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November 9: Go To An Art Museum Day: -- Remember how excited you were to go on a field trip to the museum as a kid? The first thing on your mind was probably, "Yeah, no class!," but a big part of the appeal was the thought of going on an adventure. And art's all about exploration -- in fact, that's why we celebrate today! More than 30,000 museums around the world participate, and each year even has a different theme. So today, go to a museum and discover something new! And if you can't go to a museum yourself, you can always explore art online and read articles by some of the top art journalists. This day invites everyone to explore the fascinating world of art by visiting museums. Whether you're a seasoned art lover or just curious, it's a perfect opportunity to experience the diversity and beauty of art collections near and far. Museums across the globe participate, offering a unique glimpse into both historical and contemporary works. The day emphasizes the joy of learning and the therapeutic benefits of art. It encourages people to become tourists in their cities, exploring local museums to discover something new or to see their surroundings in a different light. Visiting an art museum can also provide a peaceful escape from daily routines. It allows visitors to immerse themselves in creativity and find inspiration or a moment of reflection. Going to an Art Museum Day is more than just an occasion; it's a chance to connect with art personally and appreciate its profound impact on our culture and personal lives. Each visit to a museum offers a fresh perspective, a new encounter with art that can educate, inspire, and rejuvenate. Go to an Art Museum Day was born from the collective enthusiasm of art lovers online. This special day began as a grassroots movement on social media platforms, where people shared their museum experiences and encouraged others to explore the enriching world of art museums. The day quickly caught on, becoming a favorite way for people to connect with art, learn about different cultures and historical contexts, and share their artistic enjoyment with others. The goal of Go to an Art Museum Day is to promote cultural and artistic education while recognizing the contributions of artists to society. It has become a popular occasion for both seasoned art connoisseurs and those new to art to immerse themselves in the vast and varied experiences that art museums offer. From classic paintings to contemporary installations, the day provides an opportunity for personal inspiration, education, and relaxation in the serene atmosphere of art galleries. Online communities continue to play a crucial role in the popularity of Go to an Art Museum Day, using the internet to extend the reach of art museums to wider audiences through virtual tours and digital exhibitions. This has allowed the event to thrive and remain accessible to everyone, regardless of their physical ability to visit a museum, ensuring that the beauty and educational value of art is shared globally. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/glories-of-medieval-art-the-cloisters-dvd.html

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November 9, 1799: The Age Of Enlightenment (The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of Revolution: The Atlantic Revolutions: The French Revolution: The Coup Of 18 Brumaire (The Coup d'Etat Of 18 Brumaire, Coup d'Etat Du 18 Brumaire) -- Napoleon Bonaparte comes to power as First Consul of the successor Consulate Government of France, when he leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire, instantly ending both the Directory government and The French Revolution, and beginning the process which ultimately lead to his coronation as Emperor Of The French five years later. This bloodless coup is so named because it occurred on 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the short-lived French Republican calendar system. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/napoleon-bonaparte-documentaries-collection-mp4-video-download-dv4.html

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November 9, 1818: #BOTD: #HBD! Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West, one of the greatest writers of the 19th century (d. September 3, 1883) is #born Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev in Oryol (modern-day Oryol Oblast, Russia) to noble Russian parents Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev (1793-1834), a colonel in the Russian cavalry who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva (nee Lutovinova; 1787-1850). Ivan Turgenev's first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Ivan Turgenev died aged 64 of a spinal abscess, a complication of the metastatic liposarcoma (a soft tissue cancer), in his house at Bougival near Paris, France. His remains were taken to Russia and buried in Volkovo Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Ivan Turgenev's brain was found to be one of the largest on record for neurotypical individuals (abbreviation of neurologically typical individuals, autistic people who have variations in their brains rather than have a disease, a condition known as neurodiversity, a term coined from the Austism Rights Movement [The Autism Acceptance Movement), weighing 2,012 g (4 lb 7 oz). On his deathbed, he pleaded with Tolstoy: "My friend, return to literature!" After this, Tolstoy wrote such works as The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Kreutzer Sonata. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-historical-view-a-legacy-in-pictures-jpg-photo-cd.html

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November 9, 1867: Japan: The History Of Japan: Imperial Japan (The Empire Of Japan, The Japanese Empire, Japan): The Boshin War (The Japanese Revolution, The Japanese Civil War): Bakumatsu (Japanese: "Tent Goverment", The End Of The Shogunate, The End Of The Tokugawa Shogunate, The End Of The Edo Shogunate, The End Of The Edo Period): The Meiji Restoration (Japanese: Meiji Ishin) (The Meiji Renovation, The Meiji Revolution, The Meiji Reform, The Meiji Renewal): -- The Tokugawa Shogunate (Japanese: Tokugawa Bakufu), also known as the Edo shogunate (Japanese: Edo Bakufu), the military government of Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1868), hands back power to the Japanese Emperor Mutsuhito, posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, effectively marking the beginning of The Meiji Restoration (Japanese:Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (Japanese: Goishin), which officially began on January 3, 1868. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, it restored practical abilities and consolidated the political system under the Emperor of Japan. The goals of the restored government were expressed by the new emperor in the Charter Oath (Japanese: Gokajo No Goseimon, "The Oath In Five Articles"), promulgated on April 6, 1868 in Kyoto Imperial Palace. The Oath outlined the main aims and the course of action to be followed during Emperor Meiji's reign, setting the legal stage for Japan's modernization. This also set up a process of urbanization as people of all classes were free to move jobs so people went to the city for better work. It remained influential, though less for governing than inspiring, throughout the Meiji era and into the twentieth century, and it can be considered the first constitution of modern Japan. The Meiji Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly industrialized and adopted Western ideas and production methods. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/japan-a-cherry-blossom-by-many-other-names-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

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November 9, 1896: #BOTD: #HBD! Nan Britton, American secretary who was a mistress of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (d. March 21, 1991) is #born Nanna Popham Britton in Marion, Ohio. In 1927, she revealed that her daughter, Elizabeth, had been fathered by Harding while he was serving in the United States Senate, one year before he was elected to the presidency. Her claim was open to question during her life, but was confirmed by DNA testing in 2015. Nan's father, Dr. Samuel H. Britton, spoke to Harding about his daughter's infatuation, and Harding met with her, claiming he told her that some day she would find the man of her dreams. At the time, Harding was already married and involved in a passionate affair with Carrie Fulton Phillips, wife of James Phillips, co-owner of a local department store. After she graduated from high school in 1914, Britton moved to New York City, to begin a career as a secretary. However, she claimed she also began an intimate relationship with Harding. Following Harding's death, Britton wrote what is considered to be the first kiss-and-tell book. In The President's Daughter, published in 1927, she claimed she had been Harding's mistress throughout his presidency and named him as the father of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann (1919-2005). One famous passage told of their having sex in a coat closet in the executive office of the White House. According to Britton, Harding had promised to support their daughter, but after his sudden death in 1923, his wife, Florence, refused to honor the obligation. Britton insisted that she wrote her book to earn money to support her daughter and to champion the rights of illegitimate children. She brought a lawsuit (Britton v. Klunk), but she was unable to provide any concrete evidence and was shaken by the vicious personal attacks made by Congressman Grant Mouser during the cross examination, which cost her the case. Britton's portrayal of Harding and his colloquialisms paints a picture of a crude womanizer. In his 1931 book Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s, Frederick Lewis Allen wrote that on the testimony of Britton's book, Harding's private life was "one of cheap sex episodes" and that "one sees with deadly clarity the essential ordinariness of the man, the commonness of his 'Gee dearie' and 'Say, you darling'." Britton's book was among those irreverently reviewed by Dorothy Parker for The New Yorker magazine as part of her famous Constant Reader column, under the title "An American DuBarry." In 1964, the discovery of more than 250 love letters that Harding had written to Carrie Fulton Phillips between 1909 and 1920 gave further support to Britton's own claims. Journalist R.W. Apple found Britton, who had long lived in seclusion, but was refused an interview. At the time, she was living in the Chicago area. Even at this time, over a generation later, her daughter and grandchildren would "occasionally be hounded by hateful skeptics" with threats and other unwanted attention that seemed to intensify during presidential elections. In the 1980s, Britton and her extended family moved to Oregon, where her three grandchildren currently live. Britton died aged 94 in Sandy, Oregon, where she had lived during the last years of her life. She is buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Howard, Ohio. She insisted until her death that Harding was her daughter's father. Twenty-four years after her death, in 2015, Ancestry.com confirmed through DNA testing of descendants of Harding's brother and Britton's grandchildren that Elizabeth was indeed Harding's daughter. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/portraits-of-the-presidency-roosevelt-wilson-hoover-taft-willkie.html

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November 9, 1914: #BOTD: #HBD! Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, inventor, sex symbol, nymphomaniac and beauty (d. January 19, 2000) is #born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler into a Galician Jewish (Galitzianers) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She had an early and brief film career in Czechoslovakia that included the controversial film Ecstasy (1933: in which Lamarr is very briefly seen swimming in the nude and running naked). She fled from her husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris. There, she met MGM head Louis B. Mayer, who offered her a movie contract in Hollywood, where she became a film star from the late 1930s to the 1950s. On August 11, 1942, at the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, which used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers. Although the US Navy did not adopt the technology until the 1960s, the principles of their work are now incorporated into modern Wi-Fi, CDMA, and Bluetooth technology, and this work led to their induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014. Hedy Lamarr died in Casselberry, Florida of heart disease, aged 85. Her son Anthony Loder spread her ashes in Austria's Vienna Woods in accordance with her last wishes. In 2014 a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's Central Cemetery. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/white-cargo-dvd-hedy-lamarr-walter-pidgeon-frank-morgan.html

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(#JCKaelin here: #OTD #TDIH #November9: A portentous day in #GermanHistory: Imperial Germany collapses, the Kaiser abdicates; the Weimar Republic is proclaimed; Kristallnacht occurs; Einstein wins the Nobel Prize; and The Berlin Wall falls!) ========= November 9, 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 German Revolution Of 1918-1919: -- In the final few days of World War I, The Imperial State Of Germany collapses amid a state of general chaos; Germany becomes a de facto republic as a result of Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicating the German and Prussian thrones and fleeing to Holland, with no agreement made on a succession by his son Crown Prince Wilhelm; meanwhile, the German Republic, ultimately to become known as the Weimar Republic and officially as the German Reich, is proclaimed by MSPD leader Philipp Scheidemann at the Reichstag building in Berlin, to the fury of Friedrich Ebert, the leader of the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD) (otherwise known as the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), not to be confused with the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD), a left wing breakaway group of the SPD involved in the Kiel Mutiny that sparked the November Revolution), who thought that the question of monarchy or republic should be answered by a national assembly. Two hours later, a "Free Socialist Republic" is proclaimed, 2 km away, at the Berlin City Palace (German: Berliner Stadtschloss), also known as the City Palace (German: Stadtschloss), more properly known as The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss) and formally as the Royal Palace (German: Koenigliches Schloss)) by Karl Liebknecht, co-leader along with Rosa Luxemburg of the communist Spartakusbund (Spartacus League), a group of a few hundred supporters of the Russian revolution that had allied itself with the USPD in 1917. In a legally questionable act, Imperial Chancellor (Reichskanzler) Prince Max of Baden transfers his powers to Friedrich Ebert, who, shattered by the monarchy's fall, reluctantly accepted. In view of the mass support for more radical reforms among the workers' councils, a coalition government is formed called "Council of the People's Deputies" (German: Rat der Volksbeauftragten) was established, consisting of three MSPD and three USPD members. Led by Ebert for the MSPD and the jurist and pacifist Hugo Haase for the USPD, it seeks to act as a provisional cabinet of ministers. But the power question is nevertheless unanswered. Although the new government is confirmed by Berlin's Workers And Soldiers Council, it is opposed by the Spartacus League. Two days later, On November 11, 1918, an armistice was signed at Compiegne by German representatives, effectively ending military operations between the Allies and Germany. It amounted to German capitulation, without any concessions by the Allies; the naval blockade would continue until complete peace terms were agreed. The German Revolution or November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution) was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic that later became known as the Weimar Republic. The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the adoption in August 1919 of the Weimar Constitution. The causes of the revolution were the extreme burdens suffered by the population during the four years of war, the strong impact of the defeat on the German Empire and the social tensions between the general population and the elite of aristocrats and bourgeoisie who held power and had just lost the war. The first acts of revolution were triggered by the policies of the German Supreme Command of the Army and its lack of coordination with the Naval Command. In the face of defeat, the Naval Command insisted on trying to precipitate a climactic battle with the British Royal Navy by means of its naval order of October 24, 1918. The battle never took place; instead of obeying their orders to begin preparations to fight the British, German sailors led a revolt in the naval ports of Wilhelmshaven on October 29, 1918, followed by the Kiel Mutiny in the first days of November. These disturbances spread the spirit of civil unrest across Germany, and ultimately led to the proclamation of a republic on November 9, 1918. