Satuday June 16, 1923. The end of the Russian Civil War.

Arlington, VA, swimmers.

200,000 people attended a Ku Klux Klan rally in Kokomo, Indiana.

Boy Scouts at Lincoln Memorial.

333 soldiers of the White Army surrendered at Ayan on the Pacific Russian coast, ending the Russian Civil War.

Washington D.C. Naval Reserve.

Turkey affected prohibition.

The French occupied the Dortmund railway station, leaving only a single rail line functional between the Ruhr and the remainder of Germany.  In Germany, rioting broke out in Brandenburg over hyperinflation.

A sporting event occurred: The Baltimore Marathon of 1923

Wednesday, September 5, 1972. An Olympic Tragedy

On this day in 1972 the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September attacked the Israeli quarters at the Olympic village in Munich, killing two athletes and taking nine hostages.

Black September was named for the failed Palestinian attempt to overthrow the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in September 1970, an event which was a Palestinian disaster. This event itself led to the Palestinians being expelled from Jordan and going to Lebanon.  The organization's connection with the Palestinian Liberation Organization has never been clear, but it is clear that there was one.  In 1973 the PLO caused the shutting down of the organization, whose violent acts had not been successful in engendering any support for the Palestinian cause.

This is an event I can recall happening, and oddly enough I believe I learned about it after the family went swimming on a Wednesday afternoon, something that was pretty common for us to do.  Indeed, we swam a lot during the summer, and almost always did on Saturday afternoons and often on Sunday afternoons.  It wasn't a tradition I kept up with my own family, but I probably should have.  The day prior Mark Spitz had won his seventh gold medal at the Olympics, the first athlete to do so.

Mark Spitz at the 1972 Olympics.

Spitz, then only 22 years of age, retired from swimming after the 72 Olympics, but competed again in 199w after filmmaker Bud Greenberg offered  him $1,000,0000 if he made the team that year. He failed to do so by only two seconds.

Spitz had intended to become a dentist, but the Olympics interrupted that pursuit, and he did not resume it after 1992, other opportunities having developed.  He married the next year and the couple have two children.

The Pool Returns

Lex Anteinternet: Lex Anteinternet: The Pool Returns: Back in 2019 we ran this: Lex Anteinternet: The Pool Returns :  The Pool Returns The Tribune this morning has an article that the School Boa...

And yesterday, the beautiful new NCHS swimming pool opened featuring talks by those involved, and the girls swim team.

Wednesday, August 2 1922. Work and play.

 

Saturday, July 29, 1922. Late July Summer.

The Saturday magazines hit the stands, with The Saturday Evening Post featuring a circus dog and clown by Leyendecker.

It's certainly a well done illustration, but I've always found clowns creepy.

An article appeared in that issue on Elanor Franklin, certainly an early one.

The Literary Digest featured a Rockwell.
 

And a poll on prohibition, which was already becoming unpopular, even though it had really only just recently become the law overall.

The Country Gentleman featured an illustration that likely couldn't grace the cover of a magazine today.

Colliers simply went with the always popular female portrait.

The German Mark hit a new low.

Oil was discovered at Smackover, Arkansas, that had a population of 100.  That population would reach 25,000 within a few months.

The government reported that the Catholic population of the United States had reached 23,000,000.

People were out doing Saturday things.

Monday, July 10, 1922. No More War and Swimming lessons.

There must have been something going on internationally regarding attempting to prevent future wars on this date.  A large anti-war rally was held in Germany, and something was also going on in the United States.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to determine what it was.

Wars were going on, of course.

And there were swimming lessons at the beach on this Monday in July.

Tuesday, July 4, 1922. Independence Day.

It was, of course, Independence Day, and parades and celebrations took place in communities across the country, such as this one at Takoma Park, Maryland.

Sybil Bauer shattered a series of female swimming records on this day in 1922, swimming at Brighton Beach.

Bauer, who became engaged in college to future television host Ed Sullivan, went on to swim in the 1924 Olympics. The marriage did not take place, however, as she died at age 23 of cancer.

At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Marines reenacted the pivotal day of the battle.

The last race at the Tacoma Speedway took place.

Lex Anteinternet: The Pool Returns

Back in 2019 we ran this:Lex Anteinternet: The Pool Returns: 

The Pool Returns

The Tribune this morning has an article that the School Board has voted to put in a pool at NCHS.

The vote was not unanimous. Two members voted against the proposal based on budgetary concerns, and there certainly have been those, so their vote is neither surprising or without merit.  But the majority did vote to put a pool back in at the school.

I'm glad to see it, and thought that the reconstructed school was lacking without a pool.  It had one starting in 1923 and the absence of a pool was a real deficit.

Of course, now that I no longer have kids there, it isn't the pressing matter it once was to me. But I'm glad to see it back.

The old pool, just before it was no more.

And indeed it is.

The first swim meet in the new pool was held this past week, the Fish Bowl, the meet featuring NC and cross town rival KW.  KW, with is much bigger swim team, did better, but NC now with a 8 lane 25 meter pool capable of hosting meets, hopes to do better in the future.

A welcome return.

Maddie Groves administers the dope slap

Let this be a lesson to all misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers - You can no longer exploit young women and girls, body shame or medically gaslight them and then expect them to represent you so you can earn your annual bonus. Time’s UP

I don't know who Maddie Groves is, really.  After this story broke it became clear that she's an Australian Olympic swimmer.

She's obviously had enough, and while the details aren't fully spelled out, the gist of it sure is.

Good for her.