This date in history

[Jimbuna]

1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany.

1943 Dutch submarine attacks Hertenbeest Island, NW Bali.

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).

[Jimbuna]

1908 King Edward VII of Britain meets with Emperor Wilhelm of Friedrichshof, Germany; the main point of contention is the increasing size of Germany's navy.

1942 British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle torpedoed and sinks.

1944 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz.

1945 Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status.

1984 During a radio voice test, US President Reagan jokes he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes."

2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

[Jimbuna]

1940 Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, losing 31 aircraft.

1943 Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.

1944 Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating.

1945 Emperor Hirohito of Japan informs the imperial family that he has decided to surrender.

1959 First ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island.

1981 IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0)

[Jimbuna]

1932 Adolf Hitler refuses President von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor of Germany.

1940 Hermann Goering's "Adler Tag" (Eagle day); 45-48 German aircraft shot down over Southern England (Battle of Britain)

1942 The 'Manhattan Project' commences, under the direction of US General Leslie Groves: its aim - to deliver an atomic bomb.

[Jimbuna]

1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000.

1941 US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter.

1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone)

1969 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner.

[Jimbuna]

1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims.

1900 The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion.

1939 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.

1944 German field marshal Günther von Kluge vanishes for one day; he killed himself on the 19th in the aftermath of the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

1945 US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends.

[Aktungbby]

1969: PEACE HARMONY....AND TRUE LOVE https://people.com/human-interest/couple-who-met-at-woodstock-finds-photo-50-years-later/ ONE IF BY DAY: TWO (SECONDS OPEN APERTURE )IF BY NIGHT: AND THE LAST ACT: JIMI HENDRIX ( FORMER 101ST AIRBORNE) NAILED IT:

[Jimbuna]

1944 First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.

2012 Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is granted political asylum by Ecuador.

[Jimbuna]

1940 Adolf Hitler orders a total blockade of Great Britain.

1945 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow.

1977 Russian nuclear sub "Artika" is first to North Pole.

1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.

[Mr Quatro]

1862: Dakota uprising begins

Dakota war begins with Dakota Indians attacking white settlements along the Minnesota River. Over the next few days, hundreds of settlers were killed, towns burned, and thousands became refugees fleeing the carnage.

[Aktungbby]

IN THE END IT WASN'T 'MINNESOTA NICE' BY ANY STANDARD AND 'HONEST ABE' ....WASN'T HIS SHORT CAREER AS A MILITIA CAPTAIN IN THE EQUALLY WRETCHED BLACK HAWK WAR (1832) MAY HAVE HAD SOME BEARING ON THIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_in_the_Black_Hawk_War http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/hanging.html

It is expected that Lincoln be removed from his position as “hero” and relegated to a more appropriate position, to somewhere near the status of “Columbus” and “Hitler.”
We demand that Abe Lincoln's dishonest and shameful face be removed from the "occupied" and desecrated area called “Mount Rushmore” immediately.
Abe Lincoln “honest” and “hero” No more

[Jimbuna]

1940 Battle of Britain - 'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.

1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese.

1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300.

1969 Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"

1976 Korean axe murder incident: 2 US soldiers tasked with cutting down a poplar tree blocking the view of UN observers are killed by North Koreans claiming it was planted by Kim Il-sung in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

2017 Civilian researchers led by Paul Allen re-discover the USS Indianapolis 18,000 feet below the Pacific surface, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

[Jimbuna]

1915 British liner "SS Arabic" sunk by German submarine without warning leaving Liverpool for New York; killing 44. Creates diplomatic incident.

1942 World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.

1942 World War II: General Friedrich Paulus orders the German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad.

1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22.

1987 Hungerford Massacre: in England, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.

[Eisenwurst]

On the 20th August 1857, the "Dunbar" came to grief ( in a howling gale and mountainous seas ) practically at journey's end off Sydney Heads.



The "Dunbar" ( one of the largest sailing ships of her day - 1850s ) struck the cliffs at Macquarie lighthouse - about a mile south of the harbour entrance, and was badly damaged. The brave captain and crew fought desperately to save her and bring her home. They got to within a 1/2 mile of the harbour entrance - being repeatedly smashed against the cliffs by the massive seas and howling gale, when her structural integrity finally gave out and she disintegrated.

Out of 122 passengers and crew there was 1 survivor.



In the pic above :- She struck the cliffs at top left, they managed to get to "The Gap" ( bottom left ) where she finally gave up the ghost and broke up.

The harbour entrance is only a few hundred yards further on. And you can see in the distance on the right, her destination. So close.



"The Gap", on a calm day. There's always a huge swell there and the cliffs are 200 feet high.

The harbour entrance is just around the corner.

The currents are treacherous and there's a lot of sharks.



One of her 3 ( Huge ) anchors, recovered years later and set up as a Memorial on the cliffs above.



A contemporary painting of her loss, showing her Blue light ( Distress??? )
vainly burning.

The below link takes you to a gripping/well written/and very moving account of the time. I HIGHLY recommend you read it ( only 12 pages ). I gotta confess I shed a few tears.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-33595956/v....obj-33595962#

[Jimbuna]

1908 America's Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, to be greeted with a tremendous welcome; 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia.

1913 First pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud, France.

1940 First Polish squadrons fight along allies in the Battle of Britain.

1940 British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

1944 Gen de Gaulle returns to France.

1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13th.