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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Mexican Revolution 1910-1920 DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24: Flag Day (Dia De La Bandera) (Mexico): -- Celebrates the modern-day Mexican flag, which depicts an eagle atop a cactus, eating a snake. This fascinating emblem stems from an Aztec legend where this sight was witnessed by the Aztecs and taken to be a sign from the gods. As a result, they built their empire on that spot, and today, that spot is Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Therefore this day is a celebration of national pride for Mexicans the world over, and we are thrilled to join in the celebrations too, as a sign of solidarity and appreciation for all the Mexican culture contributes. Flag Day was first founded by General Lazaro Cardenas, the then-President of Mexico, in 1937. The event took place in front of a monument dedicated to General Vicente Guerrero - the first person to pledge allegiance to the flag of Mexico, back in 1821. However, the origins of this day can be traced back even further, to 1935, when Benito Ramirez, an employee of the Bank of Mexico, set up a special honor guard to celebrate the Mexican flag. It was in 1821 that the Mexican flag was designed by Jose Magdaleno Ocampo, with the three colors representing religion, independence, and unity - the three key guarantees of the 'Plan de Iguala.' The Mexican flag is commonly known as the 'Pendon Trigarante,' and soon after it was designed, Mexico gained its independence from Spain. Today, the colors represent hope, purity, and blood. It's a day to recognize the struggle for independence against Spain, which the nation fought for, for 11 long years (known as the War of Independence). This war with Spain stretched from 1810 to 1821, following which the Catholic monarchy was overthrown and Mexico was declared as a federal republic (1823), consolidated in the Constitution in 1824. Though it is not an official holiday in Mexico, it is still a day that is celebrated with pride, as Mexicans hoist the flag atop buildings and businesses, and watch the military raise a giant Mexican flag as well. Further celebrations include a civic-military parade and an official event at the Mexican National Palace. Community celebrations can include plays and historical re-enactments. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-ragged-revolution-mexican-revolt-191019101920.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The American Adventure: TV History Series 1607-1876 DVD MP4 USB Drive
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1868: Federal Impeachments In The United States: The Reconstruction Era (Reconstruction): The Impeachment Of Andrew Johnson: -- The United States House Of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson by a vote of 128 to 47 for intentionally violating the Tenure Of Office Act by firing Secretary Of War Edwin Stanton. The House of Representatives the resolution to impeach the 17th president of the United States for "high crimes and misdemeanors". The alleged high crimes and misdemeanors were afterwards specified in eleven articles of impeachment adopted by the House on March 2 and 3, 1868. The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act by removing from office Edwin Stanton and replacing him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war ad interim. The Tenure of Office had been passed by Congress in March 1867 over Johnson's veto with the primary intent of protecting Stanton from being fired without the Senate's consent. Stanton often sided with the Radical Republican faction and did not have a good relationship with Johnson. Johnson was the first United States president to be impeached. After the House formally adopted the articles of impeachment, they forwarded them to the United States Senate for adjudication. The trial in the Senate began on March 5, with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding. On May 16, the Senate voted against convicting Johnson on one of the articles, with its 35-19 vote in favor of conviction falling one vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority. A 10-day recess of the Senate trial was called before reconvening to convict him on additional articles. On May 26, the Senate voted against convicting the president on two more articles by margins identical the first vote. After this, the trial was adjourned sine die without votes being held on the remaining eight articles of impeachment. The impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson had important political implications for the balance of federal legislative-executive power. It maintained the principle that Congress should not remove the president from office simply because its members disagreed with him over policy, style, and administration of the office. It also resulted in diminished presidential influence on public policy and overall governing power, fostering a system of governance which future-President Woodrow Wilson referred to in the 1880s as "Congressional Government". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-american-adventure-series-us-1st-century-4-dv14.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Admiral Chester Nimitz Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1885: #BOTD: #HBD! Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. February 20, 1966) is #born Chester William Nimitz in Fredericksburg, Texas, a German Texan and son of Anna Josephine (Henke) and Chester Bernhard Nimitz on February 24, 1885, in Fredericksburg, Texas, where his grandfather's hotel is now the Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site (The National Museum of the Pacific War). Chester William Nimitz Sr. was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. He signed the Japanese surrender document on September 2, 1945. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propulsion from gasoline to diesel, and then later was key in acquiring approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered submarines in the US. He also, beginning in 1917, was the Navy's leading developer of underway replenishment techniques, the tool which during the Pacific war would allow the US fleet to operate away from port almost indefinitely. The chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939, Nimitz served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving officer who served in the rank of fleet admiral. Chester W. Nimitz died some months after he suffered a stroke, complicated by pneumonia, at home in the evening at Quarters One on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay, four days before his February 24th 81st birthday. His funeral was held on what would have been his 81st birthday at the chapel of adjacent Naval Station Treasure Island. Nimitz was buried with full military honors at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. He lies alongside his wife and his long-term friends Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Admiral Richmond K. Turner, and Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and their wives, an arrangement made by all of them while living. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/admiral-chester-nimitz-documentaries-dvd-world-war-ii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Spanish-American War & Cuban War Of Independence DVD, Download, USB
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1895: The Decolonization Of The Americas: The Cuban War Of Independence (The Necessary War): The Spanish-American War: -- The Cuban War Of Independence begins as revolution breaks out in Baire, Cuba with uprisings all across the island. In Oriente, the most important ones took place in Santiago, Guantanamo, Jiguani, El Cobre, El Caney, and Alto Songo. The uprisings in the central part of the island, such as Ibarra, Jaguey Grande, and Aguada, suffered from poor coordination and failed; the leaders were captured, deported or executed. In the province of Havana, the insurrection was discovered before it began, and its leaders were detained. The insurgents further west in Pinar del Rio were ordered by rebel leaders to wait. The Cuban War Of Independence was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and the Little War (1879-1880). The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish-American War, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands against Spain. Historians disagree as to the extent that United States officials were motivated to intervene for humanitarian reasons but agree that yellow journalism exaggerated atrocities attributed to Spanish forces against Cuban civilians. The Spanish-American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence and American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/spanishamerican-war-films-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: War Props: The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Shrike DVD MP4 Download USB Drive
