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Subject: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 03/17/15 at 10:35 pm
I didn't see one of these posted yet.
March 18, 1940: During WWII,: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at Brenner Pass in the Alps and agreed to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
The previous day, March 17th, was Palm Sunday that year (and the most recent occasion that Palm Sunday has occurred on St. Patrick's Day!). (It won't happen again until sometime in the 24th century.)
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 04/10/15 at 1:06 pm
April 10, 1940 - WWII: First Naval Battle of Narvik: The British Royal Navy attacked the German fleet in the Ofotfjord. At Bergen, German cruiser Königsberg was sunk by British Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers flying from RNAS Hatston in Orkney.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/15 at 2:41 am
1940 – The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/01/15 at 5:05 am
1940 – The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/15 at 4:25 am
1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/15 at 3:13 am
May 9th 1940 – World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:14 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:14 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:15 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:15 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:16 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/15 at 12:16 pm
May 10th 1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
Did we invade Iceland, that is news to me!
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/15 at 12:23 pm
May 13th 1940 – World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/15 at 12:24 pm
May 13th 1940 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/15 at 4:42 am
May 14th 1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/15 at 4:42 am
May 14th 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/15 at 4:42 am
May 14th 1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/15 at 8:51 am
1940 – World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/15 at 8:51 am
26th May 1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/15 at 11:38 pm
1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/15 at 11:38 pm
1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/15 at 4:06 am
June 3rd 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/15 at 4:07 am
June 3rd 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/15 at 4:07 am
June 3rd 1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/15 at 8:19 am
June 4th 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/15 at 4:40 am
June 5th 1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/15 at 5:00 am
June 7th 1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leaves Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 06/07/15 at 11:18 pm
June 7th 1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leaves Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later
...and UK singer Tom Jones was born!
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/15 at 6:24 am
June 8th 1940 – World War II: the completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/15 at 4:57 am
June 10th 1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/15 at 4:57 am
June 10th 1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/15 at 4:58 am
June 10th 1940 – World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/15 at 5:37 am
June 18th 1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/15 at 5:37 am
June 18th 1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/15 at 5:04 am
June 20th 1940 – World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/15 at 3:37 am
June 22nd 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/15 at 3:06 am
June 23rd 1940 – World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/15 at 5:15 am
June 24th 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/15 at 3:33 am
June 25th 1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/26/15 at 9:30 am
June 26th 1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/15 at 7:24 am
July 2nd 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/15 at 12:20 am
1940 – The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/07/15 at 11:05 am
July 7, 1940: Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was born. Happy 75th birthday Ringo!!
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/15 at 1:35 am
July 10th 1940 – World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/15 at 1:36 am
July 10th 1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain: The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/11/15 at 5:09 am
July 11th 1940 – World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/15 at 5:26 am
July 19th 1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/15 at 5:27 am
July 19th 1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II, that Hitler appointed field marshals due to military achievements.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/15 at 5:27 am
July 19th 1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/15 at 2:59 am
July 23rd 1940 – US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issued a declaration that the US would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/15 at 1:52 am
July 27th 1940 – Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/15 at 1:54 am
July 27th 1940 – Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
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Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/27/15 at 11:03 am
July 27th 1940 – Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
Happy 75th birthday to a well-celebrated cartoon character!
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/15 at 3:40 am
July 29th 1940 - John Sigmund of St. Louis, MO completed a 292-mile swim down the Mississippi River. The swim from St. Louis to Caruthersville, MO took him 89 hours and 48 minutes.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/15 at 3:55 am
August 3rd 1940 – World War II: Italy began their invasion of British Somaliland.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/15 at 11:28 am
August 5th 1940 – World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/15 at 1:33 pm
August 5th 1940 - Saint Louis Browns' John Whitheead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in six innings.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/15 at 4:01 am
August 6th 1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/15 at 2:23 am
August 7th 1940 – World War II: Alsace-Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/08/15 at 3:32 am
August 8th 1940 – The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/15 at 7:49 am
August 15th 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/19/15 at 2:50 am
August 19th 1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/15 at 3:33 am
September 6th 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/15 at 12:51 am
September 7th 1940 – Second World War: The German Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other British cities and towns for over 50 consecutive nights.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/15 at 1:10 am
September 7th 1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/15 at 3:01 am
September 9th 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/09/15 at 3:01 am
September 9th 1940 – Treznea massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians kill 93 Romanian civilians in Treznea, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/15 at 12:39 am
September 9th 1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/15 at 2:52 am
September 18th 1940 – The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 11/13/15 at 3:24 pm
November 13, 1940 : Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound, premiered at The Broadway Theatre in New York City.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: muppethammer26 on 12/30/15 at 10:29 am
December 30, 1940: California's first modern freeway, the future State Route 110, opens to traffic in Pasadena, California, as the Arroyo Seco Parkway (now the Pasadena Freeway).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 12/31/15 at 12:13 am
December 30, 1940: California's first modern freeway, the future State Route 110, opens to traffic in Pasadena, California, as the Arroyo Seco Parkway (now the Pasadena Freeway).
