What to remember about July 29th…
- 1805 French historian Alexis de Tocqueville is born; author of the famous Democracy in America
- 1833 English abolitionist William Wilberforce dies
- 1862 Confederate spy Marie Isabella “Belle” Boyd is arrested by Union troops; detained in Washington, D.C.
- 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell establishes Brownsea Island Scout Camp
- 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI Party)
- 1958 President Eisenhower signs legislation creating National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- 1965 Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division begin arriving in Vietnam
- 1976 Serial killer David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz begins his killing spree in New York City
Posted in Crime, History, Lost and Found, Military, Politics
Tagged Boy Scouts, Civil War, crime, Dwight D. Eisenhower, espionage, history, NASA, robert baden powell, slavery, Space Exploration, Vietnam, WWII
What to remember about January 24th…
- 1781 Patriot militia led by the Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and “Light Horse” Henry Lee raid Georgetown, S.C. and capture British officers
- 1848 Gold is discovered in Sacramento Valley along Sutter’s Creek; California gold rush soon sparked
- 1908 Sir Robert Baden-Powell publishes 1st installment of Scouting for Boys; Scouting movement begins
- 1943 German General Friedrich von Paulus requests permission from Hitler to surrender his surrounded forces at Battle of Stalingrad
- 1961 B-52 bomber with its payload of Mark-39 nuclear bombs crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina
- 1965 WWII British Prime Minister, historian, and soldier Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill dies in London (b. 1874)
- 1972 WWII Imperial Japanese Army sergeant is discovered hiding on Guam ; he has been hiding for 28 years
- 1980 Administration of President Carter announces sales of military equipment and technology to China
- 1989 Serial killer and rapist Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy dies in electric chair in Florida (b. 1946)
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged American Revolution, Atom Bomb, B-52 Stratofortress, Boy Scouts, China, history, Jimmy Carter, robert baden powell, Winston Churchill, WWII
What to remember about July 29th…
- 1805 French historian Alexis de Tocqueville is born; author of the famous Democracy in America
- 1833 English abolitionist William Wilberforce dies
- 1862 Confederate spy Marie Isabella “Belle” Boyd is arrested by Union troops; detained in Washington, D.C.
- 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell establishes Brownsea Island Scout Camp
- 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI Party)
- 1958 President Eisenhower signs legislation creating National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- 1965 Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division begin arriving in Vietnam
- 1976 Serial killer David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz begins his killing spree in New York City
Posted in Crime, History, Lost and Found, Military, Politics
Tagged Boy Scouts, Civil War, crime, Dwight D. Eisenhower, espionage, history, NASA, robert baden powell, slavery, Space Exploration, Vietnam, WWII
What to remember about July 29th…
- 1805 French historian Alexis de Tocqueville is born; author of the famous Democracy in America
- 1833 English abolitionist William Wilberforce dies
- 1862 Confederate spy Marie Isabella “Belle” Boyd is arrested by Union troops; detained in Washington, D.C.
- 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell establishes Brownsea Island Scout Camp
- 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI Party)
- 1958 President Eisenhower signs legislation creating National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- 1965 Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division begin arriving in Vietnam
- 1976 Serial killer David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz begins his killing spree in New York City
Posted in Crime, History, Lost and Found, Military, Politics
Tagged Boy Scouts, Civil War, crime, Dwight D. Eisenhower, espionage, history, NASA, robert baden powell, slavery, Space Exploration, Vietnam, WWII
What to remember about January 24th…
- 1781 Patriot militia led by the Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and “Light Horse” Henry Lee raid Georgetown, S.C. and capture British officers
- 1848 Gold is discovered in Sacramento Valley along Sutter’s Creek; California gold rush soon sparked
- 1908 Sir Robert Baden-Powell publishes 1st installment of Scouting for Boys; Scouting movement begins
- 1943 German General Friedrich von Paulus requests permission from Hitler to surrender his surrounded forces at Battle of Stalingrad
- 1961 B-52 bomber with its payload of Mark-39 nuclear bombs crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina
- 1965 WWII British Prime Minister, historian, and soldier Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill dies in London (b. 1874)
- 1972 WWII Imperial Japanese Army sergeant is discovered hiding on Guam ; he has been hiding for 28 years
- 1980 Administration of President Carter announces sales of military equipment and technology to China
- 1989 Serial killer and rapist Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy dies in electric chair in Florida (b. 1946)
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged American Revolution, Atom Bomb, B-52 Stratofortress, Boy Scouts, China, history, Jimmy Carter, robert baden powell, Winston Churchill, WWII
What to remember about January 24th…
- 1781 Patriot militia led by the Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and “Light Horse” Henry Lee raid Georgetown, S.C. and capture British officers
- 1848 Gold is discovered in Sacramento Valley along Sutter’s Creek; California gold rush soon sparked
- 1908 Sir Robert Baden-Powell publishes 1st installment of Scouting for Boys; Scouting movement begins
- 1943 German General Friedrich von Paulus requests permission from Hitler to surrender his surrounded forces at Battle of Stalingrad
- 1961 B-52 bomber with its payload of Mark-39 nuclear bombs crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina
- 1965 WWII British Prime Minister, historian, and soldier Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill dies in London (b. 1874)
- 1972 WWII Imperial Japanese Army sergeant is discovered hiding on Guam ; he has been hiding for 28 years
- 1980 Administration of President Carter announces sales of military equipment and technology to China
- 1989 Serial killer and rapist Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy dies in electric chair in Florida (b. 1946)
What to remember about January 24th…
- 1781 Patriot militia led by the Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and “Light Horse” Henry Lee raid Georgetown, S.C. and capture British officers
- 1848 Gold is discovered in Sacramento Valley along Sutter’s Creek; California gold rush soon sparked
- 1908 Sir Robert Baden-Powell publishes 1st installment of Scouting for Boys; Scouting movement begins
- 1943 German General Friedrich von Paulus requests permission from Hitler to surrender his surrounded forces at Battle of Stalingrad
- 1961 B-52 bomber with its payload of Mark-39 nuclear bombs crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina
- 1965 WWII British Prime Minister, historian, and soldier Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill dies in London (b. 1874)
- 1972 WWII Imperial Japanese Army sergeant is discovered hiding on Guam ; he has been hiding for 28 years
- 1980 Administration of President Carter announces sales of military equipment and technology to China
- 1989 Serial killer and rapist Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy dies in electric chair in Florida (b. 1946)
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