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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: Hiroshima Day: -- World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asiatic-Pacific Theater: Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: Air Warfare Of The Pacific War: Air Raids On Japan: Nuclear Weapons Programs Of The United States: The Manhattan Project (Codename: Development Of Substitute Materials): Nuclear Warfare: American Nuclear Warfare: Little Boy: Enola Gay: The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima: -- The first use of an Atomic bomb in warfare occurs, dropped over the center of the Japanese city of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. as part of "Special Mission 13" by the 393rd Bombardment Squadron's Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber named Enola Gay, named after squadron commander and Enola Gay Pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets's mother, which took off from North Field, Tinian, about six hours' flight time from Japan, along with its accompanying B-29s named The Great Artiste, commanded by Major Charles Sweeney, which carried instrumentation, and a then-nameless aircraft later named Necessary Evil, commanded by Captain George Marquardt., the latter which was the photography aircraft. The bomb detonated about 1,800 ft. above ground, destroying the city, and killing around 70,000 people instantly and over 105,000 persons in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning. After leaving Tinian, the aircraft made their way separately to Iwo Jima to rendezvous at 05:55 at 2,800 meters (9,200 ft), and set course for Japan. The aircraft arrived over the target in clear visibility at 9,470 meters (31,060 ft). Parsons, who was in command of the mission, armed the bomb in flight to minimize the risks during takeoff. He had witnessed four B-29s crash and burn at takeoff, and feared that a nuclear explosion would occur if a B-29 crashed with an armed Little Boy on board. His assistant, Second Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson, removed the safety devices 30 minutes before reaching the target area. During the night of August 5-6, Japanese early warning radar detected the approach of numerous American aircraft headed for the southern part of Japan. Radar detected 65 bombers headed for Saga, 102 bound for Maebashi, 261 en route to Nishinomiya, 111 headed for Ube and 66 bound for Imabari. An alert was given and radio broadcasting stopped in many cities, among them Hiroshima. The all-clear was sounded in Hiroshima at 00:05. About an hour before the bombing, the air raid alert was sounded again, as Straight Flush flew over the city. It broadcast a short message which was picked up by Enola Gay. It read: "Cloud cover less than 3/10th at all altitudes. Advice: bomb primary." The all-clear was sounded over Hiroshima again at 07:09. At 08:09, Tibbets started his bomb run and handed control over to his bombardier, Major Thomas Ferebee. The release at 08:15 (Hiroshima time) went as planned, and the Little Boy containing about 64 kg (141 lb) of uranium-235 took 44.4 seconds to fall from the aircraft flying at about 9,400 meters (31,000 ft) to a detonation height of about 580 meters (1,900 ft) above the city. Enola Gay was 18.5 km (11.5 mi) away before it felt the shock waves from the blast. Due to crosswind, the bomb missed the aiming point, the Aioi Bridge, by approximately 240 m (800 ft) and detonated directly over Shima Surgical Clinic. It released the equivalent energy of 16 +/- 2 kilotons of TNT (66.9 +/- 8.4 TJ). The weapon was considered very inefficient, with only 1.7 percent of its material fissioning. The radius of total destruction was about 1.6 kilometers (1 mi), with resulting fires across 11 km2 (4.4 sq mi). Enola Gay stayed over the target area for two minutes and was 16 kilometers (10 mi) away when the bomb detonated. Only Tibbets, Parsons, and Ferebee knew of the nature of the weapon; the others on the bomber were only told to expect a blinding flash and given black goggles. "It was hard to believe what we saw", Tibbets told reporters, while Parsons said "the whole thing was tremendous and awe-inspiring... the men aboard with me gasped 'My God'." He and Tibbets compared the shockwave to "a close burst of ack-ack fire". On the ground, people reported a "pika" (Japanese: Brilliant Flash Of light" ) followed by a "don" (Japanese: "Loud Booming Sound"). The experiences of survivors in the city varied depending on their location and circumstances, but a common factor in survivor accounts was a sense that a conventional weapon (sometimes cited as a magnesium bomb, which have a distinctively bright white flash) had happened to go off immediately in their vicinity, causing tremendous damage (throwing people across rooms, breaking glass, crushing buildings). After emerging from the ruins the survivors gradually understood that the entire city had been attacked at the same instant. Survivor accounts frequently feature walking through the ruins of the city without a clear sense of where to go, and encountering the cries of people trapped within crushed structures, or people with horrific burns. As the numerous small fires created by the blast began to grow, they merged into a firestorm that moved quickly throughout the ruins, killing many who had been trapped, and causing people to jump into Hiroshima's rivers in search of sanctuary (many of whom drowned). The photographer Yoshito Matsushige took the only photographs of Hiroshima immediately after the bombing. He described in a later interview that, immediately after the bombing, "everywhere there was dust; it made a grayish darkness over everything." He took five photographs in total before he could not continue: "It was really a terrible scene. It was just like something out of hell." Survivor accounts also prominently feature cases of survivors who appeared uninjured, but who would succumb within hours or days to what would later be identified as radiation sickness. The exact number of people killed by the blast, firestorm, and radiation effects of the bombing are unknown. Difficulty in coming up with a correct figure is due to the imprecise record-keeping during the war, the chaos caused by the attack, lack of agreement on how many people were in the city on the morning of the attack, and uncertainty in methodology. Reports by the Manhattan Project in 1946 and the U.S. occupation-led Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Atomic Bomb in Japan in 1951 estimated 66,000 dead and 69,000 injured, and 64,500 dead and 72,000 injured, respectively, while Japanese-led reconsiderations of the death toll in the 1970s estimated 140,000 dead in Hiroshima by the end of the year. Estimates also vary on the number of Japanese military personnel killed. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey estimated in 1946 that there were 24,158 soldiers present in Hiroshima at the time of the attack, and that 6,789 were killed or missing as a result; the 1970s reconsiderations estimated about 10,000 military dead. A modern estimate by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) estimates a city population of 340,000 to 350,000 at the time of the bombing, of which 90,000 to 166,000 died by the end of the year. U.S. surveys estimated that 12 km2 (4.7 sq mi) of the city were destroyed. Japanese officials determined that 69 percent of Hiroshima's buildings were destroyed and another 6 to 7 percent damaged. Some of the reinforced concrete buildings in Hiroshima had been very strongly constructed because of the earthquake danger in Japan, and their framework did not collapse even though they were fairly close to the blast center. Since the bomb detonated in the air, the blast was directed more downward than sideways, which was largely responsible for the survival of the Prefectural Industrial Promotional Hall, now commonly known as the Genbaku (A-bomb) dome, which was only 150 m (490 ft) from ground zero (the hypocenter). The ruin was named Hiroshima Peace Memorial and was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 over the objections of the United States and China, which expressed reservations on the grounds that other Asian nations were the ones who suffered the greatest loss of life and property, and a focus on Japan lacked historical perspective. The air raid warning had been cleared at 07:31, and many people were outside, going about their activities. Eizo Nomura was the closest known survivor, being in the basement of a reinforced concrete building (it remained as the Rest House after the war) only 170 meters (560 ft) from ground zero at the time of the attack. He died in 1982, aged 84. Akiko Takakura was among the closest survivors to the hypocenter of the blast. She was in the solidly-built Bank of Hiroshima only 300 meters (980 ft) from ground-zero at the time of the attack. Over 90 percent of the doctors and 93 percent of the nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured; most had been in the downtown area which received the greatest damage. The hospitals were destroyed or heavily damaged. Only one doctor, Terufumi Sasaki, remained on duty at the Red Cross Hospital. Nonetheless, by early afternoon the police and volunteers had established evacuation center at hospitals, schools and tram stations, and a morgue was established in the Asano library. Survivors of the blast gathered for medical treatment, but many would die before receiving any help, leaving behind rings of corpses around hospitals. Most elements of the Japanese Second General Army headquarters were undergoing physical training on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle, barely 820 meters (900 yd) from the hypocenter. The attack killed 3,243 troops on the parade ground. The communications room of Chugoku Military District Headquarters that was responsible for issuing and lifting air raid warnings was located in a semi-basement in the castle. Yoshie Oka, a Hijiyama Girls High School student who had been mobilized to serve as a communications officer, had just sent a message that the alarm had been issued for Hiroshima and neighboring Yamaguchi, when the bomb exploded. She used a special phone to inform Fukuyama Headquarters (some 100 kilometers (62 mi) away) that "Hiroshima has been attacked by a new type of bomb. The city is in a state of near-total destruction." Since Mayor Senkichi Awaya had been killed while eating breakfast with his son and granddaughter at the mayoral residence, Field Marshal Shunroku Hata, who was only slightly wounded, took over the administration of the city, and coordinated relief efforts. Many of his staff had been killed or fatally wounded, including Lieutenant Colonel Yi U, a prince of the Korean imperial family who was serving as a General Staff Officer. Hata's senior surviving staff officer was the wounded Colonel Kumao Imoto, who acted as his chief of staff. Soldiers from the undamaged Hiroshima Ujina Harbor used Shin'yo-class suicide motorboats, intended to repel the American invasion, to collect the wounded and take them down the rivers to the military hospital at Ujina. Trucks and trains brought in relief supplies and evacuated survivors from the city. Twelve American airmen were imprisoned at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters, about 400 meters (1,300 ft) from the hypocenter of the blast. Most died instantly, although two were reported to have been executed by their captors, and two prisoners badly injured by the bombing were left next to the Aioi Bridge by the Kempei Tai, where they were stoned to death. Eight U.S. prisoners of war killed as part of the medical experiments program at Kyushu University were falsely reported by Japanese authorities as having been killed in the atomic blast as part of an attempted cover up. The Tokyo control operator of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation noticed that the Hiroshima station had gone off the air. He tried to re-establish his program by using another telephone line, but it too had failed. About 20 minutes later the Tokyo railroad telegraph center realized that the main line telegraph had stopped working just north of Hiroshima. From some small railway stops within 16 km (10 mi) of the city came unofficial and confused reports of a terrible explosion in Hiroshima. All these reports were transmitted to the headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. Military bases repeatedly tried to call the Army Control Station in Hiroshima. The complete silence from that city puzzled the General Staff; they knew that no large enemy raid had occurred and that no sizable store of explosives was in Hiroshima at that time. A young officer was instructed to fly immediately to Hiroshima, to land, survey the damage, and return to Tokyo with reliable information for the staff. It was felt that nothing serious had taken place and that the explosion was just a rumor. The staff officer went to the airport and took off for the southwest. After flying for about three hours, while still nearly 160 km (100 mi) from Hiroshima, he and his pilot saw a great cloud of smoke from the firestorm created by the bomb. After circling the city to survey the damage they landed south of the city, where the staff officer, after reporting to Tokyo, began to organize relief measures. Tokyo learned that the city had been destroyed by a new type of bomb from President Truman's announcement of the strike, sixteen hours later. 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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: National Fresh Breath Day: -- An annual reminder to pop a mint and smile! This day urges appreciation of oral hygiene and its importance. Dentists and oral care professionals applaud the day dedicated to fighting bad breath. Oral hygiene and the fresh breath associated with it are part of healthy, daily habits. Over time, poor dental care will cause mouth odor. Of course, the foods we eat contribute to bad breath, too. However, bad breath may be a symptom of a health condition or a side effect of a medication. There are ways to combat bad breath: Brush after meals; Floss before bedtime; Gargle and rinse with mouthwash regularly; Chew sugar-free gum to keep the mouth moist; Stay hydrated; Seek regular dental care. Alcohol consumption dries out your mouth causing bad breath, so drink moderately. Carry sugar-free gum. When you take out a piece, offer one to your companions. Those with bad breath won't know you're giving them a hint; they'll think you're being polite and sharing! If you battle bad breath and suspect it's the result of a deeper issue, consult your physician. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-3-dv3.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: Cycle To Work Day (UK): -- Bicycle riding is one of the best ways to get exercise into your daily routine. But have you ever thought about taking your bicycle and riding it to work? Well, there's a day dedicated towards just that. As a holiday that just requires you and your bike, it's one of the most celebrated holidays in the world because of how bike riding is such a popular activity. Read more about Cycle to Work Day's history and see how you can participate in this awesome day. Cycle to Work Day has been created in order to encourage people to do just that: cycle to work. It encourages people to give their bike a go and cycle to work, at least for one day of the year. There are so many different benefits that are associated with cycling to work. Not only is this good for your health but you are going to be doing your bit for the environment as well. There have even been government and state initiatives created around the world to encourage people to cycle to work more often. There are many different reasons why you should consider biking to work. Firstly, you may find that it is actually a lot of fun! Plus, biking to work is good for you! You are going to start the day off with some exercise, and there is no better way to start the day. This will make you feel good and happy for the rest of the day. After all, exercising releases those chemicals that make us feel happy. There are a number of other benefits to consider as well. For example, you are going to be able to save a considerable amount of money by cycling to work. It is worth totalling up how much you currently spend on your commute to work, whether you drive there or take the train. This money only adds up over time. When you cycle to work, the only expense you are going to have is your bike and a lock to secure it. If you calculate the difference over the course of a year, you are going to be able to save quite a lot of money! You will probably be surprised by just how much. So, you get fresh air, you can avoid traffic jams, you get some exercise added to your daily routine, and while you do this, you get to save a considerable amount of money in the process. Sounds good, right? Cycle to Work Day has multiple origins because it takes place on multiple days throughout the spring season. Cycle to Work Day is believed to have been started by the League of American Bicyclist in 1956. Places throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe take part in this holiday because bicycling has become a popular way of travel and a popular way of exercise. However, today's holiday takes place in the United Kingdom. According to cycletoworkday.org, Cycle to Work Day began in 2013 and has since grown into one of the most popular events in the United Kingdom. This day encourages adults to get on their bike and cycle to work just for one day. They believe that cycling can help improve the lives of adults everywhere by bringing health and fitness in just one day. One day can make all the difference and can get people hooked on bicycle riding for the rest of their lives. According to their website, in 2017 over 40,000 riders helped them celebrate the day and over a million miles were cycled as a result. As the holiday becomes ever more popular, the event coordinators that help operate the site hope that everyone who participates can be able to have fun and incorporate an awesome workout routine into their daily lives. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/a-bicycle-built-for-thee-classic-bicycling-films-dvd.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: Balloons To Heavens Day: -- Today we remember the countless lives lost to gun violence. The pain of losing a loved one never fades. It resurfaces when we least expect it - as sorrow, longing, or even comfort. One carries grief along but live with the loss you must. Balloons to Heaven Day encapsulates all these truths and more. Releasing balloons in the sky is symbolic. Each person takes away something different from the experience. But it unites families in their sorrow, with the hope that everyone can heal together. It's a time for families everywhere to mourn loved ones and keep up the fight to end gun violence. From cultural practices to personal traditions, rituals help us make sense of the world. They articulate our deepest emotions and bring joy to life's milestones, from the birth of a child to wedding anniversaries. When a loved one passes away, rituals can help ease the pain. Rituals allow us to pause, remember, and eventually find healing. Symbolic acts like releasing balloons remind us that our loved ones are always with us. A quiet, meditative activity that's at once joyful and solemn. Everything about the ritual conveys a sense of lightness. It's the hope that those we love are at peace and gives comfort to people still grieving. As a universal expression of feeling, releasing balloons has also become a way to deter gun violence in the U.S. Every year, more Americans die as a result of gun-related incidents. Statistics show that gun deaths in the U.S. have increased by 43% compared to the previous decade. Since Columbine, more than 292,000 students have experienced gun violence in schools. Balloons to Heaven Day hopes to create awareness of the pain and trauma that gun violence causes to families all over the U.S. A day when we remember the senseless deaths of thousands of people, often children and young people. For families who've lost loved ones, it's a day to release their spirits, send them love, and celebrate their lives. Many people write notes and attach them to the balloons before releasing them. Most importantly, balloons are visual reminders to families everywhere who are coping with grief. A reminder that they are not alone in their pain. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/watch-mr-wizard-dvd-old-time-tv-kid-shows.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: International Scuba Day: -- Diving deep underwater to see and experience the plants and animals located there is a fairly recent experience for humans. In fact, it was only around a century ago that the equipment that allows people to dive was invented. Today, International Scuba Day is here to celebrate this amazing activity and encourage others to join in! International Scuba Day had its inaugural celebration in 2023 when a group of passionate divers worked together to promote and celebrate the important experience that comes from diving. In addition, the day is meant to unite divers from all over the world and promote the community of ocean lovers. The date of this event was chosen as a nod to July 6, 1926, which was the date that the Fernez-Le Prieur diving apparatus was unveiled. This equipment was made in cooperation between a French Naval Officer, Yves Paul Gaston Prieur along with an inventor, Maurice Fernez, and the work between the two made it possible for humans to dive to previously unreached depths. The ability to dive grew in popularity and by 1952, the term "scuba" or SCUBA, was coined as an acronym that means Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. The first annual International Scuba Day event included in person and online opportunities that were sponsored by dive centers, training organizations, dive clubs, resorts, and even conservation organizations. The hope is that each year the event will grow to include more divers and diving groups that can be united around the theme of diving as well as taking care of the world's oceans. International Scuba Day is an annual observance that celebrates the love of diving all over the world! On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/ancient-treasures-from-the-deep-dvd-world39s-oldest-shipwre39.