10 of your side, and a whole lot of the other side, trying to kill you.
A nice wide minefield, can be a very comforting thing.

The text of Prince Harry’s eulogy for his mother, Princess Diana from FOXNews:

“William and I can separate life into two parts. There were those years when we were blessed with the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father.

“And then there are the 10 years since our mother’s death. When she was alive we completely took for granted her unrivaled love of life, laughter, fun and folly. She was our guardian, friend and protector.

“She never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated.

“She will always be remembered for her amazing public work. But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world.

“We would say that wouldn’t we. But we miss her. She kissed us last thing at night.

“Her beaming smile greeted us from school. She laughed hysterically and uncontrollably when sharing something silly she might have said or done that day. She encouraged us when we were nervous or unsure.

“She — like our father — was determined to provide us with a stable and secure childhood.

“To lose a parent so suddenly at such a young age, as others have experienced, is indescribably shocking and sad. It was an event which changed our lives forever, as it must have done for everyone who lost someone that night.

“But what is far more important to us now, and into the future, is that we remember our mother as she would have wished to be remembered as she was: fun-loving, generous, down-to-earth, entirely genuine.

“We both think of her every day.

“We speak about her and laugh together at all the memories.

“Put simply, she made us, and so many other people, happy. May this be the way that she is remembered.”

*****************************************

Thank you Amus, for exposing Okie's ugly little truth. That's so totally F'd up.

Regardless of Diana's fame, she left behind 2 young boys who loved their mother. Prince Harry's touching words could have come from any number of thousands of the motherless kids from Iraq or Afghanistan.

How can a person be AGAINST cleaning up unused landmines in which people, innocent people, are killed, maimed, disfigured, etc.? I mean, we are talking about countries that are no longer at war too.

You realize thay there are no Democrats or Republicans in power in Europe, right Nwokie?

I don't know, man. Sometimes I try and give you a long leash - wait, that's not accurate - perhaps enough ROPE is a better way to put it. I try and give you all sorts of chances to explain or convince me that how you see the world is understandable or even defensible.

At what point is it accurate to just say that you are a fucking idiot? I don't really like to talk like that to you - but shit, man. Just because you think one way on a given topic - as skewed as it looks like - when do I quit giving you the benefit of the doubt and just realize that you are bent? Are insane people just to be tolerated and never called out? You guys bitch about being TOO Politically Correct in life sometimes. This is a time in which, I agree, call a spade a spade and deal with it.

Fucking moron.

1969 : First ATM.

1666 : Great Fire of London begins.

1945 : Japan surrenders.

1789 : Congress founds U.S. Treasury.

1992 : First natural gas-powered vehicle is purchased.

1998 : A UN court hands down the first international conviction for genocide.

1923 : Great Tokyo Fire continues to blaze.

1931 : Bing Crosby's radio show debuts.

1969 : Star Trek's final episode.

1944 : Navy aviator George H.W. Bush and his squadron attacked.

1945 : VJ Day!

Thanks for these Dark. I like this thread.

Star Trek's final episode. Yeah, big bummer. Little did they know huh?

Paramount has generally hosed up Star Trek. TNG was ended early too. Cast had worked out the bugs, SG-1 wasn't here yet, lots of story possibilities. Same with the movies. We are left with B4 and all that character acting potential he represented.

At least the SG-1 people got it right. 10 seasons, and they too could have easily knocked out a few more.

BTW: If Star Trek gets made again, pick up the space opera theme and tie the episodes together more. Makes for a longer run, and far better syndication!

KPTV had Star Trek somewhere in their lineup until exclusive network deals denied them the program.

Been watching the CGI enhanced Star Trek episodes on the box now.....gotta say I kinda like it. Not as a replacement but as an addition to the original untouched versions.

I dindt say I was against cleaning up old minefields, I even said i would support a law requiring documenting minefields (which the US military does). What I said was I was against a global ban on mines.

I don't know man. We've a lot of really great new weapons. Maybe we just don't need mines, just like we don't need chemical, nuclear or biological weapons.

There are plenty of ways for people to kill one another, that do not leave stuff behind for bonus killing of people not involved in the conflict.

Actually, a lot of the stuff we use, if left behind will kill people. About 2-3 percent of artillery shells are duds, but may go off later if hit, or just get hot. Aircraft bombs have a higher percentage than that for being duds, but if a tractor hits one, you can get a big boom.

But, we were talking about mines. Nearly all of current US mines have a built in deactivation timer, and the explosive in them is usually C4, which is very stable. The mines causing problems are nearly all Chinese or Soviet types, that were laid without documentation.

Now, I know there are some US mines laying around in Korea and Southeast asia, and North Africa and across Europe, where some nit wit that couldnt read a map put them. But for the most part US minefields are pretty well documentated.

Say.....weird thought.....you guys go start a thread about weapons and death and leave this one be.....OK? Don't make me send "Knuckles" after ya!

...well it's kind of historical?

I've only seen a couple of the enhanced Star Treks. Caught me off guard. I've mixed feelings about them really. The enhancements are good. Maybe that helps new people better appreciate the show.

For me, it's a wash. Better eye candy, but more misalignment with the rest of the production. It's better with the old effects, IMHO. More like theatre than TV. I like that aspect of the show a lot.

What good, really, will a global ban on land mines do? It'll prevent us from using them, as well as everyone else in the industrialized world ... but what about guerrilla warfare in the third world?

Do you really think the Viet Cong would have abided by a "no land mines" rule in South Vietnam? Ummm no, they made their own for the most part and got VERY good at it.

The thought is noble, yes. It sucks to see kids losing limbs and lives years later because of these mines. It's not a practical rule though.

1979
Frank Zappa releases 'Joe's Garage Act I,' followed two months later by 'Joe's Garage, Acts II & III.' Zappa describes his magnum opus as "a stupid story about how the government is going to try to do away with music."

1777 : The Stars and Stripes flies.

1935 : Campbell exceeds 300 mph.

1875 : Porsche is born.

1900 : First Flint-built car is presented.

1861 : Confederate forces enter Kentucky.

1990 : Bush prepares for summit with Gorbachev.

1926 : "Lefty" Lewis goes on trial.

1937 : Orson Welles produces Les Miserables.

1966 : Final episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

1991 : Frank Capra dies.

1950 : U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon.

1939 : Britain and France declare war on Germany.

1886 : Geronimo surrenders.

476 : Western Roman Empire falls.

1957 : Arkansas troops prevent desegregation.

1972 : Spitz wins 7th gold medal.

1957 : Edsel has its day.

1997 : Farewell to the T-Bird.

1957 : Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot.

1996 : Colombian guerrilla organization attacks military base.

1967 : Final episode of Gilligan's Island.

1971 : Lawrence Welk goes off the air.

1886 : The last American Indian warrior surrenders.

1951 : President Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast.

1967 : Marines in heavy fighting.

1969 : Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh.

1959 : Congress regulates unions.

1918 : American troops land at Archangel.

1940 : The USS Greer is fired upon.

1945 : Japanese surrender on Wake Island.

Your off by a year about the Greer
The Greer Incident, Sept. 1941
The "Greer Incident" occurred September 4. At 08:40 that morning Greer, carrying mail and passengers to Iceland, was signalled by a British plane that a Nazi submarine had crash-dived some 10 miles (16 km) ahead. Forty minutes later the DD's soundman picked up the German U-boat, and Greer began to trail the submarine. The plane, running low on fuel, dropped four depth charges at 10:32 and returned to base, while Greer continued to dog the U-boat. Two hours later the German boat began a series of radical maneuvers and Greer's lookouts saw her pass about 100 yards (100 m) off. An impulse bubble at 12:48 warned Greer of a torpedo and she rang up flank speed and bore rudder hard left. Lookouts watched the torpedo pass 100 yards (100 m) astern and the warship then charged in for an attack. She laid a pattern of eight depth charges which missed, and less than two minutes later a second torpedo passed 300 yards (300 m) to port.

Greer lost sound contact during the maneuvers, and began to quarter the area in search of the U-boat. After 2 hours, she re-established sound contact and laid down a pattern of 11 depth charges before discontinuing the engagement. Greer had held the German raider in sound contact 3 hours and 28 minutes; had evaded two torpedoes fired at her; and with her 19 depth charges had become the first American ship in World War II to attack the German Kriegsmarine.

When news of the attack against an American ship reached the United States, public feeling ran high. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seized this occasion to make another of his famed "fireside chats", one in which he brought America nearer to outright involvement in the European war. Declaring that Germany had been guilty of an act of piracy, President Roosevelt in effect unleashed American ships and planes for offensive action as he stated "in the waters which we deem necessary for our defense, American naval vessels and American planes will no longer wait until Axis submarines lurking under the water, or Axis raiders on the surface of the sea, strike their deadly blow—first." With this "shoot on sight order", the period of "undeclared war" in the Atlantic began.

Ummmmm.....dude...take a look about two thirds down on the following trustworthy site:

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=140

and it says 1941 not 1940

Oooops sorry you are right the site I use is wrong appologies man! Glad someone is paying attention. It was 1941.

But it brings up an interesting question. Germany and Britian were at war, the US was a neutral, yet you had a US destroyer chasing a German U-boat, depth charges were dropped (by the british airplane) , so did the U boat skipper have a right to fire?

Sept. 4, 1957 - America's newest car, the Edsel, hits dealer showrooms.

Order yours TODAY at Smith Motor Company, your hometown EDSEL dealer! http://edsel.net/

(Here's a picture of me, my car and '62 Shasta at the 50th anniversary Dearborn Meet in July: http://flickr.com/photos/edsel-net/900987629/in/set-72157601011284826/

They were only given the green light in waters deemed necessary for our defense and not a general seek and destroy everywhere. But yes interesting indeed.

