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The Tailgate / Today in history 5-4
Last post by remrogers - Today at 09:08:00 AM1970
May 4
National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings
Photo Credit: CSU Archives/Everett Collection
On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight and permanently paralyzing another. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and further galvanized the anti-war movement.
Two days earlier, on May 2, National Guard troops were called to Kent to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests were dispersed by tear gas, and on May 4 class resumed at Kent State University. By noon that day, despite a ban on rallies, some 2,000 people had assembled on the campus. National Guard troops arrived and ordered the crowd to disperse, fired tear gas, and advanced against the students with bayonets fixed on their rifles. Some of the protesters, refusing to yield, responded by throwing rocks and verbally taunting the troops.
Minutes later, without firing a warning shot, the Guardsmen discharged more than 60 rounds toward a group of demonstrators in a nearby parking lot, killing four and wounding nine. The closest casualty was 20 yards away, and the farthest was almost 250 yards away. After a period of disbelief, shock, and attempts at first aid, angry students gathered on a nearby slope and were again ordered to move by the Guardsmen. Faculty members were able to convince the group to disperse, and further bloodshed was prevented.
The shootings led to protests on college campuses across the country. Photographs of the massacre became enduring images of the anti-war movement. In 1974, at the end of a criminal investigation, a federal court dropped all charges levied against eight Ohio National Guardsmen for their role in the Kent State students' deaths.
May 4
National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings
Photo Credit: CSU Archives/Everett Collection
On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight and permanently paralyzing another. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and further galvanized the anti-war movement.
Two days earlier, on May 2, National Guard troops were called to Kent to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests were dispersed by tear gas, and on May 4 class resumed at Kent State University. By noon that day, despite a ban on rallies, some 2,000 people had assembled on the campus. National Guard troops arrived and ordered the crowd to disperse, fired tear gas, and advanced against the students with bayonets fixed on their rifles. Some of the protesters, refusing to yield, responded by throwing rocks and verbally taunting the troops.
Minutes later, without firing a warning shot, the Guardsmen discharged more than 60 rounds toward a group of demonstrators in a nearby parking lot, killing four and wounding nine. The closest casualty was 20 yards away, and the farthest was almost 250 yards away. After a period of disbelief, shock, and attempts at first aid, angry students gathered on a nearby slope and were again ordered to move by the Guardsmen. Faculty members were able to convince the group to disperse, and further bloodshed was prevented.
The shootings led to protests on college campuses across the country. Photographs of the massacre became enduring images of the anti-war movement. In 1974, at the end of a criminal investigation, a federal court dropped all charges levied against eight Ohio National Guardsmen for their role in the Kent State students' deaths.
#3
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Oh-Oh!
Last post by msmith - Today at 07:03:31 AMKinda like humans
#4
The Tailgate / Re: S'posed to get my biggest ...
Last post by Hawks Feather - Yesterday at 12:50:03 PMThanks for the update and I am glad to hear things are still headed in the right direction. It is hard to imagine how many things that you just take for granted that need to be rethought.
I had a friend that had heart surgery (like you) and his biggest complaint was that he was not allowed to fire a rifle or pistol. On the day that he got permission to fire a light recoil rifle we went out to the range and I set up a heavy weight .22LR in a rest with a couple of sand bags so it wouldn't move at all and he shot 'free' recoil and was really happy.
I had a friend that had heart surgery (like you) and his biggest complaint was that he was not allowed to fire a rifle or pistol. On the day that he got permission to fire a light recoil rifle we went out to the range and I set up a heavy weight .22LR in a rest with a couple of sand bags so it wouldn't move at all and he shot 'free' recoil and was really happy.
#5
The Tailgate / Re: S'posed to get my biggest ...
Last post by Okanagan - Yesterday at 12:01:24 PMA progress report and cautions, especially for anyone who has to go through this.
Between 35 and 40 days after the aortic valve surgery, I turned a corner on healing, or at least improving. My chest still hurts most of the time (today makes 46 days since the operation), but it is like a big bruise localized on my chest rather than discomfort and misery all over. The awful fatigue and brain fog is lessening, almost gone for a few hours sometimes. I wake up quite a bit at night but for the second time since surgery, I woke up this morning feeling rested. The weird dreams have dropped off quite a bit.
Any movement or position that uses upper body or chest muscles hurts. It is amazing how many normal motions etc. use upper body and/or chest muscles. A good and safe rule is: if it hurts, DON'T DO IT! Don't risk injuring the incision. Legs muscles and leg strength are fine.
