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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Classics Vol. 9 DVD, MP4 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1833: #BOTD: #HBD! Alexander Borodin, Russian-Georgian chemist, professor, research scientist and Romantic composer (d. February 27, 1887) is #born Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin in Saint Petersburg as an illegitimate son of a 62-year-old Georgian nobleman, Luka Stepanovich Gedevanishvili, and a married 25-year-old Russian woman, Evdokia Konstantinovna Antonova. Due to the circumstances of Alexander's birth, the nobleman had him registered as the son of one of his Russian serfs, Porfiry Borodin, hence the composer's Russian last name. As a result of this registration, both Alexander and his nominal Russian father Porfiry were officially serfs of Alexander's biological father Luka. The Georgian father emancipated Alexander from serfdom when he was 7 years old and provided housing and money for him and his mother. Despite this, Alexander was never publicly recognized by his mother, who was referred to by young Borodin as his "aunt". Despite his status as a commoner, Borodin was well provided for by his Georgian father and grew up in a large four-storey house, which was gifted to Alexander and his "aunt" by the nobleman. Although his registration prevented enrollment in a proper gymnasium, Borodin received good education in all of the subjects through private tutors at home. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Mighty Handful", a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of classical music, rather than imitating earlier Western European models. Borodin is known best for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. Music from Prince Igor and his string quartets was later adapted for the US musical Kismet. A doctor and chemist by profession and training, Borodin made important early contributions to organic chemistry. Although he is presently known better as a composer, he regarded medicine and science as his primary occupations, only practicing music and composition in his spare time or when he was ill. As a chemist, Borodin is known best for his work concerning organic synthesis, including being among the first chemists to demonstrate nucleophilic substitution, as well as being the co-discoverer of the aldol reaction, a means of forming carbon-carbon bonds in organic chemistry. Borodin was a promoter of education in Russia and founded the School of Medicine for Women in Saint Petersburg, where he taught until 1885. He married Ekaterina Protopopova, a pianist, during 1863, and had at least one daughter, named Gania. Music remained a secondary vocation for Borodin besides his main career as a chemist and physician. He suffered poor health, having overcome cholera and several minor heart failures. He died suddenly during a ball at the Academy, and was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-9-dv9.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Montparnasse Revisited: The Genius That Was Paris DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1840: #BOTD: #HBD! Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture (d. November 17, 1917) is #born Francois Auguste Rene Rodin into a working-class family in Paris, the second child of Marie Cheffer and Jean-Baptiste Rodin, who was a police department clerk. He was largely self-educated, and began to draw at age 10. Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, although he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community. From the unexpected realism of his first major figure - inspired by his 1875 trip to Italy - to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, and he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His students included Antoine Bourdelle, Camille Claudel, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau. He married his lifelong companion, Rose Beuret, in the last year of both their lives. His sculptures suffered a decline in popularity after his death in 1917, but within a few decades, his legacy solidified. Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known outside the visual arts community. His most notable sculptures include: The Age of Bronze (L'age d'airain), 1877; The Walking Man (L'homme qui marche), 1877-78; The Burghers of Calais (Les Bourgeois de Calais), 1889; The Kiss, 1889; and The Thinker (Le Penseur), 1902. Auguste Rodin died aged 77 of influenza in Meudon, Ile-de-France, on the outskirts of Paris. A cast of The Thinker was placed next to his tomb in Meudon; it was Rodin's wish that the figure served as his headstone and epitaph. In 1923, Marcell Tirel, Rodin's secretary, published a book alleging that Rodin's death was largely due to cold, and the fact that he had no heat at Meudon. Rodin requested permission to stay in the Hotel Biron, a museum of his works, but the director of the museum refused to let him stay there. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/montparnasse-revisted-the-genius-that-was-paris-3-dvd3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: China In Revolution 1911-1949 TV Series DVD, Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1866: #BOTD: #HBD! Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese physician, writer, philosopher, politician, calligrapher and revolutionary, known as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic Of China (ROC) and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in the People's Republic Of China (PRC), first president and founding father of the Republic Of China (d. March 12, 1925) is #born Sun Te-ming to Sun Dacheng and Madame Yang in the village of Cuiheng, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Canton Province (now Guangdong). He had a cultural background of Hakka and Cantonese. His father owned very little land and worked as a tailor in Macau and as a journeyman and a porter. After finishing primary education, he moved to Honolulu in the Kingdom of Hawaii, where he lived a comfortable life of modest wealth supported by his elder brother Sun Mei. Sun Yat-Sen played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty (the last imperial dynasty of China) during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911. He was appointed to serve as Provisional President of the Republic Of China when it was founded in 1912. He later co-founded the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China), serving as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and he remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Although Sun is considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution and the Han Chinese regaining power after 268 years of Qing dynasty rule, he quickly resigned from his post as President of the newly founded Republic Of China to Yuan Shikai, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Sun Yat-Sen died at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking, Republic Of China at the age of 58. Contemporary reports in The New York Times, Time, and the Chinese newspaper Qun Qiang Bao all reported the cause of death as liver cancer, based on the observation of the surgeon who operated on Sun, the head of the Department of Surgery, Adrian S. Taylor. He was operated on by Taylor on January 26, 1925, and thereafter his condition was treated with radium at the hospital. Sun survived the initial ten-day post-operative healing period, but on February 18, against the advice of Sun's doctors, he was transferred to the Kuomintang (KMT) headquarters and treated with traditional Chinese medicine instead, and he died some three weeks later. By pure chance, in May 2016, an American pathologist named Rolf F. Barth was visiting the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou when he noticed a faded copy of the original autopsy report on display. The autopsy was performed immediately after Sun's death by James Cash, a pathologist at PUMCH. Based on a tissue sample, Cash concluded that the cause of death was not liver cancer, but rather an adenocarcinoma in the gallbladder that had metastasized to the liver. From the time of Sun's death until the appearance of Barth's report in the Chinese Journal of Cancer in September 2016, the true cause of death of Sun Yat-Sen was not reported in any English-language publication. Even in Chinese-language sources, it only appeared in one non-medical online report in 2013. Immediately following Sun's death, his body then was preserved in mineral oil and taken to the Temple of Azure Clouds, a Buddhist shrine in the Western Hills a few miles outside of Beijing. He left a short political will, "The Will Of The Prime Minister", penned by Wang Jingwei, which had a widespread influence in the subsequent development of the Republic Of China and Taiwan. In 1926, construction began on a majestic mausoleum at the foot of Purple Mountain in Nanjing, and this was completed in the spring of 1929. On June 1, 1929, Sun's remains were moved from Beijing and interred in the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum. Sun did not live to see his party consolidate its power over the country during the 1926 Northern Expedition, a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT) led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek against the Beiyang government, which was the internationally recognized legitimate Chinese government at that time, and against other regional warlords. The purpose of the campaign was to reunify China, which had become fragmented in the aftermath of the Revolution of 1911. His KMT party, which formed a fragile alliance with the Communists, split into two factions after his death: nationalist and communist. Sun's chief legacy resides in his developing of the political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People: 1) nationalism (Han Chinese nationalism: independence from imperialist domination - taking back power from the Manchurian Qing dynasty), 2) democracy, and 3) the people's livelihood (just society). 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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Ethnic Notions + The Mammy Legend: Black Stereotypes DVD MP3 USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1874: #BOTD: #HBD! Bert Williams, Bahamian-born Black American entertainer, singer, dancer, actor, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time, and Freemason (d. March 4, 1922) is #born in Nassau, The Bahamas. He is credited as being the first black man to have the leading role in a film: Darktown Jubilee in 1914. