To All,
.Good Wednesday morning August 19….Overcast and foggy early this morning . clearing now and sunshine and heating up to 91 by 1 .
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/. Go here to see the director’s corner for all 100 H-Grams
This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
Aug. 19
1812 The frigate USS Constitution captures the frigate HMS Guerriere, off Halifax, Nova Scotia after an intense battle.
1818 Capt. James Biddle, as commanding officer of USS Ontario, takes possession of Oregon Territory for United States.
1936 Lt. B. L. Braun, pilot, completes test bombing against the submarine USS R-8 (SS 85) off the Virginia capes, sinking the old submarine and proving the value of properly armed aircraft in antisubmarine warfare.
1943 USS Finback (SS 230) sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser (No.109) off the eastern Celebes.
1981 Two F-14 Tomcats of VF-41 shoot down two Libyan (Su 22) Sukhoi aircraft over international waters. Flying off USS Nimitz (CVA(N) 68), the Tomcats are on a reconnaissance mission for a missile-firing exercise being conducted by U.S. ships from two carrier battle groups when they are fired on by the Libyan planes.
2000 USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) is commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is the first ship named for Marine Private First Class Oscar P. Austin, who earned the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for his “indomitable courage, inspiring initiative and selfless devotion to duty” after he twice threw himself between a North Vietnamese weapon and a wounded comrade on Feb. 23, 1969.
2017 A team of civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen announces they found the wreck of World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945, in 18,000 feet of water. About 800 of the ship's 1,196 Sailors and Marines survived the sinking, but after four to five days in the water - suffering exposure, dehydration, drowning, and shark attacks - only 316 survived.
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Today in World History August 19
1493 Maximilian succeeds his father Frederick III as Holy Roman Emperor.
1587 Sigismund III is chosen to be the king of Poland.
1692 Five women are hanged in Salem, Massachusetts after being convicted of the crime of witchcraft. Fourteen more people are executed that year and 150 others are imprisoned.
1772 Gustavus III of Sweden eliminates the rule of parties and establishes an absolute monarchy.
1779 Americans under Major Henry Lee take the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey.
1812 The USS Constitution earns the nickname "Old Ironsides" during the battle off Nova Scotia that saw her defeat the HMS Guerriere.
1914 The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) lands in France.
1934 38 million Germans vote to make Adolf Hitler the official successor to President von Hindenburg.
1936 Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is shot by Franco's troops after being forced to dig his own grave.
1942 A raid on Dieppe, France by British and Canadian commandos is repulsed by the German Army.
1944 In an effort to prevent a communist uprising in Paris, Charles De Gaulle begins attacking German forces all around the city.
1950 Edith Sampson becomes the first African-American representative to the United Nations.
1957 The first balloon flight to exceed 100,000 feet takes off from Crosby, Minnesota.
1965 US forces destroy a Viet Cong stronghold near Van Tuong, in South Vietnam.
1974 US Ambassador to Cyrus Rodger P. Davies assassinated by a sniper of Greek Cypriot paramilitary group EOKA-B during a demonstration outside the embassy in Nicosia.
1976 Gerald R Ford, who had become President of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned, wins Republican Party's presidential nomination at Kansas City convention.
1987 Hungerford Massacre in the UK; armed with semi-automatic rifles and a handgun Michael Ryan kills 16 people before committing suicide. In response, Parliament passed the Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1988 banning ownership of certain classes of firearms.
1988 Cease fire begins in 8-year war between Iran and Iraq.
1991 Communist hard-liners place President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest in an attempted coup that failed two days later.
2002 A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
2003 Shmuel Hanavi bus bombing: suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, some of them children, and wounds 130. Islamist militant group Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.
2004 Google Inc. stock begins selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market, with an initial price of $85; the stock ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
2005 Toronto Supercell: A series of thunderstorms spawn several tornadoes and cause flash floods in Southern Ontario. Losses exceed $500 million Canadian dollars, the highest ever in the province.
2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends; the last US combat brigade, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, leaves the country. Six brigades remain to train Iraqi troops.
1909 First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Rollingthunderremembered.com .
August 19
Thanks to Dan Heller and the Bear
As more than half-a-million young Americans departed the scene of the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y. to resume their protests of the Vietnam war in their respective hometowns in America, nearly 250 caskets containing the remains of the brave young men who had perished on the battlefields of Southeast Asia during the week of Woodstock were arriving home from the war. Alas, the war had more than three years and twenty thousand American KIAs to go. Remember?
Links to all content can now be found right on the homepage http://www.rollingthunderremembered.com. If you scroll down from the banner and featured content you will find "Today in Rolling Thunder Remembered History" which highlights events in the Vietnam war that occurred on the date the page is visited. Below that are links to browse or search all content. You may search by keyword(s), date, or date range.