On September 4, 1888 George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak. The letter "K" had been a favorite of Eastman's, he is quoted in saying, "it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter". He and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagram set. He said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it must be short, you can not mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but Kodak.

By 1896, 100,000 Kodak cameras had been sold. The first Kodak had cost USD $25 and their pocket camera now cost $5. In an effort to bring photography to the masses, Eastman introduced the Brownie in 1900 at a price of just $1. It became a great success.

Even more interesting question, did Roosevelt want his agressive U-boat policy, to cause a germin ship to sink a US ship, giiving him a reason to declare war?

I think he knew the US needed to get involved in the war and this was the first step to get the US people behind it! Kudo's as far as I am concerned. Defend the nation first and foremost.

1972 : Israeli athletes killed at Munich Olympics.

1877 : Crazy Horse killed.

1774 : First Continental Congress convenes.

1958 : Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago appears in the United States.

1972 : Arab terrorists take Israeli hostages at the Olympics.

1935 : Gene Autry's first Western opens.

1992 : Prince becomes top-paid singer.

1847 : Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri.

1975 : Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt.

1969 : Calley charged for My Lai massacre.

1970 : U.S. forces launch last major American operation of the Vietnam war.

1837 : Van Buren calls for independent treasury.

1882 : First Labor Day is celebrated.

You dare to put Calleys and Gene Autry's name in the same post. Wait, I just did that too, please forgive me Mr Autry.

By request.

The labour day address of our 37th President on September 6th, 1971:

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=3138

Herb

That's the spirit! You're a day early but i'll take it!

1915 : First tank produced.

1522 : Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe.

1966 : Architect of apartheid assassinated.

1972 : More Israeli hostages killed in Munich.

1900 : New electric-car speed record is set.

1949 : Volkswagen returns to life.

1863 : Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina.

1976 : Soviet pilot lands Russian MIG fighter plane in Japan.

1943 : Train derails on way to New York .

1944 : Swoosie Kurtz born.

1967 : Bob Hope's series ends.

1847 : Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons.

1844 : John C. Fremont reaches the Great Salt Lake.

1901 : President William McKinley is shot.

1969 : Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee.

1888 : Kennedy family patriarch is born.

1945 : Peace breaks out.

1973 : Union leader charged with murder.

1914 : First Battle of the Marne begins.

1944 : Italian resistance fighters persevere.

2007 : Darktemper goes postal on slanderous PDXRadio user.

General Interest
1813 : United States nicknamed Uncle Sam.

American Revolution
1776 : World's first submarine attack.

Automotive
1899 : First auto parade is held.
1993 : Chrysler introduces Neon.

Civil War
1864 : Atlanta is evacuated.

Cold War
1950 : United Nations defeats Soviet motion.

Crime
1996 : Tupac Shakur is shot.

Entertainment
1936 : Buddy Holly is born.
1950 : Truth or Consequences debuts on TV.

Literary
1911 : Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested for stealing the Mona Lisa.

Old West
1876 : Minnesotans nearly wipeout the James-Younger Gang.

Presidential
1977 : Carter agrees to transfer Panama Canal to Panama. (Big Mistake)

Wall Street
1979 : Chrysler gets bailout.

World War I
1914 : British commander Sir John French issues first dispatch.

World War II
1940 : The Blitz begins.

Today in history:

I was born xx number of years ago.

happy birthday to me. And Buddy Holly.

I thought the Neon cars came out in 1990.

Hey PK....go out and have a Cheesesteak Sandwich and a philly style pizza! appy boithday!

Have a Stella while you're at it...preferably on draught...that is if you're of age, of course.

Herb

1986: "The Z Morning Zoo screws around with 'Rock Me Amadeus, Amadeus, Amadeus...'"

General Interest
1900 : Deadly hurricane destroys Galveston.
1664 : New Amsterdam becomes New York.
1941 : Siege of Leningrad begins.
1974 : Ford pardons Nixon. (Herb Smiled That Day)

Automotive
1953 : First U.S. transcontinental bus service is offered.
1960 : Aguri Suzuki is born.
1986 : Nissan opens plant in England.

Cold War
1945 : American troops arrive in Korea to partition the country.

Crime
1935 : Huey Long is shot.

Disaster
1900 : Deadly hurricane batters Texas.

Entertainment
1926 : Garbo skips her wedding.
1935 : Sinatra discovered.
1966 : Star Trek premieres.

Old West
1810 : The Pacific Fur Company's first ship leaves for Oregon.

Presidential
1974 : President Ford pardons former President Nixon.

Wall Street
1950 : Defense Production Act is passed.
1997 : AOL acquires Compuserve.

World War I
1915 : German airship hits central London.

World War II
1943 : Italian surrender is announced.

General Interest
1971 : Riot at Attica prison.
1893 : President's child born in White House.
1976 : Chairman Mao dies.

Automotive
1966 : No longer unsafe at any speed?
1982 : Henry Ford II takes over.

Civil War
1863 : Yankees Enter Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Hey Herb....you remember this don't ya)

Cold War
1976 : Mao Zedong Dies.

Crime
1919 : The Boston police department goes on strike.

Disaster
1954 : Powerful earthquake rocks Algeria.

Entertainment
1908 : Motion Picture Patents Co. founded.
1939 : Surprise preview of Gone with the Wind.
1956 : Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan.

Old West
1850 : California becomes the 31st state in record time.

Presidential
1893 : Cleveland baby born in White House.

Vietnam War
1967 : Hackney receives Medal of Honor.
1969 : Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi.
1972 : DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace.

Wall Street
1901 : Stock exchange gets new home.
1909 : Railroad kingpin dies.
1981 : Blackout at the Exchange.
1985 : Morgan Guaranty stays in NYC.
1987 : Greenspan tackles inflation.

World War I
1914 : U.S. Secretary of State Lansing demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador.

World War II
1942 : Japanese bomb U.S. mainland.
1943 : Allies land at Salerno and Taranto.

Minor correction , Debellevue became the leading American Vietnam Ace.

General Interest
1897 : First drunk driving arrest.
1608 : Smith to lead Jamestown.
1813 : The Battle of Lake Erie.
1977 : The guillotine falls silent.
1981 : Guernica returned to Spain.

American Revolution
1776 : Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines.

Automotive
1897 : First DWI arrest is made.
1942 : FDR mandates gas rationing.

Cold War
1989 : Hungary allows East Germans refugees to leave.

Crime
1977 : Serial-killing couple meets.

Disaster
1976 : Jets collide over Zagreb.

Entertainment
1933 : Jimmy Durante's radio show debuts. (Ha- Cha-Cha)
1993 : X-Files premieres.
1993 : Final episode of Late Night with David Letterman.

Old West
1881 : Tensions grow in Tombstone, Arizona, after a stage coach robbery.

Presidential
1833 : Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S.

Vietnam War
1963 : President Kennedy gets mixed signals.
1964 : President Johnson sends signal to both North and South Vietnamese.

Wall Street
1833 : Battle over the Bank.
1984 : Mondale falls short.
1992 : Tax cut proposal falls short.

World War I
1919 : New York City parade honors U.S. soldiers from World War I.

World War II
1940 : British War Cabinet reacts to the Blitz in kind.

1985: KRCK is replaced by K-BACH!

Friday, August 9, 1974: Tricky DICK resigns

I loved K-Rock!

BTW...yer a month and a day late on the Tricky Dick TDIH tidbit!

1897 : First DWI arrest is made.

I find this one surprising!

KRCK was the talk of the school back then. Everybody thought it was just a stunt. Then it was classical the next morning

DT... Here's the link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974 -3.htm

All I was saying, and maybe you missed it, but August 9 is not today, September 10! One month and a day short of This Day In History!

Keep posting though....you got some serious catchup to do if you wanna hit 10,000 posts first!

10,000 or bust!

September 11th 2001
2001 : Attack on America

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George Walker Bush:

Today, September 11th, 2001 -- our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices; secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers; moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.

A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God.


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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said it best, "I fear all we have done is waken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."


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Two dates which will live in infamy!


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We Will Never Forget!



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Note From Me:

To all those Souls who lost there lives on this fateful day, To all those Souls who made the ultimate sacrifice in Service to this Great Nation, To all of those who are currently active in Service to this Great Nation, both Civil and Military,.......I Salute You and Thank You!

May God Keep You, Protect You, Guide You, and See You Safely Home! God Bless You and Stay Safe!

September 11, 1973: Chilean Military Coup

General Agusto Pinochet takes control of Chile in a military coup.

Copy & paste the URL below into your browser, as the apostrophe screws up the auto link generation on this message board:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d'%C3%A9tat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d'%C3%A9tat

September 12th

General Interest
1940 : Lascaux cave paintings discovered.
1953 : JFK marries Jacqueline Bouvier.
1953 : Khrushchev elected Soviet leader.
1974 : Violence in Boston over racial busing.
1977 : Steven Biko dies.

American Revolution
1777 : Congress receives news of defeat at Brandywine.

Automotive
1912 : Plan for transcontinental highway is unveiled.
1918 : Cannonball Baker completes longest tour.
1988 : The Minivan cometh.

Civil War
1861 : Siege of Lexington, Missouri, Begins.

Cold War
1990 : German occupation rights are relinquished.

Crime
1898 : A woman is poisoned by her husband's lover.

Disaster
1988 : Hurricane Gilbert slams Jamaica.

Entertainment
1947 : Screen Actors Guild adopts oath.
1963 : Leave It to Beaver ends.
1992 : Anthony Perkins dies.
2003 : Johnny Cash dies.

Literary
1846 : Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope.

Old West
1972 : Hopalong Cassidy rides off into his last sunset.

Presidential
1953 : John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.

