Today in History

[Uncle-A]

Ironically it is also the anniversary of "The Freedom Riders". (1961 I think)
Very sad that we can move that far in the wrong direction in less than 10 years.

Yes, 1961 the Kent State protest was an antiwar movement not a civil rights movement.

 

[Bad Bob]

1961: Alan Shepard, Jr., made a 15-minute suborbital flight in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, becoming the first U.S. astronaut to travel in space.

Never got the credit that John Glenn got. Imagine what it took to be the 1st person with that rocket strapped on to you. Kind of like the Wright Brothers at escape velocity.

 

[noncrazycanuck]

May 5 1260 Kubla Khan becomes Emperor, the stately pleasure dome was decreed 6 centuries later

 

[dbostedo]

May 5, 1862 ... the Mexican Army, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza, wins the Battle of Puebla over the French Empire ... which eventually leads to large, drunken Cinco de Mayo celebrations in America.

 

[Uncle-A]

May 5, 1862 ... the Mexican Army, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza, wins the Battle of Puebla over the French Empire ... which eventually leads to large, drunken Cinco de Mayo celebrations in America.

You can't forget the lime flavor chips to go along with the adult beverages.

 

[noncrazycanuck]

May 10 1940
Germany invades the Netherlands Belgium Luxemburg and France.
Neville Chamberlain resigns, Churchill appointed Prime Minister.

 

[AlpsSkidad]

On May 17, 1987, the USS Stark (FFG 31) was struck by two Exocet anti-ship missiles fired from an Iraqi Mirage aircraft during the Iran-Iraq War, killing 37 Sailors and wounding 21

The first missile penetrated the port-side hull and failed to detonate, but left flaming rocket fuel in its path. The second entered at almost the same point, leaving a 4-by-6-foot gash and exploded in crew quarters.

The names of those who lost their lives:

SN Doran H. Bolduc, Lacey, WA
BM1 Braddi O. Brown, Calera, AL
FC3 Jeffrey L. Calkins, Richfield Springs, NY
SN Mark R. Caouette, Fitchburg, MA
SN John A. Ciletta, Jr., Brigantine, NJ
SR Brian M. Clinefelter, San Bernardino, CA
OS3 Antonio A. Daniels, Greeleyville, SC
ET3 Christopher DeAngelis, Dumont, NJ
IC3 James S. Dunlap, Osceola Mills, PA
STGSN Steven T. Erwin, Troy, MI
RM2 Jerry Boyd Farr, Charleston, SC
QMCS Vernon T. Foster, Jacksonville, FL
RMSA Dexter D. Grissett, Macon, GA
FC3 William R. Hansen, Reading, MA
GMG3 Daniel Homicki, Elizabeth, NJ
OSSN Kenneth D. Janusik, Jr., Clearwater, FL
OS1 Steven E. Kendall, Honolulu, HI
EMCS Stephen Kiser, Elkhart, IN
SM1 Ronnie G. Lockett, Bessemer, AL
GMM1 Thomas J. MacMullen, Darby, PA
EW3 Charles T. Moller, Columbus, GA
OS3 Lee Stephens, Pemberton, OH
SA Jeffrei L. Phelps, Locust Grove, VA
DS1 Randy E. Pierce, Choctaw, OK
GM3 James Plonsky, Van Nuys, CA
ET3 Kelly R. Quick, Linden, MI
SMSN Earl P. Ryals, Boca Raton, FL
FCCS Robert L. Shippee, Adams Center, NY
SMSA Jeffrey C. Sibley, Metairie, LA
BM2 James R. Stevens, Visalia, CA
ET3 Martin J. Supple, Jacksonville, FL
FC1 Gregory L. Tweady, Champaign, IL
SN Vincent L. Ulmer, Bay Minette, AL
EW3 Joseph P. Watson, Ferndale, MI
ET3 Wayne R. Weaver, II, New Bethlehem, PA
OSSN Terrance Weldon, Coram, NY
IC2 Lloyd A. Wilson, Summerville, SC

 

[Uncle-A]

On May 17, 1987, the USS Stark (FFG 31) was struck by two Exocet anti-ship missiles fired from an Iraqi Mirage aircraft during the Iran-Iraq War, killing 37 Sailors and wounding 21

The first missile penetrated the port-side hull and failed to detonate, but left flaming rocket fuel in its path. The second entered at almost the same point, leaving a 4-by-6-foot gash and exploded in crew quarters.