An item of importance is the recent incorporation of Task Force Omega (TFO) MIA summaries. There is a link on the homepage and you can also visit directly via https://www.rollingthunderremembered.com/task-force-omega/. There are 60 summaries posted thus far, with about 940 to go (not a typo—TFO has over 1,000 individual case files).
Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for “for 19.August .
19-Aug: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2981
Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady’s work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
(This site was sent by a friend . The site works, find anyone you knew in “search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
By: Kipp Hanley
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This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
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Skip, a short tribute to Limerick Laureate Jack Woodul for THE LIST.
Thanks to Newell
ODE TO LISTS
A toast to Jack’s limerick slickery,
And his hose-clamp medical gimmickery.
A cervical save,
Upon which to rave.
‘Twas a word salad of clever trickery!
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. Thanks to History Facts
“SOS” doesn’t actually stand for anything.
After more than a century of use as a maritime distress signal, “SOS” has become shorthand for just about any emergency. You may have heard that it stands for “save our ship” or “save our souls,” but that’s actually a backronym, or an acronym made up after the fact. The letters in “SOS” didn’t initially stand for anything; they were originally chosen because they form a sequence of Morse code that can be transmitted more quickly than others.
Morse code (named for Samuel Morse) is a way of transmitting phrases with light flashes or electrical pulses; each letter and numeral has its own sequence of between one and five short bursts (known as “dots” or “dits”) and long bursts (“dashes” or “dahs”). In 1901, inventor Guglielmo Marconi created a radio transmitter that could send Morse code signals across the Atlantic, allowing ships to communicate with other vessels and land-based stations. British operators were already using “CQ,” or “seeking you,” as a signal to alert all stations, so Marconi’s wireless company recommended “CQD,” or “seeking you, distress,” as an emergency signal. Meanwhile, the United States usually used “NC,” the Germans used “SOE,” and Italians used “SSSDDD.” But the problem with all of these is they required brief pauses between the letters.
Delegates at the 1906 International Radiotelegraph Conference suggested a simpler, more standardized distress call. The letters “S” and “O” — three dots and three dashes, respectively — are extremely simple and easy to understand without any spaces, so “SOS” could be transmitted on a quick, continuous loop. Most countries officially adopted the code in 1908 and, even though the U.S. was not among them, an American ship was the first to use the signal when its propeller snapped. “CQD” remained popular with the British even after other countries had adopted “SOS,” and when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912, it signaled for help with both “SOS” and “CQD.” By that time, the backronym had already taken hold. During the British government inquiry on the Titanic disaster, Attorney General Rufus Isaacs was under the impression that “SOS” stood for “save our souls.”
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Great stories for relating to our Old Bold Test Pilot’s Group from Army Navy Country Club started by very good friend, one Gene Deatrick, Col. USAF (ret.), USMA ’46. He discovered Dieter Dengler in the jungle after he escaped from NVN POW compound while he was Commander, 1st Air Commando Squadron, flying A-1’s out of Laos. He nominated me to be President, National Aviation Club, now part of National Aeronautic Association.
Right after I retired (9/1981) I got a consulting gig with the Lockheed Skunk Works which we continued through my entire career at Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc. however, during one of my first indoc trips to Burbank I got introduced to Kelly Johnson and Ben Rich, who followed Kelly, and several of the original designers of the SR-71 = awesome day to say the least. And I almost got a ride in the SR-71, but the aircraft was down the one time they made it available for the “free rider”!!!!
Keep your knots up – as speed is life!!!
Hot Dog sends
Remember our Troops who are hunkered down on foreign soil fighting to protect our way of Life
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From the net...courtesy of Mike and Rich...and JC
Hi to all -
8-18-2026 Today's Adventures
Iran
This one is still boiling over. Iran has attacked three tankers within a week, and people are getting a bit annoyed. Oil prices are down at the moment - and gas prices here reflect that. Trump is saying that the US will declare the Strait US territory, and Iran went ballistic over that. This is their playground, and no one is going to tell them what to do with it, and they want money. That is the key. The economic squeeze on Iran is severe, and it is working. The naval blockade is also severely restricting their ransom demands. Naval mines have been largely cleared, so the threat that Iran can totally block the strait is drying up faster than dew on a hot day. Iran continues to issue their same old demands - which will never happen. The new alliance between Saudi, Pakistan and Turkey is designed to confront and block Iran's moves. Iran is losing friends faster than they are losing cash sources. In the end, it will come down to 'if we kill enough of them, they will stop fighting'. You cannot negotiate, or make deals with irrational and violent people. You have to talk to them in language they understand, and that is death.