A memorable moment in the history of California. :)
By the way, the route has once again become officially known as the Arroyo Seco Parkway, although the name "Pasadena Freeway" is still occasionally used.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: muppethammer26 on 01/01/16 at 9:45 am
January 1, 1941: Thailand Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/16 at 6:32 am
January 17th 1941 – Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/16 at 6:51 am
January 19th 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/16 at 5:47 am
January 20th 1941 – A German officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/20/16 at 11:39 am
January 20th 1941 – A German officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
Also, Franklin Roosevelt began his 3rd term as U.S. President (something no other president has done or will ever do).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/16 at 7:16 am
January 21st 1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/16 at 9:59 am
January 22nd 1941 – World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/16 at 11:08 am
January 25th 1941 – Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/16 at 3:04 am
January 28th 1941 – Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/16 at 5:08 am
January 29th 1941 – Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/23/16 at 3:38 am
February 23rd 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/16 at 2:31 am
February 25th 1941 - The Boston Bruins set an NHL record after going 23 games unbeaten. Their record during the stretch was 15-0-8.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/16 at 4:22 am
February 25th 1941 – February strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/16 at 2:18 am
March 1st 1941 - Elmer Layden was named the first Commissioner of the NFL.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/16 at 10:05 am
March 1st 1941 – World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/16 at 10:34 am
March 1st 1941 – W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/16 at 3:47 am
March 2nd 1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/04/16 at 8:58 am
March 4th 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/16 at 1:46 am
March 10th 1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/16 at 3:11 am
March 11th 1941 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/16 at 7:18 am
March 15th 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/16 at 6:26 am
March 21st 1941 - Singer Paula Kelly joined Glenn Miller's band.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/16 at 12:59 am
March 24th 1941 - Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox. The film was "Sun Valley Serenade."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/16 at 2:17 am
March 25th 1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/16 at 3:23 am
March 29th 1941 – The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/16 at 4:26 am
March 29th 1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/16 at 11:07 am
April 6th 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/16 at 6:25 am
April 10th 1941 – World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/16 at 7:02 am
April 10th 1941 – A Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/16 at 3:25 am
April 15th 1941 – In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom killing one thousand people.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/16 at 8:19 am
April 16th 1941 – World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/16 at 11:41 am
April 16th 1941 – World War II: The Ustaše, a Croatian ultranationalist organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/16 at 3:25 am
April 21st 1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 3:19 am
April 23rd 1941 – World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/16 at 2:34 am
April 26th 1941 - An organ was played at a baseball stadium for the first time in Chicago, IL.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/16 at 2:19 am
April 27th 1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/16 at 7:11 am
May 5th 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/16 at 3:14 am
May 6th 1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/16 at 8:56 am
May 7th 1941 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "Chattanooga Choo Choo."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/16 at 4:52 am
May 8th 1941 – The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/16 at 10:23 am
May 8th 1941 - Anita O’Day recorded "Let Me Off Uptown" with Gene Krupa and his band.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/16 at 3:07 am
May 9th 1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/16 at 6:49 am
May 9th 1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/16 at 7:23 am
May 10th 1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/16 at 9:01 am
May 10th 1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/16 at 8:43 am
May 13th 1941 – World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/13/16 at 2:07 pm
May 13th 1941 – World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
Also, singer Ritchie Valens, of "La Bamba" fame, was born, but he sadly lived to be only 17. :\'(
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/16 at 6:07 am
May 15th 1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games. The streak ended on July 17th.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/16 at 10:12 am
May 15th 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: ralfy on 05/21/16 at 1:35 pm
"‘Citizen Kane’ 75th Anniversary and Orson Welles’ Hell to Get the Film Released"
https://variety.com/2016/film/news/citizen-kane-75th-anniversary-orson-welles-history-hearst-1201750801/
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: ralfy on 05/21/16 at 1:42 pm
"The Maltese Falcon returning to theaters for 75th anniversary"
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/09/maltese-falcon-75th-anniversary-return-theaters
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/24/16 at 5:52 pm
May 24, 1941: American singer Bob Dylan was born.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/16 at 3:21 am
May 28th 1941 - The first night game in Washington, DC, took place. The Yankees beat the Senators 6-5 at Griffith Stadium.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/16 at 12:23 pm
May 28th 1941 - Frank Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra in recording "This Love of Mine."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/30/16 at 6:03 am
May 30th 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/16 at 3:06 am
May 31st 1941 – Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/16 at 3:56 am
May 31st 1941 – A Luftwaffe air raid on Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/16 at 10:47 am
June 1st 1941 - Mel Ott hit the 400th home run of his career. He also drove in his 1,500th career run.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/16 at 4:15 pm
June 1st 1941 – World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/16 at 10:43 am
June 2nd 1941 – World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/16 at 5:26 am
June 14th 1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/16 at 6:27 am
June 22nd 1941 – Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/16 at 12:10 pm
June 22nd 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/16 at 9:54 am
June 23rd 1941 – The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/16 at 5:50 am
June 23rd 1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/16 at 6:43 am
June 25th 1941 - Finland declared war on the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/16 at 4:50 am
June 27th 1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/27/16 at 5:09 am
June 27th 1941 – Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/16 at 4:02 am
June 29th 1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/01/16 at 10:36 pm
July 1, 1941:
Commercial TV authorized by the FCC.
NBC television began commercial operation on WNBT on channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occured at 2:29 PM over WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The 10-second spot displayed a picture of a clock superimposed on a map of the United States, accompanied by the voice-over "America runs on Bulova time." As a one-off special, the first quiz show called "Uncle Bee" was telecast on WNBT's inaugural broadcast day, followed later the same day by Ralph Edwards hosting the second game show broadcast on U.S. television, Truth or Consequences, as simulcast on radio and TV and sponsored by Ivory soap. Weekly broadcasts of the show would commence in 1956, with Bob Barker.
