RhB Michael
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Inspired by King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle in Bayern. The Disneyland model uses forced perspective to make it look larger than it actually is.
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Inspired by King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle in Bayern. The Disneyland model uses forced perspective to make it look larger than it actually is.
TLOC
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Today is Saturday, July 18, 2026
The History of Today
1743 - "The New York Weekly Journal" published the first half-page newspaper ad.
1927 - Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928.
1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.
1960 - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters released "The Twist." The song didn't become a hit until later in the year when Chubby Checker covered it.
The History of Today
1743 - "The New York Weekly Journal" published the first half-page newspaper ad.
1927 - Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928.
1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.
1960 - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters released "The Twist." The song didn't become a hit until later in the year when Chubby Checker covered it.
migalyto
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July 18, 1966
Gemini 10 launched from Florida, carrying astronauts John Young and Michael Collins into space. The mission, which lasted nearly three days, included the first space walk from one spacecraft to another.
Gemini 10 launched from Florida, carrying astronauts John Young and Michael Collins into space. The mission, which lasted nearly three days, included the first space walk from one spacecraft to another.
migalyto
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July 19, 1843
Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
TLOC
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| Today is Sunday, July 19, 2026 The History of Today 1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt. 1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures. 1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test. 1980 - Billy Joel earned his first gold record with "It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me." 1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year. Daily Quote
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westtexjohn
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Don't remember if anyone posted this so :
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, the early rock and roll hitmaker known for "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Palisades Park," died at 89 on July 17, 2026, following a brief battle with cancer.
Some added info :
On this day in 1876, the first Texas and Pacific Railway train rolled into Fort Worth. Residents had laid the last miles of track themselves to beat a state deadline, launching the town's rise as a cattle and rail hub.
Take care....John
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, the early rock and roll hitmaker known for "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Palisades Park," died at 89 on July 17, 2026, following a brief battle with cancer.
Some added info :
On this day in 1876, the first Texas and Pacific Railway train rolled into Fort Worth. Residents had laid the last miles of track themselves to beat a state deadline, launching the town's rise as a cattle and rail hub.
Take care....John
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migalyto
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July 20, 1969
NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module, carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lands on the surface of the Moon. Seven hours later, Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the moon at 10:56 pm EDT, and Aldrin joins him shortly after. Michael Collins remains in orbit in the command module.
NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module, carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lands on the surface of the Moon. Seven hours later, Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the moon at 10:56 pm EDT, and Aldrin joins him shortly after. Michael Collins remains in orbit in the command module.
RhB Michael
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240,000 miles traveled and have to stay in the car. 
TLOC
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| Today is Monday, July 20, 2026 The History of Today 1810 - Colombia declared independence from Spain. 1917 - The draft lottery in World War I went into operation. 1940 - "Billboard" magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 songs were on the list. 1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon. 1976 - America's Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars. 1985 - Treasure hunters began raising $400 million in coins and silver from the Spanish galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha." The ship sank in 1622 40 miles of the coast of Key West, FL. Daily Quote
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westtexjohn
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Why does the flag cast no shadow ?
ctclibby
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And on top of that, the shadows looks to be different angles between the LEM and Astronauts.
TLOC
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Today is Tuesday, July 21,2926
1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.
1930 - The Veterans Administration of the United States was established.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title when she won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.
2000 - NBC announced that they had found nearly all of Milton Berle's kinescopes. The filmed recordings of Berle's early TV shows had been the subject of a $30 million lawsuit filed by Berle the previous May.
1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.
1930 - The Veterans Administration of the United States was established.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title when she won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.
2000 - NBC announced that they had found nearly all of Milton Berle's kinescopes. The filmed recordings of Berle's early TV shows had been the subject of a $30 million lawsuit filed by Berle the previous May.
TLOC
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additionally on this day
1969- the first conspiracy theories regarding the pictures taken on the moon appeared across the newspapers of the world
All is good
1969- the first conspiracy theories regarding the pictures taken on the moon appeared across the newspapers of the world
All is good
2Tracks
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Photoshop?
migalyto
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July 21, 2011
The U.S. space shuttle program ended, after 135 missions, as the orbiter Atlantis landed at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The U.S. space shuttle program ended, after 135 missions, as the orbiter Atlantis landed at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
RhB Michael
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When I flew to Key West a few decades ago, I asked for a touch and go on that runway. I was refused because it was considered a Government owned facility. They did allow me to make a low pass at 50' though so I took advantage of that. That was a long three miles.
migalyto
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TLOC
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| Today is Wednesday, July 22, 2026 The History of Today 1926 - Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet. 1975 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by the U.S. Congress. 2000 - Astronomers at the University of Arizona announced that they had found a 17th moon orbiting Jupiter. Daily Quote
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