Raytheon just got a $22.9 billion contract to build Tomahawk missiles. This conflict has expended over 1000 missiles, and about 175 replacements are all we have seen so far. Our pace has slowed down from lack of munitions.
DoJ
They are sending out over 1000 'election monitors' to oversee the midterms, to limit fraud. We might do better with more [under cover] videos by the likes of James O'Keefe. When he reveals the truth, the left reacts instantly and strongly.
In Florida, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a long time liberal democrat, won the primary in District 20.
In California, a man named [Xavier] Becerra, a former HHS secretary under Biden, is running against Newsom. He refuses to answer questions about what he believes in and how he will govern. He says we should trust his 'record'. As HHS secretary, his record was dismal, at best. His only pronouncement to date - two hours daily of 'free electricity' for California residents. If all he can offer is FREE STUFF that he does not own, the prospects for being a successful leader are pretty slim.
Nancy's husband, Paul Pelosi, had a serious hit and run recently. He refused to attend his trial, sending in a high priced lawyer instead. Ever notice how the group that most benefits from democrat rule are the costly lawyers?
Florida
The primaries are done. Byron Donalds won by a large margin for the republican side. He will replace Ron DeSantis - if the commies do not win the midterm.
Judicial Review
A federal judge is blocking the FBI from moving to a new facility [in Washington DC]. The original move was to build a new place [in Maryland], at a cost of about $5 billion, to replace the aging Hoover Building. Kash Patel opted to cancel that high cost project and take over an existing building for a tiny fraction of that cost. The judge, Theodore D. Chuang (an Obama appointee) says that is illegal, and they have to buy the more costly place.
The courts also refused to hear Trump's appeal of the E. Jean Carroll judgement, which was totally a fraud, since they hate Trump.
Tyler Robinson, the man who murdered Charlie Kirk, wants the death penalty taken off the table for his trial.
Penn State
A group of 14 current and former students have been arrested for running a cocaine distribution network from a frat house on campus. They face up to 20 years each for this criminal operation.
Disney
They are suing the FCC [and Chairman Brendan Carr] to block an 'early review' of the operating license for their [8 local ABC-owned television] stations. They were accused of severe bias and not fulfilling their contract.
And the day is not yet over.
Rich
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Climate change isn’t just raising the temperature of the world’s oceans — it’s also changing their color. As the oceans absorb the excess heat generated by greenhouse gases, that heat is altering the aquatic life in their waters. Research published in Nature in 2023 shows that the familiar blue hue of the oceans has been steadily transforming over the past 20 years into a greener shade, especially in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The world’s largest migration happens in the ocean every single day.
It's a fact
Every night, trillions of sea creatures called zooplankton travel to the ocean’s surface to feed on photosynthesizing phytoplankton. Although the distance for some organisms is only 1,000 feet, that’s the equivalent of a human swimming 50 miles in an hour.
The color of the ocean is dependent on a variety of factors, but one key is the light absorption of H2O. Water usually readily absorbs longer wavelengths of light — red, yellow, and green — and scatters blue. However, a concentration of marine life can cause emerald waters. The newly green hue detected by the 2023 research likely reflects a change in the ocean’s phytoplankton — the algae responsible for 70% of the world’s oxygen, and which also provides the foundation for the marine food web. Scientists monitored ocean color using NASA’s Aqua satellite, and found marked shifts toward green in about 56% of the world’s oceans between 2002 and 2022. Statistical simulations showed that added greenhouse gases are to blame, although it’s not exactly clear how, since areas that warmed the most at the surface weren’t the ones that turned green the most. Some scientists theorize that the change may have to do with reduced mixing in the layers of ocean water, caused by the heat, which limits the nutrients that rise to the surface and consequently affects the types of plankton that can survive. But don’t go color-correcting your photos just yet: While satellites can detect the change in ocean hue, the change is slight enough that most humans probably wouldn’t notice a difference..
Numbers Don't Lie
Percentage of the Earth that’s covered by oceans
71%
Maximum ocean depth (in feet), found at the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench
36,201
Estimated number of phytoplankton species in the world’s oceans
20,000
Episode of “The Muppet Show” in which Kermit sings “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”
219
More Interesting Reads.
The world’s cleanest and clearest large body of water is the U.S.’s Crater Lake.
Human eyes are most sensitive to the color green.
Human eyes can perceive only a small fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. The visible spectrum, which excludes things like radio waves, X-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, and (very dangerous) gamma rays, stretches from around 380 nanometers (nm) to about 740 nm. Glimpse a rainbow — or recite the elementary school acronym ROYGBIV — and you’ll notice that green lies right in the middle of our visual sweet spot. The color occupies around 520 to 565 nm, and the light sensitivity of the human eye in daytime peaks at about 555 nm, which is a green that’s close to yellow. Because of this advantageous middle-of-the-road placement, the human eye can discern more shades of green than any other color. Since seeing green is also less of a strain on our visual system, the color positively affects our mood — essentially, our nervous system gets to relax. Green’s innate ability to “placate and pacify” is one reason the hue can often be found in places of healing, especially hospitals.
