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GENEVA -- The historic replica Viking ship in Good Templar Park here may be sailing off to extinction. Landmarks Illinois, a non-profit organization that compiles a yearly "Top 10" list of endangered historical features that face extinction because of neglect, vandalism or redevelopment, has named the Viking ship Raven to its list for 2007.
("A lot of damage is being done (to Raven)," said Pat Hanson, past president of the Good Templar Park Board. "The ship is showing some real signs of breakdown, and if it keeps going like this, I'm not sure it can be restored."
In 1892, Captain Mangus Anderson built the Raven -- a replica of a Viking ship built in 850 -- and sailed it from Norway to Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair.
"I don't think a lot of people understand how historic this ship is," Hanson said. "The fact that these people sailed it and brought it all the way across the ocean and to Chicago is amazing."
For decades, the 76-foot-long ship sat in Chicago's Lincoln Park. But when the zoo's animals required more room, the American Scandinavian Council bought the massive ship from the Chicago Park District and relocated it to a West Chicago storage yard for safe-keeping.
"Ironically, I met with two members of Good Templar Park on Monday who were expressing concern (about Raven's current state)," said Karla Kaulfuss, historic preservation planner for the city of Geneva. "It's not a designated landmark, though, so there isn't any direct care from the city's standpoint."
"They appear to have just dropped the ship," Hanson said, adding that the Raven is still on the original trailer that hauled it to Geneva from Chicago 10 years ago, causing bending and breaking in the wood.
"We don't have the financing or the expertise to pay for a permanent shelter," she said. "It needs help beyond us."
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/279131,2_1_AU1_VIKING_S1.article
(AP) ROME Archaeologists working on the eve of Valentine's Day carefully began digging up the bones of a prehistoric couple on Tuesday, hoping to keep their 5,000-year-old embrace undisturbed forever.
The pair, buried between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago in the late Neolithic period, are believed to be a man and a woman who died young, because their teeth were found intact. Archaeologists have hailed the find, saying that double burials from that period are rare and none have been found in such a touching pose.
The burial was unearthed on the outskirts of Mantua during construction work. The site is 25 miles south of Verona, the city where Shakespeare set the story of "Romeo and Juliet," and the discovery fueled musings in the media about prehistoric love.
Elena Menotti, the archaeologist who led the dig said there is little doubt the couple's pose was born of a deep love, but warned it could be impossible to determine the exact nature of their relationship and how they died.
Mantua's archaeological office said in a statement Tuesday that, in some cases of the period, the wife would be sacrificed when her husband died and buried with him. However, the statement said that "at the current stage of research" there was no evidence that this was what happened to Mantua pair.
After undergoing lab tests, the couple are to be displayed at Mantua's Archaeological Museum.
http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_044103824.html
Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born on May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York. The son of a successful entrepreneur, Baum embarked on many careers before beginning to write for children. In his youth, he ran a small printing press to produce a monthly magazine for family and friends. As an adult, his creative work as an actor, playwright, and journalist was interspersed with commercial pursuits including poultry farming, store keeping, and window dressing.
Baum's career as a children's author began with the 1899 publication of Father Goose: His Book. Although Father Goose was the children's bestseller of the year, it was soon overshadowed by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The demand for additional stories about Dorothy and her friends was so great that Baum wrote thirteen more Oz books. Other fictional works created for boys and girls were published by Baum under the pen names "Floyd Akers" and "Edith Van Dyne." After Baum's death in 1919, a new generation of authors continued the Oz series as well as several of Baum's other story lines.
There were many versions of this tale over the years like "The WIZ"
On April 18th, 1906 at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples numerous buildings. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could be felt from southern Oregon down to Los Angeles. The majority of the damage to the city was done by fires and not the actual earthquake.
I read this book about it, which was ok. I heard this one is better.
90 years ago the first tanks appeared...and revolutionized Warfare for ever.
Funny clip of an old news show speaking about the new craze : THE INTERNET ( You even hear the crazy Modem Sound : EeeeOOooOooAaaaAaaaHeeeeeEEEE...Check it out :
http://www.stupidcollege.com/items/The-Internet
Personaly in early 2000, got up listening to KISS's " I'm a 2000 Man. and realised shit ! I dont even know how to start a computer, few days later i had my Beige Pentium 1 and crazy Modem (which i later found a way to silence) By the way...check out Ace Frehley's lyrics ( http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kiss/79804.html ) on the "2000 Man" song...he's a Prophet ! I am having an affair with a random compuuuuuter !
The modern Olympics may have come a long way from their ancient origins, but the key athletic disciplines -- running faster, jumping higher and throwing further -- can all be traced back to classical Greece in the 5th Century BC.
Late on the afternoon of November 10th, 1975 the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald made radio contact with another ship, the Avafor, and reported that they "had a bad list, had lost both radars, and was taking heavy seas over the deck in one of the worst seas he had ever been in." Captain McSorely was a seasoned sailor of the Great Lakes with 44 years of experience.
"...At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in
he said 'fellas it's bin good to know ya'
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril
and later that night when 'is lights went out of sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
At 7 p.m. the Anderson made radio contact with the Fitzgerald and had her on their radar. When asked how the Fitzgerald was making out they replied "We are holding our own". This was around 7:10 p.m.. Shortly afterwards the Fitzgerald disappeared from the Anderson's radar screen.
There is a new book that was released today chronicling the ship called The Mighty Fitz.
CHICAGO (AFP) - As the fury of Mount Vesuvius rained down on the ancient city of Pompeii, a small dog tried to save himself by climbing the steadily rising piles of ash and pumice stones.
But the chain attached to his neck proved to be his undoing: 12 hours later his horrific death was frozen in time by the very ash and volcanic gas that smothered him.
The twisted body of the dog is just one of the gruesome casts displayed at Chicago's Field Museum as part of a traveling exhibit that tells the story of the famous eruption that destroyed the Roman city in 79 AD.
The volcanic ash that buried Pompeii and the neighboring resort of Herculaneum preserved the towns so perfectly that excavators were even able to find carbonized loaves of bread in a bakery, offering an unprecedented window into the daily life of ancient Romans.
Read more: Exhibit displays gruesome casts of Pompeii's dead - Yahoo! News
On October 14th, 1979 Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal.
By the way, the card in this image is an ebay auction that ends in 1 hour. It has had 21 bids so far and is currently at $1,401...... for a piece of cardboard!!!
ITEM ENDED UP SELLING FOR $1,529.00!!!!
COLUMBUS REACHES THE NEW WORLD:
October 12, 1492
Most Americans do not know the murderous history of Christopher Columbus. Columbus kidnapped , enslaved, and murdered the Arawak people. He ruled with severe discipline ordering the cutting off of ears or nose as punishment for minor crimes. Women were known to kill their newborn babies, rather than have them raised in such hideous circumstances. Columbus would reward his officers with women to rape. Girls 10 to 12 were especially desired for rape. Read more ...
On September 1st, 1972 Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title.
I'm reading this book right now about this match. These chess geniuses are completely off their fuckin rockers.
On August 17 1914 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. is born and on August 17th 1988 he dies.
That would suck to die on your birthday.