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Wilhelm II abdicated his throne and fled the country. The revolutionaries, inspired by socialist ideas, did not hand over power to Soviet-style councils as the Bolsheviks had done in Russia, because the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) opposed their creation. The SPD opted instead for a national assembly that would form the basis for a parliamentary system of government. Fearing an all-out civil war in Germany between militant workers and reactionary conservatives, the SPD did not plan to strip the old German upper classes completely of their power and privileges. Instead, it sought to integrate them into the new social democratic system. In this endeavour, SPD leftists sought an alliance with the German Supreme Command. This allowed the army and the Freikorps (nationalist militias) to quell the communist Spartacist uprising of 4-15 January 1919 by force. The same alliance of political forces succeeded in suppressing uprisings of the left in other parts of Germany, with the result that the country was completely pacified by late 1919. Elections for the new Weimar National Assembly were held on January 19, 1919. The revolution ended on 11 August 1919, when the Weimar Constitution was adopted. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/world-war-i-the-war-files-dvd-2-part-documentary-serie2.html

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November 9, 1935: Organized Labor: The Labor Union Movement: The Labor Union Movement In The United States: The Labor History Of The United States: Labor Unions In The United States: - The Congress Of Industrial Organizations (CIO): -- Eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation Of Labor (AFL), led by John L. Lewis, who was a part of the United Mine Workers (UMW), merge to found The Congress Of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The CIO was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. It was originally called the Committee for Industrial Organization but changed its name in 1938 when it broke away from the American Federation Of Labor. It also changed names because it was not successful with organizing unskilled workers with the AFL. The CIO supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Coalition, and was open to African Americans. Both the CIO and its rival the AFL grew rapidly during the Great Depression. The rivalry for dominance was bitter and sometimes violent. In its statement of purpose, the CIO said it had formed to encourage the AFL to organize workers in mass production industries along industrial union lines. The CIO failed to change AFL policy from within. On September 10, 1936, the AFL suspended all 10 CIO unions (two more had joined in the previous year). In 1938, these unions formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations as a rival labor federation. Section 504 of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 required union leaders to swear that they were not Communists, which many CIO leaders refused to do; in 1965, the Supreme Court struck down this part of the law as unconstitutional. In 1955, the CIO rejoined the AFL, forming the new entity known as the American Federation Of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/john-l-lewis-dvd-united-mine-workers-afl-cio.html

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November 9, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! Mary Travers, American singer, songwriter and beauty, founding member of the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stooke (d. September 16, 2009) is #born Mary Allin Travers in Louisville, Kentucky to Robert Travers and Virginia Coigney, journalists and active organizers of The Newspaper Guild, a trade union. Peter, Paul and Mary was one of the most successful folk music groups of the 1960s. Travers, unlike most folk musicians of the early 1960s who were a part of the burgeoning music scene, grew up in New York City's Greenwich Village. A contralto, Travers released five solo albums in addition to her work with Peter, Paul and Mary. In 1938, her family moved to Greenwich Village in New York City. Mary attended the progressive Little Red School House, where she met musical icons like Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson. Robeson sang her lullabies. Travers did not graduate from high school; she left school in the 11th grade to become a member of the Song Swappers folk group. The Song Swappers sang backup for Pete Seeger on four reissue albums in 1955, when Folkways Records reissued a collection of Seeger's pro-union folk songs, "Talking Union". Travers regarded her singing as a hobby and was shy about it, but was encouraged by fellow musicians. She also was in the cast of the Broadway show The Next President. The group Peter, Paul and Mary was formed in 1961, and was an immediate success. They shared a manager, Albert Grossman, with Bob Dylan. Their success with Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" helped propel Dylan's Freewheelin' album into the U.S. Top 30 four months after its release. An Associated Press obituary noted:" The group's first album [Peter, Paul and Mary] came out in 1962 and immediately scored hits with their versions of "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree". The former won them Grammys for best folk recording and best performance by a vocal group. Their next album, Moving, included the hit tale of innocence lost, "Puff, The Magic Dragon", which reached No. 2 on the [U.S.] charts ... The trio's third album, In the Wind, featured three songs by the 22-year-old Bob Dylan. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "Blowin' in the Wind" reached the [U.S.] top 10, bringing Dylan's material to a massive audience; the latter shipped 300,000 copies during one two-week period. At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs [in the U.S.] as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement. Their version of [Pete Seeger's] "If I Had a Hammer" became an anthem for racial equality, as did Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", which they performed at the August 1963 March On Washington." Peter, Paul and Mary broke up in 1970. The band broke up shortly after having their biggest UK hit, singer-songwriter John Denver's poignant ballad "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (originally titled "Babe I Hate To Go") (UK No. 2, February 1970); the song made No. 1 on both the U.S. Billboard and Cash Box charts in December 1969 and was the group's only number one hit. Travers subsequently pursued a solo career and recorded five albums: Mary (1971), Morning Glory (1972), All My Choices (1973), Circles (1974) and It's in Everyone of Us (1978). Peter, Paul and Mary re-formed in 1978, toured extensively, and issued many new albums. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Travers was married four times. Her first brief union, to John Filler, produced her older daughter, Erika, in 1960. In 1963, she married Barry Feinstein, a prominent freelance photographer of musicians and celebrities. Her younger daughter, Alicia, was born in 1966, and the couple divorced the following year. In the 1970s, she was married to Gerald Taylor, publisher of National Lampoon. Following her marriage to Taylor, Travers had a relationship for several years with former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste while raising her daughters in New York. In 1991, she married restaurateur Ethan Robbins; Travers lived with Robbins in the small town of Redding, Connecticut, for the remainder of her life. In 2004, Travers was diagnosed with leukemia. A bone marrow transplant in 2005 induced a temporary remission, but she died on September 16, 2009, at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, from complications related to the marrow transplant and other treatments. She was 72 years old. In addition to her husband, survivors included daughters Erika and Alicia; her sister, the educator and psychologist Ann Gordon; and two granddaughters, Virginia and Wylly. She was buried at Umpawaug Cemetery in Redding, Connecticut. A memorial service for Travers was held on November 9, 2009, at Riverside Church In New York City. The four-hour service, on what would have been her seventy-third birthday, was attended by a capacity crowd. Two of the many reflections shared at the service speak to the impact of Mary Travers's work and the significance of her legacy. Feminist Gloria Steinem commented that with her poise and conviction as a performer, Ms. Travers "seemed to us to be a free woman, and that helped us to be free." Folk singer and co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival, Theodore Bikel, mused on her roles as political activist and glamorous pop-music touchstone. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/112263-the-day-the-nation-cried-john-f-kennedy--dvd-1122634.html

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November 9, 1960: Elections: Elections In The United States: The 1960 United States Presidential Election: -- In the early hours after midnight, the 1960 United States Presidential Election results confirm John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of the United States in one of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century. The election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. Democratic United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee. This was the first election in which fifty states participated and the last in which the District Of Columbia did not. It was also the first election in which an incumbent president was ineligible to run for a third term because of the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. Nixon faced little opposition in the Republican race to succeed popular incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kennedy, a junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, established himself as the Democratic front-runner with his strong performance in the 1960 Democratic primaries, including a key victory in West Virginia over United States Senator Hubert Humphrey. He defeated Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson on the first presidential ballot of the 1960 Democratic National Convention, and asked Johnson to serve as his running mate. The issue of the Cold War dominated the election, as tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union. Kennedy won a 303 to 219 Electoral College victory and is generally considered to have won the national popular vote by 112,827, a margin of 0.17 percent. Fourteen unpledged electors from Mississippi and Alabama cast their vote for Senator Harry F. Byrd, as did a faithless elector from Oklahoma. The 1960 presidential election was the closest election since 1916, and this closeness can be explained by a number of factors. Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 1957-58, which hurt the standing of the incumbent Republican Party, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans. Furthermore, the new votes that Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic president, gained among Catholics almost neutralized the new votes Nixon gained among Protestants. Kennedy's campaigning skills decisively outmatched Nixon's, who wasted time and resources campaigning in all fifty states while Kennedy focused on campaigning in populous swing states. Nixon's emphasis on his experience carried little weight for most voters. Kennedy relied on Johnson to hold the South, and used television effectively. Despite this, Kennedy's popular vote margin was the narrowest in the 20th century. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas and was succeeded by Johnson. Nixon would later successfully seek the presidency in 1968 and win reelection in 1972, but would resign in August 1974 due to the Watergate scandal; he was succeeded by his Vice President, Gerald Ford. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-making-of-the-president-1960-dvd-kennedy-nixon-campa1960.html

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November 9, 1965: Power Outages (Powercuts, Power Outs, Power Failures, Power Blackouts, Power Losses, Blackouts): Power Outages In The United States: The Northeast Blackout Of 1965: -- At 5:16 p.m., The Great Northeast Blackout Of 1965 began as a tripped circuit breaker at a power plant on the Niagara River caused a chain reaction sending power surges knocking out interconnected power companies down the East Coast. The blackout affected over 30 million persons, one-sixth of the entire U.S. population over 80,000 square miles (207,000 km2) and lasted for up to 13 hours, affecting Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Electricity also failed in Ontario and Quebec. An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he notes that a record he's playing (Jonathan King's "Everyone's Gone to the Moon") sounds slow, as do the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record "was in the key of R." The station's music playback equipment used motors that got their speed timing from the frequency of the powerline, normally 60 Hz. Comparisons of segments of the hit songs played at the time of the broadcast, minutes before the blackout happened, in this aircheck, as compared to the same song recordings played at normal speed reveal that approximately six minutes before blackout the line frequency was 56 Hz, and just two minutes before the blackout that frequency dropped to 51 Hz. As Si Zentner's recording of "(Up a) Lazy River" plays in the background - again at a slower-than-normal tempo - Ingram mentions that the lights in the studio are dimming, then suggests that the electricity itself is slowing down, adding, "I didn't know that could happen". When the station's Action Central News report comes on at 5:25 pm ET, the staff remains oblivious to the impending blackout. The lead story is still Roger Allen LaPorte's self-immolation at United Nations Headquarters earlier that day to protest American military involvement in the Vietnam War; a taped sound bite with the attending physician plays noticeably slower and lower than usual. The newscast gradually fizzles out as power is lost by the time newscaster Bill Rice starts delivering the second story about New Jersey Senator Clifford P. Case's comments on his home state's recent gubernatorial election. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/50-years-together-channel-2-amp-you-dvd-wcbstv-new-y502.html