FWIW, my mistakes that could have seriously injured my incision. Things in my house that hurt too much to do: flushing the toilet. The little flipper flush lever takes too much force. Pulling on a pull/push faucet in our bathroom takes too much force. Did not use that sink till day 43 after surgery. Lifting a mug of coffee into our overhead mounted micro-wave. Opening the hatch back on our car. Lifting a bowl of anything from fridge. Groceries. Etc. Etc.
Pulling on store doors to open them caused my biggest risk. About day 28 I tried to open the door to a Wendy's hamburger shop. I pulled on the heavy door, which way exceeded my five pounds of force limit. As I pulled harder, I realized it was too much and stopped pulling a split second too late. A lightening pain shot the full length of my sternum incision. I was afraid that I had split the bone apart where it was trying to heal back together. It hurt extra for the next 20 hours. My temperature went up 1 ½ degree for the next 24 hours (which I think indicates some kind of injury and focused healing going on), and I slept all day the following day.
The incision seems to be OK now, but I simply do not try to open most doors. There are a lot of them. A couple of times I have waited outside till someone else came along or someone saw me and came to open the door. Now If I'm alone I give a gentle tug with both hands, using almost no force, and if it does not swing right open enough to use my foot and leg, I give up.
My first time to drive a car was about day 28 after surgery. A young doc told me on day 21 that I was doing so well they were releasing me to drive then instead of holding me back for the usual 30 days. I looked at him and replied "I would not let me drive."
Between 35 and 40 days after the aortic valve surgery, I turned a corner on healing, or at least improving. My chest still hurts most of the time (today makes 46 days since the operation), but it is like a big bruise localized on my chest rather than discomfort and misery all over. The awful fatigue and brain fog is lessening, almost gone for a few hours sometimes. I wake up quite a bit at night but for the second time since surgery, I woke up this morning feeling rested. The weird dreams have dropped off quite a bit.
Any movement or position that uses upper body or chest muscles hurts. It is amazing how many normal motions etc. use upper body and/or chest muscles. A good and safe rule is: if it hurts, DON'T DO IT! Don't risk injuring the incision. Legs muscles and leg strength are fine.
FWIW, my mistakes that could have seriously injured my incision. Things in my house that hurt too much to do: flushing the toilet. The little flipper flush lever takes too much force. Pulling on a pull/push faucet in our bathroom takes too much force. Did not use that sink till day 43 after surgery. Lifting a mug of coffee into our overhead mounted micro-wave. Opening the hatch back on our car. Lifting a bowl of anything from fridge. Groceries. Etc. Etc.
Pulling on store doors to open them caused my biggest risk. About day 28 I tried to open the door to a Wendy's hamburger shop. I pulled on the heavy door, which way exceeded my five pounds of force limit. As I pulled harder, I realized it was too much and stopped pulling a split second too late. A lightening pain shot the full length of my sternum incision. I was afraid that I had split the bone apart where it was trying to heal back together. It hurt extra for the next 20 hours. My temperature went up 1 ½ degree for the next 24 hours (which I think indicates some kind of injury and focused healing going on), and I slept all day the following day.
The incision seems to be OK now, but I simply do not try to open most doors. There are a lot of them. A couple of times I have waited outside till someone else came along or someone saw me and came to open the door. Now If I'm alone I give a gentle tug with both hands, using almost no force, and if it does not swing right open enough to use my foot and leg, I give up.
My first time to drive a car was about day 28 after surgery. A young doc told me on day 21 that I was doing so well they were releasing me to drive then instead of holding me back for the usual 30 days. I looked at him and replied "I would not let me drive."
#6
The Tailgate / Today in history 5-3
Last post by remrogers - Yesterday at 09:21:04 AM1946
May 3
Japanese war crimes trial begins
In Tokyo, Japan, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
On November 4, 1948, the trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants being found guilty. Of the three other defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane. On November 12, the war crimes tribunal passed death sentences on seven of the men, including General Hideki Tojo, who served as Japanese premier during the war, and other principals, such as Iwane Matsui, who organized the Rape of Nanking, and Heitaro Kimura, who brutalized Allied prisoners of war. Sixteen others were sentenced to life imprisonment, and two were sentenced to lesser terms in prison. On December 23, 1948, Tojo and the six others were executed in Tokyo.
