Reminders from Our Flag
for Tuesday, July 30, 2019
for Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Half-Staff Alerts for July 30
Our Flag is FULL STAFF across 48 of 50 states
Two States, NY and CA, have local half-staffs in their state
Our Flag is FULL STAFF across 48 of 50 states
Two States, NY and CA, have local half-staffs in their state
Today's Historical Moment
... Happy Birthday NASA ...
... Happy Birthday NASA ...
[ President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) appoints T. Keith Glennan (right) NASA's first administrator and Hugh L. Dryden its first deputy administrator.
Image Credit: NASA = educational use / public domain ]
Image Credit: NASA = educational use / public domain ]
On yesterday's date, July 29, in 1958, NASA (the National Administration for Space and Aeronautics) was born. President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act to create it. Although initially pushed for creation as a matter of national security, NASA was designated as a civilian, instead of a military led, agency. Scientists, leading the space exploration work pleaded with the President and Congress, to ensure its research was not driven by military priorities. Operations began on October 1, 1958 and by 1961 President Kennedy boldly set a goal of "landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, and returning him safely to the Earth." That goal was met with Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 - which celebrated its 50th anniversary last week.
[ President Eisenhower watches as Glennan (right) and Dryden are sworn in as leaders of NASA ... Image Credit: NASA = educational use / public domain ]
Today's Slice of Americana
... in hulking, immigrant style ;) ...
... in hulking, immigrant style ;) ...
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger defending his fifth Mr. Olympia contest in 1974. ]
OTD, July 30, in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria. He served in the Austrian Army in 1965 and was put in the brig for a week because he went AWOL to attend a bodybuilding competition during his basic training. In 1968, he emigrated to the U.S. to pursue his bodybuilding career in Los Angelese, California - training under Joe Weider at Gold's Gym in Venice Beach. He became a U.S. citizen in 1983, after his breakout movie - Conan the Barbarian hit it big in 1982. He became a star in a number of hollywood films; including some of my favorites like: Terminator, Total Recall, Twins, Predator, and Kindergarten Cop. And, he served as California's 38th Governor from 2003 to 2011.
[ below is the iconic'It's Not a Tumor' scene from K-Cop ;) ]
[ below is the iconic'It's Not a Tumor' scene from K-Cop ;) ]
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... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
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Now go 'Be a stud citizen' today by ...
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!
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