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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Classics Vol. 4 DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: National Raisin Bran Cereal Day: -- A day to pours a bowl of one of the country's go-to cereals! Made from toasted oat or wheat flakes with plump raisins added, these cereals have been a staple in many American breakfasts for generations. Since 1925, a variety of companies have been producing raisin bran cereal. Those companies include Kellogg's Raisin Bran, General Mills, Total Raisin Bran, U.S. Mills, and Ralcorp's Post Raisin Bran. However, the first was U.S. Mills. In 1925, Skinner's Manufacturing Company based out of Omaha, Nebraska, introduced the United States to Skinner's Raisin Bran. While other bran cereals existed, Skinner's debuted the first with raisins included. Raisin bran is a good source of dietary fiber. For several years, Skinner's held the exclusive right to the name "raisin bran" but that didn't stop others from making their own. Skinner's Manufacturing Co. had been in business since 1918. And as the country's largest producer of macaroni, they weren't going to let that go without a fight. They took their trademark to court. Despite being first and trademarking the name, Skinner's lost on the grounds that the words "raisin bran" are merely ingredients. To observe National Raisin Bran Cereal day: Since raisin bran is the star of the day, enjoy it as a snack or for breakfast. If you're not a big fan of bran, you can always separate the raisins. Or maybe you're not a raisin fan. Did you know you can make wine from raisins? It's true. So, have your bran and wine, too - celebrate and use #RaisinBranCerealDay to post on social media! On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-4-dv4.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day: -- This is the perfect opportunity to tackle that science experiment that's been growing at the back and also make sure you've got space in your fridge for the holidays. A cleaning session is also a great opportunity to check how well your refrigerator is functioning and if it needs any servicing. With National Clean Out Your Fridge Day coming right before the holidays, it's the perfect opportunity to make sure that everything is ready before Thanksgiving! New technology means new problems. Ever since the first household refrigerator hit the market, consumers then became burdened with a new thing to deal with - cleaning it. Whether its the moldy oranges, the brown bananas, or that milk you forgot about, cleaning a refrigerator is something that American's over the past century can relate to. Cleaning out the refrigerator is a big task, and it's only natural that people would push the chore aside. Having one day to do a big clean of the refrigerator is useful because it makes everyday cleaning easier. There's no clear information about how the Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day came about. The general consensus is that this day was started by the Whirlpool Corporation, and later became popular throughout the country. It is believed that the company intended for the day to be celebrated on the third Wednesday of every month, but the day took a life of its own. Later Whirlpool celebrated a Clean Out Your Refrigerator Week, but the date stuck. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/american-business-films-1910s1960s-3-dual-laye191019603.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: National Drummer Day: -- Drummers are truly talented humans, one of the many reasons they've earned this day! Drummers are so coordinated they can do something different with each limb and make it all sound perfectly synced. How? Studies show that drummers' brains are actually wired differently than us mere mortals, giving them enhanced problem-solving abilities and an entirely different way of looking at the world. Even though the first drums ever were made out of alligator skin and clay pots (such dapper drums for 5050 BC), the art of drumming extends well beyond humans. Macaque monkeys will drum on objects rhythmically to show social dominance. Some rodents will also express communication by drumming their paws on the ground. Additionally, the way in which animals appear to process this syncopated sound is similar to us, leading many scientists to believe that drumming pre-dates humans in our global evolutionary timeline as a way of communication. So by practicing drumming, you're actually practicing something that is - most likely - older than humanity. Additionally, the drums basic shape and build has been unchanged for thousands of years. The difference between Rush's massive drum kit and the alligator skin drums found in China in 5050 BC may seem huge at first sight but are actually rather small in the grand scheme of things. Drums are drums are drums - and playing them turns anyone holding a beat into a living link to the past. While technologies evolve and electric kits fashionably fall in and out of style, drumming's importance to the way we express emotion and communicate is still as strong as it was before we ever figured out how to build one. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/art-blakey-the-jazz-messenger-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Tolstoy from Riches to Rags: Leo Tolstoy Biography DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: National Philanthropy Day: -- National Philanthropy Day honors those who give back to their communities. The word philanthropy comes from Latin and Greek philanthropia which gives us kindliness, humanity, and love for mankind. From this, we take the philo (tending to, fond of) and join antropos meaning mankind or human beings. Philanthropists give of their time and money in ways that provide a lasting impact: Supports education through scholarships, grants, foundations, and more; Foundations support scientific research; Development of charities; Funding grants to programs for local, national, and international needs; Encourage art through grants and foundations; Invest in advocacy platforms for the underprivileged. The day recognizes philanthropists for their many significant contributions, help, and good deeds and for the differences that they have made in our lives and our communities. While philanthropy is giving and kind, it is a type of gift that strives to replace social ills with solutions. Philanthropists see issues and try to solve them. Charity often is a temporary solution for a temporary problem. When the issue persists, we seek a cure. There are instances of philanthropy that can overlap with instances of charity. The difference is that charity relieves the pains of social problems, whereas philanthropy attempts to solve those problems at their root causes. Learn more about the kinds of philanthropy in your community. Read books on the history of philanthropy in the United States. You can also: Share how philanthropy has impacted your community; Support your favorite philanthropic organization; Volunteer for a local organization; Share your favorite organization's page and your favorite projects; and use #NationalPhilanthropyDay to post on social media! The Association of Fundraising Professionals created National Philanthropy Day in 1985. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tolstoy-from-riches-to-rags-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Walt Whitman Documentary Biography DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: I Love To Write Day: -- Writing is a form of communication that's been around since the very beginning, and lots of people love to do it. It's one of the most magical ways of sharing your ideas with the world. I Love to Write Day was started by an author called John Riddle, from Delaware. He wanted a day set aside so that everyone, no matter their age, could spend some time writing. It doesn't matter what people write, as long as they write what they want to. John Riddle was a writer, he wrote over 34 books and tons of articles. He believes that writing is a very good way for people to express themselves creatively. So he decided to challenge people to set one day aside for writing. He believed that I Love to Write Day could launch the careers of the next bestselling author, as long as they sit down and write! Writers across the world write on all sorts of topics, in many different forms. There are fictional and non-fictional books, novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, articles, songs, and scripts. They may write for themselves, for blogs, for newspapers, or be working with publishing houses. Some writers may also be illustrators or work with illustrators to add pictures to their books. A lot of writers are self-taught, although many might choose to improve their skills by taking a short course, or even a full degree in the kind of writing they want to pursue. There are courses journalists, bloggers, and creative writers of all kinds. Writers are needed everywhere because a good writer is one who can convey ideas clearly. So even if you're a scientist, you still need to be a good writer if you want to talk about your research! On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/walt-whitman-dvd-biography-poetry-documentary.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15: Day Of The Imprisoned Writer: -- Raises awareness about censorship, harassment, and persecution of writers and journalists worldwide. Censorship is a growing problem today, with many government agencies spying on their citizens, especially anti-vocal government critics, whistleblowers, and political activists. In some countries, freedom of the press is non-existent, and independent journalism results in arbitrary detention. Human rights organizations and groups dedicated to protecting free speech distribute banned materials in some parts of the world. They also invite advocates, writers, and reporters to discuss the state of independent journalism and free speech. Day of the Imprisoned Writer started in 1981 and was the product of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee. Since its introduction, PEN has used the holiday to call for the release of imprisoned writers, advocate for better protection for journalists and activists, and fight for justice for those writers who gave up their lives in the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the truth. Despite enduring the same threats, intimidation, and intrusive surveillance from state authorities, poets, translators, publishers, and novelists are honored for their contributions to the cause. PEN coordinates activities through more than its 100 centers worldwide. Each year, PEN lists five writers persecuted or imprisoned by their governments. These writers come from different parts of the world but are constantly engaged in reporting or investigating stories involving corruption, violent crimes, illegal spying, police cover-ups, and state-sponsored violence. In 2009, PEN named Liu Xiaobo and Natalia Estemirova on their list of writers. Xiaobo, a dissident writer, later died in detention in 2017. Estemirova was abducted and murdered by unknown persons in 2009 while she was investigating war crimes in Chechnya. In 2018, PEN joined the rest of the human rights and free speech-oriented organizations in condemning the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. Through the "America Senior Director of Free Expression," PEN called for the Saudi authorities to produce Khashoggi and hold the persons responsible for his murder accountable. On Day of the Imprisoned Writer in 2021, PEN named Chinese scholar Rahile Dawut, U.A.E. human rights lawyer Mohamed Al-Roken, Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas, Cuban musician Maykel Osorbo, and a collective case of 12 Eritrean writers imprisoned for 20 years incommunicado. PEN International remains dedicated to supporting poets, playwrights, editors, essayists, and novelists worldwide. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/cold-war-capitalism-dvd-in-our-hands-propaganda-films.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: American Revolutionary War Documentaries DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1777: The Age Of Enlightenment (The Enlightenment, The Age Of Reason): The Age Of Revolution: The Atlantic Revolutions: The American Enlightenment: The American Revolution: The Continental Congress: The Second Continental Congress: The Articles Of Confederation: -- The Second Continental Congress approves The Articles Of Confederation for ratification by the states; though the the Articles Of Confederation only came into full force once it was ratified by all 13 states over three years later on March 1, 1781, Congress nevertheless began immediately to operate under the Articles' terms once they approved the articles, and it produced the immediate result one month later of obtaining France's formal recognition of the United States on December 17, 1777. The Articles Of Confederation provided a structure of shared sovereignty during prosecution of the war, which enable the international relations and alliances with France and Spain that the new United States would come to depend on, as it establised a central government which received those powers which the former colonies had recognized as belonging to king and parliament. The Articles Of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate between July 1776 and November 1777, and sent to the states for ratification. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/american-revolutionary-war-dvd-documentaries.