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May 12
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River. 1942 - The Soviet Army launched its first major offensive of World War II and took Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine from the German army. 1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II. |
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Suez is safe!
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May 13
1912 - Royal Flying Corps was established in England.
1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain. |
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1573 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord dies (b. 1521) 1643 - Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1846 - US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins 1992 - 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time |
An English fleet makes history!
Good picks Sirs!
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May 14
1940 - The Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany.
1942 - The British, while retreating from Burma, reached India. |
1264 - Battle of Lewes, 2nd Barons' War: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats English King Henry III
1643 - Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre. 1943 - Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine |
Varoliation vs Vaccination: the eye of the needle goes full circle
1796: English physician Edward Jenner, his eye ever on the ladies, notes that dairy maids aren't prone to smallpox-and invents "vaccination" by practicing on young eight year old James Phipps using cowpox matter.
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Sunnyside up BBY
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884 - Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen: German peasant army surrounded, 5,000 slaughtered ; ends the peasants' uprising 1565 - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam 1944 - Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan |
Minnesota Girls are #1 By pedigree or degree!
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May 16
1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood. 2005 - Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine. |
1568 - Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1691 - Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason 1941 - Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1975 - Junko Tabei from Japan becomes 1st woman to reach summit of Mt Everest |
Hollywood unleashes the dogs of war-what Havoc!
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2010 - the untimely passing of Ronnie James Dio after a short battle with cancer. Besides being one of rock's greatest voices and kindest souls in the business, his greatest claim to fame is popularizing the :rock: gesture we all know and love today! Still miss him a lot, hard to believe he's gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhDJMc8Ah8o :rock: DIO :rock: |
Hook 'em horns!
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That's why I said "popularized" :yep: Definitely a well-known sign in Texas :rock:
And yes, Dio was also the man who proved that Sabbath without Ozzie was not only possible but awesome! Little wonder that they continued playing together as Heaven & Hell even after Ozzie returned, and indeed Dio's final concert appearance was with them. Some bitter irony, I'm sure, in the fact that while Ozzie drank, smoked and drugged himself silly for decades and fought with everyone - yet he's still around and kicking unrepentantly; while Ronnie who was known for his clean, healthy lifestyle and modest, professional attitude is gone :nope: |
Bone dry or lushin' it -same result!
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