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Ep. 28 - The Ides of July
Sometimes a lot happens in a single month, as it did in July 1945. Sometimes multiple events happen across time but still on the same date, as with Disneyland in 1955 and the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. Sometimes it's hard to tell how much of each of these is coincidence and how much really makes a difference.
Quick note that I generally did NOT attempt to match up time zones with dates for this episode. I’m using dates as given on the sites listed, expecting that usually it’s going to be in local time, which may or may not represent the same period of time in a simultaneous sense.
Information on Walt Disney and Disneyland is easy enough to find…He was born in December 1901, making him 53 when Disneyland opened in July 1955
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/05/news/wk-disney5
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-warcrimes-bosnia/bosnian-croat-war-crimes-convict-dies-after-taking-poison-in-u-n-court-idUSKBN1DT1E7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots
An image of the surrender aboard the Missouri. At the USAF page, even though the Air Force didn’t exist for another two years….
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196195/japan-surrenders/
Quint’s speech in Jaws. Thursday would have been August 2, which is when they were found again. And the ship was sunk in July, not June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs
U.S. Navy site “Documents Relating to Loss of [USS] Indianapolis
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-martial.html
Pictures of survivors of Indianapolis, six days since their ship sank, three days after they had been located, one day before Hiroshima.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/album-of-survivors.html
Potsdam Conference
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-confwhe
Fun fact: The distance from Tinian to Japan is roughly the distance from Los Angeles or New York to Kansas.
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Sometimes a lot happens in a single month, as it did in July 1945. Sometimes multiple events happen across time but still on the same date, as with Disneyland in 1955 and the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. Sometimes it's hard to tell how much of each of these is coincidence and how much really makes a difference.
Quick note that I generally did NOT attempt to match up time zones with dates for this episode. I’m using dates as given on the sites listed, expecting that usually it’s going to be in local time, which may or may not represent the same period of time in a simultaneous sense.
Information on Walt Disney and Disneyland is easy enough to find…He was born in December 1901, making him 53 when Disneyland opened in July 1955
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/05/news/wk-disney5
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-warcrimes-bosnia/bosnian-croat-war-crimes-convict-dies-after-taking-poison-in-u-n-court-idUSKBN1DT1E7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots
An image of the surrender aboard the Missouri. At the USAF page, even though the Air Force didn’t exist for another two years….
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196195/japan-surrenders/
Quint’s speech in Jaws. Thursday would have been August 2, which is when they were found again. And the ship was sunk in July, not June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs
U.S. Navy site “Documents Relating to Loss of [USS] Indianapolis
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/investigation-and-court-martial/court-martial.html
Pictures of survivors of Indianapolis, six days since their ship sank, three days after they had been located, one day before Hiroshima.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/loss-of-uss-indianapolis-ca-35/album-of-survivors.html
Potsdam Conference
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-confwhe
Fun fact: The distance from Tinian to Japan is roughly the distance from Los Angeles or New York to Kansas.