🎼 Joe, Joe, DiMaggio - we want you on *our* side! 🎶 youtu.be/evB-nXLElZs?...

July 13, 1941 NYT Don't worry, Mr. Barrow,” said young Joe. "I never get excited." Joe never does. He didn't get excited the other day when he broke Wee Willie Keeler's forty-year-old record of hitting safely in forty-four consecutive games. www.nytimes.com/1941/07/13/a...

"By wagon road, which Davis will use, close to 3,700 miles will have to be covered" As the nineteenth century came to an end, there were only 8,000 cars in the United States compared to 14 million horses. Doctors were outnumbered by blacksmiths. behindeveryday.com/road-trip-pi...

July 12, 1976 NYT General Motors’ Chevette is the smallest, lightest and most economical automobile that is mass‐produced in this country. Last fall it was introduced with all the fanfare befitting America's first minicar. Some called it the wave of the future. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/12/a...

And so, all things come to an end. Here's the closing to my work on the Advanced Base Force, and probably of more interest, a BIBLIOGRAPHY. I found it an interesting period in Marine Corps, and United States history. I hope it was of some use to you. Part 6 of 6

During the coronavirus pandemic, Lillard got COVID-19 twice. Before getting COVID-19, she had less than 25% lung capacity. The last five years of her life, she wasn’t able to leave home as it became harder to breathe. For the past two years, she was in the iron lung nearly 24 hours a day.

July 9, 1951 NYT In spite of the most concentrated attack on infantile paralysis ever known, the number of cases in the United States has increased nearly 400 per cent in the last dozen years, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said. www.nytimes.com/1951/07/09/a...

#OTD in 1976, USS Constitution fired a 21-gun salute in honor of Elizabeth II as as she arrived in Boston on board the Royal Yacht Britannia. The Queen then toured "Old Ironsides" and was presented with a miniature sea chest made from oak recovered during the ship's restoration.

War and Peace (it only seems that long...) Ellis' "Expeditions in Near Wars", Corps expansion, Quantico, the ABF during the Great War, peace and postwar developments. Yes, the Marines did other things during the Great War. Part 5 of 6

The Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 exceeded expectations—but more than 100,000 Axis troops managed to slip away to fight another day. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2024/august/glorious-retreat-evacuation-sicily

Used in each opening of World War II With Tom Hanks. ☠ youtu.be/BgMlL_kHgEc?...

The Leningrad Defensive Operation began #OTD in 1941. Soviet troops kept the enemy out of the city, but German and Finnish forces still managed to cut off the city from the outside world, establishing a brutal blockade to starve the city out. #history #WW2 #WWII

California just clawed its way out of a dry stretch, and now scientists are watching the Pacific for a pattern big enough to earn a new nickname.  Read more: https://www.activenorcal.com/scientists-are-watching-for-a-mega-el-nino-that-could-reshape-californias-winter/

This Bicentennial year has yielded a bumper (and fender) crop of car lust films, including “Death Race 2000,” “Eat My Dust” and “Car Wash." But the gaudiest, the noisiest, the most lavish and mindless of them all is “The Gumball Rally,” a $5 million epic. #TCMparty www.nytimes.com/1976/10/10/a...

July 9, 1976 NYT The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court today to order a new trial for theater operators convicted of showing “Deep Throat” in Newport, KY, on the ground that the defendants were victims of a shift in court standards on obscenity. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/10/a...

July 9, 1976 NYT Dr Strangelove would feel at home in the setting of the new, two‐story emergency conference room, which is normally restricted to individuals holding only top‐secret clearance. In a nuclear war an airborne command post plane that stands ever waiting. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/10/a...

World War II plunged the world into fear and devastation, leaving the very foundations of liberty under threat. In the face of such danger, communities across Nevada did not hesitate. From the bustling streets of Reno to the desert valleys and mining towns of the Great Basin, countless young men...

Trump's pissed because Iran broke a cardinal playground rule: no shooting during a timeout!

The official also cited the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Trump v. Slaughter that expanded the president’s authority to remove officials serving on independent federal agencies when justify.

Great photo of Nevada Northern Railway Engine #40 from Jul 9, 1938. The image at the East Ely railyard was later reproduced on Jul 9, 2011 (after the engine was restored).

Kuomintang was the sole ruling party of Mainland China from 1928 to 1949 until its relocation to Taiwan, and in Taiwan ruled under martial law until 1987. The KMT is a centre-right to right-wing party and the largest in the Pan-Blue Coalition, one of Taiwan's two main political groups.

July 9, 1926: Chang Kai-shek launches his Northern Expedition with the aim of unifying a divided China. The military chief accepts his appointment as generalissimo of the Kuomintang movement and leads an oath-taking of the newly created National Revolutionary Army in Canton (Guangzhou). 1/6

The National WWII Museum opening of Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and the Art of War, a special exhibition exploring the life and legacy of one of the most important American cartoonists of the 20th century. www.nationalww2museum.org/events-progr...