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Radio Broadcasting History Films DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1926: Grand Openings: Broadcasting: The History Of Broadcasting: Radio: The History Of Radio Broadcasting: -- The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. RCA spent 1M USD to purchase WEAF and Washington sister station WCAP, shut down the latter station, and merged its facilities with surviving station WRC; in late 1926, RCA announced the creation of its new division, the National Broadcasting Company. This division's ownership was split among RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%) and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%). New York City's WEAF, the former flagship of Western Electric, and Newark, New Jersey's WJZ, the flagship Westinghouse, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On January 1, 1927, NBC formally divided their respective marketing strategies: the "Red Network" offered commercially sponsored entertainment and music programming, with WEAF as its flagship, and the "Blue Network" mostly carried sustaining - or non-sponsored - broadcasts, especially news and cultural programs, with WJZ as its flagship. Various histories of NBC suggest the color designations for the two networks came from the color of the pushpins NBC engineers used to designate affiliate stations of WEAF (red) and WJZ (blue), or from the use of double-ended red and blue colored pencils. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/radio-broadcasting-history-films-2-dvd-se2.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1931: Grand Openings: Bridge Openings: New York City (New York, NYC): Bridges And Tunnels In New York City: Suspension Bridges: Suspension Arch Bridges: The Bayonne Bridge: -- The Bayonne Bridge, the world's longest suspended arch bridge, and the world's longest steel arch bridge at that time, connecting Bayonne, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York City, first opens. Patterned on the Hell Gate bridge a few miles northeast, its sister bridge is the the Sydney Harbour Bridge. All of the nearly 400 Elco class PT boats used during World War II, including one under the command of U.S. Navy lieutenant John F. Kennedy, the future president of the United States, were manufactured under its shadow, and performed their test runs under it. Today, EarthStation1 Multimedia is based at the New Jersey foot of that bridge. The Bayonne Bridge features prominently in Elco's 1944 film "Giant Killers" about the PT boats they built and tested under this bridge. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wwii-films-the-asiapacific-conflict-dvd.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1738: #BOTD: #HBD! William Herschel, British astronomer and composer of German and Czech-Jewish origin, discoverer of the planet Uranus and of infrared radiation, cofounder and first President of the Royal Astronomical Society (d. August 25, 1822) is #born Frederick William Herschel in the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name, and was the first woman to receive a salary as a scientist, and the first woman in England to hold a government position. William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Great Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen. Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. On March 13, 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would, after several weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity, and Herschel became famous overnight. As a result of this discovery, George III appointed him Court Astronomer. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and grants were provided for the construction of new telescopes. Herschel pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry, using prisms and temperature measuring equipment to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. In the course of these investigations, Other work included an improved determination of the rotation period of Mars, the discovery that the Martian polar caps vary seasonally, the discovery of Titania and Oberon (moons of Uranus) and Enceladus and Mimas (moons of Saturn). Herschel was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1816. He was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when he helped to found it in 1820. After his death, his work was continued by his only son, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS, the polymath inventor of the blueprint, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer and botanist. William Herschel died at Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough, after a long illness. He is buried at nearby St Laurence's Church, Upton, Slough. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-planet-that-got-knocked-on-its-side-dvd-voyager-ii-uranus.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Simple Justice Brown v Board Of Education Docudrama DVD, Download, USB
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1882: #BOTD: #HBD! Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-born American lawyer and jurist, Harvard Law School professor, co-founder of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, during which period he was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in its judgements (d. February 22, 1965) is #born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, immigrating to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Henry L. Stimson, the U.S. Secretary of War. During World War I, Frankfurter served as Judge Advocate General. After the war, he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and returned to his position as a professor at Harvard Law School. He became a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin N. Cardozo. He exercised liberal judicial restraint during an era where conservative justices wielded the judicial power through the derogation canon and the "plain meaning rule" to strike down progressive laws. Frankfurter served on the Court until his retirement in 1962, and was succeeded by Arthur Goldberg. Frankfurter wrote the Court's majority opinions in cases such as Minersville School District v. Gobitis, Gomillion v. Lightfoot, and Beauharnais v. Illinois. He wrote dissenting opinions in notable cases such as Baker v. Carr, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Glasser v. United States, and Trop v. Dulles. On December 8, 1953, after the Supreme Court failed to come to a decision on the Brown v. Board Of Education school segregation case when it was first argued on December 9, 1952, the court had the case reargued, at the behest of Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, as a stalling tactic to allow the court to gather a consensus around a Brown opinion that would outlaw segregation, with special attention to whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibited the operation of separate public schools for whites and blacks. Accordingly Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). reargued the case for the plaintiffs before the court. The justices in support of desegregation spent much effort convincing those who initially intended to dissent to join a unanimous opinion. Although the legal effect would be same for a majority rather than unanimous decision, it was felt that dissent could be used by segregation supporters as a legitimizing counter-argument. The tactic worked, and on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. Felix Frankfurter died of congestive heart failure in at the age of 82. His remains are interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/simple-justice-brown-v-board-of-education-segregation-battle-dvd.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1954: #DOTD: #RIP: Lionel Barrymore, American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director (b. April 28, 1878) #dies from a heart attack in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, aged 76. He is entombed in Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. Barrymore received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960-a motion pictures star and a radio star. The stars are located at 1724 Vine Street for motion pictures, and 1651 Vine Street for radio.[48] He was also inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, along with his siblings, Ethel and John. Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Barrymore won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focussing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/to-be-hamlet-dvd-2-part-1990-tv-documentary-s21990.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1929: #BOTD: #HBD! Ed Asner, American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards (d. August 29, 2021) is #born Eddie Asner in Kansas City, Missouri to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant parents: his housewife mother Lizzie (nee Seliger, from Odessa, Ukraine), and father Morris David Asner from Vilna (modern Vilnius), Lithuania, who ran a second-hand shop and junkyard. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Ed Asner is best remembered for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. Asner won seven (7) Primetime Emmy Awards - five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off Lou Grant). His other Emmys were for performances in two television miniseries: Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a television series award, and Roots (1977), for which he won the Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a television series award. Asner also played John Wayne's adversary Bart Jason in the 1966 Western El Dorado. He played Santa Claus in several films, including in 2003's Elf. In 2007, he voiced the main villain Krad in Christmas Is Here Again. In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's animated film Up and made a guest appearance on CSI: NY in the episode "Yahrzeit". In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT. He starred in Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on CBC Television and appeared in The Glades. Asner guest-starred as Guy Redmayne in the sixth season of The Good Wife. He had a guest role in Cobra Kai, appearing as Sid Weinberg in seasons one and three. In 2020, he had a recurring role as James Staghorne Sr. on Briarpatch. Ed Asner died of natural causes in the morning at his home in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 91. He is buried at Sheffield Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 12, 2021. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hollywood-the-golden-years-the-rko-story-dvd-set-2-disc2.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1933: #BOTD: #HBD! Jack Burns, American comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and producer (d. January 27, 2020) is #born John Francis Burns in Boston, Massachusetts. During the 1960s, he was part of two comedy partnerships, first with George Carlin and later Avery Schreiber. By the 1970s, he had transitioned to working behind the camera as a writer and producer on such comedy series as The Muppet Show and Hee Haw. Burns enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1952. It wasn't long before Burns realized a military life was not for him: "the first week of boot camp changed my mind." He served in Korea, rose to the rank of sergeant, and was discharged around 1954. Burns began his comedy career in 1959, when he partnered with George Carlin; both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas. After successful performances at a Fort Worth beat coffeehouse, The Cellar, Burns and Carlin headed for California in February 1960 and continued to work together for two more years. An album containing some of their material was released in 1963, titled Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight. Longer lasting was a later teaming with Avery Schreiber, whom he met when they were both members of The Second City, a live comedy and improv troupe based in Chicago. Burns and Schreiber were best known for a series of routines in which Burns played a talkative taxicab passenger, with Schreiber as the driver. During the summer of 1973, the two appeared on the ABC TV variety series The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour. During the first half of the 1965-1966 season of The Andy Griffith Show, in an attempt to replace Don Knotts' Barney Fife character after Knotts left the show, Burns was cast as Warren Ferguson, a dedicated but inept deputy sheriff. His character was not popular, and was dropped after 11 appearances. In 1967, he was cast as "Candy Butcher" in The Night They Raided Minsky's. In 1971, he was cast as Mr. Kelly in The Partridge Family episode "Dora, Dora, Dora", (S2/Ep1). Hanna-Barbera gave the voice of Harry Boyle's reactionary neighbor, Ralph Kane, to Burns in the short-lived syndicated prime-time cartoon Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. The series was a forerunner of adult animation comedies. Burns was the headwriter for the first season of Hee Haw and The Muppet Show. Schreiber appeared on an episode with The Muppet Show during that first season. Burns also co-wrote The Muppet Movie (with Jerry Juhl, his successor as head writer of The Muppet Show). He hosted a 1977 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. In the early 1980s, Burns became a writer, announcer and occasional performer on the ABC sketch comedy series Fridays. He and comedian Michael Richards were involved in a staged on-air fight with Andy Kaufman, later re-created in the Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon (with Kaufman's longtime friend Bob Zmuda portraying Burns.) Burns teamed with Lorenzo Music to provide the voices for a pair of crash test dummies named Vince and Larry, respectively, in a series of United States Department of Transportation public service announcements that promoted the use of seat belts. Distributed by the Ad Council, the advertising campaign ran from 1985 to 1998. In 1993, he starred in the animated series Animaniacs, as the voice of Sid the Squid, giving the character a raspy, Daffy Duck kind of voice. Schreiber also appeared on the show as the voice of Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison. Burns was a guest voice in a 1999 episode of The Simpsons called "Beyond Blunderdome". Burns died from respiratory failure on January 27, 2020, at age 86, in Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-watergate-comedy-hour-burns-and-schreiber-comedy-lp-mp3-c3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Divided Union: American Civil War TV Series MP4 Download DVD Set