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his three-decade-long career. Fellow vaudevillian W. C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew." In May 1904, Williams was initiated into the Edinburgh Lodge of the Freemasons; the Scottish Masons did not racially discriminate as the United States chapters did, including those of the northern states. Bert Williams died of pneumonia at his home, 2309 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York City at the age of 47, not wanting to miss his performances in Under the Bamboo Tree, knowing that he was the only thing keeping an otherwise moribund musical alive at the box office. However, Williams also emotionally suffered from the racial politics of the era, and because he did not feel fully accepted, he experienced almost chronic depression, coupled with alcoholism and insomnia. On February 27, 1922, Williams collapsed during a performance in Detroit, Michigan, which the audience initially thought was a comic bit. Helped to his dressing room, Williams quipped, "That's a nice way to die. They was laughing when I made my last exit." He returned to New York, but his health worsened. Few had suspected that he was sick, and news of his death came as a public shock. More than 5,000 fans filed past his casket, and thousands more were turned away. A private service was held at the Masonic Lodge in Manhattan, where Williams broke his last barrier. He was the first black American to be so honored by the all-white Grand Lodge. When the Masons opened their doors for a public service, nearly 2,000 mourners of both races were admitted. Williams was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/ethnic-notions-africanamerican-stereotypes-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Monster: A Portrait Of Stalin In Blood TV Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1927: The Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Soviet Union (The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR): The History Of The Soviet Union: Mass Repression In The Soviet Union: Stalinism: -- The Soviet Union (The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR): The History Of The Soviet Union: Stalinism: -- Joseph Stalin becomes undisputed leader of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party over an argument about Stalin's hypocritical policy towards the Chinese Revolution of backing the Kuomintang nationalists against the Chinese communists. In early 1926, the New Opposition, a group of Leningrad communist party members led by Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev who were opposed to Stalin's newly won party leadership, formed an alliance with Trotsky and his Left Opposition party followers that became known as the United Opposition. The United Opposition was repeatedly threatened with sanctions by the Stalinist leadership of the Communist Party, and Trotsky had to agree to tactical retreats, mostly to preserve his alliance with Zinoviev and Kamenev. The opposition remained united against Stalin throughout 1926 and 1927, especially on the issue of the Chinese Revolution. The methods used by the Stalinists against the Opposition became more and more extreme. At the XV Party Conference in October 1926, Trotsky could barely speak because of interruptions and catcalls, and at the end of the Conference he lost his Politburo seat. In 1927, Stalin started using the GPU (Soviet secret police) to infiltrate and discredit the opposition. Rank-and-file oppositionists were increasingly harassed, sometimes expelled from the Party and even arrested. Soviet policy toward the Chinese Revolution became the ideological line of demarcation between Stalin and the United Opposition. The Chinese Revolution began on 10 October 1911, resulting in the abdication of the Chinese Emperor, Puyi, on 12 February 1912. Sun Yat-Sen established the Republic Of China. In reality, however, the Republic controlled very little of the country. Much of China was divided between various regional warlords. The Republican government established a new "nationalist people's army and a national people's party" - the Kuomintang. In 1920, the Kuomintang opened relations with Soviet Russia. With Soviet help, the Republic Of China built up the nationalist people's army. With the development of the nationalist army, a Northern Expedition was planned to smash the power of the warlords of the northern part of the country. This Northern Expedition became a point of contention over foreign policy by Stalin and Trotsky. Stalin tried to persuade the small Chinese Communist Party to merge with the Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalists to bring about a bourgeois revolution before attempting to bring about a Soviet-style working class revolution. Kalinin and Stalin bearing the coffin of Felix Dzerzhinsky on 30 July 1926. Trotsky can be seen over Kalinin's left shoulder. Trotsky wanted the Communist Party to complete an orthodox proletarian revolution and have clear class independence from the KMT. Stalin funded the KMT during the expedition. Stalin countered Trotskyist criticism by making a secret speech in which he said that Chiang's right-wing Kuomintang were the only ones capable of defeating the imperialists, that Chiang Kai-shek had funding from the rich merchants, and that his forces were to be utilized until squeezed for all usefulness like a lemon before being discarded. However, Chiang quickly reversed the tables in the Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927 by massacring the Communist Party in Shanghai midway through the Northern Expedition. While the catastrophic events in China completely vindicated Trotsky's criticism of Stalin's approach towards the Chinese Revolution, this paled in significance compared to the demoralization that the Soviet masses felt at such a big setback for socialist revolution in China, with this demoralization aiding Stalin and his allies in the Communist Party and the Soviet state. Attacks against the United Opposition quickly increased in volatility and ferocity afterwards. In October 1927, Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Central Committee. When the United Opposition tried to organize independent demonstrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1927, the demonstrators were dispersed by force and Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Communist Party on 12 November. Their leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XV Party Congress, which paved the way for mass expulsions of rank-and-file oppositionists as well as internal exile of opposition leaders in early 1928. During this time Trotsky gave the eulogy at the funeral of his friend, the Soviet diplomat Adolph Joffe, in November 1927. It would be the last speech that Trotsky would give in the Soviet Union. When the XV Party Congress made United Opposition views incompatible with membership in the Communist Party, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters capitulated and renounced their alliance with the Left Opposition. Trotsky and most of his followers, on the other hand, refused to surrender and stayed the course. Trotsky was exiled to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan on January 31, 1928. He was expelled from the Soviet Union to Turkey in February 1929, accompanied by his wife Natalia Sedova and their eldest son, Lev. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/monster-a-portrait-of-stalin-in-blood-dvd-tv-series-2-disc2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Clive James' Fame In The 20th Century TV Series DVD Set MP4 USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1929: #BOTD: #HBD! Grace Kelly, American actress and beauty who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III on April 19, 1956 (d. September 14, 1982) is #born Grace Patricia Kelly at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kelly was born into a prominent Catholic family in Philadelphia. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1949, Kelly began appearing in New York City theatrical productions and television broadcasts. She gained stardom from her performance in John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). Other notable works include the western High Noon (1952), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three consecutive Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). Kelly retired from acting at age 26 to marry Rainier, and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. The couple had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stephanie. Her charity work focused on young children and the arts. In 1964, she established the Princess Grace Foundation to support local artisans. Her organization for children's rights, AMADE Mondiale, gained consultive status within UNICEF and UNESCO. Grace's final film contribution was to the documentary The Children of Theatre Street (1977) directed by Robert Dornhelm, where she served as the narrator. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Kelly died at the age of 52 at Monaco Hospital on September 14, 1982, from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Her son, Prince Albert, helped establish the Princess Grace Awards in 1984 to recognize emerging performers in film, theatre, and dance. Grace Kelly died when a mild cerebral hemorrhage while driving back to Monaco from her country home in Roc Agel on September 13 caused her to lose control of her 1971 Rover P6 3500 and drive off the steep, winding road and down the 120-foot (37 m) mountainside. Her teenage daughter Stephanie, who was in the passenger seat, tried but failed to regain control of the car. The Princess was taken to the Monaco Hospital (later named the Princess Grace Hospital Centre) with injuries to the brain and thorax and a fractured femur. She died the following night at 10:55 p.m. after Rainier decided to turn off her life support. Stephanie suffered a light concussion and a hairline fracture of a cervical vertebra, and was unable to attend her mother's funeral. Princess Grace's funeral was held at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate in Monaco-Ville, on September 18, 1982. After a Requiem Mass, she was buried in the Grimaldi family vault. Over 400 people attended, including Cary Grant, Nancy Reagan, Danielle Mitterrand, Empress Farah of Iran, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Rainier, who did not remarry, was buried alongside her after his death in 2005. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/clive-james39-fame-in-the-20th-century-tv-series-dvd-set-mp4-usb-39204.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Charles Manson: A Documentary History DVD, MP4 Download, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1934: #BOTD: Charles Manson, American convicted mass murderer and former cult leader who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s (d. November 19, 2017) is #born Charles Milles Maddox to fifteen-year-old Kathleen Manson-Bower-Cavender, nee Maddox (1919-1973), in the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Manson's biological father appears to have been Colonel Walker Henderson Scott Sr. (1910-1954) of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, against whom Kathleen Maddox filed a paternity suit that resulted in an agreed judgment in 1937. Scott worked intermittently in local mills, and had a local reputation as a con artist. He allowed Maddox to believe that he was an army colonel, although "Colonel" was merely his given name. When Maddox told Scott that she was pregnant, he told her he had been called away on army business; after several months she realized he had no intention of returning. Manson may never have known his biological father. He was named Charles Milles Maddox. Charles Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people: most notably of the actress Sharon Tate: all of which were carried out by members of the group at his instruction. Manson also received first-degree murder convictions for two other deaths. Manson was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment when California invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He is currently serving multiple life sentences at California State Prison in Corcoran. Manson believed in what he called "Helter Skelter", a term he took from the Beatles' song of the same name. Manson believed Helter Skelter to be an impending apocalyptic race war, which he described in his own version of the lyrics to the Beatles' song. He believed the murders would help precipitate that war. From the beginning of his notoriety, a pop culture arose around him in which he ultimately became an emblem of insanity, violence and the macabre. At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed former convict, who had spent half of his life in correctional institutions for a variety of offenses. Before the murders, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis Wilson, drummer and founding member of the Beach Boys. After Manson was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially. Various musicians have covered some of his songs, including Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, Crispin Glover and GG Allin. Charles Manson died at Mercy Hospital in downtown Bakersfield, California, aged 83. Manson's grandson Jason Freeman had Manson cremated on March 20, 2018 following a small, private Christian funeral in Porterville, California. His ashes were variously distributed; some were spread along a nearby creek bed in a forest in the Sierra Mountains during the funeral service, some were scattered in The Gulf Of Mexico in a spot between Bradenton and St. Petersburg, and some were given to his Manson Family member Sandra Good. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/charles-manson-a-documentary-history-dvd-mp4-download-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Road To War: Years Between WWI & WWII TV Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1940: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The German-Soviet Axis Talks: -- Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin for a two-day conference with Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop to discuss the Soviet Union's potential entry as a fourth Axis power during World War II. Both countries traded written proposed agreements. At the end of the conference, Germany presented the Soviets with a draft written Axis pact agreement that defined the world spheres of influence of the four proposed Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union). Hitler, Ribbentrop and Molotov tried to set German and Soviet spheres of influence. Hitler encouraged Molotov to look south to Iran and eventually India, to preserve German access to Finland's resources and to remove Soviet influence in the Balkans. Molotov remained firm and sought to remove German troops from Finland and gain a warm water port in the Baltic. Soviet foreign policy calculations were predicated on the idea that the war would be a long-term struggle and so German claims that the United Kingdom would be defeated swiftly were treated with skepticism. In addition, Stalin sought to remain influential in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Those factors resulted in Molotov taking a firm line. On November 25, the Soviets presented a Stalin-drafted written counterproposal accepting the four power pact but including Soviet rights to Bulgaria and a world sphere of influence, to be centred on the area around Iraq and Iran. Germany did not respond, and left the negotiations unresolved. Regarding the counterproposal, Hitler remarked to his top military chiefs that Stalin "demands more and more", "he's a cold-blooded blackmailer" and "a German victory has become unbearable for Russia" so that "she must be brought to her knees as soon as possible." Germany ended the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in June 1941 by invading the Soviet Union. In the years following, the Soviet Information Bureau published a book entitled "Falsifiers Of History", largely edited by Stalin himself, in which the Soviet premier claimed that he was simply testing his enemy. This became the official version of events that persisted in Soviet historiography up until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to Soviet diplomat Victor Israelyan, the book "certaintly did nothing to disprove the existence of Soviet-German cooperation in the first years of World War II, a cooperation that to a certain degree assisted Hitler's plan". The German-Soviet Axis Talks were the result of a series of negotiations held between October and November 1940 during the era of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned Central and Eastern Europe between them. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-road-to-war-dvd-set-all-8-tv-shows-4-dis84.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Admiral Chester Nimitz Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1942: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The South West Pacific Area (SWPA): Operation Cartwheel: The Solomon Islands Campaign: The Battle Of Guadalcanal (The Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Watchtower): The Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal (The Third And Fourth Battles Of Savo Island, The Battle Of The Solomons, The Battle Of Friday the 13th, The Night Of The Big Guns, The Third Battle Of The Solomon Sea): -- The decisive engagement of a series of naval battles between Allied (primarily American) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign begins and lasts until November 15, ending in American victory. The action consisted of combined air and sea engagements over four days, most near Guadalcanal and all related to a Japanese effort to reinforce land forces on the island. The only two U.S. Navy admirals to be killed in a surface engagement in the war were lost in this battle. Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942 and seized an airfield, later called Henderson Field, that was under construction by the Japanese military. There were several subsequent attempts by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, using reinforcements delivered to Guadalcanal by ship, to recapture the airfield, which ultimately failed. In early November 1942, the Japanese organized a transport convoy to take 7,000 infantry troops and their equipment to Guadalcanal to attempt once again to retake the airfield. Several Japanese warship forces were assigned to bombard Henderson Field with the goal of destroying Allied aircraft that posed a threat to the convoy. Learning of the Japanese reinforcement effort, U.S. forces launched aircraft and warship attacks to defend Henderson Field and prevent the Japanese ground troops from reaching Guadalcanal. In the resulting battle, both sides lost numerous warships in two extremely destructive surface engagements at night. Nevertheless, the U.S. succeeded in turning back attempts by the Japanese to bombard Henderson Field with battleships. Allied aircraft also sank most of the Japanese troop transports and prevented the majority of the Japanese troops and equipment from reaching Guadalcanal. Thus, the battle turned back Japan's last major attempt to dislodge Allied forces from Guadalcanal and nearby Tulagi, resulting in a strategic victory for the U.S. and its allies and deciding the ultimate outcome of the Guadalcanal campaign in their favor. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/admiral-chester-nimitz-documentaries-dvd-world-war-ii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Secret War Historic WWII TV Series + Bonus Title DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1944: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Battle Of The Atlantic: Allied Attacks On The German Battleship Tirpitz: Operation Catechism: -- The German Bismarck class battleship Tirpitz capsizes and sinks off Tromso, Norway when 29 Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bombers, using 12,000 lb Tallboy secret weapon bombs, score two direct hits and a near miss on the ship. A deck fire spread to the ammunition magazine for one of the main battery turrets, which caused a large explosion. Figures for the number of men killed in the attack range from 950 to 1,204. Between 1948 and 1957 the wreck was broken up by a joint Norwegian and German salvage operation. Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) during World War II. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and her hull was launched two and a half years later. Work was completed in February 1941, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Like her sister ship Bismarck, Tirpitz was armed with a main battery of eight 38-centimetre (15 in) guns in four twin turrets. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2,000 tonnes (2,000 long tons) heavier than Bismarck, making her the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy. In early 1942, the ship sailed to Norway to act as a deterrent against an Allied invasion. While stationed in Norway, Tirpitz was also intended to be used to intercept Allied convoys to the Soviet Union, and two such missions were attempted in 1942. Tirpitz acted as a fleet in being, forcing the British Royal Navy to retain significant naval forces in the area to contain the battleship. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-secret-war-wwii-weaponry-tv-series-all-7-episodes-2-dv72.html

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Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1948: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Aftermath Of The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The International Military Tribunal For The Far East (IMTFE, The Tokyo Trials, The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal): -- Seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, are sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Trials or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. for their roles in World War II, having committed "Class A" crimes, a class crimes reserved for those who participated in a joint conspiracy to start and wage war. A total of twenty-eight Japanese military and political leaders were charged with waging aggressive war and with responsibility for conventional war crimes. More than 5,700 lower-ranking personnel were charged with conventional war crimes in separate trials convened by Australia, China, France, The Netherlands, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States. The charges covered a wide range of crimes including prisoner abuse, rape, sexual slavery, torture, ill-treatment of labourers, execution without trial and inhumane medical experiments. China held 13 tribunals, resulting in 504 convictions and 149 executions. The Japanese Emperor Hirohito and all members of the imperial family, such as career officer Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, were not prosecuted for involvement in any of the three categories of crimes. Herbert Bix explained, "the Truman administration and General MacArthur both believed the occupation reforms would be implemented smoothly if they used Hirohito to legitimise their changes". As many as 50 suspects, such as Nobusuke Kishi, who later became Prime Minister, and Yoshisuke Aikawa, head of Nissan, were charged but released in 1947 and 1948. Shiro Ishii received immunity in exchange for data gathered from his experiments on live prisoners. The lone dissenting judge arguing to exonerate all arrested suspects was Indian jurist Radhabinod Pal. The tribunal was adjourned on November 12, 1948 after delivering its sentences. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-march-of-time-dvd-set-all-3-tv-series-19334631933467.html

