Today in History

[SuzSkis]

Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist

Born November 7, 1867
Warsaw, Poland
(Born on this day)

 

[Uncle-A]

10 November 1775

Happy Birthday to the USMC, Semper Fi.

 

[James]

10 November 1775

Happy Birthday to the USMC, Semper Fi.

Philadelphia

 

[scott43]

Armistice Day.. take a pause and think of friends and relatives and all the veterans who sacrificed time, blood and life.

Armistice Day - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[cantunamunch]

see avatar

 

[James]

The train car where the Armistice was signed in France in 1918 was later hauled out by Hitler and used for signing the Armistice with France in 1940. The car then went to Berlin to be put on display during WW2. Supposedly the SS destroyed it in 1945 rather then have it used again for a surrender.

The Compiègne wagon: one train carriage two peace treaties

This former dining car where the First and Second Armistices were signed 22 years apart

www.history.co.uk

 

[cantunamunch]

Yeh, neither Stalin nor Beria would have missed that trick.

 

[crgildart]

JFK Assassinated in Dallas

JFK's Assassination: What to Know About the President's Death 60 Years Ago

John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963. Here is everything to know about JFK’s assassination.

people.com

 

[cantunamunch]

BTW, exactly a month ago, in 1915, the Arlington towers talked to the Eiffel tower.

What Happened to Arlington’s Radio Towers?

library.arlingtonva.us

 

[Uncle-A]

JFK Assassinated in Dallas

JFK's Assassination: What to Know About the President's Death 60 Years Ago

John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963. Here is everything to know about JFK’s assassination.

people.com

I remember it was announced on the P. A. System at school in the afternoon. I was in a Science class at the time and we all went into shock.

 

[Bad Bob]

12 years old, we were in Madison, WI. Dad was going to take me on 1st deer hunt that afternoon.
Our plans changed that minute.
It was a very dark day for all.

 

[Laurel Hill Crazie]

I was home from school that day. I heard the news as it broke on TV. At first, there was an interruption for a special bulletin. Shots were fired in Dallas. The President and Governor cut down, Jackie clutching/holding Jack. Motorcade speeding to Parkland Hospital. Then, a return to programming. I think within the hour, the grim announcement was made. My mother and I had Walter Cronkite on by then. The entire nation grieved that day so profoundly that a nine-year-old could feel it. It's all a blur, yet a poignant clarity often haunts me still.

 

[Bad Bob]

We have been a very fortunate nation not to have had this tragedy repeated in these last 60 years.

 

[4ster]

2nd grade, teacher came in crying. We knew something was terribly wrong

 

[Jack skis]

I was in Denver working at Christy Sports on West Colfax, maybe only me and Andy in the shop, and my then wife called to give me the news. No radio or TV in the store so had to wait until after I closed-up for the day and got home to catch up on the news.

 

[Uncle-A]

4 December 1956

The "Million Dollar Quartet" records for the first and only time.

 

[Uncle-A]

7 December 1941

Pearl Harbor Day a sad day in USA history.

 

[crgildart]

Infamy! Ended the US Monroe Doctrine Isolationism foreign policy.

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

2013 - Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
2020 - French designer Pierre Cardin dies, aged 98.

 

[johnnyvw]

2nd grade, teacher came in crying. We knew something was terribly wrong

I'm assuming you grew up on the west coast, on the east coast we were already home from school at that point