Category Archives: Decades

F-117 Stealth Jet Crashes At Airshow In Middle River, 1997

Posted on June 13, 2011 by atomictv

Stealth jet crashes at air show Fighter hits house in Bowleys Quarters Neighbors Evacuated Pilot ‘Really Sorry’ Witnesses report seeing F-117A break up in midair By Peter Hermann, Baltimore Sun, 9/15/1997 An Air Force F-117A stealth fighter jet performing at … Continue reading →

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“What hath God wrought.”

Posted on May 24, 2011 by atomictv

By Dead Presidents Daily “Samuel Morse (left) sent his famed telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844, and it’s often mentioned as if it were the very first message ever relayed by telegraph, but it isn’t so. … Continue reading →

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At Preakness, Not Everybody’s Idea of Fun

Posted on May 18, 2011 by atomictv

By Joe Drape (The New York Times, 5/17/2011) Excessive drinking at the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, reached its nadir in 2007 when videos of young men racing atop portable toilets in the Pimlico Race … Continue reading →

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Mount Royal Tavern Installs ‘Cuss Bucket’

Posted on May 17, 2011 by atomictv

If you’re planning to swear at the Mount Royal Tavern be prepared to pay 25 cents a word By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 5/16/2011) Better watch what you say if you’re planning a night of boozy revelry at … Continue reading →

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