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Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1954: Immigration: Immigration To The United States: New Immigrants: Ellis Island: -- The immigration center of Ellis Island ceases operations. Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there under federal law. Today, it is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and is accessible to the public only by ferry. The north side of the island is the site of the main building, now a national museum of immigration. The south side of the island, including the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is open to the public only through guided tours. In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines and processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and World War II, its facilities were also used by the US military to detain prisoners of war. After the immigration station's closure, the buildings languished for several years until they were partially reopened in 1976. The main building and adjacent structures were completely renovated in 1990. The 27.5-acre (11.1 ha) island was greatly expanded by land reclamation between the late 1890s and the 1930s. Jurisdictional disputes between New Jersey and New York State persisted until the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in New Jersey v. New York that determined that roughly 83% of Ellis Island was part of New Jersey, rather than New York State. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/perspective-on-greatness-gi-joe-dvd.html

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November 12, 1969: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars: The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict, The Resistance War Against America): The United States In The Vietnam War: War Crimes: War Crimes Of The Vietnam War: The My Lai Massacre (The Pinkville Massacre, The Massacre At Songmy, Son My Massacre): -- Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. The My Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest. The massacre, which was later called "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War", took place in two hamlets of Son My village in Quang Ngai Province. These hamlets were marked on the U.S. Army topographic maps as My Lai and My Khe. The U.S. Army slang name for the hamlets and sub-hamlets in that area was Pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the Pinkville Massacre. Later, when the U.S. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the Massacre at Songmy. Currently, the event is referred to as the My Lai Massacre in the United States and called the Son My Massacre in Vietnam. The incident prompted global outrage when it became public knowledge as a result of Hersh's story. The My Lai massacre increased domestic opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War when the scope of killing and cover-up attempts were exposed. Initially, three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue the hiding civilians were shunned, and even denounced as traitors by several U.S. Congressmen, including Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Only after thirty years were they recognized and decorated, one posthumously, by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone. Along with the No Gun Ri massacre in Korea eighteen years earlier, My Lai was one of the largest single massacres of civilians by U.S. forces in the 20th century. https://store.earthstation1.com/vietnam-war-films-2-dual-layer--dvd-se2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Apartheid Documentaries Collection DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1974: South Africa: The History Of South Africa: Segregation: Racial Segregation: Apartheid (Racial Segregation In South Africa): International Opposition To Apartheid In South Africa: The United Nations General Assembly Suspension Of South Africa: -- In a decision without precedent in United Nations history, The UN General Assembly suspends South Africa over its policy of apartheid in a 91-22 vote. The vote did not exclude the South African Government from membership in the world organization itself; rather, its delegation was no longer pemitted to take its seats, speak, make proposals or vote. The vote was taken to uphold a ruling by the Assembly's President, Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, suspending South African participation. The United States unsuccessfully challenged the ruling, which was also opposed by Britain, a number of Western Europeans and South Americans, and some others. Nineteen countries abstained. The seats of the South Africans were vacant at the time of the vote. The delegation had not been participating in the session since the Assembly voted on Sept. 30, 1974 against accepting its credentials. Roslof F. Botha, South Africa's chief delegate, in a written statement tonight said he had tried to see President Bouteflika earlier to inform him he wished to speak in the Assembly, but had been told that he would not be given the floor and that there was no purpose in moving to discuss the status of the South African delegation. Mr. Botha's undelivered statement criticized the campaign for expulsion as not only illegal but also irresponsible because it came at a time when his Government was making conciliatory moves. Applause broke out in the Assembly hall when the decision was announced. It was led by the African members, who had campaigned against South Africa because of its racial policies, its refusal to relinquish control over South-West Africa and its military support for Rhodesia's white-minority government. The outcome of the vote was not a surprise as there was a clear numerical majority against South Africa's continued participation. However, the formula of the African-led move was worked out only after hours of backstage negotiations. Those opposed to the suspension had expressed abhorrence for South Africa's practice of apartheid, or race separation, but objected that depriving it of an Assembly seat was unlawful under the charter and would set a dangerous precedent for the future. The United States, Britain and France used their veto power in the Security Council on Oct. 30 to block an African-led campaign to expel South Africa from the United Nations. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/apartheid-documentaries-dvd-racial-segregation-in-south-africa.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: To Boldly Go... Voyager Program w/ Patrick Stewart DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1980: Outer Space Firsts: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Solar System: Space Probes: Interplanetary Space Probes: The Voyager Program: Voyager 1: -- The NASA space probe Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Saturn, takes the first images of its rings, and makes its closest approach to Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System. Voyager 1 is the farthest spacecraft from Earth as well as the farthest man-made object. It is also the most distant object in the solar system whose location is known. The probe's objectives included flybys of Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn's large moon, Titan. While the spacecraft's course could have been altered to include a Pluto encounter by forgoing the Titan flyby, exploration of the moon, which was known to have a substantial atmosphere, took priority. It studied the weather, magnetic fields and rings of the two planets and was the first probe to provide detailed images of their moons. After completing its primary mission with the flyby of Saturn on November 20, 1980, Voyager 1 became the third of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System. It is pursuing an extended mission to explore the regions and boundaries of the outer heliosphere. On August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause to become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space and study the interstellar medium. Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until around 2025 when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/to-boldly-go-dvd-voyager-space-probe-project-patrick-stewart.html

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Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 1981: Outer Space Firsts: Rocket Launches: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: Space Shuttle Mission STS-2 -- The first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice occurs when the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia is launched on its second flight during NASA's second Space Shuttle mission is launched at 15:09:59 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). The mission ended when Columbia landed two days later at 21:23:11 UTC on November 14, 1981 on Runway 23 of Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California, the first time that a crewed, reusable orbital vehicle returned to space. This mission tested the Shuttle Imaging Radar as part of the OSTA-1 payload, along with a wide range of other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm. Other experiments or tests included Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer, Feature Identification and Location Experiment, Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites, Ocean Color Experiment, Night/Day optical Survey of Lightning, Heflex Bioengineering Test, and Aerodynamic Coefficient Identification Package (ACIP). One of the feats accomplished was various tests on the OMS including starting and restarting the engines while in orbit and various adjustments to its orbit. The OMS tests also help adjust the Shuttle's orbit for use of the radar. During the mission, President Reagan called the crew of STS-2 from Mission Control in Houston. In the early planning stages of the Space Shuttle program, STS-2 was intended to be a reboost mission for the aging Skylab space station. However, such a mission was impeded by delays with the Shuttle's development and the deteriorating orbit of Skylab. Skylab ultimately de-orbited on 11 July 1979, two years before the launch of STS-2. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/outer-space-films-7-the-space-shuttle-dv7.html

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Today, November 12, 2025

November 12, 2024: #DOTD: #RIP: Roy Haynes, Black Barbadian American Jazz drummer. group leader and composer, among the most recorded drummers in jazz (b. March 13, 1925) #dies at the age of 99 in Nassau County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. As soon as the news broke early that day, WKCR-FM New York immediately and spontaneously commenced a memorial broadcast in his honor, then declared an official Roy Haynes Memorial Broadcast from that Tuesday evening from 9:00pm to the following Thursday November 14 at 11:59pm; WKCR had previously surveyed Haynes's career in 301 hours of programming from January 11 to 23, 2009. Roy Haynes was born Roy Owen Haynes in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts to Gustavas and Edna Haynes, immigrants from the Barbados; a younger brother, Michael E. Haynes, became an important leader in the black community of Massachusetts, working with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, representing Roxbury in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and for forty years serving as pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church, where King had been a member while he pursued his doctoral degree at Boston University. Roy Haynes, in a career lasting more than 70 years, has played in a wide range of styles ranging from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He has a highly expressive, personal style ("Snap Crackle" was a nickname given him in the 1950s) and is known to foster a deep engagement in his bandmates. Haynes began his full-time professional career in 1945. From 1947 to 1949 he worked with saxophonist Lester Young, and from 1949 to 1952 was a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's quintet. He also recorded at the time with pianist Bud Powell and saxophonists Wardell Gray and Stan Getz. From 1953 to 1958 he toured with singer Sarah Vaughan and also recorded with her. He has also led his own groups, some performing under the name Hip Ensemble. His most recent recordings as a leader are Fountain of Youth and Whereas, both of which have been nominated for a Grammy Award. He continues to perform worldwide and was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999. His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; his son Craig Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/sarah-vaughan-the-divine-one-dvd.html

