September 21
1949 - The People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders.
The West almost fell off its chair, and the global balance of power took a sudden shift...Luckily for the world, the U.S. was so far ahead of everyone else militarily and economically this shift didn’t completely flip the balance of power. Plus the two main commie countries (the USSR and China) have never trusted each other, and probably never will - no matter how much they may currently pretend otherwise.
454 - Aetius, Roman Supreme Army Commander, was murdered on the order of Valentinian III, Emperor of the West.
The Empire was on it’s last legs, yet the emperor thought it prudent to kill his best general.
Aetius is often called the “last of the Romans,” and was the only Roman who ever defeated Attila, which is why Valentinian killed him...He feared Aetius overthrowing him as emperor.
1348 - Jews in Zurich Switzerland were accused of poisoning wells.
The belief was Jews were causing the Bubonic Plague through the water supply...Just another case of the long standing European tradition of: 'If in doubt blame the Jews.'
1529 - Turks under Suleiman I laid siege to Vienna.
The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs have often been reviled by historians, but they played a huge roll in keeping the Muslim Horde out of Central and Western Europe...They were attacked repeatedly by the Ottomans, but Vienna never fell, and the Ottomans never got past Eastern Europe.
1780 – Major General Benedict Arnold gave British Major John Andre the plans to West Point: American Revolutionary War.
Arnold was one of America's first great heroes, as the victor at the Battle of Saratoga - the turning-point of the Revolutionary War.
But he was a traitor, indeed, and had his plan succeeded there is some doubt the Revolution could have sustained itself...West Point held the key to the Hudson River Valley (an incredibly important strategic region), and would have split the Continentals in two.
Somehow Arnold felt he could justify his decision, in a letter to George Washington: "love to my country actuates my present conduct, however it may appear inconsistent to the world, who very seldom judge right of any man's actions."
What a crock of crap...It's too bad he escaped to England and avoided a proper execution at the hands of his former troops.
1893 - The first successful American-made, gasoline-operated motor-car appeared on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts. It was designed and built by Charles and Frank Duryea.
I bet you thought Henry Ford invented the automobile.
Unfortunately our education system doesn’t bother with details...Ford may have perfected the assembly system to mass produce the automobile, but in no way did he invent the car itself.
1904 - Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph died of a 'broken heart.'
Give me a break! The 'Noble Savages' were nothing more than the modern-day Phrygians, Hittites, Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, etc...And I never hear anyone cry for these extinct cultures.
Trust me, all of 'our people' and civilizations will eventually disappear to the trash-heap of history...It is the way of the world, it is natural, and it will be a truth for as long as humans are animals - which will be forever.
1941 - The German Army cut off the Crimean Peninsula from the rest of the Soviet Union: WWII.
The War in the East European Theatre was awesome...The longest fronts, bloodiest battles, massive use of tanks and aircraft, horrific suffering and heroism among the civilian population, and an overall battle of annihilation were just some of the factors in the greatest war in the history of the world.
And I hope you understand when I say 'awesome' and 'greatest,' I’m talking about size, scope and importance.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Was that a Democrat or a Republican who put the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court? Of course it was a Republican - Reagan.
That said, she wasn't a very good choice...Unless you are a Liberal, that is.
1992 - President GHW Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly, offering U.S. support to strengthen international peacekeeping.
Bush was at the end of his presidency, and Bubba used this pledge to lead some of the most inept military missions in U.S. history...Somalia and the Balkans in particular.
Luckily, Somalia is of little consequence, and the Russians were too weak after the fall of the Soviet Union to support their Serbian cousins.
The West almost fell off its chair, and the global balance of power took a sudden shift...Luckily for the world, the U.S. was so far ahead of everyone else militarily and economically this shift didn’t completely flip the balance of power. Plus the two main commie countries (the USSR and China) have never trusted each other, and probably never will - no matter how much they may currently pretend otherwise.
454 - Aetius, Roman Supreme Army Commander, was murdered on the order of Valentinian III, Emperor of the West.
The Empire was on it’s last legs, yet the emperor thought it prudent to kill his best general.
Aetius is often called the “last of the Romans,” and was the only Roman who ever defeated Attila, which is why Valentinian killed him...He feared Aetius overthrowing him as emperor.
1348 - Jews in Zurich Switzerland were accused of poisoning wells.
The belief was Jews were causing the Bubonic Plague through the water supply...Just another case of the long standing European tradition of: 'If in doubt blame the Jews.'
1529 - Turks under Suleiman I laid siege to Vienna.
The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs have often been reviled by historians, but they played a huge roll in keeping the Muslim Horde out of Central and Western Europe...They were attacked repeatedly by the Ottomans, but Vienna never fell, and the Ottomans never got past Eastern Europe.
1780 – Major General Benedict Arnold gave British Major John Andre the plans to West Point: American Revolutionary War.
Arnold was one of America's first great heroes, as the victor at the Battle of Saratoga - the turning-point of the Revolutionary War.
But he was a traitor, indeed, and had his plan succeeded there is some doubt the Revolution could have sustained itself...West Point held the key to the Hudson River Valley (an incredibly important strategic region), and would have split the Continentals in two.
Somehow Arnold felt he could justify his decision, in a letter to George Washington: "love to my country actuates my present conduct, however it may appear inconsistent to the world, who very seldom judge right of any man's actions."
What a crock of crap...It's too bad he escaped to England and avoided a proper execution at the hands of his former troops.
1893 - The first successful American-made, gasoline-operated motor-car appeared on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts. It was designed and built by Charles and Frank Duryea.
I bet you thought Henry Ford invented the automobile.
Unfortunately our education system doesn’t bother with details...Ford may have perfected the assembly system to mass produce the automobile, but in no way did he invent the car itself.
1904 - Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph died of a 'broken heart.'
Give me a break! The 'Noble Savages' were nothing more than the modern-day Phrygians, Hittites, Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, etc...And I never hear anyone cry for these extinct cultures.
Trust me, all of 'our people' and civilizations will eventually disappear to the trash-heap of history...It is the way of the world, it is natural, and it will be a truth for as long as humans are animals - which will be forever.
1941 - The German Army cut off the Crimean Peninsula from the rest of the Soviet Union: WWII.
The War in the East European Theatre was awesome...The longest fronts, bloodiest battles, massive use of tanks and aircraft, horrific suffering and heroism among the civilian population, and an overall battle of annihilation were just some of the factors in the greatest war in the history of the world.
And I hope you understand when I say 'awesome' and 'greatest,' I’m talking about size, scope and importance.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Was that a Democrat or a Republican who put the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court? Of course it was a Republican - Reagan.
That said, she wasn't a very good choice...Unless you are a Liberal, that is.
1992 - President GHW Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly, offering U.S. support to strengthen international peacekeeping.
Bush was at the end of his presidency, and Bubba used this pledge to lead some of the most inept military missions in U.S. history...Somalia and the Balkans in particular.
Luckily, Somalia is of little consequence, and the Russians were too weak after the fall of the Soviet Union to support their Serbian cousins.
Labels: Austria, China, Communism, Germany, HRE, Invention, Ottomans, Revolutionary War, Rome, Russia, UK, US, WWII
posted by Poison Pero @ Thursday, September 20, 2018
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