MY T-SHIRT COLLECTION- GETTYSBURG 150TH- LINCOLN
Gettysburg. I am a Civil War history nut and over the years we have made I’d estimate 100 trips to Gettysburg. Still learn things on every trip. A dream job […]
Category Archives: War
HITLER AND MUSSOLINI FORM ALLIANCE AGAINST UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE- THIS DATE 1940
On this date in 1940 during World War II- Germany’s Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and Italy’s II Duce Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agreed to […]
‘THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY’- ALI-FRAZIER I- MARCH 8TH, 1971
Forty-six years ago today- “The Fight of the Century”- the Boxing Heavyweight Championship of the World- Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier. In the fifty years I have been a sports […]
BOBBY SANDS BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE- THIS DAY 1981
On this day in 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Sands was the leader of the hunger strike by Irish […]
LAST EPISODE OF M*A*S*H BREAKS RECORDS THIS DAY 1983
On this day in 1983 the television show M*A*S*H finished a run of 11 seasons and 256 episodes with its final episode. That final episode would set a record […]
BATTLE OF VERDUN- BEGINS THIS DAY 1916
The Battle of Verdun the longest and one of the costliest battles in human history began on this day in 1916. This World War I battle between the French […]
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