March 1

1781 - The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress. They remained the United States system of government until March 4, 1789.

I’m sure many Americans have no idea what the Articles Confederation are, because the modern-day school system has completely dumbed-down the public - on purpose.

You should read up on this original system of government, because it is the precursor to the U.S. Constitution. It was a flawed system, but guided the young country through its first years as an independent nation.

752 B.C. - The Romans celebrated their first triumph after defeating Caenina.

A great event?  Nope.  But having a date for any event in the ancient world is worth noting.

That said, there is an interesting fact attached to this triumph:  After defeating the Caenina the Romans abducted countless women from their neighbors - the Rape of the Sabine Women.

Many think the story is mythology, but those who know history should know better than to doubt how brutal human beings are.

1692 - The Salem Witch Trials began.

Three girls were accused of witch craft in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

Interestingly, 'witch trials' weren't limited to Salem or even the Americas, and much of Europe was caught up in a religious frenzy - these trials were a product of this frenzy.

1780 - Pennsylvania became the first American state to abolish slavery.

It is too bad the Framers couldn’t have abolished slavery from the beginning, but they had to deal with the reality of their times, and the Constitution would have never been passed if abolishing slavery was included in the document.

History is cruel, and the cruel reality was the foundation of the American nation had to be solidified before some of the nation's wrongs could be rectified.

1886 - The Battle of Adowa began in Ethiopia between the forces of Emperor Menelik II and Italian troops sent to enforce Italy's claim of colonial rule. The result was a crushing defeat for Italy, which later agreed to recognize Ethiopian independence.

Of course this isn’t a big event in history, but it is shocking to see such a pathetic nation as Ethiopia stomping on Italy...Oh, how the once-mighty Romans have fallen.

1985 - The Pentagon accepted the theory that an atomic war would block the sun, causing a 'nuclear winter.'

The nuclear ‘gloom & doomers’ are a bunch of idiots - or liars...Of course nuclear power is awesome and can kill millions of people, but the power of the Earth (a bit player in the solar system) is almost infinite compared to any damage man can do to it.

Anyone who hasn't been indoctrinated by Liberalism with a simple grasp of physics and calculus can figure out this reality...And yes, many brilliant physicists believe in 'gloom & doom,' because the disease of Liberalism has overrun their common sense.

1991 - President GHW Bush said "we've kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all," following the allied victory in the Persian Gulf War.

I’m sure this statement is a sad one for Liberals, and they love nothing more than the possibility of 'creating' another Vietnam Syndrome - their ultimate goal in our current war against the Islamists...And make no mistake, it was Liberals who intentionally created the problem of 'Vietnam Syndrome.'

2002 - Operation Anaconda began:  The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

Only time will tell if the operation was worth it...The fact we are leaving Afghanistan no better than we found it is a scary thought, however.

The fact we found a massive mineral deposit and are leaving it for the Chinese is almost as sad.

February 15

1898 - The U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing two officers and 258 crew members:  Spanish-American War.

Did the Spanish blow up the ship? Maybe, maybe not...Either way, the result was the U.S. soon declared war on Spain, beginning the Spanish-American War, which set America on a course of future greatness.

It's hard to believe the whole war was put together by a spunky 'Undersecretary', who would have never had so much power if the 'Secretary' wasn't such a pathetic loser...No one remembers who the 'Secretary of the Navy' was (John Davis Long).  Everyone has heard of the 'Undersecretary of the Navy':  Teddy Roosevelt.

That said, the Spanish-American War also put the final nail in the coffin of what was formerly a strong and proud Spanish Empire...And it's just as well, because being a European weakling allowed Spain to stay out of WWI and WWII.

1944 - Allied forces heavily bombed the monastery atop Monte Cassino in Italy:  WWII.

The U.S. has been ripped for destroying the monastery - by the same fools who hate religion and wish the USSR were still around.

General Clark felt it was the only way to break the German lines, which were using the monastery as a fortress, and he did what he thought was best...He was correct, even though it turned out the monastery's rubble created serious impediments to the Allied advance.  If nothing else, the Allied troops passed a mental obstacle.