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November 9, 1966: Conspiracy Theories: Paul Is Dead: #DOTD (? Nah ;) ) -- The supposed date of Paul McCartney's death. "Paul Is Dead" is considered an urban legend and conspiracy theory which alleges that Paul McCartney, of the English rock band Beatles, died on November 9, 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike, most often named as Billy Shears, a character in the Beatles song Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. On October 12, 1969, Disc jockey Russ Gibb broke the "Paul Is Dead" story when he broadcast "The Beatles Plot" radio documentary on WKNR-FM Detroit. Rumours of Paul McCartney's supposed death began circulating around 1967, but in September 1969, the rumour began spreading across college campuses in the United States. The rumour was based on perceived clues found in Beatles songs and album covers. Clue-hunting proved infectious, and within a few weeks had become an international phenomenon. According to the theory, McCartney died in a car crash and, to spare the public from grief, the surviving Beatles replaced him with the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest, sometimes identified as "William Campbell" or "Billy Shears". Afterwards, the band left messages in their music and album artwork to communicate the truth to their fans. These include the 1968 song "Glass Onion", in which Lennon sings "here's another clue for you all / the walrus was Paul", and the cover photo of their album Abbey Road, in which McCartney is shown barefoot and walking out of step with his bandmates. On October 12, 1969, a caller to Detroit radio station WKNR-FM told disc jockey Russ Gibb about the rumor and its clues. Gibb and other callers then discussed the rumor on the air for the next hour. Two days after the WKNR broadcast, The Michigan Daily published a satirical review of Abbey Road by University of Michigan student Fred LaBour under the headline "McCartney Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light". It identified various clues to McCartney's death on Beatles album covers, including new clues from the just-released Abbey Road LP. As LaBour had invented many of the clues, he was astonished when the story was picked up by newspapers across the United States. Gibb further fueled the rumor with a special two-hour program on the subject, "The Beatle Plot", which aired on October 19, 1969, and in the years since on Detroit radio. Rumours declined after an interview with McCartney, who had been secluded with his family in Scotland, was published in Life magazine in November 1969. During the 1970s, the phenomenon was the subject of analysis in the fields of sociology, psychology and communications. References to the legend are still occasionally made in popular culture. McCartney himself poked fun at it with his 1993 live album, titling it Paul Is Live, with cover art parodying clues allegedly placed on the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road. In 2009, Time magazine included "Paul Is Dead" in its feature on ten of "the world's most enduring conspiracy theories". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/paul-is-dead-mp3-cd-paul-mccartney-death-hoax-radio-show3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Voyager Rendezvous With Neptune Live Carl Sagan Sidney Poitier MP4 DVD
Today, November 9, 2025
( #JCKaelin here: In the mid 1980s I lived at a house whose backyard was two lots down and adjacent to Carl Sagan's boyhood home's backyard in Rahway, New Jersey, and I believe it shows! :D ) ========= November 9: Carl Sagan Day: -- November 9, 1934: #BOTD: #HBD! Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences (d. December 20, 1996) is #born Carl Edward Sagan in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn into a Reformed Jewish family; his father, Samuel Sagan, was an immigrant garment worker from Kamianets-Podilskyi, then in the Russian Empire, in today's Ukraine; his mother, Rachel Molly Gruber, was a housewife from New York. Carl Sagan is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He wrote many popular science books, such as The Dragons of Eden, Broca's Brain and Pale Blue Dot, and narrated and co-wrote the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The most widely watched series in the history of American public television, Cosmos has been seen by at least 500 million people across 60 different countries. The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. He also wrote the science fiction novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name. His papers, containing 595,000 items, are archived at The Library of Congress. Sagan advocated scientific skeptical inquiry and the scientific method, pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. Sagan and his works received numerous awards and honors, including the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book The Dragons of Eden, and, regarding Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, two Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award and the Hugo Award. He married three times and had five children. After suffering from myelodysplasia, Sagan died from pneumonia at the age of 62 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. His burial took place at Lake View Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. https://store.earthstation1.com/voyager-rendezvous-with-neptune-dvd-carl-sagan-sidney-poitier.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: A Christmas Carol Fredric March Basil Rathbone DVD Video Download
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9: British Pudding Day: -- A day when pudding lovers can gather and indulge in every kind of pudding that they ever desired. British Pudding Day celebrates the origins of British Pudding and how the rich culinary tradition behind baking puddings is still alive and a favorite of many all over the world. British puddings are different from American puddings in that the former comes in both sweet and savory flavors while the latter is usually a sweet dessert dish. Due to its rich and complex flavors, British puddings have been a staple cuisine of its people for many decades. This day is just another opportunity to give it the love it deserves. British pudding traces its origins to 1305 where the word 'pudding' was derived from the Middle English word 'poding,' which meant a 'meat-filled animal stomach.' The British usage of the word 'pudding,' however, is closer to the Latin word 'botellus,' which means sausage. The word 'botellus' gave rise to the word 'boudin' which then came to mean pudding. Thus, the British pudding is often viewed as a descendant of the Roman sausage. Many average households in the 16th century featured little ovens in the kitchen. These ovens did not reach a high temperature. These ovens were useful because they allowed them to bake a white pudding mixture in pastry over a low heat for a long time. Baked puddings were born as a result of this. English puddings in the 17th century were either savory (meat-based) or sweet (flour, nuts, and sugar). Both flavors became popular among the English. Traditionally, the puddings were boiled in special pudding bags. Most traditional British puddings did not contain meat by the end of the 18th century. In the 19th century, Bakewell puddings became popular in Britain. These puddings were descendants of the Ancient Roman Flan. Unlike other British puddings, the Bakewell pudding had almonds in it. The Bakewell pudding, unlike other British puddings, had almonds. Initially, they just used a few drops of almond essence in the sweet concoction, but over time, they began to add bigger quantities of ground almonds, resulting in a change in the consistency of the topping. Bakewell, a town in Derbyshire, is the source of the pudding's name. https://store.earthstation1.com/shower-of-stars-a-christmas-carol-frederic-march-basil-rathbone-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Korean War Films And Documentaries Collection DVD, MP4 Download, USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9: World Adoption Day: -- Encourages adoptees to share their stories. It's also a day for adoptive parents to connect with others and reflect upon their adoption journey. For couples experiencing the pain of infertility, adoption can be a wonderful way to become parents. However, there are many other kinds of people who adopt children each year. Maybe they simply want to provide a home for a child in need. Or maybe a woman has a medical condition that would make it dangerous to carry a baby. Others adopt because they are single, but still wish to have children. On the other side of the spectrum, there are many reasons children are given up for adoption. An unwed mother may feel she is too young to take responsibility for a child. Or, a mother may realize they do not have enough resources to adequately care for a child. Sadly, many children become in need of a home when one or both parents die. While adoption is a beautiful process, it can also be sad to realize the number of children in need of a home. According to the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) more than 150 million children throughout the world are in need of a home. This number includes the nearly half a million children that are in the U.S. foster system. https://store.earthstation1.com/korean-war-films-and-documentaries-dvd.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9: Geriatric Toothfairy Day: -- This day aims to bring awareness to the importance of oral health for elders living in long-term care and seeks to kick-start the conversation on how poor dental hygiene affects aging adults' quality of life, especially when they find themselves in nursing homes. Showing that we care about their oral wellbeing is important, as it makes them feel seen and heard and many sicknesses and systemic diseases are linked to poor dental care that affects vulnerable communities, like senior citizens. Sonya and her husband Gerald Dunbar, both valiant Navy Veterans, are the owners of Mobile Dental Xpress, an entity that prides itself on providing onsite dental care for senior citizens in nursing homes. Their efforts focus on helping elders achieve a better quality of life through improved oral hygiene habits, and on spreading awareness on the topic. Through her work, Sonya realized that many aging adults in long-term care facilities cannot address their oral care and depend on caregivers to do it for them every day. As a highly-skilled Registered Dental Hygienist with over 25 years of dental experience, she made it one of her goals to help provide quality dental services and educate anyone willing to lend an ear on this issue. So, using her never-ending wits and her 'dental influencer' powers, in 2020 she created Geriatric Toothfairy Day, a day set to shine a light on the topic and cast an S.O.S. signal to help our seniors and prevent them from becoming sick due to poor oral hygiene. As many long-term care residents do not receive proper oral care, simple actions like daily tooth brushing and flossing can make a huge difference. This day brings much-needed awareness to the oral health of senior citizens in nursing homes, a topic not talked about often enough in mainstream media. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-9-dv9.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Making Sense Of The Sixties TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9: Chaos Never Dies Day: -- We're already going a little nuts finding ways to embrace the, well, chaos of the world we live in. Turns out, there's no real way to escape the day-to-day crazy that life throws our way. Rather than run from it, we've found the top ways to temper chaos and make it fun. Chaos is a state of disorder or confusion, and it appears in every facet of the human experience since before the term even came about. In Greek mythology, Khaos is one of the primordial gods who precedes the universe itself. So, basically, chaos, and all its confusion and disorder, predates the universe, making it an integral part of life! While the specific origins of Chaos Never Dies Day are unknown, what is known is that chaos is an inevitable part of life. Even as people propagate the idea of slowing down, taking a break, and taking some time for yourself (all of which can be a good idea in the right capacity), these won't stop the inevitable chaos in your life. Sure, the entire self-care movement, which is based around commercializing 'relaxation' products that help you take a load off, has taken off in recent years _ but that doesn't mean the chaos stops when you come out of your face mask and bath-bomb coma! Chaos can mean different things to different people: for some, it's a schedule-packed day navigating a large and bustling city. For others, it's weekly family dinners. Whatever your specific chaos, the key to enjoying life is embracing the confusion and facing it head-on. That's where Chaos Never Dies Day comes in - it's completely dedicated to enjoying the chaos in the world around us! https://store.earthstation1.com/making-sense-of-the-sixties-tv-documentary-series-6-hour-episode6.