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Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Columbus & The Age Of Discovery TV Series + Bonus MP4 Download DVD Set

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1522: The Age Of Discovery (The Age Of Exploration): Circumnavigations: The Magellan Expedition (Armada De Molucas, Fleet Of The Moluccas): -- The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world, under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano, who took command after Magellan's death in the Philippines. Victoria (or Nao Victoria, as well as Vittoria) was a Spanish carrack or nao, as were all the other ships in the expedition (except Santiago, which was a caravel) that began on August 10, 1519 with five ships. However, Victoria was the only ship to complete the voyage. The four other ships were Trinidad (110 tons, crew 55), San Antonio (120 tons, crew 60), Concepcion (90 tons, crew 45), and Santiago (75 tons, crew 32). Trinidad, Magellan's flagship, Concepcion, and Santiago were wrecked or scuttled; San Antonio deserted the expedition during the navigation of the Straits of Magellan and returned to Europe on her own. Magellan did not complete the entire voyage because he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521. Victoria was built at a shipyard in Gipuzkoa, with the Basques being reputed shipbuilders at the time, and along with the four other ships, she was given to Magellan by King Charles I of Spain (The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). Victoria was named after the church of Santa Maria de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to Charles V. Victoria was an 85-ton ship with a crew of 42. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/columbus-and-the-age-of-discovery-epic-7-hourlong-episode-tv-serie7.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Suleyman The Magnificent: Documentary On Suleiman I DVD, Download, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1566: The Ottoman Empire (The Sublime Ottoman State, The Turkish Empire): The History Of The Ottoman Empire: The Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman Wars In Europe: The Ottoman-Habsburg Wars: Habsburg-Ottoman Wars In Hungary (1526-1568): The Ottoman-Habsburg War (1565-1568): The Siege Of Szigetvar (The Battle Of Szigeth) (Hungarian: Szigetvar Ostroma; Croatian: Bitka Kod Sigeta, Sigetska Bitka; Turkish: Zigetvar Kusatmasi): -- #DOTD: #RIP: Suleiman I, Ottoman sultan also known as Suleyman I and as Suleiman The Magnificent, known as "Kanuni" (the Lawgiver) in his realm (b. November 6, 1494) #dies at the age of 71 at Szigetvar, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy, where Suleiman had set out to from Constantinople to command Ottoman forces advancing in Hungary, dying before an Ottoman victory at the Siege Of Szigetvar was achived, a fact concealed by his Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha during the Hungarian retreat until the enthronement of Suleiman's successor, Selim II. The sultan's body was taken back to Istanbul to be buried, while his heart, liver, and some other organs were buried in Turbek, outside Szigetvar. A mausoleum constructed above the burial site came to be regarded as a holy place and pilgrimage site. Within a decade a mosque and Sufi hospice were built near it, and the site was protected by a salaried garrison of several dozen men. Suleiman I was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ruling from 1520 to his death in 1566. Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's economic, military and political power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in conquering the Christian strongholds of Belgrade and Rhodes as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege Of Vienna in 1529. He annexed much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf. Suleiman personally instituted major legislative changes relating to society, education, taxation and criminal law. His reforms, carried out in conjunction with the empire's chief judicial official Ebussuud Efendi, harmonized the relationship between the two forms of Ottoman law; sultanic (Kanun) and religious (Sharia). He was a distinguished poet and goldsmith; he also became a great patron of culture, overseeing the "Golden" age of the Ottoman Empire in its artistic, literary and architectural development. Breaking with Ottoman tradition, Suleiman married Hurrem Sultan, a woman from his harem, a Christian of Rusyn (Russian) origin who converted to Islam, and who became famous in the West by the name Roxelana. Their son Selim II succeeded Suleiman following his death in 1566 after 46 years of rule. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/suleyman-the-magnificent-dvd-sultan-of-the-ottoman-empire.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: You Are There Radio Historical Drama Series MP3 CD, Download, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1620: The Colonial History Of The United States: The British Colonization Of The Americas: The Plymouth Colony: The Pilgrims' Voyage On The Mayflower: -- The British Colonization Of The Americas: The Plymouth Colony: The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date). The Mayflower had originally departed August 5, 1620 from Southampton, England on its first attempt to transport would-be Pilgrim settlers to North America; when it's fellow ship Speedwell, which had set sail on August 1, sprang a leak shortly after, the two ships were brought to dock in Dartmouth for repairs. They made a new start after the repairs, and they were more than 200 miles (320 km) beyond Land's End at the southwestern tip of England when Speedwell sprang another leak. It was now early September, and they had no choice but to abandon the Speedwell and make a determination on her passengers. This was a dire event, as vital funds had wasted on the ship, which was considered very important to the future success of their settlement in America. Both ships then returned to Plymouth, where twenty Speedwell Pilgrim passengers joined the now overcrowded Mayflower, while the others returned to Holland. They waited for seven more days until the wind picked up. Pilgrim father William Bradford was especially worried, however: "We lie here waiting for as fair a wind as can blow ... Our victuals will be half eaten up, I think, before we go from the coast of England; and, if our voyage last long, we shall not have a month's victuals when we come in the country." According to Bradford, Speedwell was refitted and seaworthy, having "made many voyages ... to the great profit of her owners." He suggested that Speedwell's master may have used "cunning and deceit" to abort the voyage by causing the leaks, fearing starvation and death in America. In early September, western gales turned the North Atlantic into a dangerous place to sail. The Mayflower's provisions were already quite low when departing Southampton, and they became lower still by delays of more than a month. The Pilgrim passengers had been on board the ship this entire time, feeling worn out and in no condition for a very taxing, lengthy Atlantic journey cooped up in the cramped spaces of a small ship. When the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth alone on September 6, 1620, with what Bradford called "a prosperous wind", she carried 102 passengers plus a crew of 25 to 30 officers and men, bringing the total aboard to approximately 130. However, at about 180 tons, the Mayflower was considered a smaller cargo ship, having traveled mainly between England and Bordeaux with clothing and wine, not an ocean ship. Nor was it in good shape, as it was sold for scrap four years after her Atlantic voyage. She was a high built craft forward and aft measuring approximately 100 feet (30 m) in length and about 25 feet (7.6 m) at her widest point. The Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers were early European settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. The Pilgrims' leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist separatist Puritans who had fled the volatile political environment in England for the relative calm and tolerance of 17th-century Holland in the Netherlands. They held Puritan Calvinist religious beliefs but, unlike other Puritans, they maintained that their congregations needed to be separated from the English state church. They were also concerned that they might lose their English cultural identity if they remained in the Netherlands, so they arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colony was established in 1620 and became the second successful English settlement in North America (after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607). The Pilgrims' story became a central theme of the history and culture of the United States. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/you-are-there-historical-old-time-radio-mp3-c3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Dispelling Witches: What Witchcraft Is + Salem Witch Trials MP4 DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1628: The Colonial History Of The United States: The British Colonization Of The Americas: The Massachusetts Bay Colony (The Colony Of Massachusetts Bay): -- The Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts located in the North Shore region. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 and Salem would become one of the most significant seaports in early American history. Salem is located at the mouth of the Naumkeag River at the former site of an Native American village and trading center. Colonists settled the area in 1626 when a company of fishermen] arrived from Cape Ann led by Roger Conant. Conant's leadership provided the stability to survive the first two years, but John Endecott replaced him by order of the Massachusetts Bay Company. Conant graciously stepped aside and was granted 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land in compensation. These "New Planters" and the "Old Planters" agreed to cooperate, in large part due to the diplomacy of Conant and Endecott. In recognition of this peaceful transition to the new government, the name of the settlement was changed to Salem, a hellenized form of Shalom, the Hebrew word for Peace. A year later, the Massachusetts Bay Charter was issued creating the Massachusetts Bay Colony with Matthew Craddock as its governor in London and Endecott as its governor in the colony. John Winthrop was elected Governor in late 1629, and arrived with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, one of the many events that began the Puritan Great Migration. In 1639, Endecott was one of the signers on the building contract for enlarging the meeting house in Town House Square for the first church in Salem. This document remains part of the town records at City Hall. He was active in the affairs of the town throughout his life. Samuel Skelton was the first pastor of the First Church of Salem, which is the original Puritan church in America. Endecott already had a close relationship with Skelton, having been converted by him, and Endecott considered him as his spiritual father. Salem is now a residential and tourist area that is home to the House of Seven Gables, Salem State University, Pioneer Village, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem Willows Park, and the Peabody Essex Museum. It features historic residential neighborhoods in the Federal Street District and the Charter Street Historic District. Much of the city's cultural identity reflects its role as the location of the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692, as featured in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Police cars are adorned with witch logos, a public elementary school is known as Witchcraft Heights, and the Salem High School athletic teams are named the Witches. Gallows Hill was originally believed to be the site of numerous public hangings and is currently a park used as a playing field for various sports. In 2012, the Retailers Association of Massachusetts chose Salem for their inaugural "Best Shopping District" award. On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed executive order HR1339, designating Salem as the birthplace of the National Guard. The city's population was 41,340 at the 2010 census. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/dispelling-witches-what-is-amp-isn39t-witchcraft-mp4-video-download-394.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Hamlet (1990) Kevin Kline Diane Venora DVD, Download, USB Flash Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1642: The European Wars Of Religion: The Wars Of The Three Kingdoms (The British Civil Wars): The English Civil War: The First English Civil War: The Long Parliament: Aesthetics: Performing Arts: Theatre: Theatre In England: The London Theatre Closure Of 1642: -- Just after the First English Civil War had begun, under the force of the Puritans, the Long Parliament issues an ordinance the closure of all London theatres and the suppression of all stage plays, a ban which would last for some 18 years. The order cited the current "times of humiliation" and their incompatibility with "public stage-plays", representative of "lascivious Mirth and Levity". The ban, which was not completely effective, was reinforced by an Act of February 11, 1648, at the beginning of the Second English Civil War. It provided for the treatment of actors as rogues, the demolition of theatre seating, and fines for spectators. On January 24, 1643, the actors pleaded with parliament to reopen the theatres by writing "The Actors remonstrance or complaint for the silencing of their profession, and banishment from their severall play-houses", in which they state, "wee have purged our stages of all obscene and scurrilous jests." In this period, 'true religion' and 'good government' were seen as one and the same. Although the vast majority believed a 'well-ordered' monarchy was a divinely mandated requirement, they disagreed on what 'well-ordered' meant, and who held ultimate authority in clerical affairs. Royalists generally supported a Church of England governed by bishops, appointed by, and answerable to, the king; most Parliamentarians were Puritans, who believed he was answerable to the leaders of the church, appointed by their congregations. However, Puritan meant anyone who wanted to reform, or 'purify', the Church of England. The strict religious views of the Puritans spread to encompass many social activities within England, including theatre attendeance. The Puritans had been the source of many problems within the early English theatre. The first Globe Theatre, built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, was built due to the refusal of a puritan named Giles Allen to renew the lease of the 'Theatre'. In 1644, the Globe Theatre was demolished by the Puritans. On April 15, 1644 landowner Sir Matthew Brend demolished the Globe Theatre and built tenement houses on the site. In 1660, after the English Restoration, and the demise in the power of the Puritans, brought King Charles II to effective power in England, the theatrical ban was lifted. Under a new licensing system, two London theatres with royal patents were opened: the King's Company and the Duke's Company. However, the Globe Theatre was not reconstructed until many hundreds of years later, as Shakespeare's Globe, in 1997. