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| Topic Started: Apr 9 2012, 01:57 AM (5,132 Views) | |
| Basil Fawlty | Apr 9 2012, 01:57 AM Post #1 |
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Vimy Ridge: 95 years today (April 9). |
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| Simon Darkshade | Apr 9 2012, 07:12 AM Post #2 |
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One of the finest run battles of the war. |
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| Petar | Apr 9 2012, 09:21 PM Post #3 |
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End of the Battle of Bataan: 70 years |
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| Basil Fawlty | Apr 9 2012, 09:51 PM Post #4 |
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Not one of the finest run battles of the war.
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| Petar | Apr 9 2012, 11:29 PM Post #5 |
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To say the least...
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| Petar | Apr 18 2012, 03:46 PM Post #6 |
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The Doolittle Raid (70 years) |
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| Basil Fawlty | Apr 25 2012, 09:44 PM Post #7 |
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Spanish-American War, 114 years. A splendid little war. |
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| Petar | May 1 2012, 12:27 PM Post #8 |
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Operation "Flash" - Croatian forces liberate 500 square kilometers of Western Slavonia with minimal casualties; Serbian separatist forces in Western Slavonia routed (17 years) |
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| Petar | May 2 2012, 03:10 PM Post #9 |
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Zagreb Rocket Attacks - Serbian paramilitary launches rocket attacks using "Orkan" 262mm multiple rocket launcher systems, dropping at least dozens of rockets with cluster warheads on Zagreb, Karlovac, Osijek and other cities as retaliation for Operation "Flash"; 7 civilians killed, 214 wounded (17 years) One of them cluster bombs fell on my school - they still haven't patched it up properly... Edited by Petar, May 2 2012, 03:11 PM.
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| Petar | May 4 2012, 04:37 PM Post #10 |
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End of the Battle of Chancellorsville (149 years) Haymarket Square Riot (126 years) The beggining of the Battle of the Coral Sea (70 years) Margaret Thatcher becomes first British female PM (33 years) Marshal Tito dies, break-up of Yugoslavia begins (32 years) Latvia declares independence, break-up of Soviet Union begins (22 years) Edited by Petar, May 4 2012, 04:38 PM.
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| Petar | May 8 2012, 07:35 PM Post #11 |
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Victory in Europe Day |
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| Matthew | Jun 2 2012, 01:56 PM Post #12 |
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God Save the Queen on this her Diamond Jubilee! |
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| Simon Darkshade | Jun 3 2012, 06:42 AM Post #13 |
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God Save the Queen. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 4 2012, 03:50 PM Post #14 |
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Battle of Midway (1942). |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jun 12 2012, 09:57 PM Post #15 |
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25 years since Ronald Reagan's Berlin Wall speech. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Sep 18 2012, 02:43 AM Post #16 |
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Battle of Antietam (1862) |
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| Simon Darkshade | Sep 24 2012, 01:18 PM Post #17 |
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A bloody day indeed. |
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| Basil Fawlty | May 29 2013, 06:43 PM Post #18 |
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60 years: Sir Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest. 560 years: the fall of Constantinople. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jul 2 2013, 01:27 AM Post #19 |
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Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg (1863) both this week. |
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| Petar | Jul 2 2013, 03:16 PM Post #20 |
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150 years since Chamberlain's gallant defense at Little Round Top. Marvelous.
Edited by Petar, Jul 11 2013, 05:08 PM.
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| Matthew | Jul 2 2013, 08:31 PM Post #21 |
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Dominion Day, too. |
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| Petar | Jul 4 2013, 07:21 PM Post #22 |
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Well, happy birthday to the US.
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| Petar | Jul 11 2013, 02:14 PM Post #23 |
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Srebrenica, 18 years. Ironically enough, it seems that Karadžić might finally receive the punishment for his crimes today, on this anniversary. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jul 29 2013, 06:18 AM Post #24 |
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July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, 99 years ago. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Sep 26 2013, 01:31 AM Post #25 |
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30 years - The Day the World Almost Ended. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident |
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| Petar | Nov 5 2013, 06:30 PM Post #26 |
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Remember, remember, the Fifth of November...