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February 24, 1898: #BOTD: Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945 (d. June 5, 1983) is #born Kurt Waldemar Tank in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Province of Posen, Prussia. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. In January 1943, he was named honorary professor with a chair at the Technical University of Braunschweig, in recognition of his work developing aircraft. After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB). The Fw 190 Wuerger ("Shrike") fighter-bomber airplane was a mainstay Luftwaffe single-seat fighter during World War II, and Tank's most-produced and famous design, with over 20,000 produced from 1941 to 1945. It was a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe's Jagdwaffe (Fighter Force). The twin-row BMW 801 radial engine that powered most operational versions enabled the Fw 190 to lift larger loads than the Bf 109, allowing its use as a day fighter, fighter-bomber, ground-attack aircraft and, to a lesser degree, night fighter. The Fw 190A started flying operationally over France in August 1941, and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Royal Air Force's main front-line fighter, the Spitfire Mk. V, particularly at low and medium altitudes. The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX. In November/December 1942, the Fw 190 made its air combat debut on the Eastern Front, finding much success in fighter wings and specialised ground attack units called Schlachtgeschwader (Battle Wings or Strike Wings) from October 1943 onwards. The Fw 190 provided greater firepower than the Bf 109, and at low to medium altitude, superior manoeuvrability, in the opinion of German pilots who flew both fighters. The Fw 190A series' performance decreased at high altitudes (usually 6,000 m (20,000 ft) and above), which reduced its effectiveness as a high-altitude interceptor. From the Fw 190's inception, there had been ongoing efforts to address this with a turbosupercharged BMW 801 in the B model, the much longer-nosed C model with efforts to also turbocharge its chosen Daimler-Benz DB 603 inverted V12 powerplant, and the similarly long-nosed D model with the Junkers Jumo 213. Problems with the turbocharger installations on the -B and -C subtypes meant only the D model would enter service, doing so in September 1944. While these "long nose" versions gave the Germans parity with Allied opponents, they arrived far too late in the war to have any real effect. The Fw 190 was well-liked by its pilots. Some of the Luftwaffe's most successful fighter aces claimed a great many of their kills while flying it, including Otto Kittel, Walter Nowotny and Erich Rudorffer. Kurt Tank died in Munich, West Germany at the age of 85. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-props-the-fockewulf-fw-190-dvd-mp4-download1904.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: World War 1 TV Series With Robert Ryan DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1917: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The War Of Italian Independence (The Italian Wars Of Independence): The Unification Of Italy (Italian: Risorgimento): The Fourth Italian War Of Independence: The Italian Front: The Zimmermann Telegram (The Zimmermann Note, The Zimmermann Cable): -- The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the controversial Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by Room 40, the section in the British Admiralty most identified with the British cryptanalysis effort during the First World War. Revelation of the contents enraged American public opinion, especially after the German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admitted the telegram was genuine on March 3, and helped generate support for the United States declaration of war on Germany in April. The decryption was described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I, and one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of signals intelligence influenced world events. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/world-war-1-robert-ryan-4-dual-layer-dvds-26-episode-tv-se1426.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Occult History Of The Third Reich DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
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February 24, 1920: The Aftermath Of World War I: The Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Weimar Republic (The German Reich, The German Republic): Occultism In German Nationalism: The Thule Society: Nazi Party Precursors: The German Workers' Party (DAP): -- The Nazi Party is founded by Anton Drexler, who also founded its precursor, the German Workers' Party, which, existed from 1919 to 1920. Drexler was a German far-right political leader of the 1920s and member of the Thule Society, a German occultist and volkisch group founded in Munich right after World War I, named after a mythical northern country in Greek legend . The society is notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the German Workers' Party, which was later reorganized into the Nazi Party. According to Hitler biographer Ian Kershaw, the organization's "membership list... reads like a Who's Who of early Nazi sympathizers and leading figures in Munich", including Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Julius Lehmann, Gottfried Feder, Dietrich Eckart, and Karl Harrer. Anton Drexler died on the twenty-second anniversary of his founding of the Nazi Party, aged 57 in Munich, Nazi Germany after a lengthy illness due to alcoholism. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-occult-history-of-the-third-reich-4-part-tv-series-2-dv42.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: UFO MP3s Collection: Alien Phenomena CD, MP3 Download, USB Drive
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1942: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon, UAPs): UFO Incidents (Unidentified Flying Object Incidents): The Battle Of Los Angeles (The Great Los Angeles Air Raid): -- A number of UFOs fly over the Pacific ocean to positions over the Los Angeles, California area, travelling at speeds more than twice that of conventional aircraft, triggering an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted all night into the early hours of February 25. The Steven Spielberg film, 1941, is loosely based on that and associated events. The Battle Of Los Angeles occurred less than three months after the United States entered World War II in response to the Imperial Japanese Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and one day after the bombardment of Ellwood near Santa Barbara, California on February 23. Initially, the target of the aerial barrage was thought to be an attacking force from Japan, but speaking at a press conference shortly afterward, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called the incident a "false alarm". Newspapers of the time published a number of reports and speculations of a cover-up. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/ufo-mp3s-tv-radio-and-audio-recordings-mp3-33.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: WWII Films: Japanese Internment Films About Japan MP4 Download DVD Set
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1942: World War II: The Home Front During World War II: The United States Home Front During World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The History Of Asian Canadians: The History Of Japanese Canadians: The Internment Of Japanese Canadians: -- An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin". Over 22,000 Japanese Canadians, comprising over 90 percent of the total Japanese Canadian population, from British Columbia were evacuated and interned in the name of "national security". The majority were Canadian citizens by birth. This decision followed the events of the Japanese invasions of British Hong Kong and Malaya, the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the subsequent Canadian declaration of war on Japan during World War II. This forced relocation subjected many Japanese Canadians to government-enforced curfews and interrogations, job and property losses, and forced repatriation to Japan. Beginning after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and lasting until 1949, Japanese Canadians were stripped of their homes and businesses and sent to internment camps and farms in the B.C. interior and across Canada. The internment and relocation program was funded in part by the sale of property belonging to this forcefully displaced population, which included fishing boats, motor vehicles, houses, and personal belongings. In August 1944, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Japanese Canadians were to be moved east out of the British Columbia interior. The official policy stated that Japanese Canadians must move east of the Rocky Mountains or be repatriated to Japan following the end of the war. By 1947, many Japanese Canadians had been granted exemption to this enforced no-entry zone. Yet it was not until April 1 (April Fool's Day), 1949, that Japanese Canadians were granted freedom of movement and could re-enter the "protected zone" along B.C.'s coast. On September 22, 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney delivered an apology, and the Canadian government announced a compensation package, one month after President Ronald Reagan made similar gestures in the United States. The package for interned Japanese Canadians included 21K CD to each surviving internee, and the reinstatement of Canadian citizenship to those who were deported to Japan. Following Mulroney's apology, the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement was established in 1988, along with the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation (JCRF) (1988-2002), in order to issue redress payments for internment victims, with the intent of funding education. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wwii-films-japanese-internment-and-us-films-about-japan-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Stilwell Road The Burma-Ledo Road w/ Ronald Reagan DVD, Download, USB