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: Farmworker Appreciation Day: -- This day aims to raise awareness about the importance of the work that people do on the farm. The truth is that farmworkers work even under the hot summer sun to bring in the harvest. Every year, you can see them as you are driving by the fields. Most of their work only happens during summer, and this means that many of these individuals return to their home country when the season is over. Farmworkers are usually forgotten and this day is special to honor and thank them for all they have done. In the colonial era, most farmworkers were indentured servants from Great Britain. They were white men and women, and even children, who exchanged four to seven years of hard labor for passage to the colonies. Some of these workers were recruited through force and were kept and sold as property, with few rights. They lived in miserable conditions of servitude and abuse. By the 1600s, indentured servants weren't plentiful enough, so plantation owners turned to an even crueler method of workforce recruitment: the forceable capture of Africans to be converted into slaves. These slaves had almost no promise of eventual freedom as no fixed period of enslavement was arranged. African slaves became the primary source of farm labor in the colonies over the next two centuries. By the end of the American Revolution, 20% of the population in the 13 colonies was of African descent, the majority of whom were slaves. In 1808, Congress banned the international slave trade, but not the practice of slavery itself. California became a major agricultural center after the Civil War in the United States. In the aforementioned state, farm labor was mostly imported from Asia. The immigrant labor force had begun to shift to Mexico by the 1930s. During World War II, due to a labor shortage, the Bracero Program was initiated. This program allowed Mexicans to work temporarily on U.S. farms. It ended in 1964, although Latin American legal and illegal immigrants continue to make up the vast majority of the U.S. agricultural workforce. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/labor-union-films-dvd.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6: Jamaica Independence Day: -- August 6, 1962: Jamaica achieves its independence after centuries of British and Spanish rule. During 150 years of Spanish rule, African slaves were first brought to the island. The British invaded in 1655 and the slave trade greatly expanded during the 1700s. Following the abolition of slavery in the 1830s, Jamaica remained a British colony. Jamaica Independence Day became a national celebration in 1962 when Jamaica became independent with full dominion status in the Commonwealth, under a constitution that retained the British monarch as head of state. The first elected Prime Minister was Alexander Bustamante. Jamaica's independence meant that Britain no longer controlled the country's affairs. Thus, these became primarily managed by the new Prime Minister and his locally elected cabinet. Furthermore, Jamaica's independence also meant that they had to form a constitution, symbols, emblems, army, currency, and passports. Jamaica was one of the first colonies in the so-called 'new world.' Jamaica became a Spanish colony in 1509. In May 1655, the British took over the island during the Anglo-Spanish War. In the 1950s, the British Empire broke up; thus, Jamaica took advantage of the situation to make several amendments to its constitution to allow greater self-government and a Prime Minister. In 1958, Jamaica joined the West Indies Federation - a political union of various Caribbean islands that were also colonies of the United Kingdom. By September 1961, Jamaicans had become dissatisfied with the Federation. The slow-paced move to independence led to a referendum in Jamaica where 54% of Jamaicans voted to leave the Federation. In 1962, the 'Jamaica Labour Party,' under the leadership of Bustamante, won the elections, which resulted in the passing of the Jamaica Independence Act by the United Kingdom Parliament on July 19, 1962. On August 6, 1962, the British granted them independence, and the Jamaican flag flew for the first time. Bustamante became Jamaica's first Prime Minister, with Jamaica joining the Commonwealth of Nations. The main highlight of Jamaica Independence Day is the 'Jamaica Independence Festival,' which showcases a grand parade, traditional music, the World Reggae Dance Final, and other events. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/pirates-12-part-documentary-series-mp4-video-download-124.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1945: #DOTD: #RIP: Richard Bong, United States Army Air Forces major and Medal Of Honor recipient in World War II, one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter (b. September 24, 1920) #dies in North Hollywood, California aged 24 while testing a P-80A Shooting Star jet fighter on the same day as the The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima. Richard "Dick" Ira Bong was born in Superior, Wisconsin, the first of nine children born to Carl Bong, an immigrant from Sweden, and Dora Bryce, an American of Scotch-English descent. Bong has several commemorative monuments named in his honor around the world, including an airport, two bridges, a theater, a veterans historical center, a recreation area, a neighborhood terrace, and several avenues and streets, including the street leading to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Bong was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1986. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/props-and-jets-fighter-aces-of-world-war-ii-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1965: The History Of Broadcasting: The History Of Radio Broadcasting: The History Of Commercial Radio Broadcasting: Bloopers: Radio Bloopers: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asiatic-Pacific Theater: Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: Air Warfare Of The Pacific War: Air Raids On Japan: Nuclear Weapons Programs Of The United States: The Manhattan Project (Codename: Development Of Substitute Materials): Nuclear Warfare: American Nuclear Warfare: Little Boy: Little Boy: Enola Gay: The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima: Bob Dayton's 16 Candles Dedication On The 20th Anniversary Of The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima: -- WABC disc jockey Bob Dayton commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima on the air by jokingly, insensitively and insultingly dedicating the song "Sixteen Candles" to the event, resulting in his being fired for the obvious gaffe. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1965: Civil Rights Movements: The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism In The United States: Segregation: Racial Segregation: Black Suffrage (Black Political Franchise, Black Franchise, Black Right To Vote, Black Active Suffrage): The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 : --The Voting Rights Act Of 1965, a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting, is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections. Designed to enforce the voting rights protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Act suspended literacy, knowledge and character tests designed to keep African Americans from voting in the South, and sought to secure the right to vote for racial minorities throughout the country, especially in the South. It also authorized the appointment of federal voting examiners and barred discriminatory poll taxes. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Act is considered to be the most effective piece of federal civil rights legislation ever enacted in the country. The National Archives and Records Administration stated: "The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and state governments in the area of voting since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War". The act contains numerous provisions that regulate elections. The act's "general provisions" provide nationwide protections for voting rights. Section 2 is a general provision that prohibits state and local government from imposing any voting rule that "results in the denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen to vote on account of race or color" or membership in a language minority group. Other general provisions specifically outlaw literacy tests and similar devices that were historically used to disenfranchise racial minorities. The act also contains "special provisions" that apply to only certain jurisdictions. A core special provision is the Section 5 preclearance requirement, which prohibited certain jurisdictions from implementing any change affecting voting without first receiving confirmation from the U.S. attorney general or the U.S. District Court for D.C. that the change does not discriminate against protected minorities. Another special provision requires jurisdictions containing significant language minority populations to provide bilingual ballots and other election materials. Section 5 and most other special provisions applied to jurisdictions encompassed by the "coverage formula" prescribed in Section 4(b). The coverage formula was originally designed to encompass jurisdictions that engaged in egregious voting discrimination in 1965, and Congress updated the formula in 1970 and 1975. In Shelby County v. Holder (2013), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula as unconstitutional, reasoning that it was obsolete. The court did not strike down Section 5, but without a coverage formula, Section 5 is unenforceable. The jurisdictions which had previously been covered by the coverage formula massively increased the rate of voter registration purges after the Shelby decision. In 2021, the Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee Supreme Court ruling reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, substantially weakening it. The ruling interpreted the "totality of circumstances" language of Section 2 to mean that it does not generally prohibit voting rules that have disparate impact on the groups that it sought to protect, including a rule blocked under Section 5 before the Court inactivated that section in Shelby County v. Holder. In particular, the ruling held that fears of election fraud could justify such rules, even without evidence that any such fraud had occurred in the past or that the new rule would make elections safer. Research shows that the Act had successfully and massively increased voter turnout and voter registrations, in particular among black people. The Act has also been linked to concrete outcomes, such as greater public goods provision (such as public education) for areas with higher black population shares, more members of Congress who vote for civil rights-related legislation, and greater Black representation in local offices. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/lbj-1991-tv-documentary-series-lyndon-johnson-dvd-download-usb-d1991.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1787: The United States: The History Of The United States: The Constitution Of The United States: The Constitutional Convention (The Philadelphia Convention, The Federal Convention, The Grand Convention At Philadelphia): -- Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution Of The United States, written by The Committee Of Detail that the Constitutional Convention established to draft a text of their agreements since they began on May 25, are delivered to the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What followed for four months of what became known as The Great Debate, recorded in James Madison's "Notes Of Debates Of The Federal Convention Of 1787", with the ultimate result that much of what was present in this draft was contained in the final document. Several broad outlines had been proposed and debated, most notably James Madison's Virginia Plan and William Paterson's New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan was selected as the basis for the new government, and the delegates quickly reached consensus on a general blueprint of a federal government with three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) along with the basic role of each branch. However, disagreement over the specific design and powers of the branches delayed progress for weeks and threatened the success of the convention. The most contentious disputes involved the legislature, specifically the composition and election procedures for the Senate as the upper legislative house of a bicameral Congress; and whether proportional representation was to be defined by a state's geography or by its population. The role of the executive was also hotly debated, including the key issues of whether to divide the executive power among three people or vest the power in a single chief executive to be called the President; how a president would be elected; the length of a presidential term and the number of allowable terms; what offenses should be impeachable; and whether judges should be chosen by the legislature or the executive. Finally, slavery was also a contentious issue, with the delegates debating the insertion of a fugitive slave clause; whether to allow the abolition of the slave trade; and whether slaves were to be counted in proportional representation. Most of the time during the convention was spent on deciding these issues. Outcomes included the establishment of a four year term of office for the President, granting Congress the right to regulate foreign trade and interstate commerce, and the appointment of a committee to prepare a final draft of the Constitution. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-american-adventure-series-us-1st-century-4-dv14.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt w/ George C Scott DVD, Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1912: Elections: Elections In The United States: The 1912 United States Presidential Election: The 1912 United States Progressive National Convention (The 1912 Bull Moose Convention): -- The Progressive Party (The Bull Moose Party): The newly established Progressive Party, popularly known as Bull Moose Party, opens and closes The 1912 Progressive National Convention at the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. Angered at the renomination of President William Howard Taft over their candidate at the 1912 Republican National Convention, supporters of former President Theodore Roosevelt convened in Chicago and endorsed the formation of a national progressive party. When formally launched later that summer, the new Progressive Party acclaimed Roosevelt as its presidential nominee and Governor Hiram Johnson of California as his vice presidential running mate. When questioned by reporters, Roosevelt said he felt as strong as a "bull moose". Henceforth known as the "Bull Moose Party", the Progressives promised to increase federal regulation and protect the welfare of ordinary people. The party was funded by publisher Frank Munsey and its executive secretary George Walbridge Perkins, an employee of banker J. P. Morgan and International Harvester. Perkins blocked an antitrust plank, shocking reformers who thought of Roosevelt as a true trust-buster. The delegates to the convention sang the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers" as their anthem. In a famous acceptance speech, Roosevelt compared the coming presidential campaign to the Battle of Armageddon and stated that the Progressives were going to "battle for the Lord." The August convention opened with great enthusiasm. Over 2,000 delegates attended, including many women. In 1912, neither the Republican candidate, President Taft, nor the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, had endorsed women's suffrage on the national level and the famed suffragette and social worker Jane Addams gave a seconding speech for Roosevelt's nomination. Although Roosevelt did include black delegates from all over the country, he insisted on excluding African American Republicans from the South, whom he regarded as a corrupt and ineffective element, and he further alienated white southern supporters on the eve of the election by publicly dining with black people at a Rhode Island hotel. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-indomitable-teddy-roosevelt-george-c-scott-john-philip-sousa-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Guns Of August (1964) WWI Film DVD, Video Download, USB Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1914: Causes Of The European Civil War (Events Leading To The European Civil War): Causes Of World War I (Events Leading To World War I): The Guns Of August: The July Crisis: The Kingdom Of Serbia's Declaration Of War On The German Empire: -- Serbia declares war on Germany, Austria-Hungary's ally, who had declared war on Serbia the prior July 28th. Serbia won the first major battles of the war, including the Battle of Cer,[92] and the Battle of Kolubara. Despite initial success, it was eventually overpowered by the Central Powers in 1915 and Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia followed. Most of its army and some people retreated to Greece and Corfu, suffering immense losses on the way. After the Central Powers' military situation on other fronts worsened, the remains of the Serb army returned east and led a final breakthrough through enemy lines on 15 September 1918, liberating Serbia and defeating Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. Serbia, with its campaign, was a major Balkan Entente Power which contributed significantly to the Allied victory in the Balkans in November 1918, especially by helping France force Bulgaria's capitulation. Serbia's casualties accounted for 8% of the total Entente military deaths; 58% (243,600) soldiers of the Serbian army perished in the war. The total number of casualties is placed around 700,000, more than 16% of Serbia's prewar size, and a majority (57%) of its overall male population. Serbia suffered the biggest casualty rate in World War I. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 led to a month of diplomatic manoeuvring between Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain, called the July Crisis. Austria-Hungary correctly believed that Serbian officials (especially the officers of the Black Hand) were involved in the plot to murder the Archduke, and wanted to finally end Serbian interference in Bosnia. On July 23, Austria-Hungary delivered to Serbia the July Ultimatum, a series of ten demands that were made intentionally unacceptable, in an effort to provoke a war with Serbia. Serbia decreed general mobilisation on the 25th. Serbia accepted all of the terms of the ultimatum except for article six, which demanded that Austrian delegates be allowed in Serbia for the purpose of participation in the investigation into the assassination. Following this, Austria broke off diplomatic relations with Serbia and, the next day, ordered a partial mobilisation. Finally, on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. On July 29, Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilisation against Austria-Hungary. On the 30th, Russia ordered general mobilisation. German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg waited until the 31st for an appropriate response, when Germany declared a "state of danger of war". Kaiser Wilhelm II asked his cousin, Tsar Nicolas II, to suspend the Russian general mobilisation. When he refused, Germany issued an ultimatum demanding its mobilisation be stopped, and a commitment not to support Serbia. Another was sent to France, asking her not to support Russia if it were to come to the defence of Serbia. On August 1, after the Russian response, Germany mobilised and declared war on Russia. This also led to the general mobilisation in Austria-Hungary on August 4. The German government issued demands to France that it remain neutral as they had to decide which deployment plan to implement, it being difficult if not impossible to change the deployment whilst it was underway. The modified German Schlieffen Plan, Aufmarsch II West, would deploy 80% of the army in the west, and Aufmarsch I Ost and Aufmarsch II Ost would deploy 60% in the west and 40% in the east as this was the maximum that the East Prussian railway infrastructure could carry. The French did not respond, but sent a mixed message by ordering their troops to withdraw 10 km (6 mi) from the border to avoid any incidents, and at the same time ordered the mobilisation of her reserves. Germany responded by mobilising its own reserves and implementing Aufmarsch II West. On August 1, Wilhelm ordered General Moltke to "march the whole of the _ army to the East" after he had been wrongly informed that the British would remain neutral as long as France was not attacked. The General convinced the Kaiser that improvising the redeployment of a million men was unthinkable and that making it possible for the French to attack the Germans "in the rear" might prove disastrous. Yet Wilhelm insisted that the German army should not march into Luxembourg until he received a telegram sent by his cousin George V, who made it clear that there had been a misunderstanding. Eventually the Kaiser told Moltke, "Now you can do what you want." Germany attacked Luxembourg on August 2, and on August 3 declared war on France. On August 4, after Belgium refused to permit German troops to cross its borders into France, Germany declared war on Belgium as well. Britain declared war on Germany at 19:00 UTC on August 4, 1914 (effective from 11 pm), following an "unsatisfactory reply" to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-guns-of-august-dvd-1964-world-war-i-movie-documen1964.html

