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Post by johnmori on May 29, 2024 8:07:07 GMT -5
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May 29, 1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
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Post by sandipaws on May 29, 2024 10:23:49 GMT -5
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Each year on the Wednesday after Memorial Day, National Flip Flop Day encourages us to wear our favorite flip flops and show them off!
Thong style sandals are by no means new to footwear. They’ve been around for thousands of years.
However, the term “flip flop” has applied to flat-soled sandals with straps between the first and second toes and across the top of the foot since the 1960s.
The term also describes someone who changes their mind or an electronic component.
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Post by Unclebal on May 29, 2024 11:02:38 GMT -5
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May 28th, 1957
-The National League approves the proposed moves of the Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers to the West Coast,
provided both clubs make their request before October 1 and move at the same time.
May 29, 1957
– New York City mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move,
but that the city will not be "blackjacked" into anything.
May 30, 1957
– Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley rejects an offer from a Queens group to buy the team.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 29, 2024 12:10:44 GMT -5
Who Knew??? 29 May 1999: Discovery became the first space shuttle to dock with the International Space Station  1953: Mount Everest summit reached by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Following numerous failed attempts by others, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to surmount Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world (29,032 feet [8,849 metres]), on this day in 1953.  1942: American singer and actor Bing Crosby recorded the holiday classic White Christmas, which became one of the best-selling singles of all time. 1848: Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union. |
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Post by MidnightSun on May 29, 2024 21:08:10 GMT -5
Radioactive particles from the Cold War were found in the deepest parts of the ocean. We're well aware of the destructive power of nuclear bombs. But now scientists have discovered another lasting consequence of the deadly force: Findings published in 2019 in Geophysical Research Letters revealed that radioactive particles that originated from atomic bomb tests between the 1940s and the 1960s were detected in crustaceans that live in the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
According to Smithsonian, "from 1945 to 1963 the United States and the Soviet Union (with a little help from the United Kingdom and France) detonated nearly 500 nuclear bombs, 379 of which exploded in the atmosphere. These tests dramatically increased the amount of carbon-14 on our planet. The Test Ban Treaty of 1963 put a stop to most atmospheric and underwater tests, and carbon-14 levels in the atmosphere started a slow return to normal — though they are still higher than pre-nuclear levels — as ocean waters and land-based life absorbed carbon from the air."
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Post by BillG on May 30, 2024 5:28:11 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 30TH is "National Mint Julep Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on May 30, 2024 8:09:54 GMT -5
May 30, 1431, Visionary and teenage warrior for France burned at the stake. Flame touches pyre and the execution of 19-year-old Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, France. The peasant girl claims visions from God inspired her leadership of French forces in victory against England, and she dies at the stake for heresy after sentencing by an English-friendly tribunal.
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Post by johnmori on May 30, 2024 8:09:55 GMT -5
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May 30, 1911
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 30, 2024 16:22:08 GMT -5
Who Knew?? 30 May 1922 The Lincoln Memorial—honouring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and “the virtues of tolerance, honesty, and constancy in the human spirit”—was dedicated in Washington, D.C.  1806 Andrew Jackson, who later served as president of the United States (1829–37), fatally shot Charles Dickinson in a duel; during his life Jackson was involved in numerous duels—some accounts estimate 100—and many of them were in defense of his wife, Rachel. |
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Post by MidnightSun on May 30, 2024 21:08:18 GMT -5
Pieces of the same metal become permanently stuck together if they touch in space. If you're on Earth and want to attach two pieces of metal to each other, you'll need some pretty intense heat to do the trick. But in space, two pieces of metal will be permanently stuck together if they touch, thanks to something called "cold welding."
The freezing fusing phenomenon was discovered during 1965's Gemini IV mission when astronauts were temporarily unable to close a hatch after a spacewalk because the door's metals had fused when exposed to space.
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Post by sandipaws on May 30, 2024 21:09:11 GMT -5
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National Mint Julep Day on May 30th each year sets up a refreshing toast to summer.
Each year, people around the country gather for a glass of mint julep!
This refreshing southern classic is a traditional drink of the Kentucky Derby.
A classic mint julep is made with a mint leaf, bourbon, sugar, and water.
In the Southern states, where mint julep is more associated with the cuisine, spearmint is the mint of choice.
Preparation of the drink may vary from one bartender to another.
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Post by BillG on May 31, 2024 5:32:08 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 31ST is "National Save Your Hearing Day"!
 
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Post by johnmori on May 31, 2024 7:27:21 GMT -5
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May 31, 2008
Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds
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Post by soutxed on May 31, 2024 7:53:11 GMT -5
May 31, 1921, Tulsa race massacre begins. Known as the 'Black Wall Street,' and the nation's wealthiest African-American neighborhood, the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, is attacked by gangs of marauding whites. When the Tulsa race massacre ends the next day, 35 city blocks have been burned, hundreds injured, as many as 300 are dead, and 10,000 left homeless.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 31, 2024 16:07:27 GMT -5
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31st May
1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline—which connected the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska with the harbour at Valdez, 800 miles (1,300 km) to the south—
was completed.
1790 The United States established copyright law.
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