HistorTweet Week In Review: W/E September 12, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending September 12, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE London, September 7, 1940 – Londoners maintain stiff upper lip in the face of the Blitz: http://bit.ly/24oFt4
The Back-Story:
[SFX: London’s Burning] German bombers over the skies of London one Saturday afternoon marked a change Germany’s strategy in its battle for Britain. Germany sought to demoralize the British by destroying London. Over 300 bombers launched the first wave of the Blitz, in an evening of attacks that would last over 12 hours. The Blitz itself continued for 57 successive nights, with over 43,000 casualties among British civilians, and, yet, it failed completely in its goal of bombing the British to submission and opening the door to a German invasion. [SFX: 2 Legit to Quit; The Old Philosopher]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Munich, September 10, 1972 – Three seconds are key as Soviets become first to defeat US in hoops: http://bit.ly/9ByP5
The Back-Story:
[SFX: Gimme the Ball] For 36 years, the United States dominated Olympic Basketball. In 1972, a well-drilled, muscular, and precise team from the Soviet Union faced off against a US team that was much less dominant than the 1964 and ‘68 Olympic teams, and which had practiced together only briefly. Both teams advanced easily through the tournament, and, in the gold medal match-up, the Soviets rolled easily through the first half. [SFX: Mama said knock you out]The US team battled back in the second half, pulling to a one-point lead with three seconds remaining. Those last seconds were chaos, with the end result an long inbounds pass and easy lay-up under the Soviet basket. The US protest of the game was overturned, and the US team did not attend the medal ceremony or accept their silver medals.[SFX:You Cheated You Lied]

[SFX: SOUND827]: In other news: DATELINE Alaska, September 6, 1992 – Into the wild, Alaskan hunters discover body of Supertramp in his bus-shelter: http://bit.ly/1DSVy3:
The Back-Story:
[SFX: North to Alaska] Christopher McCandless was born into privilege, but, along the way, rejected his background and money, and,” inspired by W. H. Davies’ “Autobiography of Super-Tramp,” [SFX: Breakfast in America]sought to live as an independent wanderer and conquer frontiers with no map or compass to guide him. His last challenge, the Alaskan wilderness, proved too much for him.[SFX: Midnight Train to Georgia; Just Once] On September 6, two hunters found his emaciated body in an abandoned bus that he had used for shelter. McCandless, who, despite some successes, was woefully unprepared for what Alaska had in store, had starved to death two weeks earlier.

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

September 6:Kennedy-clan patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy
September 7:Folk artist Grandma Moses
September 8: Actor Peter Sellers
September 9: KFC Founder Colonel Sanders
September 10: Singer/Songwriter José Feliciano
September 11:Author DH Lawrence
And September 12: Track great Jesse Owens

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