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We had an earlier discussion about Lady Astor and Sir Winston in another thread. Lady Astor was born this date in 1879.
She had intended to land in Paris, but was blown of course by strong winds and storms over the Atlantic and landed in Londonderry, North Ireland, after a flight of nearly 15 hours.May 20, 1932: Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
If I am not mistaken, Lady Godiva's ride what's the origin of the famous cheer "hurrah for our side".Wow, there is a lot going on in that video; none of it good.
Now on to a much more pleasing topic: Lady Godiva. As a kid I was always fascinated by the bravery of Lady Godiva. As an adult, nothing has changed.
Today in 1678 The Godiva procession, commemorating Lady Godiva's legendary ride, became part of the Coventry Fair. Don't know if they still do it, but it might be worth a trip to Coventry to find out.
On this date in 1937, the Memorial Day Massacre.
When all the smoke finally cleared, the death toll stood at ten --most of them shot in the back, and another thirty were wounded by police bullets. The rest of the wounded had been brutally and indiscriminately beaten by police. None of the pickets were armed. Injured men and women were dragged out of ambulances by police and beaten into unconsciousness.
Meanwhile, in Youngstown, Massilon, and Cleveland, eight additional unarmed strikers were killed by police, for a total death toll for the strike of eighteen.
A cameraman from Paramount News, on hand in Chicago to film what he expected to be a peaceful picket line, had his footage suppressed by Paramount on the basis of "security."
The footage was later subpoenaed by a Congressional committee investigating the attack, which concluded that the head of Republic had amassed a huge private arsenal of weapons, including rifles, shotguns, more than 80,000 rounds of ammunition, and gas shells, to be used against workers. Those weapons had been provided to Chicago police by the steel company for use in suppressing the pickets.
No police officer was ever prosecuted or even reprimanded for their part in the attack, nor were any settlements ever paid to the injured or the families of the murdered pickets. It was, to put it in more modern terms, the "Kent State Incident" of the Era -- only much, much worse.
The first in the US or the first ever? In 1885, Karl Benz developed a petrol or gasoline powered automobile. This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Benz made several other identical copies. The automobile was powered by a single cylinder four-stroke engine.June 3, 1896: Henry Ford takes his Quadricycle for a spin. It's the first gasoline powered automobile.
That's OK, Scott. All of us at one time or another have used skeezy sources. I've had more than my share of them. PCI had always understood that credit for the first gas car went to Benz as well. My source was obviously skeezy.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-test-drives-his-quadricycleI had always understood that credit for the first gas car went to Benz as well. My source was obviously skeezy.