May 6

1994 - The Channel Tunnel was completed.  For the first time since the Ice Age, a direct link connected Britain and mainland Europe.

This is an awesome feat of engineering...No surprise the Brits did most of the heavy lifting, but the French have reason to be proud as well.

Unfortunately for the Brits, the 'Chunnel' will likely be a German invasion route after the next time the Frenchies roll over to the Krauts...Or maybe it'll be a Muslim invasion?
 
Invasion or no invasion, you can bet the Channel Tunnel is very high on the list of Jihadi terror sites.

1527 - Charles V's Spanish and German troops began the 'Sack of Rome.'

This sounds like the Emperor attacked the Church, but it was not the case...At the time, Rome was a pawn between the French and Charles, and the Emperor had to take Rome in order to keep it from France.

The fact his troops sacked the city was a sad byproduct of a war-torn era...This sacking is also considered the end of the Renaissance Period by many historians.

1861 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved a bill declaring war between the U.S. and C.S.A.:  U.S. Civil War.

Kind of an afterthought, but at least the war was 'officially' on.

1935 - The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established under the direction of long-time aide to President Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins. The WPA philosophy was to put the unemployed back to work in jobs which would serve the public good and conserve the skills and the self-esteem of workers throughout the U.S.

All of FDR’s 'work projects' were better than modern welfare 'give-aways,' but some were pretty pathetic.

Example: 5,300 visual artists, 16,000 musicians, 12,700 theater workers, 6,686 writers, and others were given Federal employment...No wonder most who have these jobs are now absolute Democrats?

1937 - The hydrogen-filled German dirigible 'Hindenburg' burned and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 of the 97 people on board.

How all 97 people didn't die is amazing.

1941 - Josef Stalin became the official leader of the Soviet government (replacing Vyacheslav M. Molotov) by appointing himself Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars.

I hope you know this is true, yet untrue...Prior to this time Stalin wasn’t the titular head of the USSR, but he was the leader in reality as dictator, which is all that matters.

The fact he 'appointed himself' should be a pretty good clue of this truth.

1942 - Some 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese:  WWII.

The Fall of Corregidor gave the Japanese the highest ranking American soldier ever captured in battle (excluding the U.S. Civil War): Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright.

When MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia, he put Wainwright in overall command, and ordered him to defend the Philippines to the last man...This was a fools order, because the battle wasn’t winnable and was completely unnecessary strategically.

Wainwright was right to surrender when he did, and saved the lives of many American troops. Even though they suffered through years of captivity and torture...The only other choice was fighting to the last man - which would have been happened.

1997 - President Bill Clinton wrapped up his visit to Mexico as he and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo pledged closer cooperation on immigration and drug smuggling.

If their goal was to INCREASE 'immigration and drug smuggling' they were wildly successful...Unfortunately, I think at least one of the two was the goal.

1998 - Astronomers announced the detection of a gamma ray burst in a galaxy 12 billion light years away that was equal to the energy expended by the sun in one trillion years.

We are very small!!