Vietnam War
1959 : Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam.
1972 : U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South.

Wall Street
1966 : NYSE head steps down.
1996 : Another strong day for the Dow.
1997 : Credit card losses rise.

World War I
1918 : U.S. launches Saint-Mihiel offensive.

World War II
1942 : The Laconia is sunk.

1966
"The Monkees" TV show has its premiere on American TV.

1969
John Lennon appears at the Toronto Rock ‘n' Roll Revival concert, accompanied by Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Alan White and Yoko. 'The Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace in Toronto' is released in December.

1972
Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes," a glam-rock anthem penned and produced by David Bowie, hits #3 in the UK.

1975
'Wish You Were Here,' Pink Floyd's long-awaited followup to 'Dark Side of the Moon,' is released. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a side-long epic about their troubled ex-leader Syd Barrett, is its centerpiece.

1981
Kool and the Gang hit #1 with "Celebration".

September 13th


General Interest
1814 : Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
1759 : Britain victorious on the Plains of Abraham
1971 : Massacre at Attica Prison
1993 : Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
1998 : George Wallace dies

American Revolution
1806 : American sympathizer Charles James Fox dies in Britain

Automotive
1899 : First automobile fatality is recorded
1916 : Super Six ad campaign is launched
1977 : GM introduces first diesel cars

Civil War
1862 : The Union Discovers "Lost Order"

Cold War
1976 : New book says war with Russia is greatest U.S. threat

Crime
1990 : A Soviet serial killer is charged with the murder of 53

Disaster
1989 : Devastating storm heads toward Caribbean

Entertainment
1931 : Eddie Cantor Show debuts
1965 : Louis Armstrong wins Grammy

Literary
1916 : Children's author Roald Dahl is born

Old West
1847 : General Winfield Scott storms the Chapultepec fortress

Presidential
1980 : President Carter attends Willie Nelson concert at White House (With A 6-Pack of Billy Bear and a Bag of Peanuts In Hand)

Vietnam War
1945 : British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese
1964 : Attempted coup against Khanh government fails
1968 : Large operation begins in the DMZ

Wall Street
1995 : Kidnapping and ransom insurance sales on the rise
1996 : Gillette announces Duracell merger
1996 : Inflation checked

World War I
1914 : Irish nationalist seeks German support

World War II
1940 : Italy invades Egypt


1960
The Twist (Chubby Checker) was a hit.

1965
The Beach Boys reach #1 with "Help Me Rhonda".

1982
Frank Zappa hits US #32 with "Valley Girl", featuring his daughter Moon Unit.

1985
MTV presents the second annual "MTV Video Music Awards" from Radio City Music Hall. The host is Eddie Murphy and Video of the Year goes to Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer."

In 1847, when Gen Scott stormed Chalputec, he had some interesting company, that would later become famous in their own right. Lt U.S. Grant, Lt Sherman, Lt J.E.B. Stuart and General Scotts top Aide, Capt Robert E. Lee, who was promoted to Col, at the end of the Mexican war.

As to 1971 massacre at Attica prison, what massacre, the prison population rioted, and the guards shot some. They didnt even shoot that many.

39 Dead in actions to end riot.

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5342

And they had already beaten a guard to death, were holding several guards as hostage. If you dont want to pay the price, don't commit the crime.

Plus the prisoners themselves killed 4 other prisoners.

Something had to be done to end it I agree. 10 guard's were shot to death by their own people, acceptable collateral damage?

Add: And tear gas? Why not knock out gas...geeeez...unconcious people are pretty easy to subdue and restrain!

Unfortunatly, yes, to not have ended the riot, and have given in to the prisoners, would have set off equivelant riots across the country. The guards killed had been forced to change to prison clothing.

September 14th

General Interest
1901 : McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds
1812 : Napoleon enters Moscow
1814 : Key composes "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1847 : Scott captures Mexico City
1975 : American canonized as saint

American Revolution
1779 : Brodhead completes Allegheny River expedition

Automotive
1927 : Isadora Duncan strangled in car accident
1960 : OPEC is founded
1965 : My Mother the Car premieres
1982 : Princess Grace dies in car crash

Civil War
1862 : Battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap

Cold War
1959 : Soviet probe reaches the moon

Crime
1974 : A song about crime hits the charts

Disaster
1999 : Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd

Entertainment
1920 : First radio dance music
1974 : Eric Clapton first tops the charts
1982 : Princess Grace dies

Literary
1964 : Steinbeck wins the Medal of Freedom

Old West
1901 : An adoptive westerner becomes president of the United States

Presidential
1901 : President William McKinley dies from gunshot wounds

Vietnam War
1965 : South Vietnamese forces and U.S. advisers conduct parachute assault
1966 : Operation Attleboro is launched in War Zone C

Wall Street
1901 : Big business mourns McKinley
1966 : Minimum wage goes up
1967 : AT&T and the FTC get their signals crossed
1992 : Germany slashes rates

World War I
1916 : Seventh Battle of the Isonzo

World War II
1944 : Americans launch Operation Stalemate-at extraordinary cost


1974
Eric Clapton’s version of the Wailers’ “I Shot the Sheriff,” written by head Wailer Bob Marley, hits #1 and helps generate interest in reggae.

1975
Fame (David Bowie) was a hit.

1978
The Grateful Dead begin three days’ worth of shows at the base of the Egyptian pyramids.

1979
Led Zeppelin's 'In Through the Out Door' begins its seven-week run at Number One on the US charts.

1986
Stuck With You (Huey Lewis & The News) was a hit.

1991
Jethro Tull hits #27 in the UK with 'Catfish Rising'.

Mor on Gen Scott, you know he was our first Lt Gen, since Lt Gen Washington. Our 3rd Lt Gen, Lt Gen Washington, Lt Gen Lee (no relation to Robert E.) Then Lt Gen Scott, next one was a yankee named Grant, who became the first US full general (4 stars).

Now see, I learned something from this thread!

I didn't realize that the Soviets had sent a probe to the moon.

On this day in 1959 Soviet probe reaches the moon. A Soviet rocket crashes into the moon's surface, becoming the first man-made object sent from earth to reach the lunar surface. The event gave the Soviets a short-lived advantage in the "space race" and prompted even greater effort by the United States to develop its own space program.

Thanks for keeping this thread up to date (so to speak) Darktemper.

The German rocket scientists the Russians had, were almost as good as the German rocket scientists we had. If you ignore the little matter of their using slave labor not bad people.

Proof that the russians probe did in fact hit the moon:
http://nancyfenn.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/voyage.jpg

> 1988 : The Minivan cometh.

Are you sure of the year? At one time my parents had a 1986 Dodge Caravan. According to Wikipedia, the first time that the term "minivan" was used was in 1983, when Toyota and Chrysler used this to market their new 1984 models.

I thought that strange but thats what was listed.

The full meal deal:
1988 : The Minivan cometh
Ford and Nissan announced plans to design and build a new minivan together in the hope of cashing in on an expanding market. The announcement came during the heyday of the minivan craze, when Dodge Caravans dotted the highways and station wagons became a thing of the past. Instantly popular, the spacious minivan replaced the wagon as the family car of choice, putting the old wood-paneled Country Squires to shame. But with the rise of the sport utility vehicle in the '90s, the minivan also began to fade.

If you ever have questions about this stuff goto:
http://www.history.com/tdih.do
Then just click on the dohickey for the details!

The Russians hit the moon, question is, was that their target?

>> Instantly popular, the spacious minivan replaced the wagon as the family car of choice

...and every friggin' AP article and every CNN story mentioning minivans for the next ten years called them "the popular minivans."

Nitpicking I know,
But wouldn't the VW microbus, introduced 1n 1949, be considered the first minivan?

I think the correct name was "The Roach Coach" At least in the sixties!

September 15th

General Interest
1963 : Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham
1916 : Tanks introduced into warfare at the Somme
1940 : Tide turns in the Battle of Britain
1950 : U.S. forces land at Inchon

American Revolution
1779 : French capture British ships

Automotive
1909 : Ford sues Selden
1909 : Kettering's career ignites
1993 : Feds target carjackings

Civil War
1862 : Confederates capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev arrives in Washington

Crime
1990 : A Bible school instructor abducts a teenage girl

Disaster
1958 : Train plunges off bridge

Entertainment
1954 : Marilyn Monroe's skirt scene filmed
1984 : Bosom Buddies debuts

Literary
1890 : Agatha Christie is born

Old West
1858 : The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins

Presidential
1794 : James Madison marries Dolley Payne Todd
1857 : Future President William Taft born

Vietnam War
1964 : NLF calls for general military offensive
1972 : South Vietnamese forces retake Quang Tri City

Wall Street
1946 : Oliver Stone is born
1966 : NYSE relaxes rules
1997 : Sara Lee trims the fat

World War I
1914 : First trenches are dug on the Western Front

World War II
1935 : Nuremberg race laws imposed


1966
John Lennon makes his first appearance away from the Beatles in the role of Private Gripweed in Richard Lester's film 'How I Won the War'. He writes "Strawberry Fields Forever" during the filming.

1968
Harper Valley, P.T.A. (Jeannie C. Riley) was a hit.

1969
Deep Purple performs Jon Jord's "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall.

1974
Stevie Wonder hits #1 with "You Haven't Done Nothin'" and #8 with "Living For the City".

1982
Queen performs at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, in what turns out to be their last U.S. concert.

1985
Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) was a hit.

1993
Lawyers for a 13-year-old boy file a civil suit against Michael Jackson for seduction and sexual abuse. On December 22, Jackson responds to the allegations via satellite from his Neverland compound: "I am totally innocent of any wrongdoing." On January 25, 1994, he settles out of court with his accuser for an undisclosed sum, estimated at $20 million.

