This date in history

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1918-The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany's capitulation in World War I.

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1534 - English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII becomes Head of Church of England.

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1941: the Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time,Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Mayala, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. Tokyo delivered the order to all pertinent Fleet commanders, that not only the United States—and its protectorate the Philippines—but British and Dutch colonies in the Pacific were to be attacked. War was going to be declared on the West. The war in Germany and the Japanese war in the East are one. 1922; Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt; to this day, our fascination with a 19 year old pharaoh and his time has only grown. 1903: Panama and Colombia wake up to news that the insurrectionists have declared an independent Republic of Panama...the strategic Canal will open in 11 years...

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1862 - Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis).

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^YEAH BBY! Take what the doctor prescribed and rest eternally! Nothing good goes outta style! WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM AC/DC!!!

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1914: the poorly trained men of Indian Expeditionary Force B (IEF B) evacuate the seaside town of Tanga in German East Africa after failing in their amphibious invasion of the region on behalf of the British navy in WWI marking the first—but not the last—British amphibious expedition to fail in German East Africa.. German forces in East Africa were led by the formidable General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, His classic Prussian guerrilla campaign in East Africa would become Germany’s longest of World War I. With a force never great than 14,000 in total - comprised of 3,000 German and 11,000 Askari (native African) troops - Lettow-Vorbeck ran rings around Allied forces (for the most part British and South African) that were ten times larger than his own. He did not surrender until November 25, 1918, two weeks after the general armistice. In the year of Lettow-Vorbeck's death, 1964, the West German Bundestag voted to give back-dated pay to all surviving Askaris from the German forces of the First World War. A temporary cashier's office was set up in Mwanza on Lake Victoria. Of the 350 old soldiers who gathered, only a handful could produce the certificates that Lettow-Vorbeck had given them in 1918. Others presented pieces of their old uniforms as proof of service. The German banker who had brought the money came up with an idea. As each claimant stepped forward, he was handed a broom and ordered in German to perform the manual of arms! Not one man failed the test" Good training always pays off! http://badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=79143016174

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1492 - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba.

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1431: History's most enjoyable villain is born at Sighișoara, Transylvania, Romania. Vlad the Impaler [Vlad III] He is most famously known by his patronymic name: Dracula, which inspired the name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula". His method of dealing with Ottoman Turks, by impaling victims wholesale. (In one such battle, , he supposedly impaled 20,000 defeated enemies as a show of his power and a deterrent for future attacks), endeared him to Christian Europe. But, as a perpetually battling paladin of those brutal times, luck ran out and he died in battle against the Ottomans. His superstar status is undeniable, as he meets the 'first criteria' of superstardom: ...He has generated vastly more wealth dead than he ever did alivel
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/10/31/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-dark-secrets/ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=vampire.htm

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1872 - Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later.

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1923: Adolf Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in the Bürgerbräukeller Munich in premature attempt at German leadership. 1939: Failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in the Bürgerbräukeller , Munich. Der fuhrer had left the hall prematurely (12 minutes), along with important Nazi leaders who had accompanied him; a bomb exploded, which had been secreted in a pillar behind the speaker's platform. Seven people were killed and 63 were wounded. 1942: Adolf Hitler proclaims the fall of Stalingrad from a Munich beer hall...a trifle prematurely Conclusion: Avoid politics in beer halls! http://www.hitlerpages.com/pagina17.html Guide to the Furhrer's Munich beerhall speech locations!

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1942-The Allies launch 'Operation Torch', the massive amphibious landing of 400,000 troops in North Africa.

1965-The Race Relations Act comes into effect, banning racial discrimination in public places in Britain.

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392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion, state religion.