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hamlet-1990-dvd-kevin-kline-ny-shakespeare-festival-2-19902.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Satchmo In New Orleans Louis Armstrong + Bonus Title DVD MP4 USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1877: #BOTD: #HBD! Buddy Bolden, known as "King" Bolden African American cornet player and bandleader, regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to be known as "jazz" (d. November 4, 1930) is #born Charles Joseph Bolden in New Orleans, Louisiana. His band was popular in New Orleans from around 1900 to 1907. He was known for his loud sound and improvisational skills, and his style had an impact on younger musicians. Bolden's trombonist Willie Cornish (among others) recalled making phonograph cylinder recordings with the Bolden band, but there are no known surviving copies. Many early jazz musicians credited Bolden and his bandmates with having originated what came to be known as jazz, though the term was not in common musical use until after the era of Bolden's prominence. At least one writer has labeled Bolden the father of jazz. He is credited with creating a looser, more improvised version of ragtime and adding blues; Bolden's band was said to be the first to have brass instruments play the blues. He was also said to have adapted ideas from gospel music heard in uptown African American Baptist churches. Instead of imitating other cornetists, Bolden played music he heard "by ear" and adapted it to his horn. In doing so, he created an exciting and novel fusion of ragtime, black sacred music, marching-band music, and rural blues. He rearranged the typical New Orleans dance band of the time to better accommodate the blues: string instruments became the rhythm section, and the front-line instruments were clarinets, trombones, and Bolden's cornet. Bolden was known for his powerful, loud, "wide open" playing style. Joe "King" Oliver, Freddie Keppard, Bunk Johnson, and other early New Orleans jazz musicians were directly inspired by his playing. No known recordings of Bolden have survived. His trombonist Willy Cornish asserted that Bolden's band had made at least one phonograph cylinder in the late 1890s. Three other old-time New Orleans musicians, George Baquet, Alphonse Picou and Bob Lyons also remembered a recording session ("Turkey in the Straw", according to Baquet) in the early 1900s. The researcher Tim Brooks believes that these cylinders, if they existed, may have been privately recorded for local music dealers and were never commercially distributed. Some of the songs first associated with his band, such as the traditional song "Careless Love" and "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It", are still standards. Bolden often closed his shows with the original number "Get Out of Here and Go Home", although for more "polite" gigs, the last number would be "Home! Sweet Home!". One of the most famous Bolden numbers is "Funky Butt" (later known as "Buddy Bolden's Blues"), which represents one of the earliest references to the concept of funk in popular music. Bolden's "Funky Butt" was, as Danny Barker once put it, a reference to the olfactory effect of an auditorium packed full of sweaty people "dancing close together and belly rubbing." "Funky Butt" was one of many in the Bolden repertory with rude or off-color lyrics popular in some of the rougher places where he played; Bolden's trombonist Willy Cornish claimed authorship. It became so well known as a rude song that even whistling the melody on a public street was considered offensive. The melody was incorporated into an early published ragtime number, "St. Louis Tickle." Bolden is also credited with the invention of the "Big Four", a key rhythmic innovation on the marching band beat, which gave embryonic jazz much more room for individual improvisation. As Wynton Marsalis explains, the big four (below) was the first syncopated bass drum pattern to deviate from the standard on-the-beat march. The second half of the Big Four is the pattern commonly known as the hambone rhythm developed from sub-Saharan African music traditions. Bolden suffered an episode of acute alcoholic psychosis in 1907 at age 30. With the full diagnosis of dementia praecox (today called schizophrenia), he was admitted to the Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson, a mental institution, where he spent the rest of his life. Buddy Bolden died aged 54 in Jackson, Louisiana aged 54 of cerebral arteriosclerosis (the thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries in the brain). He is buried in Holt Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. While there is substantial first-hand oral history about Bolden, facts about his life continue to be lost amidst colorful myth. Stories about his being a barber by trade or that he published a scandal sheet called The Cricket have been repeated in print despite being debunked decades earlier. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/satchmo-in-new-orleans-dvd-louis-armstrong-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Battle Of Britain & The Blitz Documentaries Set DVD, MP4, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1940: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: The Battle Of Britain: Operation Eagle Attack (German: Unternehmen Adlerangriff) (August 13 - September 6, 1940): -- Unternehmen Adlerangriff (German: "Operation Eagle Attack"), the German plan to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF) that had begun with Eagle Day (German: Adlertag) on August 13, 1940, ends in fateful failure. Hitler had given the German armed forces Directive No. 16 that ordered provisional preparations for invasion of Britain, codenamed Operation Sea Lion (German: Unternehmen Seelowe). In order for this could be carried out, air superiority or air supremacy was required first, and so the Luftwaffe was tasked to destroy the RAF to prevent it from attacking the invasion fleet or providing protection for the Royal Navy's Home Fleet which might attempt to prevent a German landing by sea. On August 1, Hitler gave the Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief, Reichsmarschall (Empire Marshal) Hermann Goring and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force) a directive (Directive No. 17) to launch the air assault. The German attacks that began on August 13 inflicted significant damage and casualties on the ground, but, marred by poor intelligence and communication, they did not make a significant impression on Fighter Command's ability to defend British air space. Goering had promised Hitler that Adlertag and Adlerangriff would achieve the results required within days, or at worst weeks, but these operations failed to destroy the RAF, or gain the necessary local air superiority. As a result, Operation Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/battle-of-britain-dvd-dual-layer-wwii-documentaries.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Terror: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict DVD MP4 Video Download

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1972: The Olympic Games (The Olympics): The 1972 Summer Olympics: (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972)) (The Games Of The XX Olympiad (German: Spiele Der XX. Olympiade), Munich 1972): The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Terrorist Attacks Attributed To Palestinian Militant Groups: The Black September Organization (BSO) (Arabic: Munazzamat Aylul Al-Aswad): The Munich Massacre: -- Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day. The list of fatalities are: 1) Shot during the initial break-in: Moshe Weinberg, wrestling coach; Yossef Romano, weightlifter; 2) Shot and killed by grenade in eastern-side helicopter D-HAQO: According to the order in which they were seated, from left to right: Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944); David Mark Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (survived grenade but died of smoke inhalation) (b. 1944); Yakov Springer (b. 1921), Polish-Israeli wrestler, weightlifting coach and weightlifting judge; Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948); 3) Shot in western-side helicopter D-HAQU: According to the order in which they were seated, from left to right: Yossef Israeli Gutfreund, wrestling referee (b. 1931); Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919); Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (b. 1954); Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and fencing coach (b. 1945); Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and track coach (b. 1932); 4) Shot in control tower during gunfight: Anton Fliegerbauer, West German police officer; and 4) Palestinian terrorists shot dead by West German police: Luttif Afif ("Issa") (b. 1945); Yusuf Nazzal ("Tony"); Afif Ahmed Hamid ("Paolo"); Khalid Jawad ("Salah"); Ahmed Chic Thaa ("Abu Halla"). On September 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day along with a West German police officer. Black September called the operation "Iqrit and Biram", after two Palestinian Christian villages whose inhabitants were expelled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Black September commander was Luttif Afif, who was also the negotiator. West German neo-Nazis gave the group logistical assistance. Shortly after the hostages were taken, Afif demanded the release of 234 Palestinian prisoners in Israel jails and the West German-held founders of the Red Army Faction, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. Five of the eight Black September members were killed during a failed attempt to rescue the hostages. The three surviving perpetrators were Adnan Al-Gashey, Jamal Al-Gashey, and Mohammed Safady, who were arrested. However, following the hijacking eight weeks later by Black September sympathizers of Lufthansa Flight 615 on October 29, an act of terrorism aimed at the liberation of the three surviving perpetrators, the West German government released them in a hostage exchange. The Israeli government launched Operation Wrath of God, which authorized Mossad to track down and kill those involved in the Munich massacre. Two days prior to the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, in a ceremony led by Brazilian and Israeli officials, the International Olympic Committee honored the eleven Israelis that were killed at Munich. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/terror-the-israelipalestinian-conflict-dvd-mp4-video-downloa4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Second Russian Revolution TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1991: The Day Of The Defenders Of Freedom (Lithuanian: Laisves Gyneju Diena): -- The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Dissolution Of The Soviet Union: The Revolutions Of 1989 (The Fall Of Nations, The Autumn Of Nations, The Fall Of Communism): The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Baltic States Under Soviet Rule: The Singing Revolution: The Parade Of Sovereignties: -- Following the 1991 Soviet Coup D'Etat Attempt that occured between August 19 and August 22, the Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Singing Revolution is a commonly used name for events between 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The term was coined by an Estonian activist and artist, Heinz Valk, in an article published a week after the 10-11 June 1988, spontaneous mass night-singing demonstrations at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-second-russian-revolution-6-dvd-set-complete-tv-serie6.