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge And The Cambodian Genocide DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9: Cambodia Independence Day: -- November 9, 1953: Cambodia gains independence from France. To celebrate, Cambodia Independence Day commemorates this day throughout the country. The main venue where the official celebrations of the ceremony are held happens at the Independence Monument which is situated in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Every year on this day, a high-ranking official lights a ceremonial flame at the interior portion of the Independence Monument, and people deck the monument's stairs with flower tributes. In the 19th century, the kingdom of Cambodia fell under the control of the kingdom of Siam and became a vassal state of the kingdom of Siam. To break free from their domination, King Norodom signed a treaty with France on August 11, 1863, claiming that the kingdom is now under France's protection. This pact resulted in the occupation of Cambodia by the French. Not only did France seize control of the city, but it also took over Cambodia's trade relations and military might. During World War II, the Japanese invaded Cambodia and occupied the country. On March 9, 1945, after a formal request by the Japanese forces, Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk proclaimed Cambodia as an independent Kingdom. The Japanese government also backed Cambodia's independent status and withdrew its troops. The French, however, had not given Cambodia full independence. In 1946, Cambodia was granted self-rule within the French Union. In 1949, the French took away the protectorate status from Cambodia that the treaty had established. The French revoked Cambodia's protectorate status, which had been established under the treaty, in 1949. By June 1952, King Sihanouk of Cambodia had decided to begin agitating for Cambodia's official independent status, dismissing his cabinet, suspending the constitution, and taking charge of the government as prime minister. In March 1953, King Sihanouk arrived in France to persuade the French to grant Cambodia complete independence. His campaign proved to be effective as the French government announced on July 3, 1953, that it was ready to grant complete independence to the three states of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. King Sihanouk reclaimed full control of the military, the police, foreign and trade relations, the judicial system, and the country's finance. The French relinquished the authority of the Cambodian police and military. As a result, King Sihanouk became a hero to all Cambodians, and his freedom battle is commemorated every year on Independence Day. He was given the name "the Father of Independence". https://store.earthstation1.com/cambodia-the-khmer-rouge-and-the-cambodian-genocide-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Pearl Harbor: Surprise And Remembrance w/ Jason Robards DVD, MP4, USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1887: Hawaii: The History Of Hawaii: The United States: The History Of The United States: United States Expansionism: United States Expansionism In The Pacific Ocean: American Imperialism: American Imperialism In The Pacific Ocean: Pearl Harbor: -- The United States Navy takes possession of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, having been allowed by The United States Senate to exercise exclusive rights to the use of the inlet of Pearl Harbor and to maintain a repair and coaling station there. These rights were granted to the United States by The Hawaiian Kingdom when they signed The Reciprocity Treaty Of 1875 as supplemented by Convention on December 6, 1884. This treaty was ratified in 1887. The desire for the United States to have a permanent presence in the Pacific both contributed to the decision, one that was justified by the outbreak of The Spanish-American War Of 1898. Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands are now a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. The surprise attack on the harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, led the United States to declare war on the Empire of Japan, marking the United States' entry into World War II. https://store.earthstation1.com/pearl-harbor-surprise-and-remembrance-dvd-jason-robards.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: La Belle Epoque 1890-1914 DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1841: #BOTD: #HBD! Edward VII, King Of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor Of India (and, in an innovation at the time, King Of The British Dominions), reigns under the name of Edward VII, instead of Albert Edward, the name his mother had intended for him to use, declaring that he did not wish to "undervalue the name of Albert" and diminish the status of his father with whom the "name should stand alone", Freemason Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge Of England (d. May 6, 1910) is #born Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha at Buckingham Palace, London, England to Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert Of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha. The numeral VII was occasionally omitted in Scotland, even by the national church, in deference to protests that the previous Edwards were English kings who had "been excluded from Scotland by battle". J. B. Priestley recalled, "I was only a child when he succeeded Victoria in 1901, but I can testify to his extraordinary popularity. He was in fact the most popular king England had known since the earlier 1660s." Edward donated his parents' house, Osborne on the Isle of Wight, to the state and continued to live at Sandringham. He could afford to be magnanimous; his private secretary, Sir Francis Knollys, claimed that he was the first heir to succeed to the throne in credit. Edward's finances had been ably managed by Sir Dighton Probyn, Comptroller of the Household, and had benefited from advice from Edward's financier friends, some of whom were Jewish, such as Ernest Cassel, Maurice de Hirsch and the Rothschild family. At a time of widespread anti-Semitism, Edward attracted criticism for openly socialising with Jews. Edward's coronation had originally been scheduled for June 26, 1902. However, two days before, he was diagnosed with appendicitis. The disease was generally not treated operatively. It carried a high mortality rate, but developments in anaesthesia and antisepsis in the preceding 50 years made life-saving surgery possible. Sir Frederick Treves, with the support of Lord Lister, performed a then-radical operation of draining a pint of pus from the infected abscess through a small incision (through 4+1/2-inch thickness of belly fat and abdomen wall); this outcome showed that the cause was not cancer. The next day, Edward was sitting up in bed, smoking a cigar. Two weeks later, it was announced that he was out of danger. Treves was honoured with a baronetcy (which the King had arranged before the operation) and appendix surgery entered the medical mainstream. Edward was crowned at Westminster Abbey on August 9, 1902 by the 80-year-old Archbishop of Canterbury, Frederick Temple, who died only four months later. Edward refurbished the royal palaces, reintroduced the traditional ceremonies, such as the State Opening of Parliament, that his mother had foregone, and founded new honours, such as the Order of Merit, to recognise contributions to the arts and sciences. In 1902, the Shah of Persia, Mozzafar-al-Din, visited England expecting to receive the Order Of The Garter. The King refused to bestow the honour on the Shah because the order was meant to be in his personal gift and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, had promised it without his consent. He also objected to inducting a Muslim into a Christian order of chivalry. His refusal threatened to damage British attempts to gain influence in Persia, but Edward resented his ministers' attempts to reduce his traditional powers. Eventually, he relented and Britain sent a special embassy to the Shah with a full Order Of The Garter the following year. Edward VII, King Of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor Of India, from January 22 1901 until his death (d. May 6, 1910) was born Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on November 9, 1841 at Buckingham Palace, London, England. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, and nicknamed "Bertie", Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince Of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes, but despite public approval, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War of 1899-1902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. Edward VII died at 11:45 p.m; a heavy smoker who suffered from chronic bronchitis, he suffered several heart attacks in a single day, but refused to go to bed to recuperate, saying, "No, I shall not give in; I shall go on; I shall work to the end." Fifteen minutes before Edward's death, between moments of faintness, his son the Prince Of Wales (shortly to be King George V) told him that his horse, Witch of the Air, had won at Kempton Park that afternoon. The King replied, "Yes, I have heard of it. I am very glad": his final words. He shortly after lost consciousness for the last time, was put to bed, and died. Alexandra refused to allow Edward's body to be moved for eight days afterwards, though she allowed small groups of visitors to enter his room. On May 11, the late king was dressed in his uniform and placed in a massive oak coffin, which was moved on May 14 to the throne room, where it was sealed and lay in state, with a guardsman standing at each corner of the bier. Despite the time that had elapsed since his death, Alexandra noted the King's body remained "wonderfully preserved". On the morning of May 17, the coffin was placed on a gun carriage and drawn by black horses to Westminster Hall, with the new king, his family and Edward's favourite dog, Caesar, walking behind. Following a brief service, the royal family left, and the hall was opened to the public; over 400,000 people filed past the coffin over the next two days. As Barbara Tuchman noted in The Guns of August, his funeral, held on 20 May 1910, marked "the greatest assemblage of royalty and rank ever gathered in one place and, of its kind, the last." A royal train conveyed the King's coffin from London to Windsor Castle, where Edward was buried at St George's Chapel. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, George V. https://store.earthstation1.com/la-belle-epoque-18901914-western-high-society-cul18901914.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1907: The United Kingdom: The History Of The United Kingdom: The Crown Jewels Of The United Kingdom (The Crown Jewels Of England): The Cullinan Diamond: -- #BOTD: #HBD! The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found on Earth, weighing 3,106 carats (621.20 g / 21.91 oz). The Cullinan Diamond was discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa on January 26, 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine. In April 1905, it was put on sale in London, but despite considerable interest, it was still unsold after two years. In 1907, the Transvaal Colony government bought the Cullinan, and Prime Minister Louis Botha presented it to Edward VII, the British king who reigned over the territory, and it was cut by Joseph Asscher & Co. in Amsterdam. Cullinan produced stones of various cuts and sizes, the largest of which is named Cullinan I, named The Great Star Of Africa by Edward VII, which at 530.4 carats (106.08 g / 3.742 oz) it is the largest clear cut diamond in the world. The stone is mounted in the head of the Sovereign's Sceptre With Cross. The second-largest is Cullinan II or The Second Star Of Africa, weighing 317.4 carats (63.48 g / 2.239 oz), mounted in the Imperial State Crown. Both are part of The Crown Jewels Of The United Kingdom. Seven other major diamonds, weighing a total of 208.29 carats (41.66 g / 1.47), were privately owned by Elizabeth II, who inherited them from her grandmother, Queen Mary, in 1953. The Queen also owned minor brilliants and a set of unpolished fragments. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-monarchy-3-part-british-royal-family-tv-series-dvd-mp4-u34.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Longest Hatred: Antisemitism & Jewish Persecution DVD, MP4, USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 694: Discrimination: Jewish History: Antisemitism: Councils Of Toledo: The Seventeenth Council of Toledo: -- King Egica of the Visigoths of Hispania, at the opening meeting of The Seventeenth Council Of Toledo, sentences all Jews to slavery, accusing Jews of aiding Muslims in overthrowing Christian rulers overseas. It was the king's third council and primarily directed, as was the Sixteenth, against the Jews, for whom Egica seems to have had a profound distrust and dislike. The king opened the synod by claiming that he had heard news of Jews overthrowing their Christian rulers overseas and that Iberian Jews were conspiring with these cousins to end the Christian religion once and for all. The council therefore decreed in its eighth canon that all Jews, except those in Narbonensis, were to be deprived of their property, which was to be given to Christian slaves, and enslaved themselves. Their slavekeepers were chosen by the king and were to be contractually obligated to never allow the practice of the Jewish religion again. It is, however, almost certain that, in at least some parts of Spain, these regulations were not strictly enforced; though in others, they certainly were. The council tried to protect the life of Egica's queen and children after his death, knowing the harm which could befall the royal family during a succession, and the bishops ordered prayers said for their souls. The council's minutes ironically remain the best source of information for its period in Spanish history. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-longest-hatred-antisemitism-amp-jewish-persecution-dvd-mp3-us3.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1952: #DOTD: Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli biochemist, Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel, the most visible Jewish emissary to the Gentile world (b. November 27, 1874 #dies aged 77 after a long and painful undisclosed illness which for some months left him entirely incapacitated, at his estate in a Rehovot in the Central District of Israel, where he received a state burial. Chaim Weizmann was born Chaim Azriel Weizmann near Pinsk, Byelorussia. He was elected president of Israel on February 16, 1949, and served until his death nearly three years later. Weizmann helped bring about the British government's Balfour Declaration, which called for the establishment of a national home for Jews in Palestine, and convinced the United States government to recognize the newly formed state of Israel. Weizmann was also a biochemist who developed the acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation process, which produces acetone through bacterial fermentation. His acetone production method was of great importance for the British war industry during World War I. He founded the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. https://store.earthstation1.com/exodus-the-birth-of-israel-dvd-history-of-zionism.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
