December 2018
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident (sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying four hydrogen bombs on a Cold War “Chrome Dome” alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Bing Crosby sang “I am dreaming of a white Christmas” and made it sound like a magical event. However for the men stuck in the Belgian Ardennes, a white Christmas was probably the last thing they wanted.But they did get the snow, in fact it was one the coldest…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Before David Attenborough explored the oceans in the Blue Planet, Jacques Cousteau had been doing it for decades and he did much more then that. When it comes to Oceanic exploration he literally wrote the book. The title ” The Silent World” was released this day 65 years ago.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? Pardon the pun in the title but I couldn’t resist. On December 23 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cut off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France.He later documented the event in a painting titled Self-Portrait with…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103,Lockerbie bombing I am not going in to great detail into the story because so much has already been written about the terror attack. I will highlight some of the passengers stories. A total of 270 people, including young children…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Flying a plane in normal circumstances is difficult enough, flying a plane during bad weather is bad. However flying a plane while being shot at is like hell in the sky. Especially during WWII where there were no sophisticated systems on board like they have nowadays. Following are just…
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Receiving a postcard is always a nice event. Be it for your birthday, a card from someone on their holidays, a season‘s greeting, or just someone keeping in touch. It is like getting a present which has emotional rather than monetary value. And often you want to repay this act of kindness, by also sending
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In this PC world these ads will not be shown anymore and probably rightfully so. However you’d have to admire the humor in them. For example the poster above .Every story of true love begins in the kitchen. Why wait to put your new wife to work until after…
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