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1944: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asiatic-Pacific Theater: The China Burma India Theater (CBI) (The India-Burma Theaters [IBT]) : The South-East Asian Theater Of World War II: The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) (Merrill's Marauders): -- Merrill's Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma, ultimately traversing more jungle terrain on their mission than any other U.S. Army formation during World War II. Merrill's Marauders was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). The unit became famous for its deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines, often engaging Japanese forces superior in number. At the World War II Conference known as The First Quebec Conference (The Quebec Conference Of 1943) (CODENAME: QUADRANT) of August 17-24, 1943, Allied leaders decided to form a U.S. deep penetration unit that would attack Japanese troops in Burma. The new U.S. force was directly inspired by, and partially modeled on, British Army officer Orde Wingate's Chindits Long Range Penetration Force. A call for volunteers attracted around 3,000 men. A Memorandum from the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department dated September 18, 1943 (OPD 320.2) listed the proposed composition of the new American long-range penetration force, which would be an all-volunteer unit. The Caribbean Defense Command provided 960 jungle-trained officers and men, 970 jungle-trained officers and men came from Army Ground Forces (based in the Continental United States) and a further 674 "battle-tested" jungle troops from the South Pacific Command (Army veterans of the Guadalcanal and Solomon Islands campaigns), with all troops to assemble at Noumea, New Caledonia. General Douglas MacArthur was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command, veterans of the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns. A few Pacific veteran volunteers came from stockades where volunteering earned them their freedom. They were sprinkled throughout the unit and called "The Dead End Kids" after the Hollywood film series featuring juvenile delinquents. The unit was officially designated as 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) with the code name Galahad. In slightly more than five months of combat, the Marauders had advanced 750 miles (1,210 km) through some of the harshest jungle terrain in the world, fought in five major engagements (Walawbum, Shaduzup, Inkangahtawng, Nhpum Ga, and Myitkyina) and engaged in combat with the Japanese Army on thirty-two separate occasions, including two conventional defensive battles with enemy forces for which the force had not been intended or equipped. Battling Japanese soldiers, hunger, fevers, and disease, the men of Merrill's Marauders enjoyed the rare distinction of having each soldier awarded the Bronze Star. In June 1944, the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional) was awarded The Distinguished Unit Citation (now called The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) in order that "The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set it apart and above other units participating in the same campaign." On August 10, 1944 the Marauders were consolidated into the 475th Infantry, which continued service in northern Burma as a component of the brigade-sized MARS Task Force until February 1945. On June 21, 1954 the 475th Infantry was re-designated the 75th Infantry from which descended the 75th Ranger Regiment. The commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Marauders, Colonel George A. McGee, was inducted into the Ranger Hall Of Fame (1992) for extraordinary valor and exemplary service. Roy H. Matsumoto (1993), Henry Gosho (1997), and Grant Hirabayashi (2004), Japanese-American interpreters for the Marauders, were also inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame. On December 5, 2019, the United States Senate passed S. 743, the Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation to honor the Marauders' extraordinary service. On September 22, 2020, the House of Representatives also passed the bill by unanimous consent. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest expression by the Congress of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions to the country. On October 6, the Bill approving the medal award was sent to the White House for its final signature. Company S-2 within the Texas A & M University Corps Of Cadets is named after Merrill's Marauders. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/stillwell-road-dvd-motion-picture-burmaledo-road.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: 25x5: The Continuing Adventures Of The Rolling Stones DVD, MP4, USB
TodaY, February24, 2026

February 24, 1944: #BOTD: #HBD! Nicky Hopkins, English pianist and organist, widely considered to be one of the greatest studio pianists in the history of popular rock music, who recorded and performed on many notable British and American pop and rock music releases from the 1960s through the 1990s (d. September 6, 1994) is #born Nicholas Christian Hopkins in Perivale, Middlesex, England. Hopkins performed on some of the most popular rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably on songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, the Beatles, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Hollies, Donovan, Screaming Lord Sutch, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Graham Parker, Gary Moore and Cat Stevens. Nicky Hopkins died at the age of 50 in Nashville, Tennessee, from complications resulting from intestinal surgery related to his lifelong battle with Crohn's disease. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered over Radnor Lake in Nashville, Tennessee. At the time of his death, he was working on his autobiography with Ray Coleman. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/25x5-the-continuing-adventures-of-the-rolling-stones-dvd-mp42554.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Machine That Changed The World The Computer + Bonus 3 MP4s Or DVDs
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February 24, 1955: #BOTD: #HBD! Steve Jobs, American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, media proprietor, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. October 5, 2011) is #born Steven Paul Jobs in San Francisco, California, to Abdulfattah Jandali, a Syrian Arab Muslim, and Joanne Schieble, a Catholic of Swiss and German descent. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs (nee Hagopian), whom Jobs regarded as his parents "1,000%". He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc., the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out that same year, and traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism. Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. The Macintosh introduced the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took a few of Apple's members with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. The new company was Pixar, which produced the first 3D computer animated feature film Toy Story (1995), and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 20 films since then. Apple acquired NeXT in 1997, and Jobs became CEO of his former company within a few months. He was largely responsible for helping revive Apple, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with designer Jony Ive to develop a line of products that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning in 1997 with the "Think different" advertising campaign and leading to the iMac, iTunes, iTunes Store, Apple Store, iPod, iPhone, App Store, and the iPad. In 2001, the original Mac OS was replaced with the completely new Mac OS X (now known as macOS), based on NeXT's NeXTSTEP platform, giving the OS a modern Unix-based foundation for the first time. Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in 2003. He died of respiratory arrest related to the tumor at age 56. He is buried in an unmarked grave at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world-the-computer-dvd-mp4-downloa4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Combat At Sea Documentary Series + 2 Bonuses MP4 Video Download DVDs
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February 24, 1960: Circumnavigation: Circumnavigation Of The Earth: Nautical Circumnavigation Of The Earth: Submerged Navigation Of The Earth: Operation Sandblast: -- The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe on February 24. Codenamed Operation Sandblast, the nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) set sail from New London, Connecticut under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. (author of the best selling novel "Run Silent, Run Deep") on February 16 to generally follow that of the Spanish expedition that achieved the first circumnavigation of the world, a route that began and ended at the St. Peter and Paul Rocks (The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean near the Equator, which started under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and completed by Spanish explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano from 1519 to 1522. The circumnavigation took place between February 24 and April 25, 1960, covering 26,723 nautical miles (49,491 km; 30,752 mi) over 60 days and 21 hours. The New York Times described Triton's submerged circumnavigation of the Earth as "a triumph of human prowess and engineering skill, a feat which the United States Navy can rank as one of its bright victories in man's ultimate conquest of the seas." During the voyage, Triton crossed the Equator four times while maintaining an average speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The initial impetus for Operation Sandblast was to increase American technological and scientific prestige before the May 1960 Paris Summit between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. It also provided a high-profile public demonstration of the capability of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarines to carry out long-range submerged operations independent of external support and undetected by hostile forces, presaging the initial deployment of the Navy's Polaris ballistic missile submarines later in 1960. Finally, Operation Sandblast gathered extensive oceanographic, hydrographic, gravimetric, geophysical, and psychological data during Triton's circumnavigation. Official celebrations were cancelled for Operation Sandblast following the diplomatic furor arising from the 1960 U-2 incident in which a U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in early May. However, Triton did receive the Presidential Unit Citation with a special clasp in the form of a golden replica of the globe in recognition of the successful completion of its mission, and Captain Beach received the Legion of Merit for his role as Triton's commanding officer. In 1961, Beach received the Magellanic Premium from the American Philosophical Society, the United States' oldest and most prestigious scientific award in "recognition of his navigation of the U.S. submarine Triton around the globe." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/combat-at-sea-dvd-set-all-12-naval-warfare-tv-shows-6-di126.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Color Of Honor: The Japanese-American Soldier In WWII MP4 Or DVD