VW Microbus:

I thought "Roach Coach" was where you buy a burrito from a parking lot.

When we played "Slug Bug" in the 60's, a VW bus was always called a "two-tone" whether it was painted in 2 colors or not, and was worth 2 slugs.

OK then...."Dope Mobile" "Hippy Hanger"

Add: "Pet Pockets" is what I call them burritos. And yes the trucks are affectionately known as Roack Coaches. My reference was in regards to the businees end of the reefer!

"My reference was in regards to the businees end of the reefer!"

DOH!!
How could I have missed that?
Must be that short term memory loss!

Well.....ya know, reefers kill brain cells!

A red VW Microbus with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction?

HEY DT.......

Your Today in history reminds me of the material I used for my long running History With A Twist bit

If you want to hear one, drop me an email.....

History was always my favorite subject, along with political science.

September 16th

General Interest
1932 : Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
1620 : Mayflower departs England
1810 : Mexican War of Independence begins
1977 : Maria Callas dies
1982 : Massacres at Sabra and Shatila

American Revolution
1776 : Battle of Harlem Heights restores American confidence

Automotive
1903 : Royce tests first gas engine
1908 : Durant founds GM
1997 : New ozone standard passed

Civil War
1832 : Confederate General Custis Lee is born

Cold War
1950 : United Nations essay contest angers Soviets

Crime
1845 : Murder in Illinois

Disaster
1978 : Killer quake shakes Iran

Entertainment
1924 : Lauren Bacall's birthday
1949 : Road Runner debuts

Literary
1943 : James Alan McPherson is born

Old West
1893 : Settlers race to claim land

Presidential
1940 : Franklin Roosevelt approves military draft

Vietnam War
1960 : U.S. Ambassador in Saigon warns that situation is worsening
1969 : Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 35,000 troops from Vietnam

Wall Street
1920 : Wall Street explodes
1976 : Tax Reform Act finalized
1997 : Steve Jobs returns

World War I
1916 : Hindenburg gives order to strengthen German defenses

World War II
1940 : United States imposes the draft

1925
B.B. King was born in Indianola, MS.

1970
Jimi Hendrix jams with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott's Club.

1970
Neil Young's third solo album, 'After the Gold Rush,' is released. It peaks at #8 and yields a major hit, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."

1972
'Never a Dull Moment,' Rod Stewart’s fourth solo album, hits #1 in the U.K. It will reach #2 in the U.S. and launch a pair of hit singles in both countries: “You Wear It Well” (#13 U.S., #1 U.K.), “Angel” (#40 U.S., #4 U.K.).

1977
Marc Bolan of T. Rex is killed in a car crash.

1984
Missing You (John Waite) was a hit.

NOTE: Custis Lee was Robert E. Lees oldest son. Later became President of Lee Washington University.

One of His other sons Fitzhough Lee also a confederate gen became Gov of Virginia and a US Congressman. His nephew, also named Fitzhough another confederate Gen became a US congressman, ambassaador to Cuba and returned to duty as a Maj Gen in the US army during the Spanish American war.

September 17th

General Interest
1862 : Battle of Antietam
1787 : U.S. Constitution signed
1976 : Space Shuttle unveiled
1978 : Camp David Accords signed

American Revolution
1778 : Indians and Loyalists burn German Flats, New York

Automotive
1903 : First coast-to-coast tour completed
1932 : Campbell sets new speed record
1986 : Bentley Turbo R is introduced

Civil War
1862 : Antietam: The Bloodiest Day in American History

Cold War
1957 : Louis Armstrong cancels trip to Russia

Crime
1884 : A California judge sets a record for trying criminal cases

Disaster
1923 : Fire threatens U.C. Berkeley

Entertainment
1934 : Olivia de Havilland debuts
1950 : Martin and Lewis debut on The Colgate Comedy Hour
1965 : The Smothers Brothers debuts

Literary
1820 : John Keats leaves for Italy

Old West
1868 : Cheyenne and Sioux decimate frontiersmen at Beecher's Island

Presidential
1796 : Washington prepares final draft of farewell address

Vietnam War
1970 : PRG presents a new peace plan
1972 : Hanoi releases three POWs

Wall Street
1868 : Mint gets a name
1968 : LBJ goes after Chrysler
1996 : UAW fights Ford downsizing

World War I
1916 : Manfred von Richthofen shoots down his first plane

World War II
1939 : Soviet Union invades Poland


1967
Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform "Light My Fire," and despite their agreement to omit the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher," Jim Morrison performs the song with the controversial lyric intact.

1972
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Mac Davis ) was a hit.

1976
Jerry Harrison makes his onstage debut with Talking Heads, expanding the trio to a quartet.

1977
London Symphony Orchestral/John Williams hits #10 with "'Star Wars' (Main Title)".

1989
'Jefferson Airplane,' the self-titles reunion album by the San Francisco legends, is released on Epic Records. It is their first studio album since 1972's 'Long John Silver.'

1992
Radiohead releases "Creep".

1997
Fleetwood Mac's 37-city reunion tour—which follows the release of their #1 album 'The Dance', a live-in-the-studio retrospective— commences in Hartford, Connecticut.

1630: City of Boston, MA founded

1814: Farncis Scott Key finishes writing "The Star Spangled Banner"

1908: First airplane fatality--"Wright Flyer", an airplane built by Orville Wright is flown with a Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger and crashed, killing Selfridge.

1956: The first television broadcast in Australia is conducted.

1972: M*A*S*H premiered on CBS.

1991: Linus Torvalds releases his first version of Linux, version #0.01, on the Internet (likely at that time still the NFSNet.)

2007: I submitted this post to PDXradio. ;o)


Born today:
Hank Williams, musician, 1923 (died in 1953)
John Ritter, actor, 1940 (died in 2003)
Yuji Naka, creator of Sega's popular "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, 1965
Austin St. John, played Jason (Red Ranger) in the original "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" TV show, 1975

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_17)

General Interest
1793 : Capitol cornerstone is laid
1634 : Anne Hutchinson arrives in the New World
1961 : Hammarskjold dies in plane crash
1975 : Patty Hearst captured

American Revolution
1776 : Washington reports to Congress on Battle of Harlem Heights

Automotive
1904 : Couple crosses the Rockies by car
1955 : Ford produces 2,000,000th V-8
1964 : Route 66 goes off the air

Civil War
1862 : McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam

Cold War
1960 : Castro arrives in New York

Crime
1959 : A serial killer is executed

Disaster
1987 : Accidental poisoning in Brazil

Entertainment
1955 : Toast of the Town becomes The Ed Sullivan Show
1970 : Jimi Hendrix dies
1974 : Doris Day wins lawsuit

Literary
1917 : Aldous Huxley is hired at Eton

Old West
1846 : The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to California for food

Presidential
1973 : Carter files report on UFO sighting

Vietnam War
1964 : North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration
1969 : "March Against Death" to be held in Washington

Wall Street
1789 : U.S takes first loan
1873 : Robber barons cause panic
1925 : NYSE honors one of its own
1997 : Turner's gift stuns U.N.

World War I
1918 : Battle of Epehy

World War II
1945 : MacArthur in Tokyo


1969
Genesis plays their first paid gig.

1969
Janis Joplin’s first solo album, 'I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again (Mama),' is released.

1970
Jimi Hendrix dies in his sleep at the Samarkand Hotel in London. He was 27.

1971
Bill Withers hits #3 with "Ain't No Sunshine".

1976
James Taylor hits #22 with "Shower the People."

1983
Tell Her About It (Billy Joel) was a hit.

1983
Kiss appears in public for the first time without their make-up.

1984
Godley & Creme direct the innovative "Rockit" video for Herbie Hancock. It ends up sweeping MTV Video Awards.

1985
Frank Zappa delivers a brilliantly cutting monologue on censorship before the State Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, rebutting efforts by the Parents Music Resource Council (PMRC) to have warning labels placed on albums.

1987
MTV unveils plans for "Museum of UnNatural History," an unprecedented traveling shopping center featuring music, fashion, style and technology.

1988
Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) was a hit.

2003
Martha and the Vandellas are inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

Gen Lee didnt retreat, he made a tactical withdrawl.

Here is the linked document:

1862 : McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army pulls away from Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and heads back to Virginia. The day before, Lee's force had engaged in the biggest one-day battle of the Civil War against the army of General George B. McClellan. The armies struggled to a standstill, but the magnitude of losses forced Lee to abandon his invasion of Maryland.

The significance of the battle was not Lee's withdrawal, but McClellan's lack of pursuit. When Lee settled into a defensive line above Antietam Creek on September 16, he had only about 43,000 troops. McClellan had around 50,000 in position on September 17, with many more on the way.

On September 18, the armies remained in their positions without fighting. By this point, Lee was highly vulnerable. His army had its back to the Potomac River, just a few miles away, and a quarter of his force had been lost in the previous day's battle. And after more than two weeks of marching, his men were tired. McClellan, on the other hand, welcomed an additional 12,000 troops on September 18, with another 24,000 who had seen little or no action the day before, to join his original force. But, although he outnumbered Lee's troops by almost three times, McClellan did not pursue Lee. In fact, despite constant urging from President Lincoln and Chief of Staff Henry Halleck, McClellan did not move toward Virginia for over a month. McClellan overestimated the size of Lee's force, assuming that Lee had nearly 100,000 troops in his command, and insisted that the fall of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on September 15 allowed an additional 40,000 Confederate troops—in his inflated estimation—to fight at Antietam.

In McClellan's defense, it should be noted that his soldiers were extremely fatigued after the Battle of Antietam, which was the bloodiest day of the war. It would be difficult to rally them for another attack; but certainly not impossible. Instead, Lee was allowed to escape with his command intact. A chance to destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was lost, and the war lasted another two and a half years.