.Pink lemonade was invented at the circus.
The circus brought death-defying performers and exotic animals across the American landscape in the 1800s, but it also introduced something a little sweeter: pink lemonade. There are two origin stories for the rose-tinted drink, both involving the big top. One version, revealed in a 1912 obituary, credits the invention to Chicago saloonkeeper, theatrical promoter, gambler, and circus vendor Henry E. Allott. The story goes that after running off to join the circus at age 15, Allott accidentally dropped some red cinnamon candies into a tub of traditional lemonade, only to find that the new mixture was a hit with concession-stand customers.
Named for the color of their flesh, pink lemons yield a clear-colored liquid.
The alternate and more colorful version of the drink’s dawn comes courtesy of an innovative clown named Pete Conklin circa 1857. Fed up with his wages, Conklin renounced the bells and sequins, and instead followed the circus as a lemonade vendor while his former co-workers wound their way through Texas. One hot day, legend has it, Conklin was dismayed to find he had run out of water as his parched customers demanded something to drink. Scouring the lot for replenishment, he dashed into the changing tent of bareback horse rider Fannie Jamieson, who was washing her red tights in a bin of water. Conklin grabbed the bin, its contents colored pink by the garment's aniline dye, and after dumping in the usual sugar and soggy lemon, he unveiled his new “strawberry lemonade” to an appreciative crowd. This story was later confirmed by Conklin’s lion-tamer brother George, and while it may be a tall tale regardless, it’s the type that goes down well when accompanied by a tall glass of our favorite pink beverage.
Numbers Don't Lie
Tablespoons of juice produced by one medium-sized lemon
2-3
Average salary of a U.S. circus clown in 2023
$55,632
Calories in 8 ounces of Tropicana Pink Lemonade
100
.The Jewish community of medieval Egypt drank a proto-lemonade of lemon juice and sugar called qatarmizat.
Circus peanuts were used to create a famous breakfast cereal.
Circus peanuts likely didn’t originate at the circus, and their murky origins are just one of the many mysteries surrounding the banana-flavored marshmallow treat that ostensibly has something to do with peanuts. Fortunately, there is one thing we know for certain about this holdover from 19th-century penny candy bins. According to General Mills, a product developer named John Holahan decided to mix chopped-up circus peanuts with Cheerios while experimenting with new cereal ideas in the early 1960s. The result was the marshmallow-oat mix that became Lucky Charms, another food product with a name that offers no clue to its content, but nevertheless has endured as a staple of American culture..
Pigs don’t really sweat.
Although not the most glamorous of methods, sweating is a biologically ingenious way to keep cool. Our sweat glands employ energy — in this case, heat — to evaporate water off our skin, which in turn cools us down. Humans, along with some monkeys and all of the great apes, use a similar cooling technique, but sweating isn’t as ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom as you might expect. For example, pigs don’t sweat — not really, anyway.
Sweat doesn’t smell.
Sweat itself doesn’t smell — the liquid is made up of lots of water and a little salt. However, sweat glands in our armpits and groin release a type of sweat that is protein-rich, which bacteria then feeds on. The byproduct of this microscopic meal is what actually causes body odor.
Pigs do have some sweat glands, but they’re insufficient to play a significant role in regulating the creatures’ body temperatures. Instead, some of a pig’s internal body temperature is regulated by a thyroid-produced hormone, but the most fast-acting method for keeping cool is simply wallowing in mud. When the mud evaporates, it takes some heat with it, just as when human sweat evaporates. Pigs will also seek shaded areas, lie flat on cool ground, or even pant similarly to dogs. The fact that pigs don’t sweat much has created an idea that eating a pig is unhealthy because they can’t release toxins through sweat — but that’s just a myth.
Numbers Don't Lie
Types of sweat glands in the human body
3
Pages in Dick King-Smith’s “The Sheep-Pig,” the basis for the 1995 film “Babe”
118
Average lifespan (in years) of a Yorkshire pig
8
Year of Porky Pig’s debut in the animated short “I Haven’t Got a Hat”
1935
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Climate change isn’t just raising the temperature of the world’s oceans — it’s also changing their color. As the oceans absorb the excess heat generated by greenhouse gases, that heat is altering the aquatic life in their waters. Research published in Nature in 2023 shows that the familiar blue hue of the oceans has been steadily transforming over the past 20 years into a greener shade, especially in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The world’s largest migration happens in the ocean every single day.