1950 - Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse-tung signed a mutual defense treaty in Moscow.

What a dynamic duo...I think it’s safe to say, never in history have two men with so much blood on their hands been in the same place at one time.

1987 - ABC broadcast the first segment of 'Amerika,' a controversial miniseries about a Soviet takeover of the United States which was criticized by some as potentially damaging to superpower relations.

Forget 'superpower relations,' ABC was wishful thinking...SOB’s.

1989 - The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan ended.

It's hard to believe this is where the likes of Osama bin Laden got started, but at the time there was no doubt the U.S. was supporting the right side.

2011 - Protests against Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule in Libya began.

Much like the Soviet-Afghanistan war, it's likely we'll find we supported a future enemy...The difference is, Gaddafi wasn't nearly the enemy the USSR was.

Getting rid of him has proven much more disastrous than when he was around.

It also played a large roll in Hillary Clinton losing the 2016 Presidential Election.

January 4

1923 - Vladimir Lenin's 'Political Testament' called for the removal of Joseph Stalin.

Lenin knew Stalin was bad news, and foresaw the Stalin-Trotsky battles to come: "Stalin is too rude, and this fault, entirely supportable in relations among us Communists, becomes insupportable in the office of General Secretary. Therefore, I propose to the comrades to find a way to remove Stalin from that position and appoint to it another man who in all respects differs from Stalin only in superiority - namely, more patient, more loyal, more polite and more attentive to comrades, less capricious, etc. This circumstance may seem an insignificant trifle, but I think that from the point of view of preventing a split and from the point of view of the relation between Stalin and Trotsky which I discussed above, it is not a trifle, or it is such a trifle as may acquire a decisive significance.” - V.I. Lenin

Of course, Lenin was correct in his assessment, but he wasn't able to keep the 'Man of Steel' from claiming power after his death. Such is the cruelty of history...Not that Trotsky would have been a treat.

1648 - The English House of Commons declared itself sovereign.

This is the difference between England and the U.S.:  In the U.S. the American people are sovereign. 

1847 - Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government.

Firearm production was just getting ramped up - perfect timing for the upcoming civil war.

1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters.

Where did it open?  10-12 Broad - near Wall Street.

1894 - France ratified the Duple Alliance with Russia.

One more step in a chain of alliances leading to WWI.

1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed in his State of the Union message the federal government would provide jobs for 3.5 million Americans on welfare.

Most Conservatives look at FDR as the ‘Father of American Liberalism,’ but this is unfair - it was actually President Wilson...That said, FDR never intended to establish a pathway to inter-generational welfare, and simply was looking for a way out of the Depression.

Not that he wasn't a Liberal.

1939 - Hermann Goering appointed Reinhard Heydrich as Head of Jewish Emigration.

'Emigration', aye?  The Nazis had a special way of creating distorted titles.

Words can be funny.  They can also be cruel.

1965 - President Lyndon Johnson outlined the goals of the 'Great Society' in his State of the Union Address.

'Great Society' = U-T-O-P-I-A-N  I-D-I-O-C-Y!!!

1994 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announced a plan to drive most gun dealers out of business by proposing sharp increases in licensing fees and stricter controls on people who buy and sell weapons.

There's an old saying: “Those who burn books will eventually burn people." - Unknown

An addendum to that statement goes as such: “Those who ban guns will eventually burn books, and then burn people." - Poison Pero

1998 - Administration officials said President Bill Clinton would ask Congress to help him overhaul the Social Security pension system by the end of 1999. Clinton wanted to move on the issue quickly, expecting once the presidential election got into full swing there would be little chance to pass legislation to save the system.

I thought there isn't a problem with the Social Security system. This is what the Democrats said when G.W. Bush wanted to fix it...It's also the lie Obama pawned off on the people, as well.

Will Trump take it on?  Doubtful...If for no other reason, he knows it's an unwinnable battle.

2002 - Sergeant First Class Nathan Ross Chapman, U.S. Army Special Forces, was killed by small-arms fire during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan.  He was the first American military death from enemy fire in the war against terrorism.