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February 24, 1983: World War II: The Home Front During World War II: The United States Home Front During World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The History Of Asian Americans: The History Of Japanese Americans: The Internment Of Japanese Americans: -- The United States Congress' Commission On Wartime Relocation And Internment Of Civilians issues a report entitled Personal Justice Denied, condemning the internment of Japanese Americans as unjust and motivated by racism and xenophobic ideas rather than factual military necessity. Internment camp survivors had already sued the federal government for 24M USD in property loss, but had lost the case. Despite this, the Commission recommended that 20K USD in reparations be paid to those Japanese Americans who had suffered internment. The commission's recommendations were finally enacted five years later when President Ronald Reagan signed the The Civil Liberties Act of 1988. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/color-of-honor-the-japanese-american-soldier-in-wwii-dvd.html

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February 24, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: -- At 4 A.M. Baghdad Time, Coalition forces invade Iraq, with the British Special Air Service (SAS) the first to enter Iraqi territory. The day prior, U.S. President George H. W. Bush had issued a 24-hour ultimatum: Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid starting a ground war. That same day, Iraq had agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement which called for Iraq to withdraw troops to pre-invasion positions within six weeks following a total ceasefire, and called for monitoring of the ceasefire and withdrawal to be overseen by the UN Security Council. The coalition rejected the proposal, but said that retreating while Iraqi forces would not be attacked, Iraq would still have to withdraw from Kuwait within 24 hours. The following day, February 23, fighting resulted in the capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers, and the day following that, on February24 , British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq-Kuwait border and entered Iraq in large numbers, taking hundreds of prisoners. Iraqi resistance was light, and four Americans were killed. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq' invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/desert-triumph-the-gulf-war-tv-documentary-series-dvd-amp-mp4-downloa4.html

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February 24, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: The Kuwaiti Oil Fires: -- The number of oil fires peak between February 22 and 24, when the allied ground offensive began. As part of a scorched earth policy while retreating from Kuwait in 1991 due to advancing Coalition military forces, about 605 to 732 oil wells were set on fire, along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, such as oil lakes and fire trenches, between January and February 1991. The first oil well fires were extinguished in early April 1991, with the last well capped on November 6, 1991. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hell-on-earth-the-kuwaiti-oil-fires-dvd-mp4-download-usb-flash-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Making Sex Pay: Cost/Benefit Species Analysis DVD, Download, USB Drive
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February 24: Dragobete (Romania): -- Celebrated in Romania 10 days after Valentine's Day as a day dedicated to love and nature. With the month of February, marking the onset of spring, all of nature itself seems to be in celebration, as birds begin to mate and build their nests during this time. For that reason, this day is also known as the day when 'birds are betrothed', and, in turn, this promising sign inspires Romanian youth to pursue their own future 'mates'. Why the name Dragobete though? Legend has it that he was the son of Baba Dochia, the goddess who ushered in spring, and because of his unending kindness, he was blessed by the Virgin Mary, to be the guardian of love. Dragobete Day has probable roots in Dacian and Roman traditions. In ancient Rome, the Lupercalia festival was held on February 15 each year, with recorded evidence tracing back as early as 600 B.C. This was a celebration of the Roman god of fertility, Lupercus. It was a rather violent and chaotic festival, where tradition required young unmarried girls to write love notes and put them in a giant urn. Each girl would then be wooed by the man who randomly picked her note. During 201 A.D. to 300 A.D., it is also believed that a man named Valentine was executed by Roman Emperor Claudius II, for secretly marrying Christian couples. This is the origin of Valentine's Day, when the Catholic Church declared him a saint and commemorated his death on February 14. Therefore, Dragobete is often seen as a counterpart of the more modern celebration of Valentine's. However, the Dragobete of legend was the patron saint of love, birds, and spring, unlike the Greek and Roman gods Eros and Cupid. He did not directly intervene in human affairs either, choosing instead to just remind people to keep celebrating love. In Romanian custom, observing Dragobete is essential to protect one from illness the rest of the year as well. Traditionally, it is celebrated by the youth of the villages going into the woods and picking flowers like snowdrops and strawberry flowers. At lunchtime, girls would return to the village running, a custom named 'zburatorit', while being 'chased' by a boy. If the boy was fast enough to reach the girl and if she liked him, she would kiss him in plain sight. Hence the expression "Dragobetele saruta fetele" (Romanian: "Dragobete kisses the girls"). This kiss signifies a potential engagement of the couple for a year. In a way, it's also a public declaration of affection, wherein the whole community gets to know who is special to who. https://store.earthstation1.com/making-sex-pay-dvd-sexual-behavior-tv-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Flash Casey Crime Photographer Old Time Radio MP3 Set DVD Download USB
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February 24: World Bartender Day: -- Bartenders are indispensable to the hospitality industry. Today, we cannot imagine a pub, bar, or nightclub without a bartender. They keep patrons well supplied with beverages, especially the alcoholic kind, and make sure that everyone is having a good time. If you are unsure about which drink to get or want to try something new, you are more likely to ask a bartender for help. Who knows, maybe this is how you will find your next favorite drink! The next time you enjoy a fun night out with your friends, don't forget to thank the bartender! Bartending might appear to be a modern profession, but it is one of the oldest professions known to man - the first bartending job was probably held in the 1400s. It is said to have emerged several thousand years ago in various locations such as Rome, Greece, and Asia. At the time, bartenders would have been the innkeepers and owners of alehouses who would make their own brews and liquors to serve the patrons. It wasn't until the 1800s that the common public would develop a somewhat favorable opinion of bartending and refrain from morally and ethically judging bartenders. This was when Jerry Thomas, the "father of bartending", became popular for the special cocktails he created in his bars in New York City. Thomas was the first one to write a book on bartending, called The Bar-Tender's Guide, alternatively referred to as How to Mix Drinks, which was published in 1862. Since then, the profession of bartending has gained more respect for the creativity, skill, and attention to detail that is involved in creating, making, and serving up drinks - often to unruly customers. While the trade witnessed depression in the 1920s and early 1930s (when the United States went through a period of prohibition), bartenders have sprung back into action since then and today once cannot imagine a hospitality establishment without them. World Bartender Day celebrates the creative genius and talents of those at the bars all across the globe. The day might have emerged during a cocktail competition that happens in Australia and New Zealand, called The Perfect Blend. https://store.earthstation1.com/complete-flash-casey-crime-photographer-old-time-radio-mp3-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain American Civil War Hero DVD MP4 USB Drive
