Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: World War II Propaganda Cartoons MP4 Video Download 2 DVD Set
Today, September 26,2025

( #JCKaelin here: The following is from my "Orphan Ann ('Tokyo Rose') Sound And Pictures Page https://www.earthstation1.com/Tokyo_Rose.html , founded in 1997 as one of the earliest web pages on the world wide web, which has served ever since as a clearing house and academic source for information regarding Iva Toguri (which is what she called herself). Iva and I became good friends in her later life, a privilege she allowed fewer people than "can barely be accounted for on two hands", to quote this page. You'll understand why as you read on. We had many long conversations (one 9 1/2 hours long while she was in the Masonic Hospital in Chicago when she was treated for sciatica), and she went out of her way to tell me at the conclusion virtually all of those conversations "I love you", something that is extraordinarily rare for a Japanese of either American or Japanese national origin to do, let alone of her generation. I owe her a great debt of thanks, as it was in large part her faith in me that I took the courage of my convictions, volunteered off of disability after recovering from crippling case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that disabled me for a decade, and encouraged me to make the operation of EarthStation1.com my chosen profession. I miss her every day, I pray for her guidance virtually daily, and her picture has hung directly in front of my office desk all these years :) .) ============= September 26, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Iva Toguri, married name Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American disc jockey, radio personality, saboteur and Americna patriot who was a host on the English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II on the Zero Hour radio show (b. July 4, 1916) #dies in Chicago, Illinois, aged 90. She is buried at Montrose Cemetery in Chicago. She was born Iva Ikuko Toguri in Los Angeles, the daughter of Japanese immigrants Jun and Fumi Toguri. Iva was a Girl Scout, and was raised a Christian. ============= "Orphan Ann" ("Tokyo Rose") By J.C. Kaelin 1997, 2018 She was probably the most listened-to disc jockey in history, yet hardly anyone remembers her as such today, in spite of, or perhaps because of, the lingering infamous legend surrounding her. Brought up by her immigrant Methodist parents to think of herself as an American, Iva Ikuko Toguri (1916 - 2006), a first generation Japanese-American ("Nisei") was forced to broadcast propaganda for Japan during World War II, after her native U.S. abandoned her there mere days before the Pearl Harbor attack, and despite her continual efforts throughout the war to return home. Chosen out of the NHK/Radio Tokyo typing pool to be a disc jockey by the very Allied POW's being beaten and starved into writing her shows, she became an adept at sabotage of her own broadcasts, trained to read and eventually write her segments of "The Zero Hour" the way the POW saboteurs intended, while helping to keep these soldiers alive at mortal personal risk with food, medicine, clothing and hope during her almost daily visits to their cells. Though employed to broadcast pro-japanese propaganda, her outspoken support of the Allies off-mike (while cleverly concealing it within her message and delivery on-air) resulted in numerous arguments and even fist fights at work, and continual harrasment at home and elsewhere. She literally cheered in the streets as U.S. Gen. Doolittle's Raiders flew over Tokyo, and cheered yet again when the first American B-29's appeared over Tokyo in the fall of '44 (the first one was a BR-29 reconnaissance craft named "Tokyo Rose"). When she decided that NHK and the Japanese Army were interfering too much with the show, she started not showing up for work, spending months incommunicado without permission, at one point taking a month's retreat at a Church college to receive religious instruction to convert to Roman Catholicism. She was the only Japanese of Allied national citizenship involved with broadcasting WWII Japanese propaganda to refuse to give up their citizenship, even in the face of the twice-weekly and sometimes daily 3 AM harrassments she endured at the hands of the Kempeitai Thought Police. Yet in spite of, and ironically because of this, she was to be only person ever tried or sent to prison for these broadcasts, based wholly upon evidence that U.S. authorites had fabricated and threatened two NHK workers who had given up their American citizenship, George Mitsushio and Ken Oki, into perjuring themselves with. In a trial she was subjected to precisely because she had kept her precious citizenship intact, she was to see it revoked in the end as part of her punishment. Hers was the most expensive trial in American history up until that time, and probably the most garishly trumped-up of all its show trials, though these facts have been largely forgotten. All this in order that she might have foisted upon her for popular and political purposes the title of "Tokyo Rose", even though neither she nor anyone else had ever broadcast for the Japanese under that name, and had in fact never even been in front of a radio microphone till fall of 1943, years after the myth of a single "Tokyo Rose" arose from the imaginations of Allied soldiers in the Pacific who tried to put a face on the many female voices coming from numerous Japanese controlled radio stations. Though long since pardoned by President Ford, himself a veteran of the Pacific War and survivor of many kamikaze attacks, controversy over her supposed guilt continues even to this day. Of her own broadcasts, during which she actually used the name "Orphan Ann", all that remains are a smattering of scripts, and a precious few recordings that can barely be accounted for on two hands. This webpage is part of an ongoing project to bring the sights, the sounds and the facts about Ms. Toguri to the World Wide Web so that the world public can see, hear and read for themselves the truth about this extraordinary women, and the tragic injustices that have been and continue to be perpetrated against her. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/world-war-ii-propaganda-cartoons-dvd-dual-layer-all-regions.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The American Adventure: TV History Series 1607-1876 DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26: Johnny Appleseed Day: -- September 26, 1774: #BOTD: #HBD! Johnny Appleseed, American gardener, Swedenborgian missionary for The New Church, pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia, who became an American folk legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples (d. March 18, 1845) is #born John Chapman in Leominster, Massachusetts on what is now named Johnny Appleseed Lane. He was a friend to wild animals and was regarded as a "great medicine man" by Native Americans. He was the inspiration for many museums and historical sites such as the Johnny Appleseed Museum in Urbana, Ohio, and the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center in Ashland County, Ohio. The Fort Wayne TinCaps, a minor league baseball team in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Chapman spent his final years, is named in his honor. He was a friend to wild animals and was regarded as a "great medicine man" by Native Americans. Johnny Appleseed died of natural causes in Fort Wayne, Indiana, aged 70. He is buried at Johnny Appleseed Memorial Park in Fort Wayne. 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: Greek Fire: Ancient Greece In Today's World TV Series DVD, MP4, USB
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1687: The Ottoman Empire (The Sublime Ottoman State, The Turkish Empire): The History Of The Ottoman Empire: The Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman Wars In Europe: The Ottoman-Habsburg Wars: The Ottoman-Venetian Wars: The Morean War (Italian: Guerra Di Morea) (The Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War): The Great Turkish War (German: Grosser Turkenkrieg) (The Wars Of The Holy League [Turkish: Kutsal Ittifak Savaslari]): The Siege Of The Acropolis (1687): -- The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by its garrison of Ottoman Turks, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during The Siege Of The Acropolis by Venetian forces. The Morean War (Italian: Guerra di Morea), also known as the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War, was fought between 1684-1699 between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", a series of conflicts organized by Pope Innocent XI between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland-Lithuania, Venice and Russia. Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea, but the war's major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Morea, the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. On the Venetian side, the war was fought to avenge the loss of Crete in the Cretan War (1645-1669). It happened while the Ottomans were entangled in their northern struggle against the Habsburgs, beginning with the failed Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna and ending with the Habsburgs gaining Buda and the whole of Hungary, leaving the Ottoman Empire unable to concentrate its forces against the Venetians. As such, the Morean War was the only Ottoman-Venetian conflict from which Venice emerged victorious, gaining significant territory. Venice's expansionist revival would be short-lived, as its gains would be reversed by the Ottomans in 1718. The Venetian position in the Peloponnese could not be secure as long as the Ottomans held onto eastern Central Greece, where Thebes and Negroponte (Chalkis) were significant military strongholds; therefore, on September 21, 1687, Swedish Count Otto Wilhelm Konigsmarck, leader the Venetian forces, landed his 10,750 men strong army at Eleusis, while the Venetian fleet entered Athen's port city of Piraeus. The Turks quickly evacuated Athens, but the garrison and much of the population withdrew to the ancient Acropolis of Athens, determined to hold out until reinforcements arrived from Thebes. The Venetian army set up cannon and mortar batteries on the Pnyx and other heights around the city and began The Siege Of The Acropolis Of Athens (September 23-29, 1687) and would cause much destruction to the ancient monuments. The Ottomans first demolished the Temple of Athena Nike to erect a cannon battery, and on September 25, a Venetian cannonball exploded a powder magazine in the Propylaea, the monumental gateway to the city of Athens (and the inspiration for both the Greek Revival Brandenburg Gate of Berlin and The Propylaea in Munich), causing major damage, most importantly causing the destruction of the Parthenon. The Turks used the temple for ammunition storage, and when, on the evening of September 26, 1687, a mortar shell hit the building, the resulting explosion killed 300 people and led to the complete destruction of the temple's roof and most of the walls. Despite the enormous destruction caused by the "miraculous shot", as Morosini called it, the Turks continued to defend the fort until a relief attempt from the Ottoman army from Thebes was repulsed by Koenigsmarck on 28 September. The garrison then capitulated, on condition of being transported to Smyrna. ========= The Parthenon (Ancient Greek: "Temple Of The Virgin Goddess") is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and Western civilization, and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. To the Athenians who built it, the Parthenon and other Periclean monuments of the Acropolis were seen fundamentally as a celebration of Hellenic victory over the Persian invaders and as a thanksgiving to the gods for that victory. The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, which historians call the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, that was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BC. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon served a practical purpose as the city treasury. For a time, it served as the treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire. In the final decade of the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. After the Ottoman conquest, it was turned into a mosque in the early 1460s. On September 26, 1687, an Ottoman ammunition dump inside the building was ignited by Venetian bombardment during a siege of the Acropolis. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon and its sculptures. Since 1975, numerous large-scale restoration projects have been undertaken; the latest is expected to finish in 2020. ========= The Temple Of Athena Nike (Greek: Naos Athinas Nikis, "Temple Of Athena Victory") is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the south west corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the Victory Sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea's southwest wing and from a narrow stair on the north. The sheer walls of its bastion were protected on the north, west, and south by the Nike Parapet, named for its frieze of Nikai celebrating victory and sacrificing to their patroness, Athena Nike. Nike means "victory" in Greek, and Athena was worshipped in this form, representative of being victorious in war. The citizens worshipped the goddess in hopes of a successful outcome in the long Peloponnesian War fought against the Spartans and their allies. ========= The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. The word acropolis (Greek: "high point of the city) is from the Greek words akron ("highest point, extremity") and polis ("city"). Although the term acropolis is generic and there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as "The Acropolis" without qualification. During ancient times it was known also more properly as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the supposed first Athenian king. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/greek-fire-ancient-greece-in-the-modern-era-tv-documentary-series.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Albert Einstein: How I See The World DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1905: First Publications: Great Discoveries: Great Discoveries Of Physics: Special Relativity (The Special Theory Of Relativity, SR, STR): The Annus Mirabilis Papers (Latin: "Extraordinary Year") (English: "Miracle Year", German: Wunderjahr, "Miracle Year") (Albert Einstein's Four 1905 Annalen Der Physik Papers): On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies: -- Albert Einstein publishes "Zur Elektrodynamik Bewegter Korper" (German: On The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies) in the Annalen Der Physik (German: The Annals Of Physics) scientific journal, in which he introduces Special Relativity, the first of his two theories of relativity (the other being General Relativity in 1915). This paper is the third of Einstein's four Annus Mirabilis Papers (from Latin annus mirabilis, "extraordinary year") Albert Einstein published in the Annalen Der Physik that year. These four articles contributed substantially to the foundation of modern physics and changed views on space, time, mass, and energy. The annus mirabilis is often called the "miracle year" in English or Wunderjahr in German. Special relativity (SR, also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the generally accepted and experimentally well-confirmed physical theory regarding the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein's original pedagogical treatment, it is based on two postulates: 1) The laws of physics are invariant (i.e., identical) in all inertial systems (i.e., non-accelerating frames of reference); and 2) The speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of the motion of the light source. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/albert-einstein-how-i-see-the-world-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Great War 1918: US In WWI DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1918: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Western Front Of World War I: The Hundred Days Offensive (The Grand Offensive): The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (The Battle Of The Argonne, The Battle Of The Argonne Forest, The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, The Meuse River-Argonne Forest Offensive, The Battles Of The Meuse-Argonne, The Meuse-Argonne Campaign): -- The last major battle of World War I, the largest and bloodiest single battle in American history, begins as a combined force of French and Americans attacked the Germans along a 40-mile front, a battle which would last until the total surrender of German forces six weeks later. The Allied breakthroughs (north, center, and east) across the length of the front line in September and October 1918 - including the Battle of the Argonne Forest - are now lumped together as part of what is generally remembered as the Grand Offensive (also known as the Hundred Days Offensive) by the Allies on the Western Front. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive involved 1.2 million American soldiers, and resulted in over 350,000 casualties, including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. American losses were worsened by the inexperience of many of the troops, the tactics used during the early phases of the operation and the widespread onset of the global influenza outbreak called the "Spanish Flu". The offensive was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, even though given the scale of other battles on the Western Front, its size was limited and the operation itself secondary, being far from the main offensive axis. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-war-1918-dvd-america-in-world-w1918.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: John Hammond: Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen DVD, MP4, Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1937: #DOTD: #RIP: Bessie Smith, nicknamed the Empress of the Blues, African American jazz and blues singer and actress, the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and a major influence on other jazz singers (b. April 15, 1894) #dies at the age of 43 in a car crash while traveling along U.S. Route 61 between Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi. Her common law husband, Richard Morgan, nephew of jazz vibraphoniest Lionel Hampton, was driving and misjudged the speed of a slow-moving truck ahead of him. Tire marks at the scene suggested that Morgan tried to avoid the truck by driving around its left side, but he hit the rear of the truck side-on at high speed. Smith's funeral was held in Philadelphia a little over a week later, on October 4, 1937. Initially, her body was laid out at Upshur's Funeral Home. As word of her death spread through Philadelphia's black community, her body had to be moved to the O. V. Catto Elks Lodge to accommodate the estimated 10,000 mourners who filed past her coffin on Sunday, October 3. Contemporary newspapers reported that her funeral was attended by about seven thousand people. Far fewer mourners attended the burial at Mount Lawn Cemetery, in nearby Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. Her estranged husband Jack Gee thwarted all efforts to purchase a stone for his estranged wife's grave, even once or twice pocketing money raised for that purpose. Smith's grave remained unmarked until a tombstone was erected on August 7, 1970, paid for by the singer Janis Joplin and Juanita Green, who as a child had done housework for Smith. Dory Previn wrote a song about Joplin and the tombstone, "Stone For Bessie Smith", for her album Mythical Kings and Iguanas. The Afro-American Hospital (now the Riverside Hotel) was the site of the dedication of the fourth historical marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail. Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both sides of her first record, "Downhearted Blues" backed with "Gulf Coast Blues", were hits. She sold so many records that her sales were sometimes officially measured by the ton rather than by the copy. Smith became a headliner on the black-owned Theater Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) circuit and rose to become its top attraction in the 1920s. Ironically, her success resulted in southern record dealers insisting that her record company, Columbia, indicate that a black perfomer was featured on the record so that the record store owners would not be accused by white customers of selling records by black performers on an equal footing to those featuring the white performers that Smith was outselling. As a result, Columbia created a separate numbering system for all their records by black artists, the 13000 series, so that record dealers could distinguish them from the rest of their catalog. Working a heavy theater schedule during the winter and performing in tent shows the rest of the year (eventually traveling in her own railroad car), Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Columbia nicknamed her "Queen of the Blues," but the press soon upgraded her title to "Empress of the Blues". Smith's music stressed independence, fearlessness, and sexual freedom, implicitly arguing that working-class women did not have to alter their behavior in order to be worthy of respect. Smith had a strong contralto voice, which recorded well from her first session, which was conducted when recordings were made acoustically. With the advent of electrical recording (her first electrical recording was "Cake Walking Babies [From Home]", recorded on May 5, 1925), the sheer power of her voice was even more evident. She was also able to benefit from the new technology of radio broadcasting, even on stations in the segregated South. For example, after giving a concert for a white-only audience at a theater in Memphis, Tennessee, in October 1923, she then performed a late-night concert on station WMC, which was well received by the radio audience. She made 160 recordings for Columbia, often accompanied by the finest musicians of the day, notably Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith, and Charlie Green. In 1929, Smith made her only film appearance, starring in a two-reeler, St. Louis Blues, based on W. C. Handy's song of the same name. In the film, directed by Dudley Murphy and shot in Astoria, Queens, she sings the title song accompanied by members of Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, the pianist James P. Johnson and a string section, a musical environment radically different from that of any of her recordings. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/john-hammond-from-bessie-smith-to-bruce-springsteen-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Complete Kennedy-Nixon Debates All 4 + Bonus Doc DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1960: Elections: Elections In The United States: The 1960 United States Presidential Election: The Kennedy-Nixon Debates: The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate: -- The first-ever televised presidential debate, occurs between presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon at WBBM-TV in Chicago Illinois, with Howard K. Smith as moderator and panelists Sander Vanocur, Charles Warren and Stuart Novins. Many who watched were inclined to say Kennedy 'won' the debate, while those who listened only to the radio thought Nixon did better. Nixon, who declined to use makeup, appeared somewhat haggard looking on TV in contrast to Kennedy. 66.4 million people watch the debate on television. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-kennedynixon-debate-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Heart Of The Dragon TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025

September 26, 1984: China: The History Of China: The History Of Hong Kong: China-United Kingdom Relations: Decolonization: British Decolonization: British Decolonization Of China: The Handover Of Hong Kong (Traditional Chinese: Xianggang Huigui, "Hong Kong's Return"): -- The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, commonly known as the handover of Hong Kong (or simply the Handover, also the Return in mainland China), occurred at midnight at the start of July 1, 1997, when the United Kingdom ended administration for the colony of Hong Kong and returned control of the territory to China. Hong Kong became a special administrative region, and was promised to continue to maintain governing and economic systems separate from those of mainland China, though claims that this has been achieved have become increasingly dubious at best and false at worst. This event ended 156 years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong. The territory was Britain's last substantial overseas possession. With a population of about 6.5 million in 1997, Hong Kong constituted 97% of the total population of all British Dependent Territories at the time. The retrocession is considered by some to definitively mark the end of the British Empire. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/heart-of-the-dragon-dvds-post-mao-china-all-12-tv-shows-3-di123.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Fibber McGee And Molly Complete Radio Series MP3 DVD, Download, USB
