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Hey Fredrick 11-10-20 01:44 PM
On this day in history...
 
11/10/1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior. For some reason shipwrecks fascinate me.

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

Stirchley 11-11-20 02:58 PM
Re: On this day in history...
 
11/11/1918 - WWI ended with the signing of the Armistice.

Citizen Rules 11-11-20 03:08 PM
Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2140214)
11/11/1918 - WWI ended with the signing of the Armistice.
...and the seeds of WWII began on that day.

Stirchley 11-11-20 03:38 PM
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2140232)
...and the seeds of WWII began on that day.
I suppose so. Who would have guessed that 20 years later another world war was brewing.

Hey Fredrick 11-12-20 08:59 AM
11-12-70 - "The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting eight-ton sperm whale near Florence, Oregon with half a ton of dynamite, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident. The explosion caused large pieces of blubber to land some distance away from the beach and left much of the whale intact."

https://youtu.be/yPuaSY0cMK8

GulfportDoc 11-12-20 08:21 PM
Originally Posted by Hey Fredrick (Post 2140458)
11-12-70 - "The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting eight-ton sperm whale near Florence, Oregon with half a ton of dynamite, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident. The explosion caused large pieces of blubber to land some distance away from the beach and left much of the whale intact."
That's pretty wacky. I note that Oregon hasn't acquired a whole lot more sense since then...;)

Stirchley 11-13-20 02:04 PM
Originally Posted by Hey Fredrick (Post 2140458)
11-12-70 - "The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting eight-ton sperm whale near Florence, Oregon with half a ton of dynamite, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident. The explosion caused large pieces of blubber to land some distance away from the beach and left much of the whale intact."
LOL. If this were post-Watergate, it would have been called #blubbergate.

Hey Fredrick 12-05-20 02:57 PM
Large Marge is born:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EofAZmmU...jpg&name=small

GulfportDoc 12-07-20 10:18 AM
December 7, 1941. "A day which will live in infamy."


Pearl Harbor Day


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