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1950: Lt Russell J Brown engages a Russian MIG15 in history's first jet- to-jet combat! What United Nations experts did not know was that the “Chinese air force” included entire squadrons of Russians who were drilling in MiG-15s on the north bank of the Yalu. On Nov. 8, 1950, F-80C Shooting Star pilot Lt. Russell J. Brown was credited with shooting down a MiG-15. In recent years, records surfaced indicating that no MiG fell that day, but Brown remains in the books as the victor in history’s first jet-versus-jet aerial combat. 1 NOV 1950: MiG-15A "Fagot" (no longer PC ofcourse) intercepted 10 F-80 Shooting Stars, and First Lieutenant Semyon Fyodorovich Khominich scored the first jet-vs-jet victory in history when he downed the F-80C of Capt. Frank Van Sickle, WWII P-51 veteran, who would perish (USAF credits the loss to the action of the North Korean flak). " Rolls-Royce Avon were some years ahead of the currently available British Rolls-Royce Nene engine. The Soviet aviation minister Mikhail Khrunichev and aircraft designer A. S. Yakovlev therefore suggested to Premier Joseph Stalin that the USSR buy the conservative but fully developed Nene engines from Rolls-Royce for the clandestine purpose copying them in a minimum of time. Somewhat logically, Stalin is said to have replied, "What fool will sell us his secrets?" Designated MiG-15, the first production example flew on 31 December 1948. It entered Soviet Air Force service in 1949, and subsequently received the NATO reporting name "Fagot." Early production examples had a tendency to roll to the left or to the right due to manufacturing variances, so aerodynamic trimmers called "nozhi" (knives) were fitted to correct the problem, the knives being adjusted by ground crews until the aircraft flew correctly. The MiG-15 arguably had sufficient power to dive at supersonic speeds, but the lack of an "all-flying" tail greatly diminished the pilot's ability to control the aircraft as it approached Mach 1. As a result, pilots understood they must not exceed Mach 0.92, where the flight surfaces became ineffective. Additionally, the MiG-15 tended to spin after it stalled, and often the pilot could not recover. Later MiGs incorporated all-flying tails." Whatever it problems, the RR engine MIG outclassed the 'Shooting Star' F 80C

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1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (1st consul) of France.

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1620:The passengers of the Mayflower sight Cape Cod! 1918: The Kaiser Wilhelm flees to the Nether Regions...er NetherLANDS after abdicating his emperorship. Sartorial Splendor was not one of his short-comings: !(1909) with Churchill: Both were naval fanatics "King Edward VII who noted that Churchill should not be “too communicative and frank with his nephew”, the Kaiser. The desk on which the Kaiser signed the declaration of war was made out of wood from HMS Victory and is carved in the form of Nelson’s ship Victory. Along the back of the desk are flags forming Nelson’s signal: “England expects this day that every man will do his duty.” In 1930, Churchill would pay the Kaiser a compliment which was also a somber comment on the 20th Century: “Time has brought him a surprising and paradoxical revenge upon his conquerors…The greater part of Europe…would regard the Hohenzollern restoration…as a comparatively hopeful event…This is not because his own personal light burns the brighter…but because of the increasing darkness around. The victorious democracies in driving out hereditary sovereigns supposed they were moving on the path of progress. They have in fact gone further and fared worse.” 1989: Party boss Günter Schabowski becomes a world class hero of the Peaceful Revolution, ending what the Kaiser had started?, by default!: "Shortly before a press conference on 9 November, he was handed a note announcing changes on East German extradition policy, but given no further instructions on how to handle the information. These regulations had only been completed a few hours earlier and were to take effect the following day, so as to allow time to inform the border guards—however, nobody had informed Schabowski...He read the note out loud at the end of the conference. One of the reporters, asked when the regulations would take effect. After a few seconds' hesitation, Schabowski assumed it would be the same day based on the wording of the note and replied, "As far as I know effective immediately, without delay". After further questions from journalists, he confirmed that the regulations included the border crossings towards West Berlin. Excerpts from Schabowski's press conference were the lead story on West news and was broadcast to nearly all of East Germany as well. Later that night, on ARD's: "This is a historic day. East Germany has announced that, starting immediately, its borders are open (to the WEST) to everyone. The GDR is opening its borders ... the gates in the Berlin Wall stand open." (Wikipedia) Serious Ma'at for the Gotterdämmerung of 75 years... Eternity for others: