Son of Sandor
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Our Dad Alexander, Sandor in Hungarian. A first generation American. #WWII and 20 year veteran of the USAAC, USSAF, USAF Chief Master Sergeant. Our Mom Joyce his Australian war bride. Posts about #History, #Science, #Weather and Global Relations.
The United States is advancing a new peace proposal for ending Russia's war against Ukraine, a plan that Ukrainian officials say mirrors Moscow's maximalist demands and revives concessions the Kremlin had previously dropped.
US sides with Russia, pushes Ukraine toward capitulation — here's what we know so far
The United States is advancing a new peace proposal for ending Russia's war against Ukraine, a plan that Ukrainian officials say mirrors Moscow's maximalist demands and revives concessions the Kremlin...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nov. 19, 1925: British authorities forbid all public meetings in India’s Punjab province for two months, seeking to calm tensions among the Muslim population. One section supports the puritanical Wahhabist Ibn Saud in Arabia, and the other King Ali of Hejaz.
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Nov 20, 1950 TIME Radio Daily announced their favorite shows and performers of 1950. In TV documentary MARCH OF TIME’S Crusade in Europe (ABC) scored a repeat win. Documentary honors in radio went to NBC’s four-part atomic program The Quick and the Dead, starring Bob Hope. time.com/archive/6616...
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Nov 20, 1950 TIME Radio Daily announced their favorite shows and performers of 1950. In TV documentary MARCH OF TIME’S Crusade in Europe (ABC) scored a repeat win. Documentary honors in radio went to NBC’s four-part atomic program The Quick and the Dead, starring Bob Hope. time.com/archive/6616...
Nov 20, 1950 TIME Deep in the Middle East desert, a burnoosed Arab swung a Geiger counter over a fat steel pipe. It was the first oil to pass through the Trans-Arabian pipeline (known as Tapline), the biggest overseas construction project ever financed by private US capital. time.com/archive/6616...
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nov 20, 1950 TIME Deep in the Middle East desert, a burnoosed Arab swung a Geiger counter over a fat steel pipe. It was the first oil to pass through the Trans-Arabian pipeline (known as Tapline), the biggest overseas construction project ever financed by private US capital. time.com/archive/6616...
That would be Dad's. bsky.app/profile/sono...
Dec 23, 1942 #WWII Port Moresby, New Guinea. Dad's Diary "Hot day for work. This evening the alert sounded at 9:00 P.M. False run as it was one of our own plane. Was sick all day, threw up every thing I eat, couldn't even keep water down. Had no ambition what so ever."
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That would be Dad's. bsky.app/profile/sono...
More than 6000 people gathered at the Main Tibetan Temple today to express gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his kindness, beginning with his assumption of the spiritual and temporal leadership of Tibet on 17th November 1950. www.dalailama.com/news/celebra...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
More than 6000 people gathered at the Main Tibetan Temple today to express gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his kindness, beginning with his assumption of the spiritual and temporal leadership of Tibet on 17th November 1950. www.dalailama.com/news/celebra...
Nov 18, 1950 Despite denials by the Tibetan delegation, other sources in Kalimpong report that full temporal authority is being ceremoniously transferred today from the Regent to the boy Dalai Lama. He would not normally have been vested with authority until 1952.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Nov 18, 1950 Despite denials by the Tibetan delegation, other sources in Kalimpong report that full temporal authority is being ceremoniously transferred today from the Regent to the boy Dalai Lama. He would not normally have been vested with authority until 1952.
They're too fast to have my camera ready and they don't often show up on radar. I've always said Tahoe should be marketed to Aviation geeks. There's something different every day.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
They're too fast to have my camera ready and they don't often show up on radar. I've always said Tahoe should be marketed to Aviation geeks. There's something different every day.
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In Ravello I asked to thank the Nonna still in charge of the kitchen at our favorite restaurant. I told her my Uncle had fought in Italy in WW-II. "Before the Americans came, "she said, "the children had no shoes and no food." Quickly realized: SHE had been one of those children.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In Ravello I asked to thank the Nonna still in charge of the kitchen at our favorite restaurant. I told her my Uncle had fought in Italy in WW-II. "Before the Americans came, "she said, "the children had no shoes and no food." Quickly realized: SHE had been one of those children.
Since war in Gaza brought the Palestinian cause back to the center of Arab politics, Saudi leaders, who see themselves as guardians of the Muslim world and stewards of Islam’s holiest sites, view any normalization of relations with Israel absent a Palestinian state. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Since war in Gaza brought the Palestinian cause back to the center of Arab politics, Saudi leaders, who see themselves as guardians of the Muslim world and stewards of Islam’s holiest sites, view any normalization of relations with Israel absent a Palestinian state. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
It's not the first time. bsky.app/profile/sono...
On Dec 18, 1940, Hitler ordered an attack on the Soviet Union. The history of the Hitler-Stalin Pact ends on June 22, 1941. At the height of the Cold War, Stalin yearned deeply for the lost treaty. “Together with the Germans we would be invincible!” Stalin’s daughter remembered her father exclaiming
Today in WW2 History, 18 Nov 1940: [Photo] Molotov and Hitler in Berlin ##ww2 ##onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=15049
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's not the first time. bsky.app/profile/sono...
I bet it wasn't pleasant. Then heading up the Cascades during Winter.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I bet it wasn't pleasant. Then heading up the Cascades during Winter.