[Bmcu] September 3

[Bruce Oblad]

Was this the Russian sumo wrestler or Sir Malcolm Campbell?  See video
below.
Bruce O.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhCP-a8lohA

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Floyd Inman <floyd_inman at msn.com> wrote:

>   We had several responses to my question about the significance of
> September 3.
>
> One of the answers:
>
> 1939: Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS *Athenia*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Athenia>,
> a British cruise ship en-route from Glasgow, Scotland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow>to Montreal,
> Canada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal> is torpedoed by the German
> submarine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat> *U-30*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-30_(1936)>250 miles Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed.
> The "Battle of the Atlantic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(1939%E2%80%931945)>"
> begins.
>
> Another answer:
>
> 1926: The gangster Harry "Lefty" Lewis is brought to trial on murder
> charges in Cook County, Illinois. Throughout the trial, witnesses and it is
> believed jurors had been intimidated by death threats and the jury
> acquitted Lewis after only six hours of deliberation, despite overwhelming
> evidence of his guilt. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the
> Miner’s Day Drilling Contest.
>
> Another answer:
>
>  1935 : Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on
> the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his
> own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the
> year. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s Day Mucking
> Contest.
>
> Another answer:
>
> 2012: BMCU will have a record turnout for the Park City Miner’s Day Parade.
>
> Another answer:
>
> 1976 : The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 launched on on September 9,
> 1975 lands on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the
> planet's surface.
>
> Another answer:
>
> 2008 : Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana in Japan,
> causing a scandal in the morally conservative sport’s world. One of the two
> was also arrested for possession of marijuana and then banned from sumo
> wrestling for life. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s
> Day Mucking Contest.
>
>
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