December 5

1861 – The Gatling-gun was patented.

This invention, along with the ever increasing power and accuracy of rifles and artillery, forever changed military tactics...Unfortunately, these tactics changed much slower than the machines did, and the standard battle formations of 18th-19th century Europe created nothing but killing fields for this new technology.

As a result, wars became more and more costly in human life, and battles more and more lengthy because the infantry was forced to hide in dugouts and trenches - resulting in defensive battles instead of offensive ones...The greatest example of this slaughter was WWI.

1492 - Columbus discovered Hispaniola (Haiti).

Columbus had no intention of discovering the 'New World,' and was really looking for a new route to the Far East and India...That said, when he discovered Hispaniola, he actually thought he had found Japan (Cipango).

1496 - King Manuel I ordered the expulsion of all Jews from Portugal.

Four years after the Catholic Kings, in Spain, did the exact same thing...I guess it was better than the Hitlerian option.

1848 - President James Polk confirmed the discovery of gold in California, leading to the 'gold rush' of 1848 and 1949.

Gold was found, and the American West has never been the same...Who would have ever thought the ‘gold rushers’ would lead to the trannies and degenerate psychopaths in the modern People’s Republic of California?

1904 - The Battle of Port Arthur: The Japanese destroyed a Russian fleet off the Korean coast.

Not that the Russian Navy was a great power, but the Japanese opened the world’s eyes to the fact it was well on the way to becoming one...It also sharpened it's surprise tactics, which were used in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.

1933 - 'Prohibition' came to an end in the U.S. when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.

The 18th Amendment was fool-hearted, because it attempted to change the culture...This is why we should be very careful when it comes to drug laws:  If they are slackened, drugs will become as much a part of the culture as alcohol is, and it will be impossible to put the genie back in the bottle.

1936 - The Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR became constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

Welcome to the Hell State.

1936 - A new constitution in the Soviet Union promised universal suffrage, but the Communist Party remained the only legal political party.

How nice, everyone could vote, but they all had to vote for the same party...Our modern-day Democrat Party would have us take up this idea as well.

1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO under its first president, George Meany.

Another ‘alphabet organization’ with more in common with the USSR than the USA...Kind of like CBS, NBC, NEA, PETA, NAMBLA, etc.

1988 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched the world's first nuclear war fighting satellite.

I hope we have launched many more since...I'm sure our enemies would/will if they could/can.

November 20

1497 - Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope, en route to discovering a water route to India.

At the time this was a much bigger find than Columbus discovering the New World. In fact India and China were Columbus’ real goal.

The trade route to India established Portugal as one of Europe’s great powers, but its star only lasted as long as the opinion that da Gama’s discovery was more important than Columbus’ - which wasn't for very long.

1521 - Arabs attributed a shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine.

I thought the Arabs started blaming the Jews for everything after the creation of Israel (400+ years later)...So much for that piece of popular fiction.

1815 - With the Second Peace of Paris, Napoleon was involuntarily exiled to St. Helena.

This time the Brits made sure there would be no escape...How Napoleon escaped the hangman I’ll never know.

1950 - U.S. troops pushed to the Yalu River, within five miles of Manchuria:  Korean War.

China was getting close, Truman was about to lose sphincter control, and General MacArthur was about to get fired.

We had victory in our hands, but backed off. Could we have completely destroyed the North Koreans and Chinese? Probably. Would going forward and pushing the Chinese have started WWIII? Probably not.  But, it would have resulted in an awful lot of American deaths.

I say Truman made the right decision to back off...Including not putting much thought into using our new Atomic Bombs, as well.

1959 - The United Nations issued its 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child.'

They’ve since 'unofficially' declared the 'Lack of Rights of the Unborn Child.'

1962 - President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba after the USSR agreed to remove bombers from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The good ol’ days for the Democrats, a time when they were pro-America and anti-Communist...Oh how things have changed.

1975 - An interim report by the U.S. Senate revealed the Central Intelligence Agency had plotted to kill foreign leaders, including Fidel Castro of Cuba and Patrice Lumumba of the Congo.

And this is a bad thing for what reason? Both are/were minor Stalins, and it would have been a gift to their countries (and humanity) to take them out.

1999 - A day after violent anti-American protests in Greece, President Clinton sought to heal old wounds by acknowledging the United States failed its "obligation to support democracy" when it backed the Greek's harsh military junta during the Cold War.

