This Date in History

[donbosco]

Parts of the second bomb are still buried in the Faro field where it landed, but officials said there are no radiation leaks.

'Fire every which way': B-52 carrying nuclear bombs crashed in field

63 years since the events of the Goldsboro Broken Arrow.

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Parts of the second bomb are still buried in the Faro field where it landed, but officials said there are no radiation leaks.​

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'Fire every which way': B-52 carrying nuclear bombs crashed in field

63 years since the events of the Goldsboro Broken Arrow.

spectrumlocalnews.com

Parts of the second bomb are still buried in the Faro field where it landed, but officials said there are no radiation leaks.​

​

'Fire every which way': B-52 carrying nuclear bombs crashed in field

63 years since the events of the Goldsboro Broken Arrow.

spectrumlocalnews.com

The story at the time, which may or may not be true, was that the part not recovered was the plutonium "fission trigger." The "fission trigger" creates the environment in which the fusion part explodes. This always seemed unlikely to me. The plutonium trigger was an atomic bomb all by itself. The fusion part of the bomb was nothing without the fission trigger. So not recovering all the fusion part was a nothing burger. Not recovering the plutonium trigger would be an unacceptable risk.

 

[donbosco]

Working Class History

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[Paine]

Working Class History

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One of the most important moments of early U.S. history that doesn’t get nearly enough, if any, play in our public grade schools. But they’re bastions of radical leftism, right?

 

[grimes70]

1945. In an effort to prevent tooth decay, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first U.S. city to add fluoride to its water system.

But we all know it's a commie plot still to this day.

 

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1945. In an effort to prevent tooth decay, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first U.S. city to add fluoride to its water system.

But we all know it's a commie plot still to this day.

"Women, uh, women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake . . . but I do deny them my essence."

 

[donbosco]

Literary History Today Jan 26: Thomas Wolfe leaps – Better Together Media

The North Carolina born writer decides not to go to Connecticut with his oh-so-patient editor Max Perkins.

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"But instead of just declining Perkins’ invitation to go to his weekend home, Wolfe opts to board the train and then change his mind at the last moment.

He jumps from a moving train on this day in 1932 and lands onto the Grand Central Station platform. But the clumsy 6’5 writer doesn’t make it onto level ground without injuring himself. He severs a vein in his left arm after falling on the concrete platform.

Writer and editor had been drinking heavily and had made their way unsteadily to the train. When Perkins saw Wolfe on the platform, he described the scene as similar to a beached whale on Cape Cod. Emergency wires were pulled and a crowd gathered around Wolfe. Of course, Wolfe goes into a very long description of what he was thinking: shame that he had injured himself and had broken his arm 'uselessly, horribly, stupidly and wastefully.'”

 

[grimes70]

1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, a musical version of Gaston Leroux's melodramatic novel, opened in New York City and went on to become the longest-running show in Broadway history.

 

[grimes70]

2fer today Boomer edition

1973 Vietnam War ended

The Paris accord ending the Vietnam War, America's longest war to that time, was signed this day in 1973, providing for an exchange of prisoners and for the unilateral withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Vietnam.




1832 Mathematician and novelist Lewis Carroll, especially remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871), was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England.

 

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I was in school at UNC. I remember thinking, "Franklin Street is going to wild." I was having visions of sweeping some girl off her feet and kissing her like the Alfred Eisenstaedt photo in NYC Times Square on August 14, 1945. But when I got to Franklin Street, . . ., nothing, zilch, nada. I stood there for about five minutes and then walked back to my dorm room and did my Math 32 homework. Doing my homework probably was a better use of my time.

 

[grimes70]

For all you breeders out there who may have stepped on Lego or 2.

1958 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, whose father founded the company LEGO in Denmark, filed for a Danish patent (later granted) for a toy building block that became hugely popular around the world.

 

[uncsig]

Thought for sure when I clicked on this today, someone would have mentioned the Challenger exploding after liftoff in 1986. Damn, I can remember that almost like yesterday. And then a year or so later when they finally launched the next Shuttle, we all gathered in a large room at work to watch [and in a fairly literal sense] with held breath till it passed the 73 second mark.

