December 2018
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: If you’d to believe the media nowadays you would think that severe storms are a 21st century phenomena. However they have been around for quite a while. On 18 Dec 1944, divine intervention interfered with human action again. Admiral William Halsey and his Task Force 38 were caught unaware…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Music legend Glenn Miller’s plane vanished over the Channel without a trace on December 15 1944. On the day he went missing, Dec. 15, 1944, Miller, an Army major, is believed to have boarded a UC-64A Norseman in Bedfordshire, England, as a passenger. The plane was bound for France,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I absolutely love the BBC/Amazon Prime TV Drama “Ripper Street” and I think the last season was the best season so far. I only found out recently that the main character in the show was based on the actual inspector in the Jack the Ripper case, Edmund Reid. Detective…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Someone tried to convince me that Santa Claus is a mythical figure.Well if that’s the case who puts my presents under the Christmas tree? Anyhow! Santa Claus has many names but they all come from the same historical figure,Nikolaos of Myra(aka Nicholas of Bari) The true story of Santa Claus…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The facts of the case are odd. Five letters were written in early 1942 and mailed by seemingly different people in different U.S. locations to the same person at a Buenos Aires, Argentina, address. In early 1942, five letters were written and mailed by seemingly different people in different…
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On December 12th 1941, one day after Hitler had declared war to the USA, Hitler called a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. Nearly all important party leaders were present to hear Hitler declare the annihilation of the Jewish race, This meeting was held just over a month before the Wannsee conference.However the December 12 meeting
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Dear Louis, I have to believe you are an Angel Because if I don’t I get engulfed with hate for those who killed you. But your beautiful face only radiates love. You are an Angel, you already look up to your new home in Heaven. You were 4 when you were murdered by those who
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The NSNAP could be considered a NSDAP wannabe. However it would be foolish to trivialize their existence. The Nationaal-Socialistische Nederlandsche Arbeiderspartij (National Socialist Dutch Workers Party were founded in 1931 by Ernst Herman van Rappard(seen below in an SS uniform) He was born in the Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Dutch East Indies.His educative years he spent
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In 1798 the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was published by he English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The most famous line of the poem is “Water, water, every where,Nor any drop to drink.” There are several theories in relation to the inspiration of the poem but the above mentioned line refers to the
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