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The Tower Subway beneath river Thames in London opened its doors for passengers. The subway was closed within a few months because of bankruptcy. The tunnel is now used for utilities.
1990 Invasion of Kuwait begins
In 2 days Iraqi forces had overrun Kuwaiti forces and Saddam Hussein declared Kuwait as the 19th province of Iraq. The invasion lasted for 7 months and ended after a UN-authorized coalition force led by the United States intervened.
1958 The U.S. atomic submarine Nautilus passed beneath the thick ice cap of the North Pole
Two facts on sport.
1921 A day after being acquitted on insufficient evidence—largely because key evidence had disappeared from the grand jury files, eight Chicago White Sox players were banned from baseball for life, accused of receiving bribes to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series.
1949 The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America
The Tower Subway beneath river Thames in London opened its doors for passengers. The subway was closed within a few months because of bankruptcy. The tunnel is now used for utilities.
1990 Invasion of Kuwait begins
In 2 days Iraqi forces had overrun Kuwaiti forces and Saddam Hussein declared Kuwait as the 19th province of Iraq. The invasion lasted for 7 months and ended after a UN-authorized coalition force led by the United States intervened.
Thanks for the post...I nearly forgot about Kuwait. I wonder why we went full guns into Kuwait but left Ukraine out to dry when the Soviet piled up troops on their border.
Thanks for the post...I nearly forgot about Kuwait. I wonder why we went full guns into Kuwait but left Ukraine out to dry when the Soviet piled up troops on their border.
The photo shows Różyczka Goździewska, an eight-year-old nurse during the Warsaw Uprising. Róża was born March 31, 1936. This is a girl who helped in the field hospital of the "Koszta" company in a tenement house at 11 Moniuszki Street. Thanks to her efforts, many lives were saved.
A photo from August 1944 by Eugeniusz Lokajski "Brok", one of the most important photojournalists of the Warsaw Uprising. Różyczka Goździewska survived the war. After, she lived in France, where she died in 1989 at the age of 53.
233 years ago today, August 4, 1790, Alexander Hamilton's vision of a maritime force to stem smuggling and enforce tariffs to fund a new nation was put into law. The Tariff Act authorized the building of 10 cutters and the creation of the Revenue Cutter Service. The RCS has morphed into today's U.S. Coast Guard, America's oldest continuous maritime service. Over the last 223 years other maritime programs were created and placed under the authority of the USCG. Semper Paratus!
1772 Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed a treaty creating the First Partition of Poland
depriving that country of approximately half of its population and almost one-third of its land.
1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is Signed
Also known as the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the document was signed by the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States in Moscow. The treaty, which came as a response to the heightening tensions due to the frequent testing of nuclear weapons by the these 3 countries during the Cold War, banned the testing of nuclear weapons anywhere on land, over water or in space. Underground testing was still allowed under the treaty, until it was also banned in 1996 after the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty came into force.
1661 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal
1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan—the blast killed more than 70,000 people and destroyed most of the city—in an effort to hasten the end of World War II.
1782 George Washington ordered the creation of the first U.S. military decoration, the Badge of Military Merit (today called the Purple Heart), which was later awarded to three Revolutionary War soldiers for bravery in action.
2008 War Between Russia and Georgia Breaks Out
The conflict began over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions of Georgia. When the two provinces broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s and most of the international community did not recognize their independence. Russia on the other hand, backed them and placed peacekeeping forces in the two regions. In 2008, tensions escalated between the two countries after Russia moved a large number of troops in the area. The war ended with Russian victory and with Georgia losing parts of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Russia.
May 1943. “Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Portraits of the workers who turn out ‘Liberty’ ship cargo transports, during lunch hour or on rest period.” 4×5 inch acetate negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information.
A nice old photo showing Northern Pacific (formerly Lake Superior and Mississippi (LS&M) also formerly St. Paul and Duluth) trackage in Wyoming, Minnesota:
Wyoming depot partially obstructed by smoke/steam
Track plan :
Note that this track plan can be used as a useful resource for planning a model railroad, creates many options for switching, also undeniably prototypical, which works well in HO scale.
In the first MLB game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, on April 15, 1954. Orioles' catcher Clint Courtney crosses home plate after hitting the first home run in the stadium's history, a solo shot against Virgil Trucks in a 3–1 win over the White Sox.
In 1982, the No. 3802 became the most famous typical locomotive in America. At that time, Trains Magazine was searching for what they considered an "All-American Diesel" for their 34th Annual Motive Power Survey. After a lot of consideration, the editors decided that the GP-38 (and specifically the B&O No. 3802, currently in Chessie System paint) fit the criteria. Trains Magazine presented the newly famous locomotive with plaques to honor the designation in November 1982.
You captured my curiosity on this one, Louis. The average pay in 1939 was something over .50 per hour, so with essentially two weeks of work you would be able to afford a 6 year old vehicle.
I know their taxes were way less and we didn't have the burden of health insurance as a major expense. Granted, the cars were not as nice but assuredly easier to work on.
