It had closed with the outbreak of the Great War.
An explosion at the New Yūbari coal mine in Hokkaido killed 423 people.
Army beat Navy 20 to 0.
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Thanksgiving. Thursday, November 27, 1924.
It was Thanksgiving.
The Coolidge's went to church
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held. It was billed the Macy's Christmas Parade.
Football games occured, reflecting a custom dating back to pre Reformation England.
Snake dance at C.U. vs. Geo. Wash. game, 11/27/24.
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Wednesday, November 26, 1924. Servitude in Mongolia.
Monday, November 25, 2024
Wednesday, November 25, 1874. Joe Gans
He died of tuberculosis at age 35 on August 10, 1910. His tombstone reads:
I was born in the city of Baltimore in the year 1874, and it might be well to state at this time that my right name is Joseph Gant, not Gans. However, when I became an object of newspaper publicity, some reporter made a mistake and my name appeared as Joe Gans, and as Joe Gans it remained ever since.
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Tuesday, November 24, 1874. Barbed Wire Patented.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Saturday, November 21, 1914. 91,000 Canadians, 74,000 Ivy League football fans.
It was a Saturday and the Saturday magazines were out.
Canada announced that it was increasing the size of the Canadian Expeditionary Force to 91,000 men.
Odd to think that on the same day, Harvard defeated Yale before a crowed of up to 74,000 spectators.
The British entered Basra unopposed.
Turks Beat Back Russians in the Caucasus
The Serbs retreated at Mount Maljen.
The Royal Navy Air Service conducted the first long range strategic bombing raid, hitting German airship hangers at Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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Friday, November 20, 1914. James Jordan's buck.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Thursday, November 13, 1924. Polish Orthodox Church.
The Polish Orthodox Church was created as an autocephalous Orthodox Church by the signing of the Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos by Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople, recognizing the situation that had been created by the Russian Revolution and Poland's independence.
Mussolini introduced a bill to grant women the franchise in Italy.
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Thursday, November 12, 1914. Wanted horses.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Women's Rugby
While I'm not really following the Olympics, I am glad to see that Women's Rugby is getting press.
It's awesome.
Included as awesome, is Ilona Maher, US women's rugby player.
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5 ft 10 in, 200 lbs, and all muscle, she's quite the contrast to the female characters the press is usually focused on, like Taylor Swift or Billie Eilish.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Friday, July 26, 2024
Saturday, July 26, 1924. Other around the world flights.
Argentinian pilot Pedro Zanni and mechanic Felipe Beltrame began their rather belated attempt to fly around the world.
The KKK held a rally in Issaquah, Washington that drew at least 13,000 people.
The weekly magazines were out.
The Saturday Evening Post with a girl who had a scouting uniform of some type, or perhaps was wearing an oddly colored representation of Navy white shirt, with red instead of blue.
Country Gentleman had a classic of a draft team.
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Friday, May 24, 2024
Monday, May 24, 1909. European Day of Parks.
John Montgomery Ward presenting cup to Roger Bresnahan, May 24, 1924.
Following a by then long-established example, Sweden became the first European Nation to create national parks, establishing Abisko, Ängsö, Garphyttan, Gotska Sandön, Hamra, Pieljekaise, Sarek, Stora Sjöfallet, and Sonfjället.
May 24 is European Day of Parks.
Coffeyville, Kansas. May 24, 1909.
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Tuesday, May 18, 1909. Sulfanilamide,
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Thursday, April 17, 1924. Japanese reaction.
Political cartoonists were making fun of it, but the Japanese were both measured and enraged by the passage of the Japanese Exclusion Act. On this day, Japanese businesses in Japan began cancelling orders from the US in reaction.
Regarding the Chicago Tribune cartoon from above, one of the most remarkable things about it is that the cartoonist included five political parties. One wouldn't do that today.
Wyoming's Senator F. E. Warrren was already urging reconsideration of the act, and urging meetings to consider its impact.
The All-India Yadav Mahasabha was formed to promote equal treatment of and rights for Yadav people, the poorest people in India's caste system.
Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures were merged by Marcus Loew to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
In baseball:
April 17, 1924: Baby Doll Jacobson hits for the cycle, but Browns lose to White Sox
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Wednesday, April 16, 1924. Flyer forced down.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Tuesday, April 15, 1924. Opening day.
Baseball didn't make the front page on this day in 1924. The House passing the Japanese Exclusion Act did.
But it was opening day.
The silent one shook the hand of Bucky Harris.
Other athletic endeavors were going on as well.
