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voguefashion · 7 months ago
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The Kennedys' on LIFE magazine (Part 1/3)
"Senator Goes A-Courting" (John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Bouvier), July 20, 1953.
"Author Kennedy" (John F. Kennedy), March 11, 1957.
"Jacqueline, Caroline and Jack Kennedy", April 21, 1958.
"Jackie Kennedy A Front Runner's Appealing Wife" (Jackie & John F. Kennedy), August 24, 1959.
"Hubert And Jack In Wisconsin" (John F. Kennedy), March 28, 1960.
"The Victorious Young Kennedys" (Rose Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith), November 21, 1960.
"The Kennedys And Their Son At Christening" (John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy & John F. Kennedy Jr,), December 19, 1960.
"The Kennedy Inauguration" (John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy), January 27, 1961.
"The Kennedys In Canada" (Jackie Kennedy), May 26, 1961.
"Kennedy In Paris" (John F. Kennedy), June 9, 1961.
"Any dangerous spot is tenable if brave men will make it so" (John F. Kennedy), August 4, 1961.
"The First Lady She Tells Her Plans For The White House" (Jackie Kennedy), September 1, 1961.
"Year-old JFK Jr. Plays with Gifts from Charles de Gaulle" (John F. Kennedy Jr.), November 24, 1961.
"Hard-headed, Hard-driving, Kid brother Capital's No.2 man, Bob Kennedy closes in" (Robert F. Kennedy), January 26, 1962.
"The Senate Seat Scramble In Massachusetts; Head on Collison of Three Political Clans: Eddie McCormack, Teddy Kennedy & George Lodge" (Edward M. Kennedy), June 29, 1962.
"Kennedy In Mexico City" (John F. Kennedy), July 13, 1962.
"The Fun Of Being Caroline" (Caroline Kennedy), September 7, 1962.
"Charming Album Of Jackie Growing Up" (Jackie Kennedy), April 26, 1963.
"Hospital Vigil Over Kennedy Baby: Lighted Window A Compassionate Nation Watched", August 16, 1963.
"President John F. Kennedy 1917-1963" (John F. Kennedy), November 29, 1963.
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hooked-on-elvis · 3 months ago
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November 26, 1954: Elvis is in Houston, Texas, for a concert at the Paladium Club. He sends his parents a telegram. It reads: "Hi babies. Here's the money to pay the bills. Don't tell anyone how much I sent. I will send more next week. There is a card in the mail. Love, Elvis."
Picture taken from "Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music" by Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen (1999)
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ELVIS PRESLEY. C. 1953-1954. Elvis was either 18 or 19 years old in this picture. According to Peter Guralnick, Scotty Moore told he believed this picture was taken when Elvis was in high school or shortly after graduating. This picture was used as one of Elvis' earliest publicity shots.
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sorrysomethingwentwrong · 1 year ago
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Elliott Erwitt  (July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023)
Born Elio Romano Erwitz, 'Elliott Erwitt' was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He was a member of Magnum Photos from 1953.
Elliott Erwitt, Cohiba Cigar with Smoking Fish. © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos
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michellecathlene · 8 months ago
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Miss Bettie's Husbands:
1st William Edell Neal (1921–2001)          Married: February 18, 1943 • Sumner Co, TN          Div: November 1947 • Sumner Co, TN 2nd ​William Edell Neal (1921–2001)          Married: February 15, 1953 • Davidson Co, TN          Annulled: March 1953 • Davidson Co, TN 1 month 3rd Armon Carlyle Walterson (1934-1993)          aka Armond Walterson          Married: November 26, 1958 • Monroe Co, FL          Div: October 1963 • Monroe Co, FL 4th Harry Elmer Lear (1923-2011)                   Married: February 14, 1967 • Dade Co, FL          Div: January 18, 1972 • Dade Co, FL
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starchaseriseverything · 10 months ago
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Birthdays (bc I can)
I put my own fancasts and my headcannon b-day'
Euphemia Braithewaite-Potter - January 4, 1907
Walburga Irma-Black - April 17, 1907
Fleamont Potter - May 15, 1909
Charlus Potter (Monty' brother) - August 19, 1900
Lucretia Black (Orion' sister) - August 3, 1914
Orion Black - September 30, 1920
Druella Rosier (Axel' sister) - December 31, 1928
Axel Rosier (Rosier twins dad) - November 14, 1930
Cygnus Black (Black sisters dad) - July 30, 1938
Adele Jacob-Rosier (Rosier twins mom) - June 7, 1938
Alphard Black - June 26, 1925
Rodolphus Lestrange - October 19, 1952
Rabastan Lestrange- September 21, 1954
Lucius Malfoy - July 1, 1954
Enid Pettigrew (Peter' sister) - January 30, 1962
Mason McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - December 20, 1952
Mitchell McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - June 25, 1955
Matthew McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - November 7, 1958
Maxwell McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - February 29, 1962
Petunia Evans-Dursley - January 10, 1958
Mavan Rosier (Rosier twins brother) - March 14, 1965
Annabella Rosier (Rosier twins sister) - April 16, 1968
Elizabeth Meadows (Dorcas' sister) - May 1, 1965
Fabian Prewett - September 30, 1958
Gideon Prewett - September 30, 1958
Molly Prewett-Weasley - October 30, 1949
Billius Weasley (Arthur' brother) - May 26, 1952
Arthur Weasley - February 6, 1950
James Potter - March 27, 1960
Remus Lupin - March 10, 1960
Sirius Black - November 3, 1960
Peter Pettigrew - August 31, 1960
Lily Evans-Potter - January 30, 1960
Mary Macdonald - September 16, 1959
Marlene McKinnon - August 1, 1960
Dorcas Meadows - April 2, 1960
Bartemius Crouch Jr. - July 9, 1961
Evan Rosier - June 20, 1961
Pandora Rosier - June 20, 1961
Regulus Black - December 31, 1961
Alice Fortescue-Longbottom - August 14, 1960
Frank Longbottom - September 14, 1959
Ted Tonks - March 20, 1953
Emmeline Vance - July 18, 1957
Rita Skeeter - December 19, 1951
Ophelia Zabini - January 15, 1951
Emma Vanity - February 28, 1960
Andromeda Black - October 10, 1953
Narcissa Black - July 19, 1955
Bellatrix Black - May 2, 1991
Tom Riddle Jr. - February 19, 1979
Mattheo Riddle - January 20, 1980
Aliana Riddle - January 20, 1980
Mandy Lestrange - March 13, 1985