Thank you for your service Sergeant Chapman...You and your companions are truly America’s finest, and your efforts are appreciated.

2002 - Zimbabwe released a report on its state of affairs: $54 million in short term food aid was needed to ward off widespread starvation in Zimbabwe. The AIDS epidemic, called 'Nkondombera' (a Shona word for “no condom”) was claiming over 2,000 people per week. Inflation was running at over 100% per month, and unemployment was estimated at 50%.

Just more of the same in Africa: A continent on the verge of implosion.

2007 - Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House.

Nice accomplishment, horrible Speaker.

November 14

1994 - After many delays, the first trains for the public were run in the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) under the English Channel.

The Chunnel is an awesome feet of engineering: A 50-km-long, rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting England and France...Here’s hoping the Brits have a kill-switch to blow it up the next time the Germans plow through France.

Ok, the Germans are out of the conquest business...But the Muslims aren't.

565 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, 'the Great,' died.

Justinian ruled the Byzantines for 38-years, and was one of the greatest of the Roman emperors, and also its last great emperor.

I hope you understand the Byzantine Empire was nothing less than the continuation of the traditional Roman Empire, but was situated in Constantinople rather than Rome...Rome may have fallen in the 400's, but the Roman Empire lasted at Constantinople well into the 1500's.

1305 - Clement V was crowned the first 'Avignon Pope.'

The Avignon Papacy (1305-1378) was a period of ‘dual Popes,’ with one in Rome (the traditional Pope), and one in France (a French puppet).

This period is also know as the 'Western Schism' or the 'Period of the Anti-Popes'...Sadly, most Americans (even Catholic Americans) have no clue of this event, but it was a major issue in its time.

1863 – Nathan Bedford Forrest was assigned to command the Confederate forces of western Tennessee:  U.S. Civil War.

N.B. Forrest is one of the greatest commanders of the Civil War, and it is lucky for the U.S. he was held in check by his own superiors. When given a chance to lead in the field, the Union forces he faced were amazed at his skill, ingenuity, and bravery, even though he was never formally trained in the military arts - He was a slave-trader, with exceptional instincts and no fear.

Oh by the way, NBF was also the first Grand Wizard of the KKK.

I highly recommend you read this fantastic book about this incredibly interesting (though terribly flawed) man: NB Forrest: A Biography.

1908 - Albert Einstein presented the Quantum Theory of Light.

I’m not going to try to explain this, but I’m sure there are some who’d like to read about it: photoelectric effect.

1935 - The Nazis deprived German Jews of their citizenship.

This is nothing compared to what was to come...It’s one thing to be 'deprived of citizenship,' and another to be ‘deprived of humanity.’

1940 - German planes bombed Coventry, England, destroying or damaging 69,000 buildings:  WWII.

How come Liberals cry about the Allied bombing of Dresden and other German cities, but never mention the ‘rain of Hell’ the Krauts dropped on the Brits and the rest of Europe?? Seems to me every bomb the Germans received was well-earned.

1969 - 'Apollo 12' blasted off for the Moon.

Apollo 12 was the second manned lunar mission, and we must make sure to never forget the greatness of those who have been there. On this trip it was:  Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean.

The membership of those who’ve been to the Moon is very small, hasn’t been increased in four decades, and includes only Americans.

1991 - Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' video premiered on FOX-TV.

Mikey didn't discriminate at all. He likes black little boys or white little boys...Or both at the same time.

1994 - President Clinton held one-on-one meetings with the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, winning pledges to keep the pressure on North Korea to freeze its nuclear weapons program.

What he should have been doing was persuading China to kill Kim Jong il...There was no reasoning with him (nor his son, or grandson), and the only way to bring North Korea to the table of diplomacy is to rid it of the Kim family of nutty dictators - and yes, it's going to have to be the Chinese who finally get it done.

1998 - Iraq said it would resume cooperating with U.N. weapons inspectors as it appeared to back down in the face of a threatened U.S. attack.

