Today in 1964, “Seven Days in May”—the topical thriller adapted by Rod Serling from the best-selling 1962 novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II, and starring Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster—opened at the Trans-Lux theater in Washington, DC. (It opened in New York City on February 19.)

En pie, que hoy cumple 68 años LA elegancia, Mr. Weller.

Nina Simone performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 4, 1968 (Photo by David Redfern).

[May 25th, 1946] Northrop’s XB-35 Flying Wing is moved to the runway for its first taxi tests at Hawthorne, California

The British Army's most powerful tank upgrade cleared another milestone. Challenger 3 crews are running real battlefield trials now, testing everything from cross-country driving to gunnery, as the program moves closer to formal service entry. defence-blog.com/britains-upg...

Meme so good its banned in two of the five UN security council members states

80 years ago today, Canadian-born physicist Louis Slotin, 35, received a lethal dose of radiation at Los Alamos Laboratory while performing a very dangerous criticality experiment known as “tickling the dragon’s tail” with a plutonium bomb core. He died from acute radiation syndrome nine days later.

It's the 80th anniversary of Louis Slotin's "Demon core" accident. Stephen has a very nice thread here. Here are just a few things that I've stumbled across that are not very well known...

Drunk night's clips. ('Twelve O'Clock High' 1949)

Freaking brilliant. youtu.be/EtvKvmTIaQU?...

Drop someone with LONG HAIR 💇‍♀️🖤💇‍♂️

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No. No lo estaba.

Hoy es uno de los discos fundamentales del rock andaluz pero en su día todas las discográficas pensaron que lo que querían hacer estos tres sevillanos no funcionaría. Hasta que llegó un visionario que decidió apostar por ellos. Hoy, en #LaHistorietaMusical, El Patio de Triana.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was released 46 years ago today. One of Hollywood’s most popular films and most anticipated and acclaimed sequels, the making of story is as huge as you’d expect. 1/39

#SBB🇨🇭#Historic is the museum train branch of the national Swiss train operator. They own a wonderful collection of locos and carriages. Photo taken at #Airolo on the #Gotthard line in October 2020, as Ce6/8 14253, nicknamed “Krokodil”, enters the station, hauling a rake of lightweight carriages.

Achatinellen-Fauna der Sandwich-Insel Molokai nebst einem Verzeichnis der übrigen daselbst vorkommenden Land- u. Süsswassermollusken Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung (E. Nägele)1906. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25160494) #nature #illustration #art

Masterpiece!

and now, your moment of zen. 🎥 (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYhEwUvv67q/)

"Ese ex-predidente del que usted me habla" 😂😂😂

A restaurant in Asakusa. Painted 10 years ago today. Still available as a print in my shop - jonathanestore.bigcartel.com/product/japa...

The Maus prototype V1 travelling by rail to Böblingen Panzerkaserne, south of Stuttgart, on 10th January 1944. Aerial bombing of the Kummersdorf test grounds had forced to move the trials of the monster to another place, also closer to the Porsche works.

Do you ever dance even when no one else hears the music in your head?

If you see this post your getaway vehicle

Just how much better was the Archer than a towed gun? Find out in my article (which I presented at CMHC), now available on my website: alliedarmour.com/articles-far...

HARRISON FORD pays hilarious tribute to the great JOHN WILLIAMS at the latter’s AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016.

I've been looking at the images of Helen Richey's notepad as held by the SDASM Archive, and the life of an ATA pilot was certainly a busy one! Her notepad includes the addresses of friends in London and jotted down quotes she wanted to remember. Richey was a remarkable pilot. More in the Alt Text.

Spanish Navy Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship ESPSJuan Carlos | (L61), Galicia-class amphibious transport dock ESPS Galicia (L51), Alvaro de Bazan-class air defence frigate ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon (F102), and Galicia-class amphibious transport dock ESPS Castilla (L52) eastbound in

Throwback to what inspired me to create this. What a beauty.

Buah, neno, que hoy se cumplen 50 años de lo del Urquiola, ¿oistes? Recuerdo perfectamente estar jugando en el patio del colegio y hacer un cuerpo a tierra cuando la explosion. Y que esa tarde llovían gotitas de petroleo. Vaya movidón. La foto es del archivo de Foto Blanco.

Out today.

If 2026 is just going to continue being fractious, well, then… youtu.be/4SgHtM9dEP8?...

Today is Oleksandr Matsievskyi’s birthday. This is the man who was taken prisoner by Russian soldiers and executed for saying Glory to Ukraine. He was captured during the battle for Bakhmut. He was forced to dig his own grave before being shot with automatic weapons.

Past week was digging into some old boxes and found a derelict Kübel under other wrecks. It was the original Bego/Hasegawa kit which I had built in the late 90s, backdated to an early version and modded into a Krankenwagen...

The wonderful ‘Mirage’ family.

Test campaign for the ‘Marine’ version of the “Rafale”, intended for use on aircraft carriers. Here, during the 1990s, a series of landing and take-off tests from the aircraft carrier ‘Foch’. © image défense

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

At the age of 100, Sir David Attenborough springs out of his seat like a Jack-in-the-box.

Long time favourite. A truly superb, different war movie, and a must see if new to you...

🔴 El revolucionario estudio de animación japonés Ghibli, premio Princesa de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades social.elpais.com/pbp…

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