( #JCKaelin here: *Of course* John Le Carre's fictional spymaster Karla was based on Markus Wolf -- Carre invested much of his time and career giving winks and nods to his audience that he could and would lie about such things, and clearly, here he did :) ) ========= November 9, 2006: #DOTD: Markus Wolf, German intelligence officer, head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklarung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium fur Staatssicherheit, abbreviated MfS, commonly known as the Stasi) (b. January 19, 1923) #dies in his sleep at his Berlin home aged 83. He is buried in Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery in Friedrichsfelde, Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany. In 2011 the State Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg ruled that his widow, Andrea Wolf, was not entitled to a "compensation pension" that her husband had been stripped of, which he had originally received as a "fighter against fascism". Markus Wolf was born Markus Johannes Wolf in Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern (now Baden-Wurttemberg), to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish German mother. He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the best-known spymasters during the Cold War. In the West he was known as "the man without a face" due to his elusiveness. John Le Carre's fictional spymaster Karla, a Russian, who appears in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People, was believed by some readers to be modeled on Wolf. However, the writer has repeatedly denied it, and did so once again when interviewed on the occasion of Wolf's death. Le Carre has also stated that it is "sheer nonsense" to claim that Wolf was the inspiration for the character Fiedler in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Although Fiedler is a German Jew who spent World War II in exile and then gained a senior position in East Germany's Intelligence Service, Carre said he had no idea who Markus Wolf was at the time of the writing of the book. He added that he considered Wolf to be the moral equivalent of Albert Speer. He maintained that a character's code name Wolf in an early draft of the book was a coincidence and that the name came from the brand of his lawn mower. He renamed the character after being told that there was an actual Wolf in East German intelligence. Conversely, Wolf stated that The Spy Who Came In From the Cold was the only book he read for a period in the early 1960s, and was surprised how accurately it presented the reality within the East German security services. He wondered if le Carre had had special information about the situation within the Ministry of State Security. Based on such evidence, it is most likely that le Carre was less than truthful about his statements concerning his writing about Wolf. Wolf appears as a character in Frederick Forsyth's novel The Deceiver. In the section titled "Pride and Extreme Prejudice", a KGB officer liaises with East German intelligence while tracking down a British agent in East Germany. Forsyth also mentions Wolf in his earlier novel The Fourth Protocol, describing him, and the East German intelligence service as a whole, as masters of the false flag recruitment technique. https://store.earthstation1.com/stasi-dvd-the-east-german-secret-police-investigative-report.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1991: #DOTD: Yves Montand, Italian-French actor, singer and dancer (b. October 13, 1921) #dies of a heart attack aged 70 on the set of The Island Of Pachyderms in Senlis, a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hautes de France. In an interview, French film director Jean-Jacques Beineix said, "[H]e died ... on the very last day, after his very last shot. It was the very last night and we were doing retakes. He finished what he was doing and then he just died. And the film tells the story of an old man who dies from a heart attack, which is the same thing that happened!" Montand is interred next to his first wife, Simone Signoret, in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Yves Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, and Giuseppina Simoni, a devout Catholic, while her husband held strong Communist beliefs. Montand's family left for France in 1923 because of Italy's Fascist regime. He grew up in Marseille, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), and later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944, he was discovered by Edith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act. Montand achieved international recognition as a singer and actor, starring in many films. His recognizably crooner songs, especially those about Paris, became instant classics. He was one of the best known performers at Bruno Coquatrix's Paris Olympia music hall, and toured with musicians including Didi Duprat. In October 1947, he sang "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai ?" (music by Henri Betti and lyrics by Edith Piaf) at the Theatre de l'Etoile. Betti also asked him to sing "C'est si bon" but Montand refused. Following the success of the recording of this song by the Soeurs Etienne in 1948, he decided to record it. Montand was also very popular in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where he did a concert tour in 1956-57; in later life, however, he supported right-wing causes. During his career, Montand acted in American motion pictures as well as on Broadway. He was nominated for a Cesar Award for Best Actor in 1980 for I comme Icare and again in 1984 for Garcon! In 1986, after his international box-office draw power had fallen off considerably, the 65-year-old Montand gave one of his best remembered performances, as the scheming uncle in Jean de Florette, co-starring Gerard Depardieu, and Manon des Sources (both 1986), co-starring Emmanuelle Beart. The film was a worldwide critical hit and revived Montand's profile in the US, where he made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. In 1951, he married Simone Signoret, and they co-starred in several films throughout their careers. The marriage was, by all accounts, fairly harmonious, lasting until her death in 1985, although Montand had a number of well-publicized affairs, notably with Marilyn Monroe, with whom he starred in one of her last films, Let's Make Love. He was the stepfather to Signoret's daughter from her prior marriage, Catherine Allegret. Montand's only child, Valentin, his son by his second wife, Carole Amiel, was born in 1988. In a paternity suit that rocked France, another woman accused Montand of being the father of her daughter and went to court to obtain a DNA sample from him. Montand refused, but the woman persisted even after his death. In a court ruling that made international headlines, the woman won the right to have Montand exhumed and a sample taken. The results indicated that he was probably not the girl's biological father. He supported left-wing causes during the 1950s and 1960s, and attended Communist festivals and meetings, but in later life, he supported right-wing causes. Signoret and Montand had a home in Autheuil-Authouillet, Normandy, where the main village street is named after him. In 2004, Catherine Allegret, Signoret's daughter from her first marriage to director Yves Allegret, alleged in her autobiography Un monde a l'envers (A World Upside Down) that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather from the age of five; his behaviour apparently continuing for many years. and that he had a "more than equivocal attitude to her" as she got older. However she also claimed to have been reconciled to him in the latter years of his life. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-asian-cold-war-19451962-mp4-video-dow194519624.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: To The Moon: The Story In Sound Set CD, MP3 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
(#JCKaelin here: Since boyhood, I've loved the Cronkite audio of this launch on "To The Moon: The Story In Sound Set", which we have put on special for this listing; it wasn't until CBS released the video to NASA online that I ever saw it. As I'm familiar with video of subsequent launches, I know that those launches 1) used cameras that didn't burn out in the red and yellow color spectrum due to the intensity of the flames like this one did, and 2) were MUCH FARTHER AWAY SO THE BUILDING DIDN'T GET BATTERED. This unmanned Apollo 4 launch, the first Saturn V launch, had an especially close-up view of the booster launch, a view that was never again repeated in live television, and is AMAZING - to quote Cronkite from the video, "MY GOD! OUR BUILDING'S SHAKING HERE! OUR BUILDING'S SHAKING! OH, IT'S TERRIFIC! OUR BUILDING'S SHAKING... THIS BIG BLAST WINDOW IS SHAKING AND WE'RE HOLDING IT WITH OUR HANDS... LOOK AT THAT ROCKET GO! INTO THE CLOUDS AND THREE THOUSAND FEET... OH, IT'S TERRIFIC! LOOK AT IT GOING! YOU CAN SEE IT! SEE IT?! Part of our roof has come in here!..." ========= November 9, 1967: Rocket Launches: Apollo Program: Apollo 4 Mission (SA-501): NASA launches the first apollo spacecraft, the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the Saturn V SA-501 test rocket, the first Saturn V rocket ever launched which became the launch vehicle that eventually took astronauts to the Moon, from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) at 12:00:01 UTC. It was recovered at less than nine hours later at 20:37:00 UTC in the North Pacific Ocean by the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington. Apollo 4 was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, ascending from Launch Complex 39, where facilities built specially for the Saturn V had been constructed. Apollo 4 was an "all-up" test, meaning all rocket stages and spacecraft were fully functional on the initial flight, a first for NASA. It was the first time the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage flew. It also demonstrated the S-IVB third stage's first in-flight restart. The mission used a Block I command and service module modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle. The original launch date was planned for early 1967, but was delayed to November 9 because of a myriad of problems with various elements of the spacecraft, and difficulties during pre-flight testing. The need for additional inspections following the Apollo 1 fire, which killed the first Apollo crew in January 1967, also contributed to delays. These issues delayed the flight through much of 1967. The mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean slightly less than nine hours after launch, having achieved its objectives. NASA considered the mission a complete success, proving that the Saturn V worked, an important step towards achieving the main objective of landing astronauts on the Moon, and bringing them back safely, before the end of the 1960s. https://store.earthstation1.com/to-the-moon-the-story-in-sound-complete-6-album-set-mp3-63.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1964: Broadcasting: The History Of Broadcasting: Radio: The History Of Radio Broadcasting: Jean Shepherd's "Brits And Americans: Separate Races" Performance: -- Jean Shepherd broadcasts live from the New York City Limelight nightclub "Brits And Americans: Separate Races" upon his return from touring with the Beatles during the preceding October. Shepherd had been assigned by Time Magazine to travel with The Beatles, in large part because he was not a fan of their music. His performance this evening was his first public comment on his experience, and is full of surprises! https://store.earthstation1.com/complete-jean-shepherd-radio-and-lp-collection-mp3-dvds-2-dis32.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: God Bless You Mr. Chamberlain: Neville Chamberlain DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1940: #DOTD: #RIP: Neville Chamberlain, English businessman, politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. March 18, 1869) #dies of bowel cancer in Heckfield, a village in Hampshire, Southern England, at the age of 71. A funeral service took place at Westminster Abbey, where his ashes were interred, five days later on Thursday, November 14; however, due to wartime security concerns, the date and time were not widely publicised. Chamberlain's former private secretary John Colville functioned as the service's usher, whilst both Winston Churchill and Lord Halifax acted as pallbearers. After cremation, his ashes were interred in the Abbey next to those of Bonar Law, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Churchill eulogised Chamberlain in the House Of Commons three days after his death: "Whatever else history may or may not say about these terrible, tremendous years, we can be sure that Neville Chamberlain acted with perfect sincerity according to his lights and strove to the utmost of his capacity and authority, which were powerful, to save the world from the awful, devastating struggle in which we are now engaged. This alone will stand him in good stead as far as what is called the verdict of history is concerned." Although some Chamberlain supporters found Churchill's oratory to be faint praise, Churchill added less publicly, "Whatever shall I do without poor Neville? I was relying on him to look after the Home Front for me.". Neville Chamberlain was born Arthur Neville Chamberlain in a house called Southbourne in the Edgbaston district of Birmingham in the West Midlands in England. He was a British Conservative Party member who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. However, when Adolf Hitler later invaded Poland, the UK declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of World War II. After working in business and local government and after a short spell as Director of National Service in 1916 and 1917, Chamberlain followed his father, Joseph Chamberlain, and older half-brother, Austen Chamberlain, in becoming a member of parliament in the 1918 general election at age 49. He declined a junior ministerial position, remaining a backbencher until 1922. He was rapidly promoted in 1923 to Minister of Health and then Chancellor of the Exchequer. After a short Labour-led government, he returned as Minister of Health, introducing a range of reform measures from 1924 to 1929. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in the National Government in 1931. When Stanley Baldwin retired in May 1937, Chamberlain took his place as Prime Minister. His premiership was dominated by the question of policy towards an increasingly aggressive Germany, and his actions at Munich were widely popular among Britons at the time. When Hitler continued his aggression, Chamberlain pledged Britain to defend Poland's independence if the latter were attacked, an alliance that brought Britain into war when Germany attacked Poland in 1939. Chamberlain resigned the premiership on 10 May 1940 after the Allies were forced to retreat from Norway, as he believed that a government supported by all parties was essential, and the Labour and Liberal parties would not join a government headed by him. He was succeeded by Winston Churchill but remained very well-regarded in Parliament, especially among Conservatives. Before ill-health forced him to resign, he was an important member of Churchill's War Cabinet, heading it in the new premier's absence. Chamberlain died of cancer six months after leaving the premiership. Chamberlain's reputation remains controversial among historians, with the initial high regard for him being entirely eroded by books such as Guilty Men, published in July 1940, which blamed Chamberlain and his associates for the Munich accord and for allegedly failing to prepare the country for war. Most historians in the generation following Chamberlain's death held similar views, led by Churchill in The Gathering Storm. Some recent historians have taken a more favourable perspective of Chamberlain and his policies, citing government papers released under the Thirty Year Rule and arguing that going to war with Germany in 1938 would have been disastrous as the UK was not ready. Nevertheless, Chamberlain is still unfavourably ranked amongst British Prime Ministers. https://store.earthstation1.com/god-bless-you-mr-chamberlain-dvd-neville-chamberlain39s-li39.