I’m sure Iraqi pharmacy manufacturers were afraid of a U.S. attack, but Saddam knew Bubba didn’t have the spine to come after him.

1999 - The United Nations imposed sanctions on Afghanistan for refusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.

What were they 'sanctioning?' The Afghanis only have two industries: Opium and Jihad.

November 6 (A Triple)

1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. President.

Lincoln defeated three other candidates (John C. Breckenridge, John Bell and Steven Douglas), but it's important to note he received less than 40% of the total popular vote...Keep this in mind when you hear people complain about the Electoral College System.

The election result was unacceptable to the South, and led to the Civil War, which had to be fought, because the country would never have reached a political agreement to end slavery...Also, keep this in mind the next time you hear a Liberal idiot claim "war is never the answer."

Sometimes war is the only answer.

1917 - The October Revolution began in Russia, with the capture of the Winter Palace.

The dates for this event (all pre-Soviet dates) are confusing, and many ask why this event is called the October Revolution. It's because the Russians hadn't joined Western civilization in using the Gregorian Calendar...At the time of the event, it was October 25 in Russia, equating to November 6 on the Western calendar - even though it was November 7 most everywhere else on earth.

The October Revolution is also called the Bolshevik Revolution, because it was where Lenin and the Bolsheviks took power.  The Menshevik period came to an end, and the Leninist period began...Lenin was a political genius, and understood how to take advantage of the psyche of the masses, which allowed him to become the master of all of Russia. He also had nerves of steel, and brilliant instincts.

Oh, and he was also a ruthless son of a bitch.

The Soviet Hell State lasted over 70-years, and proved to be one of the most barbaric systems in world history. Unfortunately, it was at this event where the worm turned and the history of Communist Russia was settled...It would be a Leninist/Stalinist Communism, not a Menshevik Communism - not that a Menshevik state would have been great.

The reality of this event effected not only Russia, but the entire world for the rest of the 20th Century, and well beyond.

1991 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin banned the Communist Party.

It's hard to believe, but there are many Ruskies who long for the return of the Commies...And then there are the American Liberals who still hate Reagan for his part in the fall of the USSR.

Also, Yeltsin's timing wasn't by chance. He picked the day to kill off Russian Communism on the day of the October Revolution.

1861 - Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

Davis had an accomplished U.S. military and political career, but it was as President of the CSA where he made his mark on history.

In all fairness to the man's talents, it should be noted there were few leaders who could have held the CSA together as long as he did, even though it was eventually defeated.

2000 - The Reuters news agency reported a new decree in Afghanistan proclaimed that the state "will not provide any services to men without beards."

Nor the women “without beards.”

November 5

1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected U.S. President for a historic third time, defeating Wendell Wilkie.

George Washington established the precedent of presidents serving no more than two terms, because he believed the nation needed a constant inflow of new leadership to remain vibrant - and honest.

The egomaniac FDR thought otherwise...No president should have stayed in office longer than two terms. FDR not only did three, he did four.

1556 - The Battle of Panipat.

Mughal ruler, Akhbar the Great routed the Hindus under Hemu by turning their elephants in the Hindu revolt. The result of this battle was the end of a period of Afghan rule in India.

1775 - Commodore Esek Hopkins was named Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy:  American Revolutionary War.

The Colonial fleet was a rag-tag group, but managed to do enough to hassle the Brits and force them out of strategic positions, which helped Washington's army.

1862 - Ambrose Burnside replaced General McClellan as head of the U.S. Army of the Potomac:  U.S. Civil War.

Lincoln replaced one incompetent commander with another.

How incompetent was Burnside? So much so, he asked Lincoln to change his mind and choose another commander...Lincoln refused, and the general went on to prove his incompetence at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

1912 - Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States.

Not a big event, but Wilson is the answer to an interesting election fact: Wilson is the only president to defeat two former presidents (Taft and Theodore Roosevelt) in one election.

He is also the first truly Liberal American president.

1914 - Britain, France, and Russia declared war on Turkey: WWI.

I hope you know the European powers weren’t the only ones in WWI...The Ottoman Empire was a pathetic mess, but required a final whipping before it disappeared from history.