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1864: November 11, 1864: The American Civil War (The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Eastern Theater Of The American Civil War: The Atlanta Campaign: The Fall Of Atlanta: Sherman's March To The Sea (The Savannah Campaign, Sherman's March): The Burning Of Atlanta: -- Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and starts Sherman's March To The Sea. The city of Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County, was an important rail and commercial center during the American Civil War. Although relatively small in population, the city became a critical point of contention during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 when a powerful Union Army approached from Union-held Tennessee. The Fall Of Atlanta was a critical point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, and (along with the victories at Mobile Bay and Winchester) leading to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln and the eventual surrender of the Confederacy. The capture of the "Gate City of the South" was especially important for Lincoln as he was in a contentious election campaign against the Democratic opponent George B. McClellan. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-divided-union-american-civil-war-tv-series-3-dual-layer-dvd3.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 14-15, 1940: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: The Battle of Britain: Strategic Bombing During World War II: European Air Operations During The Battle Of Europe: The Blitz: The Coventry Blitz (The Coventration): -- The city of Coventry, England is heavily bombed by 515 German Luftwaffe bombers from Luftflotte 3 and from the pathfinders of Kampfgruppe 100 during the overnight of November 14-15. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war") was a series of bombing raids that took place on the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of November 14, 1940 and continued into the morning of November 15. In one night, more than 4,300 homes in Coventry were destroyed and around two-thirds of the city's buildings were damaged. The raid was heavily concentrated on the city centre, most of which was destroyed. Two hospitals, two churches and a police station were also damaged. The local police force lost no fewer than nine constables or messengers in the blitz. Approximately one third of the city's factories were completely destroyed or severely damaged, another third were badly damaged, and the rest suffered slight damage. Among the destroyed factories were the main Daimler factory, the Humber Hillman factory, the Alfred Herbert Ltd machine tool works, nine aircraft factories, and two naval ordnance stores. However, the effects on war production were only temporary, as much essential war production had already been moved to 'shadow factories' on the city outskirts. Also, many of the damaged factories were quickly repaired and had recovered to full production within a few months. An estimated 568 people were killed in the raid (the exact figure was never precisely confirmed), with another 863 badly injured and 393 sustaining lesser injuries. Given the intensity of the raid, casualties were limited by the fact that a large number of Coventrians "trekked" out of the city at night to sleep in nearby towns or villages following the earlier air raids. Also, people who took to air raid shelters suffered very little death or injury. Out of 79 public air raid shelters holding 33,000 people, very few had been destroyed. The attack, code-named Operation Mondscheinsonate (German: Operation Moonlight Sonata), inflicted considerable damage to monuments and residential areas. The initial wave of 13 specially modified Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgruppe 100, which were equipped with X-Gerat (German: X-Device) navigational devices, accurately dropped navigational marker flares at 19:20. The British and the Germans were fighting the Battle of the Beams and on this night the British failed to disrupt the X-Gerat signals. The Battle of the Beams was a period early in the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence at the Air Ministry fought back with a variety of their own increasingly effective means, involving jamming and distortion of the radio waves. The period ended when the Wehrmacht moved their forces to the East in May 1941, in preparation for the attack on the Soviet Union. The first wave of follow-up bombers dropped high explosive bombs, knocking out the utilities (the water supply, electricity network, telephones and gas mains) and cratering the roads, making it difficult for the fire engines to reach fires started by the later waves of bombers. These later waves dropped a combination of high explosive and incendiary bombs. There were two types of incendiary bomb: Those made of magnesium and those made of petroleum. The high explosive bombs and the larger air-mines not only hindered the Coventry fire brigade, they were also intended to damage roofs, making it easier for the incendiary bombs to fall into buildings and ignite them. Coventry's air defences consisted of twenty-four 3.7 inch AA guns and twelve 40 mm Bofors. The AA Defence Commander of 95th (Birmingham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, had prepared a series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise drowned out sound-location. The anti-aircraft batteries then fought on in isolation. Some gun positions were able to fire at searchlight beam intersections, glimpsed through the smoke and guessing the range. Although the Coventry guns fired 10 rounds a minute for the whole 10 hour raid (a total of over 6,700 rounds), only one German bomber was shot down. At around 20:00, Coventry Cathedral (dedicated to Saint Michael), was set on fire by incendiaries for the first time. The volunteer firefighters managed to put out the first fire but other direct hits followed and soon new fires broke out in the cathedral; accelerated by a firestorm, the flames quickly spread out of control. During the same period, more than 200 other fires were started across the city, most of which were concentrated in the city-centre area, setting the area ablaze and overwhelming the firefighters. The telephone network was crippled, hampering the fire service's command and control and making it difficult to send firefighters to the most dangerous blazes first; as the Germans had intended, the water mains were damaged by high explosives, meaning there was not enough water available to tackle many of the fires. The raid reached its climax around midnight with the final all clear sounding at 06:15 on the morning of November 15. Although the city centre suffered the heaviest raids, districts of the city including Stoke Heath, Foleshill and Wyken were also heavily bombed. The raid reached such a new and severe level of destruction that Joseph Goebbels later used the term coventriert ("coventried") when describing similar levels of destruction of other enemy towns. During the raid, the Germans dropped about 500 tonnes of high explosives, including 50 parachute air-mines, of which 20 were incendiary petroleum mines, and 36,000 incendiary bombs. The raid of November 14, combined several innovations which influenced all future strategic bomber raids during the war. These were: 1) The use of pathfinder aircraft with electronic aids to navigate, to mark the targets before the main bomber raid; and 2) The use of high explosive bombs and air-mines (blockbuster bombs) coupled with thousands of incendiary bombs intended to set the city ablaze in a firestorm. In the Allied raids later in the war, 500 or more heavy four-engine bombers all delivered their 3,000-6,000-pound (1,400-2,700 kg) bomb loads in a concentrated wave lasting only a few minutes. But at Coventry, the German twin-engined bombers carried smaller bomb loads (2,000-4,000 pounds (910-1,810 kg)), and attacked in smaller multiple waves. Each bomber flew several sorties over the target, returning to base in France to rearm. Thus the attack was spread over several hours, and there were lulls in the raid when firefighters and rescuers could reorganise and evacuate civilians. As Arthur Harris, commander of RAF Bomber Command, wrote after the war: "Coventry was adequately concentrated in point of space [to start a firestorm], but all the same there was little concentration in point of time." The British used the opportunity given them by the attack on Coventry to try a new tactic against Germany, which was carried out on December 16, 1940 as part of Operation Abigail Rachel against Mannheim. The British had been waiting for the opportunity to experiment with an incendiary-intensive raid, considering it a kind of retaliation for the German raid on Coventry. This was the start of a British drift away from precision attacks on military targets and towards area bombing attacks on whole cities. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-secret-war-wwii-weaponry-tv-series-all-7-episodes-2-dv72.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15-16/November 16-17, 1940: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): Aviation: Military Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War II: Strategic Bombing During World War II: European Air Operations During The Battle Of Europe: The Bombing Of Hamburg In World War II: The Hamburg Air Raids Of The Nights Of November 15/16 And November 16/17 1940: -- In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before during what became known as The Coventry Blitz, the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command executes two major bombing raids against Hamburg on the consecutive nights of November 15-16, 1940 and November 16-17, 1940. Over 200 British aircraft were involved. On the first night damage was caused to the Blohm & Voss shipyard, and over 60 fires were started. On the second night only 60 aircraft found their target and damage was far less. The damage and loss of life inflicted were far less than that inflicted by the Germans upon Coventry on November 14-15, 1940, when Coventry was heavily bombed by 515 German Luftwaffe bombers from Luftflotte 3 and from the pathfinders of Kampfgruppe 100 during the overnight of November 14-15. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war") was a series of bombing raids that took place on the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of November 14, 1940 and continued into the morning of November 15. In one night, more than 4,300 homes in Coventry were destroyed and around two-thirds of the city's buildings were damaged. The raid was heavily concentrated on the city centre, most of which was destroyed. Two hospitals, two churches and a police station were also damaged. The local police force lost no fewer than nine constables or messengers in the blitz. Approximately one third of the city's factories were completely destroyed or severely damaged, another third were badly damaged, and the rest suffered slight damage. Among the destroyed factories were the main Daimler factory, the Humber Hillman factory, the Alfred Herbert Ltd machine tool works, nine aircraft factories, and two naval ordnance stores. However, the effects on war production were only temporary, as much essential war production had already been moved to 'shadow factories' on the city outskirts. Also, many of the damaged factories were quickly repaired and had recovered to full production within a few months. An estimated 568 people were killed in the raid (the exact figure was never precisely confirmed), with another 863 badly injured and 393 sustaining lesser injuries. Given the intensity of the raid, casualties were limited by the fact that a large number of Coventrians "trekked" out of the city at night to sleep in nearby towns or villages following the earlier air raids. Also, people who took to air raid shelters suffered very little death or injury. Out of 79 public air raid shelters holding 33,000 people, very few had been destroyed. The attack, code-named Operation Mondscheinsonate (German: Operation Moonlight Sonata), inflicted considerable damage to monuments and residential areas. The initial wave of 13 specially modified Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgruppe 100, which were equipped with X-Gerat (German: X-Device) navigational devices, accurately dropped navigational marker flares at 19:20. The British and the Germans were fighting the Battle of the Beams and on this night the British failed to disrupt the X-Gerat signals. The Battle of the Beams was a period early in the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence at the Air Ministry fought back with a variety of their own increasingly effective means, involving jamming and distortion