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Sunday, April 13, 1924. Greeks decline a king.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 1974. I wanted to note Hank Aaron. . .
The tornado Super Outbreak of 1974 concluded
It is the second second-largest tornado outbreak on record and most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded. 148 confirmed tornadoes hit Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York.
What I really wanted to note, but the story above is more important, is that Hank Aaron tied the career record of Babe Ruth on this day in a game in which his Braves played the Reds.
Jordanian women were granted the right to vote. Parliament was also suspended at the time, so it wasn't as impactful immediately as it might sound.
The ban against the Ulster Volunteer Force, in effect since 1966, was lifted. The loyalist militia had been formed the prior year, 1965.
While the UVF's motto is "For God and Ulster", and it was supposed to disband, since the 1994 ceasefire it reportedly has been involved in rioting, drug dealing, organized crime, loan-sharking and prostitution. Some members have reportedly been involved in racist attacks.
I guess this all goes to show that even on days when there's an exciting event, a lot of cruddy things are occurring.
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Friday, March 29, 1974. Kent State Indictments
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Tuesday, March 28, 1944. Another day in the war.
Mexican National Mercy Martinez harvesting carrots in the field in El Centro, Imperial County, California on March 28, 1944.
The British Parliament voted to give female teachers the same pay as men.
The Italian Communist Party declared cooperation with "bourgeois" parties.
The Red Army took Nikolaev.
Fighting carried on in the CBI.
"Infantrymen of the 66th Regt, 2nd Bn, 22nd Chinese Division advancing upon a group of tanks upon which a Jap Magnetic anti tank mine has been set off by remote control ordnance Intelligence purposes.
These tanks had burnt out. They belong to the First Provisional Tank Group and maintenance men of that outfit will salvage the salvageable parts left on these tanks. They met action against the Japs in the area a few miles north of the village of Shadeazup, Northern Burma. This photo demonstrated though, how the Chinese troops had actually fought with the tank group. This tank group is an American trained Chinese outfit, they having received their training at Ramgarh, India from U.S. Army Armoured Corps instructors. These infantrymen are also American trained. 28 March, 1944."
Ships were inspected:
USS Cleveland (CL-55) during a Captain's inspection, March 28, 1944.
Combat runs were made.
Corsairs on a mission over the Solomons.
Training was ongoing.
M4 Shermans at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, March 28, 1944.
The final game of the 1944 NCAA Men's Division Tournament saw Utah beat Dartmouth.
For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Lt. Wainwright was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion; was in the fighting of both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked.
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Monday, March 27, 1944. Knock Out Dropper.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Friday, February 22, 1924. Remembering Native Americans and George Washington.
Washington Post Marathon, February 22, 1924. It was a holiday.
Homer P. Snyder of New York introduced the Indian Citizenship Act into Congress. The bill provided:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all non citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property.
Calvin Coolidge delivered a radio broadcasted address on the occasion of George Washington's birthday. It was the first radio broadcast from the White House. In it, he stated:
Each year the birthday of George Washington gains wider acceptance as being of more than national significance. He becomes more and more a world figure, a mighty influence reaching into all lands and recognized by all people. He is as universal as the truth. The great place which he holds in history grows more clear as we are able to compare him with all others who have set their stamp upon the affairs of mankind.
This position began to be appreciated even before his death. When Talleyrand, Foreign Minister of Napoleon, reported that our first President was gone he was led by his admiration to compose a eulogy. In it he dwelt upon these moral qualities of Washington, which have become more and more appreciated, and upon his exalted character. In recommending that a statue be raised to his memory in one of the great squares of Paris he declared: "The man who, amid the decadence of modern ages, first dared to believe that he could inspire degenerate nations with courage to rise to the level of republican virtues, lived for all nations and for all countries."
Something of the spiritual power of Washington is realized when it is remembered that even from Talleyrand his passing inspired such a tribute, accompanied by the suggestion of a memorial to the first citizen of a country who was at that very time preparing for what appeared to be an imminent conflict with France. The character of Washington raised him even above national enmities. It made him a hero that all peoples were compelled to honor.
In far-off lands people are observing this day by taking thought of the qualities that gave Washington this foremost place among the truly great. They are drawn to this man by his calm and clear judgment, by his abounding courage and by his unselfish devotion.
Beyond that which was ever accorded to any other mortal, he holds rank as a soldier, a statesman and a patriot. Others may have excelled him in some of these qualities, but no one ever excelled him in this threefold greatness.
