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MARCH 28 — 1946 State Department releases International Control of Atomic Energy;1948 UFO crashes in Aztec, NM; 1915 Leon Thrasher becomes first American casualty of WWWI; 2017 Nate’s Dogs become official hot dogs for the MLB
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MARCH 28
1946-The report on the International control of Atomic
Energy was released by the State Department and written by Dean Acheson and David Lilenthal. It discussed possible methods for the international control of nuclear weapons and the avoidance of future nuclear warfare.
I can only imaging the headache that Harry Truman must have had about this whole thing. Bad news Harry: FDR has dropped dead and you’re in charge. Here’s the good news, sir, WWII is just about over and we won. Bad news, we have a new weapon that can destroy and entire city in one drop, and you’re in charge of it. Have a nice day, Mr. President. Or at least try to have a nice day.
Speaking of nuclear fun…
1979-A nuclear reactor overheated at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, PA.
Amazingly nobody died, at least not instantly. The plant had just begun operations several months prior to this, and on 3:58a.m.a pump that directed steam to the plan’ts electric turbines stopped working, causing a water circulation pump to break down. Without the water, the temperature of the reactor rose dramatically, and a relief valve opened to stop the pressure from building to dangerous levels. But the valve wouldn’t close! In addition, the plant operators weren’t trained to handle these types of situations, and one of them opened another valve to allow water from the nuclear system into a waste tank. But this water ruptured the tank and radioactive water flooded into the reactor. And then an operator shut off the automnatic core-cooling system, because, well I don’t know why.
Basically this is what happens when a faulty design collides with human error. The radioactive steam poured out of the plant, and radioactive water had to be released somewhere right? How about the Susquehanna River! That’s a good place! Shh…don’t tell the authorities! How much radiation was released that night? We don’t know. Naturally, anti-0nuclear movement activists went crazy, however epidemiological studies analyzing the rate of cancer in and around the area since the accident determined there was a small statistically non-significant increase in the rate and thus no causal connection linking the accident with these cancers can be made. But don’t take my word for it.That was reported in the American journal of Epidemiology, the US national Library of Medicine, as well as other sources.
1915 – Leon Thrasher drowns when a German sub torpedoed the ship Falaba, in which Thrasher was a passenger. He was a 310year old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts on the Falaba, which was a cargo0passenger ship heading from Liverpool to West Africa. Of the 242 passengers and =crew on board the ship, 104 drowned, and Thrasher was the first. The Germans claimed they followed protocol: gave the passengers ample time to abandoned ship and firing only when British torpedo destroyers began to approach to give aid to the Falaba. Yeah, no they didn’t. The german sub the U-28 gave them five minutes. That’s the only reason everyone on board didn’t die, only half.
Class, how do you think America handled the news? How do you think President Wilson handled it when the Lusitania was fired on by the Germans about a month later and 128 Americans died? Not very well. This of course led to American entry into WWI, and as far as Germany’s concerned, all bets are off.
1991 New Kid on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, for allegedly setting fire to a hotel carpet after pouring vodka on it. Donnie Donnie Donnie. Really? Why can you be more like your brother Mark? That’s the first and last time I will bring up NKOTB. Losersl
2017 – Nate’s hot dogs become official for the MLB. The history of the hot dog is disputed. One would imagine the frankfurter came from Frankfurt Germany, but the actual Weiner may have come from the Swiss, what do I know. In 1871, Charles Feltman came up with the first hot dog stand at Coney Island, and in 1893 the hot dog was the main course at the Columbian Exposition. To be perfectly frank, the hot dog didn’t get a bun until street vendor Anton Feuchtwanger got tired of burning his hands and losing his gloves. Chances are, the hot dog got its name not at a baseball game, but rather a polo game in New York in 1901 On a particularly cold day for April in New York, the sausages fresh out of the piping hot water were red hot, and were announced as red hot dauschunds. Fido, no! Just kidding. Cartoonist Tad Dorgan was present, and depicted a roll of doggies wrapped in buns in the New York Journal sports section. Then again way back in 1894, Yale University had German immigrants driving wagons full of dauschund dogs, maybe the name started there. These days, Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore claim the best tasting hot dogs and beer selection, says reviewtracker.com, followed by PNC Park in Pittsburgh, AT&T park in San Fran, and Safeco in Seattle. Cheapest hot dogs you’ll find at Cinci Reds games, followed by Orioles, D-Backs, Indians, and Yankees. Most expensive, Mets, Marlins, both at $6.26!, then Dodges, Rangers and Giants. Getting back to Nathan now. His personal ingredients for the flavor of Coney Island are these days found at Reds stadium, not to mention Miam, St. Louis, and both New York teams, I will take mine with everything, and worry about the peanuts and Cracker Jack in the next inning! Nachos in the 9th. Thanks Nate!
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