Cara Lestrange - May 23, 1986
Delphini Riddle - August 16, 1987
Lorenzo Berkshire - December 17, 1996
Nymphadora Tonks - October 8, 1973
Nina Tonks (Nymphadora' sister) - June 13, 1978
Lucas Rosier (Rosekiller child) - July 21, 1985
Nicholas Rosier (Rosekiller child) - July 1, 1987
Draco Malfoy - June 5, 1980
Lila Malfoy (Draco' sister) - June 5, 1980
Artemis McKinnon (Dorlene child) - September 13, 1981
Aries McKinnon (Dorlene child) - October 17, 1982
Jack McKinnon (Dorlene child) - January 23, 1987
Harry Potter - July 31, 1980
Lillian Potter (Harry' sister) - July 31, 1980
Rose Potter (Harry' sister) - May 24, 1981
Leo Potter (Harry' brother) - February 16, 1983
Pansy Parkinson - August 1, 1980
Blaise Zabini - November 1, 1980
Teddy Lupin - April 11, 1985
Neville Longbottom - July 30, 1980
Juliana Longbottom (Neville' sister) - October 15, 1986
Nicky Longbottom (Neville' brother) - October 15, 1986
Penelope Vance (Emmary child) - November 12, 1988
Hermione Granger - September 19, 1980
Violet Granger (Hermione' sister) - May 14, 1979
Bill Weasley - November 29, 1970
Charlie Weasley - December 12, 1972
Percy Weasley - August 22, 1976
Fred Weasley - April 1, 1978
George Weasley - April 1, 1978
Ron Weasley - March 1, 1980
Ginevra Weasley - August 11, 1981
Luna Lovegood - February 13, 1981
Eclipse Rosier (Pandalily child or Luna' sister) - January 11, 1985
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kisslovegoodbye · 1 year ago
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Elliott Erwitt  (July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023)
Born Elio Romano Erwitz, 'Elliott Erwitt' was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He was a member of Magnum Photos from 1953
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posttexasstressdisorder · 8 days ago
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Wednesday, 12-18-24, 8am Pacific
'Mornin', all...a very groggy Mr. Baggins here with our Morning Coffee Music even before I have any coffee...the things I go through for you people, I swear...here's Glenn with Preludes and Fugues Nos. 18 and 19 from Book 1 of the WTC.
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I do believe a modicum of civility has returned, thanks to caffeine and canuck. We turn next to a work I don't often think to play, but it is one of my favorite pieces by Berlioz, his "Harold In Italy". We hear Toscanini conduct the NBC Symphony in an RCA Recording made November 29, 1953.
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Now let's hear Gyorgy Cziffra with Chopin's second Polonaise, The Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2,
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And here's a piece i play whenever it crosses my mind, Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite. IT has crossed my mind as we've heard some of these pieces by Delius lately. Here are Neville and The Gang to do the honors.
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And here is a piece I'll be hearing along with you for the first time today, a piece for piano duet by Dvorak, his "From the Bohemian Forest", Op. 68. We hear it performed by Czech pianists Igor and Renata Ardasev from a Supraphon recording made in 2000.
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Moving forward in time to 1955, we hear an interesting work by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu, his "Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca", performed here by the Prague Radio Symphony, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.
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And we'll hear one more work by Martinu this morning, and it's the Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, H.246. This is an interesting and quirky work that at times veers between "mock Bach" and pure modernism from measure to measure. In three movements, it's a charming little work. We hear it performed in an Authentically Czech Performance by Zuzana Růžičková Harpsichord, and the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, the legendary Václav Neumann, Conducting.
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And with that sprightly little Allegretto we're on our way to the rest of the day. I do hope you've enjoyed the selections on this Wednseday's Morning Coffee Music! This is Mr. Baggins signing off for now, I'll return at 2pm Pacific with your Afternoon Stack of Classic Wax!
Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.
Baggins out.
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sun-in-retrograde · 25 days ago
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The Astrology of 2025
As we come towards another cycle round the Sun, I thought it would be good to talk about the biggest things coming up in astrology next year, because it’s kind of a big one. So big in fact that a lot of the core events will also be central to understanding the astrology of 2026.
The first thing to cover are those inner planet retrogrades - while they’re not exactly rare, they are close together. And that means we’ll be in the Mars and Venus retrogrades from December 2024 all the way to April 2025. Taking the shadow periods into account, this makes the retrogrades the big event of the first half of the year.
Mars Retrograde 
Mars entered its pre-retrograde shadow on 5 October 2024 at 17° Cancer and will go retrograde on 6 December at 6° Leo. It will station direct on 24 February and will get back to 6° Leo on 2 May.
What this means practically is that while Mars usually storms through its aspects with no time to get super into things, this time its impacts will be sustained in one area for way longer.
For an example, the Mars Pluto opposition was within 3° from 26 October to 13 November 2024, covering the election of far-right extremist culture warrior Kemi Badenoch in the UK as well as Donald Trump in the USA. It's an incredibly positive energy for anyone trading in hate and fear. 
The Mars Pluto opposition will come back within 3° between 25 December 2024 and 10 January 2025. Enough time to ensure that a lot of us have to spend Christmas relitigating the results of the US presidential election with people who either like Trump or dislike the groups he targets. Then, the opposition is present for him taking office to give his first days in power a little push towards unpleasantness. Then it's back for a final pass 20 April to 3 May. To cover the UK Local elections and the first test of Kemi Badenoch.