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Charles de Gaulle Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1970: #DOTD: #RIP: Charles de Gaulle, French general, politician and statesman, 18th President of France (b. November 22, 1890) #dies suddenly of an aneurysma t his La Boisserie (the woodland glade) home in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France around 7:40 p.m., despite enjoying very robust health his entire life (except for a prostate operation a few years earlier) less than two weeks before his 80th birthday; he was watching the television evening news and playing Solitaire when suddenly he pointed to his head and said, "I feel a pain right here", then collapsed. His wife called the doctor and the local priest, but by the time they arrived he had died. His wife asked that she be allowed to inform her family before the news was released. She was able to contact her daughter in Paris quickly, but their son, who was in the navy, was difficult to track down. President Georges Pompidou was not informed until 4 AM the next day, and announced the general's death on television some 18 hours after the event. He simply said, "Le general de Gaulle est mort; la France est veuve." ("General de Gaulle is dead. France is a widow."). De Gaulle had made arrangements that insisted his funeral be held at Colombey, and that no presidents or ministers attend his funeral only his Compagnons de la Liberation (Companions of the Liberation, consisting of people, communities and military units that were awarded the Ordre de la Liberation (Order of Liberation), a very high honour second only after the Legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour),.awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II). Despite his wishes, so many foreign dignitaries wanted to honor de Gaulle that his successor as president, Georges Pompidou, was forced to arrange a separate memorial service at Notre-Dame Cathedral that was held at the same time as his actual funeral. His funeral was held on November 12, 1970, and was the biggest such event in French history, with hundreds of thousands of French people, many carrying blankets and picnic baskets, and thousands of cars parked in the roads and fields along the routes to both venues. On the day of the funeral, there was national mourning, many entertainment and cultural events were canceled, and schools and offices were closed. Thousands of guests attended the event, included De Gaulle's successor Georges Pompidou, U.S. president Richard Nixon, British prime minister Edward Heath, UN secretary-general U Thant, Soviet statesman Nikolai Podgorny, Italian president Giuseppe Saragat, West German chancellor Willy Brandt and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Special trains were sent to bring extra mourners to the region, and the crowd was packed so tightly that those who fainted had to be passed overhead toward first-aid stations at the rear. The General was conveyed to the church of Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises in Champagne-Ardenne, France on an armoured reconnaissance vehicle and carried to his grave, next to his daughter Anne, by eight young men of Colombey. As he was lowered into the churchyard burial ground, the bells of all the churches in France tolled, starting from Notre Dame and spreading out from there. De Gaulle specified that his tombstone bear the simple inscription of his name and his years of birth and death. Therefore, it simply states, "Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970". At the service, President Pompidou said, "de Gaulle gave France her governing institutions, her independence and her place in the world." Andre Malraux, the writer and intellectual who served as his Minister of Culture, called him "a man of the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow." De Gaulle's family turned the La Boisserie residence into a foundation. It currently houses the Charles de Gaulle Museum. He was born Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle in Lille in the Nord department in Hauts-de-France region of France bordering Belgium. de Gaulle was the leader of Free France (1940-1944) and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946). In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. He was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era and his memory continues to influence French politics. He was a decorated officer of the First World War, wounded several times, and later taken prisoner at Verdun. During the interwar period, he advocated mobile armoured divisions. During the German invasion of May 1940, he led an armoured division which counterattacked the invaders; he was then appointed Under-Secretary for War. Refusing to accept his government's armistice with Nazi Germany, de Gaulle exhorted the French population to resist occupation and to continue the fight in his Appeal of 18 June. He led a government in exile and the Free French Forces against the Axis. Despite frosty relations with Britain and especially the United States, he emerged as the undisputed leader of the French resistance. He became Head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic in June 1944, the interim government of France following its Liberation. As early as 1944, de Gaulle introduced a dirigiste economic policy, which included substantial state-directed control over a capitalist economy which was followed by 30 years of unprecedented growth, known as Les Trente Glorieuses ("The Glorious Thirty"). Frustrated by the return of petty partisanship in the new Fourth Republic, he resigned in early 1946 but continued to be politically active as founder of the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais (RPF) party, which means "Rally of the French People." He retired in the early 1950s and wrote a book about his experience in the war titled War Memoirs, which quickly became a classic of modern French literature. When the Algerian War was ripping apart the unstable Fourth Republic, the National Assembly brought him back to power during the May 1958 crisis. He founded the Fifth Republic with a strong presidency, and he was elected to continue in that role. He managed to keep France together while taking steps to end the war, much to the anger of the Pieds-Noirs (Frenchmen settled in Algeria) and the military; both previously had supported his return to power to maintain colonial rule. He granted independence to Algeria and progressively to other French colonies. In the context of the Cold War, de Gaulle initiated his "Politics of Grandeur," asserting that France as a major power should not rely on other countries, such as the US, for its national security and prosperity. To this end, de Gaulle pursued a policy of "national independence" which led him to withdraw from NATO's military integrated command and to launch an independent nuclear development program that made France the fourth nuclear power. He restored cordial Franco-German relations to create a European counterweight between the Anglo-American and Soviet spheres of influence through the signing of the Elysee Treaty on January 22, 1963. However, he opposed any development of a supranational Europe, favouring a Europe of sovereign nations. De Gaulle openly criticised the US intervention in Vietnam and the "exorbitant privilege" of the US dollar. In his later years, his support for an independent Quebec and his two vetoes against Britain's entry into the European Economic Community generated considerable controversy. Although re-elected President in 1965, in May 1968 he appeared likely to lose power amid widespread protests by students and workers, but survived the crisis with backing from the Army and won an election with an increased majority in the Assembly. De Gaulle resigned in 1969 after losing a referendum in which he proposed more decentralization. He died a year later at his residence in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, leaving his Presidential memoirs unfinished. Many French political parties and figures claim the Gaullist legacy. De Gaulle was ranked as "Le Plus Grand Francais de tous les temps" (the Greatest Frenchman of All Time) by the French magazine L'OBS. https://store.earthstation1.com/charles-de-gaulle-dvd-general-president-dual-layer-wwii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Between The Wars TV Documentary Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1924: #DOTD: Henry Cabot Lodge, American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts (b. May 12, 1850) #dies at the age of 74 of a severe stroke while recovering in the hospital from surgery for gallstones four days earlier. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry Cabot Lodge was born in Beverly, Massachusetts into the Boston Brahmin family of John Ellerton Lodge of the the Boston Brahmin Lodge family and Anna Cabot of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family. Through his mother he was a great-grandson of George Cabot (1751 or 1752 - April 18, 1823), American merchant, seaman, and politician from Massachusetts who represented the state as a U.S. Senator, a major figure in the Hamiltonian faction of the Federalist Party and was a vocal supporter of war with Revolutionary France, and was the presiding officer of the infamous Hartford Convention, which discussed removing the three-fifths compromise and requiring a two-thirds majority in Congress for the admission of new states, declarations of war, and creating laws restricting trade, and discussed their grievances with the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo of 1807, all of which were contributing factors to the downfall of the Federalist Party. Henry Cabot Lodge was also a cousin of American polymath Charles Peirce, scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher known as "The Father Of Pragmatism", who according to philosopher Paul Weiss was "the most original and versatile of America's philosophers and America's greatest logician", and of whom Bertrand Russell wrote "he was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century and certainly the greatest American thinker ever". Henry Cabot Lodge grew up on Boston's Beacon Hill and spent part of his childhood in Nahant, Massachusetts, where he witnessed the 1860 kidnapping of a classmate and gave testimony leading to the arrest and conviction of the kidnappers. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Lodge's father wanted to ride into battle at the head of a cavalry regiment he had personally put together, but his father missed the chance, possibly due to a bad knee from a riding injury, and in September 1862, Lodge's father suddenly died. In 1874, he graduated from Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1875, practicing at the Boston firm now known as Ropes & Gray. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty Of Versailles. The failure of that treaty ensured that the United States never joined the League Of Nations. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Lodge won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives after graduating from Harvard. He and his close friend, Theodore Roosevelt, opposed James G. Blaine's nomination at the 1884 Republican National Convention, but supported Blaine in the general election against Grover Cleveland. Lodge was elected to the United States House Of Representatives in 1886 before joining the United States Senate in 1893. In the Senate, he sponsored the unsuccessful Lodge Bill, which sought to protect the voting rights of African Americans. He supported the Spanish-American War and called for the annexation of the Philippines after the war. He also supported immigration restrictions, becoming a member of the Immigration Restriction League and influencing the Immigration Act of 1917. Lodge served as Chairman of the 1900 and 1908 Republican National Conventions. A member of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, Lodge opposed Roosevelt's third party bid for president in 1912, but the two remained close friends. During the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, Lodge advocated entrance into World War I on the side of the Entente Powers. He became Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, emerging as the leader of the Senate Republicans. He led the opposition to Wilson's Treaty Of Versailles, proposing twelve reservations to the treaty. He most strongly objected to the provision of the treaty that required all nations to repel aggression, fearing that this would erode Congressional powers and commit the U.S. to burdensome obligations. Lodge prevailed in the treaty battle and Lodge's objections would influence the United Nations, the successor to the League Of Nations. After the war, Lodge participated in the creation of the Washington Naval Treaty, which sought to prevent a naval arms race. He remained in the Senate until his death in 1924. https://store.earthstation1.com/between-the-wars-dvd-set-all-16-tv-shows-4-discs164.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1937: #DOTD: #RIP: Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist, orator, pamphleteer, author and British politician, first Labour Party member to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and then from 1929-31 (b. October 12, 1866) #dies on board the liner MV Reina del Pacifico at sea at the age of 71 with his youngest daughter Sheila at his side. His funeral was in Westminster Abbey on November 26. After cremation, his ashes were buried alongside his wife Margaret at Spynie in his native Morayshire. Ramsay MacDonald was born James McDonald at Gregory Place, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, the illegitimate son of John MacDonald, a farm labourer, and Anne Ramsay, a housemaid. Registered at birth as James McDonald (sic) Ramsay, he was known as Jaimie MacDonald. Illegitimacy could be a serious handicap in 19th-century Presbyterian Scotland, but in the north and northeast farming communities this was less of a problem; in 1868 a report of the Royal Commission on the Employment of Children, Young Persons and Women in Agriculture noted that the illegitimacy rate was around 15% -- nearly every sixth person was born out of wedlock. Ramsay MacDonald headed a National Government dominated by the Conservative Party from 1931 to 1935 with the support of only a few Labour members. MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party as a result. MacDonald, along with Keir Hardie and Arthur Henderson, was one of the three principal founders of the Labour Party in 1900. He was chairman of the Labour MPs before 1914 and, after an eclipse in his career caused by his opposition to the First World War, he was Leader of the Labour Party from 1922. The second Labour Government (1929-31) was dominated by the Great Depression. He formed the National Government to carry out spending cuts to defend the gold standard, but it had to be abandoned after the Invergordon Mutiny, an industrial action by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on September 15-16 1931, when ships of the Royal Navy at Invergordon were in open mutiny, in one of the few military strikes in British history. The mutiny caused a panic on the London Stock Exchange and a run on the pound, bringing Britain's economic troubles to a head and forcing it off the Gold Standard on September 21. 