today in history

[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.

[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.

[Orange and Brown]

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.

Does little suzy know you are on here telling us about the day you became a man????

[TheMalteseFalcon]

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.....

[TheMalteseFalcon]

1964 Nash Rambler.....

[TheMalteseFalcon]

Suzy's family looking for Burg Grad.......

[TheMalteseFalcon]

Burg Grad after Susy's family finds him.....

[oldcoachb]

[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.

[Orange and Brown]

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.

Don't lie!!!
Suzy is the one with the beard!!!

[Burg_Grad_77]

Actually Suzy was one of the first to keep clean shaven.

[Orange and Brown]

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[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

Jan 26 1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

[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

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

1953 New York, Cleveland, & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

Feb 1st 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama.

[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.

[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.