Mar 18, 1951 NYT A resolution calling for American aid “of every description” for the underground Ukrainian Insurgent Army was adopted yesterday at the opening of the annual two-day meeting of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. www.nytimes.com/1951/03/18/a...

Mom walked across the bridge on opening day.

San Luis Obispo shattered a 22-year-old heat record on Tuesday. The temperature reached 97 degrees at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, breaking the daily record of 91 degrees set in 2004, according to meteorologist John Lindsey. www.sanluisobispo.com/news/weather...

Millennia in the making.

Also the first US Aircraft Carrier sunk. #WWII Parked wingtip to wingtip, the 32 Army P-40 Warhawk fighters perched on her flight deck were destined for Allied forces attempting to hold back a Japanese invasion of Java. The Langley never made it. airandspace.si.edu/air-and-spac...

3/18/26 10:25am: Our #snow water equivalent is now in the bottom 10% for this time of year. The warm temps at the lab have resulted in substantial melt over the last couple of weeks that has accelerated with the record-breaking temps that we've had in the past two days. #weather #CAwater

An extreme early-season heat wave could see temperatures 20-30 degrees above average and record temperatures broken by 10 or more degrees today and tomorrow across the Desert Southwest. Jumping right into summer-like heat puts vulnerable populations at risk. Stay cool at www.weather.gov/safety/heat

We’re happy to be hosting at EGO this week a group of @cern.bsky.social engineers working on @einsteintelescope.bsky.social, the future third generation gravitational wave detector, within the collaboration with the Einstein Telescope Organization (ETO).

It’s been a rollercoaster season across Tahoe-area resorts, with stretches of big storms followed by extended dry spells. Sierra-at-Tahoe has been a staple in the region for nearly eight decades. #NVwx #CAwx #WX

The Nagasaki bomb was dropped well off target, but still exploded only 500 meters from the Urakami Cathedral.

In today’s Russian papers: “Iran events show that Russia can’t rely on any diplomatic agreements with the US.” Plus, criticism of Hungary’s leaders in 1956 uprising: “You mustn’t cross red lines. A red line was you mustn’t threaten USSR geo-political interests.” #ReadingRussia

Lawrence was right. Abdullah fought well for the British in World War I, but his brother Faisal was a more brilliant leader. After the war the entire family was established in new Eastern kingdoms: Father Husein in Hejaz, Faisal in Syria, Abdullah in Trans-Jordan as a link between Egypt and Iraq.

The only Guinness I've having tonight.🍻🍀

Asked at his news conference what he thought of a remark attributed to Ambassador at Large John Foster Dulles to the effect that "when peace presses close to the despots, why then they murder peace," Mr. Acheson said he found the comment entirely sound.

Pfc Francis H. Killeen (whose parents came from Ireland) played his bagpipes during the ceremony. Private Killeen said he has been playing the bagpipes for nine years and played them in combat in Korea. He was wounded twice, was treated in St Albans Hospital, and is ready for active service again.

Mar 17, 1951 NYT The Marine Corps swore in a "Shamrock Platoon" yesterday morning in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. The sixty new marines left 346 Broadway for Parris Island, S. C., where they will begin today the wearing of the green, marine style, in boot camp. www.nytimes.com/1951/03/17/a...

March 16, 1955: pastdaily.com/march-16-195...

Some cities in the West could repeatedly break their all-time March records this week. https://www.kcra.com/article/northern-california-march-heat-tracking-records-climate-connections/70763296 

The Arado Ar 234 B Blitz (Lightning) was the world's first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. The National Air and Space Museum's Blitz is the sole surviving example. airandspace.si.edu/collection-o...

Crusade in Europe is a personal account by one of the senior military figures of #WWII. It recounts his appointment by General George Marshall to plan the defense of the Philippines and execution of the role of Supreme Allied Commander in Northern Europe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade...

This #WWII photo of Charles Lindbergh was provided to me by the son of Lindbergh's Armourer Gale Allison. www.flickr.com/photos/peace...

Mar 17, 1951 #WWII NYT Counsel for Iva Toguri D'Aquino, California-born Japanese who was convicted of treason in 1949 for her wartime "Tokyo Rose" broadcasts, argued an appeal before the Federal Circuit Court today. She is serving a sentence of ten years' imprisonment www.nytimes.com/1951/03/17/a...

With March already halfway over and little to no new snowfall, the odds of a so-called “Miracle March” rescuing the Lake Tahoe region’s snow totals are growing slimmer — and concerns are rising that some ski resorts could close by the end of the month.

Kissinger said he stands ready to follow up his Sinai settlement between Israel and Egypt by promoting an interim agreement on the Golan Heights with Syria. However, in briefing newsmen, a top Kissinger aide said the PLO definitely would be excluded from the informal meeting.

A separate Palestinian commission heard from witnesses who said soldiers had fired at panic-stricken Arabs as they tried to flee the mosque. The incident served to dislodge peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, and the US was attempting to put it back on track.

55 years later, in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” Indiana Jones found himself in “Doom Town” (or perhaps the more elaborate “Survival Town” built for the 1955 APPLE 2 test) and, unbelievably, escaped the fate of all those mannequins by hiding inside a lead-lined refrigerator.