On a more personal level, I don’t think anyone expects Pluto opposite Mars to feel good. Pluto energy and Mars energy can be a lot of fun but it also tends to trigger survival issues, the desire to force people into things, and trauma. 
Venus Retrograde
Venus enters its pre-retrograde shadow on 28 January. Then the Venus retrograde starts 2 March at 10° Aries and ends 12 April at 24° Pisces. Venus retrograde enforces ideas of gender, sexism, values and on a more mundane level exes, fashion and dysphoria. The start of a Trump presidency may not be a bad time for this kind of astrological weather if we can channel it into feminist resistance. But it's the same factors that will inspire attacks on women and women's rights, as well as of course attacks on trans people.
The last Venus retrograde saw competition emerging to Twitter, and it rebranding to X. Given this retrograde is happening opposing Musk's Pluto I have to wonder if this retrograde will be a big one for social media.
The Saturn Neptune Conjunction
From 27 March Saturn and Neptune will be within 6° of each other. At 13 July they'll be within 1°04 of a conjunction. It will actually reach exactitude in 2026. This means that all year if something happens to Saturn it will happen to Neptune, and their meanings will kind of merge together.
Saturn and Neptune conjoined three times in the last century or so : 1917, 1953, and 1989. Among the events on those dates are the October Revolution, the death of Stalin, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. So periods when revolution made ideals real (and therefore, fallible and messy) and times when people lost faith in ideals. I guess an ideal about how the world is has to die for a new one to emerge. There's a darkness to this process but it's not necessarily bad for bad ideas to die.
I think a lot of people are talking about Al and people losing sense of reality but... is that *new*? Maybe we need some disillusionment and loss of faith. People have some genuinely stupid ideologies right now.
Saturn, Neptune, Mars and Venus
The entire first half of the year is defined by a complex set of interactions between these four planets. That's kind of interesting in itself. Mars and Saturn are the two traditional malefics. While Venus and Neptune both handle the emotional side of things. Be it in radically different ways. This is the whole list for the first half of the year :
5 January to 20 January - Mars trine Neptune
15 January to 22 January - Venus conjunct Saturn
19 January to 3 February - Mars trine the Saturn-Neptune Mid-Point
22 January to 29 January - Venus conjunct Saturn-Neptune Mid-Point 
23 January to 28 January - Mars trine Venus
28 January to 5 February - Venus conjunct Neptune
1 February to 23 February - Mars trine Saturn
18 March to 17 April Mars trine Saturn 
22 March to 2 April - Venus conjunct Neptune
23 March to 9 April - Venus conjunct Saturn-Neptune Mid-Point 
1 April to 2 May - Venus conjunct Saturn
2 April to 12 April - Mars trine Venus
3 April to 22 April Mars trine Saturn-Neptune Mid-Point.
11 April to 27 April Mars trine Neptune
20 April to 5 May - Venus conjunct Saturn-Neptune Mid-Point 
26 April to 7 May - Venus conjunct Neptune
13 May to 29 May - Mars trine Venus
There's a lot here. Attempts to realise a value, an ideal forming and hitting rocky shores, energy, reevaluation, resistance. 
Can I be honest though? With Saturn influencing Venus and Neptune with extra energy from Mars, it all feels kinda kinky to me. Restriction + Love and Imagination + Sex = a real possibility for bondage or whatever. If you’re into that honestly it could be fun. I could see these aspects (and hell, if you want something really chaotic, the Mars Pluto opposition) appearing in the birth charts of the big names in kink in the 2040s and beyond.
Hopefully we can make use of this time to forment the ideas and ideals of a feminist resistance. And also idk hopefully we'll see some wild stuff. I think we need both.
Saturn and Neptune in Aries
Saturn enters Aries 25 May and will stay there till 1 September when it will return to Pisces for one last brief period until 13 February 2026. 
Neptune enters Aries on 30 March and will stay there until 22 October it will re-enter Aries on 26 January and will be there until 2038.
The big event people bring up connected to Neptune in Aries is the American Civil War. But there are a lot of ways ideologies and visions can be born. World War 2 didn't start in Saturn in Aries from a British perspective but if you're Austrian or Czech you'd probably say it did. The last time Saturn and Neptune were co-present in Aries was around 1703, during the War of Spanish Succession. One of the first global wars.
Uranus in Gemini
0n 9 June, Jupiter leaves Gemini for Cancer, but just 2 days before on 7 June, Uranus will enter Gemini. So one planet in, one planet out (although Uranus will briefly retrograde back to Taurus in 8 November. Jupiter in Gemini was associated with data and the growth of AI as an economically viable technology. Uranus can be electric and inventive. I think it could also be chaotic. But chaos can be good.
During the previous Uranus in Gemini periods, the USA saw the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War 2. All significant events. But Uranus will be in Gemini until 2033. 
2025 and 2026 are years of major change astrologically, and they'll set us up for the 2030s. The precedent isn't good. And looking at the world right now, I think we can see ways that things can get worse. But I think and hope that things are different. We can use this time to reassess our values and create something new.
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missmcspooks · 1 year ago
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SURVIVING ABDUCTION: Lisa McVey
Lisa McVey was a 17 year old girl who was abducted and raped by a serial killer in 1984. This woman is one of the smartest survivors I’ve ever learned about, as she was able to manipulate her captor into setting her free. I strongly recommend watching the movie based on this case, called “Believe Me.” 
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Who Is Lisa McVey?
Lisa was born in March of 1967, in Tampa, Florida. She had a really hard time growing up, as her mother, who was addicted to drugs and alcohol, forced her to move in with her grandmother and grandmother's boyfriend at 14. Prior to this, she was in and out of foster homes. Her grandmother’s boyfriend would molest her often for three years straight, while holding a gun to her head, and her grandmother never did anything to stop it. It’s because of this abuse that helped aid in her survival when she met serial killer and rapist, Bobby Joe Young. She knew how to handle herself in those situations, and she knew how to keep herself alive. Due to her abuse at home, she had planned to commit suicide after work that very same night she was abducted. Ironically, once she was in that life or death situation, she suddenly had the will to live, and decided it wasn’t time for her to die. 
