5fouls Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) On this date in 2020, the Big Ten cancelled the football season due to Covid-19. A great gnashing of teeth followed. Edited August 11, 2020 by 5fouls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, 5fouls said: On this date in 2020, the Big Ten cancelled the football season due to Covid-19. A great gnashing of teeth followed. I thought baiting of breath too, but then I realized it was my mask... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 August 13, 1961 Construction of the Berlin wall begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 38 years ago today a classic Fastimes at Ridgemont High is released 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: 38 years ago today a classic Fastimes at Ridgemont High is released Spicoli ! FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - Best Spicoli Clips The Real Spicoli: Sean Penn Talks 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganmonroe Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 108 years ago Ben Hogan was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Victory over Japan Day or maybe tomorrow depending on time zone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 14 hours ago, Billingsley99 said: 38 years ago today a classic Fastimes at Ridgemont High is released I still wear the checkerboard Vans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Happy 61st birthday to Magic Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) August 16th, 1946 Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat", "The Bambino", dies at 53 from throat cancer... And 1977 Elvis Pressley dies... A couple of American icons... Edited August 16, 2020 by IUFLA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, IUFLA said: August 16th, 1946 Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat", "The Bambino", dies at 53 from throat cancer... And 1977 Elvis Pressley dies... A couple of American icons... I was watching the death of Elvis in the very house I live in now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 50 minutes ago, IUFLA said: August 16th, 1946 Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat", "The Bambino", dies at 53 from throat cancer... And 1977 Elvis Pressley dies... A couple of American icons... I never knew Babe died so young. Maybe it's because of who he is or his legend.....but 53? Wow. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: I never knew Babe died so young. Maybe it's because of who he is or his legend.....but 53? Wow. No one told Babe Ruth he had cancer, but his death changed the way we fight it | Popular Science 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: August 16th, 1946 Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat", "The Bambino", dies at 53 from throat cancer... And 1977 Elvis Pressley dies... A couple of American icons... My grandma was at Elvis's last concert in Indy. My best friend from high school was a HUGE Elvis fan. We went to Graceland on a spring break and visited Sun Studios. TCB⚡ We also drove down to Tupelo, MS to see the house he grew up in. Edited August 16, 2020 by mrflynn03 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, milehiiu said: No one told Babe Ruth he had cancer, but his death changed the way we fight it | Popular Science One of the things that made The Babe so mythical the was that in 1920, he hit 54 homes runs, which broke the previous record (29 set by Ruth the year before...the modern day (after 1904) record before that was Gabby Cravath with 24) which were more home runs than any other team in the American League! And only one team in the NL (Philles with 64) hit more... "Some twenty years ago I stopped talking about the Babe (Ruth) for the simple reason that I realized that those who had never seen him didn't believe me." - Tommy Holmes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: My grandma was at Elvis's last concert in Indy. My best friend from high school was a HUGE Elvis fan. We went to Graceland on a spring break and visited Sun Studios. TCB⚡ Elvis would fly to Denver for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. And when ever he came to Denver, the then head of the Denver police department would assign a contingent of officers to protect him. Elvis was so great full of that...... that he bought a brand new Cadillac for the then head of the Denver police department. Elvis Presley’s “Fool’s Gold” sandwich was born in Denver – The Denver Post At that time, I had been friends of the owner of the Cadillac dealership that Elvis bought the Cadillac from. The stories..... Elvis would meet my friend in the middle of the night.. at the dealership....to purchase more cars for more police officers. Always wrote a check. Checks always cleared. Then my friend got a call from Elvis. Just before Elvis died. Said he would coming to Denver to buy 32 more Cadillacs for more Denver police officers, in two weeks. Elvis died. And when my friend told me that story.... and excuse my language.... said... "the SOB died on me." I never met Elvis. But I once did shake the hand of an Elvis impersonator in the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas. One of my favorite Elvis songs : Let It Be Me Edited August 16, 2020 by milehiiu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 August 17th, 1945. George Orwell's "Animal Farm" is published. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, rico said: August 17th, 1945. George Orwell's "Animal Farm" is published. "1984" would be more apropos, eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 On this day in 1774, Meriwether Lewis was born outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: On this day in 1774, Meriwether Lewis was born outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Trivia, the county I live in is named after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 54 minutes ago, Drroogh said: Trivia, the county I live in is named after him. You live in Meriwether county? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 The 19th amendment... giving women the right to vote was ratified on this date (August 18) 100 years ago. Seems amazing. Doesn't it ? The fact that women could not vote till then. Our Documents - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 2 hours ago, rico said: You live in Meriwether county? Meriwether county Georgia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Former President Bill Clinton turns 74 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganmonroe Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 This dude was born in1934. Best throw from RF I've ever seen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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