Yet Washington the man seems to stand above them all. After we have recounted his victories, after we have examined his record in public office, after we have recalled that he refused to be made King, we have not exhausted his greatness. We can best estimate him by not identifying him with some high place, but by thinking of him as one of ourselves. When all detailed description fails, it is enough to say he was a great man. He had a supreme endowment of character.
No one can think of America without thinking of Washington. When we look back over the course of history before his day, it seems as though it had all been a preparation for him and his time; when we consider events since then, we can see a steady growth and development of the ideals which he represented, and the institutions which he founded, world-wide in extent. The principles which he fought to establish have become axioms of civilization. It might almost be said that the progress which peoples have made is measured by the degree with which they have accepted the great policies which he represented.
It is not possible to compress a great life into a single sentence. We look upon Washington as the exponent of the rights of man. We think of him as having established the independence of America. We associate his name with liberty and freedom. We say that he was a great influence in the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. All these are centered around the principle of self-government. But when we examine the meaning of independence, of constitutional liberty and of self-government, we do not find that they are simple rights which society can bestow upon us. They are very complex. They have to be earned. They have to be paid for. They arise only from the discharge of our obligations one to another.
Washington did not, could not, give anything to his countrymen. His greatness lies in the fact that he was successful in calling them to the performance of a higher duty. He showed them how to have a greater liberty by earning it. All that any society can do, all that any Government can do, is to attempt to guarantee to the individual the social, economic and political rewards of his own effort and industry,
The America which Washington founded does not mean we shall have everything done for us, but that we shall have every opportunity to do everything for ourselves. This is liberty. But it is liberty only through the acceptance of responsibility.
It cannot fail to be worth while to recall some of the activities of Washington and the men of his day. They were without independence. They went through the hardship of seven terrible years of war that it might be secured. They were without a National Government. They went through the toll and expense, the misgivings and sacrifices of years of political agitation that it might finally be established.
They were without industry, without commerce, without transportation and without shipping. But by their enterprise, their effort, their inventive genius and their courage these were created.
These efforts and their experiences we should keep constantly in mind. Before we complain too much about our hardships in these luxurious days, before we complain too much about such hardships, before we lose faith in the power of the people by relying on themselves best to serve themselves. it is well to consider the early beginnings of the Republic.
No one needs to be told of the general success which has attended the putting into effect of these principles politically and socially. No one claims that they have brought about, or are likely to bring about in the immediate future, a condition of perfection.
Self-government does not purge us of all our faults, but there are very few students of the affairs of mankind who would deny that the theory upon which our institutions proceed gives the best results that have ever been given to any people. When there is a failure it is not because the system has failed, but because we have failed.
For the purpose of insuring liberty, for enactment of sound legislation, for the administration of even-handed justice, for the faithful execution of the laws, no institutions have ever given greater promise or more worthy performance than those which are represented by the name of Washington.
We have changed our Constitution and laws to meet changing conditions and a better appreciation of the broad requirements of humanity. We have extended and increased the direct power of the voter, but the central idea of self-government remains unchanged. While we realize that freedom and independence of the individual mean increased responsibility for the individual, while we know that the people do and must support the Government, and that the Government does not and cannot support the people, yet the protection of the individual from the power now represented by organized numbers and consolidated wealth requires many activities on the part of the Government which were not needed in the days of Washington.
Many laws are necessary for this purpose, both in the name of justice and of humanity. Efforts in this direction are not for the purpose of undermining the independence of the in dividual, but for the purpose of maintaining for him an equal opportunity. They are made on the theory that each individual is entitled to live his own life in his own way, free from every kind of tyranny and oppression.
We have not yet reached the goal of Washington's ideals. They are not yet fully understood. He was a practical man. He suffered from no delusions. He knew that there was no power to establish a system under which existence could be supported without effort.
Those who now expect anything in that direction are certain to be disappointed. He held out no promise of unearned rewards, either in small or large amounts. On the other hand, if no one ought to receive gain except for services rendered, no one ought to be required to render service except for reasonable compensation.
Equality and justice both require that there should be no profiteering and no exploitation. Under the Constitution of the United States there is neither any peasantry nor any order of nobility. Politically, economically and socially, service and character are to reign; and service and character alone.
Such is the meaning of the life of George Washington, who came into being nearly 200 years ago. He left the world stronger and better. He made life broader and sweeter.
He accomplished these results by accepting great responsibilities and making great sacrifices. If we are to maintain the institutions which he founded, if we are to improve what he created, we must be like-minded with him; we must continue to accept responsibilities; we must continue to make sacrifices. Under all the laws of God and man there is no other way.
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