Who Was Bobby Joe Long?
Bobby was born on October 14th, 1953, in Kenova, West Virginia, and moved to Tampa in 1983. He was a serial killer and rapist who targeted women in the Tampa Bay area, and killed at least 10 women. He was born with an extra X chromosome, also known as 47,XXY, a specific variant of Klinefelter syndrome. This condition results in excessive estrogen production, causing some female traits such as breast development. Due to this condition, he was teased as a child for his large breasts and underwent breast reduction surgery when he was a teenager. He had also suffered multiple head injuries as a child resulting from diverse accidents. He married his high school girlfriend in 1974 and had two kids with her before she filed for divorce in 1980. Bobby Joe committed at least 50 rapes in Miami. Whenever he was with a woman alone, he’d go to the bathroom to take out his “rape kit,” come back, and rape and rob the woman. He was convicted of rape in 1981 but requested a new trial and somehow the charges were dropped. After moving to Tampa in 1984, he spent eight months on a murder spree. 
Lisa McVey’s Abduction
On November 3rd, 1984, Lisa was riding home from work on her bicycle when she was found and snatched by Bobby Joe. She was thrown into the backseat of his car, held at gunpoint, blindfolded, bound, and raped. She was then brought to his apartment and repeatedly raped and tortured for the next 26 hours. Due to her experience with abuse, Bobby noticed that she wasn’t like the others. She didn’t try to run, she didn’t scream, she didn’t cry, and she obeyed. Later he would say that Lisa was “different.” Lisa relied on her memory and her ability to keep an eye out on specific details. How many turns were made from her abduction point, what she was able to see under her blindfold, the kind of car, the color of the cars interior, how many steps were taken up to his apartment, how his face felt, what his dominant hand was, that he was extremely clean (he made her shower once she was in his apartment), where his boots were placed, etc. Additionally, as part of her manipulation tactic, she tried to sympathize with him by telling him that he wasn’t really such a bad person, that she saw good in him and that he deserved to be loved, and even offered to be his secret girlfriend. Then, she tried to gain sympathy from him by telling him that she really needed to survive, as she is her fathers sole caregiver, and he was very sick and needed her. This was the final straw that persuaded him to let her go. He drove her to a remote location while blindfolded and told her to keep the blindfold on for 5 minutes so he could get away. 
When she returned home, she was scolded and beaten by her grandmother's boyfriend, and neither of them initially believed her story. It took them 5 hours before finally calling the police. What makes matters worse, most of the officers didn’t believe her story either for some reason, besides one officer in particular. She told the police all the information she had, and even made sure she left fingerprints in multiple areas of the bathroom to prove that she was really there. Through her description of the man and the details of the route they took, they were able to find Bobby Joe’s apartment, and went to hunt him down. He was found on November 16th, 1984, at a movie theater looking for a sex worker. He killed two more women before he was caught. He said that the police never would’ve found him if he didn’t let her live. On September 23rd, 1985, he pleaded guilty to his kidnapping and assault of Lisa McVey, and to an additional eight counts of first degree murder, eight counts of kidnapping, and seven counts of sexual battery. He received life sentences on every count in Hillsborough County. Additionally, he received two death sentences for the murders of Michelle Denise Simms and Virginia Johnson. 
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He was executed by lethal injection on May 23rd, 2019, and Lisa and the one other survivor were present at his execution. Lisa later became a sheriff, and also works at a middle school as a resource officer, teaching students how to handle potentially dangerous situations. 
THE KNOWN VICTIMS
Artiss "Ann" Wick, 20 – killed on March 27, 1984
Nguyen Thi Long, 19 – killed on May 13, 1984
Michelle Denise Simms, 22 – killed on May 27, 1984
Linda Nuttall, 33 – assaulted in May 1984; survived
Elizabeth Loudenback, 22 – killed on June 8, 1984
Vicky Marie Elliott, 21 – killed on September 7, 1984
Chanel Devoun Williams, 18 – killed on October 7, 1984
Karen Beth Dinsfriend, 28 – killed on October 14, 1984
Kimberly Kyle Hopps, 22 – killed on October 31, 1984
Lisa McVey, 17 – assaulted, raped on November 3, 1984; survived
Virginia Lee Johnson, 18 – killed on November 6, 1984
Kim Marie Swann, 21 – killed on November 11, 1984
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lboogie1906 · 1 month ago
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Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993) nicknamed “Campy”, was a baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played for the Negro Leagues and Mexican League for several seasons before entering the minor leagues in 1946. He made his MLB debut in 1948. His playing career ended when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident in January 1958.
He was considered to be one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game. After he retired as a player as a result of the accident, he held positions in scouting and community relations with the Dodgers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
He played for the Dodgers (1948-57) as their regular catcher. In 1948, he had three different uniform numbers (33, 39, and 56) before settling on 39 for the rest of his career.
