On this day in history.

[J. A.]

November 9, 1934:
Carl Edward Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, author and cosmologist was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Carl Sagan - Wikipedia

 

[giradman]

November 9, 1934:
Carl Edward Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, author and cosmologist was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Carl Sagan - Wikipedia

Excellent writer and communicator - read several of his books and enjoyed his TV show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Dave

 

[J. A.]

Excellent writer and communicator - read several of his books and enjoyed his TV show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Dave

I remember watching his TV series when I was a teenager. He was the main reason for my interest in astronomy.

 

[scifan57]

November 9, 1934:
Carl Edward Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, author and cosmologist was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Carl Sagan - Wikipedia

I bought his Cosmos series over 20 years ago on VHS. He was a wonderful presenter, able to interest many people in the mysteries of the universe.

 

[scifan57]

November 10, 1969;

The television debut of Sesame Street. After 46 years and 4,384 episodes it's still going strong. Sesame Street - Wikipedia

 

[giradman]

November 10, 1969;

The television debut of Sesame Street. After 46 years and 4,384 episodes it's still going strong. Sesame Street - Wikipedia
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Scifan.. - well, I beat you to that one on the last page, but will still give you a LIKE - Dave

 

[J. A.]

I bought his Cosmos series over 20 years ago on VHS. He was a wonderful presenter, able to interest many people in the mysteries of the universe.

Even now it's still fascinating. My son found the series on youtube. Needless to say that he enjoyed watching it.

 

[scifan57]

Scifan.. - well, I beat you to that one on the last page, but will still give you a LIKE - Dave

It's important enough to rate two posts.

 

[giradman]

It's important enough to rate two posts.

Yep, Jim Henson, the Muppets, Sesame Street, and all of the Muppet movies over the decades - suspect that Susan & I have seen most of those films - Henson was a treasure and his untimely death a tragedy. Dave

 

[scifan57]

Yep, Jim Henson, the Muppets, Sesame Street, and all of the Muppet movies over the decades - suspect that Susan & I have seen most of those films - Henson was a treasure and his untimely death a tragedy. Dave

We must also remember his contribution to Star Wars in the realization of Yoda. When I first heard Yoda speak I thought he sounds just like Fozzie Bear from Sesame Street. Frank Oz was the voice of Yoda for the first 7 Star Wars movies and was the primary puppeteer for the original trilogy and episode 1 The Phantom Menace.

 

[giradman]

World War I Ends on this day in 1918!

From the WW I deaths below, about 14 million people perished; however, the world was in the midst of the worst flu pandemic ever which is estimated to have killed 50-100 million individuals over a 3-year period. Dave

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure (Source).

The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million (three to five percent of the world's population), making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history (Source).

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[scifan57]

World War I Ends on this day in 1918!

From the WW I deaths below, about 14 million people perished; however, the world was in the midst of the worst flu pandemic ever which is estimated to have killed 50-100 million individuals over a 3-year period. Dave




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Although the fighting ceased with the armistice on November 11th, the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the war wasn't signed until June 28, 1919. Treaty of Versailles - Wikipedia

 

[giradman]

Veteran's Day - Celebrated in the US Today

For me, I served 2 years as an Army radiologist (rank of Major) at Womack Army Hospital (Ft. Bragg, NC), 1975-77 - the only other male in my family honored today is my uncle (now gone) who served in the Navy during WW II. Dave

ADDEDUM: Must also honor my FIL (left us in 2005 and sorely missed) - he was a Navy Doctor in the Pacific during WW II (rank of Lt. Commander) - gave a hospital tour to Eleanor Roosevelt; he was buried in his Naval Uniform in East Hampton, Long Island.

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans; that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I; major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, with the Armistice with Germany. The United States previously observed Armistice Day. The U.S. holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who died while in military service (Source).

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[scifan57]

Veteran's Day - Celebrated in the US Today

For me, I served 2 years as an Army radiologist (rank of Major) at Womack Army Hospital (Ft. Bragg, NC), 1975-77 - the only other male in my family honored today is my uncle (now gone) who served in the Navy during WW II. Dave


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My father and his brothers fought in the Second World War and two of my uncles also fought in Korea. My father had volunteered for duty in the Pacific at the end of the war in Europe. If there had been an invasion of Japan I may never have been born.

 

[scifan57]

Veteran's Day - Celebrated in the US Today

For me, I served 2 years as an Army radiologist (rank of Major) at Womack Army Hospital (Ft. Bragg, NC), 1975-77 - the only other male in my family honored today is my uncle (now gone) who served in the Navy during WW II. Dave

ADDEDUM: Must also honor my FIL (left us in 2005 and sorely missed) - he was a Navy Doctor in the Pacific during WW II (rank of Lt. Commander) - gave a hospital tour to Eleanor Roosevelt; he was buried in his Naval Uniform in East Hampton, Long Island.


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I did some research on Joseph F. Ambrose and found a copy of his draft registration card.