Battle of Los Angeles

Battle of Los Angeles. Page B of the February 26, 1942, Los Angeles Times, showing the coverage of the Battle of Los Angeles and its aftermath. editing by sookietex. More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2015/02/battle-of-los-angeles.html

Initially, the target of the aerial barrage was thought to be an attacking force from Japan, but speaking at a press conference shortly afterward, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called the incident a "false alarm." Newspapers of the time published a number of reports and speculations of a cover-up.

Some modern-day UFOlogists have suggested the targets were extraterrestrial spacecraft. When documenting the incident in 1983, the U.S. Office of Air Force History attributed the event to a case of "war nerves" likely triggered by a lost weather balloon and exacerbated by stray flares and shell bursts from adjoining batteries.

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Knockwurst and Waffles

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The Oscars The Academy Awards

The Oscars, The Academy Awards. The 1st Annual Academy Awards Presentations on May 16, 1929, establishing this annual tradition which continues to this day.

The Academy Awards or The Oscars (the official title was rebranded as The Oscars in 2013.

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The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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The 1st Annual Academy Awards Presentations on May 16, 1929, establishing this annual tradition which continues to this day.

The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the film-making industry of the time for their works during the 1927–28 period; the ceremony ran for 15 minutes.

#Oscars Outside the 26th Annual Academy Awards at RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., 1954. editing by sookietex More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-oscars-academy-awards.html

Best Picture: From Here to Eternity: Buddy Adler

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Stalag 17: William Holden

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Roman Holiday: Audrey Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: From Here to Eternity: Frank Sinatra

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: From Here to Eternity: Donna Reed

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#Oscars Crowd lining street under the marquee of the Pantages Theater at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959. editing by sookietex More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-oscars-academy-awards.html

Best Picture: "BEN-HUR"

Best Actor: CHARLTON HESTON in "Ben-Hur"

Best Actress: SIMONE SIGNORET in "Room at the Top"

Best Supporting Actor: HUGH GRIFFITH in "Ben-Hur"

Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "The Diary of Anne Frank"

Alessandro Volta

Painting by Giuseppe Bertini of Alessandro Volta demonstrating his battery to Napoleon in 1801.

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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 – March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist. He is credited with the invention of the first electrical battery, the Voltaic pile which he invented in 1799.

Painting by Giuseppe Bertini of Alessandro Volta demonstrating his battery to Napoleon in 1801.

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Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, the first player to be inducted from the Negro leagues.

"There ain't no man can avoid being born average. But there ain't no man got to be common." - Satchel Paige

February 9, 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Adam and Eve Driven From Paradise

Adam and Eve Driven From Paradise by James Jacques Joseph Tissot c. 1896-1902 Medium: Gouache on board. Height: 226 mm (8.9 in). Width: 317 mm (12.48 in). Current location: The Jewish Museum (New York City) Accession number: X1952-71

Object history: the artist; sold to Jacob Schiff, February 1909; donated to the New York Public Library, March 1909; transferred to TJM, 1952

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