1931. MacDonald called a general election in 1931 seeking a "doctor's mandate" to fix the economy. The National coalition won an overwhelming landslide and the Labour Party was reduced to a rump of around 50 seats in the House Of Commons. His health deteriorated and he stood down as Prime Minister in 1935, remaining as Lord President of the Council until retiring in 1937. He died later that year. MacDonald's speeches, pamphlets and books made him an important theoretician. Historian John Shepherd states that "MacDonald's natural gifts of an imposing presence, handsome features and a persuasive oratory delivered with an arresting Highlands accent made him the iconic Labour leader". After 1931, MacDonald was repeatedly and bitterly denounced by the Labour movement as a traitor to its cause. Since the 1960s, historians have defended his reputation, emphasising his earlier role in building up the Labour Party, dealing with the Great Depression, and as a putative forerunner of the political realignments of the 1990s and 2000s. https://store.earthstation1.com/winston-churchill-the-wilderness-years-tv-series-dvd-set-4-disc4.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1953: #DOTD: #RIP: Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, novelist, playwright and radio broadcaster whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (b. October 27, 1914) #dies aged 39 during his fourth trip to New York, where became gravely ill of a combination of acute alcohol abuse and a complex of respiratory illnesses, fell into a coma, and never recovered. His body was returned to Wales, where he was interred at the churchyard of St Martin's in Laugharne on November 25, 1953. Born Dylan Marlais Thomas in Swansea, Wales, he became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet". An undistinguished pupil, he left school at 16 to become a journalist for a short time. Many of his works appeared in print while he was still a teenager. In 1934, the publication of "Light breaks where no sun shines" caught the attention of the literary world. While living in London, Thomas met author Caitlin Macnamara. They married in 1937. In 1938, they settled in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and brought up their three children. Thomas came to be appreciated as a popular poet during his lifetime, though he found earning a living as a writer difficult. He began augmenting his income with reading tours and radio broadcasts. His radio recordings for the BBC during the late 1940s brought him to the public's attention, and he was frequently used by the BBC as an accessible voice of the literary scene. Thomas first travelled to the United States in the 1950s. His readings there brought him a degree of fame, while his erratic behaviour and drinking worsened. His time in the United States cemented his legend, however, and he went on to record to vinyl such works as A Child's Christmas in Wales. Although Thomas wrote exclusively in the English language, he has been acknowledged as one of the most important Welsh poets of the 20th century. He is noted for his original, rhythmic and ingenious use of words and imagery. His position as one of the great modern poets has been much discussed, and he remains popular with the public. https://store.earthstation1.com/alternative-sgt-pepper39s-lonely-hearts-club-band-mp3-cd-download-393.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1886: #BOTD: #HBD! Ed Wynn, American actor and comedian, noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor (d. June 19, 1966) is #born Isaiah Edwin Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into the Jewish family of Joseph, a milliner born in Bohemia (modern Czech) and Minnie Greenberg, of of Romanian and Turkish ancestry from from Istanbul, Turkey. Wynn began his career in vaudeville in 1903 and was a star of the Ziegfeld Follies starting in 1914. During The Follies of 1915, W. C. Fields allegedly caught Wynn mugging for the audience under the table during his "Pool Room" routine and knocked him unconscious with his cue. Wynn wrote, directed, and produced many Broadway shows in the subsequent decades, and was known for his silly costumes and props as well as for the giggly, wavering voice he developed for the 1921 musical review, The Perfect Fool. Although many gag writers later provided material for Wynn's performances in radio, television and movies, he was proud to boast that he had written every line he ever spoke during his early career as a stage performer. In the early 1930s Wynn hosted the popular radio show The Fire Chief, heard in North America on Tuesday nights, sponsored by Texaco gasoline. Like many former vaudeville performers who turned to radio in the same decade, the stage-trained Wynn insisted on playing for a live studio audience, doing each program as an actual stage show, using visual bits to augment his written material, and in his case, wearing a colorful costume with a red fireman's helmet. He usually bounced his gags off announcer/straight man Graham McNamee; Wynn's customary opening, "Tonight, Graham, the show's gonna be different," became one of the most familiar tag-lines of its time; a sample joke: "Graham, my uncle just bought a new second-handed car... he calls it Baby! I don't know, it won't go anyplace without a rattle!". Wynn reprised his Fire Chief radio character in two movies, Follow the Leader (1930) and The Chief (1933). Near the height of his radio fame (1933) he founded his own short-lived radio network the Amalgamated Broadcasting System, which lasted only five weeks, nearly destroying the comedian. According to radio historian Elizabeth McLeod, the failed venture left Wynn deep in debt, divorced and finally, suffering a nervous breakdown. Wynn was offered the title role in MGM's 1939 screen adaptation of The Wizard Of Oz, but turned it down, as did his Ziegfeld contemporary W. C. Fields. The part went to Frank Morgan.After the end of Wynn's third television series, The Ed Wynn Show (a short-lived situation comedy on NBC's 1958-59 schedule), his son, actor Keenan Wynn, encouraged him to make a career change rather than retire. The comedian reluctantly began a career as a dramatic actor in television and movies. Father and son appeared in three productions, the first of which was the 1956 Playhouse 90 broadcast of Rod Serling's play Requiem for a Heavyweight. Ed was terrified of straight acting and kept goofing his lines in rehearsal. When the producers wanted to fire him, star Jack Palance said he would quit if they fired Ed. (However, unbeknownst to Wynn, supporting player Ned Glass was his secret understudy in case something did happen before air time.) On live broadcast night, Wynn surprised everyone with his pitch-perfect performance, and his quick ad libs to cover his mistakes. A dramatization of what happened during the production was later staged as an April 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse episode, "The Man in the Funny Suit", starring both senior and junior Wynns, with key figures involved in the original production also portraying themselves. Ed and his son also worked together in the Jose Ferrer film The Great Man, with Ed again proving his unexpected skills in drama. Requiem established Wynn as a serious dramatic actor who could easily hold his own with the best. His role in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Also in 1959, Wynn appeared on Serling's TV series The Twilight Zone in "One for the Angels". Serling, a longtime admirer, had written that episode especially for him, and Wynn later in 1963 starred in the episode "Ninety Years Without Slumbering". For the rest of his life, Wynn skillfully moved between comic and dramatic roles. He appeared in feature films and anthology television, endearing himself to new generations of fans. Wynn provided the voice of the Mad Hatter in Walt Disney's film, Alice In Wonderland and played The Toymaker alongside Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands in Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland released in 1961. Possibly his best-remembered film appearance was in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), in which he played eccentric man Uncle Albert floating around just beneath the ceiling in uncontrollable mirth, singing "I Love to Laugh". Re-teaming with the Disney team the following year, in That Darn Cat! (1965) featuring Dean Jones and Hayley Mills, Wynn filled out the character of Mr. Hofstedder, the watch jeweler with his bumbling charm. He also had brief roles in The Absent Minded Professor (as the fire chief, in a scene alongside his son Keenan Wynn, who played the film's antagonist) and Son of Flubber (as county agricultural agent A.J. Allen). His final performance, as Rufus in Walt Disney's The Gnome-Mobile, was released a few months after his death. In addition to Disney films, Wynn was also an actor in the Disneyland production The Golden Horseshoe Revue. Ed Wynn died in Beverly Hills, California of esophageal cancer, at the age of 79. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, in The Great Mausoleum, Daffodil Corridor, Columbarium of the Dawn, alongside his son Keenan Wynn, his granddaughter Emily Wynn (February 13, 1960 - November 27, 1980), who died from lupus and his older sister Blanche Leopold (May 18, 1880 - December 26, 1973). His bronze grave marker reads "Dear God: Thanks... Ed Wynn". According to his granddaughter Hilda Levine, Walt Disney, who would die just a few months later, served as one of his casket bearers. Red Skelton, who was discovered by Wynn, stated: "His death is the first time he ever made anyone sad.". https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-cigarette-commercials-dvds-2-dual-layer-disc-se2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Art Carney: His Golden Age Of TV Shows
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 2003: #DOTD: #RIP: Art Carney, American actor in film, stage, television and radio (b. November 4, 1918) #dies in his sleep of natural causes at his home in Chester, Connecticut, five days after his 85th birthday. He is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He was born Arthur William Matthew Carney in Mount Vernon, New York into an Irish American Catholic family. Art Carney is best known for playing sewer worker Ed Norton opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the sitcom The Honeymooners, and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Harry and Tonto. Agifted mimic, worked steadily in radio during the 1940s, playing character roles and impersonating celebrities such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill; he was originally hired by CBS because of his FDR impression. Roosevelt himself was so impressed that he had Carney impersonate him in at least one of FDR's famous "fireside chats" to hide the fact that the President had went abroad to attend conferences with the Allied powers during World War II. https://store.earthstation1.com/art-carney-dvd-tv-shows-old-time-television.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Earle Doud: Spiro T. Agnew Is A Riot! Comedy Album MP3s CD Download USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1918: #BOTD: Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 as the second and most recent officeholder to resign the position (after John C. Calhoun in 1832) (d. September 17, 1996) is #born Spiro Theodore Agnew in Baltimore, Maryland to an American-born mother and a Greek immigrant father. He attended Johns Hopkins University, graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and entered the United States Army in 1941. Agnew served as an officer during World War II, earning the Bronze Star, and was in 1951 recalled for service during the Korean War. He worked as an aide to U.S. Representative James Devereux before he was appointed to the Baltimore County Board of Zoning Appeals in 1957. In 1960, he lost an election for the Baltimore County Circuit Court, but in 1962 was elected Baltimore County Executive. In 1966, Agnew was elected the 55th Governor of Maryland, defeating his Democratic opponent George P. Mahoney and independent candidate Hyman A. Pressman. At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Agnew, who had been asked to place Richard Nixon's name in nomination, was selected as running mate by Nixon and his campaign staff. Agnew's centrist reputation interested Nixon; the law and order stance he had taken in the wake of civil unrest that year appealed to aides such as Pat Buchanan. Agnew made a number of gaffes during the campaign but his rhetoric pleased many Republicans and he may have made the difference in several key states. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey and his running mate, Senator Edmund Muskie from Maine. As Vice President of the United States, Agnew was often called upon to attack the administration's enemies and was an outspoken critic of the counter-culture and anti-war movements. In the years of his vice presidency, Agnew moved to the right, appealing to conservatives who were suspicious of moderate stances taken by Nixon. In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon and Agnew were reelected for a second term, defeating Senator George McGovern from South Dakota and former ambassador Sargent Shriver. Beginning in early 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland on suspicion of conspiracy, bribery, extortion and tax fraud. Agnew had accepted kickbacks from contractors during his time as Baltimore County executive and Governor of Maryland. The payments had continued into his time as vice president. On October 10, 1973, after months of maintaining his innocence, Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office. He was replaced by House Minority Leader Gerald Ford. Agnew spent the remainder of his life quietly, rarely making public appearances. He wrote a novel and a memoir defending his actions. Spiro Agnew died of undiagnosed acute leukemia aged 77 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland. He is buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Maryland. https://store.earthstation1.com/earle-doud-spiro-t-agnew-is-a-riot-comedy-album-mp3-c3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Junior G-Men (1940) Dead End Kids (Bowery Boys) DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP: Billy Halop, American actor of the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys movie series (b. February 11, 1920) #dies at the age of 56 from a heart attack. He is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was born William Halop in Jamaica, Queens, New York City to a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer, and his sister, Florence Halop, was an actress who worked on radio and in television. Additionally, he had a brother named Joel. In 1933, he was given the lead as Bobby Benson in the popular new radio show The H-Bar-O Rangers, an early credit of Don Knotts as well. From 1934 to 1937, he starred in one of his first radio series, playing Dick Kent, the son of Fred and Lucy Kent, in "Home Sweet Home". After several years as a radio juvenile, he was cast as Tommy Gordon in the 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End and traveled to Hollywood with the rest of the Dead End Kids when Samuel Goldwyn produced a film version of the play in 1937. Usually called Tommy in the films, he had the recurring role of a gang leader in a series of films that featured the Dead End Kids, later billed Little Tough Guys. In his later years, he claimed that he was paid more than the other Dead End actors, which had contributed to bad feelings in the group, and that he was tired of the name "Dead End Kids". He played with James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and he also played the bully Flashman, speaking with an English accent, in the 1940 film Tom Brown's School Days opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew. After serving in World War II, he found that he had grown too old to be effective in the roles that had brought him fame. At one point, he was reduced to starring in a cheap East Side Kids imitation at PRC studios, Gas House Kids (1946), at age 26. Diminishing film work, marital difficulties, and a drinking problem eventually ate away at his show business career. In the 1970s, Halop enjoyed a career resurgence playing the character Bert Munson, cab driver and close friend to Archie Bunker on the television series "All in the Family". He appeared in 10 episodes from 1971 to 1975, including the famed "Sammy's Visit" episode from the second season in 1972 starring Sammy Davis, Jr. Halop was married at least four times, according to interviews given near the end of his life. Helen Tupper was his first wife from 1946 until their divorce in 1947. On Valentine's Day, 1948, he married Barbara Hoon. Their marriage lasted ten years until their divorce in 1958. His third marriage in 1960 to Suzanne Roe, who had multiple sclerosis, lasted until their divorce in 1967. The nursing skills he learned while taking care of his third wife led him to steady work as a registered nurse at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. His fourth marriage, to a nurse coworker, whose name has not been publicized, was quickly annulled after she allegedly attacked him. He later moved back in with his second wife Barbara, but they chose not to remarry. https://store.earthstation1.com/junior-gmen-dead-end-kids-little-tough-guys-bowery-boys-2-dvd2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Jack Paar Late-Night TV Talk Shows DVD, MP4 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1992: #DOTD: #RIP: Clark Dennis, Irish-American singer and actor, known for Rhythm Of The Mambo (1949), Hold That Camera (1950), Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra in Redskin Rhumba (1948) and as the resident singer on The Jack Paar Show (1953) (b. December 19, 1911) #dies at the age of 83 in Estes Park, Colorado. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. Clark Dennis was born on December 19, 1911 in Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. He began his show business career singing with America's pin up girl Betty Grable in the Ben Pollack Orchestra. Dennis and Grable remained friends when they both lived in the San Fernando Valley. Clark Dennis was known world wide for his renditions of "Spanish Granada" and "Peg O' My Heart." He got his start in Chicago in the 1930s, where he met and became life long friends with the Encino/Tarzana trumpeter Ralph F. Muzzillo. https://store.earthstation1.com/jack-paar-tv-shows-old-time-television-dual-layer-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Going Home: Alvin Ailey Remembered Afro-American Dance DVD, MP4, USB
Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 2024: #DOTD: #RIP: Judith Jamison (pronounced JAM-ih-son), African American dancer and choreographer, best known as the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (b. May 10, 1943) #dies aged 81 at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City following a brief undisclosed illness. Her burial details are not publicly disclosed. Judith Jamison was born Judith Ann Jamison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was raised. As a child, her father taught her to play the piano, and violin. She was exposed to the prominent art culture in Philadelphia from a very early age. At the age of six, she began her dance training at Judimar School of Dance. There she studied with Marion Cuyjet who became one of Jamison's early mentors. Under Cuyjet's tutelage, Jamison studied classical ballet, and modern dance. The Judimar studios were treated as a "holy place" and there was always a sense of performance and theatricality in Cuyjet's classes. By the age of eight, Jamison began dancing on pointe and started taking classes in tap, acrobatics, and Dunham technique (which was referred to as "primitive"). A few years later, Cuyjet began sending Jamison to other teachers to advance her dance education. She learned the Cechetti method from Antony Tudor, founder of the Philadelphia Ballet Guild, and studied with Delores Brown Abelson, a graduate of Judimar who pursued a performance career in New York City before returning to Philadelphia to teach. Throughout high school, Jamison was also member of numerous sports organizations, the Glee Club, and the Philadelphia String Ensemble. She studied Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a system that teaches rhythm through movement. At the age of 17, Jamison graduated from Judimar and began her collegiate studies at Fisk University. After three semesters there, she transferred to the Philadelphia Dance Academy (now the University of the Arts) where she studied dance with James Jamieson, Nadia Chilkovsky, and Yuri Gottschalk. In addition to her technique classes, she took courses in Labanotation, kinesiology, and other dance studies. During this time, she also learned the Horton technique from Joan Kerr, which required great strength, balance, and concentration. In 1964, after seeing Jamison in a master class, Agnes De Mille invited her to come to New York to perform in a new work that she was choreographing for American Ballet Theatre, The Four Marys. Jamison immediately accepted the offer and spent the next few months working with the company. When the performances ended and she found herself in New York without a job, Jamison attended an audition held by Donald McKayle. She felt that she performed very poorly in the audition and claimed, "I felt as if I had two left feet." However, a few days later, a friend of McKayle's, Alvin Ailey, called Jamison to offer her a place in his company - The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Jamison made her premiere with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at Chicago's Harper Theater Dance Festival in 1965 in Congo Tango Palace, and in 1966, she toured Europe and Africa with the company. Jamison had always had a strong interest in African identity; therefore, traveling to Africa with the company and having the opportunity to observe the culture first-hand was an exciting and valuable experience for her. Unfortunately, soon afterward, financial complications forced Ailey to put his company on a temporary hiatus. During this time, Jamison danced with Harkness Ballet and served as an assistant to the artistic director. However, she immediately returned to Alvin Ailey Dance Theater when the company re-formed in 1967. Jamison spent the next thirteen years dancing with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and learned over seventy ballets. "With Ailey`s troupe, Jamison did many U.S. State Department tours of Europe, going behind the Iron Curtain as well as into Asia and Turkey. She danced quite a bit in Germany, which she says became her "second home". Throughout her performance career with the company she danced in many of Ailey's most renowned works, including Blues Suite and Revelations. On May 4, 1971, Jamison premiered the famous solo, Cry. Alvin Ailey choreographed this sixteen-minute dance as a birthday present for his mother, Lula Cooper, and later dedicated it to "all-black women everywhere, especially our mothers." The solo is intensely physical and emotionally draining to perform. It celebrates the journey of a woman coming out of a troubled and painful world and finding the strength to overcome and conquer. Jamison never ran the full piece from start to finish until the premiere. The piece and Jamison's performance in it received standing ovations and overwhelming critical acclaim at the premiere, rewarding Jamison with great fame and recognition throughout the dance world. Today, Cry remains a crowd favorite and is still featured in the company's repertoire. Throughout her years with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Jamison continued to perform all over the world. Along with her work with Ailey's company, she also appeared as a guest artist with the Cullberg Ballet, Swedish Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and numerous other companies. She danced alongside many renowned dancers, including the ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, in a duet entitled Pas de Duke, choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1976. Finally, in 1980, she left Ailey's company to perform in the Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies. It was Jamison's first stage experience outside the realm of concert dance, and she admits it was initially very challenging for her. It was a completely different performance atmosphere and required a variety of new skills. In 1980, Jamison left the Alvin Ailey company to star in the Broadway musical "Sophisticated Ladies" based on Ellington's music. In addition to performing, Jamison wanted the opportunity to explore working with her own group of dancers. During the 1980s, she began choreographing her own works. She began teaching master classes at Jacob's Pillow in 1981 and soon began choreographing her own works. She later formed The Jamison Project with a group of dancers with a strong desire to work and learn. The Project premiered on November 15, 1988, at the Joyce Theater in New York City, performing works such as Divining, Time Out, and Tease. Jamison later invited guest choreographers, including Garth Fagan, to set work for the company. In 1988, Jamison returned to Alvin Ailey Dance Theater as an artistic associate. Upon Ailey's death, on December 1, 1989, she assumed the role of artistic director and dedicated the next 21 years of her life to the company's success. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater continued to thrive as Jamison continued to rehearse and restage classics from the company's repertory, as well as commission distinguished choreographers to create new works for the dancers. Jamison also continued to choreograph, and created dances such as Forgotten Time, Hymn, Love Stories, and Among Us for the company. In July 2011, Jamison transitioned into the role of artistic director emerita and appointed Robert Battle to the position of artistic director designate. Judith Jamison was married briefly to Miguel Godreau, a dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, from 1972 to 1974, when the marriage was annulled. Jamison represented women as strong and self-reliant in her choreography. https://store.earthstation1.com/going-home-alvin-ailey-remembered-afroamerican-dance-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 2008: #DOTD: #RIP: Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist (b. March 4, 1932) #dies on stage of a heart attack aged 76 following a solidarity concert performance in Castel Volturno, Italy for a journalist covering the story of six immigrants from Ghana killed by the Mafia. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes scattered at sea at Cape Point, South Africa. Upon her death, former South African President Nelson Mandela said that "her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us." Miriam Makeba was born Zenzile Miriam Makeba in the black township of Prospect, near Johannesburg, South Africa to Swazi and Xhosa parents. Associated with musical genres including marabi, Afropop, jazz, township music and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer. Her vocal talent had been recognized when she was a child, and she began singing professionally in the 1950s, with the Cuban Brothers, the Manhattan Brothers, and an all-woman group, the Skylarks, performing a mixture of jazz, traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which brought her international attention, and led to her performing in Venice, London, and New York City. In London, she met the American singer Harry Belafonte, who became a mentor and colleague. She moved to New York City, where she became immediately popular, and recorded her first solo album in 1960. Her attempt to return to South Africa that year for her mother's funeral was prevented by the country's government. Makeba's career flourished in the United States, and she released several albums and songs, her most popular being "Pata Pata" (1967). Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. She testified against the South African government at the United Nations and became involved in the civil rights movement. She married Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Black Panther Party, in 1968. As a result, she lost support among white Americans. The US government cancelled her visa while she was travelling abroad, leading her and Carmichael to move to Guinea. She continued to perform, mostly in African countries, including at several independence celebrations. She began to write and perform music more explicitly critical of apartheid; the 1977 song "Soweto Blues", written by her former husband Hugh Masekela, was about the Soweto uprising. After apartheid was dismantled in 1990, Makeba returned to South Africa. She continued recording and performing, including a 1991 album with Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, and appeared in the 1992 film Sarafina!. She was named a UN goodwill ambassador in 1999, and campaigned for humanitarian causes. She died of a heart attack during a 2008 concert in Italy. Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She brought African music to a Western audience, and popularized the world music and Afropop genres. She also made popular several songs critical of apartheid, and became a symbol of opposition to the system, particularly after her right to return was revoked. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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Today, November 9, 2025
November 9, 1999: #DOTD: #RIP: Mabel King, African American actress and singer, known for her role as Mabel "Mama" Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, where she popularized the catch phrase "This is true", from its premiere in 1976 until the end of its second season in 1978 (b. December 25, 1932) #dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 66. Her remains were cremated; the final disposition of her ashes is not publicly disclosed other than that they were given to her family or friend(s). Mabel King was born Mabel Elizabeth Washington in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of Rosalie Washington and Joseph Washington. She was raised in Harlem, New York where she eventually became a gospel and nightclub singer. . King was also known for portraying Evillene the Witch, a role she originated in the stage musical The Wiz and reprised in Sidney Lumet's 1978 film adaptation. She recorded on the Rama Records and Amy Records labels. King was diabetic and in 1986 one of her toes was amputated as a result of the disease. In 1990, King suffered a stroke and entered the Motion Picture amp; Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, effectively ending her professional career. In 1991, King's diabetes resulted in the amputation of her left leg. In 1994, her right leg was also amputated. King would also lose one of her arms to diabetes. https://store.earthstation1.com/color-adjustment-40-years-of-black-americans-on-tv-dvd-download-u40.html