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Nuclear Attack
November 9, 1979
NORAD notified the national security adviser that the Soviet Union had launched 250 ballistic missiles towards the U.S., stating that a decision to retaliate would need to be made by the U.S. President within 3 to 7 minutes. NORAD computers then placed the number of incoming missiles at 2,200. Strategic Air Command was notified and nuclear bombers prepared for takeoff.
However a few minutes later, Satellite and radar systems determined that the attack was a false alarm. A training scenario was accidentally loaded into an operational computer.
Paul McCartney Dies in a Car Accident?
November 9, 1966
In 1969, using "clues" found in Beatles songs and album covers, a Detroit disc jockey and his radio audience determined that Paul McCartney died on November 9th, 1966 in a car accident. The rumor claimed that McCartney, after an argument with his bandmates, sped off in his car, crashed, and was decapitated. The remaining Beatles then substituted him with an orphan they had trained to impersonate him. Feeling guilty about their actions, they left clues in their songs and album covers.
One of the clues were the words "I buried Paul" spoken by John Lennon at the end of the song Strawberry Fields Forever, which the Beatles recorded in November and December of 1966. Lennon claimed the words were actually "Cranberry sauce".
Other clues came from the Abbey Road album cover, claiming it depicted a funeral procession: Lennon, dressed in white, symbolizing the heavenly figure; Ringo Starr, dressed in black, symbolized the undertaker; George Harrison, in denim, represents the gravedigger; and McCartney, barefoot and out of step with the others, symbolized the corpse.
The Volkswagen's license plate was "28IF" which would have been McCartney's age if he had still been alive.
Also, the left-handed McCartney holds a ********* in his right hand indicating it was an imposter in the photo.
The rumors were wrong of course.
The Beatles
November 9, 1961
Brian Epstein goes to hear a new group at Liverpool's famous "The Cavern Club." A month later he became their manager and helped them rocket to stardom. Epstein's initial attempts to get a recording contract for the Beatles were rejected by virtually every label in London, until he secured a contract with EMI, who had also previously turned them down.
Jack the Ripper
November 9, 1888
The last known murder by the Jack the Ripper is committed. For three months he had murdered and *******ed prostitutes in London's East End. He was never caught.
Central Park Zoo Hoax
November 9, 1874
The New York Herald publishes a front page story claiming that there had been a mass escape of animals from the Central Park Zoo, and that 49 people had been slaughtered by the free-roaming beasts and hundreds more had been injured. The story claimed a rhinoceros had trampled and gored its keeper to death, broke out of its cage and broke down the cages of the other animals allowing them to escape. The escaped animals included a polar bear, a panther, a lion, a jaguar, leopards, wolves, hyenas, a cheetah, a Cape buffalo, a dozen or more monkeys. It even claimed a Bengal tiger had escaped and was shot in the street by the Governor.
Near the end of the article was the notice "Of course the entire story given above is a pure fabrication. Not one word of it is true." But, many readers missed the notice and there was widespread panic around the zoo.
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Nuclear Attack
November 9, 1979
NORAD notified the national security adviser that the Soviet Union had launched 250 ballistic missiles towards the U.S., stating that a decision to retaliate would need to be made by the U.S. President within 3 to 7 minutes. NORAD computers then placed the number of incoming missiles at 2,200. Strategic Air Command was notified and nuclear bombers prepared for takeoff.
However a few minutes later, Satellite and radar systems determined that the attack was a false alarm. A training scenario was accidentally loaded into an operational computer.
Paul McCartney Dies in a Car Accident?
November 9, 1966
In 1969, using "clues" found in Beatles songs and album covers, a Detroit disc jockey and his radio audience determined that Paul McCartney died on November 9th, 1966 in a car accident. The rumor claimed that McCartney, after an argument with his bandmates, sped off in his car, crashed, and was decapitated. The remaining Beatles then substituted him with an orphan they had trained to impersonate him. Feeling guilty about their actions, they left clues in their songs and album covers.
One of the clues were the words "I buried Paul" spoken by John Lennon at the end of the song Strawberry Fields Forever, which the Beatles recorded in November and December of 1966. Lennon claimed the words were actually "Cranberry sauce".
Other clues came from the Abbey Road album cover, claiming it depicted a funeral procession: Lennon, dressed in white, symbolizing the heavenly figure; Ringo Starr, dressed in black, symbolized the undertaker; George Harrison, in denim, represents the gravedigger; and McCartney, barefoot and out of step with the others, symbolized the corpse.
The Volkswagen's license plate was "28IF" which would have been McCartney's age if he had still been alive.
Also, the left-handed McCartney holds a ********* in his right hand indicating it was an imposter in the photo.
The rumors were wrong of course.
The Beatles
November 9, 1961
Brian Epstein goes to hear a new group at Liverpool's famous "The Cavern Club." A month later he became their manager and helped them rocket to stardom. Epstein's initial attempts to get a recording contract for the Beatles were rejected by virtually every label in London, until he secured a contract with EMI, who had also previously turned them down.
Jack the Ripper
November 9, 1888
The last known murder by the Jack the Ripper is committed. For three months he had murdered and *******ed prostitutes in London's East End. He was never caught.
Central Park Zoo Hoax
November 9, 1874
The New York Herald publishes a front page story claiming that there had been a mass escape of animals from the Central Park Zoo, and that 49 people had been slaughtered by the free-roaming beasts and hundreds more had been injured. The story claimed a rhinoceros had trampled and gored its keeper to death, broke out of its cage and broke down the cages of the other animals allowing them to escape. The escaped animals included a polar bear, a panther, a lion, a jaguar, leopards, wolves, hyenas, a cheetah, a Cape buffalo, a dozen or more monkeys. It even claimed a Bengal tiger had escaped and was shot in the street by the Governor.
Near the end of the article was the notice "Of course the entire story given above is a pure fabrication. Not one word of it is true." But, many readers missed the notice and there was widespread panic around the zoo.
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