September 19th

General Interest
1995 : Unabomber manifesto published
1881 : President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds
1893 : New Zealand first in women's vote
1955 : Peron deposed in Argentina
1994 : U.S. forces land in Haiti

American Revolution
1777 : Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga

Automotive
1887 : Birth of a ratings man
1919 : "Buick" is born
1932 : New record is set at Bonneville

Civil War
1862 : Battle of Iuka, Mississippi
1863 : The Battle of Chickamauga begins
1864 : Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek), Virginia

Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland

Crime
1900 : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid pull off their first robbery together

Disaster
1985 : Earthquake shakes Mexico City

Entertainment
1946 : Vic and Sade cancelled
1956 : Groucho Marx's game show cancelled
1960 : "The Twist" hits No. 1

Literary
1973 : Paul Theroux departs on a four-month train trek

Old West
1827 : Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife

Presidential
1881 : President James Garfield dies

Vietnam War
1966 : Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam
1969 : Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December

Wall Street
1778 : Young nation gets a budget
1901 : NYSE pays tribute to McKinley
1996 : Traders fear inflation

World War I
1918 : British offensive begins in Palestine

World War II
1941 : Germans bombard Leningrad


1970
'Loaded,' the Velvet Underground's fourth album, is released. True to its name, it's "loaded" with classic songs, including "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll."

1973
Gram Parsons dies of a drug overdose in Joshua Tree, California.

1979
The antinuclear MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts, co-organized by Bonnie Raitt, are held at New York's Madison Square Garden. Raitt performs with Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen and others.

1979
Brian Eno releases 'Music For Airports'.

1981
Japan hits #19 in the UK with "Quiet Life".

1981
Depeche Mode hits #8 in the UK with "Just Can't Get Enough"

1984
House music, deriving its name from Chicago's Warehouse club, is defined by driving basslines synthesized with computer generated tones, and is pioneered by DJs Frankie Knuckles and Marshall Jefferson & Fingers Inc.

1987
A reunited Pink Floyd, minus Roger Waters, releases 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason,' their first studio album since 1984's 'The Final Cut.'

September 20th

General Interest
1973 : King triumphs in Battle of Sexes
1519 : Magellan sets out
1565 : First European battle on American soil
1946 : First Cannes Film Festival

American Revolution
1777 : Redcoats kill sleeping Americans in Paoli Massacre

Automotive
1945 : War production halts
1979 : Iacocca makes a comeback
1984 : Car bomber attacks in Beirut

Civil War
1863 : Second Day of the Battle of Chickamauga

Cold War
1963 : Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon

Crime
1984 : Marvin Gaye's father accepts a plea bargain

Disaster
2002 : Avalanche thunders into Russian village

Entertainment
1925 : The Freshman with Harold Lloyd premieres
1975 : David Bowie's first chart-topper

Literary
1878 : Upton Sinclair is born

Old West
1806 : The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri

Presidential
1881 : Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year

Vietnam War
1968 : U.S. officials defend use of defoliants
1972 : U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri

Wall Street
1873 : Panic closes NYSE
1995 : AT&T surprises the street

World War I
1918 : U.S. officer George S. Patton writes home after Saint-Mihiel offensive

World War II
1943 : British launch Operation Source


1969
David Bowie's timely single about an astronaut, "Space Oddity," hits #5 on the UK charts.

1969
The Archies, a group of session musicians based on the popular book characters, spend four weeks at #1 in the US with "Sugar, Sugar." It is the biggest selling single of 1969.

1973
Jim Croce is in fatal plane crash after playing a concert at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. His small chartered plane hit a tree while taking off. He was 30.

1975
Bad Company hits #10 with "Feel Like Makin' Love".

1975
"Fame," a song from David Bowie's 'Young Americans' album, tops the US singles charts. It is cowritten by Bowie, John Lennon and guitarist Carlos Alomar.

1975
Earth, Wind and Fire hit #12 with "That's the Way of the World".

1980
Former Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne hits #7 in the UK with his debut solo album 'Blizzard of Ozz'.

1980
Peter Gabriel hits #48 in the US with "Games Without Frontiers".

1980
Queen's 'The Game' tops the album charts for the first of five weeks.

1980
Bob Marley suffers a stroke while jogging in Central Park. X-rays reveal a brain tumor.

1985
'Old Ways,' a straightforward country-flavored album by Neil Young, is released.

1987
Didn't We Almost Have It All (Whitney Houston) was a hit.

Nothing interesting from the 90's?...must be Clinton's fault!

Ok...here is something good and something SAD from the 90's. Not from today though. November 6th 1995:

The last studio album featuring new music from Freddie Mercury "Made In Heaven" was released. Freddie was one of the greatest classic rock singers to ever grace the stage.

He sadly passed away on November 24, 1991 @ 45 years young.

This will be on next weeks 24th posting.

September 21st

General Interest
1780 : Benedict Arnold commits treason
1792 : Monarchy abolished in France
1938 : The Great New England Hurricane
1989 : Powell becomes Joint Chiefs' chairman

American Revolution
1779 : Spaniards capture Baton Rouge

Automotive
1945 : Henry Ford II ascends to the throne
1947 : The Grand Prix returns
1959 : No-name Plymouth produced in Michigan

Civil War
1820 : Union General John Reynolds is Born

Cold War
1949 : Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government

Crime
1983 : A 13-year-old's dead body turns up

Disaster
1999 : Earthquake kills thousands in Taiwan

Entertainment
1921 : Morality clause added to contracts
1954 : Sabrina debuts
1985 : Dire Straits tops the charts

Literary
1866 : H.G. Wells is born

Old West
1904 : The great Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies in Washington

Presidential
1939 : FDR urges repeal of Neutrality Act embargo provisions

Vietnam War
1961 : 5th Special Forces Group is activated at Fort Bragg
1967 : Thai troops arrive in Saigon

Wall Street
1931 : Bank reserves in jeopardy?
1941 : Congress looks for ways to fund war
1970 : Economic boom comes to an end

World War I
1917 : Central Powers respond to Papal Peace Note

World War II
1942 : The Superfortress takes flight


1968
The Moody Blues hits #24 in the US with "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)".

1968
The Chambers Brothers hit #11 with "Time Has Come Today".

1974
Barry White hits #1 with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".

1974
Emerson Lake & Palmer hit #4 in the US with 'Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends; Ladies and Gentlemen...Emerson Lake and Palmer'.

1975
I'm Sorry (John Denver) was a hit.

1980
Bob Marley performs the final show of his career, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tour’s remaining dates are canceled as Marley seeks treatment for his spreading cancers.

1981
Rick James hits #16 with "Super Freak" and #40 with "Give It to Me Baby".

1991
Rush hits #3 in the US with 'Roll the Bones'.

1991
C&C Music Factory hits #4 in the US with "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm".

2003
Martha Reeves performs "Heat Wave" with fellow inductee Bruce Springsteen at Detroit's Comercia Park.

September 22nd


General Interest
1862 : Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
1776 : American Patriot executed for spying
1828 : Shaka Zulu assassinated
1914 : U-boat devastates British squadron
1927 : Dempsey loses on long count
1980 : Iran-Iraq War

American Revolution
1776 : Patriot executed for spying

Automotive
1893 : Duryea brothers build first automobile
1953 : Interchange opens in L.A.
1989 : Chrysler sells interest in Mitsubishi

Civil War
1862 : Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is announced

Cold War
1961 : President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation

Crime
1980 : So-called Midtown Stabber kills his first victim

Disaster
1993 : Train derails in Alabama swamp

Entertainment
1935 : Will Rogers' last episode
1989 : Irving Berlin dies

Literary
1598 : Playwright Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter

Old West
1554 : Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold

Presidential
1975 : President Ford survives second assassination attempt

Vietnam War
1964 : Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy
1971 : Medina acquitted of all charges.

Wall Street
1995 : Turner sells out
1997 : IBM makes shareholders happy

World War I
1914 : German U-boat devastates British squadron

World War II
1945 : Patton questions necessity of Germany's "denazification"


1968
Hey Jude (The Beatles) was a hit.

1969
The untitled first album by Funkadelic, including the defining track "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic...?," is released.

1972
David Bowie opens his first US tour in Cleveland, Ohio.

1973
Sweet hits #2 on the UK charts with "Ballroom Blitz."

1974
Rock Me Gently (Andy Kim) was a hit.

1983
Ten years after parting ways, the Everly Brothers reunite onstage for two concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall. The event is taped and released as Reunion Concert, an album and home video.

1984
Twisted Sister hits #21 with "We're Not Gonna Take It".

1984
Adam Ant hits #13 in the UK with "Apollo 9".

1989
Neil Young releases 'Freedom,' his best album in a decade. A blistering performance of the opening track, "Rockin' in the Free World," on 'Saturday Night Live' is regarded as one of that show's best performances.

1992
MTV and Colossal Pictures premiere the second season of "Liquid Television." The 1991 season receives an Emmy Award.

The Merkin still leads the PDX Radio Fantasy Football League. At least until tomorrow night.

Preview for Sunday TDIH....

