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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010September 8, 1664 – New Amsterdam becomes New York Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him. Following its capture, [...]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010September 1, 1939 – Germany Invades Poland The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming [...]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010August 25, 1896 – Outlaw Bill Doolin Is Killed For six years, he participated in a variety of bank and train robberies, sometimes in partnership with the infamous Dalton gang. A careful and methodical man, Doolin planned his robberies well. Though he was shot several times, the wounds were never serious. Success inevitably brought increased [...]
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010On this date in 1991, a coup attempt against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began and he lost his position as leader of the USSR. During the time he was the USSR’s leader, he instituted policies to reform domestic economic structures and foreign policies. Gorbachev was battling on two fronts: the hardcore communists felt he was [...]
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010It’s difficult to believe that this happened 26 years ago. I still remember it riled the Left to no end, probably because they thought Reagan was just crazy enough to do it. Now maybe it’s just me, but I thought this was hilarious, even at the time. August 11, 1984 – Reagan Jokes About Bombing [...]
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010August 4, 1914 – U.S. Proclaims WWI Neutrality Yeah, President Wilson, how did that work out for us? As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States; a position a vast majority of Americans favored. However, Wilson’s hope that America could be “impartial in thought as [...]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Are you one of those folks who think 9-11 was the first time a plane struck a building in New York? If so, you would be sadly mistaken. July 28, 1945 – Plane Crashes Into Empire State Building A United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building on this day in 1945, killing [...]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010July 21, 1944 – Hitler Claims, “I’m Still Alive” Hitler had survived the bomb blast that was meant to take his life. He had suffered punctured eardrums, some burns and minor wounds, but nothing that would keep him from regaining control of the government and finding the rebels. In fact, the coup d’etat that was [...]
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010July 14, 1882 – Gunfighter John Ringo Found Dead [Ringo] was not involved in the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, but he did later challenge Doc Holliday (one of the survivors of the O.K. Corral fight) to a shootout. Holliday declined and citizens disarmed both men. The manner of Ringo’s demise remains [...]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010July 7, 1900 – Warren Earp Murdered In Arizona The youngest Earp brother, however, did not share in the fame of his older brothers. Warren Earp was probably in Tombstone on the day of the famous gunfight, but for reasons that remain unclear, Warren did not join in the gunfight (the eldest Earp brother, James, [...]
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