Weekly this day in history picture post..............................................1946...........
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Here we go: May 11
1946 Ferrari's First Race
Ferrari made its independent racing debut at a race in Piacenza, Italy. Enzo Ferrari had been designing race cars for Alpha Romeo since the late 1920s, and it was not until after the war that he broke from Alpha to form his own car manufacturing firm. Ferrari entered his Tipo 125 car at the race in Piacenza. Featuring a revolutionary V-12 engine, the Tipo 125 led the race with two laps to go before a fuel pump failed and forced it from the race. The result pleased Ferrari. In 1947 his company built and sold three Tipo 125 cars. Also a Ferrari first at the race in Piacenza was the prancing horse hood ornament characteristic of all Ferraris since. Enzo had adopted the logo a few years earlier in honor of Italian World War I ace Enrico Baracca. Having met Baracca's parents at a social event, Enzo decided to honor their son by taking on the prancing horse logo that he had worn on the side of his airplane. Ferrari added the canary yellow background to honor his home city of Modena. With the prancing horse hood ornament, Ferrari would go on to unparalleled racing success, including nine Formula One Grand Prix World Championships.
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1940 Ship-to-Shore Telecast
Bermuda-bound passengers on the SS <I>President Roosevelt</I> watched the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair on the first ship-to-shore television broadcast on May 11, 1940.
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1894 The Pullman Car Strike
Speaking at a convention of the American Railway Union in the summer of 1894, one of the strikers from the Pullman Palace Car Company plainly summarized his reasons for walking off the job. "We struck at Pullman because we were without hope." Indeed, the Pullman company had enacted a fierce, paternalistic control over its workers, forcing them to pay exorbitant rents for space in the company town. During the Depression of 1893, the company handed out a hefty round of wage cuts; though the cuts ate up 25 percent to 40 percent of workers' take-home pay, the company refused to lower its rents. In May of 1894, a group of workers implored company chief George Pullman to redress the situation. Pullman promptly fired three of the workers. Looking to strike back at the man they viewed as an "ulcer on the body politic," the rail workers enlisted the aid of labor leader Eugene Debs and his then-mighty American Railway Union (ARU). With considerable organizational support from the ARU, the Pullman workers called a nationwide strike that began on this day in 1894. Though Debs was a fierce and well-organized leader--he successfully marshaled a parallel boycott of Pullman's rail cars--Pullman, with considerable aid from his fellow rail managers, proved to be a formidable foe. The rail managers won the support of Federal and state troops, which led to a long and violent skirmish in early July. The "war" between the strikers and troops left thirty-four men dead. Desperately seeking reinforcements, Debs turned to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). But, Samuel Gompers and the other AFL leaders offered scant support, which ultimately spelled doom for the strikers. Pullman and the rail managers soon prevailed over the strikers, many of whom were subsequently barred from working in the rail industry.
1946 Ferrari's First Race
Ferrari made its independent racing debut at a race in Piacenza, Italy. Enzo Ferrari had been designing race cars for Alpha Romeo since the late 1920s, and it was not until after the war that he broke from Alpha to form his own car manufacturing firm. Ferrari entered his Tipo 125 car at the race in Piacenza. Featuring a revolutionary V-12 engine, the Tipo 125 led the race with two laps to go before a fuel pump failed and forced it from the race. The result pleased Ferrari. In 1947 his company built and sold three Tipo 125 cars. Also a Ferrari first at the race in Piacenza was the prancing horse hood ornament characteristic of all Ferraris since. Enzo had adopted the logo a few years earlier in honor of Italian World War I ace Enrico Baracca. Having met Baracca's parents at a social event, Enzo decided to honor their son by taking on the prancing horse logo that he had worn on the side of his airplane. Ferrari added the canary yellow background to honor his home city of Modena. With the prancing horse hood ornament, Ferrari would go on to unparalleled racing success, including nine Formula One Grand Prix World Championships.
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1940 Ship-to-Shore Telecast
Bermuda-bound passengers on the SS <I>President Roosevelt</I> watched the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair on the first ship-to-shore television broadcast on May 11, 1940.
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1894 The Pullman Car Strike
Speaking at a convention of the American Railway Union in the summer of 1894, one of the strikers from the Pullman Palace Car Company plainly summarized his reasons for walking off the job. "We struck at Pullman because we were without hope." Indeed, the Pullman company had enacted a fierce, paternalistic control over its workers, forcing them to pay exorbitant rents for space in the company town. During the Depression of 1893, the company handed out a hefty round of wage cuts; though the cuts ate up 25 percent to 40 percent of workers' take-home pay, the company refused to lower its rents. In May of 1894, a group of workers implored company chief George Pullman to redress the situation. Pullman promptly fired three of the workers. Looking to strike back at the man they viewed as an "ulcer on the body politic," the rail workers enlisted the aid of labor leader Eugene Debs and his then-mighty American Railway Union (ARU). With considerable organizational support from the ARU, the Pullman workers called a nationwide strike that began on this day in 1894. Though Debs was a fierce and well-organized leader--he successfully marshaled a parallel boycott of Pullman's rail cars--Pullman, with considerable aid from his fellow rail managers, proved to be a formidable foe. The rail managers won the support of Federal and state troops, which led to a long and violent skirmish in early July. The "war" between the strikers and troops left thirty-four men dead. Desperately seeking reinforcements, Debs turned to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). But, Samuel Gompers and the other AFL leaders offered scant support, which ultimately spelled doom for the strikers. Pullman and the rail managers soon prevailed over the strikers, many of whom were subsequently barred from working in the rail industry.
Pennies make dollars, and dollars make slabs!
....inflation must be kicking in again this dollar says spend by Dec. 31 2004!
Erik
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Pennies make dollars, and dollars make slabs!
....inflation must be kicking in again this dollar says spend by Dec. 31 2004!
Erik