What's new
By:

On this day in history.

On this day in 1945 - "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle).

Sent using my iPad 2 - 16Gb - Wi-Fi
 
Prohibition ends in the United States.
On December 5, 1933 at 5:32pm Utah ratifies the 21st amendment to the US Constitution, achieving the requisite 2/3 majority required for the amendment to take effect.
 
Roy Rob said:
On this day in 1945 - "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle).

Sent using my iPad 2 - 16Gb - Wi-Fi
Click to expand...

There was a interesting documentary about the "Lost Squadron". The main theory was that they lost their bearings and took the wrong heading, continuing in the same direction till they ran out of fuel.

Sent from my iPad using iPF
 
December 6, 1884; The Washington Monument was completed when workers placed a 9" aluminum cap on its top. It was the tallest structure in the world at the time of its completion.
 
Last edited:
December 07, 1941; At 7:55am, local time, the Japanese naval air forces attacked Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor


image-243876035.webphttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg
 
Last edited:
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/sammy-davis-jr-total-entertainment-package


This date marks the birth of Sammy Davis, Jr,. in 1925. He was an African-American impressionist, actor, singer, and dancer.

Sammy Davis, Jr., was born in Harlem into show business to Elvera Sanchez, a chorus girl, and Sam Davis, Sr., the lead dancer in a vaudeville revue called Will Mastin's Holiday in Dixieland. Davis began in vaudeville at the age of 3, in that show. In 1931, he appeared in the Ethel Waters film "Rufus Jones For President." In 1932, his uncle's act was renamed the Will Mastin Trio, and Davis, who learned to tap dance from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, soon became the star of the act. Davis went solo in the early 1950s and made his first mark with an album, "Starring Sammy Davis Jr.," that mimicked other singers. Though not a jazz singer per se, Davis could play trumpet and vibes and occasionally subbed on drums in the Woody Herman and Lionel Hampton bands.

Sent from my WiFi Black 64GB iPad with Retina Display in NYC using iPF
 
December 08, 1980; John Lennon is shot outside his Manhattan apartment building by Mark David Chapman.
 
December 8, 1993; The North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) is signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
 
On this day in 1969 - Toronto Ontario - American rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix released on a charge of possession of hashish and heroin after he says he has 'outgrown' drugs; Hendrix will die of an overdose less than two years later.

Sent using my iPad 2 - 16Gb - Wi-Fi
 
There was breaking news at 1.00 pm that the astronomer, Sir Patrick Moore died at home. He was aged 89.

Sent from my iPad using iPF
 
On this day in 1941 - Whitby Ontario - British Special Operations Executive (SOE) opens Camp X (STS - Special Training School - 103) as a special school for spies and special operatives, mostly Canadians or Americans; SOE also operates Hydra station, to handle top-secret British transatlantic radio intelligence; closes in 1943; James Bond author Ian Fleming one of the graduates.
 
On Dec 9, 1981 a Russian (soviet) submarine got stuck - in the mud if you can believe that - off the coast of Sweden. After much posturing by the soviets they finally asked Sweden for help getting back to the Baltic
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Most reactions

Similar threads

KevinJS
The OFFICIAL End of the World thread
Replies
14
Views
5K
KevinJS
KevinJS

Latest posts

Back
Top