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

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1914: Causes Of The European Civil War (Events Leading To The European Civil War): Causes Of World War I (Events Leading To World War I): The Guns Of August: The July Crisis: Austro-Hungarian Entry Into World War I: The Austro-Hungarian Empire's Declaration Of War On The Russian Empire: -- Austria declares war on Russia. The prior July 28th, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Within days, long-standing mobilization plans went into effect to initiate invasions or guard against them and Russia, France and Britain stood arrayed against Austria and Germany. Austria thought in terms of one small limited war involving just the two countries. It did not plan a wider war such as exploded in a matter of days. The British historian John Zametica argued that Austria-Hungary was primarily responsible for starting the war, as its leaders believed that a successful war against Serbia was the only way it could remain a Great Power, solve deep internal disputes caused by Hungarian demands and regain influence in the Balkan states. Others, most notably Christopher Clark, have argued that Austria-Hungary, confronted with a neighbor determined to incite continual unrest and ultimately acquire all of the Serb-inhabited lands of the empire (according to the Pan-Serb point of view, they included all of Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Hercegovina and some of the southern counties of the Hungary (roughly corresponding to today's Vojvodina)) and had a military and government that were intertwined with the irredentist terrorist group known as "The Black Hand", saw no practical alternative to the use of force in ending what amounted to subversion from Serbia directed at a large chunk of its territories. In that perspective, Austria had little choice but to credibly threaten war and force Serbian submission if it wished to remain a Great Power. The view of the key figures in the "war party" in the Tsarist government and many military leaders in Russia that Germany had deliberately incited Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia to have a pretext for war with Russia and France, was promoted by the German historian Fritz Fischer from the 1960s onwards but is no longer accepted by mainstream historians. One of the key drivers of the outbreak of war were two key misperceptions that were radically at odds. The key German decision-makers convinced themselves that Russia would accept an Austrian counter-strike on Serbia and were neither ready for nor seeking a general European war, but they instead engaged in a bluff, especially because Russia had backed down in earlier crises in 1908 and again over Albania in October 1913. At the very same time, the most important Russian decision-makers viewed any decisive Austrian response as necessarily dictated by and fomented in Berlin and therefore proof of an active German desire for war against Russia. There had been no serious joint planning with Germany before the war started and little during the war itself, as leaders in Vienna distrusted German ambitions. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 led to a month of diplomatic manoeuvring between Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain, called the July Crisis. Austria-Hungary correctly believed that Serbian officials (especially the officers of the Black Hand) were involved in the plot to murder the Archduke, and wanted to finally end Serbian interference in Bosnia. On July 23, Austria-Hungary delivered to Serbia the July Ultimatum, a series of ten demands that were made intentionally unacceptable, in an effort to provoke a war with Serbia. Serbia decreed general mobilisation on the 25th. Serbia accepted all of the terms of the ultimatum except for article six, which demanded that Austrian delegates be allowed in Serbia for the purpose of participation in the investigation into the assassination. Following this, Austria broke off diplomatic relations with Serbia and, the next day, ordered a partial mobilisation. Finally, on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. On July 29, Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilisation against Austria-Hungary. On the 30th, Russia ordered general mobilisation. German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg waited until the 31st for an appropriate response, when Germany declared a "state of danger of war". Kaiser Wilhelm II asked his cousin, Tsar Nicolas II, to suspend the Russian general mobilisation. When he refused, Germany issued an ultimatum demanding its mobilisation be stopped, and a commitment not to support Serbia. Another was sent to France, asking her not to support Russia if it were to come to the defence of Serbia. On August 1, after the Russian response, Germany mobilised and declared war on Russia. This also led to the general mobilisation in Austria-Hungary on August 4. The German government issued demands to France that it remain neutral as they had to decide which deployment plan to implement, it being difficult if not impossible to change the deployment whilst it was underway. The modified German Schlieffen Plan, Aufmarsch II West, would deploy 80% of the army in the west, and Aufmarsch I Ost and Aufmarsch II Ost would deploy 60% in the west and 40% in the east as this was the maximum that the East Prussian railway infrastructure could carry. The French did not respond, but sent a mixed message by ordering their troops to withdraw 10 km (6 mi) from the border to avoid any incidents, and at the same time ordered the mobilisation of her reserves. Germany responded by mobilising its own reserves and implementing Aufmarsch II West. On August 1, Wilhelm ordered General Moltke to "march the whole of the _ army to the East" after he had been wrongly informed that the British would remain neutral as long as France was not attacked. The General convinced the Kaiser that improvising the redeployment of a million men was unthinkable and that making it possible for the French to attack the Germans "in the rear" might prove disastrous. Yet Wilhelm insisted that the German army should not march into Luxembourg until he received a telegram sent by his cousin George V, who made it clear that there had been a misunderstanding. Eventually the Kaiser told Moltke, "Now you can do what you want." Germany attacked Luxembourg on August 2, and on August 3 declared war on France. On August 4, after Belgium refused to permit German troops to cross its borders into France, Germany declared war on Belgium as well. 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Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Great War (1964) TV Documentary Series DVD, Video Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1915: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The African Theatre Of World War I: The Middle Eastern Theater Of World War I: The Battle Of Gallipoli (The Gallipoli Campaign, The Dardanelles Campaign, The Defense Of Gallipoli): The Battle Of Sari Bair (Turkish: Sari Bayir Harekati) (The August Offensive [Turkish: Agustos Taarruzlari]): -- The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay. The Battle of Sari Bair (Turkish: Sari Bayir Harekati), also known as the August Offensive (Turkish: Agustos Taarruzlari), was the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The Battle Of Sari Bair (Turkish: Sari Bayir Harekati) represented the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. At the time of the battle, the Gallipoli Campaign had raged on two fronts - Anzac and Helles - for three months since the Allied land invasion of 25 April 1915. With the Anzac front locked in a tense stalemate, the Allies had attempted to carry the offensive on the Helles battlefield - at enormous cost and for little gain. In August, the British command proposed a new operation to reinvigorate the campaign by capturing the Sari Bair ridge, the high ground that dominated the middle of the Gallipoli peninsula above the Anzac landing. The main operation started on 6 August with a fresh landing 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Anzac at Suvla Bay in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The Allies mounted an attack north into the rugged country alongside the Sari Bair range with the aim of capturing the high ground and linking with the Suvla landing. At Helles, the British and French were now to remain largely on the defensive. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-war-dvd-set-1964-wwi-tv-series-26-shows-1964266.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Struggles For Poland TV Series + Bonus MP4 Video Download DVD Set