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Every night, trillions of sea creatures called zooplankton travel to the ocean’s surface to feed on photosynthesizing phytoplankton. Although the distance for some organisms is only 1,000 feet, that’s the equivalent of a human swimming 50 miles in an hour.
The color of the ocean is dependent on a variety of factors, but one key is the light absorption of H2O. Water usually readily absorbs longer wavelengths of light — red, yellow, and green — and scatters blue. However, a concentration of marine life can cause emerald waters. The newly green hue detected by the 2023 research likely reflects a change in the ocean’s phytoplankton — the algae responsible for 70% of the world’s oxygen, and which also provides the foundation for the marine food web. Scientists monitored ocean color using NASA’s Aqua satellite, and found marked shifts toward green in about 56% of the world’s oceans between 2002 and 2022. Statistical simulations showed that added greenhouse gases are to blame, although it’s not exactly clear how, since areas that warmed the most at the surface weren’t the ones that turned green the most. Some scientists theorize that the change may have to do with reduced mixing in the layers of ocean water, caused by the heat, which limits the nutrients that rise to the surface and consequently affects the types of plankton that can survive. But don’t go color-correcting your photos just yet: While satellites can detect the change in ocean hue, the change is slight enough that most humans probably wouldn’t notice a difference.
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Numbers Don't Lie
Percentage of the Earth that’s covered by oceans
71%
Maximum ocean depth (in feet), found at the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench
36,201
Estimated number of phytoplankton species in the world’s oceans
20,000
Episode of “The Muppet Show” in which Kermit sings “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”
219
More Interesting Reads.
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The world’s cleanest and clearest large body of water is the U.S.’s Crater Lake.
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Human eyes are most sensitive to the color green.
Human eyes can perceive only a small fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. The visible spectrum, which excludes things like radio waves, X-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, and (very dangerous) gamma rays, stretches from around 380 nanometers (nm) to about 740 nm. Glimpse a rainbow — or recite the elementary school acronym ROYGBIV — and you’ll notice that green lies right in the middle of our visual sweet spot. The color occupies around 520 to 565 nm, and the light sensitivity of the human eye in daytime peaks at about 555 nm, which is a green that’s close to yellow. Because of this advantageous middle-of-the-road placement, the human eye can discern more shades of green than any other color. Since seeing green is also less of a strain on our visual system, the color positively affects our mood — essentially, our nervous system gets to relax. Green’s innate ability to “placate and pacify” is one reason the hue can often be found in places of healing, especially hospitals
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Pink lemonade was invented at the circus.
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The circus brought death-defying performers and exotic animals across the American landscape in the 1800s, but it also introduced something a little sweeter: pink lemonade. There are two origin stories for the rose-tinted drink, both involving the big top. One version, revealed in a 1912 obituary, credits the invention to Chicago saloonkeeper, theatrical promoter, gambler, and circus vendor Henry E. Allott. The story goes that after running off to join the circus at age 15, Allott accidentally dropped some red cinnamon candies into a tub of traditional lemonade, only to find that the new mixture was a hit with concession-stand customers.
Named for the color of their flesh, pink lemons yield a clear-colored liquid.
The alternate and more colorful version of the drink’s dawn comes courtesy of an innovative clown named Pete Conklin circa 1857. Fed up with his wages, Conklin renounced the bells and sequins, and instead followed the circus as a lemonade vendor while his former co-workers wound their way through Texas. One hot day, legend has it, Conklin was dismayed to find he had run out of water as his parched customers demanded something to drink. Scouring the lot for replenishment, he dashed into the changing tent of bareback horse rider Fannie Jamieson, who was washing her red tights in a bin of water. Conklin grabbed the bin, its contents colored pink by the garment's aniline dye, and after dumping in the usual sugar and soggy lemon, he unveiled his new “strawberry lemonade” to an appreciative crowd. This story was later confirmed by Conklin’s lion-tamer brother George, and while it may be a tall tale regardless, it’s the type that goes down well when accompanied by a tall glass of our favorite pink beverage.
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Numbers Don't Lie
Tablespoons of juice produced by one medium-sized lemon
2-3
Average salary of a U.S. circus clown in 2023
$55,632
Calories in 8 ounces of Tropicana Pink Lemonade
100
Year the band Closure in Moscow released their album “Pink Lemonade”
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The Jewish community of medieval Egypt drank a proto-lemonade of lemon juice and sugar called qatarmizat.
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Circus peanuts were used to create a famous breakfast cereal.
Circus peanuts likely didn’t originate at the circus, and their murky origins are just one of the many mysteries surrounding the banana-flavored marshmallow treat that ostensibly has something to do with peanuts. Fortunately, there is one thing we know for certain about this holdover from 19th-century penny candy bins. According to General Mills, a product developer named John Holahan decided to mix chopped-up circus peanuts with Cheerios while experimenting with new cereal ideas in the early 1960s. The result was the marshmallow-oat mix that became Lucky Charms, another food product with a name that offers no clue to its content, but nevertheless has endured as a staple of American culture..