Hey Bill, of course our first option shouldn't be to support 'military juntas,' but our other option was Communists!!!! Which is why he was upset about our support.

November 1

1952 - The U.S. exploded the world's first hydrogen bomb, at Eniwetok Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean.

20 tons of TNT, and 1000 times larger than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan...Definitely a huge event in history.

We better all hope testing is as far as it goes, and one of these monsters is never used in anger.

82 B.C. - The Battle of the Porta Collina (Colline Gate).

The Roman Republic was fighting for its life, and after an extended civil war, Sulla emerged from this battle, capturing Rome and assuming the title of dictator...A title which had a much different meaning at that time than during ours.

1755 - An earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed 60,000 people (about 2/3 of the population).

A terrible event for sure, but this isn't what I find interesting about the headline.

In 1755 Lisbon had just under 100,000 people...250 years later this city has over 3,500,000 people. An increase of 3500%!!!

1861 - General George B. McClellan was promoted to General-in-Chief of the Union Armies:  U.S. Civil War.

McClellan was a favorite of the ‘Eastern elite,’ and had a great reputation as a military commander. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the testicular fortitude to put the worlds largest and best equipped army to use...And make no mistake, at this point in history this army was exactly what I stated - huge, equipped, but with poor leadership and green troops.

McClellan spent a great amount of time planning battles instead of fighting them, and didn’t have the instincts it took to crush the Confederates when he had his chances in 1861-62...In other words McClellan was the Civil War's version of post-El Alamein Monty in WWII.

1871 - Gustav Mahler wrote he had become a vegetarian, saying he thought it would regenerate the human race if everybody stopped eating meat.

I wish people like this would stop eating all together.

1918 - The Habsburg monarchy of Austria-Hungary was dissolved.

This kingdom was also known as the Dual Monarchy or the K.U.K. Monarchy = 'Kaiserlich und Königlich.' German for 'Imperial and Royal.'

The dissolution of Austria-Hungary was long overdue, and good for both Austria and Hungary...That said, had it not been for the former strength of the Habsburg, it's likely most of Europe would be praying to Allah.

1922 - Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey became a republic.

The land of modern-day Turkey has always been one of immense importance, and continues to be...It's too bad in its current form it's much closer to its Ottoman than its Byzantine roots.

1936 - In a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini described the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Rome and Berlin.

The Paperboy almost had it right...He should have said 'asses' instead of axis.

1990 - President GHW Bush accused Iraqi forces of engaging in "barbarism" and "brutality," adding "I don't believe that Adolf Hitler ever participated in anything of that nature."

GHW Bush is a good man, but this was an absolutely ignorant comment.

There are few people in the history of the world who's actions can be compared to the barbarism and brutality of Hitler...The Iraqis may have been his peers, though not in quantity, but they were in no way his superior when it comes to either barbarism or brutality.

1993 - The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.

What a colossal joke!!!

Since the fall of Rome, Europeans have been hoping for a united Europe...And since this same time have failed.

The continent is made up of so many dissimilar people, and the history of warfare among them has been awesome. Brutally awesome.

It will never happen, And proof of the failure is the fact it is 2017 and there is no European constitution, because they can't work one out to everyone's satisfaction...If anything, it's much more likely the EU will collapse, the euro will fail, and traditional European states will splinter.

October 24 (A Double)

1648 - The Treaty of Westphalia was signed, ending the Thirty Years War.

The 30 Years War was one of the greatest of the general wars in Europe, and did much to create the foundation for some of the other great wars to follow.

The treaty took a large chunk out of the Holy Roman and Habsburg empires - which largely overlapped...As a result the map of Europe was redrawn, and Westphalia is considered the major turning point in the modernization of the European state system - for better or worse.

It's possible we are witnessing a type of 30 Years War occurring in the Middle East...One which will be just as destructive and meaningful.

1882 - Dr. Robert Koch discovered the germ which causes tuberculosis.

The 'Consumption' (TB) is one of the greatest killers in the history of mankind, and during Koch's time was the world's greatest killer...Koch's find led to the discovery of treatment options for those suffering from TB.

Much of the civilized world has seen the virtual disappearance of tuberculosis, but it is ever-present in Russia, Africa, Asia, and South America...Unfortunately, this monster is beginning to show signs of escaping treatment and finding it's way back into prominence in the West, due to over-treatment (leading to germ mutation) and unchecked immigration - better known as unchecked, state-sponsored stupidity.