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1944: 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 Polish Resistance Movement In World War II: Operation Tempest (Polish: Akcja Burza, "Operation Storm"): The Warsaw Uprising: (Polish: Powstanie Warszawskie; German: Warschauer Aufstand) (The August Uprising [Polish: Powstanie Sierpniowe]): -- The Warsaw Uprising that began on August 1 continues until October 2. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Krakow are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Krakow Uprising, that was planned but never carried out. On August 1, 1944, The Warsaw Uprising began as the Polish Home Army, numbering about 40,000 Polish patriots, began shooting at Germans in the streets. The Nazis then sent eight divisions to battle the Poles, who had hoped for, but did not receive, assistance from the Allies. Two months later, the rebellion was quashed. Not to be confused with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising or a Battle Of Warsaw, the Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa), to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German forces from Poland ahead of the Soviet advance. While approaching the eastern suburbs of the city, the Red Army temporarily halted combat operations, enabling the Germans to regroup and defeat the Polish resistance and to raze the city in reprisal. The Uprising was fought for 63 days with little outside support. It was the single largest military effort taken by any European resistance movement during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944 as part of a nationwide Operation Tempest, launched at the time of the Soviet Lublin-Brest Offensive. The main Polish objectives were to drive the Germans out of Warsaw while helping the Allies defeat Germany. An additional, political goal of the Polish Underground State was to liberate Poland's capital and assert Polish sovereignty before the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation could assume control. Other immediate causes included a threat of mass German round-ups of able-bodied Poles for "evacuation"; calls by Radio Moscow's Polish Service for uprising; and an emotional Polish desire for justice and revenge against the enemy after five years of German occupation. Initially, the Poles established control over most of central Warsaw, but the Soviets ignored Polish attempts to maintain radio contact with them and did not advance beyond the city limits. Intense street fighting between the Germans and Poles continued. By 14 September, the eastern bank of the Vistula River opposite the Polish resistance positions was taken over by the Polish troops fighting under the Soviet command; 1,200 men made it across the river, but they were not reinforced by the Red Army. This, and the lack of air support from the Soviet base five-minute flying time away, led to allegations that Joseph Stalin tactically halted his forces to let the operation fail, and to allow the Polish resistance to be crushed. Arthur Koestler called the Soviet attitude "one of the major infamies of this war which will rank for the future historian on the same ethical level with Lidice." Winston Churchill pleaded with Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt to help Britain's Polish allies, to no avail. Then, without Soviet air clearance, Churchill sent over 200 low-level supply drops by the Royal Air Force, the South African Air Force, and the Polish Air Force under British High Command, in an operation known as the Warsaw Airlift. Later, after gaining Soviet air clearance, the U.S. Army Air Force sent one high-level mass airdrop as part of Operation Frantic. Although the exact number of casualties remains unknown, it is estimated that about 16,000 members of the Polish resistance were killed and about 6,000 badly wounded. In addition, between 150,000 and 200,000 Polish civilians died, mostly from mass executions. Jews being harboured by Poles were exposed by German house-to-house clearances and mass evictions of entire neighbourhoods. German casualties totalled over 8,000 soldiers killed and missing, and 9,000 wounded. During the urban combat approximately 25% of Warsaw's buildings were destroyed. Following the surrender of Polish forces, German troops systematically levelled another 35% of the city block by block. Together with earlier damage suffered in the 1939 Invasion Of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943, over 85% of the city was destroyed by January 1945, when the course of the events in the Eastern Front forced the Germans to abandon the city. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-struggles-for-poland-dvd-set-all-9-shows-5-dis95.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Hermitage Museum World's Greatest Art Collections MP4 Download DVD

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1660: #DOTD: #RIP: Diego Velazquez, Spanish painter and educator, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age (b. June 6, 1599) #dies of fever aged 61 in Madrid, Spain, He was buried in the Fuensalida vault of the church of San Juan Bautista, and within eight days his wife Juana was buried beside him. This church was destroyed by the French around 1809, so his place of interment is now unknown. Diego Velazquez was born Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez in Seville, Spain. He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c. 1600-1750). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656). Velazquez's paintings became a model for 19th-century realist and impressionist painters. In the 20th century, artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Francis Bacon paid tribute to Velazquez by re-interpreting some of his most iconic images. Most of his work entered the Spanish royal collection, and by far the best collection is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, though some portraits were sent abroad as diplomatic gifts, especially to the Austrian Habsburgs. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hemuwogrartc.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Nobel Century Nobel Prize History TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Stick

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1881: #BOTD: #HBD! Alexander Fleming, Scottish physician, microbiologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. March 11, 1955) is #born in Lochfield, Scotland. The best known discoveries of Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium Rubens in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. He discovered Penicillin by accident, when he found that mold from soil killed deadly bacteria without injuring human tissue. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in 1944. In 1999, he was named in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century. In 2002, he was chosen in the BBC's television poll for determining the 100 Greatest Britons, and in 2009, he was also voted third "greatest Scot" in an opinion poll conducted by STV, behind only Robert Burns and William Wallace. Alexander Fleming died at his home in London, England of a heart attack at the age of 73. His ashes are buried in St Paul's Cathedral. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-nobel-century-nobel-prize-history-tv-series-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival 1991 DVD, MP4 Download, Flash Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1931: #DOTD: #RIP: Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer, one of the most important and influential jazz soloists (b. March 10, 1903) #dies in his apartment, No. 1G, 43-30 46th Street, in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, on August 6, 1931. The official cause of death, as indicated on the death certificate, was lobar pneumonia. Unofficially, edema of the brain, coupled with the effects of long-term alcoholism, have been cited as contributory factors. Beiderbecke's mother and brother took the train to New York and arranged for his body to be taken home to Davenport. He was buried there on August 11, 1931, in the family plot at Oakdale Cemetery. Along With Louis Armstrong and Muggsy Spanier, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927), in particular, demonstrated an unusual purity of tone and a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. . With these two recordings, especially, he helped to invent the jazz ballad style and hinted at what, in the 1950s, would become cool jazz. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. "In a Mist" (1927) is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions, and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical (mainly impressionist) influences. All five of his piano compositions were published by Robbins Music during his lifetime. Bix Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903, in Davenport, Iowa. There is disagreement over whether Beiderbecke was christened Leon Bix or Leon Bismark and nicknamed "Bix". His father was nicknamed "Bix", as was his older brother, Charles Burnette "Burnie" Beiderbecke. Burnie Beiderbecke claimed that the boy was named Leon Bix and biographers have reproduced birth certificates that agree. More recent research - which takes into account church and school records in addition to the will of a relative - suggests he was named Leon Bismark. Regardless, his parents called him Bix, which seems to have been his preference. In a letter to his mother when he was nine years old, Beiderbecke signed off, "frome your Leon Bix Beiderbecke not Bismark Remeber" [sic]. A native of Davenport, Iowa, Beiderbecke taught himself to play the cornet largely by ear, leading him to adopt a non-standard fingering technique that informed his unique style. He first recorded with Midwestern jazz ensemble The Wolverines in 1924, after which he played briefly for the Detroit-based Jean Goldkette Orchestra before joining Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer for an extended engagement at the Arcadia Ballroom in St. Louis, also under the auspices of Goldkette's organisation. Beiderbecke and Trumbauer joined Goldkette's main band at the Graystone Ballroom in Detroit in 1926. The band toured widely and famously played a set opposite Fletcher Henderson at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City in October 1926. He made his greatest recordings in 1927. The Goldkette band folded in September 1927 and, after briefly joining bass saxophone player Adrian Rollini's band in New York, Trumbauer and Beiderbecke joined America's most popular dance band: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. Beiderbecke's most influential recordings date from his time with Goldkette and Whiteman, although he also recorded under his own name and that of Trumbauer's. The Whiteman period marked a precipitous decline in his health due to his increasing use of alcohol. Treatment for alcoholism in rehabilitation centers, with the support of Whiteman and the Beiderbecke family, failed to stop his decline. He left the Whiteman band in 1929 and in the summer of 1931 he died in his Sunnyside, Queens, New York apartment at the age of 28. His death, in turn, gave rise to one of the original legends of jazz. In magazine articles, musicians' memoirs, novels, and Hollywood films, Beiderbecke has been envisaged as a Romantic hero, the "Young Man with a Horn" (a novel, later made into a movie starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, and Hoagy Carmichael). His life has often been portrayed as that of a jazz musician who had to compromise his art for the sake of commercialism. Beiderbecke remains the subject of scholarly controversy regarding his full name, the cause of his death and the importance of his contributions to jazz. He composed or played on recordings that are jazz classics and standards such as "Davenport Blues", "In a Mist", "Copenhagen", "Riverboat Shuffle", "Singin' the Blues", and "Georgia on My Mind". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-bix-beiderbecke-jazz-festival-concert-amp-documentary-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Field Marshal William Slim Documentaries DVD, Download, USB Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1891: #BOTD: #HBD! William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. December 14, 1970) is #born William Joseph Slim at 72 Belmont Road, St Andrews, Bristol, England. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second world wars and was wounded in action three times. During the Second World War he led the 14th Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. After the war he became the first British officer who had served in the Indian Army to be appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia and is regarded by many Australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli. In the early 1930s, Slim also wrote novels, short stories, and other publications under the pen name Anthony Mills. William Slim died in London, England aged 79 and was given a full military funeral at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle and was afterwards cremated. He ashes are interred at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, England. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/slim-dvd-field-marshal-william-bill-dual-layer-wwii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Weapons Of Desert Shield + Bonus Persian Gulf War DVD MP4 Download

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1990: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): The Invasion Of Kuwait: Operation Desert Shield: -- United States Secretary Of Defense Dick Cheney meets King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh to discuss sending U.S. military troops to defend Saudi Arabia in case of an Iraqi invasion. On August 2, 1990, the Invasion Of Kuwait by Iraq began shortly after midnight local time, when about 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait amid claims that Kuwait threatened Iraq's economic existence by overproducing oil and driving prices down on the world market. Also on August 2, 1990, United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 was issued by he United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemning the Iraqi Invasion Of Kuwait and demanding that Iraq withdraw immediately and unconditionally to positions as they were on August 1, 1990. It was the first of twelve resolutions on the conflict passed in 1990. On July 31, Egypt and Saudi Arabia attempted to mediate between the two countries with a meeting on meeting between Iraq and Kuwait in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Iraq clearly stated on this occasion that it would not use armed forces against neighboring countries. However, at dawn on August 2, the Iraqi army that was amassed near the border suddenly invaded Kuwait. On July 24, 1990, President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak traveled to Baghdad to meet with Saddam Hussein and discuss the dispute between Kuwait and Iraq, to no avail. On July 22, 1990, Iraq began deploying troops to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, creating a massive military buildup in preparation for what would become the Iraqi Invasion Of Kuwait, which ultimately resultd in the Gulf War (Gulf War I). Iraq accused Kuwait onn July 15, 1990 of stealing oil from the Rumaila oil field, an Iraqi oil field near the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, and threatened military action in response. In 1988 Iraq's Oil Minister, Issam al-Chalabi, stressed a further reduction in the crude oil production quota of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members so as to end the 1980s oil glut. Chalabi argued that higher oil prices would help Iraq increase its revenues and pay back its 60B USD debt. However, given its large downstream petroleum industry, Kuwait was less concerned about the prices of crude oil and in 1989, Kuwait requested OPEC to increase the country's total oil production ceiling by 50% to 1.35 million bpd. Throughout much of the 1980s, Kuwait's oil production was considerably above its mandatory OPEC quota and this had prevented a further increase in crude oil prices. A lack of consensus among OPEC members undermined Iraq's efforts to end the oil glut and consequently prevented the recovery of its war-crippled economy. According to former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, "every 1 USD drop in the price of a barrel of oil caused a 1B USD drop in Iraq's annual revenues triggering an acute financial crisis in Baghdad". Kuwait's refusal to decrease its oil production was viewed by Iraq as an act of aggression against it. The increasingly tense relations between Iraq and Kuwait were further aggravated when Iraq alleged that Kuwait was slant-drilling across the border into Iraq's Rumaila field. The dispute over Rumaila field started in 1960 when an Arab League declaration marked the Iraq-Kuwait border 2 miles north of the southernmost tip of the Rumaila field. During the Iran-Iraq War, Iraqi oil drilling operations in Rumaila declined while Kuwait's operations increased. In 1989, Iraq accused Kuwait of using "advanced drilling techniques" to exploit oil from its share of the Rumaila field. Iraq estimated that 2.4B USD worth of Iraqi oil was "stolen" by Kuwait and demanded compensation. Kuwait dismissed the accusations as a false Iraqi ploy to justify military action against it. Several foreign firms working in the Rumaila field also dismissed Iraq's slant-drilling claims as a "smokescreen to disguise Iraq's more ambitious intentions". On July 25, 1990, only a few days before the Iraqi invasion, OPEC officials said that Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to a proposal to limit daily oil output to 1.5 million barrels, thus potentially settling differences over oil policy between Kuwait and Iraq. At the time of the settlement, more than 100,000 Iraqi troops were deployed along the Iraq-Kuwait border, and American officials expressed little indication of decline in tensions despite the OPEC settlement. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-weapons-of-desert-shield-persian-gulf-war-i-dvd-mp4-download-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Gulf Crisis: The Road To War TV Series + Bonus 2 DVDs MP4 Download