Pigs don’t really sweat.
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Although not the most glamorous of methods, sweating is a biologically ingenious way to keep cool. Our sweat glands employ energy — in this case, heat — to evaporate water off our skin, which in turn cools us down. Humans, along with some monkeys and all of the great apes, use a similar cooling technique, but sweating isn’t as ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom as you might expect. For example, pigs don’t sweat — not really, anyway.
Sweat doesn’t smell.
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Sweat itself doesn’t smell — the liquid is made up of lots of water and a little salt. However, sweat glands in our armpits and groin release a type of sweat that is protein-rich, which bacteria then feeds on. The byproduct of this microscopic meal is what actually causes body odor.
Pigs do have some sweat glands, but they’re insufficient to play a significant role in regulating the creatures’ body temperatures. Instead, some of a pig’s internal body temperature is regulated by a thyroid-produced hormone, but the most fast-acting method for keeping cool is simply wallowing in mud. When the mud evaporates, it takes some heat with it, just as when human sweat evaporates. Pigs will also seek shaded areas, lie flat on cool ground, or even pant similarly to dogs. The fact that pigs don’t sweat much has created an idea that eating a pig is unhealthy because they can’t release toxins through sweat — but that’s just a myth.
Advertisement
Numbers Don't Lie
Types of sweat glands in the human body
3
Pages in Dick King-Smith’s “The Sheep-Pig,” the basis for the 1995 film “Babe”
118
Average lifespan (in years) of a Yorkshire pig
8
Year of Porky Pig’s debut in the animated short “I Haven’t Got a Hat”
1935
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This Day in U S Military History…….19 August
1919 – “The Marines’ Hymn” was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
1942 – A major raid by mainly Canadian Forces (2nd Canadian Division, under General Roberts), with a British commando component (Nos. 3 & 4 commandos under Lord Lovat) and 50 American Rangers, is staged on the French coast, at Dieppe. Its function is to test German coastal defenses and gather intelligence. The raid goes badly and there is much controversy about it, including the cancellation and remounting of the raid, the inaccurate intelligence concerning German defensive positions and the lack of bomber support for the raid. In all there are 3600 casualties on the Allied side. 106 aircraft, one destroyer, 30 tanks and 33 landing craft are also lost. German casualties are light, 600 men and 50 tanks.
1942 – 19 US Marines died during a commando raid on Makin atoll in the Gilbert Islands. The raid was 2,000 miles behind enemy lines and 9 Marines were left behind. The 1943 movie, “Gung Ho,” was based on the raid and starred Randolph Scott as Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, leader of the raid. In 2001 the bodies of 13 Marines, who died on Makin, were reburied at Arlington National Cemetery.
1943 – Italians have approached the Allies about negotiating a surrender. General Bedell Smith, General Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff, and General Strong, his chief of intelligence areeive to continue talks with approaches to the British ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare. The leading Italian representative is General Castellano.
1944 – Elements of the US 3rd Army reach the Seine River at Mantes Grassicourt. There is heavy fighting between Falaise and Argentan.
1944 – Liberation of Paris – Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
1945 – Japanese representatives of the government arrive in Manila to conclude the surrender of the remaining Japanese troops and receive instructions on the plans for the occupation of Japan and the signing of the surrender documents. Meanwhile, General MacArthur ordered a halt to all amphibious landing operations.
1981 – 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 over the Gulf of Sidra.
2010 – The last US combat brigades departed Iraq in the early morning. Convoys of US troops had been moving out of Iraq to Kuwait for several days, and NBC News broadcast live from Iraq as the last convoy crossed the border. While all combat brigades left the country, an additional 50,000 personnel (including Advise and Assist Brigades) remained in the country to provide support for the Iraqi military.
2014 – In what may be considered the first attack of the Islamic State on the United States, IS releases a video that shows the apparent beheading of American journalist James Foley, and threatens the life of another American journalist if President Barack Obama doesn’t end military operations in Iraq. Foley had disappeared form northwest Syria on 22 November 2012 while working for the US-based online news outlet GlobalPost. The other journalist, still in captivity, is Steven Sotloff, kidnapped form the Syria-Turkey border region in 2013. Sotloff is a contributor to Time and Foreign Policy magazines.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BROWN, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at:——. Birth: Schuylkill County, Pa. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 47th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).
CAYER, OVILA
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 14th U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at:——. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 15 February 1867. Citation: Commanded the regiment, all the officers being disabled.
