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"On This Day...." Historical happenings on today's date (1 Viewer)
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belljr
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But it was his Ninth time - can you name the other 8?!@#?!?@#!@
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
June 5, 1893
The trial of Lizzie Borden begins for the murders of her father and stepmother. They had been axed to death in their home. Lizzie later coined the phrase "you gotta axe somebody".
The trial of Lizzie Borden begins for the murders of her father and stepmother. They had been axed to death in their home. Lizzie later coined the phrase "you gotta axe somebody".
zamboni
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zamboni
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Elvis debuts "Hound Dog" on the Milton Berle Show on 6/5/56:
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Elvis - Hound Dog & Dialogue - Milton Berle Show - 5 June 1956
Please Read: The quality varies because the video is made up of multiple clips. I have tried to edit in the best quality video where possible. I have synce...
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beer 30
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The Invasion of Fortress Europa
Eisenhower selected June 5, 1944, as the date for the invasion; however, bad weather on the days leading up to the operation caused it to be delayed for 24 hours. On the morning of June 5, after his meteorologist predicted improved conditions for the following day, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord. He told the troops: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
Later that day, more than 5,000 ships and landing craft carrying troops and supplies left England for the trip across the Channel to France, while more than 11,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion.
Eisenhower selected June 5, 1944, as the date for the invasion; however, bad weather on the days leading up to the operation caused it to be delayed for 24 hours. On the morning of June 5, after his meteorologist predicted improved conditions for the following day, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord. He told the troops: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
Later that day, more than 5,000 ships and landing craft carrying troops and supplies left England for the trip across the Channel to France, while more than 11,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Tomorrow's a big one.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
TCM has a pretty good schedule tomorrow of D-Day movies.
zamboni
Footballguy
Indeed - National Applesauce Cake Day
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
June 6, 1933
The first of the modern drive-in theaters opens, in Camden, New Jersey. It held 400 cars, had a 40 x 50 ft (12 x 15 m) screen, and advertised with the slogan, "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are." The cost was $0.25 per car plus $0.25 per person.
There is no notation of when the first person entered for free while hiding in the trunk.
The first of the modern drive-in theaters opens, in Camden, New Jersey. It held 400 cars, had a 40 x 50 ft (12 x 15 m) screen, and advertised with the slogan, "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are." The cost was $0.25 per car plus $0.25 per person.
There is no notation of when the first person entered for free while hiding in the trunk.
The biggest.
Without it we are all talking German.
And likely….I would never have been born.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Thinking of you today cousin Dave. You are my #1 hero and I will never forget your sacrifice for my freedom :Salute:
KIA: Farm van den Heuvel, near Wylerbaan, Holland - 27 Sept 1944
Memorialized: Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten, Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing
If you've watched the film "A Bridge Too Far", a portion of that film focused on my cousin's 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment's (PIR) assault crossing over the Maas River during Operation Market Garden, utilizing canvas boats and their rifle stocks as oars, all while being under tremendous shelling by the German Infantry and Artillery. I watch that movie every year between Memorial Day and the D-Day Anniversary just to keep him and his brothers in arms in my thoughts. It's amazing he and fortunately many of his brothers lived through that hell, only to be KIA a month later.
KIA: Farm van den Heuvel, near Wylerbaan, Holland - 27 Sept 1944
Memorialized: Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten, Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing
If you've watched the film "A Bridge Too Far", a portion of that film focused on my cousin's 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment's (PIR) assault crossing over the Maas River during Operation Market Garden, utilizing canvas boats and their rifle stocks as oars, all while being under tremendous shelling by the German Infantry and Artillery. I watch that movie every year between Memorial Day and the D-Day Anniversary just to keep him and his brothers in arms in my thoughts. It's amazing he and fortunately many of his brothers lived through that hell, only to be KIA a month later.
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fatness
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fatness
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General Malaise
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MUST.............RESIST..............................JOKE...........
The Gator
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#OnThisDay the 1978 South African Grand Prix celebrated the 300th World Championship Grand Prix since the series’ beginning in 1950. Held in Kyalami, the race also featured the debut of future world champion Keke Rosberg
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fatness
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March 18, 1925
(100 years ago today)
Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado
"The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile (352-kilometer) path for nearly four hours through southern Illinois and into Indiana. It left 695 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, not counting the casualties from at least seven other twisters that the main storm spawned which spun off through Kentucky and into Alabama."
"Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive handiwork was found on the Logan School grounds: A wooden board measuring 4 feet (1.22 meters) long by 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) wide driven so deeply into the trunk of a maple tree that it could hold the weight of a man."
The map of that tornado's path is just incredible.
(100 years ago today)
Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado
"The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile (352-kilometer) path for nearly four hours through southern Illinois and into Indiana. It left 695 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, not counting the casualties from at least seven other twisters that the main storm spawned which spun off through Kentucky and into Alabama."
"Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive handiwork was found on the Logan School grounds: A wooden board measuring 4 feet (1.22 meters) long by 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) wide driven so deeply into the trunk of a maple tree that it could hold the weight of a man."
The map of that tornado's path is just incredible.
Grahamburn
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Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Hard to believe none of you led off with this day in worm history:
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First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms are ratified.
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First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms are ratified.
fatness
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fatness
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June 6, 1944
D-Day
the beginning of the end of WWII
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D-Day
the beginning of the end of WWII
D-Day - Normandy Beaches Invasion, Facts & Significance
Codenamed Operation Overlord, D-Day began on June 6, 1944.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
D-Day & The Ducks. 
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
50 years ago today, former Pink Floyd man Syd Barrett paid an unscheduled visit to Abbey Road studios while the band were recording Wish You Were Here.
"Everyone’s story is fractionally different," drummer Nick Mason told Prog. "Whether he came once, or twice, what he said, all the rest of it. All I can say is that he was definitely there, and it was weird."
"Everyone’s story is fractionally different," drummer Nick Mason told Prog. "Whether he came once, or twice, what he said, all the rest of it. All I can say is that he was definitely there, and it was weird."
zamboni
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