1147- Lisbon was captured from the Moors by Alfonso I, King of Portugal.

The Portuguese kicked out the Muslim Horde, and spent the next 300-years helping their Spanish cousins do likewise.

1795 - The Third Partition of Poland: Between Austria, Prussia and Russia.

The Poles have long suffered the sting of history, having settled their homeland in the region between the beasts of the German and Russian people. Unfortunately, this partition wasn't its last, nor anywhere near as horrific as its next - WWII between the Nazis and Soviets.

Those who wonder why the Poles have become one of America's most loyal allies need look no farther than the first sentence in my comment above.

1973 - The Yom Kippur War ended.

The Arabs states are lucky the U.S. persuaded Israel to stop their counter-offensive, because they were only 65 miles from Cairo and 26 from Damascus.

1987 - Thirty years after it was expelled for refusing to answer allegations of corruption, the Teamsters Union was welcomed back into the AFL-CIO by a vote of the labor federation's executive council.

Of course the Teamsters were and ARE 'corrupt', but how bad must they have been to be booted from the 'corrupt' AFL-CIO?

1993 - Two George Washington University researchers who cloned non-viable human embryos told a news conference that science was still far from duplicating human beings, but they urged ethicists to prepare for the future.

'Far' as in decades away...And yes, the 'ethical' problems with succeeding are astronomical.

But I'm sure the Frankensteinians will continue their quest to produce a human...While at the same time, their brothers in 'science' are looking for ways to kill as many humans as possible - born and unborn.

1998 - Officials from the United States, China and North and South Korea seeking a permanent peace for the divided Korean peninsula announced they removed the last obstacles to full-blown talks.

Uhhhhh, the 'last obstacle' is the Kim family and their cronies...Who have been anything but removed from the process.

June 25 (A Double)

1513 - The Confession of Augsburg: The distinct break between Catholicism and Protestantism.

Other than Luther’s '95 Thesis,' the Confession of Augsburg is the most important document in the Reformation period, outlining the differences and disagreements between what became modern Protestantism and Catholicism...A status which still exists 500-years later.

1950 - North Korean forces invaded South Korea, claiming it was defending itself.

The Korean War began, and the U.S. was caught completely by surprise...Five days earlier Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress 'war was unlikely,' even though the CIA predicted in March there would be an invasion in June.

Obviously the CIA was correct, and the North gave the South an early beating...It took until July 5 before the U.S. first met the North Korean enemy.

Many Americans look at the 'Korean Conflict' as a loss, and to a point they are correct. On the other hand, the people of South Korea were saved from the dread of Communism and an American presence has remained in the Far East since this time, which must be looked at as a huge positive...Either way, the Cold War became extremely HOT on this day.

1139 - The Battle of Ourique: Alfonso I defeated the Moors.

This battle reestablished Portuguese independence from its Muslim masters...It took Spain another 300+ years to earn such independence.

Interestingly, Alfonso’s troops had to kill five Moorish kings, which is noted on Portugal's national coat of arms, containing five standards and five escudets.

1798 - The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 empowered the U.S. President to deport any alien he found dangerous to the peace and safety of the nation.

The Founders were so much smarter than we are...They knew the danger of allowing the 'enemy within' to fester, but we are stupid enough to do just that and lose everything the Patriots fought for.

1876 - The Battle of Little Big Horn: General George Custer and his force of 208 men were annihilated by Chief Sitting Bull's Sioux warriors at Little Big Horn, in Montana.

A big day for the Indians, and a bad one for the U.S. Army...It was a rare occasion, and one which didn't happen again.

The end result of the slaughter was the Army’s realization it needed to put more troops in the field - not to turn tail...Again, thankfully our forebears weren’t a bunch of pansies, because if this happened in a battle today Liberals would be crying to 'bring the boys home.'

1940 - Hitler toured Paris: the Eiffel Tower, Tomb of Napoleon, and the Opera:  WWII.

How nice of the French to invite Der Fuhrer in for a field trip.

1942 - General Dwight Eisenhower was appointed Commander of U.S. troops in Europe:  WWII.