He was selected to the All-Star Game every year (1949-56). With his 1949 All-Star selection, he was one of the first four African Americans so honored (Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, and Larry Doby were All-Stars in 1949). In 1950 he hit home runs in five straight games. He received the MVP award in the NL three times: in 1951, 1953, and 1955. In each of his MVP seasons, he batted more than .300, hit more than 30 home runs, and had more than 100 runs batted in. His 142 RBI during 1953 exceeded the franchise record of 130. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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flashsidewayss · 1 year ago
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i got tired of trying to figure out when things happened in lockwood & co
so i made a timeline with "years" that could technically be shifted in any direction but were put there to a) make the math make sense and show how long things have been and b) i think its HILARIOUS to place the series 2012-2014. hilarious series of years
anyway i wrote a fic that was supposed to be short and simply explore the universe and this timeline and then it spiraled. this is posted here so people can use this as a reference for the fic but it's also for the general enjoyment of the People. sorry
Pre-Canon
1937
May 7
Marissa Fittes born
1943
September
Marissa meets Ezekiel (age 6)
1952
February
Marissa meets Tom Rotwell (age 14)
October 28
Margaret Fittes born (Marissa age 15)
1953
February
Mud Lane Phantom (Marissa age 15)
Late May
Highgate Terror (Marissa age 16)
Problem officially recognized
1958
September
Marissa leaves Tom for good (age 19)
1959
January
Marissa forms Fittes Agency (age 19)
July 
Rotwell forms Rotwell Agency (Marissa age 20)
1972
January 20
Penelope Fittes born (Marissa age 34)
1981
November 3
Law passed letting children have legal rights to their autonomy from age 14 (drinking age is still 18, age of consent is still 18 unless with someone under age of 18)
1982
April 17
Marissa Fittes “dies” (age 43)
1985
April 1
Margaret Fittes dies (age 32)
Penelope Fittes (Marissa) takes control of Fittes Agency (age 14)
1991
July 8
Jessica Lockwood born
1997
July 25
Anthony Lockwood born
December 3
Flo Bones born
1998
May 18
George Cubbins/Karim born
October 31
Lucy Carlyle born
2003
December
Murton Colliery Horror
2005
July 15
Celia and Donald Lockwood die
July 16
Flo Bonnard’s mother dies, she beings working with Sinclair and Soanes (age 7)
2006
November 12
Jessica Lockwood dies (age 15) (Lockwood age 9)
2009
June
Flo Bones and Anthony Lockwood meet at dueling competition (both age 11) 
2010
February
Anthony Lockwood meets George Cubbins/Karim during a case with Sykes and Fittes Agency (ages 12 and 11 respectively)
2011
June
George is fired from Fittes Agency (age 12)
July 26
Anthony Lockwood founds Lockwood & Co. (age 14)
November
Flo Bones leaves her agency after the death of Sinclair and Soanes (age 13)
Canon
2012
February
Lucy joins Lockwood & Co. (age 13, Lockwood age 14, George 13)
November
Combe Carey Hall (LC 14, AL 15, GC/K 14)
2013
June
Bone Glass Incident (LC 14, AL 15, GC/K 15)
November
Chelsea Outbreak (LC 15, AL 16, GC/K 15)
Beginning of Black Winter
Lucy Carlyle leaves Lockwood & Co.
2014
April
Lucy rejoins Lockwood & Co. (LC 15, AL 16, GC/K 15)
September
Storming of Fittes Hall (LC 15, AL 17, GC/K 16)
anyway. i think jonathan stroud didn't put years so no one could understand how deeply fucked the math is. sorry marissa and margaret fittes you both have children as teenagers and even then the math BARELY works.
also the world has to be different for it to work the age of like Personal Autonomy is 14 now bc of kids working as agents. you still have to be an adult to do stuff like drink and vote (though i'm sure that's a political argument in this universe) but children can be in charge of businesses and gain custody in special cases (like the lockwoods) at 14.
hope this is entertaining!
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thepastisalreadywritten · 1 year ago
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SAINT OF THE DAY (October 22)
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Saint John Paul II is perhaps one of the most well-known pontiffs in recent history.
He is most remembered for his charismatic nature, his love of youth and his world travels, along with his role in the fall of communism in Europe during his 27-year papacy.
Karol Józef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in the Polish town of Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometers from Krakow, on 18 May 1920.
He was the youngest of three children born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska.
His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932. His father, a non-commissioned army officer, died in 1941. A sister, Olga, had died before he was born.
He was baptized on 20 June 1920 in the parish church of Wadowice by Fr. Franciszek Zak, made his First Holy Communion at age 9, and was confirmed at 18.
Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Krakow's Jagiellonian University in 1938.
The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944).
He then worked in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
In 1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the clandestine seminary of Krakow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, archbishop of Krakow.
At the same time, Karol Wojtyla was one of the pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine.
After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Krakow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Sapieha in Krakow on 1 November 1946.
Shortly afterwards, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange.
He finished his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the subject of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross (Doctrina de fide apud Sanctum Ioannem a Cruce).
At that time, during his vacations, he exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of France, Belgium and Holland.
In 1948, he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Krakow as well as chaplain to university students.
This period lasted until 1951 when he again took up his studies in philosophy and theology.
In 1953, he defended a thesis on the "Evaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University.
He became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Krakow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On 4 July 1958, he was appointed titular bishop of Ombi and auxiliary of Krakow by Pope Pius XII.
He was consecrated by Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak on 28 September 1958 in Wawel Cathedral, Krakow.
On 13 January 1964, he was appointed archbishop of Krakow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal on 26 June 1967 with the title of S. Cesareo in Palatio of the order of deacons, later elevated pro illa vice to the order of priests.
Besides taking part in Vatican Council II (1962-1965) where he made an important contribution to drafting the Constitution Gaudium et spes, Cardinal Wojtyla participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops.
The Cardinals elected him Pope at the Conclave of 16 October 1978. He took the name of John Paul II.
On October 22, the Lord's Day, he solemnly inaugurated his Petrine ministry as the 263rd successor to the Apostle.
His pontificate, one of the longest in the history of the Church, lasted nearly 27 years.
Driven by his pastoral solicitude for all Churches and by a sense of openness and charity to the entire human race, John Paul II exercised the Petrine ministry with a tireless missionary spirit, dedicating it all his energy.
He made 104 pastoral visits outside Italy and 146 within Italy. As Bishop of Rome, he visited 317 of the city's 333 parishes.
He had more meetings than any of his predecessors with the People of God and the leaders of Nations.
More than 17,600,000 pilgrims participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1160), not counting other special audiences and religious ceremonies [more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone], and the millions of faithful he met during pastoral visits in Italy and throughout the world.
