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08-03-20, 01:16 PM | #3376 |
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1798 Battle of the Nile: British Admiral Horatio Nelson forces the remnants of the French fleet to surrender, concluding a decisive victory for the British who capture or destroy 11 French ships of the line and 2 frigates.
1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German Army leading to their invasion hours later. 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina, 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War I 1934 Adolf Hitler merges the offices of German Chancellor and President, declaring himself "Führer" (leader) 1943 General Patton slaps a US GI in hospital, accusing him of cowardice. 1972 US Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the use of missile systems capable of defending against missile-delivered nuclear weapons.
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08-04-20, 12:54 PM | #3377 |
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1854 The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1918 Adolf Hitler receives the Iron Cross first class for bravery on the recommendation of his Jewish superior, Lieutenant Hugo Gutmann. 1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US 1942 First train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz. 1943 British premier Winston Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada. 1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified. 1972 Uganda dictator Idi Amin orders the expulsion of 50,000 Asians with British passport from Uganda.
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08-04-20, 02:14 PM | #3378 |
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Not exactly today, but 80 years ago:
"An He-111H 5/KG 26 is forced to land in a remote field near St Abbs Head in Berwickshire with smoke streaming from one engine. Squadron Leader Douglas Farquhar of No. 602 Squadron, who brought it down wants to prevent the Germans from destroying the intact plane, so lands his Spitfire beside it. The Germans watch with disbelief as the Spitfire trundles down the hill and cartwheels into a bog. After pulling their injured rear gunner out and setting fire to the plane, the Germans rush down the hill to rescue Farquhar who is suspended upside down in his harness. Local Defense Volunteers (later called Home Guard) arrive and arrest everyone, including Farquhar who eventually convinces their commander that he is “one of the goodies”. ' " "[Farquhar] was awarded the DFC (gazetted 1st March 1940), promoted to Wing Commander and posted to RAF Martlesham Heath to take command there."
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08-05-20, 07:48 AM | #3379 |
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910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
1305 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. 1583 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown - first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire. 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" (US Civil War) 1918 World War I: the last German air raid on England occurs, with four Zeppelin airships dropping bombs in the Midlands and North East England. 1921 Treaty of Berlin: US and Germany sign separate peace treaty.
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08-05-20, 12:51 PM | #3380 |
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August 5 — in history
Philadelphia's dance show debuts on nationwide TV A low-budget show featuring dancing teens and lip-syncing musical acts is a hit on local Philadelphia stations, and now 'American Bandstand' makes its US network debut on ABC. The show, with its host Dick Clark, will prove popular and enduring, lasting another 32 years.
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08-05-20, 07:13 PM | #3381 | ||
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Harald vs Harold: 1066
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08-06-20, 11:43 AM | #3382 |
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place in September 1066 and said Battle of Hastings took place a month later in October. The latter battle was against the Normans under William the Conqueror and it is that battle where it is believed Harold died as the result of an arrow hitting him in the eye.
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08-06-20, 11:48 AM | #3383 |
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1890 At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair.
1942 Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine sinks U-210 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
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08-06-20, 02:25 PM | #3384 | |
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1945: America's ace of aces Richard Ira Bong dies in a jet training accident but is overshadowed by Col Tibbetts B-29 Enola Gay (named for his mom!!) dropping the first atomic bomb, Little Boy, on relatively undamaged Hiroshima, resulting in 140,000 lives lost; with Nagasaki three days later;
Emperor Hirohito ordered his diehard cabinet to accept 'unconditional surrender' two days later... My dad, also in B-29's, on Tinian Island that day, didn't have to invade Japan as a result! I'd imagine with the 'political correctness' rampant in today's all-encompassing military, the name of the bomber, now at the Smitnsonian would have to be 'Enola-Don't Ask Don't Tell' https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/SiteCollectionDocuments/Enola%20Gay%20Archive/0404EnolaGayControversy.pdf <Enola Gay on display at Smithsonian...oddly next to what Maj Bong flew: P-38 lightning Quote:
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08-07-20, 11:37 AM | #3385 |
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1914 Engagement between British cruiser HMS Gloucester and German cruisers SMS Breslau and SMS Goeben off Greece.
1914 Lord Kitchener says "Your country needs you" poster spreads over UK 1940 Churchill recognizes De Gaulle's French government in exile. 1990 US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield.
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08-08-20, 11:52 AM | #3386 |
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1786 US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America.
1910 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer. 1918 The Allies launch the Hundred Days Offensive, beginning with the Battle of Amiens where 500 tanks and 10 Allied divisions attacked German lines. 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. 1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Washington, D.C. 1942 British Flower class corvette HMS Dianthus sinks U-379 1945 US, USSR, Britain and France sign Treaty of London which sets down procedures for the Nuremberg war trials of Nazi leaders. 1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea. 1953 Soviet leader Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb. 1974 US President Richard Nixon announces he will resign at 12pm the next day.
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08-08-20, 02:21 PM | #3387 | |||
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Heinrich Heinck Eddie Kerling Herman Otto Neubauer Richard Quirin Werner Thiel All were electrocuted and buried in a potter's field. Justice is not always fair: Quote:
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08-09-20, 08:29 AM | #3388 |
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1815 Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland.
1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine. 1914 German U-15 was sunk by the British cruiser, H.M.S. Birmingham. 1915 British naval officer David Beatty is confirmed in the rank of vice-admiral. 1945 US drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city. 1974 Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States and Vice President Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President.
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08-10-20, 01:26 PM | #3389 |
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1628 Swedish warship Vasa sinks in Stockholm, killing 30
1897 German chemist Felix Hoffman first synthesizes acetylsalicylic acid, which would later be patented by his company Bayer under the name "aspirin" 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany. 1943 US General George Patton calls injured soldier "cowardly" 1943 Adolf Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots. 1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies, provided Emperor Hirohito's status remains unchanged. 1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
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08-11-20, 01:26 PM | #3390 |
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1909 SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1942 British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle torpedoed & sinks. 1945 Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status. 1988 Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting between Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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