This date in history

[Torvald Von Mansee]

1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies.

I am pretty sure this photo is from the day before:

[Jimbuna]

1809 - Royal Opera House in London opens.

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1356: English forces under The Black Prince defeat French at Battle of Poitiers and capture the French King during the Hundred Years War. 1827: After a duel turns into an all-out brawl, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker in Alexandria, LA with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. Two of history's more notorious hackers and hewers reputations made on this day. At least the Black Prince was considered Chivalrous, and was in fact the first member of the Order of the Garter...poor Jim Bowie would have to wait until the Alamo in Texas, 9 years later, to earn his heroic laurels...

[Jimbuna]

1893 - New Zealand is first country to grant all women the right to vote.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

1893 - New Zealand is first country to grant all women the right to vote.

Nine months later their population exploded.

[STEED]

Operation Market Garden

Battle of Arnhem



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29292319


A good effort but logistic problems and against the clock stood against it.


Never the less.

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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/redcoats-kill-sleeping-americans-in-paoli-massacre "On the evening of September 20, 1777, near Paoli, Pennsylvania, General Charles Grey(no Flint Grey) and nearly 5,000 British soldiers launch a surprise attack on a small regiment of Patriot troops commanded by General Anthony Wayne in what becomes known as the Paoli Massacre. Not wanting to lose the element of surprise, Grey ordered his troops to empty their muskets and to use only bayonets or swords to attack the sleeping Americans under the cover of darkness.
With the help of a Loyalist spy who provided a secret password and led them to the camp, General Grey and the British launched the successful attack on the unsuspecting men of the Pennsylvania regiment, stabbing them to death as they slept. It was also alleged that the British soldiers took no prisoners during the attack, stabbing or setting fire to those who tried to surrender. Before it was over, nearly 200 Americans were killed or wounded. The Paoli Massacre became a rallying cry for the Americans against British atrocities for the rest of the war.
Less than two years later, Wayne became known as "Mad Anthony" for his bravery leading an impressive Patriot assault on British cliff-side fortifications at Stony Point on the Hudson River, 12 miles from West Point. Like Grey's attack at Paoli, Wayne's men only used bayonets in the 30-minute night attack, which resulted in 94 dead and 472 captured British soldiers." My folks owned a home in Paoli for over thirty years. 'No flint' Grey KB 'Mad Anthony' Wayne; what's in a name Eh?

[Jimbuna]

1621 - King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia.

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1779: A big day in American Naval History! The battle of Flamborough Head; John Paul Jones and Captain Sir Richard Pearson's small squadrons go head to head! American self-adulation aside ...The truth:
"The battle between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis off Flamborough Head in 1779 is a perfect example of the dual mission of a navy: to protect one’s own maritime shipping and stopping the enemy’s use of the sea for commerce. And, it is a battle in which both protagonists were victors, but only one of which truly accomplished his mission.
Captain Richard Pearson’s mission was to protect a valuable Baltic convoy of some forty ships carrying vital naval stores. Ships built, repaired, or sailing from those stores were needed to put down the rebellion in Britain’s thirteen American colonies; supply the troops, blockade the American coast, prevent attacks on shipping like those of Jones and hundreds of privateers, and at the same time protect England’s far-flung maritime interests. Pearson, undoubtedly, accomplished his mission; none of the ships in the convoy were captured, and the loss of one or two warships was little price to pay for getting the convoy safely home.
Pearson was lucky; always a useful attribute in battle. What would have been if Alliance and Vengeance had been more aggressive. Jones, at the time of the battle, had four ships with him, Pearson had two. Throughout the battle, the two British ships fought single ship actions, leaving two American vessels unengaged. Could these two ships not have caught up with some of the ships in the convoy? Captured some? Or driven some ashore? Jones was certainly not well served by some of the captains of the vessels in his squadron.
Jones in Bonhomme Richard did gain a notable victory over HMS Serapis, but his mission was not to fight enemy warships." WORTH A READ and detailed for 'age of sail' fans: http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/shipwrecks/battle_lesson/battle_lesson.htm Much ramming and back-winding of sails and ferocious close-quarters action...TO NO AVAIL... the entire 40 vessel Baltic convoy got away!

[BossMark]

1914-In the Alsace-Lorraine area between France and Germany, the German Army captures St. Mihiel.

1915-Bulgaria mobilizes troops on the Serbian border.

1929-The first flight using only instruments is completed by U.S. Army pilot James Doolittle.

[Jimbuna]

312 - Start of Imperial Indication.

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1066: The Battle of Stamford Bridge turns England on its final course culturally into the medieval age.; An English army, under King Harold Godwinson beats the invading Norwegians, led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother, Saxon traitor Tostig, who were both killed. Three weeks later Harold will die fighting the Normans at Hastings. England ends Norwegian Viking incusions permanently...sort of.. the Norman-French under William the duke of Normandy were also Viking... descendants of Hrålf the 'Ganger'.
The painting pretty well tells it; the Vikings were caught unprepared without their armor-a case of victory fever from their initial successes. The numbers are a little grim even by the standards of the brutal times: "So many died in an area so small that the field was said to have been still whitened with bleached bones 50 years after the battle. King Harold accepted a truce with the surviving Norwegians, including Harald's son Olaf and Paul Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney. They were allowed to leave after giving pledges not to attack England again. The losses the Norwegians had suffered were so horrific that only 24 ships from the fleet of over 300 were needed to carry the survivors away." An amphibious naval failure of over 90%

[Jimbuna]

1513 - Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see Pacific Ocean.

[Jimbuna]

1580 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.

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1940: "the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. This formalizing of the alliance was aimed directly at "neutral" America--designed to force the United States to think twice before venturing in on the side of the Allies.
The Pact also recognized the two spheres of influence. Japan acknowledged "the leadership of Germany and Italy in the establishment of a new order in Europe," while Japan was granted lordship over "Greater East Asia." In November 1940, Austria-Hungary will become the 'fourth signatory' but Tripartite apparently just sounds better!? 1822: Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone; We're all 'speakin' in tongues' now BBY!<This leads to> Too bad the Tripartite Powers didn't speak the same language?!! Would'a saved confusion