We must also remember the numerous government personalities he encountered during 38 official visits, 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State, and 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers.
His love for young people brought him to establish the World Youth Days.
The 19 WYDs celebrated during his pontificate brought together millions of young people from all over the world.
At the same time, his care for the family was expressed in the World Meetings of Families, which he initiated in 1994.
John Paul II successfully encouraged dialogue with the Jews and with the representatives of other religions, whom he invited several times to prayer meetings for peace, especially in Assisi.
Under his guidance, the Church prepared herself for the third millennium and celebrated the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 in accordance with the instructions given in the Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio adveniente.
The Church then faced the new epoch, receiving his instructions in the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio ineunte in which he indicated to the faithful their future path.
With the Year of the Redemption, the Marian Year and the Year of the Eucharist, he promoted the spiritual renewal of the Church.
He gave an extraordinary impetus to Canonizations and Beatifications, focusing on countless examples of holiness as an incentive for the people of our time.
He celebrated 147 beatification ceremonies during which he proclaimed 1,338 Blesseds and 51 canonizations for a total of 482 saints.
He made Thérèse of the Child Jesus a Doctor of the Church.
He considerably expanded the College of Cardinals, creating 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore) in 9 consistories.
He also called six full meetings of the College of Cardinals.
He organized 15 Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops — six Ordinary General Assemblies (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, and 2001); one Extraordinary General Assembly (1985); and eight Special Assemblies (1980,1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2), and 1999).
His most important Documents include 14 Encyclicals, 15 Apostolic Exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions, 45 Apostolic Letters.
He promulgated the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the light of Tradition as authoritatively interpreted by the Second Vatican Council.
He also reformed the Eastern and Western Codes of Canon Law, created new Institutions, and reorganized the Roman Curia.
As a private Doctor, he also published five books of his own: "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994), "Gift and Mystery, on the fiftieth anniversary of my ordination as priest" (November 1996), "Roman Triptych" poetic meditations (March 2003), "Arise, Let us Be Going" (May 2004) and "Memory and Identity" (February 2005).
In the light of Christ risen from the dead, on 2 April A.D. 2005, at 9:37 pm, while Saturday was drawing to a close and the Lord's Day was already beginning, the Octave of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, the Church's beloved Pastor, John Paul II, departed this world for the Father.
From that evening until April 8, date of the funeral of the late Pontiff, more than three million pilgrims came to Rome to pay homage to the mortal remains of the Pope.
Some of them queued up to 24 hours to enter St. Peter's Basilica.
On April 28, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced that the normal five-year waiting period before beginning the cause of beatification and canonization would be waived for John Paul II.
The cause was officially opened by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome, on 28 June 2005. He was beatified on 1 May 2011.
On 27 April 2014, he was canonized by Pope Francis during a ceremony in St. Peter's Square.
In an April 24 message sent to the Church in Poland, Pope Francis gave thanks for the 'great gift' of the new Saint, saying of John Paul II that he is grateful, "as all the members of the people of God, for his untiring service, his spiritual guidance, and for his extraordinary testimony of holiness."
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Marine Corps and their classes in Korea.
In Bloodhounds, there are four Marines: Kim Gun Woo, Hong Woo Jin, Moon Gwang Mu and Hwang Yang Jung.
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Kim Gun Woo - Class 1207
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Hong Woo Jin - Class 1216
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Moon Gwang Mu - Class 734
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Hwang Yang Jung - Class 571
The Korean Marine Corps was founded in 1949 and they had two new classes per month until 2011; from 2012, they have one new class per month. Based on each character's class number, the time they started their military service and the duration are as follows, according to Naver & Google (As the initial system was different back then and there was the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, you cannot calculate solely with a class number):
Hwang Yang Jung (571) - May 6, 1987 (30 months)
Moon Gwang Mu (734) - May 19, 1994 (26 months)
Kim Gun Woo (1207) - February 15, 2016 (21 months)
Hong Woo Jin (1216) - November 14, 2016 (21 months)
Even though the gap between Gun Woo's and Woo Jin's is only nine months, class numbers are of significant importance to Marines, as you can clearly see with how Woo Jin behaves around his Marine sunbae-nims. It would not have been very different even if Gun Woo was in Class 1215 instead of 1207.
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jedivoodoochile · 2 years ago
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Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe 1926 - 1962. (Scroll down for 1926 - 1962)💋
1926
June 1: Birth at Los Angeles General Hospital.
June 13: Taken to live with the foster family, the Bolenders.
1933💋
Fall: Mother Gladys Baker takes Norma Jeane to live with her.
1934💋
February: Gladys Baker taken to an institution.
1935💋
June 1: Grace McKee becomes legal guardian.
September 13: Norma Jeane is left at the orphanage.
1937💋
June 26: Grace McKee takes her away from the orphanage.
1938💋
November: Goes to live with 'Aunt' Ana Lower.
1942💋
June 19: Marries James E. Dougherty.
1944💋
April: Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory.
1946💋
April: First National Magazine cover, in 'Family Circle'.
June 26: Photographed by David Conover for 'Yank' magazine.
July 19: First Screen-Test, for 20th Century Fox.
July 23: First Six Months studio contract, renewed in January.
July 29: First mention in a Hollywood gossip Column (Hedda Hopper).
August 2: Norma Jeane Dougherty applies to join the 'Blue Book Modeling Agency'.
September 13: Divorce granted from James E. Dougherty.
1947💋
August 25: Fox Contract not renewed for a second time.
1948💋
February: Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schenck.
March 9: Contract with Columbia Pictures.
September 8: Dropped by Columbia.
December 31: Meets agent Johnny Hyde, who indicates himself to promote her.
1949💋
May 27: Poses for photographer Tom Kelley - the nude Calendar shots.
July 24: First interview with Earl Wilson.
August 15: Starts shooting 'A Ticket To Tomahawk'.
