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today in history
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:23 pm
by swbaseballfan
Aug 13 1521
After an 80-day siege, Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés captures Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire. When the Spaniards fail to discover Montezuma's treasure, they torture Cuauhtemoc by pouring hot oil over his feet. The emperor responds by asking, "Am I on a bed of roses?" They hang him three years later.
Aug 13 1926
Fidel Castro is born on his father's 23,000-acre sugar cane plantation near Biran, Cuba.
Aug 13 1942
Walt Disney's Bambi premieres in New York City.
Aug 13 1986
11 Mexican peace officers abduct DEA special agent Victor Cortez, Jr. along with an informant. The two are taken to a Guadalajara police station, where the men are beaten and tortured for four hours in an attempt to extract the names of other American drug enforcement agents operating in Mexico. The pair are freed only after Cortez's superior somehow arrives at the station and demands their immediate release.
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:07 pm
by Burg_Grad_77
August 13th, 1975 - Little Suzy gives it up for the first time in the back of my 64" Rambler. A monumental day in history, well at least for me anyway.
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:11 pm
by Orange and Brown
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:53 pm
by TheMalteseFalcon
Burg_Grad_77 wrote:August 13th, 1975 - Little Suzy gives it up for the first time in the back of my 64" Rambler. A monumental day in history, well at least for me anyway.
Back seat of a '64 Rambler.....
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:55 pm
by TheMalteseFalcon
1964 Nash Rambler.....
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:59 pm
by TheMalteseFalcon
Suzy's family looking for Burg Grad.......
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:01 pm
by TheMalteseFalcon
Burg Grad after Susy's family finds him.....
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:04 pm
by oldcoachb
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:28 pm
by Burg_Grad_77
Good one Falcon.
I like the picture of the family. I see Cletus, Jeb, Bubba, Marvin, George, Herbert, Marcella, Mabel, and all the rest of the gang, but I don't see Suzy. That must have been taken the day I had her with me in the Rambler.
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:43 pm
by Orange and Brown
Re: today in history
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:20 pm
by Burg_Grad_77
Actually Suzy was one of the first to keep clean shaven.
Re: today in history
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:05 pm
by Orange and Brown
Re: today in history
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:18 am
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France
Re: today in history
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:19 am
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
Jan 26 1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:21 am
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
Jan 27th 1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
Re: today in history
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:29 am
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
1953 New York, Cleveland, & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues
Re: today in history
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:14 am
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
Feb 1st 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama.
Re: today in history
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 6:47 pm
by LICKING COUNTY FAN
April 6th, 1997 - A hearty but paltry gathering of 1,677 comes out to see the Blue Jays blank the White Sox at Comiskey Park. The game was originally scheduled at night, but was moved to daylight because of extreme cold. The only thing lower than the attendance (the paid take was just 746) was the temperature, which was 34 degrees at game time. It is the smallest crowd to see the Sox in 27 years.
Re: today in history
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:02 am
by CalebThomas
These events serve as reminders of the complexities of history and the ongoing challenges faced by societies in their efforts to promote justice and progress.