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Sept 23, 1952: veep candidate Richard M. Nixon's "Fund" speech (aka The Checkers Speech) was broadcast. According to accused serial plagiarist Monica Crowley, Nixon celebrated the anniversary of the speech every year.


Trivia: Knox Manning was the announcer that introduced then vice president candidate Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech on 9/23/1952. Manning served as president of AFRA (American Federation of Radio Artists), now known as AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) beginning in 1952.


Sept 23, 1984: Happy THREADS DAY! 40 years ago tonight on BBC2. You can watch the original 2 min introduction:




This Sheffield baby (Benedict Cope) saw THREADS 40 years ago at a special preview screening. He was accompanied by his parents Paul and Andrea...village rumor is poor Benedict is still traumatized.

The BBC radio documentary on THREADS is now streaming.



Interesting 60 Minutes segment on the US National Archives and reported by Norah Dora O'Donnell with Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States, head of US National Archives. Aside from the first BS opening due to CBS's toxic obsession with Trump, it's not bad.


The National Archives: a small agency with a big responsibility safeguarding American and world history | 60 Minutes Youtube


Sandia kicked off the ’60s with a visit from President John F. Kennedy, who viewed the Vela satellite. During this time, Sandia began making significant impacts in microelectronics manufacturing, anti-terrorism programs and energy research. Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to detect nuclear detonations and monitor Soviet Union compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. Vela started out as a small budget research program in 1959.  Vela (satellite)


Sandia Labs - Looking Back


The Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, roughly midway between Africa and Antarctica. Today, most independent researchers believe that the flash was caused by a nuclear explosion—an undeclared joint nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel.

On August 31, 2020 the "Cold War International History Project" published a report examining what we know and don't know about this still-unsolved nuclear history mystery, based on a November 2019 oral history conference which included about a dozen people with direct knowledge of the incident.

Revisiting the 1979 VELA Mystery: A Report on a Critical Oral History Conference


Sept 23, 1975: newscaster Howard Beale had enough! Announced during a live broadcast, that he will take his own life on next week's live broadcast.




Back in Jan 1987, Robert Budd Dwyer a Pennsylvania politician wrote a letter to then-Senator Joe Biden and Congressman Peter W. Rodino, who were at the time the chairs of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Judiciary Committee respectively, on January 20, asking them to conduct an investigation into the corrupt Justice system & FBI.

Letter excerpt:


Budd Dwyer Final Statements at press conference

On Jan 22, 1987 at a press conference on live TV he put a bullet through his head with a .357 Magnum.




Farewell Princess... Texas-born starlet Kathryn Grant, who played Princess Parisa in 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' (1958) has died at 90.


Olive Kathryn Crosby (née Grandstaff) November 25, 1933 – September 20, 2024. She typically performed under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff.

She had previously starred in The Phoenix City Story (1955), Mister Cory (1957), Operation Mad Ball (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). She largely retired from acting following her starring role as the Princess in the fantasy epic; she had married legendary singer Bing Crosby the previous year, and was actually pregnant with their first child during filming. However, she went on to make occasional television appearances, including many Christmas specials with her husband.

Bing Crosby & Kathryn Crosby - The Human Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=610ZAj-EyYU



Deflecting doom: How Sandia research could save Earth from asteroids


Ha, luv this guy...


Louis Elizondo tells PEOPLE that the US government has retrieved “non-human” technology and specimens from crashed spacecraft


Flying hybrid cow taking in the view.


Another udderly amoosing sight from the Weather Boys