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1990: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): The Invasion Of Kuwait: -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 (UNSCR661) implements international sanctions on Iraq that results in a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq' Invasion Of Kuwait. Yemen doesn't take part in the vote in the UNSC. On August 2, 1990, the Invasion Of Kuwait by Iraq began shortly after midnight local time, when about 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait amid claims that Kuwait threatened Iraq's economic existence by overproducing oil and driving prices down on the world market. Also on August 2, 1990, United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 was issued by he United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemning the Iraqi Invasion Of Kuwait and demanding that Iraq withdraw immediately and unconditionally to positions as they were on August 1, 1990. It was the first of twelve resolutions on the conflict passed in 1990. On July 31, Egypt and Saudi Arabia attempted to mediate between the two countries with a meeting on meeting between Iraq and Kuwait in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Iraq clearly stated on this occasion that it would not use armed forces against neighboring countries. However, at dawn on August 2, the Iraqi army that was amassed near the border suddenly invaded Kuwait. On July 24, 1990, President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak traveled to Baghdad to meet with Saddam Hussein and discuss the dispute between Kuwait and Iraq, to no avail. On July 22, 1990, Iraq began deploying troops to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, creating a massive military buildup in preparation for what would become the Iraqi Invasion Of Kuwait, which ultimately resultd in the Gulf War (Gulf War I). Iraq accused Kuwait onn July 15, 1990 of stealing oil from the Rumaila oil field, an Iraqi oil field near the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, and threatened military action in response. In 1988 Iraq's Oil Minister, Issam al-Chalabi, stressed a further reduction in the crude oil production quota of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members so as to end the 1980s oil glut. Chalabi argued that higher oil prices would help Iraq increase its revenues and pay back its 60B USD debt. However, given its large downstream petroleum industry, Kuwait was less concerned about the prices of crude oil and in 1989, Kuwait requested OPEC to increase the country's total oil production ceiling by 50% to 1.35 million bpd. Throughout much of the 1980s, Kuwait's oil production was considerably above its mandatory OPEC quota and this had prevented a further increase in crude oil prices. A lack of consensus among OPEC members undermined Iraq's efforts to end the oil glut and consequently prevented the recovery of its war-crippled economy. According to former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, "every 1 USD drop in the price of a barrel of oil caused a 1B USD drop in Iraq's annual revenues triggering an acute financial crisis in Baghdad". Kuwait's refusal to decrease its oil production was viewed by Iraq as an act of aggression against it. The increasingly tense relations between Iraq and Kuwait were further aggravated when Iraq alleged that Kuwait was slant-drilling across the border into Iraq's Rumaila field. The dispute over Rumaila field started in 1960 when an Arab League declaration marked the Iraq-Kuwait border 2 miles north of the southernmost tip of the Rumaila field. During the Iran-Iraq War, Iraqi oil drilling operations in Rumaila declined while Kuwait's operations increased. In 1989, Iraq accused Kuwait of using "advanced drilling techniques" to exploit oil from its share of the Rumaila field. Iraq estimated that 2.4B USD worth of Iraqi oil was "stolen" by Kuwait and demanded compensation. Kuwait dismissed the accusations as a false Iraqi ploy to justify military action against it. Several foreign firms working in the Rumaila field also dismissed Iraq's slant-drilling claims as a "smokescreen to disguise Iraq's more ambitious intentions". On July 25, 1990, only a few days before the Iraqi invasion, OPEC officials said that Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to a proposal to limit daily oil output to 1.5 million barrels, thus potentially settling differences over oil policy between Kuwait and Iraq. At the time of the settlement, more than 100,000 Iraqi troops were deployed along the Iraq-Kuwait border, and American officials expressed little indication of decline in tensions despite the OPEC settlement. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-gulf-crisis-the-road-to-war-tv-documentary-series-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Soviet-Afghan War DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1947: #BOTD: #HBD! Mohammad Najibullah, commonly known as Najibullah or Dr. Najib, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (d. September 27, 1996) is #born Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai in the city of Gardez, Paktia Province, in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. A graduate of Kabul University, Najibullah held different careers under the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Following the Saur Revolution and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Najibullah was a low profile bureaucrat: he was sent into exile as Ambassador to Iran during Hafizullah Amin's rise to power. He returned to Afghanistan following the Soviet intervention which toppled Amin's rule and placed Babrak Karmal as head of state, party and government. During Karmal's rule, Najibullah became head of the KHAD, the Afghan equivalent of the Soviet KGB. He was a member of the Parcham faction led by Karmal. During Najibullah's tenure as KHAD head, it became one of the most brutally efficient governmental organs. Because of this, he gained the attention of several leading Soviet officials, such as Yuri Andropov, Dmitriy Ustinov and Boris Ponomarev. In 1981, Najibullah was appointed to the PDPA Politburo. In 1985 Najibullah stepped down as state security minister to focus on PDPA politics; he had been appointed to the PDPA Secretariat. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was able to get Karmal to step down as PDPA General Secretary in 1986, and replace him with Najibullah. For a number of months Najibullah was locked in a power struggle against Karmal, who still retained his post of Chairman of the Revolutionary Council. Najibullah accused Karmal of trying to wreck his policy of National Reconciliation, which were a series of efforts by Najibullah to end the conflict. Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai was the President of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after which the mujahideen took over Kabul. During his tenure as leader of Afghanistan, the Soviets began their withdrawal, and from 1989 until 1992, his government tried to solve the ongoing civil war without Soviet troops on the ground. While direct Soviet assistance ended with the withdrawal, the Soviet Union still supported Najibullah with economic and military aid, while Pakistan and the United States continued its support for the mujahideen. Throughout his tenure, he tried to build support for his government via the National Reconciliation reforms by distancing from socialism in favor of Afghan nationalism, abolishing the one-party state and letting non-communists join the government. He remained open to dialogue with the mujahideen and other groups, made Islam an official religion, and invited exiled businessmen back to re-take their properties. In the 1990 constitution all references to communism were removed and Islam became the state religion. For various reasons such changes did not win Najibullah any significant support. With the Dissolution Of The Soviet Union in December 1991, Najibullah was left without foreign aid. This, coupled with the internal collapse of his government, led to his resignation in April 1992. After a failed attempt to flee to India, Najibullah remained in Kabul living in the United Nations headquarters until his death at the hands of the Taliban after their capture of the city. On September 27, 1996, Mohammad Najibullah was tortured and murdered by the Taliban. Although feared at the time as head of the intelligence, by the 21st century public opinion turned positive and he is now seen to have been a strong and patriotic leader with a "normal" regime compared to his PDPA predecessors and the mayhem that happened after his ousting. In 2017 a pro-Najibist Watan Party was created as a continuation of Najibullah's party. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-sovietafghan-war-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Castro's Cuba: Two Views/Guantanamo DVD, MP4 Download, USB Flash Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1960: Cuba: The History Of Cuba: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cuban Cold War: The Cuban Revolution: The Cuban Nationalization Of U.S. Owned Property: -- In February 1959, the Ministry for the Recovery of Misappropriated Assets (Ministerio de Recuperacion de Bienes Malversados) was created. Cuba began expropriating land and private property under the auspices of the Agrarian Reform Law of 17 May 1959. Farms of any size could be and were seized by the government, while land, businesses, and companies owned by upper- and middle-class Cubans were nationalized (notably, including the plantations owned by Fidel Castro's family). By the end of 1960, the revolutionary government had nationalized more than 25B USD worth of private property owned by Cubans. The Castro government formally nationalized all foreign-owned property, particularly American holdings, in the nation on 6 August 1960. In 1961, the Cuban government nationalized all property held by religious organizations, including the dominant Roman Catholic Church. Hundreds of members of the church, including a bishop, were permanently expelled from the nation, as the new Cuban government declared itself officially atheist. Education also saw significant changes - private schools were banned and the progressively socialist state assumed greater responsibility for children. The Cuban government also began to expropriate from mafia leaders and taking their cash. Before Meyer Lansky fled Cuba, he was said to be worth an estimated 20M US (163M USD in 2016); when he died in 1983, his family was shocked that his estate was worth less than 10K USD. Before he died Lansky said Cuba "ruined" him. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/castro39s-cuba-two-views-with-scott-simon-dvd-proandcon-fil39.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The Siege Of Vicksburg American Civil War DVD MP4 Download USB Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1862: The American Civil War (The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Western Theater Of The American Civil War: The Vicksburg Campaign: The Siege Of Vicksburg: Naval History: The History Of The Confederate States Navy (CSN): Ironclad Warships (Ironclads): The CSS Arkansas: -- The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana after suffering catastrophic engine failure. CSS Arkansas was the lead ship of her class of two casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed in 1862, she saw combat in the Western Theater when she steamed through a United States Navy fleet at Vicksburg in July. Arkansas was set on fire and destroyed by her crew after her engines broke down several weeks later. Her remains lie under a levee above Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-siege-of-vicksburg-american-civil-war-dvd-mp4-download-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: 1968: A CBS News Special Report Harry Reasoner DVD, MP4, USB Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: Harry Reasoner, American journalist for ABC News and CBS News, co-creator 60 Minutes (b. April 17, 1923) #dies within three months of his retirement in 1991 from a blood clot in the brain, resulting from a fall at his home in Westport, Connecticut, aged 68. He is interred at Union Cemetery in Humboldt, Iowa. Harry Reasoner was born on First Street North in Dakota City, Iowa. Over the course of his career, Reasoner won three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award in 1967. 60 Minutes is an American newsmagazine television program broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. In 2002, 60 Minutes was ranked #6 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time and in 2013, it was ranked #24 on TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time. The New York Times has called it "one of the most esteemed news magazines on American television". Season 50 debuted on September 24, 2017; it thereafter was renewed for a record 51st season, and continues to air new seasons. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/1968-dvd-cbs-news-special-report-10-years-later-harry-re196810.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Preston Sturges: Rise And Fall Of An American Dreamer DVD Download USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1959: #DOTD: #RIP: Preston Sturges, American film director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. August 29, 1898) #dies of a heart attack aged 60 at the Algonquin Hotel while writing his autobiography (which, ironically, he had intended to title The Events Leading Up to My Death), and was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. His book, Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life In His Words, was published in 1990. In 1975, he became the first writer to be given the Screen Writers Guild's Laurel Award posthumously. He has a star dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1601 Vine Street. Preston Sturges was born Edmund Preston Biden in Chicago, Illinois into a family of Irish and English descent. In 1941, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty, his first of three nominations in the category. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for a Sturges character to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene. A tender love scene between Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve was enlivened by a horse, which repeatedly poked its nose into Fonda' head. Prior to Sturges, other figures in Hollywood (such as Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Frank Capra) had directed films from their own scripts, however Sturges is often regarded as the first Hollywood figure to establish success as a screenwriter and then move into directing his own scripts, at a time when those roles were separate. Sturges famously sold the story for The Great McGinty to Paramount Pictures for 1 USD, in return for being allowed to direct the film; the sum was quietly raised to 10 USD by the studio for legal reasons. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/preston-sturges-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-dreamer-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Things To Come (1936) H.G. Wells By Alexander Korda DVD, Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1964: #DOTD: #RIP: Cedric Hardwicke, English soldier, stage and film actor and director whose career spanned nearly 50 years (b. February 19, 1893) #dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP) aged 71 in New York City. Hardwicke's body was flown back to England; after a memorial service he was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in north London, where his ashes were scattered. He was born Cedric Webster Hardwicke in Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England. Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke's theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and his film work included portraying Pharaoh Sethi in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments as well as leading roles in several adapted literary classics. Hardwicke enlisted at the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the London Scottish from 1914 to 1921 as an officer in the Judge Advocate's branch of the British Army in France. He was one of the last members of the British Expeditionary Force to leave France. According to the Daily Mirror 1 January 1934, Hardwicke was one of the officers who escorted The Unknown Warrior from France. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/things-to-come-dvd-alexander-korda-h-g-wells.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Gung Ho! 1943 Carlson's Raiders Randolph Scott DVD, Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1917: #BOTD: #HBD! Robert Mitchum, American film actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer (d. July 1, 1997) is #born Robert Charles Durman Mitchum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Robert Mitchum rose to prominence for his starring roles in several classic films noir, and is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include Out of the Past (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), and Cape Fear (1962). Mitchum was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945). Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male stars of Classic American Cinema. Mitchum's close friends included Jane Russell, his neighbor in Santa Barbara, California, and Deborah Kerr, his favorite costar. A lifelong heavy smoker, Mitchum died in his sleep at 5 a.m. at his home from complications of lung cancer and emphysema. His wife of 57 years, Dorothy, was by his side. His body was cremated and, on July 6, his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean off the coast near his home. The private ceremony was attended by only his family members and his longtime friend Jane Russell. There is a cenotaph to him in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Delaware. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/gung-ho-dvd-1943-randolph-scott-robert-mit1943.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Jack Armstrong The All American Boy Radio MP3 Set DVD, Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1915: #BOTD: #HBD! Jim Ameche, a familiar voice actor on radio, best known for his role as radio's original Jack Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy (d. February 4, 1983) is #born James Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin,. When his elder brother, the famous American actor, voice artist and comedian Don Ameche, left his position as the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early 1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show's run. He also was heard as mountie Jim West on ABC's Silver Eagle (1951-55). Other shows Ameche was heard on included Grand Hotel, Hollywood Playhouse, and Big Sister. In the 1940s, he had several programs on WGN radio in Chicago. He was heard on stations in Los Angeles and Palm Springs in the late 1950s and early 60s. For many years he was a popular local radio personality in the New York City area. By the late 1960s, he was working as an announcer on New York's WHN and the TV pitchman for a Longines Symphonette Society mail-order record album featuring clips of old-time radio broadcasts. In the 1960s he also read radio advertisements for Gibson wines. For many years, he was the afternoon announcer on WQXR, the classical radio station of The New York Times, where he was a familiar and beloved voice. He also recorded numerous radio ads in Phoenix, Arizona in his later years. He portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in the 1957 film The Story of Mankind, the role his brother Don had played in the film biography of Bell in 1939. Jim Ameche was married to the former Betty A.Harris of Oak Park, Illinois. The couple had six children. Alan Ameche, the professional football player, was a cousin of Jim. Jim Ameche died February 4, 1983, of lung cancer at Tucson Medical Center at age 67. He is buried at East Lawn Palms Cemetery And Mortuary in Tucson, Arizona. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/jack-armstrong-mp3-cd-complete-radio-adventure-serie3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Medium Cool (1969) News Media & The 1968 DNC DVD, Download, USB Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1938: #BOTD: #HBD! Peter Bonerz, American actor, comedian and director, best known for his role as Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show, is #born Peter Roman Bonerz in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Elfrieda (nee Kern) and Christopher Bonerz. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. Here, performing with the Prep Players, he gained his first theatrical experience. At Marquette University, he participated in the Marquette University Players. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, starting in New York City in improv with a troupe called The Premise. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he worked with an improv troupe in San Francisco known as The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Howard Hesseman and Hamilton Camp. Bonerz's first network television appearance was in 1965 on The Addams Family in the season-two episode "Morticia, The Writer". He had several more TV appearances in the late 1960s and also had roles in several films, including Funnyman (1967); What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); Medium Cool (1969); Catch-22 (1970), which also included his future co-star Bob Newhart; Jennifer on My Mind (1971); and Fuzz (1972). In 1971, Bonerz was part of an ensemble cast in the short-lived improvisational television show Story Theatre, which also included Alan Alda and Valerie Harper. In 1972, he landed the popular supporting role of the eccentric orthodontist on The Bob Newhart Show, whose most frequent comic foil was Marcia Wallace as Carol, the sharp-tongued receptionist. Bonerz would reprise this role in a cameo appearance in the final, unaired episode of Bob Newhart's third series, Bob. He also directed 29 episodes. The show ran for six seasons, with ratings among the top 20 in the first three seasons. Bonerz became the last surviving cast member upon the death of Bob Newhart in 2024. His later acting roles included the TV miniseries The Bastard (1978) and as a psychiatrist in the movie Serial (1980). In 1979, Bonerz appeared on Password Plus as a game show contestant/celebrity guest star with Marcia Wallace, his costar from The Bob Newhart Show. In 1986, Bonerz co-starred with Tuesday Weld and River Phoenix in the television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama. In 1999, he played Ed. Weinberger in the movie Man on the Moon. He voiced Sal in the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episode "Internal Affairs". In 2014, he played Doug Demarco in the "Anniversaries" episode of Parks and Recreation. Beginning in 1974, Bonerz directed 29 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show. Between 1974 and 2011, he directed over 350 episodes of various shows, including series like Murphy Brown (93 episodes), Home Improvement (29 episodes), E/R (22 episodes), Friends (12 episodes), Joey (TV series) (3 episodes), and many others such as Wings, NewsRadio, Archie Bunker's Place, and ALF. He also directed films such as Nobody's Perfekt (1981) and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). Bonerz married Rosalind DiTrapani in 1963; together they have two children, Eli and Eric. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/medium-cool-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The One The Only... Groucho Plus Newton's Apple Bonus Download MP4 DVD

