August 7

1942 - The Battle of Guadalcanal began: U.S. Marines launched America's first offensive in the Pacific in World War II.

Midway was the ‘turning-point’ in the Pacific, but the Battle of Guadalcanal started a string of victories which didn’t end until the Japanese surrendered.

The battle also showed what it would take to defeat Japan: Of the 30,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal, almost 24,000 died during the battle. Compared to only 1,500 for the U.S…They had to be slaughtered, and even at that barely surrendered.

1782 - The Order of the Purple Heart (Badge of Military Merit) was established by General George Washington to honor Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War.

The Purple Heart should be worn as a 'Badge of Honor' for the self-sacrifice made for this great nation.

THANK YOU TO EVERY PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT!

1944 - The trial of the anti-Hitler 'July Plot' conspirators began in Germany:  WWII.

The Nazi's were on their last leg, and the executions against those in this plot did much to bring the war to a quicker end - because many of the German Army's best leaders were killed...Again, Hitler did what he could to cause Germany to suffer as much as possible.

1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy became the first wife of a president to give birth while he was in the White House since the days of Grover Cleveland. The infant died two days later.

A premonition of Kennedy tragedies to come??

1964 - The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President L.B. Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces:  Vietnam War.

If Congress had any balls it would have declared war on North Vietnam instead of passing the buck to the President...Yes, this gave LBJ the power to fight the war, but if he had a declaration of war he would have had much more, and would have been able to pursue it properly.

It would have also kept Congress in the loop, and kept the traditional power of going to war in their hands...One of many responsibilities Congress has abrogated on the way to being the President's bitch.

1992 - The 39-nation Conference on Disarmament produced the final draft of a treaty to ban chemical weapons, ending 24-years of talks.

What a complete waste of time. There is little doubt all 39 nations at the conference continue to produce such weapons...Including the U.S.

1998 - Terrorist bombs at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

And what did President Clinton do? Other than launching a few missiles in the desert, he didn’t do jack-squat!!

Try to imagine Bill or any of his Lefty cronies as Commander-in-Chief on 9/12/01...A scary thought.

2006 - A new finding implied that the universe is about 15.8 billion years old and about 180 billion light-years wide based on new evidence, which suggested that the Hubble constant, a number that measures the expansion rate and age of the universe, is actually 15% smaller than other studies have found.

We are very small.