Husband. Father of six girls; 11 grands. ExArmy. Grumpy boomer says it like it is. Diesel mechanic (firetrucks) follow back most... NO DM's
๐บ๐ฒMAGA๐บ๐ธMAHA๐บ๐ธ
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
April 26
1478 - Pazzi conspirators attacked Lorenzo and killed Giuliano de'Medici.
1514 - Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.
1607 - The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. It was the first permanent English establishment in the Western Hemisphere.
1819 - The first Odd Fellows lodge in the U.S. was established in Baltimore, MD.
1865 - Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Sherman during the American Civil War.
1865 - John Wilkes Booth was killed by the U.S. Federal Cavalry.
1906 - In Hawaii, motion pictures were shown for the first time.
1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio in St. Louis, MO.
1929 - First non-stop flight from England to India was completed.
1931 - New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hit a home run but was called out for passing a runner.
1931 - NBC premiered "Lum and Abner." It was on the air for 24 years.
1937 - German planes attacked Guernica, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish nationalist government. This raid is considered one of the first to be attacks on a civilian population by a modern air force.
1937 - "LIFE" magazine was printed without the word "LIFE" on the cover.
1937 - "Lorenzo Jones" premiered on NBC radio.
1941 - An organ was played at a baseball stadium for the first time in Chicago, IL.
1945 - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1952 - Patty Berg set a new record for major womenโs golf competition when she shot a 64 over 18 holes in a tournament in Richmond, CA.
1954 - Grace Kelly was on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.
1964 - The African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.
1964 - The Boston Celtics won their sixth consecutive NBA title. They won two more before the streak came to an end.
1968 - Students seized the administration building at Ohio State University.
1982 - The British announced that Argentina had surrendered on South Georgia.
1983 - Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 1,200 for first time.
1985 - In Argentina, a fire at a mental hospital killed 79 people and injured 247.
1986 - The worldโs worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.
1998 - Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera was bludgeoned to death two days after a report he'd compiled on atrocities during Guatemala's 36-year civil war was made public.
2000 - Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar purchased the NHL's New York Islanders.
2002 - In Erfurt, Germany, an expelled student killed 17 people at his former school. The student then killed himself.
Here's a guy over on Facebook that's making his political views very well known. He's super anti-Trump; and when I called him on it he went and took down all of his anti-Trump posts. But I've screenshotted some stuff for you. Maybe give him a call, or three? No harassment though.
@NateAHubbard1 @Alphafox78 He sure did try to make it into one! That's what happens when people buy boats that have no clue how to properly handle them.
@1Nicdar I would also guess that this is California. It would be the trifecta of beta male; salmon(?) colored sweater, starbucks, and california. Eating on a banana that way, just corks it.
@elonmusk@BasedMikeLee If some of this stupidity doesn't finally stop, I can perceive the potential of vigilante justice to rear its ugly head, yet once again. That wouldn't be good. We need to fix this
@Enezator You marry them for better or for worse, sickness and in health. That's some of the same thing that I did; when she projectile vomited all over the house while trying to race to the bathroom, after yet one more bad bout of chemo. You just gotta clean it up. And hold her hair back.