CBS television began commercial operation on New York station WCBW (modern-day WCBS-TV) on channel 2.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/01/16 at 10:40 pm
Also on July 1, 1941: A Yankee Stadium crowd of 52,832 fans watched Joe DiMaggio tie the all-time hitting streak record (44 games, Wee Willie Keeler in 1897).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/16/16 at 6:03 pm
July 16, 1941: Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/31/16 at 10:54 am
July 31st 1941: The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring ordered SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle "the final solution of the Jewish question".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/16 at 10:38 pm
August 11th 1941 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded "Elmer’s Tune."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: ralfy on 08/16/16 at 11:53 am
"New Wonder Woman Stamps Coming This Year to Celebrate 75th Anniversary, See Them Here"
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-wonder-woman-stamps-coming-this-year-to-celebr/1100-6442051/
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Written By: Howard on 08/16/16 at 1:53 pm
"New Wonder Woman Stamps Coming This Year to Celebrate 75th Anniversary, See Them Here"
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-wonder-woman-stamps-coming-this-year-to-celebr/1100-6442051/
That should be interesting. :)
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/22/16 at 1:31 am
August 22nd 1941 – World War II: German troops begins the Siege of Leningrad.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/16 at 10:34 pm
August 25th 1941 - Skinnay Ennis and his orchestra recorded the tune, "Don’t Let Julia Fool Ya."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/16 at 5:55 am
August 28th 1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/16 at 4:22 am
August 31st 1941 - The radio program "The Great Gildersleeve" made its debut on NBC.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/16 at 4:47 am
August 31st 1941 – World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/16 at 3:38 am
September 3rd 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/04/16 at 3:13 am
September 4th 1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/16 at 2:46 am
September 5th 1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/16 at 4:21 am
September 6th 1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/16 at 6:24 am
September 11th 1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U.S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/16 at 7:11 am
September 11th 1941 - Charles A. Lindbergh brought on charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the United States into World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/16 at 7:32 am
September 11th 1941 - In Arlington, VA, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon took place.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/16 at 6:25 am
September 17th 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/16 at 8:01 am
September 17th 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter theran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/16 at 1:42 am
September 21st 1941 - "The Second Mrs. Burton" premiered to the entire CBS Radio Network.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/16 at 4:56 am
September 22nd 1941 – World War II: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/16 at 6:00 pm
September 27th 1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/16 at 1:40 am
September 28th 1941 - Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox) hit .400 for the season. He was the last major league player of the century to achieve this statistic.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/16 at 6:22 am
September 28th 1941 – The Drama Uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/29/16 at 3:16 am
September 29th 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/16 at 4:04 am
September 30th 1941 - "That Solid Old Man" was recorded by The Larry Clinton Orchestra.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/30/16 at 5:39 pm
September 30th 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/16 at 4:41 am
October 2nd 1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/16 at 4:11 am
October 8th 1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/16 at 6:11 am
October 8th 1941 - The Benny Goodman Orchestra recorded "Buckle Down Winsocki" with Tom Dix as featured vocalist.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/16 at 3:08 am
October 11th 1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/16 at 12:49 am
October 23rd 1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/16 at 3:51 am
October 29th 1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 10/31/16 at 4:29 pm
October 31st 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/16 at 3:30 am
November 12th 1941 – World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/16 at 3:40 am
November 12th 1941 – World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/16 at 4:28 am
November 13th 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/16 at 2:55 am
November 14th 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/16 at 3:14 am
November 14th 1941 – World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/16 at 4:32 am
November 19th 1941 – World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/16 at 3:49 am
November 24th 1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/16 at 5:06 am
November 25th 1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/16 at 2:32 am
November 26th 1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. In 1939 Roosevelt had signed a bill that changed the celebration of Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/16 at 3:31 am
December 1st 1941 – World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/16 at 3:14 am
December 5th 1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/05/16 at 3:37 am
December 5th 1941 – World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/16 at 4:38 am
December 6th 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/16 at 12:31 am
December 7th 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 12/07/16 at 12:33 am
December 7th 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
A key event in WWII (and a sad one), that's for sure. :\'(
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/16 at 3:35 am
A key event in WWII (and a sad one), that's for sure. :\'(
A day of infamy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/16 at 4:37 am
December 8th 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/16 at 4:51 am
December 8th 1941 – World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/16 at 4:32 am
December 9th 1941 – World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/16 at 6:06 am
December 9th 1941 – World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/17 at 6:01 pm
January 1st 1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/17 at 4:36 pm
January 11th 1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/17 at 4:50 pm
January 11th 1942 – World War II: The Japanese attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/17 at 7:31 pm
January 12th 1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/17 at 1:42 am
January 13th 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/17 at 2:20 am
January 13th 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/17 at 1:25 am
January 15th 1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave baseball the approval to play despite World War II. He encouraged night games so that war workers could attend.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/17 at 3:01 am
February 10th 1942, 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra became the first recording to be awarded a Gold record. It was actually just a master copy of the disc sprayed with gold lacquer by RCA as a publicity stunt. The actual award recognized today as a Gold Record would not be initiated for another sixteen years when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) borrowed the idea and trademarked the Gold Record. The first Gold single was awarded to Perry Como in 1958 for 'Catch A Falling Star' and the first Gold album was given to Gordon McRae for the soundtrack to 'Oklahoma'.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/17 at 10:26 pm
March 5th 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces captures Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which left undefended after the withdrawal of KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/17 at 8:14 pm
March 14th 1942 – Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/17 at 9:28 pm
March 17th 1942 – Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/17 at 2:42 am
March 20th 1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/17 at 11:32 pm
April 14th 1942 – Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/17 at 5:53 am
May 3rd 1942 – World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/17 at 7:07 pm
May 4th 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/17 at 7:50 pm
May 4th 1942 - The United States began food rationing.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/17 at 8:34 pm
May 14th 1942 - "Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copland was performed for the first time by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/17 at 9:52 pm
June 20th 1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/17 at 1:42 am
June 21st 1942 – World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/17 at 2:21 am
June 22nd 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/17 at 8:24 pm
June 22th 1942 – The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/17 at 9:53 pm
June 23rd 1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/17 at 7:35 pm
July 4th 1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/19/17 at 9:36 pm
July 19th 1942 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/17 at 12:49 am
August 9th 1942 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was arrested Britain. He was not released until 1944.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/17 at 1:49 am
August 9th 1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/17 at 10:29 am
August 9th 1942 - CBS radio debuted "Our Secret Weapon."
