Fun On this date in history...

In this book about the 1970s I have,they talk all about this in a part. Did you know a religious supply store was looted of all its bibles during the blackout? Man, people will steal anything that isn't nailed down when societal mores collapse.

 

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On July 17, 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind.

 

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On July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa.

 

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On July 19, 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain launched his "V for Victory" campaign in Europe.

 

I've read that part of the publicity campaign used the opening notes of Beethoven's 5th because it spells out V in Morse code. Dot dot dot dash.

 

Hmm... That's interesting.

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On July 20, 1969, the astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

 

On July 20 1993, I made my first solo flight, at Searcy Municipal Airport in Arkansas.

 

Nice to know idiocy hasn't changed in nearly a century (not talking about you Sarge. That solo flight actually sounds pretty awesome):

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On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)

 

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On July 22, 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.

 

I remember the blackout well: it was summer vacation, so I was allowed to stay up late and watch Charlie's Angels and Baretta, though I forget the order. One had just ended and then the lights went out, everywhere. Went to bed, still no electricity when I woke up the next morning. Fortunately things were quiet in the section of Queens I lived in (Whitestone).

 

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On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.

 

(sorry, couldn't find a smiley gif with the Habsburg flag).

 

Do you know the story behind that flag?

 

Sadly, no.

 

According to legend, the Habsburg army went into a battle dressed in white tabards belted at the waist. The battle was so bloody that when it was over they took off their bloodstained tabards and the only white left on them was where the belts were.

 

July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas.
IMO, her skill as an aviator was inflated by her publicists.

 

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On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.

 

Was wondering where you went off to JP.

 

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1943 Mick Jagger born. Happy 70th Birthday!

 

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On July 26, 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

 

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courascant registered 10 years ago!,,

 

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On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.