October: Sings contract with MGM for the breakthrough role in 'The Asphalt Jungle'.
1950💋
January 5: Starts shooting 'The Fireball'.
April: Lands small but perfectly formed part in 'All About Eve'.
December 18: Johnny Hyde dies.
1951💋
March 29: Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony.
April 18: Shooting starts on 'Love Nest'.
May 11: Latest six months contract and Fox converted to seven-year deal.
September 8: First full length national magazine feature in 'Colliers'.
1952💋
March: Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date.
March 13: Nude calendar story broken to public.
April 7: First 'Life' cover snapped by Phillipe Halsman.
June 1: On her birthday leans she is to be Lorelei Lee in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.
August 31: Live radio debut.
September 2: Grand marshal at the Miss America pageant.
1953💋
January, 21: She becomes a star when 'Niagara' is released.
January, 26: Marilyn and Jane Russell put their hand and feet prints in wet cement. At Graumann's Chinese Theater.
September, 13: TV debut at the 'Jack Benny Show'.
November, 4: Premier of 'How To Marry a Millionaire'.
December 15: Doesn't appear for shooting of 'The Girl in Pink Tights'.
1954💋
January, 4: Suspended by Fox.
January, 14: Marriage with Joe Dimaggio in San Francisco.
February, 2: They arrive at Tokyo Airport.
February, 16: Marilyn gives 10 concert's for the American soldiers in Korea.
September, 15: The shooting for the blowing skirt scene, included in the movie 'The Seven Year Itch'.
October, 5: Marilyn divorces Joe DiMaggio.
November, 6: Hollywood party in honor of Marilyn.
1955💋
January, 7: Press conference for 'Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc.'.
January, 15: Marilyn moves to the East coast, she is also suspended by Fox.
February: She met Lee Strasberg, and joins 'The Actor Studio'.
March, 31: She appears on a pink elephant on a benefit evening in 'Madison Square Garden'.
April, 8: Live in TV program of 'Person2Person' with Edward R. Murrow.
June, 1: Premier of 'The Seven Year Itch'.
1956💋
January, 4: A new contract between Fox and MM Productions.
February, 9: Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier announce that they will work together in 'The Sleeping Prince'.
June, 29: She marries Arthur Miller.
July, 14: She travels to London to begin with the shooting of 'The Prince And The Showgirl'.
August: Her first miscarriage.
October, 29: She meets Queen Elizabeth.
1957💋
June, 13: Premier of 'TPATS'.
August, 1: Another miscarriage.
1958💋
August, 4: The shooting of 'Some Like It Hot' begins, until November.
December, 17: Another miscarriage.
1959💋
March, 29: Premier of 'Some Like It Hot'.
1960💋
March, 8: Golden Globe award for 'Best Actress in a Comedy', in 'Some Like It Hot'.
June, 18: The shooting of 'The Misfits' begins.
August, 26: Marilyn is admitted in the hospital, some say in was a suicide attempt.
November, 11: Marilyn announce she divorces Arthur Miller.
November, 16: Clark Gable (who worked with in 'The Misfits') died of an heart attack.
1961💋
January, 20: Divorce of Arthur Miller.
January, 31: Premier 'The Misfits'.
February, 7: She is admitted to the 'Payne Whitney Clinic' in New York.
February, 11: She is admitted to 'Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center'.
October: Meets Robert Kennedy.
November: Meets John. F. Kennedy.
1962💋
February: Moves back to Los Angeles, in Brentwood.
March, 5: She get's a Gold Globe Award for 'World Film Favorite'.
April, 23: Shooting begins for 'Something's Got To Give'.
May, 19: Sings 'Happy Birthday' to JFK in 'Madison Square Garden'.
June, 1: Last workday at Fox.
June, 7: fired by Fox.
June, 23: Rehired by Fox.
July, 20: Admitted to the 'Cedars of Lebanon Hospital'.
August, 3: She appears on the cover of 'Life'.
August, 4: The last day Marilyn Monroe was alive.
August, 5: Marilyn Monroe is found dead in bed, autopsy reveals suicide. (possible)
August, 8: Funeral in 'Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery' 🙏💐🌸⚘️💐🌸⚘️
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Hamish MacInnes, the Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, author, inventor, movie stunt co-ordinator and all round good guy, was born on July 7th 1930.
MacInnes was born in Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, his father's surname was McInnes, but Hamish, according to some he "later adopted the more distinctive Scottish spelling of the family name". Hamish was the youngest child amongst five siblings. He had three sisters and a brother who was eighteen years older than Hamish.
The legend of Hamish MacInnes began early. At 16 he climbed the Matterhorn. At 17 he built his first motor car from scratch. He attempted Everest in 1953 with his friend Johnny Cunningham. As an explorer, expedition leader, and engineer he achieved world fame. author of the International Mountain Rescue Handbook and founder of Glencoe Mountain Rescue he has been responsible for saving hundreds of lives, if not thousands.
Keen to improve mountain safety, he was also a technical innovator whose invention of an all-metal ice axe and a lightweight folding stretcher for rescues – which became known as the “MacInnes stretcher” – were landmark developments that were widely used and much lauded. Author of 26 books on mountaineering topics, including fiction, Hamish became heavily involved in film and documentary work, which included making his own programmes and acting as safety and location adviser, climbing double and stunt man.
MacInnes, also known as “Fox of Glencoe” for his esteemed climbing reputation, made headlines when he was asked to shoot footage for Clint Eastwood's 1975 thriller The Eiger Sanction, other movie projects included Highlander, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Mission.
In 2014 he was misdiagnosed with dementia leading to being sectioned for over a year in psychiatric hospitals before a correct diagnosis of urinary tract infection was made, allowing him to return home, but bereft of memory. In the BBC film, The Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes. Introduced by his friend, Michael Palin, it recounts the story of MacInnes's life and achievements, and how he used archive footage, his photographs and his many books to "recover his memories and rescue himself".