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 4:18 am
August 11th 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/17 at 11:43 am
August 11th 1942 - During World War II, Pierre Laval publicly announced "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war."
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/17 at 3:41 pm
August 15th 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/17 at 4:48 pm
August 15th 1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/17/17 at 3:20 pm
August 17th 1942 – World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/17 at 2:35 am
August 23rd 1947 - Margaret Truman, U.S. President Truman's daughter, gave her first public performance as a singer. The event was at the Hollywood Bowl and had an audience of 15,000.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/17 at 5:04 pm
August 24th 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of 7 officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/17 at 3:57 pm
September 3rd 1942 - Frank Sinatra started his solo singing career.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/17 at 12:47 pm
September 13th 1942 - Chicago Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes four errors in one inning.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/17 at 3:26 pm
September 13th 1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/17 at 1:33 am
September 14th 1942 - New York Yankees clinch pennant #13.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/17 at 11:17 am
September 21st 1942 – The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/17 at 3:09 pm
September 21st 1942 - The American B-29 Stratofortress makes its maiden flight.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/17 at 1:20 pm
September 24th 1942 - Glenn Miller ended his broadcasts for Chesterfield Cigarettes so he could go to World War II.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/17 at 11:57 am
September 25th 1942 – World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/17 at 12:49 pm
September 27th 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time. Miller volunteered for the U.S. Army and disappeared December 15, 1944 over the English Channel.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/17 at 11:15 am
September 28th 1942 - New York Americans NHL team folds.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/17 at 2:34 pm
November 8th 1942 - Parker Hall (Cleveland Rams) threw seven interceptions against the Green Bay Packers.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/17 at 4:45 pm
November 8th 1942 - Operation Torch begins, as Allied forces land in Northern Africa. The Western Task Force with 24,500 Americans under Major General George Patton land at Fedala (15 miles north of Casablanca), Mehdia (55 miles south of Casablanca), and Safi (140 miles south of Casablanca). The Center Task Force with 18,500 Americans under Major General Lloyd Fredenall land near Oran. The Eastern Task Force with 9000 British and 9000 Americans and 2000 British Commandos under American Major General Charles Ryder land at Algiers.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/17 at 1:32 pm
November 10th 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 11/12/17 at 9:08 am
November 12th 1942 - In World War II, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/17 at 3:53 pm
November 13th 1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/24/18 at 11:09 am
January 24th 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 04/25/18 at 10:36 pm
April 25th 1943, was the last time that Easter Sunday occurred on its latest possible date. (It won't occur on that date again until 2038 -- 20 years from now.)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/18 at 1:45 am
April 25th 1943, was the last time that Easter Sunday occurred on its latest possible date. (It won't occur on that date again until 2038 -- 20 years from now.)
Curious...
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/18 at 10:43 am
May 4th 1943 - National League's Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet; ball proves to be 50 percent livelier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/18 at 7:49 am
May 15th 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
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Written By: nally on 07/23/18 at 11:22 pm
Curious...
I have probably explained before about how Easter Sunday is determined; it's the Sunday right after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. :)
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Written By: nally on 07/23/18 at 11:22 pm
July 23rd 1943:
The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
And in World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
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Written By: nally on 08/17/18 at 4:20 pm
August 17th 1943:
- The Quebec Conference opened in Quebec City, Canada with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King in attendance.
- The US 7th Army, commanded by General George S. Patton, met the British 8th Army led by General Bernard Montgomery in Messina, completing the Allied invasion of Sicily.
- Allied artillery in Messina began shelling the Italian mainland.
- The USAAF Fifth Air Force began the five-day Bombing of Wewak on the mainland of New Guinea.
- American actor Robert DeNiro was born, in New York City.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/18 at 10:10 am
September 11th 1943 - The NHL approved the Hockey Hall of Fame. The official building for the hall of fame was not opened until August 26, 1961 on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/18 at 3:59 pm
October 11th 1943 - New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, 10th World Series win - New York Yankees become first team to win ten World Series.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/18 at 11:35 am
October 31st 1943 - Washington Redskins' Sammy Baugh passes for six touchdowns versus Brooklyn (48-10).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/18 at 3:19 pm
November 13th 1943 - Leonard Bernstein made his debut with the New York Philhamonic when he filled in for the ailing Bruno Walter prior to a nationally broadcast concert. Bernstein was 25 years old and was an assistant conductor at the time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/18 at 11:33 pm
November 22nd 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Franklin Roosevelt, and Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo, Egypt, over five days. They agree on military strategy against Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/18 at 4:01 pm
November 23rd 1943 - During World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin from the Japanese during the Central Pacific offensive in the Gilbert Islands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/18 at 12:30 pm
December 2nd 1943 - The musical "Carmen Jones" opened on Broadway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/18 at 1:36 pm
December 4th 1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
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Written By: nally on 02/04/19 at 5:20 pm
Here is something interesting...
75 years ago today, the date was Friday February fourth, nineteen forty-four! (A quintuple-alliteration!) :D
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Written By: nally on 02/09/19 at 5:44 pm
February 9th 1944: American author Alice Walker was born. Her most famous work is the 1982 novel The Color Purple, winner of both the National Book Award for hardcover fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Happy 75th birthday Alice!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/19 at 12:39 pm
February 24th 1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
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Written By: nally on 04/04/19 at 11:56 pm
75 years ago today, the date was written as 4/4/44! :D
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/19 at 6:37 am
April 29th 1944 – World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/19 at 12:17 pm
May 18th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
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Written By: nally on 06/06/19 at 8:39 am
Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a key event in World War II.
