Today in History

[Uncle-A]

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

Hires Root Beer still around? I remember it as a kid but I haven't seen it lately.

 

[cantunamunch]

In 2021 Harris Cyclery closed their doors.

 

[Uncle-A]

14 June 1777
The US accepted the final design for the flag of the United States. This has become a holiday called National Flag Day aka Flag Day.

 

[4ster]

10 yrs. ago today with @Philpug @Tricia & @FairToMiddlin

Good coverage top to bottom!

 

[Uncle-A]

28 June 1965
My first day reporting to work for the Western Electric Company as a Installer of Telecommunications Equipment.

 

[Uncle-A]

30 June 1936
Gone With The Wind is published and the movie was made in 1939.

 

[4ster]

2011, Kirkwood...

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Final day of Battle of Gettysburg.

 

[cantunamunch]

Final day of Battle of Gettysburg.

Kursk is about to start.

 

[noncrazycanuck]

July 3 1988 the US Navy shoots down a domestic airliner killing 190 passengers. Compensation offered but still no charges laid or even an apology to date.

 

[Uncle-A]

5 July is the anniversary of the bikini, 75 years ago today it was first displayed at a pool in Paris.

 

[4ster]

5 July is the anniversary of the bikini, 75 years ago today it was first displayed at a pool in Paris.

 

[Andy Mink]

 

[Uncle-A]

You can Google the pictures. I am not sure if this story is true or not but, the fashion designer that made it could not get any of the models of the day to model it so he had to hire a hooker to show the bikini for the first time.

 

[Scruffy]

10 yrs. ago today with @Philpug @Tricia & @FairToMiddlin View attachment 136192

Good coverage top to bottom!
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Totally missed this post. Is that a BBR @Philpug is on?

 

[Uncle-A]

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That is conservative compared to the bikini's of today.

 

[Bad Bob]

1957: Paul McCartney met John Lennon for the first time, at a church event in Liverpool, England

 

[Uncle-A]

1957: Paul McCartney met John Lennon for the first time, at a church event in Liverpool, England

Let me just add that tomorrow 7 July is Ringo's birthday and with some shock I think he is 81.

 

[Bad Bob]

Yes, that Dow.

1889: Journalist Charles Henry Dow published the first issue of The Wall Street Journal .

 

[Bad Bob]

1979: Between games of a baseball doubleheader involving the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park, disco records were blown up as part of a promotion dubbed Disco Demolition Night; fans subsequently rushed the field, and, as a result of the ensuing mayhem, the second game was forfeited to the Tigers.