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Jimbuna · 03-16-18, 07:34 AM

1834 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, anchors in the Falklands Islands for the first time.

1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelles.

1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow.

1944 French Vichy Internal minister Pierre Pucheu sentenced to death for treason.

1945 Würzburg, Germany is 90% destroyed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 minutes by British bombers.

1955 President Eisenhower upholds the use of atomic weapons in case of war.

1968 My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill ~400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War.

03-16-18, 07:34 AM	#2270
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,300 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1834 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, anchors in the Falklands Islands for the first time. 1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelles. 1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow. 1944 French Vichy Internal minister Pierre Pucheu sentenced to death for treason. 1945 Würzburg, Germany is 90% destroyed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 1955 President Eisenhower upholds the use of atomic weapons in case of war. 1968 My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill ~400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!