Ike was a brilliant political general, and no one could have molded the Allied forces as well as he did...Monty and Patton alone would have been too much for a lesser leader to handle, but Eisenhower not only controlled these two, but also the rest of the multinational force (U.S., Brit, Poles, French, Canadian, Australian, etc.)

1943 - The Crematory III at Birkenau was finished:  WWII.

WooHoo! Another big day for the Nazi psychopaths.

1981 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided male-only draft registration was constitutional.

This is a correct decision, but the Court should have taken the next logical step and declared it was constitutional to have a 'male-only' military...Either that or require women to be draft eligible.

1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in its first 'right-to-die' decision, ruled family members can be barred from ending the lives of persistently comatose relatives who have not made their wishes known conclusively.

As a 'right to die' person, I think this is a good decision...Assuming the person's wishes are completely understood by those who need to know.

1996 - At the Al-Khobar Towers, where U.S. Troops in Saudi Arabia were housed, a tanker truck exploded, killing 19 U.S. military personnel.

Just another step on the way to 9/11/01...We should have seen it coming, and we should have attacked them before 2001.

June 7 (A Triple)

30 [or 33] - The traditional date of the 'Crucifixion of Christ.'

Who knows if this date is correct?  The date isn’t important…What’s important is the significance of Christ’s life and afterlife, which shaped much of the modern Western world.

Sadly, this world is being undone - in large part because it has turned away from Christ.

1494 - The Treaty of Tordesillas: Proclaimed by Pope Alexander VI, the treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.

The Portuguese got a raw deal, because only Brazil was in their sphere in the New World...Not that anyone knew it.

At this time papal declarations still held great authority with the rest of Europe, but within 50-years the Reformation changed this reality - specifically with the Brits, French and Dutch...Who knows how the world would be if they had kept to the treaty?

1981 - Israeli military planes destroyed the Osiraq Nuclear Power Plant in Iraq, a facility designed to make nuclear weapons.

The world denounced Israel for this attack, including the U.S. and President Reagan, but due to this event the world will never know the possibility of Saddam Hussein with a nuke...We should have given the Israelis gifts and thanks, but such was and is the situation of geopolitics.

Those who question if Iraq had a WMD program in 2003 must remember Saddam was working toward a nuke in 1981. Logic tells you 22-years later he had something. Plus he used bio/chem weapons on his own people in the 1990's...The fact we haven't found them should frighten us all.

Thank you Israel!! Any chance you’ll do the same in Iran?

1776 - Richard Henry Lee put forward a resolution to the Continental Congress for a Declaration of Independence, saying "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."

The Patriots were getting bolder by the day, and within a month made the declaration Lee called for...It was inevitable, but at the time such a declaration was almost as revolutionary as Luther’s '95 Thesis.'

1862 - Union General Benjamin Butler hung William Mumford for desecrating the American Flag:  U.S. Civil War.

This was back in the 'good ol days' when national pride and common sense ruled the day. Now-a-days you can piss on, crap on, burn in anger, etc., the flag...But you can’t even look at a Koran with crossed eyes.

How have we gotten here?? Liberalism!!

1948 - Communists completed the takeover of Czechoslovakia with the resignation of President Eduard Benes.

Such was the reality of our WWII alliance with the Soviets...The East was turned over to Uncle Joe, and it took 40+ years before it was able to escape the Communist horror.
 
1996 - The Bill Clinton White House acknowledged it "accidentally" obtained the FBI files of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's press secretary, former Bush chief of staff James A. Baker III and other appointees from Republican administrations, by "an innocent bureaucratic mistake."

Sure it was!! And Vince Foster was an 'accident' too.

1997 - An 18-member presidential commission approved a report saying cloning a human being was "morally unacceptable," but added research using cells of humans and animals should be allowed.

Every part of this statement is justifiable...Unfortunately, the Mengelians are doing everything they can to skirt the cloning issue.

Science is an awesome tool, but must be a function of ethics. Not vice verse.

2000 - U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation, declaring the software giant should be split into two because it had "proved untrustworthy in the past."

What a joke!! This case should have never seen its day in court, let alone get to the appellate courts.

Those going after Microsoft should be very leery because if they ever become as 'successful' as they wish, they might be the next target of those looking to take a few notches out of big business.

April 22

1864 - By an act of Congress, the phrase "In God We Trust" was authorized to be stamped on all U.S. coins.