of the radio waves. The period ended when the Wehrmacht moved their forces to the East in May 1941, in preparation for the attack on the Soviet Union. The first wave of follow-up bombers dropped high explosive bombs, knocking out the utilities (the water supply, electricity network, telephones and gas mains) and cratering the roads, making it difficult for the fire engines to reach fires started by the later waves of bombers. These later waves dropped a combination of high explosive and incendiary bombs. There were two types of incendiary bomb: Those made of magnesium and those made of petroleum. The high explosive bombs and the larger air-mines not only hindered the Coventry fire brigade, they were also intended to damage roofs, making it easier for the incendiary bombs to fall into buildings and ignite them. Coventry's air defences consisted of twenty-four 3.7 inch AA guns and twelve 40 mm Bofors. The AA Defence Commander of 95th (Birmingham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, had prepared a series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise drowned out sound-location. The anti-aircraft batteries then fought on in isolation. Some gun positions were able to fire at searchlight beam intersections, glimpsed through the smoke and guessing the range. Although the Coventry guns fired 10 rounds a minute for the whole 10 hour raid (a total of over 6,700 rounds), only one German bomber was shot down. At around 20:00, Coventry Cathedral (dedicated to Saint Michael), was set on fire by incendiaries for the first time. The volunteer firefighters managed to put out the first fire but other direct hits followed and soon new fires broke out in the cathedral; accelerated by a firestorm, the flames quickly spread out of control. During the same period, more than 200 other fires were started across the city, most of which were concentrated in the city-centre area, setting the area ablaze and overwhelming the firefighters. The telephone network was crippled, hampering the fire service's command and control and making it difficult to send firefighters to the most dangerous blazes first; as the Germans had intended, the water mains were damaged by high explosives, meaning there was not enough water available to tackle many of the fires. The raid reached its climax around midnight with the final all clear sounding at 06:15 on the morning of November 15. Although the city centre suffered the heaviest raids, districts of the city including Stoke Heath, Foleshill and Wyken were also heavily bombed. The raid reached such a new and severe level of destruction that Joseph Goebbels later used the term coventriert ("coventried") when describing similar levels of destruction of other enemy towns. During the raid, the Germans dropped about 500 tonnes of high explosives, including 50 parachute air-mines, of which 20 were incendiary petroleum mines, and 36,000 incendiary bombs. The raid of November 14, combined several innovations which influenced all future strategic bomber raids during the war. These were: 1) The use of pathfinder aircraft with electronic aids to navigate, to mark the targets before the main bomber raid; and 2) The use of high explosive bombs and air-mines (blockbuster bombs) coupled with thousands of incendiary bombs intended to set the city ablaze in a firestorm. In the Allied raids later in the war, 500 or more heavy four-engine bombers all delivered their 3,000-6,000-pound (1,400-2,700 kg) bomb loads in a concentrated wave lasting only a few minutes. But at Coventry, the German twin-engined bombers carried smaller bomb loads (2,000-4,000 pounds (910-1,810 kg)), and attacked in smaller multiple waves. Each bomber flew several sorties over the target, returning to base in France to rearm. Thus the attack was spread over several hours, and there were lulls in the raid when firefighters and rescuers could reorganise and evacuate civilians. As Arthur Harris, commander of RAF Bomber Command, wrote after the war: "Coventry was adequately concentrated in point of space [to start a firestorm], but all the same there was little concentration in point of time." The British used the opportunity given them by the attack on Coventry to try a new tactic against Germany, which was carried out on December 16, 1940 as part of Operation Abigail Rachel against Mannheim. The British had been waiting for the opportunity to experiment with an incendiary-intensive raid, considering it a kind of retaliation for the German raid on Coventry. This was the start of a British drift away from precision attacks on military targets and towards area bombing attacks on whole cities. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/air-power-original-1950s-tv-series-walter-cronkite-4-dv19504.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1943: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Holocaust (Shoah): The Romani Holocaust (The Romani Genocide, The Porajmos [Romani: "The Devouring"], The Samudaripen [Romani: "The Mass Killing"])" -- Heinrich Himmler orders that all Gypsies and part-Gypsies be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps"; the number of Gypsies killed by Nazis is estimated up to 500,000. The Romani Holocaust was the effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against Europe's Romani people (including the Sinti) during the Holocaust era. Under Adolf Hitler, a supplementary decree to the Nuremberg Laws was issued on 26 November 1935, classifying the Romani as "enemies of the race-based state", thereby placing them in the same category as the Jews. Thus, the fate of the Roma in Europe paralleled that of the Jews in the Holocaust. Historians estimate that between 250,000 and 500,000 Romani and Sinti were killed by Germans and their collaborators-25% to over 50% of the estimate of slightly fewer than 1 million Roma in Europe at the time. Later research cited by Ian Hancock estimated the death toll to be at about 1.5 million out of an estimated 2 million Roma. In 1982, West Germany formally recognized that Germany had committed genocide against the Romani. In 2011, Poland officially adopted August 2 as a day of commemoration of the Romani genocide; the date was chosen for the memorial because on the night of August 2-3 ,1944, 2,897 Roma, mostly women, children and elderly people were killed in the Gypsy family camp (Zigeunerfamilienlager) in Section B-IIe of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration Camp of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Within the Nazi state, first persecution, then extermination, was aimed primarily at stationary "Gypsy mongrels". Starting in February 1943, a majority of the Roma living in the German Reich were deported to the specially established Gypsy camp at Auschwitz. Other Roma were deported there from the occupied Western European territories. Only a minority survived. Outside the reach of systematic registration, as in the German-occupied areas of Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe, the Roma who were most threatened were those who, in the German judgment, were "vagabonds", though some were actually refugees or displaced persons. Here, the members of the minority fell victim above all to massacres by German military and police formations, as well as to the SS task forces and the fight against armed resistance to the German occupation. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/auschwitz-and-the-allies-dvd-complete-2-part-tv-serie2.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1969: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars: The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict, The Resistance War Against America): The United States In The Vietnam War: Opposition To United States Involvement In The Vietnam War: The Moratorium To End The War In Vietnam: The March Against Death (The Moratorium March): -- Having begun on the evening of Thursday, November 13, the largest antiwar rally in U.S. History, between 250,000 and 500,000 anti-war protesters peacefully demonstrate with the conclusion of their Moratorium March with their symbolic March Against Death in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, November 15, 1969. The Moratorium To End The War In Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It took place on October 15, 1969, followed a month later, on November 15, 1969, by a large Moratorium March in Washington, D.C.. It marks the moment that the anti-war movement became a full-fledged mass movement. By the time that weekend was over, Washington, D.C., had seen more protesters than any single event in its history had drawn; attendance was higher, by tens of thousands, than at the 1963 Civil Rights March On Washington. And despite a name that, 45 years later, may seem overblown or vague, the march was actually about something very specific. The deaths they were protesting were those of soldiers and civilians in Vietnam. As TIME reported in the Nov. 21, 1969, issue: "Disciplined in organization, friendly in mood, [the march] started at Arlington National Cemetery, went past the front of the White House and on to the west side of the Capitol. Walking single file and grouped by states, the protesters carried devotional candles and 24-in. by 8-in. cardboard signs, each bearing the name of a man killed in action or a Vietnamese village destroyed by the war. The candles flickering in the wind, the funereal rolling of drums, the hush over most of the line of march-but above all, the endless recitation of names of dead servicemen and gutted villages as each marcher passed the White House -were impressive drama: "Jay Dee Richter"... "Milford Togazzini"... "Vinh Linh, North Viet Nam"... "Joseph Y. Ramirez." At the Capitol, each sign was solemnly deposited in one of several coffins, later conveyed back up Pennsylvania Avenue in the Saturday march." Mrs. Judy Droz, 23, of Columbia, Mo., was chosen to walk first in the March Against Death. Her husband, a Navy officer, died in Viet Nam last spring. "I have come to Washington to cry out for liberty, for freedom, for peace," she said. The New Mobe [New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Viet Nam] organizers had recruited others who had lost loved ones in the war, but some gold-star families wanted none of it. In Philadelphia and Dallas, groups of mothers and widows of G.I.s killed in combat obtained court orders to bar use of the men's names by the protesters. Another march took place that Saturday, capped by speeches and musical performances watched by at least 250,000 people. A connected event in San Francisco also drew record crowds for that city. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/lbj-1991-tv-documentary-series-lyndon-johnson-dvd-download-usb-d1991.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1906: #BOTD: Curtis LeMay, American Eighth Air Force bomber pilot and commander who personally led many dangerous bombing missions over Germany, Army Air Force (AAF) general who designed and implemented a controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II, United States Air Force (USAAF) general who served as Chief Of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965, vice presidential running mate of controversial American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election (d. October 1, 1990) is #born Curtis Emerson LeMay in Columbus, Ohio to a family of English and distant French Huguenot heritage, the latter being the source of his last name. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States's subsequent entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Operations Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944. He personally led several dangerous missions, including the Regensburg section of the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission of August 17, 1943. In that mission, he led 146 B-17s to Regensburg, Germany, beyond the range of escorting fighters, and, after bombing, continued on to bases in North Africa, losing 24 bombers in the process. He was then transferred to the China Burma India Theater, and then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive fire bombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, LeMay piloted one of three specially modified B-29s flying from Japan to the U.S. in September 1945, in the process breaking several aviation records, including the greatest USAAF takeoff weight, the longest USAAF non-stop flight, and the first ever non-stop Japan-Chicago flight. One of the pilots was of higher rank: Lieutenant General Barney M. Giles. The other two aircraft used up more fuel than LeMay's in fighting headwinds, and they could not fly to Washington, D.C., the original goal. Their pilots landed in Chicago to refuel. LeMay's aircraft had sufficient fuel to reach Washington, but he was directed by the War Department to join the others by refueling at Chicago. LeMay was then assigned to command USAF Europe and coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 to 1957, where he presided over the transition to an all-jet aircraft force that had a strong emphasis on the delivery of nuclear weapons in the event of war. As Chief Of Staff of the Air Force, he called for the bombing of Cuban missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis and sought a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. After retiring from the Air Force in 1965, LeMay agreed to serve as Governor George Wallace's running mate on the American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 United States presidential election. The ticket won 13.5% of the popular vote, a strong tally for a third party campaign, but the Wallace campaign came to see LeMay as a liability. After the election, LeMay retired to his home in Newport Beach. In 1989, he moved to Air Force Village West, a retirement community for former Air Force officers near March Air Force Base in Riverside. Curtis LeMay died at age 83 of complications from a heart attack in the 22nd Strategic Hospital on the grounds of March AFB. He is buried in the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was unquestionably a brave and brilliant man, but a hard one. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-props-the-b17-flying-fortress-dual-layer-d17.html

