Continuing our countdown to the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11.I love these formal portraits of the Apollo 11 astronauts. For one thing, their suits are just so white. Armstrong and Collins are subdued or even bemused. Buzz Aldrin, ever the enthusiast, flat-out grins.
Mr. McNamara saw his central role as preventing nuclear war. During his tenure as secretary of defense, there were conflicts that could have escalated into nuclear war — the confrontation over Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis. All of this must be seen against the backdrop of the prevailing ideas of the time, the domino theory and the cold war.
The third Oscar Mayer to run the family meat business has died — as did his father and grandfather before him.It seems suspicious.This Oscar Mayer was the one who presided over the “I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner” ad campaigns. Perhaps he was finished off by headlines like this one.Good luck, Mr. Mayer, wherever you are.
More photos from the Michael Jackson memorial service here.
(TV trucks outside Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills on 7 July 2009.)A family funeral for pop star Michael Jackson took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills today, and Jackson reportedly (may) be buried there after his funeral today.
The New York Post reports a few juicy details from an upcoming biography by C. David Heymann called Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story. The book says Jackie Kennedy had a four-year love affair with her brother-in-law, Robert Kennedy.Heymann has written about Jackie and Bobby before, in 1989’s A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and in 1998’s R.F.K.: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy.
Smart work from the Australian sample artist Pogo.
Here’s how it looks when you train for a moon walk. Just you, the phony gray lunar surface, and 15 kid brainiacs with skinny black ties.
Counting down to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission.I can’t get enough of these early photos of crewcut Neil Armstrong.This shot is from 1964. Armstrong was 34 years old, and he had been an astronaut since 1962. His first mission, aboard Gemini VIII, was still two years away. Three years after that he’d be on the moon.
5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14.Those were the scores from Roger Federer’s big win over Andy Roddick in the men’s finals at Wimbledon today.To put it in perspective, the 30 games in that final set are the equivalent of playing three full sets of 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4. (Or five sets of 6-0… but why go overboard?) Federer now stands alone as the man with the most Grand Slam singles titles ever: 15. Pete Sampras, once the champeen, now is second with 14 Slam titles.
This is a good shot for the 4th of July: camping, cold drinks, parties.The party in this photo is actually for the launch of Apollo 11. One million people, give or take, showed up at Cape Canaveral to watch the launch in 1969.
Here’s the transcript of the surprise announcement from Sarah Palin today: she’s quitting as of July 26th.
Counting down to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin during training for aircraft ejection at Perrin AFB in May, 1968.
Here’s the fascinating story of Cookie Crum, a 77 year-old lady from southern Oregon who was recently inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame.Cookie, now retired, was once known as “Queen of the Hell Drivers,” back when she was an 18 year-old stunt rider on the carnival circuit. It’s a good tale.
Today would have been the 84th birthday of Civil Rights organizer Medgar Evers, had he not been murdered in 1963.Evers was a black World War II veteran and a college graduate who sold insurance throughout rural Mississippi. He made headlines in 1954 when he tried to get into the University of Mississippi Law School at a time when segregation was strictly enforced. And he was shot in the back outside his home for his very public work for the legal rights of African Americans.
July 16th, 1969: launch day for Apollo 11, the ship that put the first men on the moon.Who2 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 for the next three weeks, right through splashdown on 24 July. We’ll have a photo a day, mostly from the marvelous NASA history archives, along with assorted notes and commentary.
“She said yes, yes, yes, like 500 times super fast in a row.”He was the first to reach 21, and he’ll be the first to lose his purity ring.
“You want to have him on the site in Neverland. That’s where Elvis is at Graceland.””On the site.” Hah!The MJ story has moved along to tasteful speculation on whether Neverland can become the next big-money Graceland.