on this day: 1966: The first day of the first Kwanzaa is celebrated in Los Angeles. 2004: The second-strongest earthquake ever recorded triggers a tsunami that devastates coasts along...

badbobby Loc: texas

1966: The first day of the first Kwanzaa is celebrated in Los Angeles.

2004: The second-strongest earthquake ever recorded triggers a tsunami that devastates coasts along the Indian Ocean.

in case you didn't know
Kwanzaa is a holiday invented in 1966 by Maulana Karenga (founder of the Black Power group Us Organization) through which African Americans can connect with their heritage and culture. It's celebrated from December 26 through January 1, with each of the seven days focusing on one of seven core values, or Nguzo Saba.

bahmer

badbobby wrote:

1966: The first day of the first Kwanzaa is celebr... (show quote)

Kwanzaa has seven core principles, or Nguzo Saba:
Umoja: Unity. To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia: Self-Determination: ...
Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. ...
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics. ...
Nia: Purpose. ...
Kuumba: Creativity. ...
Imani: Faith.
Dec 18, 2014

badbobby Loc: texas

bahmer wrote:

Kwanzaa has seven core principles, or Nguzo Saba:
Umoja: Unity. To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia: Self-Determination: ...
Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. ...
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics. ...
Nia: Purpose. ...
Kuumba: Creativity. ...
Imani: Faith.
Dec 18, 2014

thank you professor Kimbawa bahma

bahmer

badbobby wrote:

thank you professor Kimbawa bahma

I just thought that you would appreciate that is all.
I wasn't up on the earthquake thing but I do remember
That I had been on the road to San Francisco and when
I returned there was a quack in San Francisco right after
I left there and it flattened the Double Decker bridge
that went from San Francisco to Oakland and there were
many people that were k**led in that tragedy that wasn't
that quake was it?

Don't remember the year.

bahmer

bahmer wrote:

I just thought that you would appreciate that is a... (show quote)

I looked up that quake and that was 1989 from what I was able to gather from looking it up.
Man I am getting old it seems like yesterday to me.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

bahmer wrote:

I looked up that quake and that was 1989 from what I was able to gather from looking it up.
Man I am getting old it seems like yesterday to me.

I always remember it as happening during the 1989 Bay Area World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's.

bahmer

slatten49 wrote:

I always remember it as happening during the 1989 Bay Area World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's.

I had been out there on business and had left there like the week before that happened. In fact I had even used that bridge that week a couple of times to get things from San Francisco. I h**ed using that bridge because of the constraints of the top deck over the bottom deck. I could only imagine what those people went through that were trapped and some of them even died during that earthquake while on the bridge waiting for help to arrive.

debeda

bahmer wrote:

Kwanzaa has seven core principles, or Nguzo Saba:
Umoja: Unity. To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia: Self-Determination: ...
Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. ...
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics. ...
Nia: Purpose. ...
Kuumba: Creativity. ...
Imani: Faith.
Dec 18, 2014

Well those things sound commendable. Whats the catch?

debeda

bahmer wrote:

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Sorry, Bahmer, I can't resist this one... there's LOTS of quacks in San Francisco. They're all phonies there LOL

Y360AZ

I was in Candlestick park waiting for the game to start when that earth quake hit. I had never seen so much cement move like jelly.