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January 16th Notable Events
Posted on 1/15/26 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 1/15/26 at 5:25 pm
The fax machine was invented by Alexander Bain...he first successfully demonstrated its use on January 16th 1843. So, the fax machine (or a facsimile thereof) made its debut 183 years ago.
Additional events:
1581 - English Parliament passes a law against Catholicism
1777 - Vermont declares independence from New York
1793 - The French National Convention sentences King Louis XVI to death
1909 - Antarctic explorers Mawson, David and Mackay reach the South Magnetic Pole
1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram is sent from Germany to Mexico promising Texas, Arizona and New Mexico be given to Mexico in exchange for joining the Axis with Germany if the US enters WWI on the Allied side.
1941 - US Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of a potential assault on Pearl Harbor
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls
1976 - Frampton Comes Alive is released
1980 - Paul McCartney arrested at Tokyo airport for possession of marijuana (jailed for 9 days before being deported)
1984 - Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis
Additional events:
1581 - English Parliament passes a law against Catholicism
1777 - Vermont declares independence from New York
1793 - The French National Convention sentences King Louis XVI to death
1909 - Antarctic explorers Mawson, David and Mackay reach the South Magnetic Pole
1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram is sent from Germany to Mexico promising Texas, Arizona and New Mexico be given to Mexico in exchange for joining the Axis with Germany if the US enters WWI on the Allied side.
1941 - US Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of a potential assault on Pearl Harbor
1966 - Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls
1976 - Frampton Comes Alive is released
1980 - Paul McCartney arrested at Tokyo airport for possession of marijuana (jailed for 9 days before being deported)
1984 - Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis
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Posted on 1/15/26 at 6:43 pm to madmaxvol
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The fax machine was invented by Alexander Bain...he first successfully demonstrated its use on January 16th 1843. So, the fax machine (or a facsimile thereof) made its debut 183 years ago.
That's amazing
Posted on 1/15/26 at 9:45 pm to madmaxvol
1980 - Paul McCartney arrested
1984 - Paul McCartney arrested
Good luck tomorrow Paul.
1984 - Paul McCartney arrested
Good luck tomorrow Paul.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 1:44 pm to madmaxvol
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the fax machine (or a facsimile thereof)
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made its debut 183 years ago
The best way I ever heard this explained was: Imagine taking a piece of paper and laying a very thin string across it from one side to the other, then back across to the other side, and so forth until you have covered the entire page with a snaking pattern similar to radiator coil (or whatever pattern you choose).
Then write a message with a felt-tip pen onto the string as if it were the normal surface of the paper.
Pulling the string apart, you're then left with a specific pattern of dots that could be electronically transmitted across a wire.
When that string was received and wound using the same pattern, the original message would appear.
That's essentially the rudimentary concept, just replace the string with an optical scanner and a printer.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 4:19 pm to madmaxvol
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January 16th Notable Events
January 16, 1950 - the mother of one LittleJerrySeinfeld was born
Posted on 1/16/26 at 4:31 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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the mother of one LittleJerrySeinfeld
Posted on 1/16/26 at 6:15 pm to madmaxvol
Vermont still sucks
Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:47 pm to madmaxvol
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1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram is sent from Germany to Mexico promising Texas, Arizona and New Mexico be given to Mexico in exchange for joining the Axis with Germany if the US enters WWI on the Allied side.
One of the all time great WTF moments (Hitler would pull an ever better one off in WWII) in history. The Mexican response can best be summed up as "are you high?"
Mexico knew it couldn't win a war vs the United States and was, at the time, fighting a serious civil war. Also Germany basically offered a pinky swear. Mexico hated us, for, well, good reasons, but the government realized this would be a complete disaster.
Today... Mexico could go nuclear in a matter of months and start churning out a modern military in a year. A Ukrainian style drown swarm they could probably get going in a month. Even more than Canada they are the hidden power of North America.
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