Merkins Fluffette's have a bad helmet hair day! HA

September 23rd

General Interest
1875 : Billy the Kid arrested for first time
1779 : John Paul Jones victorious
1806 : Lewis and Clark return
1846 : Eighth planet discovered
1964 : Chagall's ceiling unveiled

American Revolution
1779 : John Paul Jones wins in English waters

Automotive
1897 : First traffic fatality recorded
1939 : MacArthur wins Irish hill climb
1972 : Crystal Palace racing circuit closes

Civil War
1863 : Lincoln plans to send relief to the beleaguered Union force at Chattanooga

Cold War
1949 : Truman announces Soviets have exploded a nuclear device

Crime
1981 : A two-month manhunt for a murdering writer comes to an end

Disaster
2004 : Hurricane Jeanne crashes into Haiti

Entertainment
1961 : Saturday Night at the Movies debuts
1966 : Rolling Stones concert interrupted by fans

Literary
1862 : Leo Tolstoy marries Sophie Andreyevna Behrs

Old West
1875 : Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time

Presidential
1944 : FDR defends his dog

Vietnam War
1965 : South Vietnam executes three accused VC agents
1969 : Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago

Wall Street
1883 : Treasury gets new leader
1930 : "Greenbacks" singer is born
1976 : Carter wins points on fiscal issues

World War I
1917 : German pilot Werner Voss shot down over Western Front
1921 : Unknown Soldier is selected

World War II
1943 : Mussolini re-establishes a fascist regime in northern Italy

Fantasy Football
2007 : Merkins "Fluffette's" get rainded on by the "Portland Storm"!


1957
"That'll Be the Day" hits #1. "Peggy Sue" is released hot on its heels, reaching #3. Buddy Holly performs both songs on The Ed Sullivan Show in December.

1959
It's All In the Game (Tommy Edwards) was a hit.

1966
The Yardbirds, with lead guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, embark upon a British tour with the Rolling Stones and Tina Turner.

1967
Booker T. & the M.G.'s hit #21 with "Groovin'"

1972
Uriah Heep hits #39 with "Easy Livin'".

1972
Elton John hits #8 with "Honky Cat".

1973
We're An American Band (Grand Funk) was a hit.

1979
On the very day he turns 30, Bruce Springsteen performs a set at New York's Madison Square Garden as part of the Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) benefit concert. His "Mitch Ryder Medley" is a favorite part of the multi-artist three-album set, No Nukes, culled from the concert.

1984
Let's Go Crazy (Prince & the Revolution) was a hit.

1986
MTV offers viewers the chance to make a video for Madonna's "True Blue." Winner's video to go into regular rotation, and Madonna to present check for $25,000 in the "MTV/Madonna Make My Video" contest.

1988
Elton John concludes a sold-out five-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It is his 26th sold-out concert at the venue, breaking the Grateful Dead’s old record.

1989
Warrant hits #2 with "Heaven".

1989
Skid Row hits #4 with "18 and Life".

1990
'Ragged Glory,' an electric return to form by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, is released.

1995
'The Great Escape' by Blur reaches #1.

1997
'Standing Stone', Paul McCartney's first symphonic work, is released on the EMI Classics label.

September 24th

General Interest
1789 : The First Supreme Court
622 : Muhammad completes Hegira

American Revolution
1776 : Congress prepares instructions for negotiating treaty with France

Automotive
1908 : First Model T is completed
1948 : Honda starts its engines
1974 : GM postpones release of Monza

Civil War
1827 : General Henry Slocum is born

Cold War
1953 : United States will not "cringe" before Soviet weapons

Crime
1971 : A game warden is reported missing

Disaster
1966 : Hurricane Inez batters Caribbean

Entertainment
1936 : Jim Henson is born
1961 : I Love Lucy's last episode
1989 : Broadway dims lights

Literary
1996 : Stephen King releases two books at once

Old West
1890 : The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy

Presidential
1964 : Warren Commission report delivered to President Johnson

Vietnam War
1963 : McNamara and Taylor assess situation in Vietnam
1967 : Political instability continues in South Vietnam

Wall Street
1869 : Gold prices plummet
1996 : Avis hits the street
1997 : U.S. blamed for Asian Flu

World War I
1918 : Bulgaria seeks ceasefire with Allied powers

World War II
1941 : Japanese gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor


1966
Jimi Hendrix and Chas Chandler, former bassist with the Animals, fly from New York to London. There, Hendrix will form a new band and Chandler will become the manager of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. En route, they decide to change the guitarist's name from Jimmy to Jimi.

1977
ELO hits #7 with "Telephone Line".

1996
Frank Zappa’s legendary 'Läther' - originally intended for release as an four-LP set in 1977 but rejected by his record label – is posthumously issued as the artist intended as a three-CD set on the Ryko label.

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September 25th

General Interest
1957 : Central High School integrated
1789 : Bill of Rights passes Congress
1981 : O'Connor takes seat on Supreme Court
2005 : IRA officially disarms

American Revolution
1775 : Ethan Allen is captured

Automotive
1725 : Groundbreaking auto engineer is born
1936 : Schindler crashes on Long Island
1987 : U.S.P.S. issues Ray Harroun stamp

Civil War
1864 : President Davis visits General Hood in Georgia

Cold War
1959 : Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks

Crime
1959 : Little Augie Pisano is murdered

Disaster
1978 : Mid-air collision kills 153

Entertainment
1913 : Chaplin signs with Keystone
1963 : Annette Funicello's first beach film

Literary
1897 : William Faulkner is born

Old West
1867 : Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene

Presidential
1894 : Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants

Vietnam War
1964 : Political instability continues in South Vietnam
1969 : Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition

Wall Street
1944 : Future Wall Street star is born
1996 : AT&T sells satellites
1997 : Salomon lands under Travelers umbrella

World War I
1915 : The Battle of Loos begins

World War II
1942 : Gestapo headquarters targeted in Norway


1963
Herman's Hermits, with 16-year-old TV actor Peter Noone, hit #38 with "I'm Into Something Good".

1971
The Dramatics hits #9 with "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get".

1974
King Crimson disbands.

1976
Kiss hits #7 in the US with "Beth."

1976
War hits #7 with "Summer".

1977
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Meco) was a hit.

1980
John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies of asphyxiation in his sleep after having consumed "40 measures of vodka."

1983
Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) was a hit.

2001
'Invincible,' Michael Jackson's first album in four years, is released. Featured guests include Carlos Santana, Will Smith and Missy Elliott.

Oh No! Herman's Hermits is everywhere. I can't believe I have something in common with Okie, although I'm not waiting for a new HH album. It's like Wayne and I both liking Average White Band and War (the group). Scary.

Addition:

2007: Mrs. Merkin retains her crown in Fantasy Football.

I'm Henry The VIII I Am, I Am, Not A Willy Or A Sam(my).

Yuck it up, the last place team is gonna make a showing this week and knock you of off your perch!

BTW....who are you gonna play in place of Portis? He is sitting out this week don't ya know. And why oh why are you hanging onto that loser second string kicker? Geeeez....you play like a girl! HA.....Throw like one to! Tom Brady....numero uno points leader so far!
Tony Romo a close second, to bad Brian never plays him though!!!!!

A girl has to have some secrets, dontcha know!
Did you pick a whole new team or what? Maybe you should rename your team The ScaredyCats!

Are you on the secret girl, "pick the winners by color" scheme?

(this works amazingly well --I've lost many a bet to that scheme)

I was cutting some Wood last night, Dead Wood!

Oh, I remember Annette, she really looked good in a mousketeer uniform.

September 26th

General Interest
1960 : First Kennedy-Nixon debate
1580 : Drake circumnavigates the globe
1957 : Bernstein's West Side Story opens
1996 : Shannon Lucid returns to Earth

American Revolution
1776 : Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France

Automotive
1910 : Durant loses control of GM
1920 : Ford announces new Ranger
1982 : KITT debuts

Civil War
1864 : Battle at Pilot Knob, Missouri

Cold War
1989 : Anti-censorship law approved by Soviet legislature

Crime
1969 : The "Chicago Seven" go on trial

Disaster
2002 : Ferry sinks off Gambian coast

Entertainment
1957 : West Side Story opens
1987 : Whitney Houston hits No. 1
1990 : X rating abolished

Literary
1888 : T.S. Eliot is born

Old West
1820 : The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri

Presidential
1960 : Kennedy and Nixon square off in a televised presidential debate

Vietnam War
1945 : First American soldier killed in Vietnam
1969 : Nixon responds to critics

Wall Street
1914 : Consumers get ally
1931 : Hoover convenes Conference on Unemployment
1956 : Ike's attack rattles market

World War I
1918 : Meuse-Argonne offensive opens

World War II
1944 : Allies slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem


1962
"The Beverly Hillbillies" debuts on CBS and becomes the top-rated U.S show within five weeks.

1982
Jack & Diane (John Couger) was a hit.

1987
Jethro Tull hits #32 in the US with 'Crest of a Knave'.

1995
David Bowie's 'Outside,' a challenging and unconventional "gothic hyper-drama," is released.

1995
The Velvet Undergound's 'Peel Slowly & See,' a monumental five-disc boxed retrospective, is released.

2000
Aaron Carter, the younger bother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, releases 'Aaron's Party: Come Get It'.

1945: First American Soldier Killed in Vietnam, Vietnam didnt wxist in 1945. It was French Indo China. And the first American Soldier I know that died in that war, were some soldiers and marines that made it out of the philippines, and made it all the way to current day Vietnam, and were turned over to the Japanese by the french.

Independence from France
- Date September 2, 1945
- Recognized 1954
Right You Are. Vietnam just sounds more familiar though, but not historically correct.

The Soldier the article refers to, was a OSS Capt, and I wish i remembered his name, that was killed by the Viet Minh in 1945. Which is suprising, because the OSS supported the Viet Minh during WWII, and Ho Chi Minh had promised to return all arms we gave him, except for sidearms. And he did.

Uno Momento.......BRB

An now the rest of the story:

1945 : First American soldier killed in Vietnam

Lt. Col. Peter Dewey, a U.S. Army officer with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Vietnam, is shot and killed in Saigon. Dewey was the head of a seven-man team sent to Vietnam to search for missing American pilots and to gather information on the situation in the country after the surrender of the Japanese.

