Archive for the 'Science' Category

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

sandy kozel 3
SANDY KOZEL

President Harry S. Truman 1945 Photograph by Harris And Ewing | Pixels
Harry S. Truman
(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Hiroshima 70th Anniversary: What to Know About Nuclear Weapons in 2015 - NBC News

Hiroshima at 70: The Oregonian's front page coverage of 1945 atomic bomb was chilling ...

Rare photographs show the aftermath of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb | Daily Mail Online
Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left
standing after the massive atomic bomb blast.

Obliterated: Japan is today commemorating the loss of 140,000 people killed in the initial Hiroshima blast, as well the countless numbers who died later as a result of radiation poisoning  

Chaos: The unknown photographer is believed to have died shortly before his camera went on sale, as nobody could have survived the radiation levels in the area so soon after the bombing 

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Atomic bomb,DEATH,HISTORY,MUSIC,Pope,President,Science,Voting and have No Comments

DISEASE OFFICIALLY DECLARED WIPED OUT

See the source image

On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declared smallpox
has been eradicated. The disease, which carries around a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious
disease afflicting humans that has officially been eradicated.

See the source image

See the source image

See the source image
Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Program read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated.

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,DEATH,Disease,Eradication,HISTORY,Medical,Science,Smallpox and have No Comments

GERMAN SCIENTISTS HELP THE U.S. IN 1945


Project Paperclip Team at Fort Bliss.

In a move that stirs up some controversy, as part of "Operation Paperclip," the United States shipped 88 German scientists to
America to assist the nation in its production of rocket technology.
Most of these men had served under the
Nazi regime and critics in
the United States questioned the morality of placing them in the
service of America. Nevertheless, the U.S. government, desperate
to acquire the scientific know-how that had produced the terrifying
and destructive V-1 and V-2 rockets for Germany during WWII, and
fearful that the Russians were also utilizing captured German
scientists for the same end, welcomed the men with open arms.

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,HISTORY,Nazi Germany,NEWSPAPER,Rockets,Science and have No Comments

HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS DAY IN 1859

Big Ben Rings Out For the First Time - HISTORY    
   


The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-
high Elizabeth Tower, rang out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on May 31, 1859.

After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster—the headquarters
of the British Parliament—in October 1834, a standout feature of the design
for the new palace was a large clock atop a tower. The royal astronomer, Sir
George Airy, wanted the clock to have pinpoint accuracy, including twice-a-
day checks with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. While many clockmakers dismissed this goal as impossible, Airy counted on the help of Edmund
Beckett Denison, a formidable barrister known for his expertise in horology,
or the science of measuring time.

George Biddell Airy - Wikipedia
Sir George Biddell Airy
(July 27, 1801 – January 2, 1892)

    

  London's Big Ben Will Fall Silent for Four Years - Condé Nast Traveler

The World's Best Known Clock
Sir Edmund Beckett Denison
(1787 – 1874)

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Astronomy,Clocks,HISTORY,Science and have No Comments

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

todayinhistory

sandy kozel 3
SANDY KOZEL

Image result for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

On this day in 1945, the American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola
Gay
,(above) dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little  Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima,
Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed that morning.

Image result for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

Image result for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

Image result for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

The so-called A-Bomb Dome was preserved as a reminder of the devastation the bomb caused [GALLO/GETTY]

Related image

Image result for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

Related image

posted by Bob Karm in Atomic bomb,DEATH,HISTORY,Pope,President,Right to vote,Science,Singers,Voting,WAR and have No Comments