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Old Time Kids Films Youth Social Guidance Films Set DVD, MP4, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 5: National Cheese Pizza Day: -- Today we say "Hold the toppings!" That's right, cheese is all you need when celebrating this pizza holiday. Whether the pie is homemade or ordered in, make it cheese only. Add a variety of cheeses to your pie to celebrate. Smokey gouda or a little gorgonzola might mix it up. If you like a little cheddar, mild or sharp shredded across the top will do. Debates prevail over thin or thick crust. However, that debate is for another day. The cheese holds the spotlight on this occasion. In fact, thin-crust doesn't even have a day. How did that happen? However, deep-dish does. Check out April 5th for more information about it. And National Pizza Day gets piping hot on February 9th. We do know a few things about pizza in general, though. In ancient Greece, they covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese. Many believe this to be the beginning of the pizza. In Byzantine Greek the word was spelled p?ta, or pita, meaning pie. The Romans also developed a version of the pizza pie. Using bay leaves for flavoring, the Romans topped the dough with cheese and honey. When it comes to the modern pizza, we turn to Italy. Their Neapolitan flatbread created the beginnings of the pizza we know and love today. It was topped with mozzarella cheese made from high-quality buffalo milk. In the United States, we love our pizzas, especially cheese pizza. In 1997, it's estimated the United States produced more than 2 billion pounds of pizza cheese. That's a lot of cheese! Our passion for pizza began in 1905 when the first pizza eaty oped in New York's Little Italy. It's been a cheese love affair ever since. To observe National Cheese Pizza Day: Order up or bake up your own cheese pizza to celebrate! Take a pizza poll to find out who makes the best cheese pizza in your state. Test out a new recipe or try one of these below. Have a cheese pizza party. Invite friends over to make their favorite cheese pizzas and enjoy each other's company. You can even try to break a world record. Make the largest cheese pizza or the thinnest. While you can make the pizza at home (we have recipes, too), don't forget to give a shout out to your favorite pizzeria. Whether they service it by the slice or you order up a whole pizza, you know they make it with love. Use #NationalCheesePizzaDay to post on social media. The most common type of cheese on cheese pizza is mozzarella. This meltable, flexible cheese gives cheese pizza stretchy awesomeness. Cheddar cheese also makes for fabulous pizzas. The sharpness adds a punch of flavor. Provolone offers a subtle flavor. Choose smoked provolone to enhance the taste experience. Another option for cheese pizza is adding cheese blends. Add parmesan to mozzarella. Top the mozzarella with goat cheese, also known as Cherve'. Combine cheddar, mozzarella, and Pecorino-Romano for a flavor explosion. There are other pizza days on the calendar: Pepperoni Pizza Day, National Pizza Day, National Deep Dish Pizza Day, and National Detroit Pizza Day are just a few. https://store.earthstation1.com/old-time-kids-films-youth-social-guidance-films-dual-layer-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Cable Age Classics III DVD, Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6: National Read A Book Day: -- National Read A Book Day is observed annually on September 6th. On August 9th, we all celebrated National Book Lovers Day. While these bookish days may seem similar, National Read a Book Day invites us ALL to grab a book we might enjoy and spend the day reading. Don't keep it to yourself. Share the experience! Read aloud either to children or to grandparents. Read to your pets or to your stuffed animals and plants. Reading improves memory and concentration as well as reduces stress. Older adults who spend time reading show a slower cognitive decline and tend to participate in more mentally stimulating activities over their lifetime. Books are an inexpensive entertainment, educational tool and time machine too! To observe National Read A Book Day, sit back, relax and read a book. Whether you prefer to escape into the world of fiction or learn something new, celebrate with your favorite books. Visit the library or the local book store. Pick up a new book or read an old favorite. Explore the past in history books and memoirs or dive into the mean of terrific poetry. Read aloud to a child or give them a new book! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-cable-age-classics-iii-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: King Of Jazz 1930 Paul Whiteman John Boles Laura La Plante DVD MP4 USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6: National Color Blind Awareness Day: -- National Color Blind Awareness Day is here to bring attention to this special vision trait and help the world to understand just a bit more about it! Embracing a unique perspective, this condition enriches the world with diverse viewpoints, highlighting the beauty of human individuality and resilience. While the name might seem to imply that a person who is color blind sees only in black and white, this is not completely accurate. While this can happen, it is extremely rare. More common are the people who are affected by color blindness typically see color with less of a range. It affects all kinds of people from all walks of life. Among the great and good, color blind people include Bill Clinton, Bing Crosby, Tom Hanks, Christopher Nolan, Howie Mandel, Keanu Reeves, Mark Zuckerberg, even Prince William Windsor, Prince of Wales! National Color Blind Awareness Day takes place on the anniversary of the birth of scientist John Dalton in 1766. Dalton was the first person to discover that the human eye can see colors in different ways. In fact, the motivation behind it was the fact that Dalton and his brother both saw colors differently than most other people. Dalton's reasoning was incorrect, since he thought it was because of a kind of blue liquid in their eyes. And his name for this was "Daltonism". In a magnanimous effort to clear up the question, Dalton even left his eyes to science after he died. What he didn't realize is that the condition must be hereditary as it affected both him and his brother, which would only be confirmed more than 150 years later when DNA proved that color blindness was a genetically inherited trait. The first National Color Blind Awareness Day was celebrated in 2015 and founded by Colour Blind Awareness, which is a non-profit interest group that was started in 2010. The group is dedicated to raising awareness about the needs of color blind people in communities. Since its founding, National Color Blind Awareness Day has continued to grow each year, with millions of people all over the world engaging on social media and in other ways. https://store.earthstation1.com/king-of-jazz-1930-paul-whiteman-john-boles-laura-la-plante-dvd-mp19304.html

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Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6: Fight Procrastination Day: -- An annual opportunity for you to face your procrastination issues head-on. We have all been victims of that powerful urge to push an important task to a further date. Sometimes, procrastination could be a result of the daunting nature of the task or simply because you're not feeling up to it. No matter the reason, procrastination can be a major spanner in the works; straining mental and physical health. This observance aims at promoting efforts geared towards combating procrastination in all its forms. Hesiod, a Greek poet, was among the first to speak against procrastination. In the poem titled "Works and Days," Hesiod speaks to his brother, who has mismanaged his inheritance, asking him not to abandon his duties. Although the origins of the holiday are unknown, the message is similar to Hesiod's. We need to take a definitive step to address the issue of postponing tasks. While there are hundreds of ways to fight procrastination, it is a resilient adversary and never knows when it's beaten. It can come disguised in different forms, but the result is always the same: delay. Through the ages, people have tried creative approaches to fight procrastination to varying degrees of success. The winning formula seems to vary from person to person; you need to figure out what works for you. Take famous artist, Victor Hugo, who resorted to working naked in his room to focus on his work. Hugo decided that the best way to cut out outside distraction was to have no choice but to remain indoors. With his clothes held by an assistant and only returned at a later time, he had little choice but to work. James Riley is another who resorted to such extreme measures to address procrastination issues. In modern times, we have programs and applications that can help plan your schedule effectively. Several applications can even work as a filter according to prearranged settings to help control distractions. Fight Procrastination Day reminds us that we're not in this fight alone; millions are struggling with the same issues. It is, however, up to you to put in the required effort to shake this habit. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-hands-of-time-a-story-on-american-clocks-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Churchills 3 Part 1996 TV Miniseries MP4 Video Download 2 DVD Set

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1939: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Invasion Of Poland (The September Campaign, The Polish Campaign, The War Of Poland Of 1939, The Polish Defensive War Of 1939): The Allies Of World War II: The South African Declaration Of War On Germany (1939): -- Jan Smuts -- the Afrikaner General who interrogated the young Winston Churchill after his capture during The Boer War, and who in short order formed a solid life-long friendship and alliance with him such that he was the secret choice of King George to replace Churchill as effective war leader in case of his incapacity or demise -- makes his first official act as the new Prime Minister Of South Afrika the declaration that South Africa was officially at war with Germany and the Axis. Immediately thereafter, Smuts set about fortifying South Africa against any possible German sea invasion because of South Africa's global strategic importance controlling the long sea route around The Cape Of Good Hope. On the eve of World War II, The Union Of South Africa found itself in a unique political and military quandary. While it was closely allied with the United Kingdom, being a co-equal Dominion under the 1931 Statute Of Westminster with its head of state being the British king, the South African Prime Minister and head of government on September 1, 1939 was J.B.M. Hertzog - the leader of the pro-Afrikaner and anti-British National Party. The National Party had joined in a unity government with the pro-British South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1934 as The United Party. After Adolf Hitler's forces attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain declared war on Germany two days later. A short but furious debate unfolded in South Africa, especially in The Parliament Of South Africa. It pitted those who sought to enter the war on Britain's side, led by Smuts, against those who wanted to keep South Africa neutral, led by Hertzog; prior to the war, Afrikaner nationalist movements styled after German Nazism -- such as the fascist South African Nazi movement The Grey Shirts, the Afrikaner nationalist organization Ossewabrandwag, and the fascist New Order organization founded by the far-right lawyer who prosecuted Nelson Mandela at the 1956 Treason Trial, Oswald Pirow -- had been popular in South Africa. The debate was resolved on September 4, 1939, when The United Party caucus refused to accept Hertzog's stance of neutrality in World War II, and deposed him in favour of Smuts. During the war, many South Africans saw military service. The Union Of South Africa participated with other British Empire forces in battles in North Africa against Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps, and many South African pilots joined the Royal Air Force and fought against the Axis powers in the European theatre. It was the reputation and stature of Smuts that was in largest part responsible for South Africa's steadfast support of the United Kingdom in all her undertakings during the war, and he earned the highest levels of respect and trust thereby.Churchill's personal physician, Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, wrote in his diary: "Smuts is the only man who has any influence with the PM; indeed, he is the only ally I have in pressing counsels of common sense on the PM. Smuts sees so clearly that Winston is irreplaceable, that he may make an effort to persuade him to be sensible." Churchill said of Smuts at this time "Smuts and I are like two old love-birds moulting together on a perch, but still able to peck." He brought great gravitas and diplomatic acumen to his duties. When Secretary Of State For War Anthony Eden said at the October 29, 1942 meeting of The Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CSC, composed of the most senior military personnel in the British Armed Forces who advise on operational military matters and the preparation and conduct of military operations), which was held after having some late night drinks with Churchill the previous night, that Bernard Montgomery's Second Battle Of El Alamein offensive was "petering out", Field Marshal Alan Brooke told Churchill, who was always impatient for his generals to attack at once, "fairly plainly" just what he thought of Eden's ability to judge the tactical situation from such a distance as from London to Egypt. In response, Chiefs Of Staff Committee member Smuts endorsed Brooke statements, of which Brooke said he was fortunate to be supported by "a flow of words from the mouth of that wonderful statesman. It was as if oil had been poured on the troubled waters. The temperamental film-stars returned to their tasks - peace reigned in the dove cot!" https://store.earthstation1.com/the-churchills-3-part-1996-tv-miniseries-mp4-video-download-2-3199642.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hoover Vs The Kennedys The Second Civil War TV Series MP4 Download DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1888: #BOTD: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American banker, investor, businessman, philanthropist, gangster, bootlegger, film studio executive, film producer and diplomat known for his high-profile positions in United States politics, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. November 18, 1969) is #born Joseph Patrick Kennedy at 151 Meridian Street in East Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy was married to Rose Kennedy, and three of their nine children attained distinguished political positions: President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), and longtime Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (1932-2009). He was a leading member of the Democratic Party and of the Irish Catholic community. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be the first chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and later directed the Maritime Commission. Kennedy served as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1938 until late 1940, when he annoyed Roosevelt by his pessimism about Britain's survival. Employing tactics no longer legal on Wall Street, Kennedy profited from the stock market crash of 1929, and thrived during the Great Depression caused by the unscrupulous activities of "investors" such as himself. Later, Kennedy rolled over the profits by investing in real estate and a wide range of business industries across the United States. During World War I, he was an assistant general manager of a Boston area Bethlehem Steel shipyard, through which he developed a friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In the 1920s Kennedy made huge profits from reorganizing and refinancing several Hollywood studios, ultimately merging several acquisitions into Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) studios. During Prohibition, Kennedy gained a reputation as an importer, with the assistance of organized crime figures such as Meyer Lansky, of illegal liquor from overseas. After Prohibition ended in 1933, Kennedy consolidated an even larger fortune when he traveled to Scotland with the President's son James Roosevelt to negotiate contracts for distribution rights for Scotch whisky. His company, Somerset Importers, became the exclusive American agent for Gordon's Gin and Dewar's Scotch. In addition, Kennedy purchased spirits-importation rights from Schenley Industries, a firm in Canada. He owned the largest office building in the country, Chicago's Merchandise Mart, giving his family an important base in that city and an alliance with the Irish-American political leadership there. His term as ambassador and political ambitions ended abruptly during the Battle Of Britain in November 1940, with the publishing of his controversial remarks suggesting that "Democracy is finished in England. It may be here, [in the US]." Kennedy resigned under pressure shortly afterwards. In later years, Kennedy worked behind the scenes to continue building the financial and political fortunes of the Kennedy family. After a disabling stroke in 1961, Kennedy developed aphasia and lost all power of speech, but remained mentally intact. He was confined to a wheelchair until his death at his Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home following a long series strokes and heart attacks, aged 81. He had outlived four of his children. He is buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy's widow Rose was buried next to him following her death in 1995 at age 104, as was their daughter Rosemary in 2005. https://store.earthstation1.com/hoover-vs-the-kennedys-the-second-civil-war-tv-series-mp4-download-dv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hirohito: Behind The Myth War Responsiblity MP4 Download DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1941: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Road To War: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Asiatic-Pacific Theater: The Attack On Pearl Harbor (The Battle Of Pearl Harbor, The Hawaii Operation, Operation AI, Operation Z): -- Japanese Emperor Hirohito takes his grandfather Emperor Meiji's Tanka (Japanese: "Short Poem", "Short Song") -- a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature, itself a short form of the original Waka ("Japanese Poem", "Japanese Song") and distinguished from the longer Choka ("Long Poem", "Long Song") that was likewise derived from Waka -- and reads it aloud at his conference with the two military chiefs of staff of The Imperial General Headquarters: Chief Of The Army General Staff Hajime Sugiyama (1940-1944) and Chief Of The Navy General Staff Osami Nagano (1941-1944). The poem was one Emperor Meiji wrote at the start of the Russo-Japanese War in order to express his sincere desire to avoid war. One of the translations, by JapanForward.com, is: ========= "The four seas are born from a single womb, why then should wind and waves rise in discord?" ========= After Hirohito read it, he asked what Sugiyama and Nagano thought of it. The general historical interpretation of this bit of imperial theater is that Hirohito was exerting soft pressure on his counselors to give diplomacy a chance to adjust Japan's relationship with the US. Ryuzo Sejima, former chairman of C. Itoh & Co. (now Itochu Corporation), was at that time serving with the Army General Staff at Imperial Headquarters; he later described how deeply moved he was when he heard about what had happened from a superior. Despite the clear messaging that Hirohito's reading of Meiji's poem was intended to communicate, it did not prevent the inertial advance towards war by the Japanese warlords. https://store.earthstation1.com/hirohito-behind-the-myth-war-responsiblity-mp4-download-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Clive James' Fame In The 20th Century TV Series DVD Set MP4 USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 2007: #DOTD: #RIP: Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all times (b. October 12, 1935) #dies at his home in Modena, Italy of pancreatic cancer, aged 71. After his death, his manager, Terri Robson, noted in a statement, "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness". Pavarotti's funeral was held at Modena Cathedral, attended by then Prime Minister Romano Prodi and Kofi Annan. The Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, flew overhead, leaving green-white-red smoke trails. After a funeral procession through the centre of Modena, Pavarotti's coffin was taken the final ten kilometres (6 miles) to Montale Rangone, a village part of Castelnuovo Rangone, and was interred in the Pavarotti family crypt. The funeral, in its entirety, was also telecast live on CNN. The Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival Hall flew black flags in mourning. Tributes were published by many opera houses, such as London's Royal Opera House. Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight Of The Grand Cross) OMRI (Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic), was born on the outskirts of Modena. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for the quality of his tone, and eventually established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century, achieving the honorific title "King of the High Cs". As one of the Three Tenors operatic singing group of Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, who performed their first concert during the 1990 FIFA World Cup before a global audience, Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Pavarotti was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles, and Puccini works such as La boheme, Tosca, Turandot and Madama Butterfly. He sold over 100 million records, and the first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others. He died from pancreatic cancer on 6 September 2007. https://store.earthstation1.com/clive-james39-fame-in-the-20th-century-tv-series-dvd-set-mp4-usb-39204.html

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Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Roger Waters, English musician, singer, songwriter and composer, co-founder of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, is #born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey, South East England. Waters initially served only as the bassist and back-up singer of Pink Floyd, but following the departure of singer and songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1983. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. They settled out of court in 1987. Waters's solo work includes the studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), and Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017). In 2005, he released Ca Ira, an opera translated from Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gils' libretto about the French Revolution. In 1990, Waters staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall - Live in Berlin, with an attendance of 450,000. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Later that year, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event, the group's only appearance with Waters since 1981. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999; he performed The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006-2008, and the Wall Live tour of 2010-2013 was the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist at the time. https://store.earthstation1.com/music-documentaries-dvd-clapton-pink-floyd-zappa-glass-jazz.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: 25x5: The Continuing Adventures Of The Rolling Stones DVD, MP4, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

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

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Akira Kurosawa (1979) Film Director Documentary DVD, Download, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1998: #DOTD: #RIP: Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter, regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema (b. March 23, 1910) #dies of a stroke in Setagaya, Tokyo, at the age of 88. He is buried at Anyo-In Temple Cemetery in Kamakura, Kamakura-shi, Japan. Akira Kurosawa was born Kurosawa Akira in Oimachi in the Omori district of Tokyo, Japan. Akira Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Following a brief stint as a painter, a talent which helped him throughout his film career, he spent years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter. He made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another 15 films. Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the 1952 Venice Film Festival. The commercial and critical success of that film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Kurosawa directed approximately a film a year, including a number of highly regarded (and often adapted) films, such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961). After the 1960s, he became much less prolific, though his later work: including his final two epics, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985): continued to win awards though more often abroad than in Japan. In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. https://store.earthstation1.com/akira-kurosawa-film-director-dvd.html

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

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1901: United States Presidential Assassination Attempts And Plots: United States Presidential Assassinations: The Assassination Of William McKinley: -- Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley in the Temple of Music, a concert hall and auditorium built for the Pan-American Exposition world's fair in Buffalo, New York; McKinley would die eight days later, and would be succeeded as president by Theodore Roosevelt. William McKinley (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination, six months into his second term. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of free silver (effectively, expansionary monetary policy). McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major. After the war, he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton. In 1876, he was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican Party's expert on the protective tariff, which he promised would bring prosperity. His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial; which together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office, led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890. He was elected Governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. With the aid of his close adviser Mark Hanna, he secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896, amid a deep economic depression. He defeated his Democratic rival, William Jennings Bryan, after a front porch campaign in which he advocated "sound money" (the gold standard unless altered by international agreement) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity. Rapid economic growth marked McKinley's presidency. He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition, and in 1900, he secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. McKinley hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed, he led the nation into the Spanish-American War of 1898; the U.S. victory was quick and decisive. As part of the peace settlement, Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines; Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the U.S. Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a U.S. territory. Historians regard McKinley's 1896 victory as a realigning election, in which the political stalemate of the post-Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, which began with the Progressive Era. McKinley defeated Bryan again in the 1900 presidential election, in a campaign focused on imperialism, protectionism, and free silver. His legacy was suddenly cut short when he was shot on September 6, 1901 by Leon Czolgosz, a second-generation Polish-American with anarchist leanings; McKinley died eight days later, and was succeeded by his Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. As an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment, McKinley's presidency is generally considered above average, though his highly positive public perception was soon overshadowed by Roosevelt. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-indomitable-teddy-roosevelt-george-c-scott-john-philip-sousa-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Duck & Cover & More! Nuclear War Information Films DVD, Download, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1962: Civil Defense: Civil Defense In The United States: Civil Defense In The Nuclear Age: Civil Defense In The Nuclear Age In The United States: Emergency Management: Nuclear Emergency Management: Emergency Management In The United States: Nuclear Emergency Management In The United States: Nuclear Warfare: Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus: Exercise Spade Fork/High Heels II: -- The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill. Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus was a plan developed by the United States in the 1950s to guide the federal government in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic nuclear attack. Plan D-Minus was part of the National Plan for Emergency Preparedness, which also included Mobilization Plan C (providing direction for federal planning in the three weeks prior to a global nuclear war). Exercise Spade Fork, a training exercise simulating D-Minus conditions, was run from September 6, 1962 to September 27, 1962, concluding just weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the Spade Fork scenario, the first weapon to hit the United States was a decapitation strike at the President Kennedy's Hammersmith Farm residence in Newport, Rhode Island. The exercise was timed to coincide with the command post exercise High Heels II, the military parallel to the civilian Spade Fork. Though long-planned to test nuclear war preparedness, the exercises were modified on September 17 by Gen. Herbert B. Powell to provide cover for the mobilization of units of the Fourth United States Army for deployment to Mississippi, whose governor Ross Barnett was then resisting a court order to desegregate the University of Mississippi, a stand-off that would result in the school desegration crisis in conflict with the Kennedy administration known as The Ole Miss Riot Of 1962. https://store.earthstation1.com/duck-and-cover-and-more-atomic-war-films-2-dual-layer-dvd2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Eyes On The Prize II: America At The Racial Crossroads DVD MP4 USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1966: Civil Rights Movements: The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): The Ghetto Riots (The Ghetto Rebellions, The Race Riots, The Negro Riots) (1964-1969): The Summerhill Riot (The Summerhill Uprising, The Atlanta Rebellion): -- A group of Summerhill residents, which grew to over a thousand people, gather together in the majority black neighborhood of Summerhill in response to the police shooting of an unarmed black man, Harold Prather, and to protest longterm local problems related to ongoing inequities, including discriminatory policing, poor housing, inadequate public services, the urban renewal policies that had afffected the neighborhood, and the recent construction of the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on the edge of Summerhill. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which had been active in Atlanta since its founding in 1960, became involved when members of the organization joined the protests. A heavy police presence was met with resistance by protestors, which resulted in the image of the events being depicted as a "riot" rather than a protest. As the sitatuion escalated, Mayor Allen visited the neighborhood of Summerhill to address protestors directly, and series of memorable photographs were taken of Mayor Allen at the "riot". Allen placed blame for the events directly on SNCC, and members of SNCC, including Carmichael, would be arrested soon after. The Summerhill Uprising was reported in the national media in this negative light, and accordingly, Mayor Allen received widespread praise for his response. A chapter in Allen's memoir, "Mayor: Notes On The Sixties", entitled "Riot", provides his view of the events in Summerhill. The Ghetto Riots were as series of outbreaks of violent summer social unrest by African American groups across the United States in the mid-to-late 1960s. The six days of unrest throughout New York City during The Harlem Riot Of 1964 is viewed as the first of clusters of riots, uncoordinated with each other, evidently unplanned, most often in cities during the summer months. The pattern caused 159 separate incidents of violence and unrest over the long, hot summer of 1967 (the most destructive riots taking place in Detroit and Newark), came to a climax during the national wave of King assassination riots in over 100 American cities in 1968, and subsided in 1969. https://store.earthstation1.com/eyes-on-the-prize-ii-dvd-set-4-discs-complete-2nd-seri42.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Decades: The 1960s TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1960: The Olympic Games (The Olympics): The 1960 Summer Olympics: (Italian: Giochi Olimpici Estivi Del 1960) (The Games Of The XI Olympiad [Italian: Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade], Rome 1960): Track And Field At The 1960 Summer Olympics: The Decathlon At The 1960 Summer Olympics: -- Rafer Johnson becomes the first African American to become an Olympic Decathlon winner. The crown to his athletic career, Johnson's most serious rival in this contest was Yang Chuan-Kwang (C. K. Yang) of Taiwan. Yang also studied at UCLA; the two trained together under UCLA track coach Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake and had become friends. In the decathlon, the lead swung back and forth between them. Finally, after nine events, Johnson led Yang by a small margin, but Yang was known to be better in the final event, the 1500 m. According to The Telegraph (UK), "legend has it" that Drake gave coaching to both men, with him advising Johnson to stay close to Yang and be ready for "a hellish sprint" at the end, and advising Yang to put as much distance between himself and Johnson before the final sprint as possible. Johnson ran his personal best at 4:49.7 and finished just 1.2 sec slower than Yang, winning the gold by 58 points with an Olympic record total of 8,392 points. Both athletes were exhausted and drained and came to a stop a few paces past the finish line leaning against each other for support. With this victory, Johnson ended his athletic career. https://store.earthstation1.com/decades-the-1960s-dvd-set-peter-jennings-tv-series-3-19603.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Shlemiel, The Shlemazl & The Doppess: Yiddish DVD, MP4, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 2007: Religion: The History Of Religion: Abrahamic Religions: Judaism: The History Of Judaism: Jewish Languages: Yiddish ("Jewish") (Yidish-Taytsh ["Judeo-German"]): -- Yiddish language internet domain names first become available when Sweden permits such domains to use their country's national country code top-level domain (ccTLD) suffix .se for their registration. Yiddish is a West Germanic language that originated in 9th century among Ashkenazi Jews, a Jewish diaspora population that emerged in the Central Europe domains of The Holy Roman Empire, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet; however, there are variations, including the standardized YIVO orthography that employs the Latin alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11-13 million speakers. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers, leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Assimilation following World War II and aliyah (immigration to Israel) further decreased the use of Yiddish among survivors after adapting to Hebrew in Israel. However, the number of Yiddish-speakers is increasing in Hasidic communities. In 2014, YIVO stated that "most people who speak Yiddish in their daily lives are Hasidim and other Haredim", whose population was estimated at the time to be between 500,000 and 1 million. A 2021 estimate from Rutgers University was that there were 250,000 American speakers, 250,000 Israeli speakers, and 100,000 in the rest of the world (for a total of 600,000). The earliest surviving references date from the 12th century and call the language "Ashknaz" ("The Language Of Ashkenaz") or "Taytsh", a variant of tiutsch, the contemporary name for Middle High German. Colloquially, the language is sometimes called "Mame-Loshn" ("The Mother Tongue"), distinguishing it from "Loshn Koydesh" ("Holy Tongue"), meaning Hebrew and Aramaic. The term "Yiddish", short for "Yidish Taitsh" ("Jewish German"), did not become the most frequently used designation in the literature until the 18th century. In the late 19th and into the 20th century, the language was more commonly called "Jewish", especially in non-Jewish contexts, but "Yiddish" is again the most common designation today. Modern Yiddish has two major forms: Eastern and Western. Eastern Yiddish is far more common today. It includes Southeastern (Ukrainian-Romanian), Mideastern (Polish-Galician-Eastern Hungarian) and Northeastern (Lithuanian-Belarusian) dialects. Eastern Yiddish differs from Western both by its far greater size and by the extensive inclusion of words of Slavic origin. Western Yiddish is divided into Southwestern (Swiss-Alsatian-Southern German), Midwestern (Central German), and Northwestern (Netherlandic-Northern German) dialects. Yiddish is used in a number of Haredi Jewish communities worldwide; it is the first language of the home, school, and in many social settings among many Haredi Jews, and is used in most Hasidic yeshivas. The term "Yiddish" is also used in the adjectival sense, synonymously with "Ashkenazi Jewish", to designate attributes of Yiddishkeit ("Ashkenazi Culture"; for example, "Yiddish Cooking" and "Yiddish Music" (Yiddish: "Klezmer"). https://store.earthstation1.com/the-shlemiel-the-shlemazl-amp-the-doppess-yiddish-dvd-mp4-usbht4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: American Revolutionary War Documentaries DVD, Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1757: #BOTD #HBD! Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in the United States often known simply as Lafayette. who for his accomplishments in the service of both France and the United States is known as "The Hero Of The Two Worlds", French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War (d. May 20, 1834) is #born in Chavaniac, France. A close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. Born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France, Lafayette came from a wealthy landowning family. He followed its martial tradition, and was commissioned an officer at age 13. He became convinced that the American cause in its revolutionary war was noble, and traveled to the New World seeking glory in it. There, he was made a major general; however, the 19-year-old was initially not given troops to command. Wounded during the Battle of Brandywine, he still managed to organize an orderly retreat. He served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island. In the middle of the war, he returned home to lobby for an increase in French support. He again sailed to America in 1780, and was given senior positions in the Continental Army. In 1781, troops in Virginia under his command blocked forces led by Cornwallis until other American and French forces could position themselves for the decisive Siege Of Yorktown. Lafayette returned to France, and in 1787 was appointed to the Assembly of Notables, which was convened in response to the fiscal crisis. He was elected a member of the Estates-General of 1789, where representatives met from the three traditional orders of French society - the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. After the forming of the National Constituent Assembly, he helped write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, with Thomas Jefferson's assistance; inspired by the United States Declaration Of Independence, this document invoked natural law to establish basic principles of the democratic nation-state. In keeping with the philosophy of natural liberty, Lafayette also advocated for the end of slavery. After the storming of the Bastille, Lafayette was appointed Commander-In-Chief of the National Guard and tried to steer a middle course through the French Revolution. In August 1792, the radical factions ordered his arrest. Fleeing through the Austrian Netherlands, he was captured by Austrian troops and spent more than five years in prison. Lafayette returned to France after Napoleon Bonaparte secured his release in 1797, though he refused to participate in Napoleon's government. After the Bourbon Restoration of 1814, he became a liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies, a position he held for most of the remainder of his life. In 1824, President James Monroe invited Lafayette to the United States as the nation's guest; during the trip, he visited all twenty-four states in the union at the time, meeting a rapturous reception. During France's July Revolution of 1830, Lafayette declined an offer to become the French dictator. Instead, he supported Louis-Philippe as king, but turned against him when the monarch became autocratic. Lafayette died aged 76 at 6 rue d'Anjou-Saint-Honore in Paris (now 8 rue d'Anjou in the 8th arrondissement of Paris); in February he had collapsed at a funeral from pneumonia, then recovered, but the following May was wet, and he became bedridden after being caught in a thunderstorm. He was buried next to his wife at the Picpus Cemetery under soil from Bunker Hill, which his son Georges Washington sprinkled upon him. King Louis-Philippe ordered a military funeral in order to keep the public from attending, and crowds formed to protest their exclusion. In the United States, President Jackson ordered that Lafayette receive the same memorial honors that had been bestowed on Washington at his death in December 1799. Both Houses of Congress were draped in black bunting for 30 days, and members wore mourning badges. Congress urged Americans to follow similar mourning practices. Later that year, former president John Quincy Adams gave a eulogy of Lafayette that lasted three hours, calling him "high on the list of the pure and disinterested benefactors of mankind". https://store.earthstation1.com/american-revolutionary-war-dvd-documentaries.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The African-American Civil War 54th Massachusetts Infantry DVD MP4 USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6-7, 1863: The American Civil War (The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Western Theater Of The American Civil War: The Battles Of The Lower Seaboard Theater And Gulf Approach Of The American Civil War: Operations Against The Defenses Of Charleston During The American Civil War: The Battles Of Fort Wagner (The Battles Of Battery Wagner): The Second Battle Of Fort Wagner (The Second Assault Of Battery Wagner, The Second Assault On Morris Island; The Battle Of Fort Wagner, The Battle Of Battery Wagner, The Battle Of Morris Island): The Evacuation Of Fort Wagner (The Evacuation Of Battery Wagner): -- After enduring almost 60 days of heavy U.S. shelling in the aftermath of both The First And Second Battles Of Fort Wagner, Confederate forces conduct an overnight evacuation of Fort Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina, withdrawing all operable cannons and the garrison with them. Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor. It was the site of two American Civil War battles in the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston in 1863, and it is considered one of the toughest beachhead defenses constructed by the Confederate Army. The main reason the fort was abandoned was a concern about the loss of the garrison due to artillery fire and the threat of imminent assault. On September 6, the garrison commander, Colonel Keitt, wrote to his superiors, "The garrison must be taken away immediately after dark, or it will be destroyed or captured. It is idle to deny that the heavy Parrott shells have breached the walls and are knocking away the bomb-proofs. Pray have boats immediately after dark at Cummings Point to take away the men. I say deliberately that this must be done or the garrison will be sacrificed. I am sending the wounded and sick now to Cummings Point, and will continue to do so, if possible, until all are gone. I have a number of them now there. I have not in the garrison 400 effective men, including artillery. The engineers agree in opinion with me, or, rather, shape my opinion. I shall say no more." A council of war in Charleston on the 4th had already reached the same conclusion, and the evacuation was carried out as planned. After the war a "Lost Cause" revisionist story arose claiming it was the lack of access to fresh water the caused the Confederates to evacuate. This claim stated that bodies of the Union troops (54th Massachusetts and many white troops) were buried close to the fort and the decomposition of the bodies poisoned the fresh water well within the fort. Continuing bombardment and interception of food/water supplies by boat from Charleston made holding the fort difficult. This version of the story is directly contradicted by official Confederate correspondence at the time of the evacuation. Named for deceased Lt. Col. Thomas M. Wagner, who was killed when a cannon exploded during an inspection at Fort Moultrieat the entrance to Charleston Harbor, Fort Wagner measured 250 by 100 yards (91 m), and spanned an area between the Atlantic on the east and an impassable swamp on the west. Its walls, composed of sand and earth, rose 30 feet (9.1 m) above the level beach and were supported by palmetto logs and sandbags. The fort's arsenal included fourteen cannons, the largest a 10-inch (250 mm) Columbiad that fired a 128-pound shell. It was a large structure capable of sheltering nearly 1,000 of the fort's 1,700-man garrison and provided substantial protection against naval shelling. The fort's land face was protected by a water-filled trench, 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and 5 feet (1.5 m) deep, surrounded by buried land mines and sharpened palmetto stakes. The fort itself was supported by defenses throughout Morris Island. The First Battle Of Fort Wagner, occurred on July 11, 1863. Only 12 Confederate soldiers were killed, as opposed to 339 losses for the U.S. side. The Second Battle Of Fort Wagner, a week later, was the famous Union attack on July 18, 1863, led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first major American military units made up of black soldiers. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts on foot while they charged, and was killed in the assault. Although a tactical defeat, the publicity of the Battle Of Fort Wagner led to further action for black U.S. troops in the Civil War, and it spurred additional recruitment that gave the Union Army a further numerical advantage in troops over the South. Union forces besieged the fort after the unsuccessful assault. By August 25, Union entrenchments were close enough to attempt an assault on the Advanced Rifle Pits, 240 yards in front of the Battery, but the attempt was defeated. A second attempt, by the 24th Massachusetts Infantry, on August 26 was successful. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-africanamerican-civil-war-54th-massachusetts-infantry-dvd-mp4-544.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Last Cause Spanish Civil War TV Series + Bonus MP4 Download DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1937: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Spanish Civil War: 1937 In The Spanish Civil War: The Asturias Offensive: The Battle Of El Mazucu: -- Nationalist forces begin their sixteen-day assault the Republican defence of El Mazucu and the surrounding mountains. which had halted their advance into eastern Asturias, despite their forces being outnumbered sevenfold. The Battle Of El Mazucu, almost certainly the first battle to use carpet bombing against a military target, was fought from September 6-22, 1937 following the September 5, fall of the municipality of Llanes to the Nationalists following a one-day siege. Despite this victory, the Nationalists' advance into eastern Asturias could only proceed from Llances along routes commanded by limestone mountain positions held by stalrward Republican forces. The Nationalists had to clear the defenders from these mountains in order to advance, and to do that they planned a pincer movement moving southwest from Llanes and west, along Cares river, from Panes towards Cabrales. On both fronts, the rugged terrain and stiff Republican resistance halted the advance, making it clear that the mountains of the Sierra de Cuera were vital to the defence of Asturias, and that the key to the Sierra de Cuera was the pass of El Mazucu, precipitating The Battle Of El Mazucu. After weeks of intense fighting over extreme terrain the defenders were eventually overwhelmed, and the Nationalists were then able to link up with their forces advancing from Leon, leading to the fall of Gijon and the abandonment of Asturias, the last Republican province in North-West Spain. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-last-cause-spanish-civil-war-all-3-tv-shows-dual-layer-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: After The War: The Marshall Plan + Bonus DVD MP4 Download USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1946: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1947-1953): The Restatement Of Policy On Germany Speech (The Speech Of Hope): -- United States Secretary Of State James F. Byrnes announces in his "Restatement Of Policy On Germany" speech that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. It set the tone of future US policy as it repudiated the Morgenthau Plan (an economic program that would permanently deindustrialize Germany) and with its message of a change to a policy of economic reconstruction gave the Germans hope for the future. Nevertheless, it was controversial at home and abroad, and it took Secretary Of State George Marshall's June 5, 1947 speech at Harvard University calling for economic aid to war-torn Europe as well as Germany that utlimately won over domestic and world opinion, a plan officially known as the European Recovery Program (ERP) and popularly as The Marshall Plan. https://store.earthstation1.com/after-the-war-the-marshall-plan-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War Jets: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat MP4 Video Download DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1976: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: Soviet Defections To The United States: Soviet Aviation Defections To The United States: Viktor Belenko's MiG-25 Foxbat Defection: -- Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: "Foxbat") jet fighter at Hakodate, Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted. George H. W. Bush, the Director of Central Intelligence at the time, called the opportunity to examine the plane up close an "intelligence bonanza" for the West. This was the first time that Western military intelligence were able to get a close look at the aircraft and its specifications, and many secrets and surprises were revealed. His defection caused significant damage to the Soviet Air Force. Belenko was granted asylum by U.S. President Gerald Ford, and a trust fund was set up for him, which granted him a very comfortable living in later years. The US government debriefed him for five months after his defection and employed him as a consultant for several years thereafter. Belenko had brought with him the pilot's manual for the MiG-25 since he expected to assist US pilots in evaluating and testing the aircraft. The Japanese government had originally allowed the United States to examine the plane and to conduct ground tests of the radar and engines only, however it subsequently allowed the US to dismantle the plane to examine it extensively. The plane was moved by a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Hakodate to Hyakuri Air Base on September 25, and by then, experts had determined that the plane was an interceptor, not a fighter-bomber, which was a welcome reassurance for Japanese defense planners. On October 2, 1976, the Japanese Government announced that it would ship the aircraft back to the Soviet Union in crates from the port of Hitachi, and billed the Soviets 40K USD for crating services and airfield damage at Hakodate. The Soviets responded with a request to return the plane via their own Antonov An-22 aircraft after a rigorous inspection of the crates, the Japanese government refused and the Soviets finally submitted to the Japanese terms on October 22, 1976. The aircraft was moved from Hyakuri to the port of Hitachi on November 11, 1976 on a convoy of trailers. It left in 30 crates aboard the Soviet cargo ship Taigonos on November 15, 1976 and arrived about three days later in Vladivostok. A team of Soviet technicians had been allowed to view subassemblies at Hitachi, and upon finding 20 missing parts, one being film of the flight to Hakodate, the Soviets attempted to charge Japan 10M USD. Neither the Japanese nor the Soviet bill is known to have been paid. A senior diplomat described the Soviet position as "sulky about the whole affair." The CIA concluded at the time that "both countries seem anxious to put the problem behind them" and speculated that the Soviets were reluctant to cancel a series of upcoming diplomatic visits because "some useful business is likely to be transacted, and because the USSR, with its political standing in Tokyo so low, can ill afford setbacks in Soviet-Japanese economic cooperation." Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (b. February 15, 1947) was born in Nalchik, Russian SFSR, in a Russian family (his passport states his ethnicity as Russian). Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, Soviet Air Defence Forces based in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai. In 1980, the US Congress enacted S. 2961, authorizing citizenship for Belenko. It was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 14, 1980, as Private Law 96-62. After his defection, Belenko co-wrote a 1980 autobiography, MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko with Reader's Digest writer John Barron. Belenko started a new life in the United States and married a music teacher from North Dakota, Coral. He had two children from his second wife named Tom and Paul. The marriage ended in a divorce later on. Belenko also had a son from his first marriage and is known to have never divorced his first wife, providing no child support to her after his defection. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he visited Moscow in 1995 on a business trip. Belenko almost never appeared in interviews during his life in the United States. However, in a brief and informal bar interview in 2000, he said that he was happy in the United States. Belenko remarked in the interview that "[Americans] have tolerance regarding other people's opinion. In certain cultures, if you do not accept the mainstream, you would be booted out or might disappear. Here we have people - you know, who hug trees, and people who want to cut them down - and they live side by side!" The Soviet Union repeatedly spread false stories about Belenko being killed in a car accident, returning to Russia, being arrested and executed, or otherwise brought to justice. https://store.earthstation1.com/war-jets-the-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-25-foxbat-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Tailspin: Behind The Korean Airliner Tragedy KAL007 DVD MP4 USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1983: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1962-1979): The Cold War Era Of Stagnation (1964-1982): The Cold War In Asia: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aviation Incidents And Accidents: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007): -- The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating its operatives did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. On September 1, 1983, KAL007 was shot down by a Russian fighter jet while on route from New York to Seoul, killing all 269 persons on board, including U.S. Congressman Lawrence McDonald of Georgia. The Boeing 747 reportedly strayed 100 miles off course over secret Soviet Russian military installations on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island. It crashed in the Sea of Japan. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On 1 September 1983, the South Korean airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul, but deviated from its original planned route and flew through Soviet prohibited airspace about the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance mission. The Soviet Air Forces treated the unidentified aircraft as an intruding U.S. spy plane, and proceeded to destroy it with air-to-air missiles, after firing warning shots which were likely not seen by the KAL pilots. The Korean airliner eventually crashed in the sea near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Lawrence Patton McDonald, cousin of General George S. Patton, a Representative from Georgia in the United States House Of Representatives, and the second president of the John Birch Society, a self-described conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government that has been described as a radical right and far-right organization. McDonald's radical right anti-communist credentials gave rise to a number of conspiracy theories regarding the airliner shoot-down; the subject of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Alternative Theories concerns the various and ongoing controversy and theories put forward regarding the shooting down of plane. Many of these are based on the suppression of evidence such as the flight data recorders, unexplained details such as the role of a USAF RC-135 surveillance aircraft nearby the shoot-down, or merely Cold War disinformation and propaganda. The Soviets found the wreckage under the sea on September 15, and found the flight recorders in October, but this information was kept secret until 1993. The Soviet Union initially denied knowledge of the incident, but later admitted shooting down the aircraft, claiming that it was on a MASINT spy mission. The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union said it was a deliberate provocation by the United States to probe the Soviet Union's military preparedness, or even to provoke a war. The White House accused the Soviet Union of obstructing search and rescue operations. The Soviet Armed Forces suppressed evidence sought by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) investigation, such as the flight recorders, which were released eight years later, after the Dissolution Of The Soviet Union. The incident was one of the most tense moments of the Cold War and resulted in an escalation of anti-Soviet sentiment, particularly in the United States. As a result of the incident, the United States altered tracking procedures for aircraft departing from Alaska. The interface of the autopilot used on airliners was redesigned to make it more ergonomic. In addition, the incident was one of the most important events that prompted the Reagan administration to allow worldwide access to the United States Global Positioning System (GPS). https://store.earthstation1.com/tailspin-behind-the-korean-airliner-tragedy-dvd-kal007-shootd007.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: V-Weapons: V-1 & V-2 Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1944: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Western Front Of World War II: Science And Technology During World War II: Science And Technology In Nazi Germany: Research And Development In Nazi Germany (R & D In Nazi Germany): Wunderwaffen (German: "Wonder Weapons", "Miracle Weapons"); V-Weapons (German: Vergeltungswaffen, "Vengeance Weapons", "Retaliatory Weapons", "Reprisal Weapons"): The V-2 (The V-2 Rocket, German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Vengeance Weapon 2"; Aggregat 4, German: "Aggregate 4", A-4): -- V-2 rocket launching sites are set up by the Germans around The Hague in the Netherlands. The first was launched from here against London on September 8, 1944 and took an estimated 5 minutes to fly the 200 miles (320 km) from the Hague to London, where it struck at 6:43pm on Chiswick, causing 13 casualties. As the V-2 explosions came without warning, the government initially attempted to conceal their cause by blaming them on defective gas mains. However, the public was not fooled and soon began sardonically referring to the V-2s as "Flying gas pipes". Intercepting the supersonic V-2 missiles in flight proved virtually impossible, and other countermeasures, such as bombing the launch sites, were fairly ineffectual. Sustained bombardment continued until March 1945. The final missiles arrived on March 27, 1945, with one of them killing 134 people and injuring 49 when it hit a block of flats in Stepney. https://store.earthstation1.com/vweapons-v1-v2-german-wwii-weapons-2-dual-layer-d122.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Unknown War: The Great Patriotic War Series WWII USSR DVD MP4 USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 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 Great Patriotic War (The German-Soviet War): World War II In Estonia: The Tartu Offensive Operation (Russian: Tartuskaya Nastupatel'naya Operatsiya) (The Battle Of Tartu [Estonian: Tartu Lahing], The Battle Of Emajogi [Estonian: Emajoe Lahingud, German: Schlacht Am Embach]): -- Forces of the Soviet 3rd Baltic Front capture the city of Tartu, the intellectual centre of the country and the second largest city of Estonia (after Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn), from elements of the German Army Group North. The Tartu Offensive Operation, also known as The Battle Of Tartu and The Battle Of Emajogi, was a campaign fought over southeastern Estonia in 1944. The Soviet tactical aim of the offensive was to defeat the German 18th Army, and to capture the city of Tartu. The strategic goal was a quick occupation of Estonia for the purposes of annexation. The Soviet command planned to reach the coast of the Gulf of Riga and trap the German Army Detachment "Narwa". The German side involved Estonian conscripts, which fought to defend their country against the looming Soviet annexation. The 3rd Baltic Front captured Tartu. The conquest caused the destruction of the Estonian National Museum and 40 million rubles worth of damage to the University of Tartu, the nation's oldest and most renowned university. The German Wehrmacht's Kampfgruppe "Wagner" stabilised the front at the Emajogi River. The German XXVIII Army Corps supported by the Estonian Omakaitse ("Mome Guard") militia stalled the front at the Vaike Emajogi and Gauja Rivers, preventing the 3rd Baltic Front from cutting off the "Narwa". https://store.earthstation1.com/the-unknown-war-complete-tv-series-soviet-union-wwii-10-dvd-s10.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Leningrad: The Hero City Documentary On WWII DVD, Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): St. Peterburg (Petrograd, Leningrad): The History Of St. Petersburg: The 1991 Leningrad Municipal Election Name Change Referendum: The Dissolution Of The Soviet Union: The Revolutions Of 1989 (The Fall Of Nations, The Autumn Of Nations, The Fall Of Communism): The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Russia: The History Of Russia: The 1991 Soviet Coup D'Etat Attempt (Russian: Popytka Sovetskogo Gosudarstvennogo Perevorota 1991 Goda) (The 1991 Soviet Coup [Russian: Sovetskiy Perevorot 1991 Goda], The August Coup [Avgustovskiy Perevorot], The Kremlin Coup [Kremlevskiy Perevorot]): The Aftermath Of The 1991 Soviet Coup D'Etat Attempt:-- In accordance with 55% of voters during the non-binding referendum of The 1991 Leningrad Municipal Election of June 12, 1991, and in the aftermatch of The 1991 Soviet Coup D'Etat Attempt that occured between August 19 and August 22 and the resulting collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian legislators vote that the name of the Russian city of Leningrad should revert to that given it by its founder, Tsar Peter The Great: Saint Petersburg. On September 1, 1914, the name had been changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, and it was changed again on January 26, 1924 to Leningrad, in honor of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Sankt-Peterburg) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port, it is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Between 1713 and 1728 and in 1732-1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government bodies moved to Moscow, which is about 625 km (388 miles) to the south-east. Saint Petersburg is one of the most modern cities of Russia, as well as its cultural capital. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. Many foreign consulates, international corporations, banks and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/leningrad-the-hero-city-dvd-cities-at-war-wwii-russia.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Yellowstone Fires Of 1988 Documentary DVD, Download, USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 5-7, 1988: Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters In The United States: Fires: Conflagrations: Conflagrations In The United States: Wildfires (Forest Fires, Bushfires, Brushfires, Wildland Fires, Rural Fires): The Yellowstone Fires Of 1988: The North Fork Fire: -- Between September 5 and 7, a dry front pushed flames along the southern section of The North Fork Fire, the largest fire in Yellowstone National Parkm towards the large Old Faithful visitor complex adjacent to the Upper Geyser Basin. All non-emergency personnel were ordered to be evacuated; however, political issues influenced National Park Service management directives and the complex was not completely closed to incoming tourists, with some visitors still arriving at Old Faithful not long before the intense fire hit by mid afternoon. An all out aerial bombardment with air tankers dropping fire retardant failed. Firefighters concentrated on structure protection, especially those of historical significance such as the Old Faithful Inn, using fire engines and portable water pumping systems to keep the roofs and other surfaces of the structures wet. 1,200 firefighters including 120 military personnel dug fire lines and cleared away brush near structures. Winds crested up to 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) as the fire approached from the west. The fires spread to forested sections near to, but generally away from, major structures, but 19 small structures were destroyed and there was also extensive damage to an old dormitory. The fire was so intense that vehicles left near the fire had their wheels melted, windshields shattered and paint scorched. Though most of the Old Faithful complex had been spared, the park service decided that for the first time, the entire park would be closed to non-emergency personnel on September 8. The Yellowstone Fires Of 1988 collectively formed the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions and increasing winds, combining into one large conflagration which burned for several months. The fires almost destroyed two major visitor destinations and, on September 8, 1988, the entire park closed to all non-emergency personnel for the first time in its history. Only the arrival of cool and moist weather in the late autumn brought the fires to an end. A total of 793,880 acres (3,213 km2), or 36 percent of the park, was affected by the wildfires. Thousands of firefighters fought the fires, assisted by dozens of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft which were used for water and fire retardant drops. At the peak of the effort, more than 9,000 firefighters were assigned to the park. With fires raging throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and other areas in the western United States, the staffing levels of the National Park Service and other land management agencies were inadequate for the situation; more than 4,000 U.S. military personnel were soon brought in to assist in wildfire suppression efforts. The firefighting effort cost 120M USD (260M USD in 2020). Losses to structures were minimized by concentrating firefighting efforts near major visitor areas, keeping property damage down to 3M USD (6M USD as of 2020). No firefighters died while fighting the Yellowstone fires, though there were two fire-related deaths outside the park. Before the late 1960s, fires were generally believed to be detrimental for parks and forests, and management policies were aimed at suppressing fires as quickly as possible. However, as the beneficial ecological role of fire became better understood in the decades before 1988, a policy was adopted of allowing natural fires to burn under controlled conditions, which proved highly successful in reducing the area lost annually to wildfires. In contrast, in 1988, Yellowstone was overdue for a large fire, and, in the exceptionally dry summer, many smaller "controlled" fires combined. The fires burned discontinuously, leaping from one patch to another, leaving intervening areas untouched. Intense fires swept through some regions, burning everything in their paths. Tens of millions of trees and countless plants were killed by the wildfires, and some regions were left looking blackened and dead. However, more than half of the affected areas were burned by ground fires, which did less damage to hardier tree species. Not long after the fires ended, plant and tree species quickly reestablished themselves, and native plant regeneration has been highly successful. The Yellowstone Fires Of 1988 were unprecedented in the history of the National Park Service, and led to many questions about existing fire management policies. Media accounts of mismanagement were often sensational and inaccurate, sometimes wrongly reporting or implying that most of the park was being destroyed. While there were temporary declines in air quality during the fires, no adverse long-term health effects have been recorded in the ecosystem and, contrary to initial reports, few large mammals were killed by the fires, though there was a subsequent reduction in the number of moose which has yet to rebound. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-yellowstone-fires-of-1988-documentary1988.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Call To Glory: Chennault And The Flying Tigers DVD, Download, USB

