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Posted on 5/4/24 at 1:53 am to OWLFAN86
My grandfather was on the flight deck when the forrestal disaster went down. As was John McCain.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:04 am to OWLFAN86
My brother-in-law was the pilot of the Avianca passenger jet that Pablo Escobar had blown up shortly after takeoff in Bogota, Colombia in November 1989.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:07 am to theunknownknight
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King Alfred, the first King of England
Wrong
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:09 am to DarkDrifter
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One of my wife's ancestors was burned at the stake in Salem ..
They were hanged not burned
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:33 am to biglego
Great uncle was on the team that invented glow sticks
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:46 am to AUVet21
I had an uncle who retired from the US Army as a brigadier. In the early '80s he was an exchange officer with the British Army testing prototypes for what would become the Challenger1 tank. The commanding officer broke his leg shortly before Charles and Diana's wedding and my uncle rode with the British 11th Hussars in the wedding procession. I believe he led them due to the injury but I'm not 100% on that.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 6:47 am
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:09 am to OWLFAN86
My 5th great grandfather was James Calhoun and his brother was....John C Calhoun. So I guess you could say my family was close to history since Calhoun was involved in so many things from 1812-1850. My dad had a bunch of Calhoun family papers and he gave them to Clemson or the group that runs Calhoun's Fort Hill home in Clemson.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:15 am to OWLFAN86
I stood in line with East Germans in East Berlin the day the Bradenburg Gate was officially opened.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:17 am to OWLFAN86
I was a part of the great Reggie’s heist circa 2008
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:20 am to Trevaylin
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My urologist , last name Nesmith, his great grandfather invented basketball, nailed the peach basket to the backboard.
Naismith invented basketball.
Nesmith was a guitar player for the Monkees.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:20 am to OWLFAN86
My aunt Toni Mack was a Forbes editor. She wrote an article which highlighted and publicly questioned Enron’s mark-to-market financial reporting tactic; the first to do so.
My 6x great grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence.
My 6x great grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:20 am to WyattDonnelly
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What BS!??
How is what I said BS. You could google the clues I dropped and the WW2 soldier pops up. Only one man survived that and had an Air Force Base named after him.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:24 am to OWLFAN86
My great x6 grandfather founded Madisonville.
Madisonville was founded by Jean Baptiste Baham in 1800, before the United States acquired this area, as the town of "Coquille" or "Cokie" because of the abundance of shells in the area, at the site of the Native American village of "Chiconcte". The town was renamed in honor of US President James Madison around 1811.
Madisonville was founded by Jean Baptiste Baham in 1800, before the United States acquired this area, as the town of "Coquille" or "Cokie" because of the abundance of shells in the area, at the site of the Native American village of "Chiconcte". The town was renamed in honor of US President James Madison around 1811.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:39 am to OWLFAN86
Check out Xwitter on Father's Day
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:41 am to OWLFAN86
We have pictures of my grandfather pulling down Nazi flags off of buildings during the liberation of Europe.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:47 am to EZE Tiger Fan
My grandmother dated Ronald Reagan in college briefly.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:06 am to OWLFAN86
I’m of Nordic descent. Pretty sure my X20 great grandfather pillaged and killed some famous king or priest.
I’m on the first ever drillship in history to drill and complete 20k PSI wells in the world.
I’m on the first ever drillship in history to drill and complete 20k PSI wells in the world.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 10:08 am
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:13 am to OWLFAN86
My great grandfather was close with Huey Long and an elected official for 16 years (4 terms) during Huey’s years. Our current seats in Tiger Stadium are about 35 rows up on east side as these were given to my great grandfather to look through binoculars to keep an eye on the LSU sideline as Huey was coaching.
Same great grandfather was in State Capital when Huey Long was shot, heard the shots and everything. My family about 10 years ago tracked down the typed out questioning from FBI with my great grandfather about what he saw that day and had it framed for my grandfather. He did see some unusual stuff that day.
Grandmother on other side was first woman to attend Tulane medical school. She was in a fraternity haha.
Same great grandfather was in State Capital when Huey Long was shot, heard the shots and everything. My family about 10 years ago tracked down the typed out questioning from FBI with my great grandfather about what he saw that day and had it framed for my grandfather. He did see some unusual stuff that day.
Grandmother on other side was first woman to attend Tulane medical school. She was in a fraternity haha.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:21 am to OWLFAN86
my grandfather participated in the apprehension of alvin karpis on jeff davis avenue in nola
karpis is/was the only fbi public enemy #1 to be taken into custody alive…
karpis is/was the only fbi public enemy #1 to be taken into custody alive…
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