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November 15, 1915: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The African Theatre Of World War I: The Middle Eastern Theater Of World War I: The Battle Of Gallipoli (The Gallipoli Campaign, The Dardanelles Campaign, The Defense Of Gallipoli): -- Winston Churchill resigns from his Government, the UK's Liberal Government of 1905-1915, in the aftermath of the Battle Of Gallipoli and the Gallipoli Campaign that brought down the Liberal Government. Churchill soon became the successful and popular commander of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front. The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle Of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Canakkale, was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916. The peninsula forms the northern bank of the Dardanelles, a strait that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire, one of the Allied powers during the war. Intending to secure it, Russia's allies, Britain and France, launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula, with the aim of capturing the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul). The naval attack was repelled and after eight months' fighting, with many casualties on both sides, the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn to Egypt. The campaign was the only major Ottoman victory of the war. In Turkey, it is regarded as a defining moment in the nation's history, a final surge in the defence of the motherland as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. The struggle formed the basis for the Turkish War Of Independence and the declaration of the Republic of Turkey eight years later, with Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Ataturk) as President, who rose to prominence as a commander at Gallipoli. The campaign is often considered to be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national consciousness; 25 April, the anniversary of the landings, is known as "Anzac Day", the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the two countries, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-churchills-3-part-1996-tv-miniseries-mp4-video-download-2-3199642.html

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November 15, 1891: #BOTD: Erwin Rommel, German General, Field Marshal and military theorist (d. October 14, 1944) is #born Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel at Heidenheim, in Wurttemberg, Germany. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le Merite, Germany's highest military award,for his actions on the Italian Front. In 1937 he published his classic book on military tactics, Infantry Attacks, drawing on his experiences in that war. In World War II, he distinguished himself as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 Battle Of France. His early victories and leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign established his reputation as one of the ablest tank commanders of the war, and earned him the nickname der Wustenfuchs, "the Desert Fox". However, in 1943, he was defeated at El Alamein by the British under General Montgomery. Among his British adversaries he had a reputation for chivalry, and his phrase "war without hate" has been used to describe the North African campaign. A number of historians have since rejected the phrase as myth and uncovered numerous examples of war crimes and abuses both towards enemy soldiers and native populations in Africa during the conflict. Other historians note that there is no clear evidence Rommel was involved or aware of these crimes (although Caron and Mullner point out that his military successes allowed these crimes to happen) with some pointing out that the war in the desert, as fought by Rommel and his opponents, still came as close to a clean fight as there was in World War II. He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion of Normandy in June 1944. A number of historians connect Rommel himself with war crimes, although this is not the opinion of the majority. With the Nazis gaining power in Germany, Rommel gradually came to accept the new regime, with historians giving different accounts on the specific period and his motivations. He is generally considered a supporter and close friend of Adolf Hitler, at least until near the end of the war, if not necessarily sympathetic to the party and the paramilitary forces associated with it. His stance towards Nazi ideology and his level of knowledge of the Holocaust remain matters of debate among scholars. In 1944, Rommel was implicated in the failed 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. Because of Rommel's status as a national hero, Hitler desired to eliminate him quietly instead of immediately executing him, as many other plotters were. Rommel was given a choice between committing suicide, in return for assurances that his reputation would remain intact and that his family would not be persecuted following his death, or facing a trial that would result in his disgrace and execution; he chose the former and on October 14, 1944 committed suicide at age 52 near Ulm, Germany using a cyanide pill. Rommel was given a state funeral, and it was announced that he had succumbed to his injuries from the strafing of his staff car in Normandy. He is buried at the Friedhof Herrlingen in Herrlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Rommel has become a larger-than-life figure in both Allied and Nazi propaganda, and in postwar popular culture, with numerous authors considering him an apolitical, brilliant commander and a victim of the Third Reich, although this assessment is contested by other authors as the Rommel myth. Rommel's reputation for conducting a clean war was used in the interest of the West German rearmament and reconciliation between the former enemies - the United Kingdom and the United States on one side and the new Federal Republic of Germany on the other. Several of Rommel's former subordinates, notably his Chief Of Staff Hans Speidel, played key roles in German rearmament and integration into NATO in the postwar era. The German Army's largest military base, the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks, Augustdorf, is named in his honour. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rommel-dvd-field-marshal-erwin-dual-layer-wwii-documentaries.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1942: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Asiatic-Pacific Theater, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The South West Pacific Area (SWPA): Operation Cartwheel: The Solomon Islands Campaign: The Battle Of Guadalcanal (The Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Watchtower): The Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal (The Third And Fourth Battles Of Savo Island, The Battle Of The Solomons, The Battle Of Friday the 13th, The Night Of The Big Guns, The Third Battle Of The Solomon Sea): -- The Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied (primarily American) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, ends in a decisive Allied victory. The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle Of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire Of Japan. On August 7, 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese to threaten Allied supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. The Allies also intended to use Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases to support a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain. The Allies overwhelmed the outnumbered Japanese defenders, who had occupied the islands since May 1942, and captured Tulagi and Florida, as well as an airfield (later named Henderson Field) that was under construction on Guadalcanal. Powerful American and Australian naval forces supported the landings. Surprised by the Allied offensive, the Japanese made several attempts between August and November to retake Henderson Field. Three major land battles, seven large naval battles (five nighttime surface actions and two carrier battles), and continual (almost daily) aerial battles, culminated in the decisive Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal in early November, in which the last Japanese attempt to bombard Henderson Field from the sea and land with enough troops to retake it was defeated. In December, the Japanese abandoned their efforts to retake Guadalcanal and evacuated their remaining forces by February 7, 1943, in the face of an offensive by the US Army's XIV Corps. The Guadalcanal campaign was a significant strategic combined arms Allied victory in the Pacific theater. Along with the Battle of Midway, it has been called a turning point in the war against Japan. The Japanese had reached the peak of their conquests in the Pacific. The victories at Milne Bay, Buna-Gona, and Guadalcanal marked the Allied transition from defensive operations to the strategic initiative in the theater, leading to offensive operations such as the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Central Pacific campaigns, that eventually resulted in Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/victory-at-sea-1954-dvd-the-movie-rare-wwii-1954.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: An American Adventure: The Rocket Pilots X-15 DVD, Video Download, USB
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1967: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aviation Incidents And Accidents: X-15 Flight 191: -- #DOTD: #RIP: The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert. During X-15 Flight 191, Adams' seventh flight, the plane had an electrical problem followed by control problems at the apogee of its flight. The pilot may also have become disoriented. During reentry from a 266,000 ft (50.4 mile, 81.1 km) apogee, the X-15 yawed and went into a spin at Mach 5. The pilot recovered, but went into a Mach 4.7 inverted dive. Excessive loading led to structural breakup at about 65,000 feet (19.8 km). He was the first American space mission fatality, and Adams was posthumously awarded astronaut wings, as his flight had passed an altitude of 50 miles (80.5 km), which according to the United States definition of an astronaut is a person who has flown more than 50 miles above mean sea level, while the international definition of the boundary of space, the Karman line, lies at an altitude of 62 miltes (100 km), and commonly represents the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/an-american-adventure-the-rocket-pilots-x15-d15.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Outer Space Films 2: Project Gemini DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1966: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: Project Gemini: Gemini 12 (Gemini XII): -- Gemini 12 completes the 10th and final mission of the Gemini program when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was the 18th crewed American spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time, including X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nmi). Commanded by Gemini VII veteran James A. Lovell, the flight featured three periods of extravehicular activity (EVA) by rookie Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lasting a total of 5 hours and 30 minutes. It also achieved the fifth rendezvous and fourth docking with an Agena target vehicle. With this successful conclusion of the Gemini program, the mission achieved the last of the program's goals by successfully demonstrating that astronauts can effectively work outside of spacecraft. This was instrumental in paving the way for the Apollo program to achieve its goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/outer-space-films-2-project-gemini-pushing-the-envelope-dv2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Eyes Of War: The Interwar Period 1918-1939 DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1920: Grand Openings: International Organizations (Intergovernmental Organizations, International Institutions): The League Of Nations (LN, LON, LoN, (French: Societe Des Nations, "Society Of Nations", SDN, SdN): -- The first assembly of the The League Of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace, is held in the Palais Wilson (French: Wilson Palace) in Geneva, Switzerland. The League Of Nations was founded on January 10, 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War; in 1919 US President Woodrow Wilson was to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as the leading architect of the league.The organisation's primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. Other issues in this and related treaties included labour conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, human and drug trafficking, the arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe. The Covenant of the League Of Nations was signed on 28 June 1919 as Part I of the Treaty Of Versailles, and it became effective together with the rest of the Treaty on 10 January 1920. The first meeting of the Council of the League took place on 16 January 1920, and the first meeting of Assembly of the League took place on 15 November 1920. The diplomatic philosophy behind the League represented a fundamental shift from the preceding hundred years. The League lacked its own armed force and depended on the victorious First World War Allies (France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan were the permanent members of the Executive Council) to enforce its resolutions, keep to its economic sanctions, or provide an army when needed. The Great Powers were often reluctant to do so. Sanctions could hurt League members, so they were reluctant to comply with them. During the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, when the League accused Italian soldiers of targeting Red Cross medical tents, Benito Mussolini responded that "the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out." At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members. After some notable successes and some early failures in the 1920s, the League ultimately proved incapable of preventing aggression by the Axis powers in the 1930s. The credibility of the organization was weakened by the fact that the United States never joined the League and the Soviet Union joined late and was soon expelled after invading Finland. Germany withdrew from the League, as did Japan, Italy, Spain and others. The onset of the Second World War showed that the League had failed its primary purpose, which was to prevent any future world war. The League lasted for 26 years; the United Nations (UN) replaced it after the end of the Second World War and inherited several agencies and organisations founded by the League. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-eyes-of-war-the-interwar-period-19181939--dv191819394.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Labor Union Films Collection DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1881: Organized Labor: The Labor Union Movement: The Labor Union Movement In The United States: The Labor History Of The United States: Labor Unions In The United States: -- The Federation Of Organized Trades And Labor Unions Of The United States And Canada was formed at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; five years later the organization was renamed the American Federation Of Labor (AFL). During the Long Depression of 1873-1878, the Knights Of Labor emerged as a potent force for workers in the United States. But as Marxists and Socialists joined the labor movement and fought for dominance within various labor unions, influential newspapers began to advocate for the suppression of trade unions. Many in the American labor movement, such as Samuel Gompers, sought to implement a 'New Unionism' program which would free unions from political affiliation and limit their goals to the day-to-day concerns of working people. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/labor-union-films-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Legacy With Michael Wood World History TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Stick
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1532: The Spanish Colonization Of The Americas: Indigenous Rebellions In Mexico And Central America: The Spanish Conquest Of The Inca Empire (The Conquest Of Peru): The Battle Of Cajamarca (The Massacre Of Cajamarca): -- By the command of Francisco Pizarro, a small force of Spanish conquistadors of just 110-foot soldiers, 67 cavalry, three arquebuses and two falconets led by Hernando Pizarro and Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time in his camp outside Cajamarca, arranging a "meeting" in his Cajamarca plaza fortress the following day that became known as the 'Battle' of Cajamarca. There Fray Vincente de Valverde and native interpreter Felipillo approached Atahualpa in Cajamarca's central plaza, and after the Dominican friar expounded the "true faith" and the need to pay tribute to the Emperor Charles V, Atahualpa replied, "I will be no man's tributary." His decision, based on there being fewer than 200 Spanish forces as opposed to his 50,000-man army, 6,000 of which accompanied him to Cajamarca, sealed his fate, and that of the Inca empire. Pizarro and his forces responded to Atahualpa's refusal with an attack the Inca army that became the Battle of Cajamarca, also spelled Cajamalca, though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it The Massacre Of Cajamarca. The Spanish killed Atahualpa's 12-man honor guard and thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, took Atahualpa captive at the so-called Ransom Room, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee. The capture of Atahualpa marked the opening stage of the conquest of the pre-Columbian civilization of Peru. Atahualpa was executed by the Spanish on July 26, 1533, and buried on August 29, 1533. Atahualpa's wife, 10-year-old Cuxirimay Ocllo Yupanqui, was with Atahualpa's army in Cajamarca and had stayed with him while he was imprisoned. Following his execution, she was taken to Cuzco and given the name Dona Angelina. By 1538, it was known she had borne Pizarro two sons, Juan and Francisco. The Spanish Conquest Of The Inca Empire, also known as Conquest Of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory in 1572 and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. The conquest of the Inca Empire (called "Tahuantinsuyu" or "Tawantinsuyu" in Quechua, meaning "Realm of the Four Parts"), led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia, as well as expeditions towards the Amazon Basin. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/legacy-with-michael-wood-world-history-tv-series-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Incas Remembered: Historical Documentary DVD, MP4, USB Stick
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1533: The Spanish Colonization Of The Americas: Indigenous Rebellions In Mexico And Central America: The Spanish Conquest Of The Inca Empire (The Conquest Of Peru): -- The Spanish seal the Conquest Of Peru when Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, located in the fertile Mantaro Valley, Pizarro advanced into Cuzco with his army of 500 Spaniards accompanied by Chalcuchimac, one of the leading Inca generals of the north and a supporter of Atahualpa, who was subsequently burned at the stake. During the exploration of Cuzco, Pizarro was impressed and through his officers wrote back to King Charles I of Spain, saying: "This city is the greatest and the finest ever seen in this country or anywhere in the Indies... We can assure your Majesty that it is so beautiful and has such fine buildings that it would be remarkable even in Spain." Jauja was established as Peru's provisional capital in April 1534, but it was high up in the mountains and too distant from the sea to serve as the capital. Pizarro founded the city of Lima on Peru's central coast on January 6, 1535, which he considered to be one of the most important things he had created in life. After the final effort of the Inca to recover Cuzco had been defeated by Almagro, a dispute occurred between Pizarro and Almagro respecting the limits of their jurisdiction, as both claimed the city of Cuzco. The King Of Spain had awarded the Governorate of New Toledo to Almagro and the Governorate of New Castile to Pizarro. The dispute had originated from a disagreement on how to interpret the limit between the governorates. This led to confrontations between the Pizarro brothers and Almagro, who was eventually defeated during the Battle of Las Salinas (1538) and executed. Almagro's son, also named Diego and known as El Mozo, was later stripped of his lands and left bankrupt by Pizarro. In Lima, on 26 June 1541 "a group of 20 heavily armed supporters of Diego de Almagro II "el mozo" stormed Pizarro's palace, assassinating him and then forcing the terrified city council to appoint young Almagro as the new governor of Peru", according to Burkholder and Johnson. "Most of Pizarro's guests fled, but a few fought the intruders, numbered variously between seven and 25. While Pizarro struggled to buckle on his breastplate, his defenders, including his half-brother Martin de Alcantara, were killed". For his part, Pizarro killed two attackers and ran through a third. While trying to pull out his sword, he was stabbed in the throat, then fell to the floor where he was stabbed many times." Pizarro (who now was maybe as old as 70 years and at least 62), collapsed on the floor, alone, painted a cross in his own blood and cried for Jesus Christ. He died moments after. Diego de Almagro the younger was caught and executed the following year after losing the battle of Chupas. Pizarro's remains were briefly interred in the cathedral courtyard; at some later time, his head and body were separated and buried in separate boxes underneath the floor of the cathedral. In 1892, in preparation for the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas, a body believed to be that of Pizarro was exhumed and put on display in a glass coffin. However, in 1977, men working on the cathedral's foundation discovered a lead box in a sealed niche, which bore the inscription "Here is the head of Don Francisco Pizarro Demarkes, Don Francisco Pizarro who discovered Peru and presented it to the crown of Castile." A team of forensic scientists from the United States, led by William R. Maples, was invited to examine the two bodies and they soon determined that the body which had been honored in the glass case for nearly a century had been incorrectly identified. The skull within the lead box not only bore the marks of multiple sword blows, but the features bore a remarkable resemblance to portraits made of the man in life. The Spanish Conquest Of The Inca Empire, also known as Conquest Of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory in 1572 and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. The conquest of the Inca Empire (called "Tahuantinsuyu" or "Tawantinsuyu" in Quechua, meaning "Realm of the Four Parts"), led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia, as well as expeditions towards the Amazon Basin. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-incas-remembered-historical-documentary-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971) Richard Nixon Farce MP4 Download DVD
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1996: #DOTD: Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy for the Soviet Union (b. November 11, 1904) #dies of emphysema at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, four days after his 92nd birthday. His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Alger Hiss was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before he was tried and convicted, he was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department official and as a U.N. official. In later life he worked as a lecturer and author. On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a former U.S. Communist Party member, testified under subpoena before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that Hiss had secretly been a Communist, while in federal service. Called before HUAC, Hiss categorically denied the charge. Richard Nixon first gained national attention in August 1948 when, as a HUAC member, his persistence helped break the Alger Hiss spy case; while many committee members doubted Chambers' allegations, Nixon believed them, and received secret information from the FBI about the matter, and pressed for the committee to continue its investigation. When Chambers repeated his claim on nationwide radio, Hiss filed a defamation lawsuit against him. During the pretrial discovery process, Chambers produced new evidence indicating that he and Hiss had been involved in espionage, which both men had previously denied under oath to HUAC. A federal grand jury indicted Hiss on two counts of perjury; Chambers admitted to the same offense but, as a cooperating government witness, was never charged. Although Hiss' indictment stemmed from the alleged espionage, he could not be tried for that crime because the statute of limitations had expired. After a mistrial due to a hung jury, Hiss was tried a second time. In January 1950, he was found guilty on both counts of perjury and received two concurrent five-year sentences, of which he eventually served three and a half years. Hiss maintained his innocence until his death. Arguments about the case and the validity of the verdict took center stage in broader debates about the Cold War, McCarthyism, and the extent of Soviet espionage in the United States. Since Hiss' conviction, statements by involved parties and newly exposed evidence have added to the dispute. Author Anthony Summers argued that since many relevant files continue to be unavailable, the Hiss controversy will continue to be debated. In 2001, James Barron, a staff reporter for The New York Times, identified what he called a "growing consensus that Hiss, indeed, had most likely been a Soviet agent.". His friends and family continue to insist on his innocence, though a growing body of evidence refutes this, including revelations by KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky that Hiss was a World War II Soviet agent whose codename was ALES. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/millhouse-a-white-comedy-dvd-1971-richard-nixon-documen1971.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Spy Machines Of The Cold War: Surveillance & Espionage DVD MP4 USB
