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Baltic Way (25 years)

Amazing how things can change in a bit over 20 years.
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The Battle of Bladensburg and the Burning of Washington (200 Years)

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Liberation of Paris (70 years)

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Death of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon (100 years)
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The Great Geomagnetic Storm (155 years)




End of the Atlanta Campaign (150 years)
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Bombardment of Ft. McHenry (200 years)

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Does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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October 6th 1973: Beginning of the Yom Kippur War
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Death of Samuel of Bulgaria (1000 years)
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Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history (70 years)
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The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years, breaking the "Curse of the Bambino." (10 years)

He he he.
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Black Tuesday, the Crash of '29 (85 years ago)
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Lincoln re-elected, 1864. (150 years)

I think it is covered in McPherson's excellent book under the aptly named chapter, "We are going to be wiped off the earth."
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If I recall my McPherson, it was an election where at times the Democrats looked liked they had a shot at winning but in retrospect they had very little chance.

Given how the Democrats essentially peeled off half of the nation into rebellion, is it surprising that they performed as well as they did?
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The Fall of the Wall (25 years)

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Crap! I am a few days late for the 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's "A time for choosing" speech. Such an epic speech. Only Reagan can give such a great speech for a terrible candidate.
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Sherman's March to the Sea, 150 years ago.
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End of the battle of Kolubara, 100 years
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Beginning of the Dreyfus affair (120 years)
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The Battle of New Orleans (200 years, January 8)

A bit late, but that is appropriate. :P :D ;)
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The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment. (150 years)
Robert E. Lee becomes Confederate general-in-chief. (150 years)
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Appomattox - 150 years
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The terms of the surrender were recorded in a document hand written by Grant's adjutant Ely S. Parker, a Native-American of the Seneca tribe, and completed around 4 p.m., April 9. Lee, upon discovering Parker to be a Seneca remarked "It is good to have one real American here." Parker replied, "Sir, we are all Americans."
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"When this cruel war is over..."
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FDR's death (70 years)
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Beginning of the Armenian Genocide (100 years)
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Lexington and Concord?
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Quoth Bill Cosby: Yum.
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100th anniversary of the writing of In Flanders Field by Lt Col John McCrae.

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Death of Yugoslavia - 35 years
 
Several moments ago we have received a special announcement from the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

"To the working classes, working people and citizens, nations and nationalities of SFR Yugoslavia - Comrade Tito is dead."




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The Sinking of the Lusitania, May 7, 1915

"As a result, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declared war on Germany five days later."
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First democratic, multi-party elections in modern Croatia (25 years)
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Have a good VE Day :D
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Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops. (150 years)
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Last battle of the Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch (1865)
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May 23, 1915 - perfidious Italy joins the Entente
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D-Day June 6 1944

"Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. Within three months, the northern part of France would be freed and the invasion force would be preparing to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet forces moving in from the east.

With Hitler’s armies in control of most of mainland Europe, the Allies knew that a successful invasion of the continent was central to winning the war. Hitler knew this too, and was expecting an assault on northwestern Europe in the spring of 1944. He hoped to repel the Allies from the coast with a strong counterattack that would delay future invasion attempts, giving him time to throw the majority of his forces into defeating the Soviet Union in the east. Once that was accomplished, he believed an all-out victory would soon be his.

On the morning of June 5, 1944, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history. On his orders, 6,000 landing craft, ships and other vessels carrying 176,000 troops began to leave England for the trip to France. That night, 822 aircraft filled with parachutists headed for drop zones in Normandy. An additional 13,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion.

By dawn on June 6, 18,000 parachutists were already on the ground; the land invasions began at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture Gold, Juno and Sword beaches; so did the Americans at Utah. The task was much tougher at Omaha beach, however, where 2,000 troops were lost and it was only through the tenacity and quick-wittedness of troops on the ground that the objective was achieved. By day’s end, 155,000 Allied troops–Americans, British and Canadians–had successfully stormed Normandy’s beaches.

For their part, the Germans suffered from confusion in the ranks and the absence of celebrated commander Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who was away on leave. At first, Hitler, believing that the invasion was a feint designed to distract the Germans from a coming attack north of the Seine River, refused to release nearby divisions to join the counterattack and reinforcements had to be called from further afield, causing delays. He also hesitated in calling for armored divisions to help in the defense. In addition, the Germans were hampered by effective Allied air support, which took out many key bridges and forced the Germans to take long detours, as well as efficient Allied naval support, which helped protect advancing Allied troops.

Though it did not go off exactly as planned, as later claimed by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery–for example, the Allies were able to land only fractions of the supplies and vehicles they had intended in France–D-Day was a decided success. By the end of June, the Allies had 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy and were poised to continue their march across Europe."

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The Magna Carta's 800th anniversary is on Monday.

Are the Chums of the opinion that the Magna Carta paved the way for the English-speaking civilization becoming superior to anything the world has ever seen?
Edited by Lewington, Jun 13 2015, 09:51 PM.
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Would it be appropriate to sing: "This was the charter, the charter of the land"?
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I think so. It helped pave the way for the greatest civilization that the world has ever seen by ever standard. Morally, militarily, economically, culturally; the Anglosphere has surpassed all others.
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Happy Waterloo/War of 1812 day.

I never realised they were the same day.

Edit: And I agree about Magna Carta/Anglo-Saxon civilisation.
Edited by Matthew, Jun 18 2015, 02:51 PM.
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The French Invasion of Russia (1812)

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First aerial dogfight victory (1915)

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Also, I know most of you are not Canadian, but Happy Dominion Day!
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