The Allied invasion of Normandy—codenamed Operation Overlord—begins with the execution of Operation Neptune (commonly referred to as D-Day), the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/19 at 3:07 am
Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a key event in World War II.
The Allied invasion of Normandy—codenamed Operation Overlord—begins with the execution of Operation Neptune (commonly referred to as D-Day), the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
A true pinnacle day in world and European history.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/19 at 5:53 am
June 10th 1944 – In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/19 at 11:39 am
June 12th 1944 – World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/13/19 at 5:44 am
June 13th 1944:
– World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
– World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
– World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/14/19 at 11:44 am
June 14th 1944 – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/19 at 8:51 am
June 15th 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/19 at 7:40 am
July 3rd 1944 - The U.S. First Army opened a general offensive to break out of the hedgerow area of Normandy, France.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/19 at 1:17 pm
July 3rd 1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/19 at 2:07 am
July 9th 1944 – World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/19 at 6:33 am
July 9th 1944 – World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/19 at 2:50 pm
August 7th 1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/19 at 3:47 pm
August 14th 1944 - The federal government allowed the manufacture of certain domestic appliances to resume on a limited basis.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/19 at 4:52 pm
August 21st 1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/19 at 5:58 am
August 25th 1944 - Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/11/19 at 3:22 pm
September 11th 1944 - In Quebec City, Canada, Prime Minister William King hosts a nine-day meeting with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt. They discuss Germany, European military strategy, and the war against Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/19 at 9:07 am
September 15th 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/19 at 9:52 am
September 15th 1944 – Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 2:32 pm
September 17th 1944 - British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery launched Operation Market Garden, with 14 divisions. Nearly 2000 American CG-4A and 700 British Horga and Hamilcar gliders are launched from southern England, carrying the British 2nd Army and the US 101st Airborne Division. They land along 60 miles of road in Holland, leading into Germany. The objective is to capture bridges at Grave, Nijmegen, and Arnhem over the Rhine river.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 2:36 pm
September 17th 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/17/19 at 11:49 pm
September 17th 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/19 at 4:51 pm
October 4th 1944 - The Saint Louis World Series: Saint Louis Cardinals versus Saint Louis Browns; Browns win first World Series game in their only appearance (World Series #41).
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/19 at 3:23 pm
October 6th 1944 – World War II: Units of 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps crossed Czechoslovak borders during Battle of the Dukla Pass.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 1:29 pm
October 13th 1944 - During World War II, British and Greek advance units landed at Piraeus.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 3:53 pm
October 13th 1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/19 at 4:22 pm
October 13th 1944 – World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/19 at 2:51 pm
October 16th 1944 – Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker's, debut in The Beach Nut, a Walter Lantz's cartoon.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/24/19 at 4:47 pm
October 24th 1944 – World War II: The Japanese battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/19 at 4:59 am
October 27th 1944 – World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
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Written By: nally on 11/06/19 at 6:21 pm
November 6th 1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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Written By: nally on 11/07/19 at 10:17 am
November 7th 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency for the 4th and final time.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/19 at 7:42 am
November 10th 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/19 at 3:19 am
November 12th 1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/19 at 10:25 am
November 26th 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
http://lewishamwarmemorials.wdfiles.com/local--files/memorial:new-cross-woolworths-v2-memorial/Woolworths%281%29.jpg
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/19 at 6:36 am
November 27th 1944 – World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/19 at 2:17 pm
December 3rd 1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/19 at 4:02 pm
December 3rd 1944 - US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hürtgenwald.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/20 at 3:31 am
January 10th 1945 - Los Angeles Railway (with five streetcar lines) forced to close.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/20 at 6:12 am
January 15th 1945 - CBS Radio debuted "House Party". The show was on the air for 22 years.
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Written By: nally on 01/20/20 at 1:25 am
January 20th 1945:
President Franklin Roosevelt took the oath of office for the fourth and final time.
The German Evacuation of East Prussia began. This process would take nearly two months to complete.
The 4th Ukrainian Front advancing through Slovakia took Prešov.
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Written By: nally on 01/23/20 at 11:56 am
January 23rd 1945:
During World War II, German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
The date was written as 1/23/45 (consecutive digits in order!).
