Saturday, August 8, 2020
On this day in 1863,
Robert E. Lee Offers to Resign
Following Losses at Gettysburg
and Vicksburg
On this day in 1863, in partial response to the viciously negative press of his day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee offered to resign following his loss at Gettysburg and the near simultaneous fall of Vicksburg. Confederate President Jefferson Davis refused to accept Lee’s resignation.
Friday, August 7, 2020
On this day in 1964, in response to U.S. destroyers allegedly being attacked by North Vietnam:
Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
58,000 American boys killed during Vietnam War
Thursday, August 6, 2020
On this day in 1945,
U.S. Drops First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
80,000 killed immediately - 60,000 die few months later
Truman announces
U.S. Army film of post-bomb Hiroshima
WikipediaOn this day in 1945, the United States dropped the first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima. The bomb exploded 1,900 feet over a hospital. Approximately 80,000 people were killed immediately, another 35,000 injured, and at least another 60,000 killed by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.The Hiroshima city government had put hundreds of schoolgirls to work clearing fire lanes in the event of incendiary bomb attacks. They were out in the open when the Enola Gay dropped its load.There were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped; only 28,000 remained after the bombing. Of the city’s 200 doctors before the explosion; only 20 were left alive or capable of working. There were 1,780 nurses before - only 150 remained who were able to tend to the sick and dying.President Harry Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb because Japan refused to surrender and Truman feared a long campaign with many fatalities if the U.S. were forced to invade and fight a land war. Three days later the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan announced its surrender on August 15.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
On this day in 1981,
Reagan, former union president,
fires 11,359 union air-traffic controllers
(Fake news predicts hundreds of airplane disasters)
Video of Press Conference Announcing Firings
On this day in 1864,
Wikipedia
History.com
Admiral Farragut Captures Port of Mobile - Last Confederate Port on the Gulf Coast
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Civil War.orgOn this day in 1864, Union Admiral David Farragut and his flotilla sailed through floating mines (then called “torpedoes”), and past Confederate batteries hidden inside Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines on the southern end of the bay, to seal off the last major Southern port. The fall of Mobile was a huge blow to the Confederacy, and the victory was the first in a series of Yankee successes that helped secure the re-election of Abraham Lincoln later that year against the Democrats, who wanted to end the Civil War and let the South maintain slavery.After Farragut’s takeover of the port of New Orleans in 1862, Mobile became the major Confederate port on the Gulf of Mexico, with blockade runners carrying critical supplies from Havana. Ulysses S. Grant made the capture of the Port of Mobile a top priority after assuming command of all Federal forces in early 1864.One of Farragut’s first ships through the Bay channel was immediately sunk by a torpedo, throwing the rest of the Union fleet into a panic. Farragut, who suffered from vertigo, strapped himself to a mast and rallied the Union forces by yelling, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Miraculously, Farragut’s ship and those that followed made it past all the torpedoes without losing another vessel. Once past the torpedoes and forts, the Union fleet quickly demolished the Confederate fleet. Fort Gaines fell a couple days later and Fort Morgan surrendered a couple weeks later.
Wikipedia
History.com
On this day in 1861,
Abraham Lincoln
imposes 1st federal income tax
A video history of the revolution in government finance caused by the Civil War
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
On this day in 1944,
Video
Wikipedia
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Dutch Turn In Anne Frank/Family To Nazis
Video
On this day in 1944, Anne Frank and her family were arrested in Amsterdam by the Nazis, thanks to a tip from a Dutch informer. Although Amsterdam has historically been known as a liberal haven, a greater percentage of Jews from the Netherlands were killed by the Nazis than from any other Western European country, including Poland.
Wikipedia
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Monday, August 3, 2020
On this day in 1949,
NBA Formed With Merger of NBL and BAA
Impetus comes from Ice Hockey Arena Owners looking for More Revenue
Sheboygan loses its NBL team
Video summary
On this day in 1948,
Some people were obsessed with the Hiss case. Others were not.
Whittaker Chambers Accuses State Dept Employee Alger Hiss of being a Commie Spy
Nixon uses to boost his political career. Hiss convicted of perjury.
The Pumpkin Papers and Woodstock Typewriter.
Some people were obsessed with the Hiss case. Others were not.
Video: A highlight from the Imus in the Morning Show.
Charles McCord, "Stop it, I'm telling you, stop it!!"
Sunday, August 2, 2020
On this day in 1945,
U.S., Soviet Union and Britain
Agree to Split Germany
into Three Zones After WWII
British Movietone video
On this day in 1934,
Adolf Hitler Becomes Fuhrer of Germany
After German President Hindenburg's Death
Biography video: Adolph Hitler
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