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 2012: #DOTD: #RIP: Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, song writer, composer, and conductor (b. June 2, 1944) #dies at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center at age 68. According to Hamlisch's death certificate, the cause of death was determined to be respiratory arrest, with hypertension and cerebral hypoxia as contributing factors. He is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens County, New York. Marvin Hamlisch was born Marvin Frederick Hamlisch in Manhattan, New York City into a Viennese Jewish immigrant family. He was one of only twelve people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT". He is also one of only two people (along with Richard Rodgers) to have won those four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-one-the-only-groucho-biography-dvd-download-usb.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday DVD, Download, Flash Drive

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1918: #BOTD: #HBD! Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. November 22, 2001) is #born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, the son of Jewish immigrants from Tiraspol, then part of the Russian Empire, now the de facto capital of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova. Norman Granz was a fundamental figure in American jazz, especially from about 1947 to 1960. He was the founder of five record labels: Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve and Pablo. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz". Granz is also known for his anti-racist position and for integrating audiences. Acts associated with him include Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Louie Bellson, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Paulinho da Costa, Buddy DeFranco, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Bill Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Barney Kessel, Gene Krupa, Howard McGhee, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Charlie Parker, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Bud Powell, Buddy Rich, Charlie Shavers, Sonny Stitt, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Lester Young, among many others. Granz died of cancer on at the age of 83, in Geneva, Switzerland. Norman Granz died of cancer at the age of 83 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is buried in Ordrup Cemetery in Ordrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/lady-day-the-many-faces-of-billie-holiday-dvd-plus-bonus.html

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August 6, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP: Wayne Fontana, English rock and pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "The Game Of Love" with the Mindbenders (b. October 28, 1945) #dies of cancer in Stockport, England at the age of 74. His long-term partner was by his side. He had a daughter and two sons. He was born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis in Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire, and took his stage name from Elvis Presley's drummer, D. J. Fontana. In June 1963 he formed his backing group, the Mindbenders, and secured a recording contract with, coincidentally, Fontana Records. With the band, Fontana released his biggest single "The Game Of Love" and after several less successful singles he left the band in October 1965. He reportedly quit during a concert performance. Fontana remained under contract to the label after parting with the Mindbenders and soldiered on alone, using musicians working under the name of the Opposition, notably Frank Renshaw (lead guitar), Bernie Burns (drums), Stuart Sirret (bass), and Phil Keen (drums), among others. Sometimes the band was billed as the Mindbenders, sometimes just as the Wayne Fontana Band. Struggling to achieve chart success, Fontana recorded a number of songs by outside writers with B-sides being mostly his own compositions. Fontana's biggest solo single, "Pamela, Pamela", written by Graham Gouldman, reached No. 5 in Australia's Kent Music Report and No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1967. It was his last single to chart in the UK. The later singles included another Gouldman composition, "The Impossible Years". In 1970 he was one of the first performers at the Glastonbury Festival. After a streak of flopped releases, Fontana took a break in 1970. In 1973, trying to re-launch his career, Fontana recorded yet another Gouldman song, "Together". It was backed with an original song, "One-Man Woman", that was co-produced with Eric Stewart, an ex-bandmate from the Mindbenders. The single failed to chart. After his last single, "The Last Bus Home", released by Polydor in 1976, he largely left the music business. He told the Daily Express in 2017, "I went into self-retirement, drank too much and didn't know where I was half the time." After giving up drinking he joined the 60s revival circuit. In 2005, he fought off bankruptcy but was arrested after police were called by bailiffs who went to his home in Glossop, Derbyshire. He poured petrol onto the bonnet of a bailiff's car and set it alight with the bailiff still inside. Fontana was remanded in custody on May 25, 2007. He later appeared at Derby Crown Court dressed as Lady Justice, complete with a sword, scales, crown, cape and dark glasses, and claiming "justice is blind". He dismissed his lawyers. On November 10, 2007 he was sentenced to 11 months for setting fire to the car but was released because he had already served the equivalent of the term, having been held under the Mental Health Act 1983. In March 2011 Fontana was arrested at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, after failing to appear in court in Wakefield, over an unpaid speeding fine. Fontana continued to perform, notably in the Solid Silver 60s Shows. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/offshore-pirate-radio-2-dual-layer-mp3-dvds-uk-amp-euro23.html

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August 6, 1996: Aesthetics: Performing Arts: Finales: Musical Finales: Punk Rock (Punk): Farewell Concerts: -- The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA. The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite only achieving limited commercial success during their time together, the band is today seen as highly influential. All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", although none of them were biologically related; they were inspired by Paul McCartney, who would check into hotels under alias "Paul Ramon". The Ramones performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, they played a farewell concert in Los Angeles and disbanded. By 2014, all four of the band's original members had died - lead singer Joey Ramone (1951-2001), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (1951-2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (1948-2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone (1949-2014). Each surviving member of the Ramones - bassist C. J. Ramone (who replaced Dee Dee in 1989 and stayed with the band until its dissolution) and drummers Marky Ramone, Richie Ramone and Elvis Ramone - remains musically active. Recognition of the band's importance has built over the years. The Ramones ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 17 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin, trailing only the Beatles. On March 18, 2002, the original four members and Tommy's replacement on drums, Marky Ramone, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. In 2011, the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html

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Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1956: Aesthetics: Performing Arts: Finales: American Television Finales: -- After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series. The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or colloquially as Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States. It was owned by Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, a television equipment and television set manufacturer, and began operation on April 13, 1940. The network was hindered by the prohibitive cost of broadcasting, a freeze on new television stations in 1948 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that restricted the network's growth, and even the company's partner, Paramount Pictures. Despite several innovations in broadcasting and being the launching spot for one of television's biggest stars of the 1950s -- Jackie Gleason -- the network never found itself on solid financial ground. Forced to expand on UHF channels during an era when UHF tuning was not yet a standard feature on television sets, DuMont fought an uphill battle for program clearances outside its three owned-and-operated stations: WABD Channel 5 in New York City (modern WNYW), WTTG Channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (modern WTTG), and WDTV Channel 2 in Pittsburgh (modern KDKA-TV [also known as CBS Pittsburgh]), ultimately ending network operations on August 6, 1956, leaving only three main networks, rather than public broadcasting, until the founding of Fox in 1986. DuMont's latter-day obscurity, caused mainly by the destruction of its extensive program archive by the 1970s, has prompted TV historian David Weinstein to refer to it as the "forgotten network". A few popular DuMont programs, such as Cavalcade of Stars and Emmy Award winner Life Is Worth Living, appear in television retrospectives or are mentioned briefly in books about U.S. television history. In addition, a collection of programs and promos is available on the Roku streaming channel under the DuMont name. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/forty-years-of-fine-tuning-dvd-wnew-tv-channel-5-ny5.html

