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by AustrianPainter
Tue May 07, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (May 7 1824) Ludwig van Beethoven
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
by AustrianPainter
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (April 30 1897) J.J. Thomson
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Today In History (April 30 1897) J.J. Thomson

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1897: J J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton, at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
by AustrianPainter
Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (April 29 1992)
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Today In History (April 29 1992)

TODAY IN HISTORY 1992-los-angeles-riots.jpg 1992: The Los Angeles Riots begin ostensibly because White police officers were acquitted of using excessive force when arresting convicted armed robber Rodney King, who was Black. Over the next three days rioting Blacks would kill 63 people and destroy h...