According to the provisions of the Potsdam Conference, the British were assigned the responsibility of disarming Japanese soldiers south of the 16th parallel. However, with the surrender of the Japanese, Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh declared themselves the rightful government of Vietnam. This angered the French colonial officials and the remaining French soldiers who had been disarmed and imprisoned by the Japanese. They urged British Maj. Gen. Douglas D. Gracey to help them regain control. Gracey, not fond of the Viet Minh or their cause, rearmed 1,400 French soldiers to help his troops maintain order. The next day these forces ousted the Viet Minh from the offices that they had only recently occupied. Dewey's sympathies lay with the Viet Minh, many of whom were nationalists who did not want a return to French colonial rule. The American officer was an outspoken man who soon angered Gracey, eventually resulting in the British general ordering him to leave Indochina. On the way to the airport, accompanied by another OSS officer, Capt. Henry Bluechel, Dewey refused to stop at a roadblock manned by three Viet Minh soldiers. He yelled back at them in French and they opened fire, killing Dewey instantly. Bluechel was unhurt and escaped on foot. It was later determined that the Viet Minh had fired on Dewey thinking he was French. He would prove to be the first of nearly 59,000 Americans killed in Vietnam.

Another interesting piece of history, in order to regain control of Indo china, the French let nearly an entire german SS division enlist in the foreign legion, and shipped it to "Vietnam".

Additionally a lot of Frenchmen and other non-germans that had enlisted in the various waffen-ss divisions joined the french Foreign legion, and were sent to "Vietnam". Heck the french had an entire SS division, Charlamaign(sp) division. It was pretty much destroyed defending Berlin.

Tricky DICK gets clobbered on LIVE TV.

http://www.history.com/tdih.do

September 27th

General Interest
1964 : Warren Commission report released
1540 : Jesuit order established
1960 : Sylvia Pankhurst dies

American Revolution
1779 : John Jay is appointed minister to Spain

Automotive
1925 : Fighting with the Dragon
1928 : A Ford cornerstone is laid
1990 : Renault and Volvo agree to cooperate

Civil War
1864 : Unarmed Yankees are massacred in Centralia

Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev ends trip to the United States

Crime
1989 : Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom

Disaster
1854 : Ships collide off Newfoundland

Entertainment
1935 : Judy Garland signs with MGM
1983 : A Chorus Line breaks record
1991 : Oona O'Neill Chaplin dies

Literary
1996 : F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued

Old West
1869 : Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas

Presidential
1938 : Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace

Vietnam War
1967 : Antiwar sentiment increases
1969 : Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy

Wall Street
1985 : Hurricane Gloria forces NYSE close
1989 : Sony buys Columbia
1995 : Treasury unveils new $100 bill

World War I
1915 : John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos

World War II
1939 : Poland surrenders
1940 : The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan



1969
The Electric Indian hits #16 with "Keem-O-Sabe".

1969
Peter, Paul and Mary hit #1 with "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Green River" and "Bad Moon Rising" and #3 with "Down on the Corner".

1975
John Williams hits #32 with "Main Title (Theme From 'Jaws')".

1975
The Isley Brothers hit #4 with "Fight the Power".

1975
John Denver hits #1 with "I'm Sorry".

1975
America hits #20 with "Daisy Jane".

1985
MTV premieres "Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes," hosted by Andy Warhol.

1986
Run DMC hits #4 with their remake of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way".

1997
'Marchin Already' by Ocean Colour Scene reaches #1.

September 28th

General Interest
1994 : Estonia sinks
48 BC: Pompey the Great assassinated
1066 : William the Conqueror invades England
1542 : Cabrillo encounters California
1989 : Marcos dies in exile

American Revolution
1781 : Battle of Yorktown begins

Automotive
1978 : Sherman sets record
1982 : UAW and Ford cooperate
1988 : U.S.P.S. unveils fire engine stamp

Civil War
1863 : McCook and Crittenden blamed for Chickamauga

Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev and Eisenhower offer views on summit meeting

Crime
1988 : A cult leader kills one of his followers

Disaster
1918 : Flu epidemic hits Philadelphia

Entertainment
1968 : "Hey Jude" breaks records
1991 : Miles Davis dies

Literary
1634 : John Milton's drama, Comus, performed

Old West
1542 : Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay

Presidential
1967 : President Johnson honors American soldier

Vietnam War
1968 : Battle for Thuong Duc begins
1972 : Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities

Wall Street
1960 : Treasury chief predicts smooth sailing
1981 : Japan, Europe get the blues

World War I
1918 : British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler

World War II
1942 : General Arnold fights for unique bombers


1963
"Hey There Lonely Boy" by Ruby & the Romantics reaches #27.

1968
The Beatles reach #1 with "Hey Jude".

1968
'Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits', the Rascals' best-selling album, hits #1 in the midst of a year-long run.

1968
Iron Butterfly hits #30 with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

1970
The Johnny Otis Show – featuring such R&B luminaries as Esther Phillips, Eddie Vinson, Roy Milton, Big Joe Turner, Ivory Joe Hunter and Roy Brown – performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The performance is released as 'The Johnny Otis Show Live at Monterey!.'

1972
David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars sell out New York City's Carnegie Hall on their gender- bending Ziggy Stardust tour.

1989
Paul McCartney commences a world tour that will run through July 29, 1990. 'Tripping the Live Fantastic', an album of concert highlights that includes many Beatles songs, appears in November 1990.

1993
'Paul Simon: 1964-93,' a retrospective three-disc box set, is released.

1996
'K', by Kula Shaker, reaches #1.

"1918 : British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler", See what happens, when someone tries to be a nice guy.

Ya! But you know if Germany did not have Adolf Nutjob in charge and had a leader with some smarts we might all be typing in German right now!

September 29th

General Interest
1982 : The Tylenol murders
1758 : Lord Nelson born
1941 : Babi Yar massacre begins
1988 : American woman climbs Everest

American Revolution
1780 : British spy sentenced to death

Automotive
1888 : Mercedes-Benz, U.S.A.
1913 : The sad death of an inventor
1983 : Hall of Fame addition

Civil War
1862 : An encounter between Union generals turns fatal
1864 : Battle of New Market Heights (Chaffin's Farm/Fort Harrison)

Cold War
1953 : Russians want the American dream

Crime
1994 : A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend

Disaster
1957 : Trains collide in Pakistan

Entertainment
1907 : Gene Autry born
1930 : Dracula filming begins
1932 : Katherine Hepburn's film debut

Literary
1547 : Miguel de Cervantes is born

Old West
1907 : The great singing cowboy, Gene Autry, is born in Texas

Presidential
1942 : JFK thanks Clare Booth Luce for good-luck coin

Vietnam War
1965 : Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals
1969 : Charges dropped against Green Berets

Wall Street
1804 : Hillegas serves as first treasurer
1952 : Working for the weekend
1986 : Rare cooperation for tax reform

World War I
1918 : Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line

World War II
1939 : Nazis and communists divvy up Poland


1962
Booker T. & the M.G.s hit #3 on pop and #1 on R&B with "Green Onion".

1967
Percussionist Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead, making them a sextet with two drummers.

1968
"Piece of My Heart," the lone Top Forty hit by Big Brother and the Holding Company, enters the charts. It reaches #12.

1973
Grand Funk Railroad hits #1 with "We're An American Band".

1974
I Honestly Love You (Olivia Newton-John) was a hit.

1978
Yes hits #10 in the US with 'Tormato'.

1983
'A Chorus Line' becomes the longest running show ever on Broadway.

1984
Naked Eyes hits #39 in the US "(What) In the Name of Love".

1987
MTV announces the "Motley Cruise to Nowhere" contest. Four winners are flown to Bermuda where they board a private party yacht for a cruise to the Bermuda triangle with hard rockers Motley Crue.

1990
Nelson hits #1 with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection".

1991
'Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord', a gospel album by Bill Monroe, is released on MCA the same year the bluegrass icon turns 80.

Just noticed something....154 posts strong and still going with civil discussions! Certainly a record here abouts!

Let's keep that record going strong shall we!!!!

September 30th

General Interest
1955 : James Dean dies
1399 : Henry IV proclaimed
1938 : Munich Pact signed
1954 : USS Nautilus commissioned
1962 : Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss

American Revolution
1776 : Washington blames militia for problems

Automotive
1901 : Regulating chaos around the world
1937 : The last Duesenberg
1955 : Death of the Rebel

Civil War
1864 : Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm)

Cold War
1949 : Berlin Airlift ends

Crime
1982 : Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six

Disaster
1999 : Radiation released at Japanese plant

Entertainment
1918 : Will Rogers' first film opens
1930 : Louis Armstrong arrives in New York
1955 : James Dean dies

Literary
1868 : First volume of Little Women is published

Old West
1889 : Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote

Presidential
1918 : President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage

Vietnam War
1964 : First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
1968 : Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam

Wall Street
1976 : Congress stands up to Ford
1986 : Dow takes a tumble
1990 : Read my lips?

World War I
1918 : Turks abandon Damascus as Allies approach

World War II
1938 : Hitler appeased at Munich


1970
Phil Collins joins Genesis.

1970
Traffic's 'John Barleycorn Must Die' hits #11 in the UK and #5 in the US.

1972
David Cassidy, the breakthrough heartthrob of the Partridge Family, hits #1 in the UK with "How Can I Be Sure" where it will stay there for two weeks.

1973
Half-Breed (Cher) was a hit.

1978
Aerosmith hits #23 with "Come Together".

1979
Sad Eyes (Robert John) was a hit.

1988
MTV Europe launches in Brussels, Belgium to 105,000 households.

1996
'Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas' becomes the first gospel Christmas album to hit #1.

