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Hiroshima and Voting Rights
History, like humankind, has its days of hope and many more that might best be described with the words, “What were you thinking?” On August 6, 1946, the US dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, killing between 90,000 and 160,000, mostly civilian, Japanese. The photo…
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The Nuclear Age
On July 16, 1945, 80 years ago today, the US detonated the first nuclear explosion in New Mexico. The moment and the events leading up to it were the subject of the 2023 Oppenheimer film. There had been concern my some in the team that the explosion might grow out of control and…
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Jaws
The first “Summer Blockbuster” film was released on this day, June 20 in 1975. Jaws, by the then little known director, Steven Spielberg, became the highest grossing film of all time, only to be bettered several years later by Star Wars. Its history and story are well known and…
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day is an apt moment to reflect on the heroism and tragedy that define wars. Several years ago I shared here a story and poem about an experience I had at the Vietnam Memorial: https://whenallissaid.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1046&action=edit War represents the worst of…
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Elvis at Ninety
January 8 is the birthday of Elvis Presley, and wherever he is in the universe, today he would be (is?) ninety years old. I’ve written about the King before, but it’s worth pausing to imagine his gyrating hips at such an advanced age. Perhaps it’s best that he left our world…
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https://whenallissaid.com/2024/09/08/1143/
Today is September 8, 2024 and fifty years ago on this Sunday, Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his Watergate related crimes. Ford said he did so to put the past behind the country, but the pardon offended many and served to solidify the mindset of most finally and fully…
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The Wheels of Justice…
Almost two years after the Watergate burglary, Richard Nixon resigned as President on this day, August 8, in 1974. In the fifty years since that time, we avoided any similar danger and tragedy, at least until the term of President 45, whose name doesn’t need or deserve to be…
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Cicadas and Such
This April is checkered with notable anniversaries, some of which I’ve clustered here. Today, April 25, happens to be the 50th anniversary of the first practical solar cell, created by (no surprise) Bell Labs. Development and improvements have continued since then, to the point…
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715
It has been fifty years now since April 9, 1974 when Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth’s home run record with his 715th home run. The stadium in Atlanta where it occurred is long gone, but the portion of the outfield wall the ball flew over remains as a fitting tribute to Aaron’s…
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Salk
On this day, February 23, in 1954 a group of Pennsylvania children first received the Salk polio vaccine. Many today know little about the disease, which killed or paralyzed thousands in this country and worldwide each year. Children were often the most vulnerable, but Franklin…