On today's date in 1889 the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco at the Palais Royale Saloon
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in 1936 Life magazine was first published.
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in 1936 Life magazine was first published.
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He was born in the midwest, but he lived in Santa Rosa, CA. A friend of ours knew him.
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1950 - Battle at Chosin Reservoir begins. I went and saw Devotion last night. Highly recommend.
1895 - 1st Nobel Prize given out.
Looking at it from another angle, that's ~30 years of festering nitroglycerin guilt.
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The forgotten war
Neil Armstrong flew 78 combat missions as a Naval aviator in Korea. On an early one he flew into a steel cable and sheared off part of the wing. He eventually had to eject.
Buzz Aldrin flew 66 missions in Korea with the Air Force.
A Wing and a Half and a Prayer - USS Midway Museum
Hello and welcome back to “Karl’s Korner”, a historical segment written by myself, Karl Zingheim – Ship Historian of the USS Midway Museum! In honor of the Moon landing’s 50th […]
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Until 911 today was THE day we mourned our worst attack on US soil ever.. excluding our own Civil War of course..
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - Wikipedia
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It was the first use in combat of radar, detecting the Japanese planes almost 140 miles away. The info just didn’t get through to someone who could do something.
The Radar site at Opana
Interesting story. The mundane confluence of circumstance that change history. Before and after.
(That early radar screen was like an oscilloscope, not the sweep of later. )
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At 07:02 I was sitting at the controls while Lockard peered over my shoulder and instructed me on how to detect planes. Suddenly, there appeared the largest blip either of us had ever seen on an oscilloscope. “What’s this?” I asked him. Lockard thought the unit had either malfunctioned or was giving us a false reading. He quickly tested the equipment and determined everything to be working perfectly. We calculated the blip to be a large group of aircraft approaching quickly from 3 degrees east approximately 137 miles out to sea. I suggested to Lockard that we should notify our Information Center.
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The Radar site at Opana
Interesting story. The mundane confluence of circumstance that change history. Before and after.
The Man Who Tried to Stop Pearl Harbor
George Elliott was one of two servicemen manning a radar station on Oahu the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. When he reported a huge sighting on his radar screen, he was ignored.
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(That early radar screen was like an oscilloscope, not the sweep of later. )
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At 07:02 I was sitting at the controls while Lockard peered over my shoulder and instructed me on how to detect planes. Suddenly, there appeared the largest blip either of us had ever seen on an oscilloscope. “What’s this?” I asked him. Lockard thought the unit had either malfunctioned or was giving us a false reading. He quickly tested the equipment and determined everything to be working perfectly. We calculated the blip to be a large group of aircraft approaching quickly from 3 degrees east approximately 137 miles out to sea. I suggested to Lockard that we should notify our Information Center.
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Our Radar! – George E. Elliott Jr
by George E. Elliott Jr. Edited by David J. Castello Editor’s Note: The article below is the culmination of a series of interviews I had with George E. Elliott Jr. Since testifying before the Congressional Investigation of Pearl Harbor (1946), this was the first time he had spoken publicly about...
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You mean 'for the US armed forces'. The Brits and Germans had been using it for years.
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Born 1919 and 103 years old.
You are correct, not sure how I screwed the year up. Thanks.
Fifty years ago today, HOF and Pittsburgh Pirate baseball legend Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash, delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
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