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Sept 5, 1781: the French fleet defeated the British fleet in the Battle of the Chesapeake, leaving British troops under Lord Cornwallis in Virginia with no reinforcements or means of escape. The combatants were a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, the Comte de Grasse. A besieged Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown six weeks later.


To imagine that the French once beat the British at sea! Can't imagine the shellshock & number of sailors who went deaf.



Sept 5, 1934: Wiley Post (Nov 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) reached the stratosphere in his Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae." The aircraft didn't have a pressurized cabin, so he wore a pressure suit and helmet designed for him by the B.F. Goodrich Company, on display at National Air and Space Museum. On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.


Sept 5, 1942: Mess Attendant 1st Class Charles Jackson French swam 6-8 hours through shark-infested waters while towing a raft carrying 15 of his wounded shipmates to safety after USS Gregory was sunk by the Japanese near Guadalcanal. "The Human Tugboat" was recommended for the Navy Cross but only received a letter of commendation from ADM Halsey.


On May 21, 2022, French was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic actions. In June 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 4168, to designate the United States Postal Service facility located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, Nebraska, as the Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office. Omaha news.


National treasure Bob Newhart born Sept 5, 1929. Here's his Herb Philbrick/I LED 3 LIVES joke.




V'ger launched...




Super bad-ass warrior: He was engaged by enemy fire 340 times and was forced down five times. The U.S. Army awarded him at least 50 combat decorations, including the Silver Star, 43 Air Medals, a Bronze Star and two Distinguished Flying Crosses.

Among his many harrowing operations, the most dangerous and frightening took place on June 18, 1968, when he rescued a four-man long range patrol team at significant risk to his own life. For his heroic actions that night, the Army awarded him the Silver Star, which President Joe Biden upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 2023.


Captain Larry L. Taylor





He served his country as a snitch and they rewarded him with 22 years in prison. Let this be a lesson for us all.




Fascinating 20 minute news helicopter video of people leaving Burning Man yesterday.




According to the Pentagon, most UFO sightings activity seems to be clustered in or around the 33rd parallel. Why you reckon that might be?




Daily Mail



Early 1960s concept drawing of an orbit and launch facility. It was to use a nuclear Systems Nuclear Auxiliary POWER (SNAP-II) nuclear power supply on the end of the long telescoping boom. Nuclear reactors were considered dangerous, which is why in this concept drawing it was located so far away from the habitat part of the station. Creators envisioned the structure being built in orbit to allow assembly of the station in orbit which could be then larger than anything that could be launched from Earth. The two main modules were to be 33 feet in diameter and 40 feet in length. When combined the modules would create a four deck facility, 2 decks to be used for laboratory space and 2 decks for operations and living quarters. The facility also allowed for servicing and launch of a space vehicle. Though the station was designed to operate in micro-gravity, it would also have an artificial gravity capability.

Great Images in NASA (GRIN)