There is nothing in life quite as predictable as the unpredictable life-changing event.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
50 years ago today
Beatles Release "Abbey Road" Album
"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
Album (remastered)
Thursday, September 26, 2019
On this day in 1945,
First American Soldier Killed in Vietnam
On this day in 1945, Lt. Col. Peter Dewey, became the first American soldier killed in Vietnam. Dewey was a U.S. Army officer with the Office of Strategic Services and was the head of a seven-man team sent to Vietnam to search for missing American pilots and to gather information on the situation in the country after the surrender of the Japanese.
Two decades later Democrat President John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson would send up to 500,000 American troops to fight in Vietnam. By the time the Vietnam War was over, 58,000 young American boys, many of whom had been drafted and forced to go to Vietnam to fight, had been killed.
On this day in 1941,
Ted Williams Goes 6-8 in Last Day DH to Finish Season with .406 Avg.
Video summary
On this day in 1918,
Wikipedia Summary
The Start of the Deadliest Battle in U.S. History - The Battle of Argonne Forest
26,000 American Boys Killed
100,000 Wounded
Wikipedia Summary
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
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On this day in 1862,
Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
Frees Slaves in Confederate States Only
Recasts Civil War as fight against slavery
Intended in part to discourage France from supporting Confederacy
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln used his executive war powers as justification for issuance of a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation effective only in the states of the Confederacy, and nowhere else in the United States. The proclamation set a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the Confederacy and effectively recast the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
A Hip Hughes History Video
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