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February 24, 1914: #DOTD: #RIP: Joshua Chamberlain, American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army, became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general), best known for his gallantry at the Battle Of Gettysburg, for which he was awarded the Medal Of Honor (b. September 8, 1828) #dies in Portland, Maine at age 85 due to complications from the wound that he received during the Second Battle of Petersburg. He is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain in Brewer, Maine. Following the war, Joshua Chamberlain served as Governor of Maine, and the President of Bowdoin College. Chamberlain was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862 and fought at The Battle Of Fredericksburg. He became commander of the regiment in June 1863 when losses at Chancellorsville elevated Colonel Ames to Brigade Command and Chamberlain was left in charge of the regiment. On July 2, during the Battle Of Gettysburg, Chamberlain's regiment occupied the extreme left of the Union lines at Little Round Top. Chamberlain's men withstood repeated assaults from the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry and finally drove the Confederates away with a downhill bayonet charge. Chamberlain was severely wounded while commanding a brigade during the Second Battle of Petersburg in June 1864, and was given what was intended to be a deathbed promotion to brigadier general. In April 1865, he fought at the Battle of Five Forks and was given the honor of commanding the Union troops at the surrender ceremony for the infantry of Robert E. Lee's Army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. After the war, he entered politics as a Republican and served four one-year terms of office as the 32nd Governor of Maine. He served on the faculty, and as president, of his alma mater, Bowdoin College. https://store.earthstation1.com/joshua-lawrence-chamberlain-american-civil-war-hero-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy MP4 Video Download Or DVD
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February 24, 1942: #DOTD: Anton Drexler, German far-right political agitator for the Volkisch movement in the 1920s, founder of The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), DAP), the pan-German and anti-Semitic antecedent of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), leading member of the Thule Society, a German occultist and volkisch group founded in Munich right after World War I, named after a mythical northern country in Greek legend, which organization created the Nazi Party (b. June 13, 1884) #dies on the twenty-second anniversary of his founding of the Nazi Party, aged 57 in Munich, Nazi Germany after a lengthy illness due to alcoholism. He is buried in Westfriedhof Munchen cemetery in Munich, Germany. Anton Drexler was born in Munich, German Empire. Drexler founded the German Worker's Party on January 5, 1919 in Munich, which ultimately became the Nazi Party. He was succeeded on July 29, 1921 by Adolf Hitler, and Anton Drexler mentored Hitler during his early years in politics. The German Workers' Party was sponsored by Thule, a German occult organization influenced by the mystical and racists beliefs of Guido Von List, Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist who expounded a modern Pagan new religious movement known as Wotanism, which he claimed was the revival of the religion of the ancient German race, and which included an inner set of Ariosophical teachings (so-called "Aryanism" that he termed Armanism. The party's membership emerged from the German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post-World War I Germany. The party was created as a means to draw workers away from communism and into volkisch nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois and anti-capitalist rhetoric, although such aspects were later downplayed in order to gain the support of industrial entities and in the 1930s the party's focus shifted to anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist themes. On September 12, 1919, Adolf Hitler became member No. 7, though he was simultaneously a spy employed to observe and report on the group's activities by the Germany army. On February 24, 1920, the Nazi Party was founded by Drexler, just as he had founded its precursor, the German Workers' Party. Hitler reorganized it and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP), commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party. https://store.earthstation1.com/nazis-the-occult-conspiracy-mp4-video-download-or-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War Props: The Heinkel He 111 Fast Medium Bomber DVD, MP4, USB Drive
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February 24, 1935: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights: Military Aviation Maiden Flights: -- The first flight of the Heinkel He 111 occurs, piloted by Heinkel's chief test pilot Gerhard Nitschke, who was ordered not to land at the company's factory airfield at Rostock-Marienehe (today's Rostock-Schmarl neighbourhood), as this was considered too short, but at the central Erprobungstelle Rechlin test facility. He ignored these orders and landed back at Marienehe. He said that the He 111 performed slow manoeuvres well and that there was no danger of overshooting the runway. Nitschke also praised its high speed "for the period" and "very good-natured flight and landing characteristics", stable during cruising, gradual descent and single-engined flight and having no nose-drop when the undercarriage was operated. During the second test flight Nitschke revealed there was insufficient longitudinal stability during climb and flight at full power and the aileron controls required an unsatisfactory amount of force. The first prototype of the production model He 111 A-1 occured on January 10, 1936 and received recognition as the "fastest passenger aircraft in the world", as its speed exceeded 402 km/h (250 mph). The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Gunter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934. Through development, it was described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". Due to restrictions placed on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it was presented solely as a civil airliner, although from conception the design was intended to provide the nascent Luftwaffe with a heavy bomber. Perhaps the best-recognised German bomber of World War II due to the distinctive, extensively glazed "greenhouse" nose of the later versions, the Heinkel He 111 was the most numerous Luftwaffe bomber during the early stages of the war. It fared well until it met serious fighter opposition during the Battle of Britain, when its defensive armament was found to be inadequate. As the war progressed, the He 111 was used in a wide variety of roles on every front in the European theatre. It was used as a strategic bomber during the Battle of Britain, a torpedo bomber in the Atlantic and Arctic, and a medium bomber and a transport aircraft on the Western, Eastern, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African Front theatres. The He 111 was constantly upgraded and modified, but had nonetheless become obsolete by the latter part of the war. The failure of the German Bomber B project forced the Luftwaffe to continue operating the He 111 in combat roles until the end of the war. Manufacture of the He 111 ceased in September 1944, at which point piston-engine bomber production was largely halted in favour of fighter aircraft. With the German bomber force virtually defunct, the He 111 was used for logistics. Production of the Heinkel continued after the war as the Spanish-built CASA 2.111. Spain received a batch of He 111H-16s in 1943 along with an agreement to licence-build Spanish versions. Its airframe was produced in Spain under licence by Construcciones Aeronauticas SA. The design differed significantly only in the powerplant used, eventually being equipped with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. These remained in service until 1973. https://store.earthstation1.com/war-props-the-heinkel-he-111-dvd-mp4-usb-flash-d1114.html

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February 24, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: George Gobel, American soldier, aircraft pilot, humorist, actor, tv talk show host and comedian (b. May 20, 1919) #dies shortly after undergoing heart surgery in Los Angeles, California at the age of 71. He is interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California. He was best known as the star of his own weekly comedy variety television series, The George Gobel Show, broadcasting from 1954 to 1959 on NBC, and on CBS from 1959 to 1960,, alternating in its final season with The Jack Benny Program. He was also a familiar panelist on the NBC game show Hollywood Squares. He was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago, Illinois. Following his graduation from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Chicago in 1937, Gobel initially pursued an entertainment career as a country music singer, performing on the National Barn Dance on WLS radio and later on KMOX in St. Louis. In 1942 Gobel married his high school sweetheart, Alice Rose Humecki. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces and served as a flight instructor in AT-9 aircraft at Altus, Oklahoma, and later in B-26 Marauder bombers at Frederick, Oklahoma. He resumed his career as an entertainer after the war, although he decided to focus predominantly on comedy rather than just singing. Much later, in a 1969 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Gobel joked about his stateside wartime service: "There was not one Japanese aircraft that got past Tulsa." Gobel debuted his comedy series on NBC on October 2, 1954. It showcased his quiet, homespun style of humor, a low-key alternative to what audiences had seen on Milton Berle's shows. A huge success, the popular series made the crew-cut Gobel one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1950s. The weekly show featured vocalist Peggy King and actress Jeff Donnell (semi-regularly) as well as numerous guest artists, including such stars as Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Kirk Douglas, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. In 1955, Gobel won an Emmy Award for "most outstanding new personality." On October 24, 1954, Gobel did a twelve-minute spot on Light's Diamond Jubilee, a two-hour TV special broadcast on all four US television networks of the time. Gobel and his business manager David P. O'Malley formed a production company, Gomalco, a composite of their last names, Gobel and O'Malley. This company also produced the first four years (1957-61) of the 1957-63 television series Leave It to Beaver. The centerpiece of Gobel's comedy show was his monologue about his supposed past situations and experiences, with stories and sketches allegedly about his real-life wife, Alice (nicknamed "Spooky Old Alice"), played by actress Jeff Donnell (for the first four years of the series' run). Gobel's hesitant, almost shy delivery and penchant for tangled digressions were the chief sources of comedy, more important than the actual content of the stories. His monologues popularized several catchphrases, notably "Well, I'll be a dirty bird" (spoken by the Kathy Bates character in the 1990 film Misery), "You can't hardly get them like that no more" and "Well then there now" (spoken by James Dean during a brief imitation of Gobel in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause and as part of the closing lyric in Perry Como's 1956 hit record "Juke Box Baby"). Gobel's show used some of television's top writers of the era: Hal Kanter, Jack Brooks and Norman Lear. Peggy King was a regular on the series as a vocalist, and the guest stars ranged from Shirley MacLaine and Evelyn Rudie to Bob Feller, Phyllis Avery and Vampira. Gobel labeled himself "Lonesome George," and the nickname stuck for the rest of his career. The TV show sometimes included a segment in which Gobel appeared with a guitar, started to sing, then got sidetracked into a story, with the song always left unfinished after fitful starts and stops, a comedy approach (akin to one used by Victor Borge) that prefigured the Smothers Brothers. He had a special version of the Gibson L-5 archtop guitar constructed featuring diminished dimensions of neck scale and body depth, befitting his own smaller stature. Several dozen of this "L-5CT" or "George Gobel" model were produced in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also played the harmonica. In 1957, three U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers made the first nonstop round-the-world flight by turbojet aircraft. One of the bombers was called "Lonesome George." The crew later appeared on Gobel's primetime television show and recounted the mission, which took them 45 hours and 19 minutes. Lonesome George, the non-breeding Galapagos tortoise that was the last of its subspecies and that died in June 2012, was also named after Gobel. George Gobel was also a skilled guitar player, and as such was issued a specially designed electric guitar in his name commissioned by the Gibson guitar company in 1959; "The George Gobel Model". Gibson chose "George Gobel" as a model name, as Gobel was one of the most well known television personalities at the time with a nationally broadcast show five nights a week. Gibson believed their new model guitar would enjoy greater exposure on national television, as opposed to naming the model after a lesser known jazz musician, for example. Gobel accompanied himself with this guitar on a number of his comedy routines. Gobel was a guest on various TV programs, including: The Red Skelton Show; The Dean Martin Show; The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford; The Bing Crosby Show; The Dinah Shore Show; Death Valley Days; Wagon Train; The Carol Burnett Show; and Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. An episode of My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray in December, 1960 was titled "Lonesome George", in which Gobel played himself on the episode. He appeared on F Troop as Henry Terkel in the 1966 episode: "Go For Broke." In an often-replayed segment from a 1969 episode of The Tonight Show, Gobel followed Bob Hope and Dean Martin, walking onstage with a plastic cup with an unidentified drink. Gobel ribbed Carson about coming on last and having to follow major stars Hope and Martin. He quipped to Carson, "Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a black tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?", to which Carson, Hope, Martin, and the audience came unglued with laughter. After the laughter died down, Carson asked Gobel about his career in World War II as a fighter pilot. Gobel feigned bewilderment at why people laugh when he says that he spent the war in Oklahoma, pointing out with mock pride that no Japanese plane ever got past Tulsa deep in the center of the continental US. Gobel also began to get some unexpected laughs, being unaware that Dean Martin had begun flicking his cigarette ashes into Gobel's drink. Observing all of this, Carson finally asked rhetorically, "Exactly what time did I lose control of the show?!" In the 1970s, Gobel was a regular panelist on the television game show Hollywood Squares hosted by Peter Marshall. He was also the voice of Father Mouse in the 1974 Christmas special Twas the Night Before Christmas, and sang the song "Give Your Heart a Try" in that production. He also made a guest appearance on Hee Haw in 1976. In the early 1980s Gobel played Otis Harper, Jr., the mayor of Harper Valley in the television series based on the film Harper Valley PTA. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-5-dv5.html

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February 24, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: John Daly, American journalist, host, radio and television personality, ABC News executive, TV anchor, and game show host, the first national correspondent to report the attack on Pearl Harbor and the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, best known for his work on the CBS panel game show What's My Line? (b. February 20, 1914) #dies of cardiac arrest at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, aged 77. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. John Daly was born John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly in Johannesburg, South Africa. After his father died of a tropical fever when John was 11 years old, his mother moved the family to Boston, Massachusetts. During World War II, Daly covered front-line news from Europe and North Africa for CBS. After the war, he was a lead reporter on CBS Radio's news/entertainment program "CBS Is There", later renamed "You Are There", which recreated the great events of history as if CBS correspondents were on the scene. https://store.earthstation1.com/dday-broadcasts-mp3-dvd-all-24-hours-plus-highlights-and-so324.html

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February 24, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Don Knotts, American actor, comedian and screenwriter, best known as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards (b. July 21, 1924) #dies at age 81 on February 24, 2006, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from pulmonary and respiratory complications of pneumonia related to lung cancer. He underwent treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the months before his death, but returned home after reportedly feeling better. He is buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Knotts' obituaries cited him as a major influence on other entertainers. In early 2011, his grave's plain granite headstone was replaced with a bronze plaque depicting several of his movie and television roles. A statue honoring him, created by Jamie Lester, was unveiled on July 23, 2016, in front of The Metropolitan Theatre on High Street in his hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia. Don Knots was born Jesse Donald Knotts in Morgantown, West Virginia. He also starred in two comedic films, playing Luther Heggs in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and Henry Limpet in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964). He also portrayed Ralph Furley on the TV sit-com Three's Company. In 1979 TV Guide ranked him #27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. https://store.earthstation1.com/don-knotts-on-hollywood-palace-dvd-bobby-vinton-syd-charisse.html

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February 24, 1977: #DOTD: #RIP: Milt Kamen, American stand-up comic and actor with numerous television credits (b. March 5, 1921) #dies of a heart attack at the age of 55 in Beverly Hills, California. He is buried at Home Of Peace Memorial Park in East Los Angeles, California. Born Milton Kaiman in Hurleyville, New York, his family moved to the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York when he was two years old. Before beginning his comedy career, Kamen was a Juilliard-trained French Horn player, occupying chair in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. As a stand-up comic, Kamen was a favorite of Mel Brooks, Groucho Marx and Woody Allen. According to writer Kliph Nesteroff, Kamen worked as a stand-in for Sid Caesar on Caesar's Hour, inventing bits of business that Caesar claimed for his own. Kamen began his comedy career as a regular on Caesar's Hour in 1954. He frequently performed his comedy routines on shows hosted by Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Perry Como, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, and Johnny Carson and made guest appearances on What's My Line?, The Match Game, Tattletales, Pantomime Quiz, The Gong Show, Personality, Password, Missing Links, You're Putting Me On, To Tell the Truth, The 10,000 USD Pyramid and The Hollywood Palace. While performing at a resort in the Catskills, Kamen discovered Woody Allen. As an actor, Kamen appeared in Route 66, Naked City, Ben Casey, McMillan & Wife, Love, American Style, The Partridge Family, Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, and Quincy M.E., among others. His feature film credits include Me, Natalie, The Out-of-Towners, Mother, Jugs & Speed and W.C. Fields and Me. Kamen's Broadway theatre credits were as a garrulous waiter in an Off Broadway production of William Saroyan's "Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning;" "A Thurber Carnival," Murray Schisgal's "The Typist and The Tiger," and in "The Passion of Josef D." the 1964 Paddy Chayefsky play, in which he played opposite Luther Adler and Peter Falk. It closed after one preview and 16 performances. https://store.earthstation1.com/golden-age-of-comedy-narrated-by-george-burns-5-album-set-mp3-53.html