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Written By: Elor on 01/27/20 at 11:18 am
January 27th 1945
Soviet troops liberate the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz. :-X
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/20 at 3:00 am
January 27th 1945
Soviet troops liberate the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz. :-X
The images of the commemorations yesterday were sad to watch.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/20 at 2:34 pm
January 28th 1945 - American troops regain the front lines against the Germans held on December 16. Allied armies suffered about 83,000 casualties, and lost about 800 tanks. Germany lost over 100,000 men, 800 tanks, and 1000 aircraft.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/20 at 2:41 pm
January 28th 1945 - General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/20 at 1:55 pm
January 30th 1945 - In Malta, British and American representatives meet over five days to discuss military strategy, Italy, China, and occupation zones in Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/20 at 3:31 am
February 4th 1945 - During World War II, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany's defeat.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/20 at 4:24 am
February 4th 1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/05/20 at 2:53 pm
February 5th 1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla, Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 2:37 pm
February 13th 1945 – World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/20 at 2:54 pm
February 13th 1945 – World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/20 at 6:50 am
February 24th 1945 - During World War II, the Philippine capital of Manila, was liberated by U.S. soldiers.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/20 at 8:42 am
February 24th 1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/20 at 8:30 am
February 26th 1945 - Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/20 at 2:27 am
March 3rd 1945 - Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/10/20 at 7:16 am
March 10th 1945 - US troops lands on Mindanao, Philippines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/20 at 9:08 am
March 14th 1945 - In Germany, a 22,000 pound "Grand Slam" bomb was dropped by the Royal Air Force Dambuster Squad on the Beilefeld railway viaduct. It was the heaviest bomb used during World War II.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/20 at 2:43 pm
March 15th 1945 - Bert Shepard (one legged WWII veteran) tries out as a pitcher for Washington Senators.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/20 at 4:22 pm
March 15th 1945 - Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/20 at 6:37 pm
March 15th 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/20 at 6:44 pm
March 16th 1945 - Iwo Jima was declared secure by the Allies. However, small pockets of Japanese resistance still existed.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/20 at 3:57 pm
March 18th 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 50 goals.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/20 at 5:12 pm
March 24th 1945 - Operation Varsity begins, as 134 American and British gliders cross the Rhine River, landing paratroops in Wesel, Germany.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 4:49 pm
March 26th 1945 - The last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima are wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 6:23 pm
March 26th 1945 - In the Aleutians, the battle of Komandorski began when the Japanese attempted to reinforce a garrison at Kiska and were intercepted by a U.S. naval force.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 6:56 pm
March 26th 1945 - Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen on the Rhine.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/20 at 6:37 pm
March 27th 1945 - General Dwight Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/20 at 3:47 pm
March 28th 1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/20 at 4:33 pm
March 29th 1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/20 at 3:05 pm
March 30th 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 6:38 pm
March 31st 1945 – World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 12:59 pm
April 2nd 1945 - First US units reach east coast of Okinawa, Japan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/20 at 5:41 pm
April 3rd 1945 - US first army conquers Hofgeismar.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/20 at 2:54 pm
April 4th 1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 4:28 am
April 5th 1945 – Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/20 at 12:35 pm
April 6th 1945 - "This is Your FBI" debuted on ABC radio.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 12:59 pm
April 9th 1945 - National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 5:01 pm
April 10th 1945 - NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 12:02 pm
April 12th 1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 4:46 pm
April 12th 1945 - In New York, the organization of the first eye bank, the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, was announced.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 04/12/20 at 10:27 pm
April 12th 1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
Yep...this was the most recent occurrence of a sitting U.S. President dying of an illness. (18 years later, in 1963, JFK was shot to death, so that was not a natural death.) FDR had been working hard during WWII but all of that toil was catching up with him.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 1:31 pm
April 14th 1945 - American B-29 make incendiary raids on Tokyo, Japan, and damage the Imperial Palace.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 2:07 pm
April 14th 1945 – Razing of Friesoythe: the German town of Friesoythe is deliberately destroyed by the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 3:56 pm
April 14th 1945 - US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 4:01 pm
April 16th 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 4:20 pm
April 16th 1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 7:35 am
April 17th 1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden, Germany.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 8:56 am
April 17th 1945 - US troops land in Mindanao.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 1:58 pm
April 17th 1945 – World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 2:17 pm
April 20th 1945 - During World War II, Allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/20 at 1:59 pm
April 23rd 1945 - The Soviet Army fought its way into Berlin.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 12:04 pm
April 30th 1945 - Arthur Godfrey began his CBS radio morning show "Arthur Godfrey Time." It ran until this day in 1972.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 12:58 pm
April 30th 1945 – World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 1:22 pm
May 5th 1945 - German Army Group G of 200-400,000 men surrenders to General Jacob Devers and the US 6th Army Group. Lieutenant General Foertsch signs for Germany. The official cease-fire and surrender is to take effect at noon May 6.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 2:30 pm
May 5th 1945 – World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 10:37 pm
May 5th 1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/20 at 4:36 pm
May 6th 1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/20 at 1:20 pm
May 7th 1945 - At Rheims, France, German armed forces sign unconditional surrender, effective from 0001 hours on May 9. Signing for Germany is Chief of Staff of German Army Colonel General Gustaf Jodl. Signing for the Supreme Allied Commander is Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Walter Smith. Signing for France is General François Sevez. Signing for the Soviet Union is General Ivan Susloparoff.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/20 at 5:04 pm
May 7th 1945 - Baseball owner Branch Rickey announced the organization of the United States Negro Baseball League. There were 6 teams.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/20 at 11:29 am
May 8th 1945 - In Washington, D.C., US President Harry Truman officially announces the unconditional surrender of Germany. He then calls on Japan to surrender unconditionally, or face "utter destruction".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/08/20 at 4:36 pm
May 8th 1945 - In Washington, D.C., US President Harry Truman officially announces the unconditional surrender of Germany. He then calls on Japan to surrender unconditionally, or face "utter destruction".
A key moment in World War Two.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 12:29 pm
The following WWII events took place on May 9th 1945:
The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.
The German occupation of the Channel Islands (an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy) comes to an end.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/20 at 9:24 am
May 10th 1945 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/20 at 3:58 pm
May 11th 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/20 at 5:01 pm
May 14th 1945 - Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/20 at 11:41 am
May 22nd 1945 - US 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/20 at 7:31 am
May 26th 1945 - American bomber planes drop fire bombs on Tokyo, Japan.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/20 at 10:55 am
May 29th 1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/20 at 1:11 pm
May 29th 1945 - US 1st Marine Division conquors Shuri-castle Okinawa, Japan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/20 at 11:58 am
June 9th 1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/20 at 3:24 pm
June 10th 1945 – Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 7:45 am
June 21st 1945 - Pan Am announced an 88-hour round-the-world flight at a cost of $700.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 9:17 am
June 21st 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 4:25 pm
June 29th 1945 - The Washington Post reports RAF officers found a colossal airfield near Oslo, Norway, with 40 7000-mile range Heinkel bombers, which had been in preparation for bombing New York.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 4:58 pm
June 29th 1945 – Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 11:05 am
July 1st 1945 - New York established the New York State Commission Against Discrimination to prevent discrimination in employment because of race, creed or natural origin. It was the first such agency in the U.S.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 7:56 am
July 6th 1945 - Nicaragua became the first nation to formally accept the United Nations Charter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 12:09 pm
July 16th 1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 4:11 pm
July 26th 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 5:11 pm
July 26th 1945 – World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 08/06/20 at 5:42 pm
August 6, 1945 - A nuclear bomb was detonated in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 08/06/20 at 7:28 pm
August 6, 1945 - A nuclear bomb was detonated in Hiroshima, Japan.
