And Today Is…

On July 31, 1914, officials shut down the New York Stock Exchange following news that Germany had declared Kriegsgefahrzustand (defined as an “imminent-danger-of-war situation“) while Austria and Turkey were already mobilizing.

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  1. Twoflower says:

    Small correction: the middle s should be a z (Zustand = state,situation).
    (Your source has it wrong too.)

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  2. Twoflower says:

    Small correction: the middle s should be a z (Zustand = state,situation).
    (Your source has it wrong too.)

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  3. pat balle says:

    Ahhh but today is the 212th day of the year, which makes it auspicious as the sum of two “sexy” primes 103 + 109… http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SexyPrimes.html
    and 212 has got to be a lucky PI value, since the string 212 begins at the 711th decimal place of pi…

    and 631 is not only prime (the 115th if I counted right), but represents the first three triangular numbers in reverse order (one, three, and six). The next one is 10 (6+3+1)

    This the day on which the British eliminated the rum ration (1970) and the firts MLB all star game ends in a tie (Boston, 1961) … but way more important, this is the day that Jimmy Hoffa went missing… and no one knows where he is …wait… NO ONE?? the Shadow knows, and it was July 31 when the first Shadow radio show began.. (1930)
    Today is a VERY intersting day

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  4. pat balle says:

    Ahhh but today is the 212th day of the year, which makes it auspicious as the sum of two “sexy” primes 103 + 109… http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SexyPrimes.html
    and 212 has got to be a lucky PI value, since the string 212 begins at the 711th decimal place of pi…

    and 631 is not only prime (the 115th if I counted right), but represents the first three triangular numbers in reverse order (one, three, and six). The next one is 10 (6+3+1)

    This the day on which the British eliminated the rum ration (1970) and the firts MLB all star game ends in a tie (Boston, 1961) … but way more important, this is the day that Jimmy Hoffa went missing… and no one knows where he is …wait… NO ONE?? the Shadow knows, and it was July 31 when the first Shadow radio show began.. (1930)
    Today is a VERY intersting day

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  5. lermit says:

    Very interesting. I’d think it’d be not a deal in Chicago.

    .lermit

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  6. lermit says:

    Very interesting. I’d think it’d be not a deal in Chicago.

    .lermit

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  7. frankenduf says:

    why’d they do that?- just invest in Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Halliburton- duh

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  8. frankenduf says:

    why’d they do that?- just invest in Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Halliburton- duh

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