HOTTENSTINE, SOLOMON J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg and Norfolk Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Lehigh County, Pa. Date of issue: 2 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag belonging to a North Carolina regiment, and through a ruse led them into the arms of Federal troops.
MARTIN, SYLVESTER H.
Rank and organization. Lieutenant, Company K, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at:——. Birth: Chester County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 April 1894. Citation: Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance, discovering the position of the enemy and enabling the division to repulse an attack made in strong force.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Co. H, and 2d Lt. Co. M, 1st Maryland Inf. Place and date: At Front Royal, Va., 23 May 1862. At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: When a sergeant, at Front Royal, Va., he was painfully wounded while obeying an order to burn a bridge, but, persevering in the attempt, he burned the bridge and prevented its use by the enemy. Later, at Weldon Railroad, Va., then a lieutenant, he voluntarily took the place of a disabled officer and undertook a hazardous reconnaissance beyond the lines of the army; was taken prisoner in the attempt.
WOODS, BRENT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: New Mexico, 19 August 1881. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1894. Citation: Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.
*NAKAE, MASATO Another Nise from the 442 Private Masato Nakae distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 19 August 1944, near Pisa, Italy. When his submachine gun was damaged by a shell fragment during a fierce attack by a superior enemy force, Private Nakae quickly picked up his wounded comrade’s M-1 rifle and fired rifle grenades at the steadily advancing enemy. As the hostile force continued to close in on his position, Private Nakae threw six grenades and forced them to withdraw. During a concentrated enemy mortar barrage that preceded the next assault by the enemy force, a mortar shell fragment seriously wounded Private Nakae. Despite his injury, he refused to surrender his position and continued firing at the advancing enemy. By inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy force, he finally succeeded in breaking up the attack and caused the enemy to withdraw. Private Nakae’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.
*FRATELLENICO, FRANK R.
Rank and organization Corporal, U.S. Army, Company B, 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 19 August 1970. Entered service at: Albany, N.Y. Born: 14 July 1951, Sharon, Conn. Citation: Cpl. Fratellenico distinguished himself while serving as a rifleman with Company B. Cpl. Fratellenico’s squad was pinned down by intensive fire from 2 well-fortified enemy bunkers. At great personal risk Cpl. Fratellenico maneuvered forward and, using hand grenades, neutralized the first bunker which was occupied by a number of enemy soldiers. While attacking the second bunker, enemy fire struck Cpl. Fratellenico, causing him to fall to the ground and drop a grenade which he was preparing to throw. Alert to the imminent danger to his comrades, Cpl. Fratellenico retrieved the grenade and fell upon it an instant before it exploded. His heroic actions prevented death or serious injury to 4 of his comrades nearby and inspired his unit which subsequently overran the enemy position. Cpl. Fratellenico’s conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism, and intrepidity at the cost of his life, above and beyond the call of duty, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
PLESS, STEPHEN W.
Rank and organization: Major (then Capt.), U.S. Marine Corps, VMD-6, Mag-36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Place and date: Near Quang Nai, Republic of Vietnam, 19 August 1967. Entered service at: Atlanta, Ga. Born: 6 September 1939, Newman, Ga. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a helicopter gunship pilot attached to Marine Observation Squadron 6 in action against enemy forces. During an escort mission Maj. Pless monitored an emergency call that 4 American soldiers stranded on a nearby beach were being overwhelmed by a large Viet Cong force. Maj. Pless flew to the scene and found 30 to 50 enemy soldiers in the open. Some of the enemy were bayoneting and beating the downed Americans. Maj. Pless displayed exceptional airmanship as he launched a devastating attack against the enemy force, killing or wounding many of the enemy and driving the remainder back into a treeline. His rocket and machinegun attacks were made at such low levels that the aircraft flew through debris created by explosions from its rockets. Seeing 1 of the wounded soldiers gesture for assistance, he maneuvered his helicopter into a position between the wounded men and the enemy, providing a shield which permitted his crew to retrieve the wounded. During the rescue the enemy directed intense fire at the helicopter and rushed the aircraft again and again, closing to within a few feet before being beaten back. When the wounded men were aboard, Maj. Pless maneuvered the helicopter out to sea. Before it became safely airborne, the overloaded aircraft settled 4 times into the water. Displaying superb airmanship, he finally got the helicopter aloft. Major Pless’ extraordinary heroism coupled with his outstanding flying skill prevented the annihilation of the tiny force. His courageous actions reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for 19 August, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD “PHIL” MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
