Would it have not been better, had the elders and leaders, after such an inhumane event, would have pledged, along with Chief Josephy of the Nez Perce, "I shall make war no more, forever!"
I agree wholeheartedly but chemical bombs and rockets are no better than nuclear bombs. Strangely, chemists are not considered guilty for their work and some of them (see Alfred Nobel) even sponsor Peace Prizes. One of the few merits of nuclear weapons is that are dangerous also to those who drop them, because of fallout.
Tullio
Today in 1992 - The public got its first glimpse inside Buckingham Palace as people were given the opportunity to tour the London home of Queen Elizabeth the II. Proceeds from ticket sales were earmarked to help repair fire damage at Windsor Castle.
And in 1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, California, announced that the "Viking One" spacecraft had found the strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki]In 1947 - The balsa wood raft "Kon-Tiki," which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.
Intersting, small world department: Stan Freeburg, Ray Bradberry (Farenheit 451, and so many others) and John De Cuir, Jr. (Production designer: Top Gun, Ghost Busters, Turner & Hooch, Elvira, etc.) all friends and meet to share mirth and laughter, to help create a better world
Today in 1989 - Space shuttle "Columbia" blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a secret, five-day military mission.
And in 1974 - Richard Nixon announced on television he was resigning for his part in the Watergate scandal, effective midday on August 9. He was the first United States president to resign from office.
In 1963 - A group of 15 thieves stole seven million dollars in Britain’s Great Train Robbery. Scotland Yard called the theft, "Britain’s biggest robbery ever attempted." Fingerprints identified all but three of the gang. One of the convicted escaped, and was never again caught.
Today in 1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles.
And in 1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time.
(Spock meets Smokey the Bear!)
In 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
Today in 1987 - Celebrating its 5,000th performance today was "A Chorus Line". Since its opening night in 1975, an estimated 25 million theatre goers had seen the musical, with an estimated 16.7 million having seen the show on Broadway, and an additional 8.3 million viewing the touring production. On September 29, 1983, "A Chorus Line" became the longest-running show on The Great White Way, staying there until 1990.
And in 1966 - Orbiter 1 was launched from Cape Kennedy, the first craft to transmit lunar photographs of possible landing sites. It crashed into the far side of the moon on October 29.
In 1895 - The first Promenade concert under conductor Henry Wood took place at Queen's Hall in London. He remained in sole charge of the "Proms," the annual British classical music festival, until 1940.
In 1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, south London, was laid by order of King Charles II, with the aim of improving knowledge of the positions of stars and thus aid navigation. John Flamsteed was the first Astronomer Royal.
Today in 1984 - When United States President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast, the microphone was open when the President thought it was off. During this time, the President said of Cold War nemesis, the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
And in 1968 - It was the start of National Apple Week in England. The Beatles launched their new record label, Apple.
In 1919 - Scottish-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie died at 83. His business grew into one of the largest iron and steel works in the United States from which he made huge bequests, including public libraries in the U.S. and Britain.
Today in 1977 - The U.S. space shuttle made its first test flight, gliding off the back of a jet and landing safely.
And in 1942 - Screen actor Clark Gable, at age 41, enlisted in Los Angeles as a United States Army private.
In 1877 - Thomas A. Edison completeed his first design for the phonograph. Along with directions on how to construct it, Edison gave the model of his invention to John Kreusi. Kreusi bet the inventor $2 and saying there was no way the machine would work. He lost.
Today in 1996 - Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicated there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons, heightening the possibility it could support a primitive life form.
And in 1961 - A barb wire fence divided the German city of Berlin. The Communist East Berlin government was steadfast in its efforts to keep those in the eastern sector from defecting to the non-Communist western sector. Even telephone and mail services between the sectors was halted. Days later the barbed wire would be reinforced with a concrete wall between the official crossing points. The Berlin wall stood between freedom and the East Germans until November 9, 1989.
In 1942 - "Bambi," the Walt Disney classic, opened in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.
RE: Would it have not been
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I agree wholeheartedly but chemical bombs and rockets are no better than nuclear bombs. Strangely, chemists are not considered guilty for their work and some of them (see Alfred Nobel) even sponsor Peace Prizes. One of the few merits of nuclear weapons is that are dangerous also to those who drop them, because of fallout.
Tullio
J Robert Oppenheimer
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J Robert Oppenheimer unwittingly summed it up in his quotation at the time.....
