October 5

1813 - The Battle of the Thames: War of 1812.  Fought in Upper Canada, the British were soundly defeated, and their Indian ally, Tecumseh, was killed.

The battle is also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, and was a great victory for the American forces, because it reestablished U.S. control of the Northwest frontier...Also, the death of Tecumseh was a crushing defeat for the Brits because this chief was the glue which held the British-Indian alliance together.

1877 – The Nez Perce Wars ended when Chief Joseph surrendered to the U.S. Army.

"From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." – Chief Joseph

1937 - President Franklin Roosevelt said: "The epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading," and he called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.

Roosevelt foresaw the disasters building in Europe and Asia, but didn't have the testicular fortitude to do anything about it...And his European counterparts were too wimpy as well.

So the world waited for the catastrophe to unfold.

1947 - In the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.

Screw that!!! We saved their asses in WWII, and soon bailed them out with the Marshall Plan...Plus, I can't think of a better way to start an economic decline than to ask people to not spend their money.

1975 - Senator Frank Church charged the CIA with trying to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro during the administrations of three U.S. presidents.

I hope so...And am disgusted it hasn’t been attempted by every administration.

I’m sure this senator also bitched that Reagan was too tough on the Soviets...What a POS.