:\'( :\'( :\'(
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/20 at 1:03 pm
August 14th 1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/20 at 11:08 am
August 15th 1945 – Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 7:33 am
August 16th 1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/20 at 9:33 am
August 20th 1945 - Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league ball game. Brown was 17 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 08/30/20 at 1:10 pm
Two days late:
On August 28, 1945, Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, who never played in the USL, to a minor league contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had been playing in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs. This was a step towards breaking the color barrier.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/20 at 2:24 am
September 5th 1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/20 at 10:12 am
September 7th 1945 – World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/20 at 11:36 am
September 15th 1945 – A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 1:12 am
October 12th 1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 10/24/20 at 12:22 pm
October 24th 1945 - The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/20 at 3:21 pm
November 10th 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 11/21/20 at 10:59 am
November 21st 1945:
The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
American actress Goldie Hawn was born.
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Written By: nally on 11/29/20 at 10:58 am
November 29th 1945: The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 12/10/20 at 5:23 pm
December 10, 1945: The Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. The recipients were Wolfgang Pauli of Austria for Physics, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finland) for Chemistry, Sir Alexander Fleming (United Kingdom), Ernst Boris Chain (United Kingdom) and Howard Florey (Australia) for Physiology or Medicine, Gabriela Mistral (Chile) for Literature and Cordell Hull (United States) for Peace.
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Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 12/21/20 at 11:24 pm
December 21, 1945: In the Chinese Civil War, the Battle of Shaobo ended in communist victory and the Battle of Tangtou–Guocun began.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/03/21 at 11:31 am
January 3rd 1946: Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 01/04/21 at 2:59 pm
January 4, 1946: The United States Department of War announced a slowdown in demobilization of U.S. Army soldiers in the Pacific theater, cutting army discharges by 60 percent, from 800,000 down to 300,000 per month. In the week that followed, American soldiers around the world protested, in the Philippines, France, Guam, Germany, India and the United States. The War Department reversed the decision as a result of pressure from the "'Bring Em Home' Movement".
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/06/21 at 11:46 pm
January 6th 1946 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/10/21 at 12:44 pm
January 10th 1946 - The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 7:57 am
January 11th 1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 01/17/21 at 4:23 pm
January 17th 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session.
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Written By: nally on 01/31/21 at 11:43 am
January 31st 1946 - During the Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 02/05/21 at 4:58 pm
February 5th 1946 - The first scheduled Trans-Atlantic commercial airplane flight was made when the "Star of Paris", a TWA Constellation, took off at 2:21 pm from New York's La Guardia airport. The plane landed in Paris 14 hours and 48 minutes later.
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Written By: nally on 02/08/21 at 4:59 pm
February 8th 1946 - The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible -- the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version -- is published.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 02/15/21 at 2:03 pm
February 15th 1946 - ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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Written By: nally on 02/18/21 at 5:08 pm
February 18th 1946: The Royal Indian Navy mutiny occurred; it involved a total strike and subsequent revolt by Indian sailors of the Royal Indian Navy on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay harbour on that day. From the initial flashpoint in Bombay, the revolt spread and found support throughout British India, from Karachi to Calcutta, and ultimately came to involve over 20,000 sailors in 78 ships and shore establishments.
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Written By: nally on 02/24/21 at 4:32 pm
February 24th 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/24/21 at 4:33 pm
February 24th 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
You beat me to it, due to slowness of my wi-fi!
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 3:51 pm
March 24th 1946 – A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 10:08 am
April 3rd 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/21 at 7:59 am
April 8th 1946 – Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 04/15/21 at 2:14 pm
April 15, 1946: The first television network was created, as the DuMont Television Network linked New York and Washington by coaxial cable. A two-hour program featuring speeches, "along with a short play, a quiz show, and a dance routine" were broadcast simultaneously on both stations.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 9:03 am
May 5th 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 1:16 am
May 10th 1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 7:03 am
June 2nd 1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
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Written By: CatwomanofV on 06/05/21 at 6:18 pm
75 years ago today, the love of my life was born. :D ;D ;D
Cat
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/21 at 2:28 pm
75 years ago today, the love of my life was born. :D ;D ;D
Cat
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/21 at 3:38 pm
July 5th 1946 – Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
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Written By: nally on 07/06/21 at 9:31 pm
July 6th 1946... three famous American men were born:
Sylvester Stallone (actor)
Fred Dryer (football player-turned-actor)
George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States)
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/26/21 at 11:02 pm
July 26th 1946: Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 08/01/21 at 11:46 am
August 1st 1946: Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 08/04/21 at 12:00 am
August 3rd 1946 - Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
It would be renamed Holiday World in 1984; and the name would expand to Holiday World & Splashin' Safari by 1993.
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Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 09/18/21 at 12:22 pm
September 18, 1946: Hidden in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Ojneg-Szabes group during the Second World War, the archive of materials that had been written during the siege was unearthed. Dr. Emmanuel Ringelblum supervised the writing, collection, storage (in watertight milk cans) and burial for future generations to read.