Hamish MacInnes died on 22nd November 2020, aged 90, at his home in Glen Coe.
Writing on his death, The Scotsman said, "No one man has done more to help put in place the network of emergency response efforts designed to keep climbers from harm’s way, and it seems that MacInnes took just as much pleasure in helping to rescue people as he did in making record-breaking ascents.”
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usafphantom2 · 2 years ago
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What really happens to military pilots who desert to U.S. allied countries
Many settle down to live a quiet life, enjoying their newly discovered freedom.
Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 02/26/2023 - 15:34 in History, Military
Deserters to the U.S. and other West-oriented countries usually bring military equipment with them - especially pilots. The hardware, in addition to its detailed knowledge of the armed forces of potential opponents, means that deserters have a lot to negotiate.
One of the most memorable scenes in the 1990 movie "The Hunt for Red October" is when the first officer of the Red October submarine, played by Sam Neill, describes how he would like to live as a deserter. "I would like to live in Montana," says Captain Borodin, who then describes how he would like to get married, have a pickup truck, maybe a trailer and travel from one state to another... without having to carry travel documents with him.
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In 1981, Lieutenant Adriano Bomba decided to desert to South Africa in his aged Mozambican Mig 17 (serial number 21) and was intercepted and escorted by two SAAF F1AZ Mirage fighters.
It turns out that this is how deserters really live when they arrive in the West. After a decades-long hiatus, the news that a Russian engineer who worked on the country's bomber program is seeking asylum in the U.S. has brought the issue of deserters back into the spotlight.
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Belenko's MiG-25, after landing in Japan.
Historically, it is known that pilots and others from totalitarian countries - including North Korea, the Soviet Union and Cuba - fly to freedom in distressing circumstances, facing an uncertain reception, only to be considered heroes in their new land. And they, apparently, like to travel around America without papers.
“Kenneth Rowe”
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Lieutenant No Kum-Sok of the North Korean Air Force was one of the first pilots to defect to the United States. No separated from a formation of 16 jets and piloted his MiG-15 from North Korea to the Kimpo airfield in South Korea in October 1953, three months after the armistice that silenced weapons on the Korean peninsula. However, No was not the first MiG-15 pilot to fly west: two Polish pilots flew their planes to Denmark in separate incidents in the spring of 1953, but No was the first from North Korea.
U.S. intelligence extensively questioned No and studied his plane for comparison with the main U.S. jet fighter of the time, the F-86 Sabre. He provided valuable information, according to his American advisor, including "air units, personnel strength, structure and number of aircraft assigned to the respective units". The No fighter received markings from the U.S. Air Force (see above) and was sent to the U.S. for analysis.
After considerable flight tests, the U.S. offered to return the plane to its "legitimate owners". The offer was ignored and, in November 1957, was transferred to the U.S. Air Force Museum for public display.
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Pilot No's MiG-15 is now on display at the USAF Museum in Dayton.
In the then disappeared in the vastness of America, taking the name of Kenneth Rowe. He became an American citizen in 1962, graduated in mechanical engineering and began working in the defense industry. In his later years, he was a professor of engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. At one point, his daughter asked why he changed jobs and moved with his family, and he replied: "This is a big country and I want to get to know every part of it."
A pair of "Farmers"
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Other North Korean pilots followed suit. In 1983, Captain Lee Ung-pyong flew his MiG-19 jet to South Korea and defected. In two years, Lee was a colonel working in South Korean military intelligence and a millionaire - all thanks to South Korea's generous rewards for deserters.
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A MiG-19 fighter piloted by Captain Lee Ung-pyong of the North Korean People's Air Force when he defected to South Korea in 1983. Today, the fighter is parked in an open-air museum in Seoul.
In May 1996, Captain Lee Chul-su, a senior pilot in the 1st Aviation Division, also defected with his MiG-19, to which he promptly joined the South Korean Air Force. According to the Korean Times, Lee served in the "ROK Air Force combat development group and other pilot training organizations" and gave lectures "on various subjects, including North Korean flight skills and tactics".
Foxbat flight
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One of the most famous deertions of all time occurred in September 1976. Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko of the 513 Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army of the Russian Air Force took off in his MiG-25 fighter jet, codenamed "Foxbat" by NATO, from Chuguyevka Air Base in the Soviet Union. He would never come back. Instead, Belenko flew his jet to Hakodate, Japan, where he delivered his jet and announced his intentions to defect.
Notebook that Belenko used attached to his knee.
Belenko was one of the biggest prizes of the Cold War. The MiG-25 was considered a superhunt, capable of flying Mach 3. The Foxbat was built to defend the USSR from the equally fast strategic bomber XB-70 Valkyrie. It was also known to have a powerful Smerch-A3 radar and carry up to four radar-directed R-40 air-to-air missiles. Unfortunately, after U.S. intelligence was able to study the aircraft in depth, the Japanese authorities decided to return the aircraft to the Soviet Union.
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MiG-25 aircraft was returned by Japan to the Soviet Union.
After the desertion, Belenko moved to the United States, where former President Jimmy Carter personally approved his citizenship. He also became an aeronautical engineer and consultant. The CIA, which questioned him after his desertion, considers his pilot's knee brace one of his most famous artifacts of the Cold War era. A people location site shows that he has lived in all major regions of the U.S., including west, midwest, northeast and south.
The reason
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Viktor Belenko, along with pilots from the Top Gun School in the USA, after a flight in the F-5 jet.
Pilots who desert often do so for ideological reasons, preferring freedom and democracy to the suffocating control of authoritarian regimes. At the climax of "The Hunt for Red October", Captain Borodin, dying of a shot, whispers: "I wish I had visited Montana". Although fictitious, Borodin's character expresses a desire apparently mirrored - and lived - by real-life deserters.
Source: Popular Mechanics
Tags: Military AviationKorean WarCold WarHISTORYWar Zones
Fernando Valduga
Fernando Valduga
Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work throughout the world of aviation.
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