Sad and illustrative that the donut, perhaps the worst food product you could possibly put in your body, is the standard Sunday morning fellowship treat.
The Spanish Army launched an offensive against Republican forces in the Pyrenees.
The 7th Infantry Division took Buri Airfield on Leyte. Tacloban airstrip became operational.
The Navy conducted airstrikes on Luzon.
The Red Army's Gumbinnen Operation in East Prussia ended in failure.
Sarah Sundin reports that Allied Offensive actions in Italy were halted for the season:
Today in World War II History—October 27, 1939 & 1944: 80 Years Ago—Oct. 27, 1944: In Italy, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson orders halt to Allied offensive for the winter due to fatigue, heavy rains, and flooding.
She also reports that that this was Navy Day for 1944, which it would have been, as Navy Day is always October 27. I missed that, however.
The Germans put down the Slovak National Uprising.
But it isn't drawing a lot of attention, at least so far.
I think fatigue has just set in on these things.
October 27, 1874
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
We are reminded by the changing seasons that it is time to pause in our daily avocations and offer thanks to Almighty God for the mercies and abundance of the year which is drawing to a close.
The blessings of free government continue to be vouchsafed to us; the earth has responded to the labor of the husbandman; the land has been free from pestilence; internal order is being maintained, and peace with other powers has prevailed.
It is fitting that at stated periods we should cease from our accustomed pursuits and from the turmoil of our daily lives and unite in thankfulness for the blessings of the past and in the cultivation of kindly feelings toward each other.
Now, therefore, recognizing these considerations, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, do recommend to all citizens to assemble in their respective places of worship on Thursday, the 26th day of November next, and express their thanks for the mercy and favor of Almighty God, and, laying aside all political contentions and all secular occupations, to observe such day as a day of rest, thanksgiving, and praise.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of October, A.D. 1874, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-ninth.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
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A Mig-21 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming.
The Mig 21 was one of the greatest of the Cold War fighters.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf ended as a complete Japanese defeat, effectively ending the Imperial Japanese Navy as a cohesive force. On this day the Japanese lost the cruisers Abukuma, Kinu and Noshiro, destroyers Hayashimo, Nowaki and Uranami and submarine I-26.
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria's youngest child, died at age 87.
Gertrude Tompkins Silver and the P-51D she was flying disappeared in a delivery flight from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ.
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German 20th Mountain Army begins scorched-earth retreat in Finnmark region of northern Norway; 43,000 will be evicted & evacuated, their homes destroyed.
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Dr. John Barrasso, our Senator:
Thousands of illegal aliens have registered to vote in our elections. Kamala Harris' administration has completely ignored this election security crisis. Proud to join @SenatorHagerty, @RepAndyBiggsAZ, and Wyoming to demand answers for American voters.
1. It's not true, at least not in any actually significant sense.
2. There is not "Kamala Harris" "administration". She's the VP, a position that has, frankly, about 0 power.
I imagine he knows all of this, and probably doesn't believe much of what he's stating like this.
Politics is a terrible business.
"First do no harm" (Primum non nocere). Hippocrates.
“No one can prove that at times a lie is necessary”. St. Thomas Aquinas.
Wyoming Joins Idaho, Alaska in Support of Utah’s Federal Public Lands Claim
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that the State of Wyoming has filed an amicus brief in support of Utah on their federal public lands claims pending before the US Supreme Court. Wyoming joined with the states of Idaho and Alaska, as well as the Arizona Legislature in the Amicus.
The Governor issued the following statement:
“Federal ownership of unappropriated land negatively impacts Western states’ ability to regulate local land uses. I consistently preach that the best land management policies are developed by those who live close to the lands. As we have seen with the Rock Springs and Buffalo Resource Management Plans, the whims of the current Administration can have immense impacts on the states where those lands are located.
The well-established legal principle of multiple-use of public lands is sacred to Wyoming citizens, and that concept is something we have lost in this era of Washington, DC constantly curtailing their uses. Wyoming believes it is essential for the states to be recognized as the primary authority when it comes to unappropriated lands within our borders. The Federal government’s indefinite retention of millions of acres of land is a critical question that impacts all Western states, which is why Wyoming has filed this amicus.”
The brief may be found here.
Utah is going to lose, and deserves to. There's no excuse whatsoever for Wyoming joining with Utah in this effort.
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Wyoming politicians signing on to this land grabbing effort:
Governor Mark Gordon.
Congressman Harriet Hageman.
Senators
Bo Biteman (R-Ranchester), Brian Boner (R-Douglas),
Tim French (R-Powell), Larry Hicks (R-Baggs), Bob Ide (R-Casper), John Kolb (R-Rock Springs), Dan Laursen (R-Powell), Troy McKeown (R-Gillette), Tim Salazar (R-Riverton), Cheri Steinmetz (R-Lingle).
Representatives
Bill Allemand (R-Midwest), John Bear (R-Gillette), Jeremy Haroldson (R-Wheatland), Scott Heiner (R-Green River), Ben Hornok (R-Cheyenne), Christopher Knapp (R-Gillette), Chip Neiman (R-Hulett), Pepper Ottman (R-Riverton), Sarah Penn (R-Lander), Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody), Daniel Singh (R-Cheyenne), Allen Slagle (R-Newcastle), Scott Smith (R-Lingle), Tomi Strock (R-Douglas), Jeanette Ward (R-Casper), John Winter (R-Thermopolis).
The first mass use of kamikazes occured as part of the Japanese effort. The escort carrier USS St. Lo was sunk by kamikazes, the first of 47 ships to be lost to such attacks during the war.
The Imperial Japanese Navy lost the aircraft carriers Chitose, Chiyoda and Zuikaku, battleships Fusō and Yamashiro, cruisers Chikuma, Chōkai and Suzuya and the destroyers Akizuki, Asagumo, Michishio, Wakaba and Yamagumo.
The Americans lost the escort carriers USS Gambier Bay and USS St. Lo and destroyers USS Hoel and USS Johnston.
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The scale of the battle, and the intense fighting it involved, can hardly be imagined today.
The Red Army took the port town of Kirkenes, Norway.
Soviet forces completed clearing the Transylvania region of Romania.
The Italian government of Ivanoe Bonomi was recognized.
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Davy Crockett announced his intention to run for the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennesee.
He lost the election.
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Fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina, met and agreed to uphold the non-importation resolves passed in August 1774 by the North Carolina Provincial Congress in what is known as the Edenton Tea Party.
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