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Aug 19, 2020 07:03:53 #
LWW
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AD 1934 - Adolf Schicklgruber became president of the Weimar Republic (GERMANY) following the death of then president Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg.
AD 1917 - A charity baseball game was held at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York. The game was to benefit the military dependents of soldiers fighting in Europe during the First World War.
The visiting Cincinnati Redlegs ... managed by future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, Baseball’s Christian gentleman who never pitched on Sunday due to a promise to his mother to honor the Sabbath, yet he made no promise to his mother about managing ... beat the home team New York Giants ... managed by known drinker, smoker, curser and womanizer John Joseph McGraw ... by a score of 5-0.
Both managers ended up arrested and hauled before a judge for violation of blue laws.
BC 43 - Gaius Octavius Augustus Caesar is elected Roman Consul by the Roman Senate. Following his death, he was the first Roman Emperor to be declared a god.
AD 1917 - A charity baseball game was held at the Polo Grounds in New York City, New York. The game was to benefit the military dependents of soldiers fighting in Europe during the First World War.
The visiting Cincinnati Redlegs ... managed by future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, Baseball’s Christian gentleman who never pitched on Sunday due to a promise to his mother to honor the Sabbath, yet he made no promise to his mother about managing ... beat the home team New York Giants ... managed by known drinker, smoker, curser and womanizer John Joseph McGraw ... by a score of 5-0.
Both managers ended up arrested and hauled before a judge for violation of blue laws.
BC 43 - Gaius Octavius Augustus Caesar is elected Roman Consul by the Roman Senate. Following his death, he was the first Roman Emperor to be declared a god.
Aug 19, 2020 07:17:42 #
Aug 19, 2020 07:36:43 #
Today is also the anniversary of the birth of Philo T. Farnsworth.
--Bob
--Bob
LWW wrote:
AD 1934 - Adolf Schicklgruber became president of ... (show quote)
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Aug 20, 2020 11:51:36 #
LWW wrote:
................BC 43 - Gaius Octavius Augustus Caesar is elected Roman Consul by the Roman Senate. Following his death, he was the first Roman Emperor to be declared a god.
Interesting that he had to die before he was declared a god
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Aug 20, 2020 12:22:04 #
LWW wrote:
AD 1934 - Adolf Schicklgruber became president of the Weimar Republic (GERMANY) following the death of then president Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
I'm glad you didn't say he was elected because he never won an election in his life.
Aug 20, 2020 12:22:58 #
foodie65 wrote:
Interesting that he had to die before he was declared a god
Some irony in that. Maybe that's how the expression, "God is dead," originated.
Aug 20, 2020 14:22:59 #
Perhaps. it's a case of not knowing what one has 'til it's gone.
--Bob
--Bob
foodie65 wrote:
Interesting that he had to die before he was declared a god
Aug 20, 2020 14:58:58 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Some irony in that. Maybe that's how the expression, "God is dead," originated.
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Aug 20, 2020 15:14:05 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm glad you didn't say he was elected because he never won an election in his life.
True.
He did briefly lead a coalition government which combined held a Reichstag majority, however.
I’m not endorsing that regime by any stretch, but the political landscape of 1926-1933 is incredible complex.
Aug 20, 2020 15:30:14 #
rmalarz wrote:
Today is also the anniversary of the birth of Philo T. Farnsworth. --Bob
Too bad he and the likes of Nikola Tesla are not alive today. With the currently available tools and technology, they would truly excel.
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