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February 24, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Henny Youngman, English-American comedian, actor and violinist (b. March 16, 1906) #dies of pneumonia at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, three weeks before his 92nd birthday. He is interred in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York next to his wife Sadie. Henny Youngman was born Henry Yungman to a Jewish family in London, England. His family moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, when he was a child. Famous for his mastery of the "one-liner"; his best known one-liner being "Take my wife ... please". In a time when many comedians told elaborate anecdotes, Youngman's routine consisted of telling simple one-liner jokes, occasionally with interludes of violin playing. These depicted simple, cartoon-like situations, eliminating lengthy build-ups and going straight to the punch line. He was known as "the King of One-Liners", a title conferred to him by columnist Walter Winchell. A stage performance by Youngman lasted only 15 to 20 minutes but contained dozens of jokes in rapid succession. https://store.earthstation1.com/norman39s-corner-1987-dvd-gilbert-gottlfried-comedy-s391987.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Best Of SCTV Network (1988) Best-Of Retrospective DVD, MP4, USB
TodaY, February24, 2026
February 24, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Harold Ramis, American comedian, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. November 21, 1944) #dies of complications of the disease at his home on Chicago's North Shore, at age 69. A private funeral was held for him two days later with family, friends, and several collaborators in attendance, including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, David Pasquesi, Andrew Alexander, and the widows of John Belushi and Bernard Sahlins. He is buried at Shalom Memorial Park in Arlington Heights. Upon Ramis's death, then-President Barack Obama released a statement, saying, "When we watched his movies -- from Animal House and Caddyshack to Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day -- we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings." He ended his statement by saying he hoped Ramis "received total consciousness", in reference to a line from Caddyshack. Harold Ramis was born Harold Allen Ramis into a Jewish home in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth (nee Cokee) and Nathan Ramis, who owned the Ace Food & Liquor Mart on the city's far North Side. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was Year One (2009). Ramis's films influenced subsequent generations of comedians, comedy writers and actors. Filmmakers and actors including Jay Roach, Jake Kasdan, Adam Sandler, Peter and Bobby Farrelly have cited his films as among their favorites. Along with Danny Rubin, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Groundhog Day. In May 2010, Ramis contracted an infection that resulted in complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis and lost the ability to walk. After relearning to walk he suffered a relapse of the disease in late 2011. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-best-of-the-sctv-network-19881988.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Cable Age Classics I DVD, Download, USB Drive
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February 24, 1947: #BOTD: #HBD! Edward James Olmos, American actor, director, producer, and activist, is #born in East Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984-1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009), teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the English dub voice of Mito in the 2005 Disney dub of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. In 2018 through 2022, he has played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC. For his work in Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performance in Stand and Deliver, Olmos was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles as folk hero Gregorio Cortez in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharron in Coco. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Latinos in U.S. media. His notable direction, production, and starring roles for films, made-for-TV movies, and TV shows include Wolfen, Triumph of the Spirit, Talent for the Game, American Me, The Burning Season, My Family/Mi Familia, Caught, 12 Angry Men, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, Walkout, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, American Family, and Dexter. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-cable-age-classics-i-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Fraulein Doktor 1969 Suzy Kendall Kenneth More Nigel Green DVD MP4 USB
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February 24, 1940: #DOTD: Elsbeth Schragmuller, also known as Fraulein Doktor and Mademoiselle Docteur (Mlle. Docteur), as well as Fair Lady, La Baronne and Mlle. Schwartz (Mademoiselle Schwartz), German spy, lieutenant and Iron Cross First Class recipient (b. August 7, 1887) #dies at the age of 52 of bone tuberculosis in her Munich apartment. Her burial details are not publicly disclosed. Elsbeth Schragmuller was born in Schlusselburg near Petershagen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. She was a German spy during World War I whose identiity was unknown until her actual name was revealed only in 1945, gleaned from German intelligence documents captured by the Allies after World War II, when she had already died of miliary tuberculosis in 1940. Her nickname acknowledges the fact that she had a doctoral degree in political science, not psychology as some fictional portrayals have claimed, from the University of Freiburg. She was one of the first generation of German women to gain an academic degree. Schragmuller was the eldest of four children born to Prussian Army officer and bailiff Carl Anton Schragmuller and his wife Valesca Cramer Von Clausbruch. Her younger brother was the future Sturmabteilung (SA) police chief of Magdeburg, Konrad Schragmuller. Schragmuller spent her childhood first in Schlusselburg and then in Munster with her grandmother, who educated her. From 1909 to 1914, she studied political science at Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat in Freiburg. She finished her studies in 1913 and was one of the first women in Germany to acquire a university degree. After her studies, she worked for the Berlin Lette-Verein as a lecturer in civic education. After the outbreak of the First World War, Schragmuller moved to occupied Belgium, where the German governor general, Colmar Von der Goltz, assigned her to Section VII, where she opened and intercepted letters. She later switched to intelligence collection and worked, after a short training period, in Lille for the General Staff's intelligence wing, the Abteilung IIIb. In 1915, Colonel Walter Nicolai, the head of Abteilung IIIb, assigned her as the chief of the Kriegsnachrichtenstelle Antwerpen. When the war ended, Schragmuller held the rank of lieutenant and had been awarded the Iron Cross First Class. After the armistice in 1918, Schragmuller resumed her academic career and became the first female assistant chair at Freiburg University. A few years later, she moved with her family to Munich. Soon afterward, her father and her brother Konrad, a senior SA officer, were shot during the Night of the Long Knives. Soon, she ended her career abruptly for unknown reasons. Schragmuller died in 1940 at the age of 52 of bone tuberculosis in her Munich apartment. Her activities were the subject of various urban legends during the First World War, but since she was neither captured nor unmasked during her lifetime, much of her life story remains obscure and speculative, and it is unclear to what extent the various fictional treatments of her life story are accurate. Her death early in the Second World War makes it unlikely that she contributed materially to the war effort even if some have claimed that she again engaged in espionage activities. https://store.earthstation1.com/fraulein-doktor-1969-dvd-world-war-i-spy-thri1969.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Flash Gordon 1936 Complete 13 Episode Movie Serial DVD, MP4, USB Drive