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August 6, 1930: Crime: Crime In The United States: Disappearances (Missing Persons Cases): Crime In New York City: The Disappearance Of Joseph Force Crater: -- Judge Joseph Force Crater is last seen leaving Billy Haas' Chophouse at 332 West 45th Street in Manhattan and reportedly steps into a taxi, then disappears, never to be seen again, entering popular culture as one of the most mysterious missing persons cases of the twentieth century. Joseph Crater was born January 5, 1889 in Easton, Pennsylvania; he was officially declared legally dead June 6, 1939, almost nine years after his disapperance. Joseph Force Crater was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who vanished amid a major political scandal that ultimately resulted in the resignation of New York City Mayor Jimmie Walker. Despite massive publicity, the case of Judge Crater's disapperance was never officially solved, and was closed forty years after he disappeared. Crater's disappearance fueled public disquiet about New York City corruption and was a factor in the downfall of the Tammany Hall political machine. In the summer of 1930, after the start of the first investigations of what would become one year later the Hofstadter Committee, Crater and his wife Stella Mance Wheeler were vacationing at their summer cabin in Belgrade, Maine. The Hofstadter Committee, also known as the Seabury Investigations, was a joint legislative committee formed by the New York State Legislature on behalf of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to probe into corruption in New York City, especially the magistrate's courts and police department in 1931. It led to major changes in the method of arrest, bail and litigation of suspects in New York City. It also coincided with the decline in Tammany Hall's political influence in New York State politics. In late July, Crater received a telephone call. He offered no information to his wife about the content of the call, other than to say that he had to return to the city "to straighten those fellows out". The next day, he arrived at his 40 Fifth Avenue apartment, but instead of dealing with business, he proceeded onwards to Atlantic City, New Jersey, with his mistress, showgirl Sally Lou Ritzi (who used the stage name Ritz). Crater returned to Maine on August 1, and traveled back to New York on August 3. Before making this final trip, he promised his wife that he would return by her birthday on August 9. Crater's wife stated that he was in good spirits and behaving normally when he departed for New York City. On the morning of Wednesday, August 6, Crater spent two hours going through his files in his courthouse chambers, reportedly destroying several documents. He then had his law clerk Joseph Mara cash two checks for him that amounted to 5,150 USD (equivalent to about 78,820 USD in 2019). At noon, he and Mara carried two locked briefcases to his apartment and he let Mara take the rest of the day off. Crater had gone to a Broadway ticket agency, Supreme Tickets, and bought one seat from William Deutsch, the proprietor of Supreme, for a comedy called Dancing Partner at the Belasco Theatre. He then went to Billy Haas' Chophouse at 332 West 45th Street, where he ate dinner with his mistress Sally Lou Ritzi and William Klein, a lawyer friend. Klein later told investigators that Crater was in a good mood that evening and gave no indication that anything was bothering him. The dinner ended a little after 9 p.m., shortly after the curtain rose on the show for which Crater had bought a ticket, and the small group went outside. Crater's dinner companions gave differing accounts of Crater's departure from the restaurant. William Klein initially testified that "the judge got into a taxicab outside the restaurant about 9:30 p.m. and drove west on Forty-fifth Street," and this account was initially confirmed by Sally Lou Ritz: "At the sidewalk Judge Crater took a taxicab". Klein and Ritz later changed their story and said that they had entered a taxi outside the restaurant while Crater had walked down the street. There was no immediate reaction to Crater's disappearance. When he did not return to Maine after ten days, his wife began making calls to their friends in New York, asking if anyone had seen him. Only when he failed to appear for the opening of the courts on August 25 did his fellow justices become alarmed. They started a private search but failed to find any trace of him. The police were finally notified on September 3 and, after that, the missing judge was front-page news. Once an official investigation was launched, the case received widespread publicity. Detectives discovered that the judge's safe deposit box had been emptied and the two briefcases that Crater and Mara had taken to his apartment were missing. Crater enjoyed the city's nightlife and had been involved with several women. In the aftermath of the case, two of the women he had been involved with left town abruptly and a third was murdered. Ritzi, the showgirl who had dined with him the evening that he vanished, left New York in August or September 1930. She was found in late September 1930, living in Youngstown, Ohio, with her parents. She said that she had left New York suddenly because she had received word that her father was ill. Ritzi was still being subjected to interviews by police investigating the Crater case in 1937, by which time she was living in Beverly Hills, California. She cotinued to work as a ballroom dancer under the name Mrs. with her dance partner Dario and appeared in magazine ads such as a Maxwell Coffee ad in the April 17, 1937 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Showgirl June Brice had been seen talking to Crater the day before he disappeared. A lawyer acting for Crater's wife believed that Brice had been at the center of a scheme to blackmail Crater (thus explaining why Crater had taken cash out of the bank) and that a gangster boyfriend of Brice had killed the judge. Brice disappeared the day that a grand jury was to convene on the Crater case. In 1948, she was discovered in a mental hospital. Vivian Gordon, a third woman, was involved in high-end prostitution and linked to madam Polly Adler. Gordon had liaisons with a large number of influential businesspeople, and was the owner, on paper at least, of a number of properties believed to be fronts for illegal activity. She was also seen around town with gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond, with whom Crater was rumored to socialize. Crater had known Diamond's former boss, organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein, and had been extremely upset at his murder. On February 20, 1931, Gordon was angry about a conviction that had resulted in her losing custody of her 16-year-old daughter. She met the head of an official inquiry into city government corruption (launched in the wake of Crater's disappearance) and offered to testify about police graft. She was murdered five days later. Detectives searching her apartment found a coat that had belonged to Crater. The publicity surrounding Gordon's killing led to the resignation of a policeman whom she had accused of framing her, and the suicide of her daughter. Tammany Hall's hold on the city was largely eliminated in the ensuing scandal, as it was already weakened by Rothstein and the conflict over his former empire. This also led to the resignation of New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. In October, a grand jury began examining the Crater case, calling 95 witnesses and amassing 975 pages of testimony. Mrs. Crater refused to appear. The conclusion was that "the evidence is insufficient to warrant any expression of opinion as to whether Crater is alive or dead, or as to whether he has absented himself voluntarily, or is the sufferer from disease in the nature of amnesia, or is the victim of crime". At the time, some theorized that Crater had left town with another woman or fled to avoid revelations of corruption, but the case's extensive publicity would have made it virtually impossible for him to have begun a new life somewhere else. On January 20, 1931, six months after his disappearance, Crater's wife found envelopes containing checks, stocks, bonds, and a note from the judge in a dresser drawer which had been empty when searched earlier by police. The discovery led to a number of new but ultimately inconclusive leads, and no further trace of Crater was ever found. The case was officially closed in 1979. Judge Crater met his wife Stella Mance Wheeler in 1917 when he served as her divorce lawyer, and they married seven days after her divorce was finalized. Mrs. Crater remained at their vacation home in Maine during the search for her husband, until her discovery of the hidden envelopes. Without Crater's income, Mrs. Crater was unable to maintain the couple's Fifth Avenue apartment and was evicted. She petitioned to have the judge declared officially dead in July 1937; she was reportedly living on the 12 USD per week (approximately 213 USD in 2013) that she earned as a telephone operator in Maine. Mrs. Crater married Carl Kunz, a New York electrical contractor, in Elkton, Maryland, on April 23, 1938. Kunz's first wife had hanged herself only eight days before the wedding. Crater was finally declared legally dead in 1939 thanks to Mrs. Crater's lawyer, noted New York attorney Emil K. Ellis. She received 20,561 USD in life insurance (approximately 377,919 USD in 2013). She separated from Kunz in 1950 and died in 1969 at age 70. Mrs. Crater expressed her belief that the judge had been murdered in her own account of the case, The Empty Robe, which was written with freelance writer and journalist Oscar Fraley and published by Doubleday in 1961. On August 19, 2005, authorities revealed that, after her death at age 91, they had received notes that had been written by Queens resident Stella Ferrucci-Good, in which she claimed that her husband, NYPD detective Robert Good, had learned that Crater was killed by Charles Burns, an NYPD officer who also worked as a bodyguard of Murder, Inc. enforcer Abe Reles, and Burns' brother, Frank. According to the letter, Crater was buried near under Riegelmann Boardwalk, also known as the Coney Island Boardwalk, by West Eighth Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn, at the current site of the New York Aquarium. Police reported that no records had been found to indicate that skeletal remains had been discovered at that site when it was excavated in the 1950s. The phrase "to pull a Judge Crater" means to disappear. It is no longer widely used. For many years following Crater's disappearance, "Judge Crater, call your office" was a standard gag of nightclub comedians. In the TV series "M*A*S*H", in the episode "Bless You, Hawkeye" (Season 9, Episode 17), Colonel Potter says the keys to the lab have been "pulling a Judge Crater." Judge Crater was also mentioned in the comedy television series Green Acres. In the episode "Not Guilty" (Season 3, Episode 17, original air date January 3, 1968), Mr. Haney, speaking to his bloodhound, says "Come on, Clarence. Let's see if we can pick up on Judge Crater's trail again." Eb responds, "Who's Judge, uh-" followed by Oliver's, "Never mind." As a publicity stunt for their 1933 film Bureau of Missing Persons, First National Pictures promised in advertisements to pay Crater 10K USD (equivalent to 200K USD in 2019) if he claimed it in person at the box office. Crater's last letter, possibly written on the day of his disappearance, was sold at auction on June 22, 1981, for 700 USD. The letter was marked "confidential" and began: "The following money is due me from the persons named. Get in touch with them for they will surely pay their debts." It was incorrectly reported that this letter was Crater's will. Judge Crater was also mentioned in the dramatic series The Sopranos. When the doorbell rings, Uncle June jokes that it could be Judge Crater. Judge Crater is portrayed on the television series Night Gallery in the season 3 episode Rare Objects. 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August 6, 1901: #BOTD: Dutch Schultz, brutal and ruthless American mobster of the Noe-Schultz gang based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket (d.October 24, 1935) is #born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer in The Bronx, New York City to German Jewish immigrants Herman and Emma (Neu) Flegenheimer, who had married in Manhattan on November 10, 1900. Herman Flegenheimer apparently abandoned his family; the event traumatized young Flegenheimer, who spent the rest of his life denying that his father had abandoned his family. Flegenheimer dropped out of school in the eighth grade to help support himself and his mother. Flegenheimer worked at a neighborhood night club owned by a small-time mobster, where he robbed craps games. Eventually he was caught breaking into an apartment and sent to the prison on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island). Flegenheimer's mugshot, aged 18, was published in the 2010 book New York City Gangland. He proved to be such an unmanageable prisoner that he was transferred to a work farm in Westhampton, Long Island. After he was recaptured following an escape, he had two months added to his sentence. Flegenheimer was released on parole on December 8, 1920, and went back to work at Schultz Trucking. With the enactment of the Volstead Act and the start of Prohibition in the United States, the shipping company began smuggling liquor and beer into New York City from Canada. This led Flegenheimer to start associating with known criminals. It was also during this time that Flegenheimer became better known as "Dutch" Schultz. Following a disagreement, he left Schultz Trucking and went to work for their Italian competitors. In the mid-1920s, Schultz had begun work as a bouncer at the Hub Social Club, a small speakeasy in the Bronx owned by a gangster named Joey Noe. Noe was impressed with Schultz's ruthlessness and reputation for brutality when he lost his temper, and he made him a partner. Together they soon opened more illegal drinking joints around the Bronx. Using their own trucks to reduce high delivery costs, they brought in beer made by Frankie Dunn, a brewer in Union City, New Jersey. Schultz often rode shotgun to guard the trucks from hijackers. Schultz and Noe soon had to deal with the brothers John and Joe Rock, who were already running a bootlegging operation in the Bronx. Initially the brothers refused to buy beer from Noe and Schultz, but eventually John, the elder brother, agreed to cooperate; however, his younger brother Joe refused. One night the Noe-Schultz gang kidnapped Joe, beat him and hung him by his thumbs from a meat hook. They then allegedly wrapped a gauze bandage smeared with discharge from a gonorrhea infection over his eyes. His family reportedly paid 35K USD for his release. Shortly after his return, he went blind. From then on, the Noe-Schultz gang met little opposition as they expanded across the entire Bronx. Bootlegging during Prohibition made Schultz very wealthy. The Noe-Schultz operation, which had begun to flourish in the Bronx, soon became the only gang able to rival the network of Italian crime syndicates that became the Mafia's Five Families. When the gang expanded from the Bronx over to Manhattan's Upper West Side and the neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Yorkville and Harlem, they moved their headquarters to East 149th Street in The Bronx. However, this brazen move led to a bootleg war with New York's Irish Mob, led by Jack "Legs" Diamond. In the early hours of October 16, 1928, Noe was shot several times outside the Chateau Madrid, a speakeasy at 231 West 54th. Although seriously wounded, he managed to return fire. A blue Cadillac was seen hitting some parked cars and losing one of its doors before speeding away. When police found the car an hour later, they discovered the body of a Louis Weinberg (no relation to Schultz gang members Abraham "Bo" Weinberg and George Weinberg) in the back seat. Noe's wounds became infected and he died on November 21. Schultz was left angry and distraught by the loss of his friend and mentor. Retaliation started a few weeks later when Arnold Rothstein, a kingpin in the Jewish mob, was found fatally shot near the service entrance to the Park Central Hotel on November 6, 1928. Although George "Hump" McManus supposedly killed Rothstein over a bad gambling debt, Schultz is believed to have ordered the killing in retribution for Noe's death. On October 12, 1930, Legs Diamond was shot and wounded at the Hotel Monticello on Manhattan's West Side. Two gunmen forced their way into Diamond's room and shot him five times before fleeing. Still in his pajamas, Diamond staggered into the hallway and collapsed. When asked later by the New York Police Commissioner how he managed to walk out of the room, Diamond said he drank two shots of whiskey first. Diamond was rushed to the Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan, where he eventually recovered. On December 30, 1930, Diamond was discharged from Polyclinic. During his absence, his gang was forced to leave the city. When he returned home, Diamond began carving out a new territory for himself in Albany. He was killed in a cheap Albany rooming house at 67 Dove Street by two gunmen in December 1931. Schultz also had to deal with internecine conflicts within his own gang. In 1930, one of Schultz's enforcers, Vincent Coll, demanded to be made an equal partner. This was because Schultz gang members received a flat salary instead of the customary percentage from the take-a unique arrangement compared to other major gangs in organized crime. When Schultz refused, Coll formed his own crew with the ultimate goal of murdering Schultz and taking over his territory. In the bloody gang war that followed, Coll lost his older brother Pete and earned the nickname "Mad Dog" from the press after a child was killed during a botched assassination attempt committed by his gang. In February 1932, Coll was lured into a trap. While he was taking a call in a drugstore phone booth, gunmen entered the store and machine-gunned him to death. The killers may have included Edward "Fats" McCarthy and the brothers Bo and George Weinberg. Along with the numbers rackets, Schultz began extorting New York restaurant owners and workers. Schultz, working through a hulking gangster named Jules Modgilewsky, also known as Julie Martin, made deals with the leaders of Waiters Local 16 and Cafeteria Workers Local 302 to extort money by forcing restaurant owners to join the Metropolitan Restaurant & Cafeteria Owners Association, an employer association that Schultz had founded. Those who refused to join the Association were faced with exorbitant wage demands from the unions, followed by strikes and stink bomb attacks. The Metropolitan Association then stepped in to arrange a settlement of the strike with a sweetheart contract for low wages contingent on the employer joining the Association. Martin/Modgilewsky successfully extracted thousands of dollars of tributes and "dues" from the terrorized restaurant owners for Schultz. He began to suspect that Martin was skimming from the shakedown operation; Schultz had recently discovered a $70,000 disparity in the books. On the evening of March 2, 1935, Schultz invited Martin to a meeting at the Harmony Hotel in Cohoes, New York. At the meeting, at which chief enforcer Bo Weinberg and mob lawyer Dixie Davis were also present, Martin belligerently denied Schultz's charges and began arguing with him. Both men were drinking heavily as the argument continued, and Schultz sucker-punched Martin. Finally, Martin admitted that he had taken $20,000, which he believed he was "entitled to" anyway. Dixie Davis related what happened next: "Dutch Schultz was ugly; he had been drinking and suddenly he had his gun out. Schultz wore his pistol under his vest, tucked inside his pants, right against his belly. One jerk at his vest and he had it in his hand. All in the same quick motion he swung it up, stuck it in Jules Martin's mouth and pulled the trigger. It was as simple and undramatic as that-just one quick motion of the hand. Dutch Schultz did that murder just as casually as if he were picking his teeth." As Martin contorted on the floor, Schultz apologized to Davis for killing someone in front of him. When Davis later read a newspaper story about Martin's murder, he was shocked to find out that the body was found on a snow bank with a dozen stab wounds to the chest. When Davis asked about this, Schultz replied, deadpan, "I cut his heart out." In the early 1930s, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey had set his sights on convicting Schultz for non-payment of federal taxes. Schultz was indicted in New York in January 1933 and became a fugitive. (Dewey subsequently left the Justice Department, first for private practice, then as a state-appointed Special Prosecutor and D.A.) Schultz surrendered in Albany, New York, in November 1934. This was part of his plan to have his trials moved from New York City to upstate. His first tax evasion trial, in Syracuse, ended in a hung jury, with many speculating he'd bribed the jurors. He would face retrial in Malone, New York. With the case going to a second trial, Schultz quickly set about presenting himself to the townspeople of Malone as a country squire and good citizen. He donated cash to local businesses, gave toys to sick children, and performed other charitable deeds. The strategy worked, as he was acquitted of tax evasion in late summer 1935. The mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia, was so outraged at the verdict that he issued an order that Schultz should be arrested on sight should he return to the city. As a result, Schultz was forced to relocate his base of operations across the Hudson River to Newark. As his defense costs to fight his tax case mounted, Schultz had found it necessary to reduce the commission he paid to those running his policy rackets to bolster what he called the "Arthur Flegenheimer Defense Fund." That tactic angered the runners and the games' controllers, who, despite being threatened with violence for showing any dissent, hired a hall, held a mass protest meeting, and declared a strike of sorts. Very quickly the cash flow dried up, and Schultz was forced to back down, which permanently damaged the relationship between his gang and their associates. Bo Weinberg, Schultz's chief lieutenant, was so concerned about the amount of money that Schultz was taking from the rackets to fund his legal defense that he sought advice from New Jersey mob boss Longy Zwillman, who put him in touch with the Sicilian-born gangster Charlie "Lucky" Luciano. The deal that Weinberg wanted was to retain a percentage and keep overall control of the Schultz gang. However, Luciano planned to break up the gang's rackets and territory among his own associates once Schultz was convicted of tax evasion. Believing that a guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion at the second trial, Luciano and his allies implemented their plan to take control. Their plan met little resistance because of the ongoing bad feelings over the attempted pay cuts and the support of Weinberg. However, after Schultz was acquitted, he quickly arranged a meeting with Luciano through the Commission to clarify the situation. Luciano explained to Schultz that they were just "looking after the shop" while he was away to ensure that everything ran smoothly and that full control of his rackets would be returned to Schultz once the heat died down. Publicly, Schultz was forced to accept that version of events because of the ongoing attention from law enforcement agencies and Thomas Dewey, now a Special Prosecutor appointed by LaGuardia. A month after his acquittal, his own chief lieutenant Bo Weinberg was never seen again after he had walked out of a midtown Manhattan nightclub. Schultz had proposed to the National Crime Syndicate, a confederation of mobsters, that Dewey be murdered. Luciano argued that a Dewey assassination would precipitate a massive law enforcement crackdown. The Commission later voted unanimously against the proposal. An enraged Schultz said he would kill Dewey anyway and walked out of the meeting. The Murder, Inc. leader Albert Anastasia approached Luciano with information that Schultz had asked him to stake out Dewey's apartment building on Fifth Avenue. Upon hearing the news, the Commission held a discreet meeting to discuss the matter. After six hours of deliberations, the Commission ordered Louis Buchalter to eliminate "The Dutchman." On October 23, 1935, in an event since known as The Chophouse Massacre, Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz were fatally shot at Schultz's headquarters, the Palace Chophouse saloon and restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. Dutch Schultz died the next day. He is buried at The Gate Of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. Schultz' last words were a strange stream-of-consciousness babble, spoken in his hospital bed to police officers who attempted to calm him and question him for useful information. Although the police were unable to extract anything coherent from Schultz, his rambling was fully transcribed by a police stenographer. This includes the famous: "A boy has never wept...nor dashed a thousand kim." But the entire text (linked below) is much more rambling, for example: "You can play jacks, and girls do that with a soft ball and do tricks with it.". Oh, Oh, dog Biscuit, and when he is happy he doesn't get snappy. One of his last utterances was a reference to "French Canadian bean soup" (French Canadian pea soup is a popular dish that is still produced as canned goods by many food companies). Schultz' last words inspired a number of writers to devote works related to them. Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs published a screenplay in novel form titled The Last Words of Dutch Schultz in the early 1970s, while Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson connected Schultz' words to a global Illuminati-related conspiracy, making them a major part of 1975' The Illuminatus! Trilogy. (In Wilson' and Shea' story, Schultz' ramblings are a coded message.) In his 1960 anthology Parodies, Dwight Macdonald presents Schultz' last words as a parody of Gertrude Stein. In the novel Billy Bathgate, the protagonist used clues from Schultz' deathbed ramblings to locate his hidden money. Several actors have played Dutch Schultz in films: Vic Morrow in Portrait of a Mobster (1960), Vincent Gardenia in Mad Dog Coll (1961), James Remar in The Cotton Club (1984), Dustin Hoffman in Billy Bathgate (1991), Bruce Nozick in Hit the Dutchman (1992), Lance Henriksen in The Outfit (1993), and Tim Roth in Hoodlum (1997). 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Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: Andy Warhol (1987) Documentary Mel Melvyn Bragg MP4 Video Download DVD

