• General
    • Home
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Sitemap
  • Photographs
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • Literature
    • Poems
  • News
    • Announcements
    • Charity
    • Legal
    • Medicine
    • Politics
  • Education
    • Code Samples
      • Basic
      • Simple
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Tips
    • History
    • Literature
    • Quotes
    • Videos
    • Vocabulary
  • Entertainment
    • Art
    • Humor
    • Photos
    • Video
  • Technology
    • Software
      • Support
      • Tweaks
    • Company
    • Science
    • Security
Major Mike

Knowledge is Power - Share the Power

1977

Today in History 12/14 (South Pole Expedition)

December 14, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
Four of the five members of the Roald Amundsen expedition view their conquest at the South Pole, December, 1911 (© Lordprice Collection/Alamy)(1911) Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole
Amundsen’s five-person team and 16 dogs beat English explorer Robert Scott to the pole by about a month. All of Amundsen’s crew and 11 dogs will return safely to basecamp in mid-January. Scott will be less fortunate. He and his team will die just 11 miles from a resupply camp.
The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later knew that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey.
Date: 1910

Members of Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition 1910-12 at the pole itself, December 1911, (from left to right): Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting
Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting (l–r) at “Polheim”, the tent erected at the South Pole on 16 December 1911. The top flag is the Flag of Norway; the bottom is marked “Fram”. Photograph by Olav Bjaaland.
wiki/Amundsen’s_South_Pole_expedition
4.16.n18

(1911) Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole.
Also on this day,

1863 | President Abraham Lincoln pardons his sister-in-law
Lincoln pardons his relative, the widow of a Confederate general. When a Union general grouses about her presence at the White House, Lincoln retorts, “My wife and I are in the habit of choosing our own guests. We do not need from our friends either advice or assistance in the matter.”
1977 | ‘Saturday Night Fever’ struts onto the world stage
The John Travolta film premieres in New York to critics’ applause. Critic Gene Siskel will call it his favorite film ever (he’ll watch it 17 times). Travolta will earn a best actor Oscar nomination for the role of a Brooklyn teen with good dancefloor moves, and the soundtrack will turn the disco craze up full blast.
2012 | Gunman kills 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary
In Newtown, Connecticut, Adam Lanza, 20, shoots and kills his mother and then drives to his former school, where he murders 20 first-graders and six staff members. Lanza commits suicide as the police close in. The Sandy Hook tragedy is among the worst mass shootings in US history and sparks new debate about gun laws.

Today in History 12/14/17

Undated photo of Emilie Todd Helm (© Helm and Todd family photographs and papers, 1850-1951, Univ. of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center, http://exploreuk.uky.edu)(1863) President Abraham Lincoln pardons his sister-in-law
Lincoln pardons his relative, the widow of a Confederate general. When a Union general grouses about her presence at the White House, Lincoln retorts, "My wife and I are in the habit of choosing our own guests. We do not need from our friends either advice or assistance in the matter."
Benjamin Hardin HelmBenjamin Hardin Helm was a Kentucky politician, attorney, Confederate brigadier general, and a brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. He was also the son of Kentucky Governor John L. Helm. Helm was born in Bardstown, Kentucky. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute and the West Point Military Academy and then went to study law at the University of Louisville and Harvard University. He served as a state legislator and the state's attorney in Kentucky. He also served as the assistant inspector-general for the Kentucky state guard. Helm was offered the position of Union Army paymaster by his brother-in-law, President Abraham Lincoln, a position which he declined. Helm felt it was an honor to serve in the Confederate States Army, where he was initially a colonel and later promoted to brigadier general. Helm commanded the 1st Kentucky Brigade more commonly known as The Orphan Brigade. He died on the battlefield during the Battle of Chickamauga. Helm was married to Emilie Todd, the half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.
Born: Jun 02, 1831 · Bardstown, KY
Died: Sep 21, 1863 · Catoosa County, GA
Children: Katherine Helm (Daughter) · Benjamin Hardin Helm, II (Son) · Elodie Lewis
Education: United States Military Academy
Parents: John L. Helm (Father)
Highlights
  • 1831: The son of lawyer and politician John L. Helm and Lucinda Barbour Hardin, Benjamin Hardin Helm was born in Bardstown, Kentucky on June 2, 1831.

  • 1846: In the winter of 1846, at age 15, Helm enrolled at the Kentucky Military Institute, where he remained for three months.

  • 1856: In 1856, Helm married Emilie Todd, a half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.

  • 1860: In 1860, he was appointed assistant inspector-general of the Kentucky State Guard, which he was active in organizing.

  • 1861: Helm was commissioned a colonel on October 19, 1861, and served under Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

  • 1862: He was promoted to brigadier general on March 14, 1862 and, three weeks later, received a new assignment to raise the 3rd Kentucky Brigade, in the division of Major General John C. Breckinridge.


Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863)
Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863)

wiki/Benjamin_Hardin_Helm
4.8.d17


Posted in: History Tagged: 1863, 1911, 1977, 2012, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Lanza, Benjamin Hardin Helm, Connecticut, history, John Travolta, Newtown, Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, Sandy Hook Elementary, Saturday Night Fever, South Pole

Today in History 10/20 (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

October 20, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
The wreckage of a Convair 240 plane near McComb, Miss. Six were killed in the crash, including three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. (© AP Photo)(1977) Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane goes down, killing six
The band’s chartered plane runs out of fuel due to a faulty engine and crashes in Mississippi. Singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines are killed, along with three crew members. Lynyrd Skynyrd would disband after the accident, with the remaining members reuniting a decade later.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, is an American rock band best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. With roots tracing to the formation of My Backyard in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964, the band was also known by names such as The Noble Five and One Percent, before finally deciding on “Lynyrd Skynyrd” in 1969. The band gained worldwide recognition for its live performances and signature songs “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird”. At the peak of their success, band members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the 1970s era of the band.
Movies: Freebird… The Movie
Lead singers: Ronnie Van Zant (1964 – 1977) · Johnny Van Zant (Since 1987)
Tours: One More from the Road Tour · Rock N Rebels Tour II
Awards: Grammy Hall of Fame (2009, 2008)

Trade ad for Lynyrd Skynyrd's single
Trade ad for Lynyrd Skynyrd’s single “Gimme Three Steps”.
wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd
4.15.A18

(1977) Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane goes down, killing six.
Also on this day,

1720 | Calico Jack protects the rum while Anne and Mary fight
Crossed swords and a grinning skull distinguish Calico Jack Rackham’s flag, and that’s just what pirate hunters find while prowling Jamaican waters. When they attack Pirate Jack’s ship, his female crew, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, return the fight while the men, drunk on rum, wait it out in the hold.
1947 | Hollywood’s ‘Red Scare’ as Cold War paranoia breeds hysteria
In Washington, DC, the House Un-American Activities Committee holds its first hearings into possible Communist infiltration of the US film industry. Soon after, a career-killing blacklist will be drawn up with the help of famous informants, and Hollywood will be held in the jaws of the ‘Red Scare.’
1973 | Sydney Opera House opens as an architectural wonder graces Australia
Queen Elizabeth II and Ben Blakeney, a Bennelong Aborigine descendant, help mark the official opening of a new and spectacular performance space seemingly caught in full sail at the tip of a Sydney Harbor peninsula. The breathtaking Sydney Opera House will become an Australian icon.

Today in History 10/20/17

Actor Robert Montgomery tells House investigators of Hollywood "reds" in Washington, October 23, 1947 (© Byron Rollins/AP)(1947) Cold War paranoia breeds Hollywood hysteria
In Washington, DC, the House Un-American Activities Committee holds its first hearings into possible Communist infiltration of the US film industry. Soon after, a career-killing blacklist will be drawn up with the help of famous informants, and Hollywood will be held in the jaws of the 'Red Scare.'
A "Red Scare" is promotion, real and imagined, of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States with this name. The First Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War I, revolved around a threat from the American labor movement, anarchist revolution and political radicalism. The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with national or foreign communists infiltrating or subverting U.S. society or the federal government.
First occurred: 1917
1919 Political Cartoon
Political cartoon from 1919 depicting the Russian revolution's impact on the Paris peace talks

wiki/Red_Scare
4.4.j17


Posted in: History Tagged: 1720, 1947, 1973, 1977, Anne Bonny, Australia, Ben Blakeney, Calico Jack, Cassie Gaines, Cold War, history, Hollywood, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mary Read, Queen Elizabeth II, Red Scare, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Sydney Opera House
1 2 … 9 Next »

Show Your Support – We Don’t Believe in Disruptive Ads

Donate in one of two ways :
(BitCoin - preferred)
1BTshbqMSx5AHrDFLEa1YdPAy5EFzRSjr9
(PayPal)
March 2021
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Apr    

Semper Fidelis

Always Faithful, Always Forward
United States Marine Corp

Places to find me:

StackExchange profile for GµårÐïåñ at StackExchange

CodeProject

Twitter : verified ➠Follow

GitHub ➠Follow @GuardianMajor

ello ➠

deviantArt profile for GµårÐïåñ on deviantArt

Facebook i have made a personal choice after their "name policy" witch hunt which repeats every 2 years it seems at the whim of the "bully mob" (even when they make you jump through hoops and verify you), to just quit it and be done with it, they are not worth my time. I don't need it, I don't miss it, in fact it has made my life more productive and void of gross hate, vitriol and drivel. To those who say they can't stay in touch if I am not on there, if you can't reach me because I am not on Facebook, then you are not trying AT ALL - therefore, good riddance.

Scribd profile for GµårÐïåñ on Scribd

NoScript/FLashGot (Informaction) profile for GµårÐïåñ on Informaction Forums

Subjects

1978 1970 1959 1846 1863 1982 1915 1980 1963 England 1954 1865 daily pic Germany 1948 1953 1975 1789 1976 has_video 1994 history 1889 1942 holiday Soviet Union 1934 1995 1937 1960 1945 1965 1859 United States 1911 1969 1919 1981 2000 vocabulary 1851 1935 1973 1922 1952 1956 NASA 1943 code 1901 1938 1967 1944 New York 1951 1990 1776 1947 1940 memorial has_audio 1950 1961 1998 1917 1914 national park 1902 1958 1972 1984 1949 1908 1985 1979 1991 1870 1986 1968 1977 1941 1916 1971 1946 1939 1812 annual 1957 1964 1983 1993 1918 1933 1974 1898 1989 1955 1962 1966 event

Archives

Access Options

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • ∞ Guardian International
🎔
Brought to You
by Guardian International

Copyright © 2007-2021 Major Mike | Privacy Policy | DMCA | Contact | About
fortitudo fortis defendit

McAfee SecureNorton by SymantecVirusTotal