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February 24, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: Jean Rogers, American actress, sex symbol and beauty who starred in serial films in the 1930s and low-budget feature films in the 1940s as a leading lady, best remembered for playing Dale Arden in the science-fiction serials Flash Gordon (1936) and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938) (b. March 25, 1916) #dies in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California at the age of 74 following surgery. She was cremated and her ashes returned to her family. She was born Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren in Belmont, Massachusetts. Her father was an immigrant from Malmo, Sweden. She graduated from Belmont High School. She had hoped to study art, but in 1933 she won a beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures that led to her career in Hollywood. Rogers starred in several serials for Universal between 1935 and 1938, including Ace Drummond and Flash Gordon. Rogers was one of seven women chosen out of 2,700 passengers on excursion boats and ferries who were interviewed for roles in Eight Girls in a Boat. The group began work in Hollywood on September 3, 1933. By 1937, Rogers was the only one of the seven featured as an actress. Rogers was assigned the role of Dale Arden in the first two Flash Gordon serials. Buster Crabbe and Rogers were cast as the hero and heroine in the first serial, Flash Gordon. The evil ruler Ming the Merciless (Charles B. Middleton) lusted after her, and Gordon was forced to rescue her from one situation after another. While filming the series in 1937, her costume caught fire and she suffered burns on her hands. Co-star Crabbe smothered the fire by wrapping a blanket on her. In the first serial, Arden competed with Princess Aura (Priscilla Lawson) for Gordon's attention. Rogers' character was fragile, small-chested, diminutive, and totally dependent on Gordon for her survival; Lawson's Princess Aura was domineering, independent, voluptuous, conniving, sly, ambitious, and determined to make Gordon her own. The competition for Gordon's attention is one of the highlights of the film. In Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, the second serial, Rogers sported a totally different look. She had dark hair and wore the same modest costume in each episode. Rogers matured after the first serial, and no sexual overtones are seen in Trip to Mars. Rogers told writer Richard Lamparski that she was not eager to do the second serial and asked her studio to excuse her from the third. Despite starring in serial films, Rogers felt she was not going to improve her career unless she could participate in feature films. She discovered that working in feature films was more tedious. She played John Wayne's leading lady in the 1936 full-length motion picture Conflict and co-starred with Boris Karloff in the crime drama Night Key the following year. During the 1940s, Rogers appeared only in feature films, including The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) with Lloyd Nolan, Viva Cisco Kid (1940) with Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, Design for Scandal (1941) with Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon, Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) with Red Skelton, A Stranger in Town (1943) with Frank Morgan, Backlash (1947), and Speed to Spare (1948) with Richard Arlen. Still, she was unhappy with the studios, possibly because she was relegated to B-movie productions on a lower salary. She decided to freelance with companies such as 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Her last appearance was in a supporting role in the suspense film The Second Woman, made in 1950 by United Artists. Rogers married Dan Winkler in 1943 after she was dropped by MGM. She continued freelancing until retiring in 1951. Because she starred mainly in low-budget films, she was never a top star. In a 1979 interview, she explained what it was like and why she decided not to play Dale Arden in the third Flash Gordon serial. Rogers was a lifelong Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election and a practicing Lutheran. https://store.earthstation1.com/flash-gordon-dvd-complete-13-episode-1936-movie-131936.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Women Of Courage: The WASP Aviators Of WWII DVD MP4 Download USB Drive
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February 24, 2022: #DOTD: #RIP: Deanie Parrish (sometimes spelled as Parish), US air force pilot who served as a WASP pilot during World War II, known for being one of Florida's first female air force aviators (b. February 25, 1922) #dies one day before her 100th birthday. Public services were held at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd., Waco, Texas, and a private graveside service with military honors was be at Waco Memorial Park on March 4, 2022, as Deanie requested. Deanie Parrish was born Marie Odean Bishop in Avon Park, Florida. She joined the air force aged 21, and after earning her wings, worked as an engineering test pilot at Greenville air force base. She later retrained to tow target planes during training exercises. She married a career USAF pilot who had been a combat pilot who evaded capture after being shot down in Yugoslavia. They had two daughters. She spent much of her life after the WASP's were disbanded as a hospital volunteer. In later life she worked to commemorate the efforts made by female pilots towards the war effort during WWII. Her work directly resulted in the Women Airforce Service Pilots being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal in 2010, she accepted the award on behalf of the 1074 WASP aviators. Deanie was inducted into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2015. Parish has been highly influential in the efforts to get the work of the WASP's recognised, and has organised several websites, written books and created initiatives to achieve this, and even written a rap song about the WASP's, "The Right Stuff". The medal ceremony on capitol hill was attended by over 200 surviving WASP personnel. The award comes 65 years after the service was disbanded. The WASP's (known as "fly girls") were volunteer pilots who flew military aircraft around America during the second world war to allow more USAF pilots to fly frontline missions in Europe, they were recognised as a military group in 1977, and their contribution to the war effort recognised with the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. The medal was presented by congressional officials and accepted by Deanie Parish on behalf of the WASP's. https://store.earthstation1.com/women-of-courage-the-wasp-aviators-of-wwii-dvd-mp4-download-usb-driv5.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: To The Moon: The Story In Sound Set CD, MP3 Download, USB Flash Drive
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February 24, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP: Katherine Johnson, African American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights (b. August 26, 1918) #dies at a retirement home in Newport News at age 101. She is buried at Hampton Memorial Gardens in Hampton, Virginia. Following her death, Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, described her as "an American hero" and stated that "her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten." During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African American women to work as a NASA scientist". She was born Creola Katherine Coleman in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Katherine Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit, and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a mission to Mars. She was known as a "human computer" for her tremendous mathematical capability and ability to work with space trajectories with such little technology and recognition at the time. In 2015, President Barack Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. In 2016, she was presented with the Silver Snoopy Award by NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin and a NASA Group Achievement Award. She was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. In 2019, Johnson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress. In 2021, she was inducted posthumously into the National Women's Hall of Fame. https://store.earthstation1.com/to-the-moon-the-story-in-sound-complete-6-album-set-mp3-63.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Dinah Shore Old Time Music Television Shows DVD, MP4 Download, USB
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February 24, 1994: #DOTD: #RIP: Dinah Shore, American singer, actress, radio and television personality and beauty, the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s (b. February 29, 1916) #dies of ovarian cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, California five days before her 78th birthday. Her body was cremated the same day. Some of the ashes were interred in two memorial sites: the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California, and Forest Lawn Cemetery ub Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs. Other ashes went to relatives. Born Fannye Rose Shore in Winchester, Tennessee to Russian-Jewish immigrant shopkeepers, Dinah Shore rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era, but achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as hostess of a series of variety programs for Chevrolet. After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman, and both Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own to become the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had a string of 80 charted popular hits, spanning 1940-1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television, starring in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosting two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time. Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Doris Day and Patti Page. https://store.earthstation1.com/dinah-shore-dvd-old-time-music-television.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: WABC Radio Airchecks MP3 Collection 1960s-1980s DVD, MP3 Download, USB
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February 24, 2025: #DOTD: #RIP: Roberta Flack, African American singer-songwriter and pianist who topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", the latter two duets with Donny Hathaway (b. February 10, 1937) #dies at age 88 of cardiac arrest on her way to a hospital in Manhattan. A memorial ceremony was held on March 10, 2025, at Abyssinian Baptist Church. Lauryn Hill sang a tribute performance of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and, alongside Wyclef Jean and Stevie Wonder, "Killing Me Softly with His Song". Stevie Wonder also sang "I Won't Complain", and Lisa Fischer sang "Somewhere". She is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC. Roberta Flack was born Roberta Cleopatra Flack in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Flack influenced the subgenre of contemporary R & B called quiet storm, and interpreted songs by songwriters such as Leonard Cohen and members of the Beatles. Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won in 1973 and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won in 1974. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html