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: National Pancake Day: -- National Pancake Day on September 26th sets up a tall stack of syrupy goodness to celebrate! Set the table. Mix up the batter. Heat up the griddle. Because the butter is ready to melt and the flapjacks are delicious! Also known as Johnnycakes, griddle cakes or hotcakes, this batter-made breakfast item dates back more than 30,000 years. In fact, it may be the oldest breakfast food in history. It became a traditional part of Fat Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday) celebrations when revelers would feast before fasting. They still do! The thin cakes can be rolled and filled with fruit and other fillings. Usually, though, they're stacked and drizzled with flavored syrup. Add fruit, nuts or whipped topping, too. While served mostly as a breakfast item, pancakes along with bacon, ham, hashbrowns and other morning offerings also make a delicious supper. Breakfast for dinner is a nice change of pace in many homes. To observe National Pancake Day: Explore the so many ways to enjoy pancakes! Whether you go out to your favorite breakfast joint or make them at home, be sure to add your favorite syrups and toppings. We even have a few recipes for you to try. Do you make pancake art? Then we want to see your stack! Post photos and recipes while you celebrate. Great pancakes include: Lemon Blueberry Pancakes; Banana and Pecan Pancakes with Maple Butter; Applesauce Pancakes; Buttermilk Pancakes; and Pumpkin Pancakes. Be sure to use #NationalPancakeDay to post on social media! This food holiday's humble beginnings date back to 2005. Originally the observance started as Lumberjack Day. Marianne Ways and Collen AF Venable sought an excuse to eat pancakes and waffles with friends. Since it was one week after "Talk Like a Pirate Day" and that theme had been worn out, eating lots of pancakes like a lumberjack seemed a better holiday than ever! https://store.earthstation1.com/fibber-mcgee-and-molly-mp3-dvd-complete-radio-serie3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Lone Ranger Radio Series MP3 Set DVD, Audio Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: National Dumpling Day: -- An annual serving of a delicious treat! With the popularity of dumplings growing all the time, the day offers a great way to celebrate! Whether enjoyed as an appetizer or the main course, each morsel satisfies. Dumplings offer so much variety and flavor. They create a beautiful accompaniment to any meal, too. The endless possibilities of shape and taste make dumplings a favorite dish around the world. Dumplings consist of small pieces of dough. Generally, but not always, the dough is wrapped around a filling. Both flavor and cooking methods factor into the wide variety of dumplings available, too. The dough may be composed of flour, potatoes, or bread. The fillings come in many forms - meat, fish, vegetables, or sweets. Dumplings can be cooked in many different ways, too. Some of the methods include boiling, steaming, simmering, and even frying. While dumplings are often eaten on their own, they are a delicious addition to soups and stews, too. To observe National Dumpling Day: Serve an entire meal of dumplings. Start with appetizers and follow them with a soup course. Then serve the main course. Wrap it up with a sweet dessert. Other suggested ways to celebrate include: Invite friends to join you at your favorite restaurant. Order a variety of dumplings to share. Don't forget to give the restaurant a shout-out on social media. Experiment at home. Try cultural recipes or break the mold by adding your own flair. Add dumplings to soups. Share your favorite recipes. Don't forget to take photos of your plates - before and after! Be sure to invite friends to enjoy the celebration with you! Take photos and post them on social media using #NationalDumplingDay! TMI Food Group submitted National Dumpling Day in April 2015 to celebrate all the goodness of dumplings. https://store.earthstation1.com/complete-lone-ranger-old-time-radio-shows-dual-layer-mp3-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Making Sex Pay: Cost/Benefit Species Analysis DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: Love Note Day: -- The one day where you get to channel your inner Victorian lover and send warm, heartfelt love notes to your partner! It doesn't have to be National Boyfriend Day or Valentine's Day to make someone you love feel special. It is a chance to convey your deepest emotions by writing down how much they mean to you and sending it to your lover in a scented envelope or an email. If you are not usually the wordy romantic type, then take this day as an opportunity to be a little cheesy. Even a plain "I love you" can make your partner feel happy and loved. Before the invention of email and social media, the oldest record of a love letter can be found mentioned in an ancient Indian text called the "Bhagavata Purana" around 5,000 years ago. It was sent by princess Rukmini and given to a king named Krishna by her messenger. In Ancient Egypt and Rome, the art of writing letters - both formal and informal (love) was a topic of great interest. The love letter was taught as a skill until the start of the 18th century. By the latter half of the 18th century, literature and writing had gone through a big shift due to the influence of the Romantics and the idea of teaching how to write love letters was questioned. According to the Romantics, love letters should come from the heart. There should be nothing artificial or made-up about its content. In the first half of the 20th century, love letters continued to prosper because of the many wars that separated lovers. Without the internet or mobile phones, the love letter was the only significant exchange and medium of communication between lovers when separated by distance. By the second half of the 20th century, the internet and technology were born and the medium of the love letter slowly started to get replaced. By the 21st century, we already have email, social media applications, and mobile phones to communicate with our loved ones. This means that the art of writing and receiving love letters has already started fading away. Mail now means email, not a physical letter. The spirit of writing love letters and receiving them is not dead yet. Many writers and romantics around the world still keep this tradition alive. Although we are not quite sure who established Love Note Day, it seems to definitely be an initiative to bring this forgotten medium back. https://store.earthstation1.com/making-sex-pay-dvd-sexual-behavior-tv-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Classics Vol. 4 DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: Lumberjack Day: -- This day aims at celebrating the archetypal woodsman: the lumberjack. It was created in 2005 by Marianne Ways and Colleen AF Venable as an excuse to eat pancakes and waffles with friends. Lumberjack Day is also celebrated because 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day' comes a week before it, and Ways and Venable wanted to celebrate a different character. They thought that it was important to have a day to talk about lumberjacks as well. This celebration has grown to be celebrated all around the U.S.. If you are wondering what lumberjacks are, let us tell you that lumberjacks refer to mostly North American workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. They worked and continue working hard, long and dangerous hours to get the harvest of trees in. Lumberjacks usually live in lumber camps, but they travel where they need to in order to find trees from which they obtain wood. The term 'lumberjack' was first mentioned in Canada in 1831. They existed about a century ago in their original form, up until the time around World War II. Lumberjacks worked in Scandinavia, Canada, and the U.S., some even being immigrants from Scandinavia to North America. Unlike the first lumberjacks who used crosscut saws and axes to clear the lump, modern lumberjacks use tools such as chainsaws, harvesters, and feller bunchers. Around the time of World War II and thereafter, logging camps were phased out, because new vehicles could bring loggers deep into the woods, so camps were no longer necessary. The nature of the work has been changed by the new tools for logging, and also changed and helped end the era of the lumberjack. They are stereotyped as having burly beards, and wearing long-sleeve flannel shirts, suspenders, and boots, along with a voracious appetite - particularly for flapjacks or pancakes. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-4-dv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Birth Of Europe: Ice Age To 20th Century DVD, Video Download, USB
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: The European Day Of Languages (E.D.L.) (European Languages Day [E.L.D]): -- This day promotes awareness about language learning and protecting linguistic heritage. The overall purpose is to raise awareness of Europe's rich linguistic and cultural diversity, which must be encouraged and preserved. It also strives to broaden the spectrum of languages that people learn throughout their lives to improve plurilingualism and intercultural understanding. E.D.L. provides a chance to honor all of Europe's languages, particularly those spoken less frequently and spoken by migrants. The E.D.L. is part of the Language Policy Programme. The more significant part of the program is directed at national education authorities and practitioners in this field. This campaign aims to convince the general public of the importance of learning more than one language. In 1997, the idea of organizing a campaign to convince the general public of the importance of learning more languages was born. This idea arose at the conference on Language learning for a new Europe, which launched the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (C.E.F.R.) and the concept of plurilingualism. On September 26, 2001, the first European Day of Languages took place and was the main event of the European Day of Languages campaign, which was organized jointly with the European Union. This event was a success, and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided that this day would be celebrated annually every September 26. Learning languages does not only mean communication. It also helps to develop tolerance and understanding between people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The importance of plurilingualism has been highlighted by numerous awareness-raising initiatives and documents, such as "The celebration of linguistic diversity." The European Day of Languages is the perfect occasion to honor the dozens of languages spoken throughout Europe. This day's primary purposes are to celebrate linguistic diversity in Europe, the plurilingualism of its citizens, and lifelong language learning and to promote its rich diversity by encouraging people to be open to different languages and cultures. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-birth-of-europe-european-history-from-the-ice-age-to-20th-centu20.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Nuclear War Test Films Video Super Mega Set DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26: International Day For The Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons: -- One of the oldest goals of the United Nations is achieving global nuclear disarmament. The truth is that today, around 13,080 nuclear weapons remain. Something important is that countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. Countries where more than half of the world's population live either have such weapons or are members of nuclear alliances. While any nuclear weapon has been physically destroyed according to a treaty, the number of deployed nuclear weapons has appreciably declined since the height of the Cold War. In 1946, the General Assembly's first resolution established that the Atomic Energy Commission has the mandate to make specific proposals for the control of nuclear energy and the elimination of not only atomic weapons but also all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction. The General Assembly endorsed the objective of general and complete disarmament in 1959. The first Special Session of the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament, held in 1978, further recognized that nuclear disarmament should be the priority objective in the field of disarmament. This goal has been actively promoted by every United Nations Secretary-General. The international arms-control framework contributed to international security since the Cold War. It also acted as a brake on the use of nuclear weapons. On July 7, 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted. This Treaty is so important since it is the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated in 20 years. On August 2, 2019, the United States' withdrawal spelled the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, though the United States and the Russian Federation had previously committed to eliminating an entire class of nuclear missiles. September 26 is commemorated by the General Assembly as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. https://store.earthstation1.com/21-disc-nuclear-war-test-films-dvd-set-collecti21.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Second Russian Revolution TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
