Oh, oh, history was repeating itself.
Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Wednesday, January 16, 1924. Blockade breaking.
Oh, oh, history was repeating itself.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Friday, December 14, 1923. Obregón takes the field.
Obregón, who had risen to prominence as a general, now took the field in defense of his administration.
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake killed over 300 people in Columbia and Ecuador.
Congressional pages took advantage of a Washingon D.C. snowfall.
Monday, July 5, 2021
Saturday July 5, 1941. The Ecuadorian-Peruvian War commences.
Border disputes between Ecuador and Peru erupted into full scale war. Who started full scale combat is disputed, but the war generally went Peru's way during the month long fighting.
Ecuador was very outmatched in the fighting and has always maintained that it was invaded by Peru, which Peru has always denied. At any rate, Peru's military was much more advanced than Ecuador's and this showed in the short war.
In 1942 Ecuador declared war on Japan, but not Germany, in order to improve its international position and in order to receive American military material support, which it did receive. Peru declared war on the Axis powers in 1945.
The countries would fight two more border wars in the 20th Century.
This war was the first South American war to feature paratroopers, which Peru used in the war.
The Battle of Damour commenced in Lebanon. Damour was the French seat of government in Lebanon and is located to the south of Beirut. The battle was fought principally by Australians on the British side.
On the same day, Auchinleck assumed his duties as the British Commander in Chief in the Middle East.
And as detailed here, German U-boats began patrolling in the Arctic.
Today in World War II History—July 5, 1941
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Christmas, 1919.
Much of the news had returned to the routine, although one big new event for much of the country, Prohibition, was making the holiday season a bit different this year, which most newspapers were celebrating.
Otherwise, in the US, the season had returned much to normal, and was very recognizable to us today.
Which included the day for foreign residents living in the U.S.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Synchronicity
More specifically, we were finding it amusing that he was probably a really annoying house guest for the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK.
Turns out he really was. Basically, he was a spoiled child and a titanic a*****e.
A couple of additional observations.
He was wanted in Sweden for a charge of rape, but the accusations against him in the US would only subject him to five years in the pen, assuming he got the full sentence. The charge in Sweden has expired due to some oddball interview deadline that Swedish law has, but after spending seven years in the Equadorian Embassy, which is not large, he's exposed to five in the US.
You have to wonder about the wisdom of his decision there.
Secondly, Pamela Anderson. . . you know, the girl from Bay Watch (which I've never seen) and the early years of Home Improvement, is Assange's girl friend.
Anderson is a pathetic case in her own right. She went to being cute, with minimal talents, to being plastic and in my view creepy. Assange is also creepy.
Well one more item of weirdness to be featured in the papers, in the Age of Weirdness.