This is a very important event and I’m going to use it to state the importance of the four great motto's on our dollar bills and coins...Most people think nothing of them, but they are the basis of our nation (pull out a dollar and follow along).

E Pluribus Unum = “Out of many, one”
Originally signified the union of the thirteen colonies, but has equal importance for the many people (nationalities, religions, etc) who have formed the nation...Unfortunately, modern-day Liberals have completely bastardized this motto, and have changed it from being "Out of many, one" to being 'Out of many, many.'

Novus Ordo Seclorum = “A New Order of the Ages”
America was separating itself from the Old World (particularly Europe), and an American Civilization was being established with the clear intent of being different and better than the old.

Annuit Coeptis = “Providence Has Favored Our Undertaking”
Our Civilization is blessed by God, but also given the responsibility of evolving to His liking.

In God We Trust = We trust God to look over our well-being.

I hope you understand each of these four great motto's are part and parcel, and our nation cannot continue to be great without the inclusion of each in our national makeup. In fact it is likely American Civilization will cease to exist if we deviate from these four distinctly American statements printed on every dollar bill...A path of destruction we have already started walking along.

Also, please don't read this and assume I'm a religious nutter. I'm not Christian, not Jewish, not Hindu, not Buddhist, certainly not Jihadi, nor any other established religion...I am an American who loves this great country, which was founded on Judeo-Christian principles - warts and all.

1418 – The Council of Constance ended.

This council ended the Great Schism, re-uniting the Catholic Church...I hope you understand the Schism, but if not we’ll get there on the day of the breakup.

1529 - The Treaty of Saragossa was signed, dividing Spanish and Portuguese interests in the Pacific Ocean (the Eastern Hemisphere). Portugal regained control of the Moluccas in return for compensation.

Saragossa is much less well known than its sister-treaty, the Treaty of Tordesilla (1494), but was very important at the time...History proved unkind to the Portuguese with both treaties, however.

With Tordesilla they received everything south of Brazil (which isn't much, but no one knew it at the time), and Spain everything north of it (South, Central and North America).

With Saragossa the Portuguese received a good deal, but didn’t profit much because Spain soon swallowed up Portugal itself.

1889 - At twelve noon, the U.S. government opened nearly two million acres of Oklahoma land to settlement, inaugurating a furious land rush.

The 'Boomers' were let loose...They were beaten to the punch by many 'Sooners,' however.

1915 - During the Second Battle of Ypres, German forces became the first to use poison gas on the Western Front:  WWI.

It’s shocking they didn’t use gas in WWII, but after using it in WWI they realized the danger to their own troops as well...Or, maybe they saved it all for the Jews.

1930 - The United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, regulating submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding.

What a joke!! Each of these countries cheated, and in a few years the Germans resumed production as well.

1954 - The Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began.

It turns out McCarthy was correct when it came to much of Hollywood and the State Department (see the Venona Papers)...He overshot his mark by attacking the Army, however.

1970 - Millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first 'Earth Day.'

What a pathetic excuse for a bunch of beatniks to get together and smoke a 'fatty.'

1990 - Millions of Americans joined in a worldwide 20th anniversary celebration of the first Earth Day.

Wow! I bet they brought the 'Purple People Eater Bong' this time.

1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of Nazi extermination.

I’ve been there and highly recommend it for everyone. Be prepared to feel emotions you have never experienced, because the proof of pure evil is overwhelming...And no, I'm not Jewish.

Walking through a real 'boxcar' (used to transfer humans like cattle), seeing a huge box of 'children’s shoes' (slaughtered), another box of 'gold fillings' (ripped from the mouth's of the dead), the many stories handwritten by survivors, etc., etc., etc...It's a heart-wrenching museum and will move any decent human-being in unimaginable ways.

1995 - At least 2,000 refugees were massacred by Rwandan troops at a camp in Kibeho.

This was a drop in the bucket for what ended up an African Holocaust...And where was the U.N. during this time? Circle jerking, per normal!

2000 - Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.

This event was one of the most Gestapo-like acts I’ve ever seen in this county. How in the world did Bill Clinton and James Reno come to the conclusion this child needed to be ripped away from his American family and returned to Cuba? Remember his mother gave her life in an attempt to get him out of Cuba, and to the U.S. as a refugee.

Decency was never one of Clinton’s strong-suits, however, and we got what we asked for by voting for a man with such pathetic character flaws.