#november 26 1953

[voguefashion]

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.

[hooked-on-elvis]

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)

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.

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

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

[michellecathlene]

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

[starchaseriseverything]

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

[kisslovegoodbye]

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

[missmcspooks]

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.” 

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. 

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

[intomore]

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

[flashsidewayss]

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!

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (October 22)

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."

[mizldrizl]

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.

Kim Gun Woo - Class 1207

Hong Woo Jin - Class 1216

Moon Gwang Mu - Class 734

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.

[jedivoodoochile]

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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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.

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.

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”

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.

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"

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.

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

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.

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

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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[ramarailway]

Introduce. this is Rama the CC200 08 :D (my OC)

Rama is the first type of Diesel locomotive owned and purchased by DKA (Djawatan Kereta Api) which is now PT.KAI, The CC200 was made in 1953 by General Electric in partnership with Alco.

This locomotive was made as many as 27 units and came in waves from 1953 to 1954.

And the special thing about this locomotive was that it was inaugurated directly by Indonesia's first president, Ir. Soekarno and also in 1955 this locomotive became the locomotive that attracted a series of high-level Asian-African Conferences.

but unfortunately these locomotives had to collapse massively since 1986, due to the arrival of new diesel locomotives and it was getting worse because of rare spare parts.

after they fell, it didn't take long for them to be crushed and stripped down, until finally only 4 units were still operational, namely CC200 08, 09, 15 and 26.

In November 1999 the CC200 26 locomotive was also Scrapyard because of miscommunication. Even though 26 themselves are the healthiest locomotives, until finally the remaining 3 units are still left

After that, 2 CC200 units also died because they were damaged, CC200 09 died because of its spare parts for 15 while CC200 08 fell because the cylinder was broken after being forced to pull JSO751 Argo Lawu ( Well 08 accident was make me Angry cuz He is Sick Idiot!! )

Until finally only CC200 15 was still alive and survived until possibly 2013 after finally dying too because of a broken cylinder too, and luckily 15 were preserved at the Ambarawa Railway Museum while their 2 siblings, CC200 08 and CC200 09, were dried in the sun at Yogyakarta Train Workshop

[fundieshaderoom]

Fundie Families and Adjacents I Follow: Keilen

Ronald Robert Keilen Sr. "Ron"- February 2, 1953

Jillene Adele "Jill"- June 21, 1954

Ron and Jill married on June 26, 1973, at ages 20 and 19. They share 10 children, 6 children-in-law, and 8 grandchildren. They are based in Michigan.

Angela Marie "Angie"- April 2, 1974

Ronald J "RJ"- September 25, 1977

Alison Nicole- January 22, 1982

Craig Andrew- May 9, 1984

Rebecca Danelle "Becky"- July 1, 1986

Brent Daniel- July 1, 1986

Cara Rachele- September 23, 1987

Brandon Timothy- September 15, 1989

Christy-Ann Melisa- January 16, 1991

Amber Micah- October 16, 1992

Angie married Rick Geisel (June 17, 1969) on January 1, 2020, at ages 45 and 50. Rick has 2 children with his first wife who died in 2012 of cancer.

Gideon- 1999ish

Gracie- 2002ish

RJ married Heather Jeanmarie Dauer (April 8, 1971, d. March 17, 2024) on June 16, 2000, at ages 22 and 24. They share 3 children.

Kensington- July 31, 2001

Kardigan- October 8, 2004

Keaton "Rocco"- January 19, 2008

Craig married Marley Marie Rogers in January 2020. They share 3 children.

Noelle- September 3, 2014

Luke- November 7, 2017

Knox Andrew- April 7, 2021

Becky married Timothy Forman on September 14, 2019.

Brent married Monica Nicole DeMass (June 30, 1987) on June 3, 2017, at ages 30 and 29.

Brandon married Michaela Christian Bates (January 23, 1990) on August 15, 2015, both at age 25.

Amber is in a relationship with Graham Turner.