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1893: #BOTD: #HBD! Claire Chennault, American general and pilot, military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic Of China Air Force in World War II (d. July 27, 1958) is #born Claire Lee Chennault, generally said to have been in Commerce, Texas, although there is no documentary proof of his birthdate or place of birth. For most of his life, he gave 1890 as his birth year, but his widow corrected that to 1893 after his death. His parents were John Stonewall Jackson Chennault and Jessie (nee Lee) Chennaurlt. His surname is of French origin; the French pronunciation is "Shen-oh", but his family pronounced it "Shen-awlt". Claire Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the United States Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment. Chennault retired from the United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an aviation adviser and trainer in China. Starting in early 1941, Chennault commanded the 1st American Volunteer Group (nicknamed Flying Tigers). One mission which never came to fruition was the bombing of Japanese cities; the bombers did not arrive before Pearl Harbor. (B-29's started bombing from China in 1944, but they were not under Chennault's command.) He headed both the volunteer group and the uniformed U.S. Army Air Forces units that replaced it in 1942. General Chennault opened up a brothel in Guilin, Guangxi, North East China for the use of his pilots, and he recruited English-speaking prostitutes from Hong Kong who fled to the inland of China to escape the Japanese. He argued that his men needed sex and it was better to have his "boys" visit a brothel that was regularly inspected to reduce venereal diseases. Chennault felt his men were going to visit brothels, regardless of what the rules said, and that was better to have them visit a brothel whose women were inspected for venereal diseases than one that was not since a man in the hospital for a venereal disease was one less man who could participate in the war. Chennault feuded constantly with General Joseph Stilwell, the U.S. Army commander in China, and helped China's leader Chiang Kai-shek to convince President Roosevelt to remove Stilwell in 1944. The China-Burma-India theater was strategically essential in order to fix many vital elements of the Imperial Japanese Army on the Chinese mainland to limit their use against Allied forces advancing towards Japan in the two Pacific campaigns. General Stilwell was enraged when he heard about Chennault's brothel and promptly had it shut down by saying it was disgraceful that an officer of the US Army Air Force would open such an establishment. Operating this establishment was one of the likely reasons that General Chennault was unceremoniously replaced as commander of the U.S. 14th Air Force by Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer in June 1945, mere weeks before final victory against Japan, and disallowed from attending the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, a victory for which he did so much and was in the vanguard of bringing about. Following the surrender of Japan in August 1945, Chennault retired from the Army Air Forces on October 31, 1945. British Field Marshal Alan Brooke, who met both Stillwell and Chennault in late 1943, wrote that Stillwell was a "hopeless crank with no vision" and Chennault was "a very gallant airman with a limited brain." Claire Chennault died at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans of carcinoma (cancer) in his left lung, aged 67. He and his wife Anna Chan Chennault are interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Chennault's surname is of French origin (The family name is French). Claire Lee Chennault was a French-American by ancestry. Chennault is often pronounced as "Shen-O"; however, his American family pronounced the surname as "Shen-Awlt". https://store.earthstation1.com/the-call-to-glory-chennault-and-the-flying-tigers-dvd-wwii.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Perspectives On 20th Century Architecture Japan MP4 Video Download DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1928: #BOTD: #HBD! Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect whose work often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west, recipient in 1993 annual Pritzker Architecture Prize presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture" (d. June 6, 2024) is #born Maki Fumihiko in Tokyo. After studying at the University of Tokyo and graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952, he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, graduating with a master's degree in 1953. He then studied at Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating with a Master of Architecture degree in 1954. In 1956, he took a post as assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also was awarded his first commission: the design of Steinberg Hall (an art center) on the university's Danforth Campus. This building remained his only completed work in the United States until 1993, when he completed the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts building in San Francisco. In 2006, he returned to Washington University in St. Louis to design the new home for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Walker Hall. In 1960 he returned to Japan to help establish the Metabolism Group. He worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in New York City and for Sert Jackson and Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts and founded Maki and Associates in 1965. In 2006, he was invited to join the judging panel for an international design competition for the new Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. Maki designed an extension building for the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was completed in 2009. After completing a 330M USD expansion of the headquarters of the United Nations in Manhattan, Maki designed Tower 4 at the former World Trade Center site which opened in 2013. While it has criticized his 51 Astor Place project as "out of place," New York magazine called Tower 4 "pretty exquisite." Maki recently designed the London campus of the Aga Khan University along with a cultural centre as part of the King's Cross development project. These were Maki's first European projects and represented the third and fourth Aga Khan projects for Maki, who also designed the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa and Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. He was also assigned by the Sonja amp; Reinhard Ernst Stiftung to design the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, Germany, to display the foundations' collection of abstract art. Spiral Building in Tokyo, 1985 Maki is known for fusing modernism with Japanese architectural traditions. For instance, he introduced the concept of oku, which is a spatial layout unique to Japan in which spaces wind around a structure. This is demonstrated in the use of walls and landscape in the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo. Fumihiko Maki died on a Thursday of natural causes at his home in Tokyo, Japan, aged 95. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. https://store.earthstation1.com/perspectives-on-20th-century-architecture-japan-d20.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In MegaSet 2 Albums 2 Blooper Sets MP3 MP4 DVD

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1937: #BOTD: #HBD! Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer is #born in Lowell, Indiana, the third of five children. Her work covers television, films, theater, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons, but she is known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In. Always known for her loud voice, Worley once said that when she attended church as a little girl, she never sang the hymns but would only lip-synch them for fear that she would drown out everyone else. Before graduating from high school, she was named school comedienne. After graduating from high school in 1955, Worley moved to Blauvelt, New York, where she began her professional career as a member of the Pickwick Players. This led to a drama scholarship to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. After studying at Midwestern for two years, Worley moved to Los Angeles to study at Los Angeles City College and the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1961, Worley received her first major break when she appeared in the musical revue Billy Barnes People in Los Angeles; this production moved to Broadway, where it ran for only six performances. However, the New York Times reviewer wrote: "Jo Anne Worley has an earthy style that suggests she could be a rowdy comedienne." In 1964, she was selected to appear as a stand-in on the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! One year later, Worley created her own nightclub act in Greenwich Village, where she was discovered by Merv Griffin in 1966. Impressed by Worley's talents, Griffin engaged her to be one of his primary guest stars on his show, where she made approximately 40 appearances on The Merv Griffin Show. In 1966, she appeared Off-Broadway in The Mad Show, a musical revue based on Mad Magazine. In 1967, Worley's stint on Griffin's show led to her discovery by George Schlatter, who soon cast her in Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In. In 1970, Worley left Laugh-In to pursue other projects and has made guest appearances on several television series, including Love, American Style, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Andy Williams Show, Adam-12, Emergency!, Murder, She Wrote, The Middle, and different game shows such as Super Password, Hollywood Squares, and the many versions of Pyramid. She continued working in various movies, television series, and theatrical performances (original productions and revivals alike) over the years. Worley also became known for her work as a voice provider for several cartoons, animated movies, and video games. Her voice work includes Nutcracker Fantasy (1979), the Disney movies Beauty and the Beast (1991), A Goofy Movie (1995), Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998), and the voice of the Wardrobe in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (2005). She remains involved with Disney, making cameos in several Disney Channel sitcoms such as Kim Possible playing the role of Bonnie Rockwaller's mother, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Jessie. Worley performed in regional theater as well. She continues to perform today in New York City and Los Angeles, and she has also given lectures. She is currently president of Actors and Others for Animals, and serves on its board of directors. https://store.earthstation1.com/rowan-and-martin-discount-set-2-albums-2-blooper-reel-sets-mp3-mp4-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Monarchy: British Royal Family History TV Series DVD MP4 USB Drive

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:01 PDT

September 6, 1997: The History Of The United Kingdom: Governments Of The United Kingdom: The Monarchy Of The United Kingdom (The British Monarchy): Royal Funerals: The Ceremonial Funeral Of Diana, Princess of Wales: -- The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television. In the early hours of August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in hospital after being injured in a motor vehicle accident in a road tunnel in Paris. Her partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived with serious injuries. Some media claimed the erratic behaviour of paparazzi following the car, as reported by the BBC, had contributed to the crash. In 1999, a French investigation found that Paul, who lost control of the vehicle at high speed while intoxicated and under the effects of prescription drugs, was solely responsible for the crash. He was the deputy head of security at the Hotel Ritz and had earlier goaded paparazzi waiting for Diana and Fayed outside the hotel. Anti-depressants and traces of an anti-psychotic in his blood may have worsened Paul's inebriation. No evidence was found that paparazzi were near the car when it crashed. In 2008, the jury at a British inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing through grossly negligent driving by Paul and following vehicles. It was also found that none of the occupants of the car were wearing a seat belt. Diana was 36 years old when she died. Her death caused an unprecedented outpouring of public grief in the United Kingdom and worldwide, and her funeral was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people. The Royal Family were criticised in the press for their reaction to Diana's death. Public interest in Diana has remained high and she has retained regular press coverage in the years after her death. Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997) was born Diana Frances Spencer. A member of the British royal family, she was the first wife of Charles, Prince Of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity as well as an unprecedented public scrutiny, exacerbated by her tumultuous private life. Diana was born into the British nobility and grew up close to the royal family on their Sandringham estate. The youngest daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Frances Shand Kydd, she was strongly affected by their divorce in 1967. She did not distinguish herself academically, but was talented in music, dance, and sports. In 1978, she moved to London, where she lived with flatmates and took on various low-paying jobs. Diana came to prominence in 1981 upon her engagement to Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, after a brief courtship. Their wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral in 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. Diana's marriage to Charles, however, suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. The couple separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. The details of their marital difficulties became increasingly publicised, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1996. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions across the Commonwealth realms. She was celebrated in the media for her unconventional approach to charity work. Her patronages initially centered on children and youth but she later became known for her involvement with AIDS patients and campaign for the removal of landmines. She also raised awareness and advocated ways to help people affected with cancer and mental illness. As princess, Diana was initially noted for her shyness, but her charisma and friendliness endeared her to the public and helped her reputation survive the acrimonious collapse of her marriage. Considered to be very photogenic, she was a leader of fashion in the 1980s and 1990s. Media attention and public mourning were extensive after her death in a car crash in a Paris tunnel in 1997 and subsequent televised funeral. Her legacy has had a deep impact on the royal family and British society. Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (April 15, 1955 - August 31, 1997), better known as Dodi Fayed, was an Egyptian film producer and the son of billionaire Mohamed El Fayed. He was the romantic partner of Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-monarchy-3-part-british-royal-family-tv-series-dvd-mp4-u34.html