August 07 Bruce Dickinson
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August 07
Bruce Dickinson (born 1958)
Stan Freburg (born 1926)
Billie [Mary William Ethelbert Appleton] Burke (born 1884)
Today in 1992 - The public got its first glimpse inside Buckingham Palace as people were given the opportunity to tour the London home of Queen Elizabeth the II. Proceeds from ticket sales were earmarked to help repair fire damage at Windsor Castle.
And in 1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, California, announced that the "Viking One" spacecraft had found the strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki]In 1947 - The balsa wood raft "Kon-Tiki," which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.
Stan Freburg (born
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Stan Freburg (born 1926)
Intersting, small world department: Stan Freeburg, Ray Bradberry (Farenheit 451, and so many others) and John De Cuir, Jr. (Production designer: Top Gun, Ghost Busters, Turner & Hooch, Elvira, etc.) all friends and meet to share mirth and laughter, to help create a better world
"We must be the change we wish to see."
Mahatma Gandhi
August 08 Odie (born
)
August 08
Odie (born 1978)
Connie Stevens (born 1938)
Esther Williams (born 1923)
Today in 1989 - Space shuttle "Columbia" blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a secret, five-day military mission.
And in 1974 - Richard Nixon announced on television he was resigning for his part in the Watergate scandal, effective midday on August 9. He was the first United States president to resign from office.
In 1963 - A group of 15 thieves stole seven million dollars in Britain’s Great Train Robbery. Scotland Yard called the theft, "Britain’s biggest robbery ever attempted." Fingerprints identified all but three of the gang. One of the convicted escaped, and was never again caught.
August 09 Whitney Houston
)
August 09
Whitney Houston (born 1963)
Robert Shaw (born 1927)
Amedeo Avogadro (born 1776)
Izaak Walton (born 1593)
Today in 1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles.
And in 1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time.
(Spock meets Smokey the Bear!)
In 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
August 10 Eddie Fisher
)
August 10
Eddie Fisher (born 1928)
Norma Shearer (born 1900)
Herbert Hoover (born 1874)
Today in 1987 - Celebrating its 5,000th performance today was "A Chorus Line". Since its opening night in 1975, an estimated 25 million theatre goers had seen the musical, with an estimated 16.7 million having seen the show on Broadway, and an additional 8.3 million viewing the touring production. On September 29, 1983, "A Chorus Line" became the longest-running show on The Great White Way, staying there until 1990.
And in 1966 - Orbiter 1 was launched from Cape Kennedy, the first craft to transmit lunar photographs of possible landing sites. It crashed into the far side of the moon on October 29.
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In 1895 - The first Promenade concert under conductor Henry Wood took place at Queen's Hall in London. He remained in sole charge of the "Proms," the annual British classical music festival, until 1940.
In 1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, south London, was laid by order of King Charles II, with the aim of improving knowledge of the positions of stars and thus aid navigation. John Flamsteed was the first Astronomer Royal.
August 11 Stephen Wozniak
)
August 11
Stephen Wozniak (born 1950)
Lloyd Nolan (born 1902)
Today in 1984 - When United States President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast, the microphone was open when the President thought it was off. During this time, the President said of Cold War nemesis, the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
And in 1968 - It was the start of National Apple Week in England. The Beatles launched their new record label, Apple.
In 1919 - Scottish-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie died at 83. His business grew into one of the largest iron and steel works in the United States from which he made huge bequests, including public libraries in the U.S. and Britain.
Carnegie Hall - New York.
August 12 Pete Sampras
)
August 12
Pete Sampras (born 1971)
Mark Knopfler (born 1949)
Cecil B. [Blount] DeMille (born 1881)
Today in 1977 - The U.S. space shuttle made its first test flight, gliding off the back of a jet and landing safely.
And in 1942 - Screen actor Clark Gable, at age 41, enlisted in Los Angeles as a United States Army private.
In 1877 - Thomas A. Edison completeed his first design for the phonograph. Along with directions on how to construct it, Edison gave the model of his invention to John Kreusi. Kreusi bet the inventor $2 and saying there was no way the machine would work. He lost.
August 13 Fidel Castro
)
August 13
Fidel Castro (born 1926)
Alfred Hitchcock (born 1899)
Bert Lahr (born 1895)
Today in 1996 - Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicated there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons, heightening the possibility it could support a primitive life form.
And in 1961 - A barb wire fence divided the German city of Berlin. The Communist East Berlin government was steadfast in its efforts to keep those in the eastern sector from defecting to the non-Communist western sector. Even telephone and mail services between the sectors was halted. Days later the barbed wire would be reinforced with a concrete wall between the official crossing points. The Berlin wall stood between freedom and the East Germans until November 9, 1989.
In 1942 - "Bambi," the Walt Disney classic, opened in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.