Saturday, March 10, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
On this day in 1945,
U.S. War Dept. News Footage Video - Narrated By Ronald Reagan
On the night of 9–10 March 1945, Operation Meetinghouse was conducted and is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history: 16 square miles of central Tokyo was wiped out, over 1 million were made homeless with an estimated 100,000 civilian deaths. The Japanese later called this event Night of the Black Snow.
More here from Wikipedia
And another video here that discusses in part the bombing's devastation:
U.S. Firebombs Tokyo -
Most Destructive Bombing Raid Ever -
100,000 Killed
On the night of 9–10 March 1945, Operation Meetinghouse was conducted and is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history: 16 square miles of central Tokyo was wiped out, over 1 million were made homeless with an estimated 100,000 civilian deaths. The Japanese later called this event Night of the Black Snow.
More here from Wikipedia
And another video here that discusses in part the bombing's devastation:
Thursday, March 8, 2018
On this day in 1917,
Russian Revolution Begins -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates Week Later
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| Striking workers Petrograd/St. Petersburg March, 1917 |
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
WaPo's David Ignatius: Trump Is Right - America Ignores Russia At Its Peril
But the Dems' claims of collusion have made it too toxic for Trump to talk to Putin
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Probably how Mueller leveraged a guilty plea out of Gen. Flynn:
Flynn selling house to pay legal bills in Trump probe
On this day in 1857,
More info here from Wikipedia
Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision and Holds African Americans Cannot Be Citizens
On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court denied freedom to Dred Scott on the premise that African Americans, whether free or slaves, were and could not be citizens of the United States. Scott had claimed he should be considered free because of time he spent in various free states and territories, including the Wisconsin Territory. There were two dissenting justices, one being John McLean, a Jackson Democrat, who in 1860 lost the Republican nomination for president to Abraham Lincoln.More info here from Wikipedia
Shipwreck ruins found in the Gulf Coast delta are NOT those of the last slave ship Clotilda
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| But interesting history re Mobile's Africatown |
Monday, March 5, 2018
On this day in 1946,
Churchill Delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech
"This is not the liberated Europe we fought for."
"I never lost faith in our darkest hour. I will not lose faith now."
Sunday, March 4, 2018
On this day in 1861,
Wikipedia Summary of Inaugural Address
Complete Inaugural Address
Lincoln Sworn In As President
Tells Seceded Southern States He Will Not Interfere With Slavery Because It Is Protected Under the Constitution
But Says Union Might Invade South If It Refuses to Pay Tariffs
On this day in 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president after seven southern states had seceded. As part of his inaugural address, in an effort to reconcile with the seceded states, Lincoln pledged not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it already existed, believing slavery where it existed was protected under the Constitution. Lincoln also promised that the Union would not use force against the seceded states except to protect federal property or to collect federal tariff revenues.Wikipedia Summary of Inaugural Address
Complete Inaugural Address
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