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Today, November 12, 2025
November 12: National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day: -- Hold the fishes! Anchovy lovers, move over on November 12th. All the other pizza lovers get their due and pile on their toppings. This annual pizza holiday gets the spotlight with olives, pepperoni, sausage, peppers, and onions. How about mushrooms, bacon, or pineapple? Approved! Just no fishy business on this national day, or no pizza for you! Classified as an oily fish, Anchovies are a family of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are small, green fish. They have blue reflections caused by the silver longitudinal stripe, which begins at the base of the caudal fin. Traditionally, anchovies are processed in a salt brine and then packed in oil or salt, resulting in a strong, characteristic flavor. Optionally they may be pickled in vinegar, giving the anchovies a milder taste. In ancient Greece, the Greeks covered their bread with oils, herbs, and cheese. Some believe this practice is the beginning of the pizza. In Byzantine Greek, the word was spelled "pita," meaning pie. The Romans developed a sheet of dough topped with cheese and honey. They then flavored it with bay leaves. The modern pizza began in Italy as the Neapolitan flatbread. The original pizza used only mozzarella cheese and was produced in Naples using the highest quality buffalo mozzarella variant. In 1997, the United States produced an estimated 2 billion pounds of pizza cheese annually. The first United States pizza establishment opened in 1905 was in New York's Little Italy. Americans love pizza. So much so, it's one of our favorite meals. Now that you know all the ways pizzas are made, just be sure to leave the fishing pole at home, because this holiday is called National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day! To observe National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day, take your pizza making to the maximum! Other than the anchovies thing, there are no limits to the kinds of pizzas you can make. You can explore thin-crust pizzas or stuffed crust. Have you ever tried making your own hand-tossed pizza dough? Now is your chance. Toppings of every kind come to mind. Clean out the fridge and get to experimenting. Do you love cheese? Pile it on in every combination. Sausage and pepperoni are old standards. How about salmon, venison or crab. Is there a box of leftover udon noodles from last night in there? Try an Asian-style pizza with a hoisin sauce - it's National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day after all! So, make a pizza with the works in any style you like. Just leave off the fishies. If you go out for your favorite pizza with the works, be sure to give a shout-out to the restaurant and tell us what a pizza with the works means to you - and use #PizzaWithTheWorksExceptAnchoviesDay to post on social media! https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-movie-trailers-and-drivein-movie-ads-dvds-2-disc-se2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life Biography + Bonus Title DVD, MP4, USB
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12: World Pneumonia Day: -- A day that raises awareness for this deadly disease, as well as a day that the world takes a stand and demands action for the fight against pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection that causes the air sacs in the lungs to become filled with fluid or pus. When this occurs, oxygen levels are reduced and breathing becomes very difficult. Each year, this infectious disease claims the lives of 2.5 million people throughout the world. This number includes 672,000 children. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 5. One of the leading risk factors for pneumonia is air pollution. Nearly one-third of all pneumonia deaths are attributed to polluted air. Deadly air pollution not only occurs outdoors but indoors as well. Infants, children, and seniors over the age of 65 are at the greatest risk of dying from pneumonia. Children are more susceptible to getting pneumonia from indoor air pollution. Many developing countries cook with wood, charcoal, dung, and coal on open fires. All of these things cause indoor air pollution. Other things that pollute indoor air include tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, asbestos, paint, mold, dust, and synthetic fragrances. Causes for outdoor air pollution include exhaust from vehicles and pollutants emitted by industries. In the United States, one million people get pneumonia each year. Pneumonia causes 400,000 hospitalizations. More than 20,000 people die each year from pneumonia in the U.S. Pneumonia is much more prevalent and more deadly in poorer countries. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia are where some of the highest death rates of pneumonia occur. In 2017, more than half of all childhood deaths from pneumonia occurred in India, Nigeria, Pakistan, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. Both children and the elderly often require hospitalization when they get pneumonia. This is one reason that so many people in poorer countries die from pneumonia. These countries all have poor health care and those that live there cannot afford treatment for pneumonia. Despite the fact that pneumonia claims the life of a child every 50 seconds, it remains a neglected disease. https://store.earthstation1.com/marcel-proust-a-writer39s-life-documentary-dvd-mp4-usb-dr394.html

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Today, November 12, 2025
( #JCKaelin here: Neil Young is a great guy, a great musician, and a valued long-time EarthStation1 MediaOutlet customer :) ) ========= November 12, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and activist, is #born Neil Percival Young in Toronto, Canada. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Young had released two solo albums and three as a member of Buffalo Springfield by the time he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. From his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has recorded a steady stream of studio and live albums, sometimes warring with his recording company along the way. Young's guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature tenor singing voice define his long career. Young also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk, rock, country and other musical styles. His often distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname "Godfather of Grunge" and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam. More recently Young has been backed by Promise of the Real. Young directed (or co-directed) films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY/Deja Vu (2008). He also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995). Young has received several Grammy and Juno awards. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducted him twice: as a solo artist in 1995 and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, Rolling Stone named Young the 34th greatest rock 'n roll artist. He has lived in California since the 1960s but retains Canadian citizenship. He was awarded the Order of Manitoba on July 14, 2006, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30, 2009. https://store.earthstation1.com/mao-tse-tung-dvd-portraits-of-power-cbs-biography-documentaries.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The War Of The Worlds By H. G. Wells MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1916: #DOTD: #RIP: Percival Lowell, American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer famed for his observing canals on Mars (b. March 13, 1855) #dies of a stroke in Flagstaff, Arizona, aged 61. He is buried on Mars Hill near his observatory at the Lowell Observatory Grounds in Flagstaff, Arizona. World War I very much saddened Lowell, a dedicated pacifist. This, along with some setbacks in his astronomical work, undermined his health and contributed to his death. Percival Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. He studied Mars extensively, and made intricate drawings of the surface markings as he perceived them. Lowell published his views in three books: Mars (1895), Mars and Its Canals (1906), and Mars As the Abode of Life (1908). With these writings, Lowell more than anyone else popularized the long-held belief that these markings showed that Mars sustained intelligent life forms. His works include a detailed description of what he termed the 'non-natural features' of the planet's surface, including especially a full account of the 'canals,' single and double; the 'oases,' as he termed the dark spots at their intersections; and the varying visibility of both, depending partly on the Martian seasons. He theorized that an advanced but desperate culture had built the canals to tap Mars' polar ice caps, the last source of water on an inexorably drying planet. While this idea excited the public, the astronomical community was skeptical. Many astronomers could not see these markings, and few believed that they were as extensive as Lowell claimed. As a result, Lowell and his observatory were largely ostracized. Although the consensus was that some actual features did exist which would account for these markings, in 1909 the sixty-inch Mount Wilson Observatory telescope in Southern California allowed closer observation of the structures Lowell had interpreted as canals, and revealed irregular geological features, probably the result of natural erosion. https://store.earthstation1.com/warofwobyhgw.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Second Russian Revolution TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1982: The Soviet Union (The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR): The History Of The Soviet Union: -- Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer, Soviet politician and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1914 - 1984), following the 18-year rule of the late Leonid Brezhnev, served in the post for only 15 months, from November 1982 until his own death in February 1984. Earlier in his career, Andropov served as the Soviet ambassador to Hungary from 1954 to 1957, during which time he was involved in the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, and then Chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-second-russian-revolution-6-dvd-set-complete-tv-serie6.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Pirates 12 Part Documentary Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1595: #DOTD: John Hawkins (John Hawkyns), English admiral, naval administrator, shipbuilder, privateer and slave trader and (naval commander), Vice-Admiral who fought in the victory over the Spanish Armada, for which he was knighted for gallantry, Treasurer of the Navy, chief architect of the Elizabethan Navy who redesigned the navy so the ships were faster, more manoeuvrable and had more firepower, early pioneer and promoter of English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, cousin of Sir Francis Drake (b. (1532) #dies at sea close to Puerto Rico, aged 62-63. In 1593, Richard Hawkins, his son, was defeated and captured by the Spanish at a naval battle called the action of San Mateo Bay. With his cousin, Sir Francis Drake, John Hawkins raised a fleet of 27 ships to attack the Spanish in the West Indies. They set sail from Plymouth on August 29, 1595. Bad weather and skirmishes with the Spanish fleet hampered their efforts to get his son back. On November 12, 1595, it was reported that Hawkins had died at sea. The HMS Hawkins, the lead ship of the Hawkins-class of five heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War (lthough none of them were built in time ro sed service during the war) was named after him. Sir John Hawkins was born to a prominent family of ship builders and captains in the naval port of Plymouth in Devon. His exact date of birth is unknown, but was likely between November 1532 and March 1533. John Hawkins is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Triangle Trade, selling enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish colonies in the West Indies in the late 16th century. https://store.earthstation1.com/pirates-12-part-documentary-series-mp4-video-download-124.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Proud And Profane 1956 William Holden Deborh Kerr DVD Download USB
