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The Atomic Blast that Killed John Wayne?
May 19, 1953
An atomic bomb is tested in Nevada. Due to a miscalculation and change in wind-direction, a large amount of radioactive fallout fell on St. George, Utah, where two years later the movie The Conqueror was filmed. By 1980, of the 220 members of the cast and crew, 91 of them had developed some form of cancer and 46 had died of the disease. The deaths included John Wayne (1979), Pedro Armendariz (1963), **** Powell (1963), Ted de Corsia (1973), Agnes Moorehead (1974), and Susan Hayward (1975).
Halley's Comet - Doomsday
May 19, 1910
Earth passes through the tail of Halley's comet. The comet's tail was known to contain the toxic gas cyanogen, which led many to believe life on Earth would die when it passed through the tail. This caused panicked buying of gas masks and quack "anti-comet *****" and "anti-comet umbrellas."
Mark Twain, who was born two weeks after the comet's 1835 perihelion, wrote in his 1909 autobiography:
"I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together'."
Twain died the day following the comet's 1910 perihelion.
The comet is named after Edmond Halley, who in 1705 predicted the comet of 1682 would return in 1758. When this prediction proved correct, the comet was named in his honor.
The Dark Day - End of the World?
May 19, 1780
Much of New England and parts of Canada become almost totally dark, causing widespread panic as many people thought the end of the world had come. The exact cause has never been determined, but it may have been due to a combination of forest fire smoke and cloud cover. It was so dark that candles were needed from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.
In 2007, researchers discovered signs of a massive 1780 wildfire in the Algonquin Highlands of southern Ontario. "Fire scars" in the tree rings dated the blaze to the spring of 1780.
The Man Who Prevented World War III
Stanislav Petrov
Died May 19, 2017 b. 1939
Soviet soldier. After preventing World War III, he was reprimanded for disobeying orders. Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer at a Soviet early-warning system when the system reported that up to six Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles had been launched from the United States. This was in 1983, just three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 killing all 269 people aboard, including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald and many other Americans. Petrov believed it might be a false alarm and disobeyed orders by not reporting the attack to his superiors. He feared that had he reported the attack, his superiors would have launched a retaliatory nuclear attack, leading to an all out nuclear war. Later analysis showed that the detection system had malfunctioned and it was indeed a false alarm. Petrov was reprimanded for not correctly documenting the incident.
Founder of Lotus Cars
Colin Chapman
Born May 19, 1928 d. 1982
British auto designer. Founder of Lotus Cars Ltd. (1952). He introduced the "monocoque" racing chassis (1962), and "ground effects" (the use of air pressure to hold down the car).
Hope this will add up to your knowledge mga ka-ph
Enjoy!
The Atomic Blast that Killed John Wayne?
May 19, 1953
An atomic bomb is tested in Nevada. Due to a miscalculation and change in wind-direction, a large amount of radioactive fallout fell on St. George, Utah, where two years later the movie The Conqueror was filmed. By 1980, of the 220 members of the cast and crew, 91 of them had developed some form of cancer and 46 had died of the disease. The deaths included John Wayne (1979), Pedro Armendariz (1963), **** Powell (1963), Ted de Corsia (1973), Agnes Moorehead (1974), and Susan Hayward (1975).
Halley's Comet - Doomsday
May 19, 1910
Earth passes through the tail of Halley's comet. The comet's tail was known to contain the toxic gas cyanogen, which led many to believe life on Earth would die when it passed through the tail. This caused panicked buying of gas masks and quack "anti-comet *****" and "anti-comet umbrellas."
Mark Twain, who was born two weeks after the comet's 1835 perihelion, wrote in his 1909 autobiography:
"I came in with Halley's comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together'."
Twain died the day following the comet's 1910 perihelion.
The comet is named after Edmond Halley, who in 1705 predicted the comet of 1682 would return in 1758. When this prediction proved correct, the comet was named in his honor.
The Dark Day - End of the World?
May 19, 1780
Much of New England and parts of Canada become almost totally dark, causing widespread panic as many people thought the end of the world had come. The exact cause has never been determined, but it may have been due to a combination of forest fire smoke and cloud cover. It was so dark that candles were needed from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.
In 2007, researchers discovered signs of a massive 1780 wildfire in the Algonquin Highlands of southern Ontario. "Fire scars" in the tree rings dated the blaze to the spring of 1780.
The Man Who Prevented World War III
Stanislav Petrov
Died May 19, 2017 b. 1939
Soviet soldier. After preventing World War III, he was reprimanded for disobeying orders. Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer at a Soviet early-warning system when the system reported that up to six Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles had been launched from the United States. This was in 1983, just three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 killing all 269 people aboard, including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald and many other Americans. Petrov believed it might be a false alarm and disobeyed orders by not reporting the attack to his superiors. He feared that had he reported the attack, his superiors would have launched a retaliatory nuclear attack, leading to an all out nuclear war. Later analysis showed that the detection system had malfunctioned and it was indeed a false alarm. Petrov was reprimanded for not correctly documenting the incident.
Founder of Lotus Cars
Colin Chapman
Born May 19, 1928 d. 1982
British auto designer. Founder of Lotus Cars Ltd. (1952). He introduced the "monocoque" racing chassis (1962), and "ground effects" (the use of air pressure to hold down the car).
Hope this will add up to your knowledge mga ka-ph
Enjoy!
