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This Day in History Jan. 6

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blue water massey

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Jan. 6

1838 Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code)
1912 New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state
1930 The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, (in a Packard sedan), from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York
1974 In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States

Birthdays:

1745 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon
1799 Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author

Deaths:

1852 Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille
1919 Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States

Thought for the day:

?Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.?
 
In 1974, my wife and I drove 25 miles to college and walked into the classes in total darkness because of DST. Kids got hit and killed by cars as they waited on buses for school. Now, powers that be, are stupid enough to be going back to that.
Richard
 
Ultradog, great posting again. Where do you get the info from? As I recall your a Navy vet, as I am, they always perk my interest......Craig
 
Here's some info first diesel auto trip. The other pic is a caddy with a diesel and the diesel Indy car.
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WOW! I knew she served her country well, but had no idea she did it that well, looking at her decorations. Very impressive. Couldn't help but notice the shock wave in one of the pictures where she was firing one of her turrets. I heard that if you happened to be on deck at the time it'd blow you overboard. 2700#, 20 miles wow. I've been on the deck of the Battleships Texas (Dreadnaught Class) and Alabama (Dakota Class, BB 60). Quite impressive.
 
Battleships are amazing! Just inconceivable that much steel could float!

I've been on the "hard hat tour" of the Battleship Texas. They showed us the process of loading and firing the 14" guns. Quite a process! Countless ways you could be injured, killed, or destroy the entire ship! Not only could you not be on deck, but you could not be in contact with any exterior sheet metal. The concussion would send you flying!

Those ships were not for the weak! You had better know what you were doing and do it right, or else! One of the men on our tour had actually served on the ship. He was in his late 80's, had to be helped through some of the hatches, but he still held vivid memories of the ship. One place we saw was a wall of DC power disconnects, the open Frankenstein style switches. There was a varnished board across the front to somewhat keep someone from falling into the live power. He began to complain the somebody added that board, wasn't there when the ship was in service.

We were also informed that most of the crew were 16 to 20 years old, only the staff and officers were experienced sailors.
 
As I remember she was hit with a rather large round that failed to detonate. As a result they disarmed it, sat it on it's base (upright) in the wheelhouse or thereabouts as I recall. Is it still there? While there did you go up in the San Jacinto Monument? Are the hand carved displays still in the lobby. I can remember when in high school having a very joyful picnic in the park one sunny afternoon.
 
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