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August 6, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD! Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art, whose works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture (d. February 22, 1987) is #born Andrew Warhola Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to working-class immigrants of Lemko ethnicity (from the ethnographic region in the Carpathian Mountains and foothills spanning Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland) from Miko, Austria-Hungary (now called Mikova, located in today's northeastern Slovakia). Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966-67). His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. He promoted a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with coining the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." In the late 1960s, he managed and produced the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founded Interview magazine. He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy Of Andy Warhol And Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. After a gallbladder surgery in 1987, Andy Warhol died in his sleep at 6:32 a.m. of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 58 in Manhattan, New York City. He is buried at Saint John The Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Andy Warhol Museum, in collaboration with EarthCam, has a 24/7 livestream of Andy's gravesite. The livestream is part of a project called "Figment." That line comes from a quote Warhol gave in which he said, "I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'" So keep that in mind if you do visit - you'll be on camera! That's fitting, since Warhol lived so much of his life on camera -- so come get your own 15 minutes of fame! On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/anwa1domelme.html

Today's EarthStation1.com Commemorative Memorial Title: The World At War 1942 How WWII Started Documentary DVD, Download, USB

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:52:00 PDT

August 6, 1942: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The German Invasion Of Western Europe (World War II) (Sieg Im Westen [German: "Victory In The West"}) (The Manstein Plan, Fall Gelb [German: "Case Yellow", Unternehmen Sichelschnitt, "Operation Sickle Cut"): The Battle Of The Netherlands (The German Invasion Of The Netherlands): -- Queen Wilhelmina Of The Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress. Shortly afterwards, Wilhelmina went to Canada in 1943 to attend the christening of her new granddaughter Margriet on June 29, 1943 in Ottawa and stayed a while with her family before returning to the United Kingdom. Queen Wilhelmina visited the United States from June 24 to August 11, 1942 as a guest of the U.S. government. She vacationed in Lee, Massachusetts and visited New York City, Boston, and Albany, New York. In the latter city, she attended the 300th anniversary celebration of the First Church in Albany, established by Dutch settlers in the 17th century. On May 13, 1940, Queen Wilhelmina fled her country to Great Britain after The German Invasion Of The Netherlands; Princess Juliana of the Netherlands took her children to Canada for their safety. The German Invasion Of The Netherlands (Dutch: Slag Om Nederland), also known as The Battle Of The Netherlands, was a military campaign part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The battle lasted from May 10, 1940 until the surrender of the main Dutch forces on May 14. Dutch troops in the province of Zealand continued to resist the Wehrmacht until May 17 when Germany completed its occupation of the whole country. The invasion of the Netherlands saw some of the earliest mass paratroop drops, to occupy tactical points and assist the advance of ground troops. The German Luftwaffe used paratroopers in the capture of several airfields in the vicinity of Rotterdam and The Hague, helping to quickly overrun the country and immobilise Dutch forces. After the devastating bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe on May 14, the Germans threatened to bomb other Dutch cities if the Dutch forces refused to surrender. The General Staff knew it could not stop the bombers and ordered the Dutch Army to cease hostilities. The last occupied parts of the Netherlands were liberated in 1945. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-world-at-war-dvd-1942-motion-pic1942.html