The names of those who lost their lives:

SN Doran H. Bolduc, Lacey, WA
BM1 Braddi O. Brown, Calera, AL
FC3 Jeffrey L. Calkins, Richfield Springs, NY
SN Mark R. Caouette, Fitchburg, MA
SN John A. Ciletta, Jr., Brigantine, NJ
SR Brian M. Clinefelter, San Bernardino, CA
OS3 Antonio A. Daniels, Greeleyville, SC
ET3 Christopher DeAngelis, Dumont, NJ
IC3 James S. Dunlap, Osceola Mills, PA
STGSN Steven T. Erwin, Troy, MI
RM2 Jerry Boyd Farr, Charleston, SC
QMCS Vernon T. Foster, Jacksonville, FL
RMSA Dexter D. Grissett, Macon, GA
FC3 William R. Hansen, Reading, MA
GMG3 Daniel Homicki, Elizabeth, NJ
OSSN Kenneth D. Janusik, Jr., Clearwater, FL
OS1 Steven E. Kendall, Honolulu, HI
EMCS Stephen Kiser, Elkhart, IN
SM1 Ronnie G. Lockett, Bessemer, AL
GMM1 Thomas J. MacMullen, Darby, PA
EW3 Charles T. Moller, Columbus, GA
OS3 Lee Stephens, Pemberton, OH
SA Jeffrei L. Phelps, Locust Grove, VA
DS1 Randy E. Pierce, Choctaw, OK
GM3 James Plonsky, Van Nuys, CA
ET3 Kelly R. Quick, Linden, MI
SMSN Earl P. Ryals, Boca Raton, FL
FCCS Robert L. Shippee, Adams Center, NY
SMSA Jeffrey C. Sibley, Metairie, LA
BM2 James R. Stevens, Visalia, CA
ET3 Martin J. Supple, Jacksonville, FL
FC1 Gregory L. Tweady, Champaign, IL
SN Vincent L. Ulmer, Bay Minette, AL
EW3 Joseph P. Watson, Ferndale, MI
ET3 Wayne R. Weaver, II, New Bethlehem, PA
OSSN Terrance Weldon, Coram, NY
IC2 Lloyd A. Wilson, Summerville, SC

A sad day for sure.

 

[Posaune]

May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew her top. 57 people were killed along with thousands of animals and a huge amount of forest destroyed, as well as pyroclastic flows that inundated lowland areas. I remember it well, and heard it from my home.

 

[dbostedo]

May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew her top. 57 people were killed along with thousands of animals and a huge amount of forest destroyed, as well as pyroclastic flows that inundated lowland areas. I remember it well, and heard it from my home.

Before and after shots of Mt. St. Helens are always amazing to me... hard to imagine, as I don't remember it (I was 3 at the time).

 

[Carolinacub]

on this day in 1969 the battle for Hamburger Hill Ended

 

[Scruffy]

on this day in 1969 the battle for Hamburger Hill Ended

That was a sad event in as much as it was all for not in the end; abandoned a few weeks later.

 

[Tricia]

This came up in my inbox today.

1968 – Iconic artist Andy Warhol is shot in his New York City studio

Nuxt.js project

www.historic365.com

 

[Snowfan]

The Great Pueblo Co. Flood of 1921

 

[Uncle-A]

6 June 1944 AKA D - DAY Operation Overlord the invasion of France by allied forces to push the Germans out of France and back into Germany. The greatest generation sacrificed for the freedom of Europe and the world.

 

[T-Square]

Yup. My Father was an engineering officer on an LST. They went into the beach later in the day to discharge their cargo and then served as a hospital ship for the wounded. I always liked telling him that I knew what he was doing on this day in 1944. That always got a smile out of him. His ship also participated in the invasion of Southern France.

 

[James]

There’s an interesting “Dinner for Five” episode by Jon Favreau with Burt Reynolds. He tells the story of bringing actor Charles Durning over for dinner to meet his dad. At some point, his dad told Burt to get lost. They were going to talk about D-day. I guess Reynolds father was there too. Durning was the only survivor of his unit to make it into France.

 

[Uncle-A]

There’s an interesting “Dinner for Five” episode by Jon Favreau with Burt Reynolds. He tells the story of bringing actor Charles Durning over for dinner to meet his dad. At some point, his dad told Burt to get lost. They were going to talk about D-day. I guess Reynolds father was there too. Durning was the only survivor of his unit to make it into France.

He was awarded the Silver Star for Valor and had three Purple Hart's because he was shot three different times.

 

[Jacob]

Being from Tulsa, I’m embarrassed that I forgot to post this last week.

May 31, 1921.

Tulsa race massacre - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Philpug]

In 1869, Charles E. Hires sells his 1st root beer, in Philadelphia