JULY 21 — 1969 NY Times Headlines: Man Walks On Moon; 2016 Team OceanHearts reach Waikiki; 1899 Happy Bithday Ernest hemingway
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here ya go pops. hope its good this time
here ya go pops. hope its good this time
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JULY 21
1969 — here are the headlines: NYT: Man Walks on Moon Astronauts Land on Plain, Collect Rocks, and Plant Flag.
Most other headlines in America and many parts of Europe had similar headlines. I hope I debunked the conspiracy theories on how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon, and the whole thing was a hoax. In case I didn’t squash silly conspiracy theories, ask yourself this: Where did the Apollo go? Around the block? Wallmart?
Fact is, those astronauts would land back on Earth on the 24th of July. I suppose that the most annoying debunk is that if the footage from the moon landing was filmed in Hollywood by Stanley Kubrick, the real conspiracy should be the moon itself, what Armstrong actually saw on there, and what Houston already knew about the dark side of the moon.
Why is there a satellite and a cylinder shaped building or structure already there and who put it there? If you don’t know this one, you might be chasing the wrong conspiracy, if you’re chasing one at all. Or what about the spaceships? Apollo almost landed in a crater filled with rocks in what would have been a disastrous landing, but Armstrong was able to maneuver the ship onto a level surface.
On the other side of the crater, the crew allegedly saw three other ships that were watching them. What were those ships? How did NASA manage to lose important documents regarding the Apollo mission? Whatever it was, it’s much stranger than the Stanley Kubrick theory.
1861 –1ST Battle of Bull Run.
…Abraham Lincoln V Jefferson Davis. Winfield Scott, Irvin McDowell, and Robert Patterson V PGT Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston. The result: Confederate Victory. The Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, was fought about 20 miles outside Washington DC. It was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. I mentioned the buildup of this the other day.
On July 16, 1861, the untested Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the 30,000 strong Confederate army, which was drawn up behind a creek called Bull Run beyond Centerville. On the 21st, McDowell went on the offense and crossed at Sadly Ford, attacking the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. The Union appeared to have the upper hand, but! Conf. Brig. Gen. Thomas Jackson said: Than we shall give them the bayonet! Brig Gen. Barnard Bee heard that and said: “Look at Jackson standing like a Stonewall!” And that, my friends, is the day he earned the name, Santa Claus!
Ok, just making sure you’re paying attention. His nickname was, Stonewall Jackson. Duh. The Federal chaotic and disorganized retreat quickly turn into a rout. July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington. So much for invading the Confederate Capital of Richmond! So much for quickly ending this rebellious southern cause. Oh no. The Battle of Bull Run showed the North and South that the war had just begun.
2016 — Team Ocean Hearts reach Waikiki.
Liz Dycus and Pat Hines would not finish first in the XX2i Optics sponsored Great Pacific Race, but they were the oldest. The optic sunglasses that sponsor the event for Team Uniting nations and TeacmOceanHearts is an ideal sponsor, since its brand protest the eyes from sun and water glare during a 45 day and night row across the Pacific. From Monterrey California to Honolulu, this trek turned out to be a 2400 mile journey through waves sometimes as high as 20 feet, strong winds trying to take you off track, and all the other elements involved.
Coming in first place in that race was Uniting Nations, which included Carlo Pachinno from the US as well as three others from Europe, but TeachOceahHearts who weren’t far behind, were the real heroes. I don’t’ ever like to talk about a lady’s age, so this makes me a little uncomfortable, but with all due respect, Pat was born Jun 28 1954, and Liz was born August 29 1957.
President of XX2i Optics Paul Craig wisely stated “These women are tough as nails to take in something this extreme,” and goes on to say that he couldn’t imagine pulling off that feat while he was in his prime. Liz Dycus and Pat Hines everybody like a boss!
1957 – We lose Bernard Spooner,
…of natural causes by the way, one of the two men besides Leo Kraus who invented the bulletproof vest in New Jersey. He had 2,000 bullets fired at him since he invented his jacket. Once he accidentally sold one to Al Capone without recognizing him. After that he changed his policies to only sell to those approved by the police department.
1899 – Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway.
…He gave us many great books, including The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell tolls, farewell to arms and so much more. He grew up in Illinois, learned early on how to hunt and fish, which became major passions in his lifetime. We read his first winning Pulitzer prize autobiography. A Farewell to Arms, which wasn’t actually an autobiography but I call it that because it was about his life at the time. He was an ambulance driver in Italy in WWI, got injured by mortar fire and wound up in a hospital in Milan, where he met and fell in love with his nurse, Agnes von Kurowski.
He proposed marriage to her in real life, and she accepted at first but then left him for another man. Brutal, but those events were led to Farewell to Arms. Another one of his autobiography, again not really an autobiography but still based on his life, was when he married Hadley Richardson and moved to Paris with her. Hemingway started hanging around F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Pablo Picasso and became entrenched in the Lost Generation expatriate community, which was the basis of perhaps his best work and first novel, The Sun Also Rises.
Hemingway started an affair with Pauline Pfeiffer, divorced Hadley and moved to Florida. He went down to Cuba, met his soon to be third wife, fellow Spanish Civil War correspondent Martha Gellhorn, watched a ton of bullfighting and wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, which would be later nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He moved back to America and during WWII became a correspondent and met his soon to be fourth wife, another war correspondent Mary Welsh.
Later in 1951 he wrote the Old Man and the Sea and finally won the Pulitzer. He traveled around Africa, survived two plane crashes, became depressed, a raging alcoholic and killed himself with a shotgun. Hemingway influences writers to this day; his imagination were as great as his talents.