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1981: #DOTD: #RIP: William Holden, American actor, one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s (b. April 17, 1918) #dies when he bleeds to death at age 63 in his apartment in Santa Monica, California after lacerating his forehead from slipping on a rug while intoxicated and hitting a bedside table. Forensic evidence recovered at the scene suggested that he was conscious for at least half an hour after the fall. The causes of death were given as "exsanguination" and "blunt laceration of scalp." Rumors existed that he was suffering from lung cancer, which Holden had denied at a 1980 press conference. His death certificate makes no mention of cancer. He dictated in his will that the Neptune Society cremate him and scatter his ashes in the Pacific Ocean. In accordance with his wishes, no funeral or memorial services were conducted. President Ronald Reagan released a statement: "I have a great feeling of grief. We were close friends for many years. What do you say about a longtime friend - a sense of personal loss, a fine man. Our friendship never waned." Born William Franklin Beedle Jr. in O'Fallon, Holden was an American actor was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Oscar for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film The Blue Knight (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Bunch, Picnic, and Network. He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954-1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-proud-and-profane-1956-dvd-william-holden-deborah-1956.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Civil Props: The Lockheed Constellation DVD, MP4 Download, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1948: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Aircraft Service Entries: -- The Lockheed C-121 Constellation military transport version of the Lockheed Constellation is introductced into service. A total of 332 aircraft were constructed for both the United States Air Force and United States Navy for various purposes. Numerous airborne early warning versions were also constructed. The C-121 later saw service with smaller civilian operators until 1993. In 1947, Lockheed unveiled a more economical Constellation. The L-749 as it was known, had extra fuel capacity and a more economical version of the R-3350. However, Lockheed had lost 1200 workers that same year. By 1948, production of the L-749 was at a near halt. It was then that the United States Air Force (USAF) signed a contract with Lockheed for ten L-749A aircraft designated the C-121A. The United States Navy (USN) had also placed an order for two AWACS versions of the L-749A designated the PO-1W (later WV-1). The first L-749A variants off the production line were for the US military. The C-121A versions differed from the L-749 only through having a reinforced floor to handle cargo, and a large aft loading door. Although originally intended for cargo transport duties, they were usually fitted out with 44-seat passenger transport interiors. The aircraft also consisted of a five-man crew with four relief crew members on standby. All C-121As were assigned to the Atlantic division of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS). The aircraft would later see service in the Berlin Airlift. Dwight Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur both used the C-121A as their personal VIP transports. In 1950, six of the C-121A Constellations were modified as VIP transports and redesignated VC-121A. The last C-121As were retired in 1968. The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the first pressurized-cabin civil airliner series to go into widespread use. Its pressurized cabin enabled commercial passengers to fly well above most bad weather for the first time, thus significantly improving the general safety and ease of air travel. Several different models of the Constellation series were produced, although they all featured the distinctive triple-tail and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Most were powered by four 18-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones. In total, 856 were produced between 1943 and 1958 at Lockheed's plant in Burbank, California, and used as both a civil airliner and as a military and civilian cargo transport. Among their famous uses was during the Berlin and the Biafran airlifts. Three served as the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of which is featured at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. https://store.earthstation1.com/civil-props-the-lockheed-constellation-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Eyes Of War: The Interwar Period 1918-1939 DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1933: The Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Road To War: The Withdrawal Of Germany From The League Of Nations (French: Societe Des Nations) (LN, LoN, LON, SdN, SDN): -- Despite the fact that Germany had withdrawn from the League Of Nations on October 19, 1933, a farcical referendum on withdrawing from the League Of Nations was held in Germany on November 12, 1933 alongside Reichstag elections. The measure was approved by 95.1% of voters with a turnout of 96.3%. It was the first of a series of referendums held by the German cabinet under Chancellor Adolf Hitler, after the cabinet conferred upon itself the ability to hold referendums on July 14, 1933. The referendum question was on a separate ballot from the one used for the elections. In the form of a leading question, the ballot asked "Do you approve, German man, and you, German woman, this policy of your national government, and are you willing to declare as the expression of your own opinion and your own will and solemnly profess it?" (Billigst Du, Deutscher Mann, und Du, Deutsche Frau, diese Politik Deiner Reichsregierung, und bist Du bereit, sie als den Ausdruck Deiner eigenen Auffassung und Deines eigenen Willens zu erklaren und Dich feierlich zu ihr zu bekennen?) On October 19, 1933, with a curt letter sent some nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, Hitler directed German Foreign Minister Konstantin Freiherr Von Neurath to send a letter to the League Of Nations secretary-general, Joseph Avenol, to officially inform him of Germany's withdrawal from the League Of Nations. The entire text of the letter reads (verbatim and sic): "Berlin, the 19. October 1933. Mr. Secretary General ! On behalf of the German Government, I have the honor to inform you that Germany hereby declares its withdrawal from the League Of Nations in accordance with Article 1 Paragraph 3 of the Statute. Please accept, Mr. Secretary General, the expression of my highest esteem. Freiherr Von Neurath". The ostensible reason given by the German government for withdrawing from the League was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity, claiming its disarmament clauses were unfair as they applied only to Germany. Germany's departure from the international organization was followed by its massive military buildup, undertaken in violation of international agreements; renunciation of the Locarno Pact (1936); seizure of Austria (1938); and annexation of the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia (March 1939). These actions culminated in the German attack on Poland of September 1, 1939, and the outbreak of World War II. The letter is from the archives of the League Of Nations, which are preserved at the United Nations Office in Geneva. They were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 2010. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-eyes-of-war-the-interwar-period-19181939--dv191819394.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Invasion Of Russia + Bonus MP4 Download DVD
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1941: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Eastern Front Of World War II: The Great Patriotic War (The German-Soviet War): Operation Barbarossa: The Battle Of Moscow: -- After sundown, the temperature in the Moscow region of Russia drops to 5 degrees Fahrenheit or -15 degrees Celsius, which was harsh on the troops on either side, but particularly to the Germans who were less prepared to deal with the weather. The vehicles that had not been frozen, however, were now able to move as the mud hardened, and the 3rd and 4th Panzer Armies prepared to take advantage of the situation for an offensive. Meanwhile, 22 infantry divisions, 14 cavalry divisions, and 11 ski battalions, the first time Soviet ski forces were used against the Germans, began to arrive to reinforce the Soviet capital. https://store.earthstation1.com/operation-barbarossa-dvd-german-invasion-of-russia-wwii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Million Dollar Legs 1932 W. C. Fields & Jack Oakie DVD, MP4, USB Stick
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1903: #BOTD: #HBD! Jack Oakie, American actor who starred mostly in films, but also worked on stage, radio and television, best remembered for portraying Napaloni in Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (d. January 23, 1978) is #born Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri. His father, James Madison Offield (1880-1939), was a grain dealer, and his mother, Evelyn Offield (nee Jump) (1868-1939), was a psychology teacher. When he was 5, the Offield family moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, the source of his "Oakie" nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. Young Lewis/Jack grew up mostly in Oklahoma but also lived for periods of time with his grandmother in Kansas City, Missouri. While there he attended Woodland Elementary and made spending money as a paperboy for The Kansas City Star. He recalled years later that he made especially good money selling "extras" in November 1916 during the presidential election campaign that resulted in Woodrow Wilson being re-elected. Oakie worked as a runner on Wall Street and narrowly escaped being killed in the Wall Street bombing of September 16, 1920. While in New York, he also started appearing in amateur theatre as a mimic and a comedian, finally making his professional debut on Broadway in 1923 as a chorus boy in a production of Little Nellie Kelly by George M. Cohan. Oakie worked in various musicals and comedies on Broadway from 1923 to 1927, when he moved to Hollywood to work in movies at the end of the silent film era. Oakie appeared in five silent films during 1927 and 1928. As the age of the "talkies" began, he signed with Paramount Pictures in 1927. He made his first talking film, The Dummy, in 1929. When his