October 1st

General Interest
1890 : Yosemite National Park established
1918 : Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus
1936 : Franco heads Spain
1946 : Nazi war criminals sentenced at Nuremberg
1965 : Suharto crushes Indonesian coup
2005 : Terrorists strike again in Bali

American Revolution
1776 : Patriots learn of increased French support

Automotive
1908 : An American legend goes on sale
1940 : The original superhighway opens

Civil War
1864 : Rose Greenhow dies

Cold War
1949 : Mao Zedong proclaims People's Republic of China
1988 : Mikhail Gorbachev becomes head of Supreme Soviet

Crime
1993 : A 12-year-old girl is kidnapped

Disaster
1987 : Earthquake rocks Southern California

Entertainment
1915 : Court rules against Patents Company
1955 : The Honeymooners debuts
1958 : Kraft Television Theater goes off the air

Literary
1856 : First installment of Madame Bovary is published

Old West
1890 : Congress creates Yosemite National Park

Presidential
1924 : Jimmy Carter is born

Vietnam War
1961 : South Vietnam requests a bilateral defense treaty

Wall Street
1879 : New home for NYSE
1890 : McKinley Tariff cracks foreign markets
1907 : Morgan lends a hand
1949 : Steelworkers win increased security

World War I
1918 : Crisis in Germany

World War II
1944 : Experiments begin on homosexuals at Buchenwald


1957
After Little Richard abruptly quits rock and roll for religion, James Brown honors pending tour dates in the South in his place. Several members of Little Richard's backup band, the Upsetters, become Famous Flames.

1957
On the fifth date of a two-week tour of Australia, Little Richard suddenly abandons rock and roll for religion. In January 1958, he enters Oakwood Theological College in Huntsville, Alabama.

1958
James Brown's first #1 hit, "Try Me," is released. It is the best-selling R&B single of 1958—and the first of 17 chart-topping R&B singles by Brown over the next two decades.

1960
Mr. Custer (Larry Verne) was a hit.

1964
The Rolling Stones launch their second U.S. tour by performing on the Ed Sullivan Show. Though Sullivan swears he'll never have them back, the group performs on the program six times between 1964 and 1969.

1965
Having named themselves the Mamas and the Papas, the quartet signs to Dunhill Record.

1966
Hendrix jams with Cream at the Regent Polytechnic College.

1966
The Santana Blues Band forms in San Francisco.

1966
The Surfaris hit #16 with "Wipe Out".

1966
The Temptations hit #3 with "Beauty's Only Skin Deep".

1967
Warner-Seven Arts buys Atlantic for $17.5 million. In 1970, Warner will buy Elektra Records, creating what will become one of the most powerful music corporations in the world.

1968
John Sebastian quits the group. The final Lovin' Spoonful album, Revelation: Revolution '69 appears a month later. Only Joe Butler from among the original foursome is present, and the band name is retired shortly thereafter.

1969
Del Shannon's first outside production —"Baby, It's You," by Smith—becomes a Top Five smash.

1969
'Then Play On', the last album by Fleetwood Mac in its Peter Green-led lineup, hits #6 in the U.K. and #109 in the U.S.

1970
with the success of "I'll Be There," the Jackson 5 become the only group in history whose first four records went to Number One.

1974
'Heroes Are Hard to Find' is released. Reaching #34, it is the highest-charting Fleetwood Mac album to date—and the last of five featuring Bob Welch.

1976
The Sex Pistols sign to EMI Records, receiving a £40,000 advance. They record their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K.," two days later.

1977
Meco hits #1 with "'Star Wars' Theme/Cantina Band".

1979
Seattle Rocket, a monthly paper documenting the music scene, begins publication.

1979
'Tusk' an adventurous double album, is released. The title track, which features the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band, hits #8, while the Nicks-penned "Sara" reaches #7.

1980
The four original members of the Lovin' Spoonful reunite for an appearance in Paul Simon's film One-Trick Pony.

1980
The film 'One Trick Pony,' written and directed by Paul Simon, opens in theaters. Simon also acts in the film and performs the soundtrack music, which includes "Late in the Evening" (#6).

1981
Tom Petty, an avowed Del Shannon fan, produces the comeback album 'Drop Down and Get Me'. It yields a Top Forty hit in Del Shannon's cover of Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love."

1982
'Honesty', Curtis Mayfield's strongest album in years, appears to positive reviews.

1985
The various members come together to record an Elvis Presley song, "Can't Help Falling in Love," for the film 'A Fine Mess'. This testing of the waters leads to sessions for a new Fleetwood Mac album.

1987
Soundgarden debuts with Screaming Life, an early example of the grunge sound, released on Sub Pop.

1987
MTV begins airing the popular British series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

1988
MTV Europe launches in Chur and Lucerne, Switzerland.

1988
Bon Jovi's fourth Mercury-released album, 'New Jersey', hits #1 in the UK as the first single, "Bad Medicine," reaches #17 in the UK.

1989
Miss You Much (Janet Jackson) was a hit.

1990
MTV presents Billy Idol's European Tour and competition giving away a Harley Davidson motorbike.

1991
James Taylor's 'New Moon Shine', featuring the autobiographical opening track "Copperline," is released.

1993
Bill Monroe receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences at the Grammy Awards.

1993
MTV Latino is launched in 2 million homes in 11 Latin American countries and the US. This marks MTV's sixth international network.

1994
Peter Gabriel hits #23 in the US with 'Secret World Live'.

2004
Bruce Palmer of Buffalo Springfield passes away.

"Mr Custer", I liked that song, khits, please play that today on your 60's at 6.

The Fluffy Merkins still rule the PDX Radio Fantasy Football League for another whole week!

(Apologies in advance, because we're going to get our hineys kicked at some point, and I won't be able to gloat! But I desperately want that trophy, since I've never won one!)

October 3rd

General Interest
1995 : O.J.Simpson acquitted (Boooooo)
1932 : Iraq wins independence
1952 : Britain successfully tests A-bomb
1981 : Maze hunger strike called off

American Revolution
1781 : French and Americans cut off British supplies at Gloucester

Automotive
1912 : A Duesie of a racing legacy
1961 : Ford workers strike again

Civil War
1862 : Battle of Corinth

Cold War
1990 : East and West Germany reunite after 45 years

Crime
1799 : A housekeeper helps her boyfriend commit a burglary

Disaster
2005 : Hurricane Stan bears down on Mexico

Entertainment
1910 : British comedians arrive in the U.S.
1941 : The Maltese Falcon opens
1967 : Woody Guthrie dies
2003 : Roy Horn mauled by tiger

Literary
1895 : The Red Badge of Courage is published

Old West
1873 : U.S. Army hangs four Modoc Indians for the murder of a Civil War hero

Presidential
1863 : Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday

Vietnam War
1967 : Operation Wallowa commences
1968 : Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident

Wall Street
1776 : A costly revolution
1913 : Wilson fights for lower tariff
1997 : Slow job growth jolts market

World War I
1917 : War Revenue Act passed in U.S.

World War II
1942 : Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test

October 4th

General Interest
1957 : Sputnik launched
1777 : The Battle of Germantown
1965 : Pope visits U.S.
1993 : White House siege ends in Moscow

American Revolution
1777 : Both sides battered at Germantown

Automotive
1983 : The end of America's speed domination

Civil War
1861 : Lincoln watches a balloon ascension

Cold War
1957 : Soviet Union launches Sputnik I

Crime
1988 : Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges

Disaster
1992 : Plane crashes into apartment building

Entertainment
1949 : Life of Riley debuts
1957 : Leave It to Beaver premieres
1970 : Janis Joplin dies

Literary
1941 : Anne Rice is born

Old West
1861 : Frederic Remington is born in Canton, New York

Presidential
1822 : Rutherford B. Hayes is born
1927 : Work begins on Mount Rushmore

Vietnam War
1964 : Johnson orders the commencement of Oplan 34A raids
1966 : Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War

Wall Street
1931 : A do-nothing president?
1996 : Clinton, Dole square off on economy

World War I
1918 : Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice

World War II
1943 : Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders
1944 : Ike warns of the risk of "shell shock"


1964
Rod Stewart’s first single, “Good Morning Little School Girl,” is released in Britain. It fails to chart and Stewart will not, in fact, make the Top Forty as a solo artist until the 1971 release of “Reason to Believe”/”Maggie May.”

1966
After over six months of recording and production work, "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys is released.

1967
Jimi Hendrix reaches Number Five on the U.S. album charts with 'Are You Experienced.'

1968
Oliver hits #2 with "Jean".

1970
Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond) was a hit.

1970
Gary Glitter appears on the original cast album of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

1970
Janis Joplin is found dead in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood, California. The official cause is accidental heroin overdose.

1975
The Pointer Sisters hit #20 with"How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On the Side)".

1975
Paul Simon and Phoebe Snow hit #23 with "Gone At Last".

1978
The Who hit #14 with "Who Are You".

1980
Queen caps the biggest year of their career with another #1 hit, the funk-influenced "Another One Bites the Dust."

1980
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark hits #8 in the UK with "Enola Gray".

1980
ELO hits #13 with "All Over the World".

1980
Genesis hits #58 with "Turn It On Again".

1980
Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Bob Marley, the reggaefied “Master Blaster (Jammin’),” enters the singles charts. It will top the R&B chart for seven weeks and peak at #5 on the pop chart.

1986
Van Halen hits #22 with "Love Walks In".

1986
Talking Heads’ 'True Stories,' featuring songs from the movie of the same name, written and directed by David Byrne – enters the album chart. It yields the hit single “Wild Wild Life” (#25).

1987
Here I Go Again (Whitesnake) was a hit.


Last update for this thread.

If you want to check things out for yourself here are the links:

General TDIH History:
http://www.history.com/tdih.do

This Day in Rock History:
http://www.rockhall.com/notes/today-in-rock/

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