I can't even begin to imagine the conspiracy bullshit we'd be put through had this happened today instead of 39 years ago.

 

[grimes70]

Thought for sure when I clicked on this today, someone would have mentioned the Challenger exploding after liftoff in 1986. Damn, I can remember that almost like yesterday. And then a year or so later when they finally launched the next Shuttle, we all gathered in a large room at work to watch [and in a fairly literal sense] with held breath till it passed the 73 second mark.

I can't even begin to imagine the conspiracy bullshit we'd be put through had this happened today instead of 39 years ago.

I thought about posting this but decidedd it would get more exposure elsewhere and be more well-known a(s your post exemplifies) while the Lego thing is a bit more unknown as far as a date in history.

 

[grimes70]

Another 2fer
First - given the current state of affairs ihis guy and this famous "quote" is mire relevant than ever.

1880 American actor and comedian W.C. Fields was born in Philadelphia

There's a sucker born every minute" is a quotation often associated with P. T. Barnum, an American showman of the mid-19th century, although there is no evidence that he actually said it. Early instances of its use are found among gamblers and confidence tricksters.


1919 The Prohibition (Eighteenth) Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified and went into effect the following year.

 

[donbosco]

 

[grimes70]

Guy Fawkes executed in London

On this day in 1606, British provocateur Guy Fawkes—one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, who sought to blow up Parliament and to assassinate King James I for his repression of Roman Catholics—was executed in London.

 

[grimes70]

@donbosco probably has more depth regarding this. Still a pretty important event in the cause for Civil Rights in NC nd beyond.

1960,Protesting a segregated lunch counter at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, four African Americans began a sit-in; its success led to a wider sit-in movement throughout the South.

 

[donbosco]

It is certainly a much 'deeper' story than we tend to learn.

There is a second set of four stories to the Greensboro Sit-In—about workers caught between providing & protesting. I suspect the ‘caught’ nature of matters extended the entire duration of the February 1 — July 25 period that we recognize today & beyond. Indeed, they, like so many workers of color fought daily battles against both white supremacy & class hierarchies. On the flip side, so very many of those white people who stood against the brave actions of the local college students in Greensboro & other places to desegregate were themselves precariously perched workers. Scan the faces of the people who staged counter-protests, profile the KKK who threatened violence on the action by their presence & the historical narrative they brought to bear, & you will find working class folk. Keeping them from recognizing the economic ties that bound them to African American laborers has long been the strategy of those who rule, hire, manage, pay, & dismiss. Don’t forget the working folk. Class solidarity is key.

#OTD in 1960 African American customers were served at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in #Greensboro. Sit-Ins, protests, & negotiations had been initiated on February 1 by the four NC A&T University students. On July 25 Woolworth’s employees Geneva Tisdale, Susie Morrison, Anetha Jones & Charles Bess, were the first served by invitation of the store. Bess is the worker in this famous photo of the second day of the sit-in. Sit-in Victory in Greensboro, 1960

Two Stories About The 4 Served: WOOLWORTH: WORKER SERVED TO INTEGRATE\

AND: The Man Behind the Counter — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

 

[donbosco]

 

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While I was of the target age when the first GI Joe was marketed, two things intervened to prevent me from ever wanting one. 1) By the time these toys got to were I was in Eastern NC, I was too old. 2) Even if GI Joe's had been test marketed in my hometown, I'm pretty just I would recoiled with a disgusted, "I'm not going to play with a doll!" B/T/W, I distinctly remember thinking #2 at the time they were rolled out. ETA1: Not proud to admit this, but sexism and homophobia were rampant where I grew-up. (Also racism, j/f/t/r, ran both deep, on the surface, and everywhere in-between where I grew-up.) ETA2: My Dad was a MARINE! Why would I even want a Army soldier doll? Fortunately, when my own time to join the armed forces came, I views on the relative merits of the Marines and the Army had changed.