19 August
1910: Through 28 August, Glenn H. Curtiss gave the first real flying exhibition at Sheepshead Bay Track, Brooklyn. (24)
1928: Arthur Goebel and Harry Tucker used a Lockheed Vega monoplane to fly Los Angeles to Curtiss Field, Long Island. They set a new cross-country record of 18 hours 58 minutes. (9) (24)
1938: The first transcontinental nonstop flight by a B-18 bomber traveled from Hamilton Field to Mitchel Field in 15 hours 18 minutes. (24)
1940: North American B-25 Mitchell bomber first flew. (12)
1942: 2Lt Sam F. Junkin became the first active duty American pilot to shoot down a German fighter over Europe while giving air support to a commando raid on Dieppe, France. (4)
1950: KOREAN WAR. Aided by air strikes, U.S. troops drove N. Korean forces near the Yongsan bridgehead back across the Naktong River to end the Battle of the Naktong Bulge. Sixty-three B-29s attacked the industrial and port area of Chongjin in NE Korea, while nine B-29s from the 19 BG dropped 54 tons of 1,000-pound bombs on the west railway bridge at Seoul. Moreover, 37 USN dive bombers from two carriers followed up the USAF attack. Afterwards, aerial reconnaissance revealed the collapse of two spans. (28)
1952: KOREAN WAR. Far East Air Forces aircraft dropped general warning leaflets over Pyongyang concerning the next night's attacks. (28)
1957: Project MAN HIGH II. Through 20 August Maj David G. Simons set a FAI altitude record of
101,516 feet for manned balloon flight. He ascended at Crosby, Minn., and landed at Elm Lake, S.Dak., after being airborne for 32 hours. (9)
1959: Discoverer VI, a USAF satellite, launched into a polar orbit from the Pacific Missile Range. Its instrument capsule was not recovered. (24)
1960: MACKAY TROPHY. Capt Harold E. Mitchell piloted a Fairchild C-119 to make the first aerial retrieval of an orbited capsule. Discoverer XIV, which launched on 18 August, ejected the capsule. For this aerial recovery, the 6593d Test Squadron (Special) received the Mackay Trophy. (See 11 August 1960) (16) (24) (26)
1964: A Thor-Delta rocket carried the Hughes SYNCOM III communications satellite into space. After several weeks of minor maneuvering, the satellite achieved a near-perfect stationary position above the equator and International Date Line. That achievement made SYNCOM III the world’s first geostationary satellite. (16) (26)
1970: At Minot AFB, the first Minuteman III ICBMs went on alert with the 741 SMS. (6) 1972: Through 20 August, MAC HH-3 Jolly Green Giant and HH-43 Huskie helicopters rescued 748 Koreans from flood waters in the Osan area after 18 inches of rain fell in less than 30 hours. (16) (26)
1974: Through 20 August, 3 C–141s carried 600 tents and 15,000 blankets into Bangladesh after severe floods. (18)
1976: Operation PAUL BUNYAN. Through 21 August, following the murder of 2 American Army officers in the Demilitarized Zone by North Koreans, MAC used 11 C-141 missions to airlift 212 F-4 air and ground crewmembers and 132 tons of their equipment from Kadena AB to Kunsan AB. Later, 3 C-5 and 13 C-141 missions airlifted an F-111 force of 348 people and 299 tons of cargo from Idaho to Taegu AB. With KC-135 refuelings, the C-5s flew their missions nonstop. Two more C-141 missions moved 38 passengers and 26 tons of ammunition from Eglin AFB to Osan AB. (18)
1984: TYPHOON KELL. Through 20 August, two C-141s from Twenty-Second Air Force evacuated 382 US military and civilian personnel from Johnson Island to avoid the typhoon. (16) (26)
Somewhere in my storage is a small key ring with a very small piece of material in cased in clear plastic. It is a piece of the outer skin of what was caught that day. This was at Vandenberg AFB…..skip
FAMOUS FLIGHTS: First mid-air recovery of an object returning from Earth orbit
Capt. Harold Mitchell piloted a Fairchild C-119 to make the first aerial retrieval of an orbited capsule. A Thor Agena A with Discoverer 14 launched on 18 August and ejected the Corona Mission 9009 film capsule the next day. The capsule contained the first reconnaissance photos from space. For this aerial recovery, the 6593d Test Squadron (Special) received the Mackay Trophy.
The Corona program was managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force. The first 13 missions failed to return any usable imagery. Unsuccessful launches, orbits not achieved, camera malfunctions, spacecraft errors, and missed recoveries plagued the program.
The first CORONA images were grainy and of limited utility, but quality–and intelligence value–improved rapidly. Within a few months, CIA photo interpreters had dispelled both the missile gap and the bomber gap. They found that Soviets were, in fact, significantly behind the US in development of a workable ICBM and that the Soviets were building up a strategic bomber force but were devoting most of their resources to missile production. In just a few weeks, CORONA photography had eliminated the Soviet intelligence dilemma that had haunted the US for a decade. (CIA Image)
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