Unlike the Nuremberg trial of Nazi war criminals, where there were four chief prosecutors, to represent Great Britain, France, the United States and the USSR, the Tokyo trial featured only one chief prosecutor–American Joseph B. Keenan, a former assistant to the U.S. attorney general. However, other nations, especially China, contributed to the proceedings, and Australian judge William Flood Webb presided. In addition to the central Tokyo trial, various tribunals sitting outside Japan judged some 5,000 Japanese guilty of war crimes, of whom more than 900 were executed. Some observers thought that Emperor Hirohito should have been tried for his tacit approval of Japanese policy during the war, but he was protected by U.S. authorities who saw him as a symbol of Japanese unity and conservatism, both favorable traits in the postwar U.S. view.
May 3
Japanese war crimes trial begins
In Tokyo, Japan, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
On November 4, 1948, the trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants being found guilty. Of the three other defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane. On November 12, the war crimes tribunal passed death sentences on seven of the men, including General Hideki Tojo, who served as Japanese premier during the war, and other principals, such as Iwane Matsui, who organized the Rape of Nanking, and Heitaro Kimura, who brutalized Allied prisoners of war. Sixteen others were sentenced to life imprisonment, and two were sentenced to lesser terms in prison. On December 23, 1948, Tojo and the six others were executed in Tokyo.
Unlike the Nuremberg trial of Nazi war criminals, where there were four chief prosecutors, to represent Great Britain, France, the United States and the USSR, the Tokyo trial featured only one chief prosecutor–American Joseph B. Keenan, a former assistant to the U.S. attorney general. However, other nations, especially China, contributed to the proceedings, and Australian judge William Flood Webb presided. In addition to the central Tokyo trial, various tribunals sitting outside Japan judged some 5,000 Japanese guilty of war crimes, of whom more than 900 were executed. Some observers thought that Emperor Hirohito should have been tried for his tacit approval of Japanese policy during the war, but he was protected by U.S. authorities who saw him as a symbol of Japanese unity and conservatism, both favorable traits in the postwar U.S. view.
#7
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Oh-Oh!
Last post by Hawks Feather - May 02, 2024, 01:57:58 PMYou will have the time of your life and give up that life for it.
#9
The Tailgate / Today in history 5-2
Last post by remrogers - May 02, 2024, 09:52:46 AM1670
April 2
King Charles II grants charter to Hudson's Bay Company
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company, made up of the group of French explorers who opened the lucrative North American fur trade to London merchants. The charter conferred on them not only a trading monopoly but also effective control over the vast region surrounding North America's Hudson Bay.
Although contested by other English traders and the French in the region, the Hudson's Bay Company was highly successful in exploiting what would become eastern Canada. During the 18th century, the company gained an advantage over the French in the area but was also strongly criticized in Britain for its repeated failures to find a northwest passage out of Hudson Bay.
After France's loss of Canada at the end of the French and Indian Wars, new competition developed with the establishment of the North West Company by Montreal merchants and Scottish traders. As both companies attempted to dominate fur potentials in central and western Canada, violence sometimes erupted, and in 1821 the two companies were amalgamated under the name of the Hudson's Bay Company. The united company ruled a vast territory extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and under the governorship of Sir George Simpson from 1821 to 1856, reached the peak of its fortunes.
After Canada was granted dominion status in 1867, the company lost its monopoly on the fur trade, but it had diversified its business ventures and remained Canada's largest corporation through the 1920s.
April 2
King Charles II grants charter to Hudson's Bay Company
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company, made up of the group of French explorers who opened the lucrative North American fur trade to London merchants. The charter conferred on them not only a trading monopoly but also effective control over the vast region surrounding North America's Hudson Bay.
Although contested by other English traders and the French in the region, the Hudson's Bay Company was highly successful in exploiting what would become eastern Canada. During the 18th century, the company gained an advantage over the French in the area but was also strongly criticized in Britain for its repeated failures to find a northwest passage out of Hudson Bay.
After France's loss of Canada at the end of the French and Indian Wars, new competition developed with the establishment of the North West Company by Montreal merchants and Scottish traders. As both companies attempted to dominate fur potentials in central and western Canada, violence sometimes erupted, and in 1821 the two companies were amalgamated under the name of the Hudson's Bay Company. The united company ruled a vast territory extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and under the governorship of Sir George Simpson from 1821 to 1856, reached the peak of its fortunes.
After Canada was granted dominion status in 1867, the company lost its monopoly on the fur trade, but it had diversified its business ventures and remained Canada's largest corporation through the 1920s.
#10
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Oh-Oh!
Last post by FinsnFur - May 02, 2024, 05:34:50 AMHe gone