1996 - California's Proposition 209 passed. Also known as the California Civil Rights Initiative, CCRI passed by a 10% margin.

A 10% majority is a significant voting total, and the people of California raised their voice by punching their ballots...A great day for the people, who stood up and said discrimination against any people (including whites) was unacceptable.

It didn't take long for the lawyers to get involved, though, with a lawsuit filed in less than 24 hours of the proposition passing.

So much for the "will of the people." Liberals much prefer the "will of the courts"...Liberal courts that is.

October 7 (A Double)

1571 – The Battle of Lepanto: The Ottomans were defeated by the Holy League.

The Holy League was a  loosely allied force of the Papacy (Pope Pius V), Spain, Venice, Genoa, Savoy, Naples, and the Knights of Malta.  The Ottoman Turks were the dominant force in the Islamic world and the Mediterranean sea basin...As such this was the greatest naval battle in history between Christian and Muslim forces.

Lepanto is one of the most significant naval battles in history, one of the final naval clashes between ‘galleys,’ and the last gasp of the Ottoman Empire as a legitimate threat to Western Europe...It took centuries, but from this point forward the Christian world began rolling back the forces of Islam, reclaiming Europe, and even conquering much of the Islamic world.

1949 - The Republic of East Germany was formed.

The Soviets drew the demarcation line between ‘democracy’ and ‘communism’ at Berlin, and East Germany was its great wall to keep the West out...Even more important, it was the wall which kept the people of Eastern Europe 'in' - in slavery.

On many levels the Soviets can’t be blamed for doing so, after being invaded by Germany twice in the previous 50-years and losing 20-30 million people as a result of these invasions...And let's not forget that Napoleon also devastated Russia in the 1800's, as well.

Also, it was a division the Germans brought on themselves, and one the West was unable to undo for 50 years…It took the virtual collapse of the Soviet Empire for Germany to be reunited, but to this day the division is felt and the country still isn't fully repaired.

1492 - Christopher Columbus missed Florida after changing course due to a false cry of "land ho."

This is a ‘mislanding’ of great consequence...Had Columbus landed in North America the greatness of the Spanish Empire would have taken over the northern part of the Western Hemisphere, and who knows if the Brits would have been able to root them out.

As a result the New World would have a different look and who knows how history would be different...Needless to say there would not be a United States of America, because part of this country's greatness is in its territory and the English systems which were built on the territory.

1765 - Delegates from nine of the American colonies met in New York to discuss the Stamp Act Crisis and colonial response to it. This 'Stamp Act Congress' went on to draft resolutions (Declaration of Rights) condemning the Stamp and Sugar Acts, trial without jury, and taxation without representation as contrary to their rights as Englishmen.

The Colonists were getting sick of their meddling sovereign, and the Brits were getting sick of their undisciplined, ‘disloyal’ colonists...As such, the stage was being set for war, and a change in the world order.

1993 - President Clinton ordered more troops, heavy armor and naval firepower to Somalia, but also announced he would pull out all Americans by the end of March 1994.

1. He sent more 'power' but didn’t allow the troops on the ground to use this power.

2. Setting a date for 'pulling out' is stupid, because it gives the enemy a date to shoot for, and avoid battle until the date is up...But this is the Democrat modus operandi, as was seen in their demands for a 'pull out' date in Iraq and Afghanistan - with even worse results.

1994 - President Clinton ordered Army troops on alert and dispatched an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf after Iraqi troops were spotted moving south toward Kuwait.

Saddam played Clinton like a yo-yo, jerking him up and down as he pleased - not in a Monica-way, either...It was sickening how he allowed Hussein to act with impunity, but Clinton had no clue what it meant to be Commander-in-Chief. A fact America continues to pay dearly for.

2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom began. The United States launched its attack in Afghanistan to crush the Taliban and al Qaeda members responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks.

I love the Democrat and European lie that they were in favor of attacking Afghanistan, but not Iraq…Truth is, they didn’t approve of attacking Afghanistan until deciding to use it as a political tool against attacking Iraq.