On This Day

[Odds]

In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.

 

[Elsa TLC]

In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.

Brave woman. A far better person than you will ever be.

 

[Elsa TLC]

And hes gone.

 

[Odds]

Brave woman. A far better person than you will ever be.

 

[Odds]

And hes gone.

you have no idea.

 

[ebee]

On this day 60 years ago, the first Dr Who episode aired.

And the world changed forever.
the best Sci i writers and producers in the whole world followed thanks to the man in the blue box.
And the cheapo wobbly sets, Auntie Beeb would not spend much, not even build a space age rocket or use an existing one. "What have we got?", "a Police Telephone box!" , "OK we will use that" , "Ok, idea, it is a special circuit to disguise itself, a chameleon circuit, to cunningly disguise itself, ho it got stuck, it is faulty". Iconic - he better not ever fix it, that would spoil it.
"How does a Dalek move?" , "Like this!" picks up vinegar bottle and slides it across the table, I had one of those glass vinegar bottles with bumps on them, that`s how the Dalakes got their bumps - Iconic.

 

[Odds]

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village, in what became known as the My Lai massacre.

 

[JohnD]

And the world changed forever.
the best Sci i writers and producers in the whole world followed thanks to the man in the blue box.
And the cheapo wobbly sets, Auntie Beeb would not spend much, not even build a space age rocket or use an existing one. "What have we got?", "a Police Telephone box!" , "OK we will use that" , "Ok, idea, it is a special circuit to disguise itself, a chameleon circuit, to cunningly disguise itself, ho it got stuck, it is faulty". Iconic - he better not ever fix it, that would spoil it.
"How does a Dalek move?" , "Like this!" picks up vinegar bottle and slides it across the table, I had one of those glass vinegar bottles with bumps on them, that`s how the Dalakes got their bumps - Iconic.

Terry Nation used to pretend he invented Daleks.

In fact, he came up with the name.

The machine was designed and built by Raymond Cusick, a BBC designer.

He was given a £100 award for it.

 

[ebee]

He was given a £100 award for it.

EXPLOITED MATE ! EXPLOITED MATE ! EXPLOITED MATE !

 

[Odds]

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village, in what became known as the My Lai massacre.

In 1971, Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the 1968 My Lai massacre. (Initially sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor, Calley’s sentence would ultimately be commuted by President Richard Nixon to three years of house arrest.)

 

[morqthana]

In 2017 Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

 

[Highway Man]

In 1971, Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the 1968 My Lai massacre. (Initially sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor, Calley’s sentence would ultimately be commuted by President Richard Nixon to three years of house arrest.)

That is 23 of the 500, who killed the other 477 and why no charges?