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Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:26 pm
by n11pilot
Cousi wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:38 pm
n11pilot wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:44 pm
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. Be warned, when taking a History test writing even in jest that Lincoln's Gettysburg address was 1616 Canal Street will probably result in failure and a trip to the principal's office.
For the historically challenged among us (i.e. me) why?
Way back when I was in high school in American History one of the essay questions was indeed, "What was Lincoln's Gettysburg address?" Of course what they wanted was a paragraph or two on the address as in speech and its importance. For some reason known only to the teen age me I was strong with the smart ass and I wrote," 1616 Canal ST." The next day I got the test back with a B-, the lowest grade I'd ever received in History to that point and a note in dreaded red ink to report to the principal. In view of the fact that I was in AP History he let me off with a warning and an extra assignment on the Gettysburg address in the form of a two page essay. In the punitive essay I not only addressed the address, ahem, but also included the fact that while in Gettysburg President Lincoln stayed at the Willis House on the corner of York and Baltimore Streets. That earned me an A and a good-natured head shake from the principal. :D

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:26 pm
by Cousi
Bravo! :lol:

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:05 am
by n11pilot
Cousi wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:26 pm
Bravo! :lol:

Thank you, sir! :D

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:20 am
by n11pilot
284 - Roman Calvary Commander Diocletian proclaimed Emperor by elements of the Roman Army.

762 - Bogu, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, then capital of the Chinese Empire.

1695 - Zumbi last leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and an ex-slave, is executed. Quilombos were communities of escaped slaves. The Quilombo at Palmares in the heart of the Amazon rainforest was the largest and most long lasting of these.

1789 - New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1815 - Second Treaty of Paris: France and her allies agree to pay indemnities after the Battle of Waterloo ended the Napoleonic Wars.

1818 - Simon Bolivar formally declared Venezuela independent of Spain.

1873 - Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary.

1901 - The second Hay-Pauncefoot Treaty provided for construction of the Panama Canal by the U.S.

1910 - Francisco I. Madero led a revolution that broke out in Mexico.

1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.

1959 - Britain, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden met to create the European Free Trade Association.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island.

1970 - The majority in U.N. General Assembly voted to give China a seat, but two-thirds majority required for admission was not met.

1980 - On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake.

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:28 pm
by n11pilot
164 BC - During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah.

1783 - The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5― miles over Paris. The balloon itself was designed and built by the Montgolfier brothers.

1789 - North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1791 - Napoléon Bonaparte is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.

1922 - Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve as a member of the U.S. Senate.

1942 - The Alaska Highway across Canada was formally opened.

1953 - British Natural History Museum authorities announced that "Piltdown Man" was a hoax. Kind of a big deal anthropologically speaking.

1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-fated, two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.

1979 - The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, was attacked by a mob that set the building afire and killed two Americans.

1985 - Former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested after being accused of spying for Israel. He was later sentenced to life in prison.

1994 - NATO warplanes bombed an air base in Serb-held Croatia that was being used by Serb planes to raid the Bosnian "safe area" of Bihac.

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:38 pm
by n11pilot
OK, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving to all the FC family! Now, I will be at my Mom's all day and her internet connection is best described as "Steam powered" so I will post "Today in History" tonight. Don't read it tonight if you want to be surprised tomorrow the 22ND. Thank you kindly. :D


1699 - A treaty was signed by Denmark, Russia, Saxony and Poland for the partitioning of the Swedish Empire.

1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. There were some reports taken seriously at the time that Teach pulled a "Rasputin" and swam around the ship after his death. Since then these reports have been taken as apocryphal at best.

1906 - The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal.

1935 - The first trans-Pacific airmail flight began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail.

1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began.

1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss the measures for defeating Japan.

1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.

1983 - The Bundestag approved NATO's plan to deploy new U.S. nuclear missiles in West Germany.

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:53 am
by Cousi
n11pilot wrote:
Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:38 pm
1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. There were some reports taken seriously at the time that Teach pulled a "Rasputin" and swam around the ship after his death. Since then these reports have been taken as apocryphal at best.
Have you heard of the story regarding the 'dark stranger' on Blackbeard's boat the night before he was killed? It falls closer to mythology nowadays but I'd always wondered given things I've seen if there was any credence to it. Virginia had slaves and there were plenty of rumors regarding escaped slaves so it is quite possible that one of them from some sort of hidden settlement boarded, which led to the stories.

Being the way I am, I've been considering writing a story about Blackbeard going to hell and finagling a deal to come back in today's world based entirely on this little story. Maybe in my copious (HA!) free time.

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:16 pm
by n11pilot
Cousi wrote:
Fri Nov 23, 2018 12:53 am

Have you heard of the story regarding the 'dark stranger' on Blackbeard's boat the night before he was killed? It falls closer to mythology nowadays but I'd always wondered given things I've seen if there was any credence to it. Virginia had slaves and there were plenty of rumors regarding escaped slaves so it is quite possible that one of them from some sort of hidden settlement boarded, which led to the stories.

Being the way I am, I've been considering writing a story about Blackbeard going to hell and finagling a deal to come back in today's world based entirely on this little story. Maybe in my copious (HA!) free time.
No, I haven't heard of the "Dark stranger" before but hearing of it now has piqued my interest quite a bit. It could have been an escaped slave. On the other hand CPT Teach was an equal opportunity employer on his ships and was known to have take at least one slave ship and recruited some of the slaves as crew. I am now going to have to research this since it is the kind of history that fascinates me. Thank you!

That sounds like a great idea for a novel. Just keep your character away from Capitol Hill, even Blackbeard would be considered a babe in the woods by some of the politicians there. :)

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:25 pm
by n11pilot
1248 - Conquest of Seville by Christian troops completed under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

1644 Areopagitica, a pamphlet by John Milton, decrying censorship, is published. It also decried the prohibition on unlicensed printing which was a backdoor sort of censorship with the added benefit of greed.

1869 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving

1890 - Princess Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands at the age of 10 when her father William III died.

1943 - During World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin from the Japanese during the Central Pacific offensive in the Gilbert Islands.

1945 - The U.S. wartime rationing of most foods ended. By contrast, wartime food rationing in Britain lasted until 4 July 1954, that was 14 total years of rationing.

1946 - Mound Metalcraft changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated.

1971 - The People's Republic of China was seated in the United Nations Security Council.

1979 - In Dublin, Ireland, Thomas McMahon was sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of Earl Mountbatten.

1985 - Larry Wu-tai Chin, a retired CIA analyst, was arrested and accused of spying for China. He committed suicide a year after his conviction.

Re: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:22 pm
by Cousi
n11pilot wrote:
Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:16 pm
That sounds like a great idea for a novel. Just keep your character away from Capitol Hill, even Blackbeard would be considered a babe in the woods by some of the politicians there. :)
Very true, but imagine what he'd do with today's weaponry. He'd go from pirate to terrorist in short order. :P