I'm gonna say again, since David Boies repeated it to Isaac Chotiner yesterday. IRAN WAS NOT CLOSE TO HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON

How is the Iran war seen from Moscow? One Russian paper today: “Trump wanted to strangle Tehran, but he’s tightened the noose around his own neck.” Plus, reaction in the Russian press to Mr Nobody Against Putin winning an Oscar [spoiler alert: there isn’t much.] #ReadingRussia

Mar 16, 1951 NYT Two destroyer escorts, the Slater and the Ebert, were delivered today to the Greek Navy in ceremonies at the Boston Naval Shipyard. The Slater was recommissioned the Eagle and the Ebert the Falcon by representatives of Greece. www.nytimes.com/1951/03/16/a...

Mar 16, 1941 #WWII NYT Indian Tribes Hold Powwow, Chief Angry At Hitler. "Hitler took our sign of peace and twisted it out of shape. The swastika was our sign of peace. We don't like that. We have torn up all our beaded armbands that had the swastika on them." www.nytimes.com/1941/03/16/a...

Mar 16, 1941 #WWII NYT But the historian of the future, in chronicling the events of this time, will no doubt examine the comings and goings at Berchtesgaden, the Fuehrer's private domain. Hitler, with several of his oldest colleagues, began visiting in 1923. www.nytimes.com/1941/03/16/a...

Mar 16, 1941 NYT One of the proposed rules lays down affirmative policy that the FCC will consider the ownership, operation or control of more than three television stations to constitute the concentration of control in a manner inconsistent with the public interest. www.nytimes.com/1941/03/16/a...

This is nice to hear. I remember making candles, bird feeders and putting our hands in plaster molds when it first started. There was a huge Puff The Magic Dragon statue to climb on. It was kind a cross of a Renaissance and Hippie Festival. Lots of patchouli!✌ kobi5.com/news/top-sto...

#OTD in 1945, MajGen Harry Schmidt declared that Iwo Jima was secure after 25 days of combat. A pocket of Japanese defenders continued to fight for two more weeks. ADM Nimitz's quotation about the courage of the Marines is inscribed on the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA.

Hitler, from the moment he became Chancellor, represented himself as a man of peace. Though he militarized the nation and emphasized the power of the new Germany, he reiterated in speech after speech his unwillingness as an old soldier that war's horrors be repeated. www.nytimes.com/1939/10/08/a...

I think Diamond Peak has given up trying to save what snow they have. I didn't see any groomers out last night. #NVwx #CAwx #WX Most Tahoe-area resorts still plan to operate into mid-April, but conditions remain tenuous. As one weekly weather report put it, there are no major storms in sight.

It's like mid-Summer at lake level. Even the old-timers say they've never seen a March as this! Especially after record snowfall last month. #NVwx #CAwx #WX

War is peace. Get yours.

March 16, 1926: A liquid-propelled rocket is launched for the first time. Robert Goddard fires his spindly, 10-foot-tall contraption from a snowy field on his Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn, Mass. The flight that makes the Space Age possible lasts just 41 seconds. 1/8

Wernher von Braun, who developed the V-2 for the Nazis and later the Saturn V rocket for NASA, said that for all the crudeness of Goddard’s designs, his rockets “blazed the trail and incorporated many features used in our most modern rockets and space vehicles.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/s...

⚡️ Without a hint of irony, Russia mocks US for 'miscalculating' Iran war. "If they thought they could subjugate (Iran) in a day or a few hours, they probably realize now just how seriously they miscalculated," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Chinese defense technology has intercepted radio transmissions from US B-2 Spirit bombers involved in a March 1 strike on Iran, claiming its artificial intelligence (AI) powered monitoring system detected the signals despite the aircraft’s stealth capability. thedefensepost.com/2026/03/16/c...

Belgium's prime minister, who is a rightwing Flemish nationalist, wants the EU to "normalize relations with Russia" to access cheap energy. www.lecho.be/economie-politiq...

@sonofsandor.bsky.social Good morning. Clear. Today, “UK, France, & Benelux countries signed the "Convention on Western Union" (Brussels Treaty). In 1949, it evolved into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (1948).” Image shows Bevin signing treaty. #What_day_is_it? www.nnh.to/03/17.html

The remarks are the latest in a war of words. The Philippines and China both lay claim to the Scarborough Shoal, which is effectively under Beijing's control through continuous deployment of its coast guard. Sovereignty ​over the atoll has never been formally established.

Feb 27, 1950 TIME Along South China’s invasion coast, facing the Nationalist island of Taiwan, Communist generals are drilling a million men, assembling thousands of junks and sampans for amphibious assault. How firmly will Nationalist China hold out in her island remnants? time.com/archive/6614...

China will invade Taiwan by the end of the month.

Mar 15, 1951 NYT Award of the first Albert Einstein gold medal. The medal bears an engraved likeness of Dr Einstein. He usually passes his birthday (3.14) at home with a few friends, and never, as far as is known, has appeared at a public gathering on the anniversary. www.nytimes.com/1951/03/15/a...