August 15 (A Double)
1096 - The First Crusade set out for Jerusalem.
A Battle of Civilizations was about to begin...A battle which neither side won, and neither side lost - to this day.
The West won many battles, but couldn’t invest and control the Middle East...On the flip side, Islam was kept at bay by the Crusaders, and was never able to conquer Central Europe.
1945 - V.J. Day: Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally, ending WWII. In a recorded radio message, Emperor Hirohito called upon the Japanese people to "bear the unbearable" and lay down their arms.
Don't forget WWII started in 1937 with Japan invading China, not in 1939 with the Germans invading Poland...And please don't feel sorry for the Japanese or Germans, regardless of how revisionist historians play games with the history of the war. Both deserved the ass kicking they received - and then some.
That said, almost 60,000,000 people were killed as a result of this war, and the world was turned upside down...Sadly, there will eventually be a third, and who knows what the damage and outcome will be.
636 - The Battle at Yarmuk: Islamic forces beat a Byzantine army and gained control of Syria.
Islam was on the march, and the Byzantines were in the process of a long decline...A deadly reality for the Western world.
778 - Charlemagne's rear guard, returning from Spain, was attacked by Muslim Basques.
This headline is confusing if you don't understand Spain was a Muslim country at this time...If you come here daily you should already know this, though, and Charlemagne and the Franks were the only force which kept Islam from sweeping through Western Europe.
Of note in this battle is the death of Roland, Charlemagne’s 'right hand,' whose death was a terrible blow to the great king...It was also an event which put Charlemagne on the offensive, keeping Islam isolated in Spain.
I highly recommend you read The Song of Roland, one of the greatest books of the Middle Ages, and a great story for all time.
1620 - The Mayflower set sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims.
These Puritans could have met the same fate as the settlers at Roanoke (probably should have), but they were destined to survive...And a great nation emerged from their founding.
1914 - The Panama Canal opened.
The Canal is an awesome engineering achievement, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and should be put right up with any of the ‘Wonders of the World’...Ancient or modern
1947- The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan, after some 200-years of British rule.
Two nations with awesome and terrible potential...Both have proven nuclear capability and both border some of the world’s hot spots: China, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.
Oh, and they have ancient hatred for each other, for various ethnic and religious reasons - with nukes and missiles to deliver them...Both will be major players on the world stage in the 21nd Century - for better or worse.
1961 - East Germany began building the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was a terrible monument to the reality of the Cold War...I wasn't alive when it went up, but remember the day 'The Wall' came down, and still get tears in my eyes at the event of it falling.
1971 - President Nixon announced a plan to help the economy recover from the costs of the Vietnam and Cold Wars - freezing wages and rents for 90-days.
Oh goody, the government threw itself even more into the lives of the American people - specifically the economy...So, how'd that work out?
The Down Jones went up! For one day...Followed by a dismal economy for a decade...Genius!!!
That said, it's predictable, and should be a warning to our overlords to quit trying to 'help'.
2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
We are not alone...We have no understanding of the enormity and power of the universe, and must admit we (Earth) are but one of what is possibly millions of planets with life on them (or not). The more we search, the more we will find.
2005 - Israel began to pull out from the Gaza Strip.
This is working out great for the Israelis...Not! As predicted by anyone willing to admit the truth about the Palestinians.
A Battle of Civilizations was about to begin...A battle which neither side won, and neither side lost - to this day.
The West won many battles, but couldn’t invest and control the Middle East...On the flip side, Islam was kept at bay by the Crusaders, and was never able to conquer Central Europe.
1945 - V.J. Day: Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally, ending WWII. In a recorded radio message, Emperor Hirohito called upon the Japanese people to "bear the unbearable" and lay down their arms.
Don't forget WWII started in 1937 with Japan invading China, not in 1939 with the Germans invading Poland...And please don't feel sorry for the Japanese or Germans, regardless of how revisionist historians play games with the history of the war. Both deserved the ass kicking they received - and then some.
That said, almost 60,000,000 people were killed as a result of this war, and the world was turned upside down...Sadly, there will eventually be a third, and who knows what the damage and outcome will be.
636 - The Battle at Yarmuk: Islamic forces beat a Byzantine army and gained control of Syria.
Islam was on the march, and the Byzantines were in the process of a long decline...A deadly reality for the Western world.
778 - Charlemagne's rear guard, returning from Spain, was attacked by Muslim Basques.
This headline is confusing if you don't understand Spain was a Muslim country at this time...If you come here daily you should already know this, though, and Charlemagne and the Franks were the only force which kept Islam from sweeping through Western Europe.
Of note in this battle is the death of Roland, Charlemagne’s 'right hand,' whose death was a terrible blow to the great king...It was also an event which put Charlemagne on the offensive, keeping Islam isolated in Spain.
I highly recommend you read The Song of Roland, one of the greatest books of the Middle Ages, and a great story for all time.
1620 - The Mayflower set sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims.
These Puritans could have met the same fate as the settlers at Roanoke (probably should have), but they were destined to survive...And a great nation emerged from their founding.
1914 - The Panama Canal opened.
The Canal is an awesome engineering achievement, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and should be put right up with any of the ‘Wonders of the World’...Ancient or modern
1947- The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan, after some 200-years of British rule.
Two nations with awesome and terrible potential...Both have proven nuclear capability and both border some of the world’s hot spots: China, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.
Oh, and they have ancient hatred for each other, for various ethnic and religious reasons - with nukes and missiles to deliver them...Both will be major players on the world stage in the 21nd Century - for better or worse.
1961 - East Germany began building the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was a terrible monument to the reality of the Cold War...I wasn't alive when it went up, but remember the day 'The Wall' came down, and still get tears in my eyes at the event of it falling.
1971 - President Nixon announced a plan to help the economy recover from the costs of the Vietnam and Cold Wars - freezing wages and rents for 90-days.
Oh goody, the government threw itself even more into the lives of the American people - specifically the economy...So, how'd that work out?
The Down Jones went up! For one day...Followed by a dismal economy for a decade...Genius!!!
That said, it's predictable, and should be a warning to our overlords to quit trying to 'help'.
2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
We are not alone...We have no understanding of the enormity and power of the universe, and must admit we (Earth) are but one of what is possibly millions of planets with life on them (or not). The more we search, the more we will find.
2005 - Israel began to pull out from the Gaza Strip.
This is working out great for the Israelis...Not! As predicted by anyone willing to admit the truth about the Palestinians.
Labels: Byzantine, Charlemagne, Christianity, Crusades, Discovery, Europe, France, Germany, India, Islam, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Pakistan, Science, Spain, US, Vietnam War, WWII
posted by Poison Pero @ Tuesday, August 14, 2018
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