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Jan 12, 1922: HMS Victory fired her final salute afloat before entering permanent dry dock at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England. The Royal Navy had considered scrapping Nelson's flagship in 1903 but King Edward VII intervened to save her. Commissioned in March 1778, today, Victory is the oldest commissioned warship in the world.



HMS Victory participated in:

First Battle of Ushant (1778)
Second Battle of Ushant (1781)
Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779 - 83)
Battle of Cape Spartel (1782)
Battle of the Hyères Islands (1795)
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
Trafalgar campaign (1805)
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

Armament in Battle of Trafalgar:
    Gundeck: 30 × 2.75-ton long pattern Blomefield 32-pounders (15 kg)
    Middle gundeck: 28 × 2.5-ton long 24-pounders (11 kg)
    Upper gundeck: 30 × 1.7-ton short 12-pounders (5 kg)
    Quarterdeck: 12 × 1.7-ton short 12-pounder (5 kg)
    Forecastle: 2 × medium 12-pounder (5 kg), 2 × 68-pounder (31kg) carronade (short, smoothbore, cast-iron cannon)

HMS Victory has been the First Sea Lord flagship by 100 Admirals over its 247 years.


January 12, 1953: "The Senate Internal Security subcommittee said today that Communist infiltration of the teaching profession is a "Nationwide problem."



Say what you will about Sen McCarthy, granted he was a alcoholic nutcase on Reds but he was the first & only person to date that came the closest to blowing the whole lid off the top secret UFO program including Roswell. Hence, the reason the US Army launched the smear campaign against him, ultimately leading to his early suspicious death.

If you want to know the fascinating details you'll have to read this book.


Drive For Mass Shelters: Life Jan 12, 1962




Jan 11, 1952: USS K-3, a Barracuda-class was Commissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Renamed USS Bonita (SSK-3/SS-552) in 1955. Survived nuclear weapons shock testing in Operation Hardtack I, 1958.




Jan 12, 1992: "I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."




Who captured these historic 1960s San Francisco snapshots? Abandoned for years in a storage unit, these unseen photos are finally seeing the light of day, but the photographer's identity remains a mystery. Can you help solve it?
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