contract with Paramount ended in 1934, Oakie decided to freelance. He was remarkably successful, appearing in 87 films, most made in the 1930s and 1940s. In the film Too Much Harmony (1933), the part of Oakie's on-screen mother was played by his real mother, Mary Evelyn Offield. During the 1930s, he was known as "The World's Oldest Freshman", as a result of appearing in numerous films with a collegiate theme. He was also known for refusing to wear screen make-up of any kind, and the frequent use of double-take in his comedy. Oakie was quoted as saying of his studio career "The pictures I made were called the bread and butter pictures of the studio. They cost nothing and made millions, and supported the prestige productions that cost millions and made nothing." Oakie portrayed Benzino Napaloni, the boisterous dictator of Bacteria, in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. This role was a broad parody of the fascist dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini, then in power. Not being limited by a film studio contract, Oakie branched into radio and had his own radio show between 1936 and 1938. Late in his career he appeared in various episodes of a number of television shows, including The Real McCoys (1963, three times as Uncle Rightly), Breaking Point (Episode #22 A Child of the Center Ring,1964), Daniel Boone (1966), and Bonanza (1966). Oakie was married twice. His first marriage to Venita Varden in 1936 ended in 1938 when Venita got an interlocutory decree of divorce. They reconciled, but finally divorced in 1944. She died in 1948 in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624 at Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. Oakie's second marriage was in 1950, to actress Victoria Horne, with whom he lived at "Oakridge" until his death in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 74 from an aortic aneurysm. His remains were interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale in Los Angeles County. Jack and Victoria Oakie lived their entire married life at "Oakridge", their 11-acre (45,000 m2) estate at 18650 Devonshire Street) in Northridge, a suburb of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. They acquired the former "Marwyck" estate of actress Barbara Stanwyck in 1950. Stanwyck commissioned the original residence designed by Paul Williams. Oakie planted a citrus orchard and bred Afghan Hounds, at one time having up to 100 dogs on the property. Victoria Oakie continued to live there after her husband's death and bequeathed the estate to the University of Southern California, which sold it to developers. After two failed attempts to develop the property, Oakridge was acquired by the City of Los Angeles in December, 2009. Oakridge is considered to be one of the last remnants of the large Northridge equestrian estates, famed for former thoroughbred breeding. The city plans to use the property as a park and community event center. The Paul Williams house and the grounds are Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #484. In 1981, the "Jack Oakie Lecture on Comedy in Film" was established as an annual event of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences. At the inaugural presentation, Oakie was described as "a master of comic timing and a beloved figure in the industry." Jack Oakie's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard, and his hand and footprints can be found at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. A small display celebrating the comedy and fame of Jack Oakie is at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. There is a plaque in the ground in front of the home where he was born in Sedalia, Missouri. Jack Oakie is mentioned in the Coen Brothers film Barton Fink as the favorite actor of Charlie, a character played by John Goodman. https://store.earthstation1.com/million-dollar-legs-1932-dvd-wc-fields-jack-o1933.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Scandalous Mayor: James Michael Curley Biography DVD, MP4, USB Stick
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1958: #DOTD: James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, convicted criminal, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (b. November 20, 1874) #dies of unspecified causes in Boston, the city of his birth, at the age of 83. His body was viewed by thousands in the rotunda of the State House in Boston. He was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery, Dorchester, Massacusetts after one of the largest funerals in the city's history. James Michael Curley was born in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood in 1874 to Michael and Sarah Curley (nee Clancy). He was an American Democratic Party politician from Boston, Massachusetts. One of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics in the first half of the 20th century, Curley served four terms as Democratic Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, including part of one while in prison. He also served a single term as Governor of Massachusetts, characterized by one biographer as "a disaster mitigated only by moments of farce", for its free spending and corruption. Curley was immensely popular with working-class Roman Catholic Irish Americans in Boston, among whom he grew up and became active in ward politics. During the Great Depression, he enlarged Boston City Hospital, expanded the city's public transit system (now the MBTA), funded projects to improve the roads and bridges, and improved the neighborhoods with beaches and bathhouses, playgrounds and parks, public schools and libraries, all the while collecting graft and raising taxes. He became a leading and at times divisive force in the state's Democratic Party, contesting for power with its White Anglo-Saxon Protestant leadership at the local and state levels, and with Boston's ward bosses. He served two terms in the United States Congress, and was regularly a candidate for a variety of local and state offices for half a century. He was twice convicted of crimes, and notably served time for a felony conviction related to earlier corruption during his last term as mayor. https://store.earthstation1.com/scandalous-mayor-james-michael-curley-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll DVD, MP4 Video Download, Flash Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1944: #BOTD: #HBD! Booker T. Jones, African American multi-instrumentalist, pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, is #born Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. He was named after his father, Booker T. Jones, Sr., who was named in honor of Booker T. Washington, the educator. Booker T. Jones, Sr. was a science teacher at Memphis High School, providing the family with a relatively stable, lower middle-class lifestyle. Jones was musically a child prodigy, playing the oboe, saxophone, trombone, double bass, and piano at school and organ at church. Jones attended Booker T. Washington High School, the alma mater of Rufus Thomas, and contributed with future stars like Isaac Hayes's writing partner David Porter, saxophonist Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns, soul singer/songwriter William Bell, and Earth, Wind & Fire's singer/songwriter Maurice White. Jones's entry into professional music came at the age of 16, when he played baritone saxophone on Satellite (soon to be Stax) Records' first hit, "Cause I Love You", by Carla and Rufus Thomas. Willie Mitchell hired Jones for his band, in which Jones started on sax and later moved to bass. It was here that he met Al Jackson Jr., who he brought to Stax. Simultaneously, Jones formed a combo with Maurice White and David Porter, in which he played guitar. While hanging around the Satellite Record Shop run by Estelle Axton, co-owner of Satellite Records with her brother Jim Stewart, Jones met record clerk Steve Cropper, who would become one of the MGs when the group formed in 1962. Besides Jones on organ and Cropper on guitar, Booker T. and the MGs featured Lewie Steinberg on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums (Donald "Duck" Dunn eventually replacing Steinberg on bass). While still in high school, Jones co-wrote the group's classic instrumental "Green Onions", which was a massive hit in 1962. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-rock-39n39-roll-dvd-complete-tv-series-5-39395.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: WABC Radio Airchecks MP3 Collection 1960s-1980s DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Brian Hyland, American pop singer, teen idol and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s, best known for his hit singles "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and "Sealed with a Kiss", is #born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City. He continued recording into the 1970s, and he went on to release several country-influenced albums and had additional chart hits later in his career. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Jimi Plays Monterey Jimi Hendrix DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 2008: #DOTD: #RIP: Mitch Mitchell, English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience for which he was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 (b. July 9, 1946) #dies in his sleep of "natural causes" at the age of 62 five days after the 2008 Experience Hendrix Tour in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon. Mitchell had been in ill health for many years due to alcohol-related problems. He was the last surviving member of the original Experience. Mitchell had planned to leave Portland that day to return to his home in England. He was buried in Seattle. He was survived by his wife, Dee, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Born John Graham Mitchell in Ealing, Middlesex, to Phyliss C (nee Preston) and Thomas J Mitchell, he was best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009. As a teenager he starred in a children's television programme, Jennings at School, and starred in a leading role in the 1960 British film Bottoms Up with Jimmy Edwards. Mitchell became a musician through working at Jim Marshall's drum shop on Saturdays while still at school. Among drummers, his chief influences were Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. One of his first bands was the Soul Messengers, formed at the Ealing Club with saxophonist Terry Marshall, son of Jim Marshall. Early in his career he gained considerable musical experience as a touring and session musician, working with Pete Nelson and the Travellers, Frankie Reid and the Casuals (1962), Johnny Harris and the Shades, the Pretty Things, Bill Knight & the Sceptres, the Riot Squad, and the Who as a session drummer while the band was in the process of replacing Doug Sandom with Keith Moon. In 1965, he also temporarily replaced Viv Prince as drummer in the Pretty Things. From December 1965 until October 1966, Mitchell was the drummer of Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, appearing on their 1966 album Sweet Things. In a 2015 interview, Fame recalled: "His main hero was jazz drummer Ronnie Stephenson and if you look at early film clips of Mitch, he had that Ronnie Stephenson look, the way he set his jaw. And he loved crashing around on the cymbals like Ronnie, but in my band I liked the arrangements pretty tight. When he started splashing around I'd say 'just play the hi-hat!'". Mitchell auditioned for the Jimi Hendrix Experience on October 6, 1966 and was chosen over Aynsley Dunbar in a coin toss. Mitchell's fast, driving, jazz-influenced playing meshed well with Hendrix's open-ended, revolutionary approach to the electric guitar. He played