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1971: #DOTD: Rudolf Abel, English-Russian KGB colonel, Soviet intelligence officer and spy (b. July 11, 1903) #dies at age 68 of lung cancer caused by heavy smoking inMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His ashes were interred at the Donskoye Cemetery under his real name; next to Konon Molody, who had died the previous year. A few Western correspondents were invited there to view for themselves the true identity of the spy who never "broke". He was born William August Fisher in the Benwell area of Newcastle Upon Tyne in Tyne And Wear, England into a family of emigre revolutionaries of the Tsarist era (his father was of German origins and his mother was of Russian descent). William August Fisher adopted the alias of "Rudolf Ivanovich Abel", a deceased friend of Fisher's and a fellow KGB colonel, only when he was arrested on charges of conspiracy by the FBI in 1957. Fisher/Abel moved to Russia in the 1920s, and served in the Soviet military before undertaking foreign service as a radio operator in Soviet intelligence in the late 1920s and early '30s. He later served in an instructional role before taking part in intelligence operations against the Germans during World War II. After the war, he began working for the KGB, who sent him to the United States where he worked as part of a spy ring based in New York City. In 1957, the U.S. Federal Court in New York convicted Fisher on three counts of conspiracy as a Soviet spy for his involvement in what became known as the Hollow Nickel Case, also known as The Hollow Coin, in which the spies used a container disguised as a U.S. coin to contain a coded message concerning Fisher's espionage activities. He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Georgia. He served just over four years of his sentence before he was exchanged for captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. After his return to Moscow, Fisher was employed by the Illegals Directorate of the KGB's First Chief Directorate, giving speeches and lecturing school children on intelligence work, but he became increasingly disillusioned. He made a notable appearance in the foreword to the Soviet spy film Dead Season and also worked as a consultant on the film. (Vladimir Putin once stated that the lead part the film's star Donatas Banionis was the reason why he joined the KGB.) On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/spy-machines-surveillance-and-intelligence-nova-documentary-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Rise And Fall Of Ceausescu Documentary DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1987: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Cold War Rebellions: Anti-Communist Insurgencies In Central And Eastern Europe: The Romanian Revolution: The Brasov Rebellion (The Rebellion Of Brasov): -- Workers in Brasov, Romania rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu on the same day as The 1987 Romanian Local Elections. Early that morning, workers at the local Steagul Rosu Plant truck manufacturing facility protested reduced salaries and proposed job cuts in the city. Some 20K workers walked off the job and marched toward the Communist headquarters at the city center. The demonstrators began by loudly expressed wage claims, but then became emboldened to shout slogans like "Down with Ceausescu!", "Down with Communism!", chanting anthems of the 1848 Revolution "Down with the Dictatorship" and "We want bread." Then over 20K workers from the Brasov Tractor Plant, the Hidromecanica factory and some townspeople joined the march. The combined mob sacked the headquarters building and city hall "throwing into the square portraits of Ceausescu, and food from the well-stocked canteen." In a time of drastic food shortages, protesters were particularly angered to find festively prepared official buildings and food abundance in order to celebrate the local election victory. A massive bonfire of party records and propaganda burned for hours in the city square. By dusk, Securitate forces and the military surrounded the city center and disbanded the revolt by force. Though no one was killed, some 300 protesters were arrested. However, since the regime decided to play down the uprising as "isolated cases of hooliganism," sentences did not exceed 2 years of imprisonment, which was a relatively moderate penalty in the communist penal code. After 1990, up to 100 prison convictions could be documented so far, while others had been forcibly relocated throughout the country. Though the Brasov Rebellion did not directly lead to revolution, it dealt a serious blow to the Ceausescu regime, and its confidence in the trade unions. This revolt reflected what historian Denis Deletant refers to as "Ceausescu's inability to heed the warning signs of increasing labor unrest, plunging blindly forward with the same [economic] measures, seemingly indifferent to their consequences." Therefore, the Brasov Rebellion underscored the growing discontent among workers against the Ceausescu regime; moreover, it foreshadowed the popular uprisings that would bring down the regime and Communism in Romania only two years later. Rebellion indeed returned to Brasov in December 1989, when Romanians ousted the regime and executed Ceausescu. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-ceausescu-dvd.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1998: #DOTD: Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian Black American who became a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement and the global Pan-African movement (b. June 29, 1941) #dies of prostate cancer at the age of 57 in Conakry, Guinea. He had said that his cancer "was given to me by forces of American imperialism and others who conspired with them." He claimed that the FBI had infected him with cancer in an assassination attempt. He is buried in Conakry, his adopted hometown and capital of the African country of Guinea. Kwame Ture was born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael in Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago. He grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while he attended Howard University. He would eventually become active in the Black Power movement, first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and finally as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-fbis-war-on-black-america-cointelpro-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: JFK, Hoffa & The Mob: Lawyer Frank Ragano Confessions DVD, MP4, USB
Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1914: #BOTD: Santo Trafficante Jr., one of the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States (d. March 17, 1987) is #born in Tampa, Florida, to Sicilian parents Santo Trafficante Sr. and his wife Maria Giuseppa Cacciatore. He headed the Trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante Sr. Trafficante maintained links to the Bonanno crime family in New York City, but was more closely allied with Sam Giancana in Chicago. Consequently, while generally recognized as the most powerful organized crime figure in Florida throughout much of the 20th century, Trafficante was not believed to have total control over Miami, Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, or Palm Beach. The east coast of Florida was a loosely knit conglomerate of New York family interests with links to Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Angelo Bruno, Carlos Marcello, and mob lawyer Frank Ragano. Trafficante admitted his anti-Castro activities to the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978, and vehemently denied allegations that he had knowledge of a plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Frank Ragano alleges that both of these statements are false. Ragano states that Trafficante admitted to him that he lied to the House Assassinations committee about his anti-Castro activities, given him by the CIA to perform these activities but that he did nothing of the kind; and he asserts that Trafficante confessed to him shortly before he died that he, Carlos Marcello and Jimmy Hoffa had arranged for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. These Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories have been called into question by others. Federal investigators brought racketeering and conspiracy charges against Trafficante in summer of 1986, and Trafficante retained Ragano as his lawyer to defend against these charges. Santo Trafficante Jr.died at the age of 72 at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas where he had gone for heart surgery. He is buried at The L'Unione Italiana Cemetery in Ybor City, Florida. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/jfk-hoffa-amp-the-mob-lawyer-frank-ragano-confessions-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1958: #DOTD: #RIP: Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, soldier, aircraft pilot and producer (b. May 5, 1914) #dies at age 44 of fulminant angina pectoris (insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle) while being transported to a Madrid hospital during the filming of the epic Solomon and Sheba. In September 1958, Power and his wife Deborah traveled to Madrid and Valdespartera, Spain, to make the film, directed by King Vidor and costarring Gina Lollobrigida. Probably affected by hereditary heart disease, and a chain smoker who smoked three to four packs a day, Power had filmed about 75% of his scenes when he was stricken by a massive heart attack while filming a dueling scene with his frequent costar and friend George Sanders. Power was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (then known as Hollywood Cemetery) with a full military honor service on November 21. Power was interred beside a small lake. His grave is marked with a gravestone in the form of a marble bench containing the masks of comedy and tragedy with the inscription "Good night, sweet prince." At Power's grave, Laurence Olivier read the poem "High Flight", a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Power's will, filed on December 8, 1958, contained a then-unusual provision that his eyes be donated to the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation for corneal transplantation or retinal study. His wife Deborah Power gave birth to a son on January 22, 1959, two months after her husband's death. She remarried within the year to producer Arthur Loew Jr.. Tyrone Power was born Tyrone Edmund Power III in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of Helen Emma "Patia" (nee Reaume) and the Irish-ancestry English-born US stage and screen actor Tyrone Power Sr., often known by his first name "Fred". From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Power's own favorite film among those that he starred in was Nightmare Alley. Though largely a matinee idol in the 1930s and early 1940s and known for his striking looks, Power starred in films in a number of genres, from drama to light comedy. In the 1950s he began placing limits on the number of films he would make in order to devote more time for theater productions. He received his biggest accolades as a stage actor in John Brown's Body and Mister Roberts. Power died from a heart attack at the age of 44. In August 1942, Power enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He attended boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, then Officer's Candidate School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant on June 2, 1943. As he had already logged 180 solo hours as a pilot before enlisting, he was able to do a short, intense flight training program at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. The pass earned him his wings and a promotion to first lieutenant. The Marine Corps considered Power over the age limit for active combat flying, so he volunteered for piloting cargo planes that he felt would get him into active combat zones. In July 1944, Power was assigned to Marine Transport Squadron (VMR)-352 as a R5C (Navy version of Army Curtiss Commando C-46) transport co-pilot at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The squadron moved to Marine Corps Air Station El Centro in California in December 1944. Power was later reassigned to VMR-353, joining them on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in February 1945. From there, he flew missions carrying cargo in and wounded Marines out during the Battles of Iwo Jima (Feb-Mar 1945) and Okinawa (Apr-Jun 1945). For his services in the Pacific War, Power was awarded the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. Power returned to the United States in November 1945 and was released from active duty in January 1946. He was promoted to the rank of captain in the reserves on May 8, 1951. He remained in the reserves the rest of his life and reached the rank of major in 1957. In the June 2001 Marine Air Transporter newsletter, Jerry Taylor, a retired Marine Corps flight instructor, recalled training Power as a Marine pilot, saying, "He was an excellent student, never forgot a procedure I showed him or anything I told him." Others who served with him have also commented on how well Power was respected by those with whom he served. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hollywood-without-makeup-dvd-film-star-home-movies.html

