THOUGHT FORCE
William Walker Atkinson
Friday, August 29, 2025
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
RADIOHEAD : August 2001
RADIOHEAD
band played in New Jersey, less than a month before
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Futurama | Official Trailer - Season 13 | Hulu
FUTURAMA
Nothing hits harder than a brand new season of Futurama. We're back Sept 15 on Hulu, HuluOnDisneyPlus, and FXX. ABOUT Futurama While delivering pizza on New Year's Eve 1999, Philip J. Fry is accidentally cryonically frozen and thawed out one thousand years into the future. From the creator of "The Simpsons,"
"Futurama" is a sci-fi animated comedy.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
South Park | Episode Preview : Aug 20, 2025
Sickofancy
South Park’s 27th season continues this Wednesday, August 20
at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+.
National Aviation Day - Aug 19th
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire remains popular among enthusiasts. Around 70 remain airworthy, and many more are static exhibits in aviation museums throughout the world.
NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight
NASA’s X-59
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, on July 18, 2025. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight and the aircraft is scheduled to make its first flight later this year.
Credit: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Foo Fighters' Network TV Debut: "This Is A Call" | Letterman
FOO FIGHTERS
The Foos make their network television debut with Dave.
(From "Late Show," air date: 8/14/95)
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Fat Man : August 9, 1945 - Nagasaki, Japan
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FATMAN
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Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan
On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan. This event was the second and last time a nuclear weapon was used in warfare. The bomb was dropped from a B-29 bomber named "Bockscar". The "Fat Man" bomb was a plutonium implosion-type weapon, with an explosive force equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of TNT.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Enola Gay + Little Boy + Hiroshima, Japan + August 6, 1945
Enola Gay
The B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. The bombing was a key event in World War II and resulted in significant casualties and destruction.
aviation and space museum
The Enola Gay is currently on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Little Boy
The atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, by the American bomber Enola Gay. This event, part of the Manhattan Project, marked the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare. The bomb, a gun-type uranium-235 device, had an explosive force equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, and resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and widespread destruction.