The Postcard
A Phototype Series postcard that was published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. of Dundee and London. The card was posted in Edinburgh using a 2d. stamp on Tuesday the 11th. August 1953. It was sent to:
Mr. G. H. Gibson,
23, Kingston Street,
Derby.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Having a nice time.
The weather is just
nice.
Today we have been
across the Firth to
Aberdour.
Our hotel here is quite
good.
Hope you don't feel
too lonely without the
children.
Cheerio,
Doris & Stanley."
Hurricane Barbara
So what else happened on the day that Doris and Stanley posted the card?
Well, on the 11th. August 1953, Hurricane Barbara formed in the southern Bahamas.
Damage from the hurricane was fairly minor, totaling around $1.3 million (1953 USD, $14.8 million 2024 USD). Most of it occurred in North Carolina and Virginia from crop damage.
The hurricane left several injuries, some traffic accidents, as well as seven fatalities in the eastern United States; at least two were due to electrocution from downed power lines. Offshore Atlantic Canada, a small boat sunk, killing its crew of two.
The Sinking of the Sacco No. 3
Also on that day, a US-registered scow, the 28-ton Sacco No. 3, was stranded 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Ocean Cape in the Territory of Alaska and lost.
Hulk Hogan
The 11th. August 1953 also marked the birth in Augusta, Georgia of the American professional wrestler and actor, Hulk Hogan.
Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide, the most popular wrestler of the 1980's, and one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977, but gained worldwide recognition after signing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in December 1983.
There, his persona as a heroic all-American helped usher in the 1980's professional wrestling boom, where he headlined eight of the first nine editions of the WWF's flagship annual event WrestleMania.
Hogan also was a regular headliner of Saturday Night's Main Event and its spin-off The Main Event in which he headlined 31 editions of both shows combined. During his initial run, he was a five-time WWF Champion, with his 1,474-day reign being the longest of the WrestleMania era ever.
He is the first wrestler to win consecutive Royal Rumble matches, winning in 1990 and 1991. His match with André the Giant on WWF The Main Event on the 5th. February 1988, still holds American television viewership records for wrestling with a 15.2 Nielsen rating and 33 million viewers.
In 1993, Hogan departed the WWF to pursue a career in film and television. He was lured back to the ring when he signed with rival promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994. He won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times, and holds the record for the longest reign.
In 1996, he underwent a career renaissance upon adopting the villainous persona of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, leading the popular New World Order (nWo) stable. As a result, he became a major figure during the "Monday Night War", another boom of mainstream professional wrestling.
He headlined WCW's annual flagship event Starrcade three times (1994, 1996 and 1997) in which Starrcade 1997 was the most profitable WCW pay-per-view in the company's history.
Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002 following its acquisition of WCW the prior year, winning the Undisputed WWF Championship for his record equaling (for the time) sixth reign before departing in 2003.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, and inducted a second time in 2020 as a member of the nWo.
Hogan also performed for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he headlined the inaugural AWA closed circuit supercard, Super Sunday in 1983, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) – where he was the inaugural winner of the original IWGP Heavyweight Championship – and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
During and after wrestling, Hogan had an extensive acting career, beginning with his 1982 cameo role in Rocky III.
He has starred in several films (including No Holds Barred, Suburban Commando and Mr. Nanny) and three television shows (Hogan Knows Best, Thunder in Paradise, and China, IL), as well as in Right Guard commercials and the video game, Hulk Hogan's Main Event.
He was the frontman for The Wrestling Boot Band, whose sole record, Hulk Rules, reached No. 12 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart in 1995.
