August 8 (A Double)

1940 - The Battle of Britain began when Nazi warplanes launched air attacks against England:  WWII.

The date for the Battle of Britain is argued between the Brits and Germans (the Krauts say this day, Brits say July 10)...Either way, it was a major assault on British cities, and truly was Britain’s "finest hour."

“What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'” – Winston Churchill (after France quit the war)

Churchill was correct in his assessment, and the Germans descended from the skies to try to crush the Brits...Luckily for the world, the Brits were up to the task, and able to hold out long enough for their American cousins and the Ruskies to be drawn into the war.

If you are interested in the battle, check out this fantastic site: Battle of Britain.

1945 - The Soviet Union declared war on Japan, two days after the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and seven days before Tokyo surrendered:  WWII.

Those who think the U.S. shouldn’t have dropped the A-Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki haven’t thought through (or have no idea of) the reality of the continuation of the war.

1. The U.S. invasion of Japan would have been exponentially worse than the Bombs...Millions more would have died and most Japanese cities would have been obliterated.

2. The Soviets were fresh off of crushing the Germans, and were in the mood for a little payback for the way the Japanese embarrassed them in 1905 - the result would have been brutal.

3.  Had the Soviets gotten their troops into Japan, they would have split it like they did Germany - and later Korea and Vietnam...This would have been much worse for the Japanese than the soon-to-be U.S. occupation, which not only rebuilt the country, but allowed it to remain free.

These are just a few of the reasons the Japanese wanted no part of fighting the Soviets.

70 - The Tower of Antonia was destroyed by the Romans during the Jewish Revolt.

The Jews were fighting an impossible battle.  The destruction of the Tower foretold the destruction of the Second Temple and what had been a semi-independent Jewish state, as well as the beginning of a 1,900-year Jewish diaspora.

449 - The Council of Ephesus upheld the Monophysite view.

I hate to admit it, but this concept is beyond me...I’m not a Christian, and have difficulty with the concept of the Divine on Earth.

Check it out if you are interested

1786 - The U.S. Congress adopted the decimal system of money.

I’m not quite sure why we haven’t also switched to the decimal system of weight and measurement as well...The system of 10’s is so much easier than our current system.

1844 - Brigham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons following the killing of Joseph Smith.

This was an important decision for the Mormons...Smith may have been the first prophet, but Young was the superior leader.

1918 - The Battle of Amiens began:  WWI.

This battle was the beginning of the Allied 'Hundred Days Offensive', which effectively ended the war.

It was one of the few ‘breakout’ opportunities taken advantage of by either side in WWI, and is considered the end of the 'Trench Warfare Era.'

1942 - Six Nazi saboteurs who had landed in the U.S. were executed:  WWII.

Today they’d be kept in Guantanamo Bay and given 'culturally sensitive meals' and 'prayer rugs' - errrrr copies of 'Mein Kampf'...And even at that, jerk-offs like Democrat Sen. 'Dick' Durbin would be crying about their civil rights being trampled on.

Bunch of degenerate fools.

1969 - Executive order 11478 was issued by President Nixon: "Equal employment opportunity must become an integral part of the day to day management of Federal agencies and interwoven with every action which has an effect on employees," declared the heads of all federal agencies. Section 2 of the order maintained that each agency was required to establish an affirmative action program of equal employment opportunity.

I’m all for fairness in the workplace (racial, gender, etc., etc.), but wish we didn’t have 'Affirmative Racism' or 'Affirmative Gender' laws...They should be unnecessary, and quotas of any kind aren’t helpful for those they are intended to help.

1993 - In Somalia, four U.S. soldiers were killed when a land mine was detonated underneath their vehicle, prompting President Bill Clinton to order Army Rangers to try to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

I must ask the obvious question: Why was it necessary to send troops to Somalia but not to Iraq?

1995 - The regime of Iraq's Saddam Hussein was shaken when his two eldest daughters, their husbands and other senior army officers defected.

Why would they leave such a wonderful place??

Incredibly, the daughters and son-in-laws were stupid enough to return...The son-in-laws were promptly executed on Saddam’s order.

1998 - President Bill Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, vowed the bombers of two U.S. embassies in Africa would be brought to justice, "no matter how long it takes or where it takes us."

What a cruel joke we played on ourselves allowing this POS to be the Commander-in-Chief of the United States!!

Also, I thought the Muslims loved us during Clinton's presidency...More Liberal lies.

And I’m sick of this “brought to justice" garbage...We need to find maggots like these terrorists, torture them into telling us anything they may or may not know, and then shoot them in the field. Instant justice is the only thing they understand.

2000 - Chile's Supreme Court stripped General Augusto Pinochet's immunity, clearing the way for the former dictator to be tried on human rights charges. An appeals court later ruled Pinochet unfit to stand trial because of his deteriorating health and mental condition.

Talk about a travesty of justice...Pinochet deserved to meet the hangman, as one of South America’s greatest tyrants of the 20th Century.