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| Basil Fawlty | Nov 5 2013, 07:10 PM Post #27 |
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I see no reason it should ever be forgot. |
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| Petar | Nov 17 2013, 11:38 PM Post #28 |
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The end of the Battle of Vukovar - Croatian Thermopylae fell to the Persians of the Modern Age 22 years ago. Perhaps appropriate, as it was written only a few days before the end:
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| Basil Fawlty | Nov 20 2013, 04:01 AM Post #29 |
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150 years: The Gettysburg Address. |
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| Petar | Nov 22 2013, 05:38 PM Post #30 |
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One of the most famous assassinations in world history, 50 years. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Nov 22 2013, 05:46 PM Post #31 |
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Indeed. 50 years - the death of C.S. Lewis. I fooled you.
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| Petar | Nov 22 2013, 05:53 PM Post #32 |
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Quite.
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| Petar | Dec 10 2013, 08:59 PM Post #33 |
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14 years since the first historical event I remember witnessing - the death of President Tuđman. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Dec 17 2013, 03:35 PM Post #34 |
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Wilbur and Orville Wright make the first powered flights near Kitty Hawk, NC, December 17, 1903. |
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| Petar | Dec 17 2013, 07:50 PM Post #35 |
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As well as the scuttling of the Graf Spee. |
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| Petar | Jan 25 2014, 08:51 PM Post #36 |
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Didn't have the Internet to post this one on its date, but doesn't matter. January 22 - Slovenian and Croatian delegates leave the 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia; breakdown of Yugoslavia officially begins (24 years) Edited by Petar, Jan 25 2014, 08:51 PM.
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| Simon Darkshade | Jan 26 2014, 04:44 AM Post #37 |
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January 26th - Australia Day |
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 26 2014, 05:27 AM Post #38 |
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Also Rum Rebellion day. That Captain Bligh. |
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| Petar | Jan 26 2014, 01:56 PM Post #39 |
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Well, have a good one, Simon! EDIT: Also, a very happy birthday to General MacArthur! Edited by Petar, Jan 26 2014, 02:50 PM.
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| Basil Fawlty | Jan 29 2014, 04:23 AM Post #40 |
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Death of Charlemagne... 1,200 years. |
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| Petar | Jan 29 2014, 01:19 PM Post #41 |
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"The Raven" was published on this day in the New York Evening Mirror in 1845. Marvelous. |
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 15 2014, 09:52 PM Post #42 |
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Sinking of the USS Maine (1898). |
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 17 2014, 01:21 AM Post #43 |
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"Myles Standish was elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia, a position he would hold for the rest of his life." (1621) |
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| Matthew | Feb 17 2014, 11:08 PM Post #44 |
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Thats right. Thats the way we roll. Elected for life. |
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| Petar | Feb 17 2014, 11:29 PM Post #45 |
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And you complain when we "elect" leaders for life here in Eastern Europe... tut tut.
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 18 2014, 01:05 AM Post #46 |
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He was not a political leader but a military leader. |
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| Matthew | Feb 18 2014, 03:06 AM Post #47 |
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All I'm saying is that when we Standishes get elected, its for life. Doesn't matter what type of election. |
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| Petar | Feb 18 2014, 06:46 AM Post #48 |
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I know. Sarcasm doesn't translate well over Internet.
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| Basil Fawlty | Feb 18 2014, 03:13 PM Post #49 |
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What other people in your family have been elected for life? |
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| Matthew | Feb 18 2014, 05:32 PM Post #50 |
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As far as I am aware he is the only one to have ever been elected for anything, so %100 of the time that we are elected, we are elected for life. It was meant to be a joke y'know. |
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