( #JCKaelin here: Let's all show some love & gratitude for The Man Who Saved The World!) ========= September 26: Stanislav Petrov Day (The Man Who Saved The World Day): -- September 26, 1983: The Man Who Saved The World: The 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm Incident: Three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Soviet Air Defence Forces Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov, later dubbed "The Man Who Saved The World", duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system of surveillance satellites, identifies the missile attack warnings of the Soviet early-warning system, reporting the launch of five incoming intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles from bases in the United States that were followed by up to five more, as false alarms caused by a computer error, and not an American first strike. His decision to disobey orders by not reporting the incident as an attack, against Soviet military protocol, is seen as having prevented a retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and its NATO allies, which would have highly likely resulted in an immediate and irrevocable escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Investigation of the satellite warning system later determined that Petrov was right, and that the the false alarm had been created by a rare alignment of sunlight on high-altitude clouds above North Dakota and the Molniya orbits of the satellites, an error later corrected by cross-referencing a geostationary satellite. According to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN, nuclear retaliation requires that multiple sources confirm an attack. In any case, the incident exposed a serious flaw in the Soviet early warning system. Petrov has said that he was neither rewarded nor punished for his actions. Had Petrov reported incoming American missiles, his superiors might have launched an assault against the United States, precipitating a corresponding nuclear response from the United States. Petrov later indicated that the influences on his decision included that he had been told a US strike would be all-out, so five missiles seemed an illogical start; that the launch detection system was new and, in his view, not yet wholly trustworthy; that the message passed through 30 layers of verification too quickly; and that ground radar failed to pick up corroborative evidence, even after minutes of delay. However, in a 2013 interview, Petrov said at the time he was never sure that the alarm was erroneous. He felt that his civilian training helped him make the right decision. He said that his colleagues were all professional soldiers with purely military training and, following instructions, would have reported a missile launch if they had been on his shift. Petrov underwent intense questioning by his superiors about his judgment. Initially, he was praised for his decision. General Yury Votintsev, then commander of the Soviet Air Defense's Missile Defense Units, who was the first to hear Petrov's report of the incident (and the first to reveal it to the public in the 1990s), states that Petrov's "correct actions" were "duly noted". Petrov himself states he was initially praised by Votintsev and promised a reward, but recalls that he was also reprimanded for improper filing of paperwork because he had not described the incident in the war diary; he explained it as "Because I had a phone in one hand and the intercom in the other, and I don't have a third hand". He received no reward. According to Petrov, this was because the incident and other bugs found in the missile detection system embarrassed his superiors and the scientists who were responsible for it, so that if he had been officially rewarded, they would have had to be punished. He was reassigned to a less sensitive post, took early retirement (although he emphasized that he was not "forced out" of the army, as is sometimes claimed by Western sources), and suffered a nervous breakdown. In 1984, Petrov left the military and got a job at the research institute that had developed the Soviet Union's early warning system. He later retired so he could care for his wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. A BBC report in 1998 stated Petrov had suffered a mental breakdown and quoted Petrov as saying, "I was made a scapegoat." In a later interview, Petrov stated that the famous red button was never made operational, as military psychologists did not want to put the decision about a nuclear war into the hands of one single person. The incident became known publicly in 1998 upon the publication of his superior General Votintsev's memoirs. Widespread media reports since then have increased public awareness of Petrov's actions. There is some confusion as to precisely what Petrov's military role was in this incident. Petrov, as an individual, was not in a position where he could have single-handedly launched any of the Soviet missile arsenal. His sole duty was to monitor satellite surveillance equipment and report missile attack warnings up the chain of command; top Soviet leadership would have decided whether to launch a retaliatory attack against the West. But Petrov's role was crucial in providing information to make that decision. According to Bruce G. Blair, a Cold War nuclear strategies expert and nuclear disarmament advocate, formerly with the Center for Defense Information, "The top leadership, given only a couple of minutes to decide, told that an attack had been launched, would make a decision to retaliate." Petrov later said "I had obviously never imagined that I would ever face that situation. It was the first and, as far as I know, also the last time that such a thing had happened, except for simulated practice scenarios." Petrov died on May 19, 2017 from hypostatic pneumonia, though it was not widely reported until September. On 21 May 2004, the San Francisco-based Association of World Citizens gave Petrov its World Citizen Award along with a trophy and 1K USD "in recognition of the part he played in averting a catastrophe." In January 2006, Petrov travelled to the United States where he was honored in a meeting at the United Nations in New York City. There the Association of World Citizens presented Petrov with a second special World Citizen Award. The next day, Petrov met American journalist Walter Cronkite at his CBS office in New York City. That interview, in addition to other highlights of Petrov's trip to the United States, was filmed for The Man Who Saved the World, a narrative feature and documentary film, directed by Peter Anthony of Denmark. It premiered in October 2014 at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York, winning "Honorable Mention: Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature" and "Honorable Mention: James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Narrative Feature." For his actions in averting a potential nuclear war in 1983, Petrov was awarded the Dresden Peace Prize in Dresden, Germany, on February 17, 2013. The award included 25K EU. On February 24, 2012, he was given the 2011 German Media Award, presented to him at a ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany. On September 26, 2018 he was posthumously honored in New York with the 50K USD Future of Life Award. At a ceremony at the Museum of Mathematics in New York, former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said: "It is hard to imagine anything more devastating for humanity than all-out nuclear war between Russia and the United States. Yet this might have occurred by accident on September 26 1983, were it not for the wise decisions of Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov. For this, he deserves humanity's profound gratitude. Let us resolve to work together to realize a world free from fear of nuclear weapons, remembering the courageous judgement of Stanislav Petrov." As Petrov had passed away the award was collected by his daughter, Elena. Petrov's son Dmitry missed his flight to New York because the US embassy delayed his visa. On the same day that Petrov was first honored at the United Nations in New York City, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations issued a press release contending that a single person could not have started or prevented a nuclear war, stating in part, "Under no circumstances a decision to use nuclear weapons could be made or even considered in the Soviet Union or in the United States on the basis of data from a single source or a system. For this to happen, a confirmation is necessary from several systems: ground-based radars, early warning satellites, intelligence reports, etc." But nuclear security expert Bruce G. Blair has said that at that time, the U.S.-Soviet relationship had deteriorated to the point where "the Soviet Union as a system - not just the Kremlin, not just Andropov, not just the KGB - but as a system, was geared to expect an attack and to retaliate very quickly to it. It was on hair-trigger alert. It was very nervous and prone to mistakes and accidents. The false alarm that happened on Petrov's watch could not have come at a more dangerous, intense phase in US-Soviet relations." At that time, according to Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB chief of foreign counterintelligence, "The danger was in the Soviet leadership thinking, 'The Americans may attack, so we better attack first.'" Petrov said he did not know whether he should have regarded himself as a hero for what he did that day. In an interview for the film The Man Who Saved the World, Petrov says, "All that happened didn't matter to me - it was my job. I was simply doing my job, and I was the right person at the right time, that's all. My late wife for 10 years knew nothing about it. 'So what did you do?' she asked me. 'Nothing. I did nothing.'" https://store.earthstation1.com/the-second-russian-revolution-6-dvd-set-complete-tv-serie6.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: American Anti-Drug Films & Broadcasts Set MP4 Video Download 2 DVD Set
Today, September 26,2025
( #JCKaelin here: One of our earliest and kindest customers! ) ========= September 26, 2008: #DOTD: #RIP: Paul Newman, American actor, voice actor, director, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (b. January 26, 1925) #dies in the morning of lung cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut, aged 83. His remains were cremated after a private funeral service, and the ashes given to his widow Joanne Woodward. Paul Newman was born Paul Leonard Newman in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Paul Leonard Newman won and was nominated for numerous awards, winning an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others. Newman's other roles include the title characters in The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966) and Cool Hand Luke (1967), as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Sting (1973), and The Verdict (1982). He voiced Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's Cars as his final acting performance, and received a posthumous credit for his voice recordings in Cars 3 (2017). Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open-wheel IndyCar racing. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of January 2017, these donations have totaled over 485M USD. He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need. In 1988, Newman founded the SeriousFun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception. https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-american-antidrug-films-2-dual-layer-dvd-se3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: George Gershwin Remembered DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1898: #BOTD: #HBD! George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (d. July 11, 1937) is #born Jacob Gershwine in New York City into a family of Jewish ancestry. His grandfather, Jakov Gershowitz, was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), and had served for 25 years as a mechanic for the Imperial Russian Army to earn the right of free travel and residence as a Jew, finally retiring near Saint Petersburg. His teenage son Moishe, George's father, worked as a leather cutter for women's shoes. His mother, Roza Bruskina, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Moishe met Roza in Vilnius, Lithuania, where her father worked as a furrier. She and her family moved to New York because of increasing anti-Jewish sentiment in Russia, changing her first name to Rose. Moishe, faced with compulsory military service if he remained in Russia, moved to America as soon as he could afford to. Once in New York, he changed his first name to Morris. Gershowitz lived with a maternal uncle in Brooklyn, working as a foreman in a women's shoe factory. He married Rose on July 21, 1895, and Gershowitz soon Anglicized his name to Gershwine. Their first child, Ira Gershwin, was born on December 6, 1896, after which the family moved into a second-floor apartment at 242 Snediker Avenue in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. George Jacob Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), as well as the contemporary opera Porgy and Bess (1935). Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger, but soon started composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris, during which time he applied to study composition with the noted Nadia Boulanger, who, along with several other prospective tutors such as Maurice Ravel, rejected him. They were afraid that rigorous classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. Maurice Ravel's rejection letter to Gershwin told him, "Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?" Gershwin visited Boulanger in 1927, asking for lessons in composition. They spoke for half an hour after which Boulanger announced, "I can teach you nothing." Taking this as a compliment, Gershwin repeated the story many times. While in Paris, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. After returning to New York City, he wrote Porgy and Bess, with Ira, and the author DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, Porgy and Bess later went on to be considered one of the most important American operas of the Twentieth century, and an American cultural classic. Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores until his death in 1937 from glioblastoma multiforme, a malignant brain tumor. Gershwin's compositions have been adapted for use in many films and for television, and several became jazz standards recorded and covered in many variations. Many celebrated singers and musicians have performed his songs. Gershwin' compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), and along with his brother Ira, he created enduring songs including the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), The Man I Love, Strike Up the Band and I Got Rhythm. George Gershwin died at the age of 38 in the early morning hours of Sunday after doctors at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California removed a large brain tumor. He is buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery om Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. https://store.earthstation1.com/george-gershwin-remembered-dvd-1987-tv-documen1987.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Portraits Of American Presidents Nos. 1-42 TV Series MP4 Download DVD
