Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Sept 1, 1925: the crew of a Navy seaplane attempting a non-stop flight from California to Hawaii had to land in the ocean after running out of fuel. Realizing that their flying boat was now just a boat, the crew used fabric from the wings to sail the plane for 450 miles to Kauai. Arrived 10 days later, saved by the silent service.

Ten Days Lost At Sea: The First Flight (and Voyage) to Hawaii

Threatened by thirst, hunger, and sharks, the PN-9 No.1’s courageous commander led his crew to shore and safety.

The few sand sharks that began trailing their plane had grown in a few days’ time into a large and unnerving school joined by barracuda. When two fierce-looking 14-foot tiger sharks joined the mob, Bowlin became nervous. The “big black fellows” were “always waiting,” said Bowlin, “I guess for a choice bit of human flesh.”

Sept 1, 1939 at 4:47 am: The German battleship “Schleswig-Holstein” began bombarding the Polish garrison in Westerplette, Gdańsk, kicking off WWII.
Here is a 50 sec video of the German battleship firing on the Poles.




Sept 1, 1983: Cold War: a Soviet Su-15 interceptor shot down a Boeing 747-230B operating as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul after it accidentally strayed into restricted airspace over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island, killing 269 passengers and crew, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. The Soviets claiming that it was on a Measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) spy mission. As a result of the incident, president Ronald Reagan issued a directive making American satellite-based radio navigation Global Positioning System freely available for civilian use, once it was sufficiently developed, as a common good.



At the time Congressman McDonald was also the second president of the conservative John Birch Society. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Senator Steve Symms of Idaho, and Representative Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky (who cancelled his reservations for the trip at the last moment) were aboard sister flight KAL 015, which flew 15 minutes behind KAL 007; they were headed, along with McDonald on KAL 007, to Seoul, South Korea, in order to attend the ceremonies for the 30th anniversary of the U.S.–South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty. The Soviets contended former U.S. president Richard Nixon was to have been seated next to Larry McDonald on KAL 007 but that the CIA warned him not to go, according to the New York Post and Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS); this of course was denied by Nixon.


Space Operations Command was established on 1 September 1982 as Space Command (SPACECOM), which was the first dedicated space command in the United States Armed Forces. On 15 November 1985, Space Command was renamed Air Force Space Command (AFSPC or AFSPACECOM) to distinguish it from U.S. Space Command, Naval Space Command, and Army Space Command. On 20 December 2019, following the establishment of the United States Space Force as an independent service, Air Force Space Command was also redesignated as United States Space Force (USSF) and served as the transitional headquarters of the new service, but remained a component of the U.S. Air Force. On 21 October 2020, United States Space Force was redesignated as Space Operations Command and officially transitioned from a U.S. Air Force major command to a U.S. Space Force field command.




Sept 1, 1995: Around this time, a white-headed capuchin monkey, that is host to a deadly virus, was smuggled into the United States.




Nokia 3310 was released Sept 1, 2000. The Nokia 3310 was produced at factories in Finland and Hungary. The Nokia 3310 has a reputation of great durability, and many Internet memes have been made calling the phone "indestructible" or "the Nokia Brick" and praising its durability compared to modern smartphones. In November 2015, the Nokia 3310 was chosen as one of the first three "National Emojis" for Finland. The emoji is referred to as "The Unbreakable"!



The default ringtone is from the 1902 song Gran Vals by Spanish guitarist & composer Francisco Tárrega.


This IS Finland

I had a half dozen of these 3310's and they NEVER broke...though I didn't try this...




New discovery alert!
New research identifies the first witness of the Great Fire of London as Thomas Dagger, a journeyman baker in Thomas Farriner’s bakery on Pudding Lane. Conducted by Professor Kate Loveman at the University of Leicester, who used information from letters, pamphlets, legal and guild records to conclusively find the identity of Thomas Dagger for the first time.


BBC story: Great Fire of London: Man who first raised alarm identified 1666, helluva year!



https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/1697226294272905509


They're called the Good Club - and they want to save the world

The super rich got bored by their super-richness and got drunk off their own World of Tomorrow propaganda. Then they decided to band together to declare war on Nature and Reality. Unfortunately, once Nature and Reality get around to noticing these silly little cockroaches shrieking at them, Nature and Reality will erase them all from existence. That will happen sooner than later. Prepare yourself for the inevitable collateral damage.