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[EndtheMadnessNow]

Sept 19, 1783: the Montgolfier brothers' balloon launched carrying the first living creatures to fly in a craft: a duck, a rooster, and a sheep. All survived and helped to demonstrate that balloon flight was safe for humans.






Sept 19, 1796: President George Washington's farewell address was published in a Claypool's American Daily Advertiser. The first chief executive advised - "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."

George Washington's Farewell Address announced that he would not seek a third term as president. Originally published in David C. Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, Washington devoted much of the address to domestic issues of the time, warning against the rise of political parties and sectionalism as a threat to national unity. In the area of foreign affairs, Washington called for America "to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Although the ideas expressed were Washington's, Alexander Hamilton wrote a large part of the address. James Madison drafted an earlier version of the address in 1792.

Sept 19, 1959: On his US visit, Nikita Krushchev visited Hollywood and met actors Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine on the set of their movie. He was denied a visit to Disneyland for security reasons, angering him.


Nikita Khrushchev Goes to Hollywood


Sept 19, 1995: The New York Times and The Washington Post published the manifesto of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, which proved instrumental in identifying and capturing him.


The Unabomber Trial: The Manifesto


September 19, 1991: In the Ötztal Alps, German hikers found the mummified body of Ötzi, a 5,300-year-old man from the Copper Age. Remarkably preserved by glacial ice, his skin, organs, blood cells, and even his last meal remained intact! Ötzi had multiple tattoos on his body, making him the oldest known tattooed human. It was determined his cause of death was from an arrow wound to the shoulder.

The Iceman had type O blood, was lactose intolerant, and had a rare genetic anomaly that prevented his 12th pair of ribs from forming. He suffered from cavities, intestinal parasites, Lyme disease, and sore knees, hips, shoulders, and back. His 61 tattoos map onto the places where his bones and joints show wear and tear (as well as onto modern acupuncture points). Ötzi had broken several ribs and his nose during his lifetime, and horizontal grooves on his fingernails indicate had repeated bouts of physical stress—likely stemming from malnutrition—in the few months before his death. He was genetically predisposed to arteriosclerosis, and a CT scan confirms that his is the oldest known case of heart disease in the world.

Based on carbon dating, Ötzi lived roughly 5,200 years ago (3350–3110 B.C.)
Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 3 decades after his discovery

Megadeth Spotify link


Peace Sells...But Who's Driving/Diving?



Legend! Funny story is I think of an analogy between Metallica, Megadeth, and the nuclear weapons industry... Metallica is like Los Alamos and Megadeth like Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Hatfield is of course Oppenheimer and Mustaine is of course Teller! Take it as you will, but there it is.


Sammy Salvo - A Mushroom Cloud