This Day in History (Post up past events relative to the current date)

Kaleidopete

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March 2, 1933,
Morristown National Historical Park
was established and became America's first National Historical Park. Today, the park is composed of three units: Jockey Hollow (encampment site of the Continental Army during the winter of 1776-1777 and from October 1779 - June, 1780), the Ford Mansion (the headquarters of George Washington from December 1779 – May 1780), and Fort Nonsense. Jockey Hollow also includes the Wick House and Cross Estate. The history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is also intertwined in the park's early days, when they were tasked with creating trails, roads, and restoring the Wick House.

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Zaskar

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Happy Bicycle Day...


On April 19, 1943, Hofmann ingested 0.25 milligrams (250 micrograms) of the substance. Less than one hour later, Hofmann experienced sudden and intense changes in perception. He asked his laboratory assistant to escort him home. As was customary in Basel, they made the journey by bicycle. On the way, Hofmann's condition rapidly deteriorated as he struggled with feelings of anxiety, alternating in his beliefs that the next-door neighbor was a malevolent witch, that he was going insane, and that the LSD had poisoned him. When the house doctor arrived, however, he could detect no physical abnormalities, save for a pair of incredibly dilated pupils. Hofmann was reassured, and soon his terror began to give way to a sense of good fortune and enjoyment, as he later wrote...
 

Kaleidopete

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May 8, 1920, the first of ten steel trusses of Hanger 1 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, were erected by the Bethlehem Steel Company.
It was based on the typical designs of World War I airship hangars. It resembled many of the rigid airship hangars built in Great Britain which
used counter-balanced doors in lieu of the steel supporting framework generally found in German hangar design. When complete,
the structure measured 966 feet long, 350 feet wide, and 224 feet high
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michael.su

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May 8, 1920, the first of ten steel trusses of Hanger 1 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, were erected by the Bethlehem Steel Company.
It was based on the typical designs of World War I airship hangars. It resembled many of the rigid airship hangars built in Great Britain which
used counter-balanced doors in lieu of the steel supporting framework generally found in German hangar design. When complete,
the structure measured 966 feet long, 350 feet wide, and 224 feet high
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Here she is in her morning glow. Doesn’t look much different to this day. It’s a lot of stairs to get to the top of the towers in the corners...
I work in the hangar next door.
( hangar 2) 🙂
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Kaleidopete

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June 4, 1931, William G. Swann became the first American to fly a rocket-propelled aircraft in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Swann, who was a stunt pilot, attached twelve solid-fuel rocket motors to his high-winged glider. In front of a crowd of 2,000 people, Swann ignited just one rocket. The glider, from a standing start, took off and flew 1,000 feet at an altitude of 200 feet. This stunt was performed in part to promote himself and to advertise the Steel Pier amusement park.
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Kaleidopete

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Not this day, but just history.
An amazing court case from the early ‘60s!
Topps Chewing Gum Inc. v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., 388 U.S. (1963)
Schwinn learned that Topps had usurped the name and likeness of one its most iconic creations, the Sting-Ray.
In 1962, Topps launched one of the most controversial trading card sets, Mars Attacks.
That same year, the Sting-Ray was already being whispered among various trade organizations as the next ‘big thing” .
It eventually debuted in mid-1963. The 56 card set that Topps proposed contained one image that depicted a boy being
vaporized by the Martians. What made it even more explosive was the depiction of Schwinn’s Sting-Ray both in art and name.
A Topps insider had leaked the image to Schwinn executives in early ’62, resulting in a cease and desist order.
The subsequent court case was eventually decided in favor of Schwinn. To this day, the court case has been sealed and it was
believed that the ill-fated “No. 56” card would be lost to history. No image had ever been released to the public.
Until now. Thanks to the intrepid work of Alan Jude Summa, the card that never was - “No. 56” has been found!
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Kaleidopete

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July 3, 1835 more than 2,000 children employed in 20 of Paterson‬, New Jersey's textile mills went on strike for the 11-hour day, six-day week.
The first textile workers in the US were all children, hired specifically by the mill owners because of their quick reflexes and nimble fingers.
Support from workers around the region allowed the strike to continue for nearly 2 months. Donations came in from workers in ‪Newark‬ and New York City.
The Paterson Association for the Protection of the Working Class formed to organize relief. Employers refused to negotiate and did bust the strike,
but only after giving in to several of the workers’ demands,
including reducing the workday to 12 hours, Monday-Friday, and 9 hours on Saturday, a 69 hour work week 😱
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Kaleidopete

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That wasn’t a great deal… they went from 66 hours a week to 69 hours a week. Crazy.
I don't think so, I don't know how many hours they WERE working, they wanted to make it 11 hours a day, from what I don't know.
But were only given 12 a day + Sat.in the deal
 
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