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September 25, 1885: It snowed in London, which was the earliest recorded autumn snowfall in the capital since 1791, according to Dr. Wild. Going to assume BIAD is hoping this record is never broken. Might want to hold off on any 'snow' banners till say, after October. LOL.




It's National Cooking Day. In the 19th century, a bad cook in the U.S. Navy could be punished with 12 lashes. Today's sailors are fortunate (in my time; not so sure about today) that Culinary Specialists are much more skilled, and that the autodog usually works.


Autodog is the soft ice cream dispenser. When it breaks, we beat the cooks.


The Vought F4U-1 Corsair "Ole 122" of VMF-111 Devil Dogs was the only individual U.S. warplane to be cited officially for "performance above and beyond the call of duty" during WWII. Over a 6 month period in 1944, "Ole 122" flew 80,000 miles in 100 combat missions and spent 400 hours in the air with never once having to turn back because of mechanical trouble. The citation also stated: "Were there blood in her fuel lines instead of one hundred octane, she would be wearing the Purple Heart."



It returned to the U.S. and was put on a display at production plants around the country after the war, but then...disappeared. The fate of "Ole 122" is unknown. Much credit was given to SSgt Howard Miller who was a former coal miner from Pine Knob, West Virginia. He stood by "Ole 122" during the ceremony.

Marine pilot became God’s man after WW II

by Don Moore

Father Bill Magill of Venice, Fla. was a “Devil Dog.” He flew a Corsair, F-4U fighter, in the Pacific during World War II before he began working for the Lord.

The former Marine aviator and retired Episcopal priest was a member of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-111. “Devil Dogs” is what they called themselves.  He saw action in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific from December 1943 until March 1945.

“Our job was to bomb and strafe everything and keep the Japanese‘s heads down,” said Magill, 85. “The first thing we did was shoot up their planes on the ground and then we would pound the heck out of them with bombs.”

By the time his tour was finished he logged 89 combat missions. The side of his Corsair was covered with yellow bombs, one for each mission.

In February 1944, Magill’s squadron was flying against Japanese targets on the Island of Jaluit in the Gilbert chain. Jabor Town was an open city on the island. They weren’t supposed to attack it.

Their fighter planes were being shot at by enemy soldiers who held Jabor Town. One of the pilots in Magill’s squadron was shot down over the village.

“The skipper told me to fly over, take a look and see if I could spot our downed pilot,” he recalled. “As I flew over, I saw a Japanese soldier in the middle of a street holding a long bamboo pole with the pilot’s head on the end of it. I became the first one in our unit to fire on Jabor Town.”

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“Does Memorial Day mean anything today to the average American?” the 91-year-old retired minister and fighter pilot was asked.

“I’m afraid it doesn’t. I think in order to be loyal and a patriotic you have to be taught. Today both parents work and they don’t teach their kids anything about patriotism. We have let the school system go to pot. They don’t teach history like we learned history.

“We were taught to put our hand over our heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Kids today don’t know what you’re talking about. They know nothing about World War II or World War I were all about.

“Kids today don’t have any real understanding of patriotism so they’re not patriotic. ”I feel sorry for my grandkids, which I have eight, and my great-grandkids, which I have nine. My immediate family has produced nine Marines starting out with me and my oldest son on down to my grandchildren. All are boys and my daughter married a Marine,” he said with a chuckle.

Magill added, “I think the breakdown in our education system started with FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and all the social stuff we’re doing today. I know a Republic is one thing and a Democracy is something else. Republicans stand for the Republic which has a small government. A Democracy is what the Democrats want which is big government where few people have to work.

Read more of his amazing life story: Marine pilot became God’s man after WW II




"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene V


John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-Indian scientist who worked in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics. With innovative use of statistics in biology, he was one of the founders of neo-Darwinism. Despite his lack of an academic degree in the field, he taught biology at the University of Cambridge, the Royal Institution, and University College London. Renouncing his British citizenship, he became an Indian citizen in 1961 and worked at the Indian Statistical Institute for the rest of his life.


September 25, 1963: Lord Denning released the UK government’s official report on the "Profumo Affair". Denning primarily blamed Conservative War Minister, John Profumo, for the sex scandal. The story has it all, sex, a Russian spy, and the secretary of state, a war.




The Profumo Affair: Lord Denning's Report (History Hit Audio)


Sept 25, 1964: the sitcom GOMER PYLE: USMC premiered. The Marines gave the show their total cooperation and allowed scenes to be shot at Camp Pendelton. Even though the show was produced during the peak of American military fighting action in Vietnam, the war was never mentioned. The series ran 150 episodes from '64-'69.


Frank Sutton (1923-1974), who played Gunnery Sgt. Vince Carter, did not pass the Marine Corps physical due to his color blindness during World War II and ended up serving in the army making it to Sergeant. During his service, he distinguished himself by taking part in 14 assault landings, including battles Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.


Sept 25, 1964: TIME magazine "THE NUCLEAR ISSUE"




USA #1 on this day in 1965: Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction



UK #1 on this day in 1968: Mary Hopkin- Those Were The Days




"Era Of Growing Strife In U.S.: When Will It End?" US News for September 25, 1967.

September 25, 1968: The 1st episode of paranormal ITV series, The Champions, was broadcast. In all, 30 episodes were produced, until 30 April 1969. It featured 3 telepathic agents: Craig Stirling, Sharron Macready & Richard Barrett, who work for "Nemesis" an international intelligence organisation based in Geneva.




THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR premiered 49 years ago yesterday in New York City.



"Instead of looking at the movie screen, what I want to do is to turn around and look the other way. When we look the other way what we see is a little hole at the top of the wall with some light coming out. That’s where I want to go. I want to steal the key to the projectionist’s booth, and then, when everybody has gone home, I want to break in."
— Jacques Vallee