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1789: The Age Of Enlightenment (The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of Revolution: The Atlantic Revolutions: The American Enlightenment: The American Revolution: The American Revolutionary War: The Aftermath Of The American Revolution: The Presidency Of George Washington: -- George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph the first United States Attorney General. https://store.earthstation1.com/portraits-of-american-presidents-nos-142-tv-series-mp4-download1424.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Classic Old Time Radio Commercials MP3 Set CD, Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1902: #DOTD: #RIP: Levi Strauss, German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans, Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) in 1853 in San Francisco, California (b. February 26, 1829) #dies aged 73 in San Francisco, California, and was buried in the Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California. He left his company to his four nephews, Jacob, Sigmund, Louis, and Abraham Stern, the sons of his sister Fanny and her husband David Stern. His estate was worth about 6M USD (equivalent to 149M USD in 2020). Levi Straus was born Lob Strauss into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Buttenheim in the Franconia region of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation. In 1847, aged 18, Strauss travelled with his mother and two sisters to the United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun a wholesale dry goods business in New York City called J. Strauss Brother & Co., at 108 Liberty Street in Manhattan. After arriving in New York, Strauss worked as an itinerant peddler of goods from his brother's store: kettles, blankets and sewing goods. Levi's sister Fanny and her husband David Stern moved to St. Louis, Missouri, while Levi went to live in Louisville, Kentucky, and sold his brothers' supplies there. Levi became an American citizen in January 1853. The family decided to open a West Coast branch of their dry goods business in San Francisco, which was the commercial hub of the California Gold Rush. Levi was chosen to represent them, and he took a steamship for San Francisco, where he arrived in early March 1854 and joined his sister's family. Strauss opened his wholesale business as Levi Strauss & Co. and imported fine dry goods from his brothers in New York, including clothing, bedding, combs, purses, and handkerchiefs. He made tents and later jeans while he lived with Fanny's growing family. Jacob W. Davis was one of his customers and the inventor of riveted denim pants, and in 1871, he went into business with Strauss to produce blue jeans. The two men patented the new style of work pants in 1873. Levi Strauss, a member of the Reform branch of Judaism, helped establish Congregation Emanu-El, the first Jewish synagogue in the city of San Francisco. He also gave money to several charities, including special funds for orphans. The Levi Strauss Foundation started with an 1897 donation to the University of California, Berkeley, that provided the funds for 28 scholarships. The Levi Strauss museum is located in the 1687 house where Strauss was born Buttenheim, Germany. There is also a visitors center at Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters in San Francisco, which features historical exhibits. In 1994, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-radio-commercials-old-time-radio-mp3-c3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The American Diary: US History 1895-1933 TV Series DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1867: #BOTD (?): #HBD! Winsor McCay, American illustrator, cartoonist, animator and Freemason (d. July 26, 1934) is #born Zenas Winsor McCay in either Spring Lake, Michigan, or Canada (his birth date, birth year and place of birth disputed). He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905-14; 1924-26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. From a young age, McCay was a quick, prolific, and technically dextrous artist. He started his professional career making posters and performing for dime museums, and in 1898 began illustrating newspapers and magazines. In 1903 he joined the New York Herald, where he created popular comic strips such as Little Sammy Sneeze and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. In 1905 his signature strip Little Nemo in Slumberland debuted-a fantasy strip in an Art Nouveau style about a young boy and his adventurous dreams. The strip demonstrated McCay's strong graphic sense and mastery of color and linear perspective. McCay experimented with the formal elements of the comic strip page, arranging and sizing panels to increase impact and enhance the narrative. McCay also produced numerous detailed editorial cartoons and was a popular performer of chalk talks on the vaudeville circuit. McCay was an early animation pioneer; between 1911 and 1921 he self-financed and animated ten films, some of which survive only as fragments. The first three served in his vaudeville act; Gertie the Dinosaur was an interactive routine in which McCay appeared to give orders to a trained dinosaur. McCay and his assistants worked for twenty-two months on his most ambitious film, The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918), a patriotic recreation of the German torpedoing in 1915 of the RMS Lusitania. Lusitania did not enjoy as much commercial success as the earlier films, and McCay's later movies attracted little attention. His animation, vaudeville, and comic strip work was gradually curtailed as newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, his employer since 1911, expected McCay to devote his energies to editorial illustrations. In his drawing, McCay made bold, prodigious use of linear perspective, particularly in detailed architecture and cityscapes. He textured his editorial cartoons with copious fine hatching, and made color a central element in Little Nemo. His comic strip work has influenced generations of cartoonists and illustrators. The technical level of McCay's animation,-its naturalism, smoothness, and scale-was unmatched until the work of Fleischer Studios in the late 1920s, followed by Walt Disney's feature films in the 1930s. He pioneered inbetweening, the use of registration marks, cycling, and other animation techniques that were to become standard. https://store.earthstation1.com/american-diary-complete-us-historytv-series-2-dual-layer-dvd2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: G-Men: The Rise Of J. Edgar Hoover DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1933: Intelligence And Security Agencies: Law Enforcement: Law Enforcement In The United States: Law Enforcement Agencies: Law Enforcement Agencies In The United States: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: The United States Department Of Justice (DOJ) (The Justice Department): The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI): "G-Men": -- As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he repeatedly shouts out "Don't shoot, G-Men!". G-Man (short for "Government Man") is an American slang term for special agents of the United States Government, and specifically used as a term for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 - July 18, 1954) better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most infamous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel and his friend Walter R. Jarrett in July 1933 for which he, and his gang, collected a 200K USD ransom. Their victim had collected and left considerable evidence that assisted the subsequent FBI investigation that eventually led to Kelly's arrest in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 26, 1933. The Kellys held Urschel at the farm of Kathryn's mother and step-father. Urschel, having been blindfolded, made note of evidence of his experience including remembering background sounds, counting footsteps and leaving fingerprints on surfaces in reach. This proved invaluable for the FBI in its investigation, as agents concluded that Urschel had been held in Paradise, Texas, based on sounds that Urschel remembered hearing while he was being held hostage. An investigation conducted at Memphis disclosed that the Kellys were living at the residence of J. C. Tichenor. Special agents from Birmingham, Alabama, were immediately dispatched to Memphis, where, in the early morning hours of September 26, 1933, a raid was conducted. George and Kathryn Kelly were taken into custody by FBI agents and Memphis police. Caught without a weapon, George Kelly allegedly cried, "Don't shoot, G-Men! Don't shoot, G-Men!" as he surrendered to FBI agents. The term, which had applied to all federal investigators, became synonymous with FBI agents. https://store.earthstation1.com/gmen-the-rise-of-j-edgar-hoover-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Amos 'N' Andy Radio Shows MP3 Set DVD, Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1972: #DOTD: #RIP: Charles Correll, American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman F. Gosden (b. February 2, 1890) #dies in a Chicago hospital after a heart attack, aged 82. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. Charles Correll was born Charles James Correll in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, Charles Correll voiced the central character of Andy Brown, along with various supporting characters. From 1928 to 1934, the team never took a vacation away from their radio show. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amos 'n' Andy on the air, the broadcast of March 19, 1958 was done by Correll and Gosden using their real voices and calling each other by their real names; this had never been done on the show before. Correll died in a Chicago hospital following a heart attack; at the time of his death he was retired and living in Beverly Hills, California, just a few blocks away from his radio partner, Freeman Gosden. The comedy team was named to the Radio Hall of Fame in 1962; Correll received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his radio work in 1969. In 1977, Correll was inducted in the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame along with Gosden. In 1961-1962, Gosden and Correll provided the voices for the animated series Calvin and the Colonel on ABC-TV. https://store.earthstation1.com/amos-39n39-andy-radio-mp3-dvd-complete-broad39393.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Start Engines + 50 Years: The US Eighth Army Air Force + Bonus MP4 DVD
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1927: #BOTD: #HBD! Patrick O'Neal, American actor of stage, film and television, restaurateur (d. September 9, 1994) is #born Patrick Wisdom O'Neal in Ocala, Florida, to Martha and Coke Wisdom O'Neal. He attended the Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, and Ocala High School. Upon graduation, he enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville where he majored in drama. During college, O'Neal joined the Florida Players, a theatre troupe. He was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was the editor of the university yearbook. After earning a bachelor's degree, O'Neal enlisted in the United States Air Force and served during the Korean War. During the war, he directed short training films. After 15 months' service, he moved to New York and studied at the Actors Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse. O'Neal was seen mostly as a guest star on television throughout four decades, beginning in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he received critical praise for his leading role on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana, but the starring role for the 1964 film version went to Richard Burton. In 1969, he had a leading role in John Huston's The Kremlin Letter and a supporting role in the western El Condor. He appeared in the 1973 hit The Way We Were. In 1972, he portrayed a murderous architect in the Columbo episode "Blueprint for Murder" and in 1978, on the same show, he played a television network executive in the episode "Make Me a Perfect Murder". In 1990, he played the corrupt Police Commissioner Kevin Quinn in Sidney Lumet's Q & A. With his wife and his brother Michael, O'Neal co-owned a number of successful restaurants beginning in 1963, including "The Ginger Man" on West 64th St. (later renamed O'Neal's); "O'Neal's" on West 57th St., briefly the flagship of an O'Neal's chain; "The Landmark Tavern" on 11th Avenue; and "O'Neal's Saloon" at West 63rd St. and Columbus Ave., soon retitled "O'Neal's Baloon" (because the word "Saloon" had been outlawed during Prohibition but the neon sign for Saloon had already been created). All were located on the West Side of Manhattan. O'Neal married actress Cynthia Baxter in 1956. They had two sons, Maximilian and Fitzjohn, and remained married until O'Neal's death. O'Neal died on September 9, 1994, of respiratory failure at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in Manhattan, 17 days short of his 67th birthday. At the time of his death, he was also suffering from lung cancer and tuberculosis. His remains were cremated, and the ashes were given to his widow Cynthia Baxter. https://store.earthstation1.com/start-engines-plus-50-years-8th-airforce-historical-society-508.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: WPIX at 40! (1988) New York City's TV Channel 11 DVD, Download, USB
