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by AustrianPainter
Wed May 08, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 8 1945, 1947)
Replies: 2
Views: 70

Re: Today In History (May 8 1945, 1947)

Chairman Williams,

Hated by most, however you are loved by others. The awake ones are all that matter.

Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind"


AP
by AustrianPainter
Wed May 08, 2024 5:15 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 8 1945, 1947)
Replies: 2
Views: 70

Today In History (May 8 1945, 1947)

TODAY IN HISTORY devastated_Germany_children-750x922.jpg 1945: WWII officially ends — German forces collapse after an unprecedented holocaust of millions of Germans, soldiers and civilians alike. Additional millions were killed after the war. Millions more vow that the struggle is not yet over. ___...
by AustrianPainter
Tue May 07, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 7 1824) Ludwig van Beethoven
Replies: 0
Views: 33

Today In History (May 7 1824) Ludwig van Beethoven

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1824: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premieres in Vienna, Austria, with the production being supervised by the composer.
by AustrianPainter
Mon May 06, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 6 1882) Chester A. Arthur
Replies: 0
Views: 24

Today In History (May 6 1882) Chester A. Arthur

TODAY IN HISTORY chester-arthur-2-750x885.jpg 1882: President Chester A. Arthur signs the Chinese Exclusion Act in Washington, DC, prohibiting the immigration of Chinese labor; naturalization of any non-Whites as citizens was already illegal under a law signed 92 years earlier by President George W...
by AustrianPainter
Sat May 04, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Science & Technology
Topic: Linux Operating System
Replies: 0
Views: 32

Linux Operating System

Greetings All, For those of you that are security minded in this ever present age of hacking and spy monitoring, I have been using Linux operating systems now for over a year and I'll have to say that they are easy to use and easy to setup. The most impressive things I can say about Linux operating ...
by AustrianPainter
Sat May 04, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 4 1626) Peter Minuit
Replies: 0
Views: 22

Today In History (May 4 1626) Peter Minuit

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1626: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan) aboard the See Meeuw.
by AustrianPainter
Sat May 04, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
Replies: 2
Views: 64

Re: Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel

I remember building this model as a boy, it was one of my favorite models...thank you Jim for that bit of history.

AP
by AustrianPainter
Fri May 03, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 3 1948)
Replies: 0
Views: 24

Today In History (May 3 1948)

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1948: The US Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that real estate must be sold without any racial restrictions, effectively making intentional White neighborhoods, or keeping any neighborhood White, illegal according to the regime in Washington.
by AustrianPainter
Thu May 02, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 2 1780) William Herschel
Replies: 0
Views: 34

Today In History (May 2 1780) William Herschel

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1780: German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovers the first known binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.
by AustrianPainter
Wed May 01, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
Replies: 2
Views: 64

Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel

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1944: The world’s first jet fighter-bomber, the Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, makes its first flight.