on the three best-selling Experience studio albums, Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold As Love (1968), and Electric Ladyland (1968). Mitchell remained with Hendrix after the Experience broke up when Noel Redding quit in June 1969. He performed with Hendrix's expanded lineup at Woodstock (August 1969). Mitchell was replaced briefly with Buddy Miles for the Band of Gypsys album (1970), but rejoined Hendrix (with Billy Cox on bass) for the April-September 1970 The Cry of Love Tour. He recorded most of the material for Hendrix's unfinished fourth studio album, which appeared on The Cry of Love (1971), Rainbow Bridge (1971), and War Heroes (1972). In December 1968, Mitchell played with the Dirty Mac, an all-star band assembled for The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. Others included John Lennon as vocalist and rhythm guitarist "Winston Leg-Thigh"; Yoko Ono providing improvised primal screams; Eric Clapton as guitarist, and Keith Richards as bassist. The group recorded a cover of "Yer Blues" as well as a jam called "Whole Lotta Yoko". While working with Hendrix from late 1969 until early 1970, Mitchell also collaborated with the Jack Bruce and Friends band fronted by ex-Cream bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, with keyboardist Mike Mandel and jazz-fusion guitarist and future the Eleventh House frontman Larry Coryell. After Hendrix' death, Mitchell finished production work with engineer Eddie Kramer on incomplete Hendrix recordings, resulting in the releases The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge. In 1972, he teamed up with guitarists Mike Pinera and April Lawton to form Ramatam. They recorded the first of Ramatam's two albums and were an opening act for Emerson, Lake & Palmer at a number of concerts. Mitchell and Hendrix had been offered spots in the band Keith Emerson and Greg Lake were forming, but Carl Palmer got the drum position instead. Ramatam never achieved commercial success, and Mitchell left the act before their second album was released. He also performed in concerts with Terry Reid, Jack Bruce, and Jeff Beck as a substitute for drummer Cozy Powell. Mitchell drummed alongside John Halsey in the 1970s jam band Hinkley's Heroes, the only time he played alongside another drummer. In 1974, he auditioned for Paul McCartney's band Wings but lost the part to Geoff Britton in another coin toss. For the rest of the 1970s through to the 1990s, Mitchell, semi-retired and living in Europe, continued to perform and occasionally record. In 1986, Mitchell teamed up with jazz musician Greg Parker and made a music video session of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog". He did session work on Junior Brown's Long Walk Back album and participated in various Hendrix-related recordings, videos, and interviews. In 1999, Mitchell was part of the Gypsy Sun Experience, along with former Hendrix bassist Billy Cox and guitarist Gary Serkin. He also appeared on Bruce Cameron's album Midnight Daydream that included Billy Cox, Buddy Miles and Jack Bruce. He spent his final days celebrating Hendrix's music on the 2008 Experience Hendrix Tour. For nearly four weeks the tour travelled on an 18-city tour of the US, finishing in Portland, Oregon. The tour also featured Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Robby Krieger, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo, Brad Whitford, Hubert Sumlin, Chris Layton, Eric Gales, and Mato Nanji. Five days after the tour ended Mitchell died in his sleep on November 12, in his room at the Benson Hotel in Portland of "natural causes". Mitchell had been in ill health for many years due to alcohol-related problems. He was the last surviving member of the original Experience. Mitchell had planned to leave Portland that day to return to his home in England. He was buried in Seattle. He was survived by his wife, Dee, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Queen drummer Roger Taylor has described Mitchell as his early role model. He said: "I still think listening to Mitch Mitchell, especially the early stuff with Hendrix, is just fantastic". Matt Sorum, drummer with the Cult, Guns N' Roses, and Velvet Revolver, has praised his "pure musicianship" and called him "one of the greatest drummers of all time". In an interview with the Police drummer Stewart Copeland in the late 2000s, Copeland listed the Jimi Hendrix Experience debut album Are You Experienced as his favourite drum album of all time, and relates that as a child in school, he would walk around with drum beats in his head and wonder how Mitch Mitchell would carve out a rhythm were he to play that song. In 2016, Mitchell was named the eighth-greatest drummer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009. https://store.earthstation1.com/jimi-plays-monterey-dvd-complete-monterey-pop-performance.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Sleepers 1991 Russian Spies In UK TV Drama Series DVD MP4 Download USB
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer who appeared in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (b. April 26, 1947) #dies of an undisclosed illness in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, aged 67. He was cremated, and his ashes were given to his family. In 2014 he began filming Poldark as Charles Poldark. The character's final scene in the series, in episode four in which Poldark lies on his deathbed before dying, was also Clarke's final scene as an actor; he was very ill at the time of filming and died a few weeks later; the first episode of the television series was then dedicated to his memory. Warren Clarke dies penniless after a successful 50-year career. He died with a gross estate of 13,056 Pounds Sterling; however, after his outstanding affairs were settled, this was reduced to a figure of nil. The actor had reportedly made a will that left his estate to wife Michele and, if she did not survive him, it was to be shared between his daughter Georgia and son Rowan. He had spoken previously of wanting to change his career as he felt he did not earn enough. Warren Clarke was born Alan James Clarke in Oldham, Lancashire, England. His television appearances included Dalziel and Pascoe (1996-2007 TV crime drama series) (as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel) , The Manageress (1989-1990 TV series), Sleepers (1991 TV miniseries), and Poldark (2015 TV series). https://store.earthstation1.com/sleepers-1991-dvd-4-part-cold-war-spy-tv-miniseries-dvd-set-2199142.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Old Time Radio Comedy MegaSet MP3 Collection DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1990: #DOTD: #RIP: Eve Arden, American film, radio, stage and television actress who performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades (b. April 30, 1908 ) #dies in her Beverly Hills, California home at age 82. According to her death certificate, she died of cardiac arrest and arteriosclerotic heart disease.She is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens in Mill Valley, California. Beginning her film career in 1929 and on Broadway in the early 1930s, Arden's first major role was in the RKO Radio Pictures drama Stage Door (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, followed by roles in the comedies Having Wonderful Time (1938) and At the Circus (1939). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Mildred Pierce (1945). Somewhat surprisingly for an actress of Arden's refinement and wit, she appeared to good effect in a number of films noir, some exceptionally high-profile, including Mildred Pierce, The Unfaithful (1947), The Arnelo Affair (1947), Whiplash (1948), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Later in her career, Arden moved to television, playing a sardonic but engaging high school teacher in Our Miss Brooks, for which she won the first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also played the maternity ward nurse in Bewitched and the school principal in the film musicals Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982). https://store.earthstation1.com/old-time-radio-comedy-mp3-dvd-megaset-2-dis32.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman Sheila Sim DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1922: #BOTD: #HBD! Kim Hunter, American theatre, film, and television actress who achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (d. September 11, 2002) is #born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration engineer. Decades after her Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for portraying Nola Madison on the soap opera The Edge Of Night. She also portrayed the chimpanzee Zira in Planet of the Apes (1968), and its sequels Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). Kim Hunter died in New York City on the first anniversary of the September 11 Attacks of a heart attack at the age of 79. Her ashes were given to her daughter, Kathryn Deirdre, an attorney, civic leader, and former judge in Connecticut, after cremation. https://store.earthstation1.com/a-canterbury-tale-dvd-1944-eric-portman-sheila-sim-dennis-p1944.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Decades: The 1960s TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 12, 2025
November 12, 1994: #DOTD: #RIP: Wilma Rudolph, African American sprinter and civil rights pioneer who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games (b. (June 23, 1940) #dies shortly after her mother's death of brain and throat cancer at the age of fifty-four, at her home in Brentwood, a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. She is is buried at Edgefield Missionary Baptist Church is Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Wilma Rudolph was born Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 pounds in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee (now part of Clarksville) to Blanche Rudolph, the twentieth of 22 children from her father Ed Rudolph's two marriages. Rudolph's legacy lies in her efforts to overcome obstacles that included childhood illnesses and a physical disability to become the fastest woman runner in the world in 1960. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympiad. Rudolph was one of the first role models for black and female athletes. Rudolph's celebrity also caused gender barriers to be broken at previously all-male track and field events. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100 meter and 200 meter individual events and the 4 x 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Rudolph was among the most highly visible black women in America and abroad. She became a role model for black and female athletes and her Olympic successes helped elevate women's track and field in the United States. In 1962 Rudolph retired from competition at the peak of her athletic career as the world record-holder in the 100 meter and 200 meter meter individual events and the 4 x 100-meter relays. After competing in the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1963 graduate of Tennessee State University became an educator and coach. Due to the worldwide television coverage of the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rudolph became an international star along with other Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), Oscar Robertson, and Rafer Johnson who competed in Italy. Her achievements are memorialized in a variety of tributes, including a U.S. postage stamp, documentary films, and a made-for-television movie, as well as in numerous publications, especially books for young readers. https://store.earthstation1.com/decades-the-1960s-dvd-set-peter-jennings-tv-series-3-19603.html