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November 15, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Clyde McPhatter, African American rhythm and blues, soul and rock and roll singer singer (d. June 13, 1972) is #born Clyde Lensley McPhatter in the community of Hayti, in Durham, North Carolina, although the year is disputed. Some sources cite 1932. Author Colin Escott cites 1931, stating, "most biographies quote 1933 or 1934, although government documents cite the earlier year". His grave marker cites his birth year as 1932. Clyde McPhatter was one of the most widely imitated R & B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R & B. McPhatter's high-pitched tenor voice was steeped in the gospel music he sang in much of his early life. He was the lead tenor of the Mount Lebanon Singers, a gospel group he formed as a teenager. He was later the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes and was largely responsible for the initial success of the group. After his tenure with the Dominoes, McPhatter formed his own group, the Drifters, and later worked as a solo performer. Clyde McPhatter died at the age of 39 at 1165 East 229th Street, in the Bronx, New York of complications of heart, liver, and kidney disease, brought on by alcohol abuse. He is buried in George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey. He had struggled for years with alcoholism and depression and was, according to Jay Warner's On This Day In Music History, "broke and despondent over a mismanaged career that made him a legend but hardly a success." McPhatter left a legacy of over 22 years of recording history. He was the first artist to be inducted twice into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, first as a solo artist and later as a member of the Drifters. Subsequent double and triple inductees into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame are said to be members of the "Clyde McPhatter Club". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/mister-rock-and-roll-dvd-1957-alan-freed-story-m1957.html

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Today, November 15, 2024
November 15, 1908: #DOTD: Empress Dowager Cixi (pronouced "SOO-Shee"; formerly romanised as Empress Dowager T'zu-hsi) of China, Chinese empress dowager (the title given to the mother or widow of a Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor) and regent of the Manchu Yehenara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death (b. November 29. 1835) #dies in the Hall of Graceful Bird at the Middle Sea of Zhongnanhai, Beijing, after having installed Puyi as the new emperor the day prior on November 14, 1908. Her death came only a day after the death of the Guangxu Emperor, who was her nephew, and over whom Cixi wielded actual rulership over China from 1875 till 1889. She was buried at The Eastern Qing Tombs, an imperial mausoleum complex of the Qing dynasty located in Zunhua, 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Beijing. On November 4, 2008, forensic tests concluded that her nephew the Guangxu Emperor died from acute arsenic poisoning; China Daily quoted the historian Dai Yi in speculating that Cixi may have known of her imminent death, and may have poisoned the Guangxu Emperor and installed Puyi as the new emperor of China out of worry that the Guangxu Emperor would continue his military, political and social reforms after her death. It was reported in November 2008 that the level of arsenic in the Guangxu Emperor's remains was 2,000 times higher than that of ordinary people. Empress Dowager Cixi was born Xingzhen of the Yehe Nara in Beijing, Qing Dynasty China. Selected as an imperial concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her adolescence, Cixi gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor' death in 1861, the young boy became the Tongzhi Emperor, and she became the Empress Dowager. Cixi ousted a group of regents appointed by the late emperor and assumed regency, which she shared with Empress Dowager Ci'an. Cixi then consolidated control over the dynasty when she installed her nephew as the Guangxu Emperor at the death of the Tongzhi Emperor in 1875, contrary to the traditional rules of succession of the Qing dynasty that had ruled China since 1644. Although she refused to adopt Western models of government, she supported technological and military reforms, such as creation of the New Army that was the modernized army corps formed under the Qing dynasty in December 1895, and the Self-Strengthening Movement, a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers. Although she agreed with the principles of the Hundred Days' Reforms, a failed 103-day national, cultural, political, and educational reform movement from 11 June to 21 September 1898 undertaken by the young Guangxu Emperor and his reform-minded supporters, it ended in a coup d'etat ("The Coup Of 1898", Wuxu Coup) by powerful conservative opponents led by Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi rejected their sudden implementation, without bureaucratic support, as detrimental to dynastic power. She placed the Guangxu Emperor, who had tried to assassinate her, under virtual house arrest for supporting radical reformers. She may have feared that any perceived weakness in the Imperial Court would have been pounced upon by the Japanese. After the Boxer Rebellion (a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901) led to the retaliatory invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance (Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and Austro-Hungary), Cixi supported the Boxer groups for supporting the dynasty and attacking the foreigners. The ensuing Allied defeat of the Chinese forces was a stunning humiliation. When Cixi returned to Beijing from Xi'an, where she had taken the emperor, she became friendly to foreigners in the capital and began to implement fiscal and institutional reforms known as the New Policies, a series of cultural, economic, educational, military, and political reforms that were implemented in the last decade of the Qing dynasty to keep the dynasty in power after the humiliating defeat in the Boxer Rebellion, which began to turn China into a constitutional monarchy. The death of both Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor in 1908 left the court in the hands of Manchu conservatives, a child on the throne, and a restless, rebellious public. Historians both in China and abroad have long portrayed her as a despot responsible for the fall of the Qing dynasty. Others have suggested that her opponents among the reformers and revolutionaries succeeded in blaming her for problems beyond her control. Furthermore, they say that she intervened decisively to prevent political disorder, was no more ruthless than other rulers of her time, and that she was an effective reformer in the last years of her life, even if she was reluctant to take on this role. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-genius-that-was-china-dvd-tv-documentary-series-2-disc-se2.html

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November 15, 1887: #BOTD: #HBD! Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, editor and translator (d. February 5, 1972) is #born Marianne Craig Moore in Kirkwood, Missouri near St. Louis. Her modernist poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. She was widely recognized for her tricorn hat and black cape. Her poems often reflect her preoccupation with the relationships between the common and the uncommon, advocate discipline in both art and life, and espouse restraint, modesty, and humor. She frequently used animals as a central image to emphasize themes of independence, honesty, and the integration of art and nature. Moore's work is frequently grouped with poets such as H.D., T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, and, later, Elizabeth Bishop, to whom she was a friend and mentor. In his introduction to her Selected Poems (1935), Eliot wrote: "Living, the poet is carrying on that struggle for the maintenance of a living language, for the maintenance of its strength, its subtlety, for the preservation of quality of feeling, which must be kept up in every generation _ Miss Moore is, I believe, one of those few who have done the language some service in my lifetime." Moore grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She earned a BA in biology and histology from Bryn Mawr College; early poems such as "A Jelly-Fish" were first published in the college's literary magazines. After graduation, Moore studied at Carlisle Commercial College and taught at the Carlisle Indian School. Moore and her mother, who were devoted to each other, moved to New York City in 1918 and Moore began working at the New York Public Library in 1921. Her first volume Poems (1921) was selected and arranged by H.D., who gathered work that had appeared in journals such as Others, the Egoist, and Poetry magazine. Moore's second collection Observations (1924) included poems chosen by Moore to represent the full range of her poetry's forms and themes. The volume contained classic Moore poems such as "Marriage," a long free-verse poem featuring collage-like assemblages of quotations and fragments, and "An Octopus," a detailed exploration of Mount Rainier. Named for the shape of the glacier surrounding the mountain, the poem is regarded as one of Moore's finest. Moore was the editor of the influential literary magazine Dial from 1925 to 1929, when the magazine shut down. Moore's work on the Dial expanded her circle of literary acquaintances and introduced her work to a more international audience. Moore published Selected Poems in 1935. The volume included poems from Observations as well as pieces that had been published between 1932 and 1934. The '30s and '40s were productive years for Moore: she published The Pangolin and Other Verse (1936), What Are Years (1941), and Nevertheless (1944). The last volume included Moore's anti-war poem "In Distrust of Merits," which was judged by W.H. Auden one of the best poems to come out of World War II. Moore, however, described the poem as "just a protest-disjointed, exclamatory." Moore's comments on poetry were notoriously ambiguous-her poem "Poetry" begins, "I too dislike it"-and she once described herself as a "happy hack." Moore's Collected Poems (1951) won both the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the National Book Award, and in 1953 she was awarded the Bollingen Prize. Her later works include a translation of The Fables of La Fontaine (1954); Like a Bulwark (1956); O, to Be a Dragon (1959); Tell Me, Tell Me: Granite, Steel, and Other Topics (1966); and The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore (1967), which was reissued in 1981 with revisions to early poems and additional poems written later in life. In addition to poetry, Moore wrote a significant number of prose pieces, including reviews and essays. Her prose works cover a broad range of subjects: painting, sculpture, literature, music, fashion, herbal medicine, and sports-she was an avid baseball fan and wrote the liner notes for Muhammed Ali's record, I Am the Greatest! Moore's prose works include A Marianne Moore Reader (1961), Predilections (1955), and The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore (1987). Moore was highly regarded as a poet during her lifetime and even became somewhat of a celebrity, featured in magazines such as Life, the New York Times, and The New Yorker. Ford Motor Company asked her to come up with names for a new series of cars, though they rejected her suggestions. Moore's honors and awards included the Poetry Society of America's Gold Medal for Distinguished Development, the National Medal for Literature, and an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. Marianne Moore died after a series of strokes in her last years in New York City, aged 84. Her ashes are interred with those of her mother at the family's burial plot at the Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. By the time of her death, she had received many honorary degrees and virtually every honor available to an American poet. The New York Times printed a full-page obituary. In 1996, she was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/marianne-moore-in-her-own-image-dvd-poetry-documentary.html

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November 15, 1978: #DOTD: #RIP: Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s regarding sexuality (b. December 16, 1901) #dies of pancreatic cancer in New York City, aged 76. She is buried at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Buckingham, Pennsylvania. Margaret Mead was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Margaret Mead influenced the 1960s sexual revolution as a proponent of broadening sexual conventions within the context of Western cultural traditions. As a communicator of anthropology in modern American and Western culture, her reports detailing the attitudes towards sex in South Pacific and Southeast Asian traditional cultures were often controversial. As an academic, she earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College of Columbia University and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia. Mead served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1975. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/decades-the-1960s-dvd-set-peter-jennings-tv-series-3-19603.html

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November 15, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Petula Clark, English singer, songwriter, actress and beauty, is #born Sally Olwen Clark in Ewell, Surrey, England. Petula Sally Olwen Clark CBE's stage name "Petula" was invented by her father, who joked that it was a combination of the names of his two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla. Petula Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English. During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway", and she was dubbed "the First Lady of the British Invasion". She has sold more than 68 million records. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/petula-clark-on-hollywood-palace-dvd-lynn-redgrave-guests.html