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1918: #BOTD: #HBD! John Zacherle, sometimes credited as John Zacherley, nicknamed "The Cool Ghoul" by Dick Clark, American television host, radio personality, singer, and voice actor (d. October 27, 2016) is #born John Karsten Zacherle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was best known for his long career as a television horror host, often broadcasting horror movies in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. Best known for his character of "Roland/Zacherley," he also did voice work for movies, and recorded the top ten novelty rock and roll song "Dinner With Drac" in 1958. He also edited two collections of horror stories, Zacherley's Vulture Stew and Zacherley's Midnight Snacks. As a horror host, he also doubled as a children's show host when in his "Zacherley" persona he hosted The Mighty Hercules cartoons for WPIX (Channel 11) in New York City in 1963. He is in large part the inspiration for the SCTV character Count Floyd played by Joe Flaherty. Zacherle grew up in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood, where he went to high school. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania. In World War II he enlisted in the United States Army and served in North Africa and Europe. After the war, he returned to Philadelphia and joined a local repertory theatre company. In 1954 he gained his first television role at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, where he was hired as an actor playing several roles (one was an undertaker) in Action in the Afternoon, a Western produced by the station and aired in the New York City market. Three years later, he was hired as the host of WCAU's Shock Theater, which debuted on October 7, 1957. As the host, Zacherle appeared wearing a long black undertaker's coat as the character "Roland," pronounced "Ro-land", who lived in a crypt with his wife "My Dear" (unseen, lying in her coffin) and his lab assistant, Igor. The hosting of the black-and-white show involved interrupting the film to do numerous stylized horror-comedy gags parodying the film, an influential change which pioneered a now-standard television genre. In the opening sequence, Zacherle as Roland would descend a long round staircase to the crypt. The producers erred on the side of goriness, showing fake severed heads with blood simulated with Hershey's chocolate syrup. During the comedy "cut-ins" during the movie, the soundtrack continued to play on the air, while the visual feed switched briefly to a shot of Zacherle as Roland in the middle of a related humorous stunt, such as riding a tombstone, or singing "My Funny Valentine" to his wife in her coffin. The show ran for 92 broadcasts through 1958. He was a close colleague of Philadelphia broadcaster Dick Clark, and sometimes filled in for Clark on road touring shows of Clark's American Bandstand in the 1960s. Clark reportedly gave Zacherle his nickname of "The Cool Ghoul." In 1958, partly with the assistance and backing of Clark, Zacherle cut "Dinner with Drac" for Cameo Records, backed by Dave Appell. At first, Clark thought the recording - in which Zacherle recites humorously grisly limericks to rock and roll accompaniment - was too gory to play on Bandstand, and made Zacherle return to the studio to cut a second tamer version. Eventually both versions were released simultaneously as backsides on the same 45, and the record broke the top ten nationally. Zacherle later released several LPs mixing horror sound effects with novelty songs. The purchase of WCAU by CBS in 1958 prompted Zacherle to leave Philadelphia for WABC-TV in New York, where the station added a "y" to the end of his name in the credits. He continued the format of the Shock Theater, after March 1959 titled Zacherley at Large, with "Roland" becoming "Zacherley" and his wife "My Dear" becoming "Isobel." He also began appearing in motion pictures, including Key to Murder alongside several of his former Action in the Afternoon colleagues. A regular feature of his shows continued to be his parodic interjection of himself into old horror films. He would run the movie and have "conversations" with the monster characters. He kept his "wife" in a coffin on stage. His co-star was in a burlap sack hanging from a rope. The on-air conversation consisted of Zacherle repeating the words he heard from the sack. In a 1960 promotional stunt for his move to WOR-TV, Zacherley-- by then, a Baby Boomer idol-- staged a presidential campaign. His "platform" recording can be found on the album Spook Along with Zacherley, which originally included a Zacherley for President book and poster set which is highly collectible today. Also, in 1960, he was a guest on CBS TV's "What's My Line", on the October, 30th broadcast, as the final guest. Two of the panelists had to disqualify themselves, as they knew his identity. In 1963 he hosted animated cartoons on WPIX-TV in New York. He also hosted the TV show Chiller Theatre in New York on WPIX. In 1964 he hosted a teenage dance show for three years at WNJU-TV in Newark called Disc-O-Teen, hosting the show in full costume and using the teenage show participants in his skits. In 1967, he became a morning radio host for WNEW-FM. Two years later in 1969, he became the station night broadcaster (10 PM-2 AM) for a progressive rock format. In 1971 he switched his show to WPLJ-FM, where he stayed for ten years. On February 14, 1970 he appeared at Fillmore East music hall in New York City to introduce rock act the Grateful Dead. His introduction of the band can be heard on the Grateful Dead album Dick's Picks Volume 4. In the early 1980s he played a wizard on Captain Kangaroo, appearing without his Roland/Zacherley costume and make-up. He continued to perform in character at Halloween broadcasts in New York and Philadelphia in the 1980s and 1990s, once narrating Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven while backed up by the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1986, he hosted a direct-to-video program called Horrible Horror, where he performed Zacherley monologues in between clips from public domain sci-fi and horror films. In 1988 he struck up a friendship with B movie horror director Frank Henenlotter, voicing the puppet "Aylmer," a slug-like drug-dealing and brain-eating parasite, one of the lead characters in Henenlotter's 1988 horror-comedy film Brain Damage, and cameos in his 1990 comedy Frankenhooker, appropriately playing a TV weatherman who specializes in forecasts for mad scientists. In late 1992, Zacherle joined the staff of "K-Rock," WXRK, at a time when the roster included other free-form radio luminaries such as Vin Scelsa (with whom he'd worked at WPLJ) and Meg Griffin. He departed in January 1996 when the station switched to an alternative rock format and hired all new jocks. In 2010 Zacherly starred in the documentary, The Aurora Monsters: The Model Craze That Gripped the World. The film was written and produced by Dennis Vincent and Cortlandt Hull, owner of the Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum in Bristol, Connecticut. The documentary includes a number of short pieces featuring Zacherly and his puppet co-host Gorgo, of Bill Diamond Productions. The film went on to win a Rondo award. Zacherle continued to make appearances at conventions through 2015, and to this day, Zacherle collectibles are still selling, including model kits, T-shirts, and posters. The book Goodnight, Whatever You Are by Richard Scrivani, chronicling the life and times of The Cool Ghoul, debuted at the Chiller Theatre Expo in Secaucus, New Jersey, in October 2006. Scrivani and Tom Weaver followed it up with the scrapbook-style "The Z Files: Treasures from Zacherley's Archives" in 2012. The comic book anthology, Zacherley's Midnite Terrors (created by Joseph M. Monks, and featuring top artists like Basil Gogos, Ken Kelly, William S. Stout and Mike Koneful), was created solely as a tribute to "Zach". Three issues were published, and Zacherley acted in a commercial to promote them. He made a special guest appearance in Harry Chaskin's award-winning animated short film, Bygone Behemoth and recent on-air appearances include a two-hour show at WCBS-FM with Ron Parker on Halloween, 2007. A picture of Zacherley alongside fellow horror host Dr. Gangrene appeared in the October 30, 2007 issue of USA Today in an article about Horror Host entitled Halloween horror hosts rise again on radio, TV, film written by David Colton. Zacherley and Chiller Theatre returned to the WPIX airwaves on October 25, 2008 for a special showing of the 1955 Universal Pictures science fiction classic Tarantula!. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Zacherle into their Hall of Fame in 2010. Zacherley died on October 27, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, New York City at the age of 98. His remains were cremated; the final disposition of his ashes are not publicly disclosed other than that they were given to family or friend(s). He was the uncle of My Little Pony creator Bonnie Zacherle. https://store.earthstation1.com/wpix-at-40-channel-11-nyc-1988-tv-retrospec40111988.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Blunt: The Fourth Man (1985) DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1907: #BOTD: Anthony Blunt, styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, a leading British art historian who confessed in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, to having been a spy for the Soviet Union (d. March 26, 1983) is #born Anthony Frederick Blunt in Bournemouth, Hampshire, South East England. Blunt was considered to be the "fourth man" of the Cambride Five, also know as The Cambridge Spy Ring, a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s, which included Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and, possibly, John Cairncross. The term "Cambridge" refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence. Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until after they had graduated. None of the known members was ever prosecuted for spying. Anthony Blunt was the fourth discovered, with John Cairncross yet to be revealed. The height of his espionage activity was during World War II, when he passed intelligence on Wehrmacht plans that the British government had decided to withhold from its ally. His confession, a closely guarded secret for years, was revealed publicly by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1979. He was stripped of his knighthood immediately thereafter. Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. His 1967 monograph on the French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin is still widely regarded as a watershed book in art history. His teaching text and reference work Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700, first published in 1953, reached its fifth edition in a slightly revised version by Richard Beresford in 1999, when it was still considered the best account of the subject. Anthony Blunt died of a heart attack at his London home, 9 The Grove, Highgate, aged 75. He is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery And Crematorium, London, England. https://store.earthstation1.com/blunt-the-fourth-man-dvd-anthony-hopkins-ian-richardson.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Compleat Beatles Documentary Film DVD, MP4 Download, Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1969: Record Releases: Aesthetics: The Performing Arts: Music: Music History: The History Of Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): British Rock And Roll (British Rock & Roll, British Rock-N-Roll, British Rock 'N' Roll, British Rock 'N Roll, British Rock N' Roll): The Swinging Sixties: British Rock (Beat Music, British Beat, Merseybeat): The Swinging Sixties: British Rock (Beat Music, British Beat, Merseybeat): The British Invasion: The Beatles: -- Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released. Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English rock band the Beatles. The recording sessions for the album were the last in which all four Beatles participated. Although Let It Be was the final album that the Beatles completed before the band's dissolution in April 1970, most of the album had been recorded before the Abbey Road sessions began. A two-sided hit single from the album, "Something" backed with "Come Together", released in October, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. Abbey Road is a rock album that incorporates genres such as blues, pop, and progressive rock, and it makes prominent use of the Moog synthesizer and the Leslie speaker. Side two contains a medley of song fragments edited together to form a single piece. The album was recorded amid a more enjoyable atmosphere than the Get Back/Let It Be sessions earlier in the year, but there were still frequent disagreements within the band. John Lennon had privately left the group by the time the album was released and McCartney publicly quit the following year. Although Abbey Road was an immediate commercial success and reached ?No.?1 in the UK and US, it initially received mixed reviews, some critics describing its music as inauthentic and bemoaning the production's artificial effects. Many critics now view the album as the Beatles' best and rank it as one of the greatest albums of all time. In particular, George Harrison's contributions, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun", are considered to be among the best songs he wrote for the group. The album's cover, which features the four band members walking across a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios, has become one of the most famous and imitated images in the history of popular music. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-compleat-beatles-documentary-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower: In War And Peace DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 15-27, 1959: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1953-1962): Soviet Union-United States Relations: Soviet Union-United States Conferences: The State Visit Of Nikita Khrushchev To The United States (September 15-27, 1959): Day 12: September 26, 1959: -- At Camp David, Eisenhower and Khrushchev discuss important issues such as disarmament, the situation in Berlin, and trade between their two nations. Though, at the end of their talks they agree, "the question of general disarmament is the most important one facing the world today," they reach no solid agreement on the topics they discuss. The state visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States was a 13-day visit from September 15-27, 1959. It marked the first state visit of a Soviet leader to the US. Khrushchev, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers, was also the first ethnic Ukrainian leader to set foot in the Western Hemisphere. Being the first visit by a leader of his kind, the coverage of it resulted in an extended media circus. https://store.earthstation1.com/dwight-d-eisenhower-documentaries-dual-layer-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Gallant Breed: US Marine Chronicles + 2 Bonuses MP4 Download DVD
Today, September 26,2025
September 25-26, 1950: Korea: The History Of Korea: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Korean Conflict: The Cold War (1947-1953): The Cold War In Asia: The Korean War: The Second Battle Of Seoul: -- Following on their spectacular victories at the Battle Of Inchon, United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces. There would be three more battles for Seoul, with the city falling to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in January 1951; Operation Ripper, also known as the Fourth Battle Of Seoul, resulting in UN re-recapture of the city in March 1951; and the Fifth Battle Of Seoul, the unsuccessful Chinese attempt to re-re-recapture Seoul during the Chinese Spring Offensive in April 1951. The Marines entered Seoul shortly after 7:00 am on September 25 to find it heavily fortified. Buildings were heavily defended by machine guns and snipers, and on Ma Po Boulevard, the main road through the city, the KPA had established a series of 8-foot-high barricades of burlap bags, typically filled with either sand or rice. Located about 200-300 yards apart, each major intersection of the city featured such a barricade, the approaches to which were laced with mines, and which were usually defended by a 45mm anti-tank gun and machine guns. Each had to be eliminated one at a time, and it took the Marines, on average, 45-60 minutes to clear each position. Casualties mounted as the Americans engaged in heated house-to-house fighting. Edwin H. Simmons, a Major in 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, likened the experience of his company's advance up the boulevard to "attacking up Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capital in Washington, D.C." He described the street as "once a busy, pleasant avenue lined with sycamores, groceries, wine, and tea shops." Anxious to pronounce the conquest of Seoul on MacArthur's insistence by the third-month anniversary of the war, Almond declared the city liberated on September 25, although Marines were still engaged in house-to-house combat (gunfire and artillery could still be heard in the northern suburbs). Effective resistance would cease by September 27. After the battle, South Korean police executed citizens and their families who were suspected as communist sympathizers in what is known as the Goyang Geumjeong Cave and Namyangju massacres. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-gallant-breed-dvd-set-3-part-us-marine-history-2-dis32.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Wings Over The World: Aviation History Series DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1973: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Transcontinental Flight: The History Of Transatlantic Flight: Flight Airspeed Records: -- The Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. Concorde is a British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued flying for the next 27 years. It is one of only two supersonic transports to have been operated commercially; the other is the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144, which operated in passenger service from 1977 to 1978. Concorde was jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aerospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) under an Anglo-French treaty. Twenty aircraft were built, including six prototypes and development aircraft. Air France (AF) and British Airways (BA) were the only airlines to purchase and fly Concorde. The aircraft was used mainly by wealthy passengers who could afford to pay a high price in exchange for the aircraft's speed and luxury service. For example, in 1997, the round-trip ticket price from New York to London was 7,995 USD, more than 30 times the cost of the cheapest option to fly this route. The original program cost estimate of 70 million Pounds Sterling met huge overruns and delays, with the program eventually costing 1.3 billion Pounds Sterling. It was this extreme cost that became the main factor in the production run being much smaller than anticipated. Later, another factor which affected the viability of all supersonic transport programmes was that supersonic flight could only be used on ocean-crossing routes, to prevent sonic boom disturbance over populated areas. With only seven airframes each being operated by the British and French, the per-unit cost was impossible to recoup, so the French and British governments absorbed the development costs. British Airways and Air France were able to operate Concorde at a profit, in spite of very high maintenance costs, because the aircraft was able to sustain a high ticket price. Among other destinations, Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London's Heathrow Airport and Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, and Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados; it flew these routes in less than half the time of other airliners. Concorde's name, meaning "harmony" or "union", was chosen to reflect the co-operation on the project between the United Kingdom and France. In the UK, any or all of the type are known simply as Concorde, with no definite article "the". Concorde won the 2006 Great British Design Quest organised by the BBC and the Design Museum, beating other well-known designs such as the BMC Mini, the miniskirt, the Jaguar E-Type, the London Tube map and the Supermarine Spitfire. The type was retired in 2003, three years after the crash of Air France Flight 4590, in which all passengers and crew were killed. The general downturn in the commercial aviation industry after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and the end of maintenance support for Concorde by Airbus (the successor company of both Aerospatiale and BAC) also contributed. https://store.earthstation1.com/wings-over-the-world-7-dvd-set-entire-aviation-tv-serie7.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Monarchy In The UK: British Royal History DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1687: The French-Habsburg Rivalry: The European Wars Of Religion: The Anglo-French Wars (1109-1815): The Nine Years' War (The War Of The Grand Alliance, The War Of The League Of Augsburg) (1688-1689): The Glorious Revolution: -- The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange. William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascension to the throne as William III of England jointly with his wife, Mary II, James' daughter, after the Declaration of Right, leading to the Bill Of Rights 1689. The College of William and Mary is named for them; royally founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States after Harvard University. https://store.earthstation1.com/monarchy-in-the-uk-british-royal-family-history-films-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: T. S. Eliot Documentary Biography DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1888: #BOTD: #HBD! T. S. Eliot, American-English playwright, essayist, publisher, literary and social critic and Nobel Prize laureate, one of the twentieth century's major poets (d. January 4, 1965) is #born Thomas Stearns Eliot in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved from his native United States to England in 1914 at the age of 25, settling, working, and marrying there. He eventually became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, renouncing his American citizenship. Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), which was seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. It was followed by some of the best-known poems in the English language, including The Waste Land (1922), "The Hollow Men" (1925), "Ash Wednesday" (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). He was also known for his seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and The Cocktail Party (1949). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.". T. S. Eliot died of emphysema at his home in Kensington in London, aged 76, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were taken to St Michael and All Angels' Church, East Coker, the village in Somerset from which his Eliot ancestors had emigrated to America. A wall plaque in the church commemorates him with a quotation from his poem East Coker: "In my beginning is my end. In my end is my beginning." https://store.earthstation1.com/t-s-eliot-dvd-biography-poetry-literature.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Great War (1964) TV Documentary Series DVD, Video Download, USB
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1917: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Western Front Of World War I: The Battle Of Ypres: The Battle Of Passchendaele (The Third Battle Of Ypres): The Battle Of Polygon Wood: -- The second phase of the Third Battle Of Ypres, The Battle Of Polygon Wood, begins near Ypres near Belgium as the British led by General Herbert Plumer attacked with lines of skirmishers, followed by small infantry columns organised in depth, with a vast amounts of artillery support, the infantry advancing behind five layers of creeping bombardment. The Battle Of Polygon Wood was fought in the area from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge quantity of shellfire from both sides since July 16 and the area had changed hands several times. The advance was planned to cover 1,000-1,500 yards (910-1,370 m) and stop on reverse slopes, which were easier to defend, enclosing ground which gave observation of German reinforcement routes and counter-attack assembly areas. Preparations were then made swiftly to defeat German counter-attacks, by mopping-up and consolidating the captured ground with defences in depth. The attack inflicted a severe blow on the German 4th Army, causing many losses of assets and territory, capturing a significant portion of Flandern I Stellung, the fourth German defensive position, which threatened the German hold on Broodseinde ridge. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-war-dvd-set-1964-wwi-tv-series-26-shows-1964266.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: An Ocean Apart TV Documentary Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1953: The Aftermath Of World War II: Rationing: The United Kingdom: The History Of The United Kingdom: Rationing In The United Kingdom: -- Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends, eight years after the end of the Second World War that necessitated it. Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war. At the start of the Second World War in 1939, the United Kingdom was importing 20 million long tons of food per year, including about 70% of its cheese and sugar, almost 80% of fruit and about 70% of cereals and fats. The UK also imported more than half of its meat and relied on imported feed to support its domestic meat production. The civilian population of the country was about 50 million. It was one of the principal strategies of the Germans in the Battle of the Atlantic to attack shipping bound for Britain, restricting British industry and potentially starving the nation into submission. To deal with sometimes extreme shortages, the Ministry of Food instituted a system of rationing. To buy most rationed items, each person had to register at chosen shops and was provided with a ration book containing coupons. The shopkeeper was provided with enough food for registered customers. Purchasers had to present ration books when shopping so that the coupon or coupons could be cancelled as these pertained to rationed items. Rationed items had to be purchased and paid for as usual, although their price was strictly controlled by the government and many essential foodstuffs were subsidised; rationing restricted what items and what amount could be purchased as well as what they would cost. Items that were not rationed could be scarce. Prices of some unrationed items were also controlled; prices for many items not controlled were unaffordably high for most people. During the Second World War rationing-not restricted to food-was part of a strategy including controlled prices, subsidies and government-enforced standards, with the goals of managing scarcity and prioritising the armed forces and essential services, and trying to make available to everyone an adequate and affordable supply of goods of acceptable quality. https://store.earthstation1.com/an-ocean-apart-7-part-tv-series-4-disc-dvd-s74.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Bela Bartok: His Life And Music DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1945: #DOTD: #RIP: Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist, considered one of the greatest 20th century composer (b. March 25, 1881) #dies at age 64 in a hospital in New York City from complications of leukemia (specifically, of secondary polycythemia). His funeral was attended by ten people; aside from his widow and their son, other attendees included Hungarian pianist and writer Gyorgy Sandor. He is buried at Farkasreti Temeto cemetery in Farkasret, Hegyvidek, Budapest, Hungary. Bela Bartok was born Bela Viktor Janos Bartok in the town of Nagyszentmiklos in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Sannicolau Mare, Romania) in what was then Banat, a region straddling Central and Eastern Europe divided between modern Romania, Serbia and Hungary. He and Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology. https://store.earthstation1.com/bela-bartok-his-life-and-music-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Story Of Civilization: Will & Ariel Durant DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 46 BC: Rome: Ancient Rome: Roman Festivals: The Festival Of Venus Genetrix: The Temple Of Venus Genetrix: -- Julius Caesar dedicates The Temple Of Venus Genetrix (Latin: Templum Veneris Genetricis) to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix (Venus The Mother), the founding goddess of the Julian gens (family) in The Forum Of Caesar (Latin: Forum Caesaris, also known as Forum Iulium or Forum Julium), in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle Of Pharsalus, a decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War, also known as the Great Roman Civil War, one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire. From then on, The Festival Of Venus Genetrix (September 26) was held under state auspices from 46 BC at her temple in the Forum of Caesar, in fulfillment of a vow by Julius Caesar, who claimed her personal favour as his divine patron, and ancestral goddess of the Julian clan. Caesar dedicated the temple during his unprecedented and extraordinarily lavish quadruple triumph. At the same time, he was pontifex maximus and Rome's senior magistrate; the festival is thought to mark the unprecedented promotion of a personal, family cult to one of the Roman state. Caesar's heir, Augustus, made much of these personal and family associations with Venus as an Imperial deity. The festival's rites are not known. The Temple of Venus Genetrix remains in the ruins of The Forum Of Caesar, Rome. https://store.earthstation1.com/story-of-civilization-will-amp-ariel-durant-mp3-dvd-11-audiobo311.html

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Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1895: #DOTD: #RIP: Lahiri Mahasaya, Indian yogi, guru and a disciple of the Kriya Yoga master Mahavatar Babaji (b. September 30, 1828) #dies aged 66 in Benares, United Provinces, British Raj (modern India). His remains were cremated, and the ashes are interred at Shri Lahiri Mahasaya Samadhi Temple, New Keshav Ashram, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Born Shyama Charan Lahiri in Ghurani, Punjab, India, he was chosen by his guru to revive the yogic science of Kriya Yoga to the public after centuries of its guarding by masters. He was unusual among Indian holy people in that he was a householder: marrying, raising a family, and working as an government accountant, he lived with his family in Varanasi rather than in a temple or monastery. Throughout his life, he spread Kriya naturally and rarely sponsored any organizations; nonetheless, his pious living attracted followers and he became the guru of many advanced Kriya disciples, such as Panchanan Bhattacharya and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. For his exceptional lifestyle as an "Ideal yogi-householder", he became a spiritually inspirational figure and achieved a substantial reputation among 19th century Hindu religionists. He became known in the West through Paramahansa Yogananda, a disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri, and through Yogananda's 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi. Yogananda noted his "Christlike life" and considered him a Yogavatar, or "Incarnation of Yoga," since Lahiri himself was chosen by the yogic masters to disseminate the principles of yoga to the world. The book notes that as a guru, Lahiri was conscientious and understanding of his disciples; he carefully directed them according to their natural inclinations. Stressing the practicality of Kriya, he yet allowed students the freedom to worship based on their own backgrounds. He also bravely accepted social outcasts and those of other faiths as his students, despite being a high-caste Brahmin in an orthodox Hindu society. Many miraculous instances of his life are also detailed in the book, such as being initiated in a luminous palace materialized by Babaji and reviving a disciple from death. During his retirement years, he often remained continuously in a meditative state in his home parlor without needing sleep, and often without even leaving for other parts of the house; disciples and wandering monks would visit him both by day and night. Trailanga Swami, the famous saint of Varanasi, had praised Lahiri Mahasaya in the following words, "Lahiri Mahasaya is like a divine kitten, remaining wherever the Cosmic Mother has placed him. While dutifully playing the part of a worldly man, he has received that perfect Self-realization which I have sought by renouncing everything - even my loincloth!" https://store.earthstation1.com/alternative-sgt-pepper39s-lonely-hearts-club-band-mp3-cd-download-393.html

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Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1977: Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs): Nuclear Power Plants In The Soviet Union: The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: -- The first nuclear power plant in the (then) Ukrainian SSR opens for official usage as Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Kyiv Oblast. The plant was cooled by an engineered pond, fed by the Pripyat River about 5 kilometers (3 mi) northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper River. Originally named for Vladimir Lenin, the plant was commissioned in phases with the four reactors entering commercial operation between 1978 and 1984. On April 26, 1986, The Chernobyl Disaster occurred there, a reactor accident tjat created the world' worst nuclear disaster. The Chernobyl Disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl Accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred between 25-26 April 1986 in the No. 4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the now-abandoned town of Pripyat, in northern Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, approximately 104 km (65 mi) north of Kiev. The event occurred during a late-night safety test which simulated a station blackout power failure, in the course of which safety systems were intentionally turned off. A combination of inherent reactor design flaws and the reactor operators arranging the core in a manner contrary to the checklist for the test, eventually resulted in uncontrolled reaction conditions. Water flashed into steam, generating a destructive steam explosion and a subsequent open-air graphite fire. This fire produced considerable updrafts for about nine days. These lofted plumes of fission products into the atmosphere. The estimated radioactive inventory that was released during this very hot fire phase approximately equaled in magnitude the airborne fission products released in the initial destructive explosion. This radioactive material precipitated onto parts of the western USSR and Europe. During the accident, steam-blast effects caused two deaths within the facility; one immediately after the explosion, and the other, compounded by a lethal dose of radiation. Over the coming days and weeks, 134 servicemen were hospitalized with acute radiation symptoms, of which 28 firemen and employees died in the days-to-months afterward from the effects of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). In addition, approximately fourteen radiation induced cancer deaths among this group of 134 hospitalized survivors were to follow within the next ten years. Among the wider population, an excess of 15 childhood thyroid cancer deaths were documented as of 2011. It will take further time and investigation to definitively determine the elevated relative risk of cancer among the surviving employees, those that were initially hospitalized with ARS and the population at large. The Chernobyl Accident is considered the most disastrous nuclear power plant accident in history, both in terms of cost and casualties. It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. The struggle to safeguard against scenarios which were perceived as having the potential for greater catastrophe, together with later decontamination efforts of the surroundings, ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles. The remains of the No. 4 reactor building were enclosed in a large cover which was named The Object Shelter, often known as The Sarcophagus. The purpose of the structure was to reduce the spread of the remaining radioactive dust and debris from the wreckage and the protection of the wreckage from further weathering. The sarcophagus was finished in December 1986 at a time when what was left of the reactor was entering the cold shut-down phase. The enclosure was not intended as a radiation shield, but was built quickly as occupational safety for the crews of the other undamaged reactors at the power station, with No.3 continuing to produce electricity up into 2000. The accident motivated safety upgrades on all remaining Soviet-designed reactors in the RBMK (Chernobyl No. 4) family, of which eleven continued to power electric grids as of 2013. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-the-documentaries-dvd-2-disc2.html

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Today, September 26,2025
September 26, 1926: #BOTD: #HBD! Julie London, American singer, actress and beauty whose career spanned more than 40 years (d. October 18, 2000) is #born Julie Peck in Santa Rosa, California to vaudevillian parents. A torch singer noted for her sultry, languid contralto vocals, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969. Her recording of "Cry Me a River", a track she introduced on her debut album, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition to her musical notice, London was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1974 for her portrayal of nurse Dixie McCall in the television series Emergency!. London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and she began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in The Fat Man (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in Saddle the Wind (1958), with Gary Cooper in Man of the West (1958) and with Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959). In the mid-1950s, she signed a recording contract with Liberty Records, marking the beginning of her professional musical career. She released her final studio album in 1969, but achieved continuing success playing the female starring role of nurse Dixie McCall in the television series Emergency! (1972-1979), in which she acted with her husband Bobby Troup. The show was produced by her ex-husband Jack Webb. Julie London died in the early morning hours at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center of cardiac arrest caused by chain smoking since 16 years old that resulted in lung cancer. aged 74. She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-cigarette-commercials-dvds-2-dual-layer-disc-se2.html