On this date in history: 1649;
annointed King Charles I is beheaded
for treason just outside Parliament...a practice sadly gone lacking. His last thoughts must have been on his
Great Auntie, Elizabeth I, who established the precedent of
royal executions when she signed the death warrant for her
anointed cousin (Charles paternal grandmother) Mary, Queen-of-Scots, executed 1587. Nothing like a little
regal stare decises in British
common law!
1862: the Monitor is launched from the Continental Iron Works of Greenpoint NY...the British navy begins remodeling anew...as the old expression "Not worth a
continental is reviewed....Hmmm, turrets and armor...ya think! Strangely, the German observers
picked up on the extensive use of railroads in the Civil War, welded it to Von Clausewitz...and lost
two two-front world wars to the Royal Navy!
1933: Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany...democracy in action!!? The first episode of the
Lone Ranger and
Tonto is aired on radio...Move over
Old Shatterhand and
Winnetou!(written in the 1890's and read by every young German, including young Adolf). Fiery steed Silver replaces
Hatatitla (Lightning) and the silver-bullet revolvers replaced redoubtable rifles:
Bärentöter and
Henrystützen!
1962: The Flying Wallendas discover gravity is
not their friend at the State Fair in Detroit Michigan
; 1948: Nathuram Godse kills one of the better men on the planet: Mohandas K. Gandhi,(Inshallah BBY!) and it's
now a nuclear mess between India and Pakistan to boot. We moderate
very discreetly from Diego Garcia.
1968: the TET offensive; a massive surprise attack, all-out offensive began against South Vietnam...the beginning of the end for the post-colonial American empire.
That's how it all looks in hindsight; 2014-today: I'm off to shoot
my Henrystützen .44 mag. "golden boy"...one of the Sioux/Cheyenne positions at Little Big Horn ain't called "
Henry Hill' fer nuthin...is it Winnetou?!
HOKA HEY!