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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Sunday, October 8, 1899. Marines take Noveleta, Luzon.
Marines captured Noveleta, Luzon.
The Marines had not yet taken on their modern form, and remained very much attached to the Navy at this point in time. It would not really be until World War One when the Marine Corps as we currently imagine it would start to form.
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Monday, October 2, 1899. An action in the Philippines.
Sunday October 8, 1724. A schism and a reunion.
Upset by the consecration of Cyril VI Tanas as Patriarch of Antioch, Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias III of Constantinople declared Cyril's election to be invalid, excommunicated him, and appointed Sylvester of Antioch.
The division was over Cyril's desire to reunited the Orthodox Church with Rome. Jeremias' action caused a schism which ultimately lead to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church's uniting with Rome, a branch of Catholicism that has over 1,500,000 members today.
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Good Friday, April 7, 1724. Bach's St. John's Passion played for the first time.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Mondays
There is nothing so dispiriting as coming into your "good" office job after a weekend of working cattle.
Saturday, October 7, 1944. Fighting in the Arctic.
The Sonderkommando Revolt occurred at Auschwitz when the Jewish detailed prisiones rose up with makeshift weapons. Three SS guards were killed, 200 members of the Sonderkommando, but hundreds of prisoners, all of whom were soon captured and executed, briefly escaped.
Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon signed the Alexandria Protocol leading to the establishment of the Arab League in March of the following year.
The Red Army commenced the Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive in the Petsamo region ceded by Finland and Norway.
Members of "I" Co., 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd Division, move up an alley to screen their movement from German observation, as they go toward the edge of the town. Their mission is to take up a position outside of the town. 7 October, 1944.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the St. Louis Browns 5 to 1 in game four of the 1944 World Series.
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Friday, October 6, 1944. Collapsing.
Tuesday, October 7, 1924. US and Irish Free State establish relations.
The US established diplomatic relations with the Irish Free State.
The British Labour Party overwhelmingly and definitely ruled out affiliation with the Communist Party.
The Soviet Union declared an amnesty for participants in the Georgian August Uprising on the condition that participants surrender their arms.
"Babe Ruth, Bill Edwards, and mascot" October 7, 1924.
The Washington Nationals beat the New York Giants 7 to 4 in Game 4 of the 1924 World Series. The series was now tied two to two.
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Monday, October 6, 1924. Ali of Hejaz becomes king.
Labels: 1910s, 1924, 1930s, 1935, Arab Revolt, Iraq, Italy, Kingdom of Hejaz, Monarchy, Radio, Saudi Arabia, Second Saudi-Hashemite War, Sultanate of Nejd
Friday, October 7, 1774. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress.
Delegates met in Salem Massachusetts to form an illegal provincial congress to address the issues with the United Kingdom.
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Tuesday, October 4, 1774 Regarding the authority of the Crown dissolved.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Friday, October 6, 1944. Collapsing.
Officials of the Serbian puppet government fled to Austria.
The Battle of Debrecen began in Hungary.
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference concluded.
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Thursday, October 5, 1944. Fuzhou and Memel.
Monday, October 6, 1924. Ali of Hejaz becomes king.
Ali of Hejaz was proclaimed the King of Hejaz. His predecessor King Hussein bin Ali had fled from Mecca to Jeddah to avoid the conquest of Nejd by the Sultanate of Nejd, led by Ibn Saud.
Atypically for an Arab monarch/chieftain, he was married just once. He had five children. He died in Baghdad in the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in 1935.
Radio Marconi, the first public radio station in Italy, began broadcasting.
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Friday, October 3, 1924. Insulting Kennesaw Mountain.
Best Posts of the Week of September 29, 2024.
The best posts of the week of September 29, 2024.
Agitio ter consuli, gemitus britannorum . . .Repellunt barbari ad mare, repellit mare ad barbaros; inter haec duo genera funerum aut iugulamur aut mergimur.
In Memorium. Kris Kristofferson.
Kristoffer Kristofferson, June 22, 1936., Brownsville, Texas,.
September 28, 2024 (aged 88), Hana, Hawaii, U.S.
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Thursday, October 5, 1944. Fuzhou and Memel.
The Japanese captured Fuzhou, the last seaport China had controlled.
The Battle of Memel commenced.
German reduced civilian food rations.
An ME 262 was shot down for the first time in combat. The RCAF scored the victory.
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Wednesday, October 4, 1944. Scorched Earth.
Labels: 1940s, 1944, Al Smith, Battle of Morotai, British Army, Bulgaria, Finland, German Army, Greece, Lapland War, New Guinea, Operation Nordlicht, Paratroopers, Refugees, World War Two
Friday, October 4, 2024
An embarrasment.
How on earth can people vote for somebody saying something so monumentally stupid?
People are not affecting climate change. You’re going to tell me that back in The Ice Age, how much taxes did people pay and how many changes did governments make to melt the ice?
Marjorie Taylor Greene.
What the crap? The last Ice Age ended 12,000 years ago.
How can anyone vote for somebody so profoundly ignorant?
What's going on with the voters in Greene's district?
Why would anyone keep supporting somebody who says stuff this stupid?
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