U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Edgar R. Norcross was 18 years old when he gave his life for his country during WWII. 80 years later his remains have been identified and yesterday I was honored to join his loved ones for a service welcoming him home to NH once and for all.

July 8, 1976 NYT A glass fiber as thin as a human hair, carrying pulses of light from a fixed source, was activated to carry TV pictures in place of a standard three‐quarter inch coaxial cable, the first working use of the new light‐wave communications technology. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/09/a...

Dad's first car was a Ford Model A hand crank that he pulled from a junk yard and restored in High School. He said the worst was hand cranking aircraft. They could take your arm off.💪

🐾 Give it up for our Canine teams! Fresh off a busy Fourth of July, our Arson & Bomb Investigators (ABI) Schroeder & K9 Flash and ABI Elder & K9 Mocha have been putting in serious work. This is what dedication to public safety looks like. Thank you for all you do. 👏 #CALFIRE #K9Heroes

⚠️ Lab Data Update ⚠️ We're hard at work deploying new stations, analyzing data, and doing maintenance. We have removed several instruments for calibration that should take several weeks. Here's what's affected: Temp & RH Shortwave & Longwave Radiation Turbulent Fluxes (1/2)

Last month, Major James Capers received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Vietnam War. Capers is known in the military community as the father of modern Marine reconnaissance. He led Team Broadminded, which conducted high-risk missions, and was the face of the “Ask a Marine” campaign. 🧵

The Bulletin's July magazine, published today, delves into the best (and maybe some of the worst) movies on nuclear weapons, climate change, biological threats, and artificial intelligence. 🎬️ thebulletin.org/magazine/202...

July 7, 1976 NYT With “The Gong Show,” Mr Barris is trying to have his object of ridicule and make a lot of money from it. The results fall between the treacherous TV stools of cupidity and cynicism. But without a clear focus, “The Gong Show” is schizoid in purpose. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/07/a...

The Lake Tahoe compound is built for a rock star who valued privacy. Read more: https://www.activenorcal.com/a-beach-boys-co-founder-is-selling-his-lake-tahoe-estate-for-43-million/

July 7, 1941 #WWII NYT The unknown Chinese soldiers who have given their lives during four years of resistance to Japanese conquest of their homeland were honored yesterday afternoon at a memorial service at the Chinese Public School. www.nytimes.com/1941/07/07/a...

Walt was conservative but I don't think he would have approved of Trump. youtu.be/I7vb89c6pQY?...

👀 MI6 source in Brest reporting on the "considerable damage" inflicted by the RAF in autumn 1941. The raids were attempting to cripple the German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen. The taking of images was risky and "very nearly impossible" because of German security.

We fully exited the depression in 1941 when we entered WWII.

Night After Night. 85 years ago on this night (7 July 1941) one of the most gallant acts of WW2 took place when Sgt James Ward 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF crawled onto the wing of his Wellington bomber to extinguish a fire, depicted here by war artist Peter McIntyre. 10 weeks later Ward VC was killed in action.

By 1937 unemployment had gone down from a frightening 24% to a less frightening, but no less concerning 14%. The road to recovery was a long one, with a recession looming in 1937. Dad was looking for work, joined the Army Air Corps. Steinbeck was writing about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gra...

Recipes included. The Menu New England Lobster en Bellevue, Sauce remoulade Saddle of veal Rice croquettes Broccoli Mornay Garden salad Trappist cheese Peach ice cream bombe with raspberries Petits fours Demitasse The Wines Sterling Chenin Blanc, 1972 Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, 1968

Mom remembered when it was just an orange grove. Our sister Diane with Walt soon after it's opening.

We had three themed bachelorette parties one night. One was a baseball team, another was cowgirls and the third were mean girls. They're much more entertaining than bachelor parties!

MAGAZINE MONDAY | A remarkable survivor: This 3D, rubber-and-foam map helped train troops for the Normandy landings. It was donated to the Library in 2003. Learn more in the Library of Congress Magazine. ⬇️ https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/may-june-2026/d-day-in-miniature/?loclr=blsky

Found another, second one in Boston, it is across the street from Boston Common Info/Visitor Center and next to a Dunkin’s. Address is 150 Tremont. There should be at least 250 boxes across the US.

July 5, 1976 NYT In both he started from the back of the pack in Sharp's Datsuns and had to pass 25 cars to get to the front in the 30‐lap events over the 1.53mile circuit. Bernie De Graf of Burnt Hills, NY, driving a Corvette, was second. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/06/a...

July 5, 1976 NYT But if statistics were used as a keystone of democracy, they were also used to discriminate. Each slave was counted as only three‐fifths of a person, and women, free or not, were not free to vote. Blacks made up 19.3 percent of the first census. www.nytimes.com/1976/07/06/a...

Virginia City yesterday www.2news.com/news/local/v...