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Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 11/11/21 at 12:48 pm
November 11, 1946: Margaret Truman, the 22-year-old daughter of the President of the United States, made her operatic debut, singing at the opening of the 62nd season of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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Written By: nally on 01/06/22 at 11:15 pm
January 6th 1947 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
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Written By: nally on 01/22/22 at 1:36 pm
22 January 1947: KTLA went on the air, as the first local television station in the Los Angeles area.
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Written By: nally on 02/12/22 at 11:06 am
February 12th 1947: The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection, which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II.
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Written By: nally on 03/12/22 at 2:41 pm
March 12th 1947:
US President Harry S. Truman announced the Truman Doctrine, telling Congress that "it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
American political figure Mitt Romney was born.
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Written By: nally on 03/25/22 at 10:56 pm
March 25th 1947:
An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111. :\'(
British musician Elton John was born. :)
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Written By: nally on 04/09/22 at 11:29 am
April 9th 1947 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
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Written By: nally on 04/15/22 at 9:17 am
April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
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Written By: nally on 04/30/22 at 11:01 pm
April 30th 1947: In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 10:28 pm
One day late...
11 May 1947: The B.F. Goodrich company announced the development of the tubeless tire, a technological innovation that would make automobiles safer and more efficient.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/31/22 at 8:13 pm
May 31st 1947: Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 06/23/22 at 7:58 pm
June 23rd 1947 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/22 at 3:04 pm
June 24th 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/22 at 9:08 am
June 25th 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/22 at 10:59 am
July 4th 1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
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Written By: nally on 07/08/22 at 9:12 pm
July 8th 1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 07/10/22 at 11:34 pm
July 10th 1947 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
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Written By: nally on 07/11/22 at 9:42 pm
July 11th 1947 - The Exodus 1947 (a steamship) headed to Palestine from France.
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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 10:42 pm
July 12th 1947 - Representatives of 16 nations opened a conference in Paris to discuss implementation of the Marshall Plan.
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Written By: nally on 08/01/22 at 11:40 pm
August 1st 1947, Bulgarian leader Georgi Dimitrov and Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signed the Bled agreement, an alliance treaty paving the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic.
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Written By: nally on 08/04/22 at 7:59 pm
August 4th 1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/22 at 4:58 pm
August 14th 1947 – Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 08/17/22 at 8:06 pm
August 17th 1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 09/09/22 at 10:14 pm
September 9th 1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
A literal bug; I wonder if that’s how the term “bug” became attributed to malfunctions in computer systems??
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Written By: nally on 09/30/22 at 8:33 pm
September 30th 1947: The first World Series to be televised began. It was also the first to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
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Written By: nally on 10/02/22 at 10:53 pm
October 2nd 1947: Game Three of the World Series was played. New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, doing so off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss.
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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 11:50 pm
October 14th 1947 – Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
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Written By: nally on 10/16/22 at 10:17 am
October 16th 1947 – The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
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Written By: nally on 10/22/22 at 12:01 pm
October 22nd 1947 – The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/22 at 2:19 pm
November 6th 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
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Written By: nally on 11/17/22 at 11:38 pm
November 17th 1947 - The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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Written By: nally on 11/17/22 at 11:50 pm
Also on this day in 1947: American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
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Written By: nally on 12/20/22 at 11:34 pm
December 20th 1947 - Italy was hit with a new wave of labor strife when 300,000 workers in flour mills and food-processing factories went on strike. :o
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Written By: nally on 12/23/22 at 7:42 pm
December 23rd 1947 – The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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Written By: nally on 12/27/22 at 11:00 pm
December 27th 1947 - The Howdy Doody show premiered on the NBC television network. (The titular character was a puppet, operated and voiced by Buffalo Bob Smith, who hosted the show.) It would run for 13 years (in black-n-white for the first 8; in color for the last 5).
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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:35 am
January 1st 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
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Written By: nally on 01/21/23 at 11:02 am
January 21st 1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
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Written By: nally on 01/30/23 at 11:56 pm
January 30th 1948: Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer who collaborated with his brother Wilbur to create the first successful motor-powered airplane, passed away at the age of 76.
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Written By: nally on 02/05/23 at 11:09 pm
February 5th 1948: Dick Button, age 18, becomes the first American men's figure skating Olympic gold medalist at the St. Moritz Winter Games; first to complete a double axel in competition.
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Written By: nally on 02/15/23 at 10:43 pm
February 15th 1948: The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Nigeria was sent to the Falkland Islands after Argentina and Chile rejected British protests against setting up posts and naval bases on territories that the British considered theirs.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 02/16/23 at 10:55 pm
February 16th 1948, NBC-TV began airing its first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre", which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
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Written By: nally on 02/22/23 at 12:09 am
February 21st 1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.
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Written By: nally on 03/17/23 at 8:28 pm
March 17th 1948 - Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 5:10 pm
March 25th 1948 - The comedy film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House made its world premiere at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 04/01/23 at 10:24 am
April 1st 1948 – Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
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Written By: nally on 04/03/23 at 9:59 pm
April 3rd 1948 – During the Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 04/07/23 at 10:50 pm
April 7th 1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
Also, American musician John Oates (half the musical duo Hall & Oates) was born.
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Written By: nally on 04/28/23 at 11:08 pm
April 28th 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus, at the New York City Center.
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Written By: nally on 04/30/23 at 11:31 am
April 30th 1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/07/23 at 1:13 pm
May 7th 1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: nally on 05/09/23 at 9:22 pm
May 9th 1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution came into effect.
Subject: Re: 75 Years Ago Thread
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/23 at 3:26 am
May 23rd 1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Written By: nally on 05/29/23 at 6:39 pm
May 29th 1948 – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.