July 2019
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The following story may not seem like much for anyone who is not a musician, but a musician will understand the significance of it and can identify with the sense of loss and sacrifice. A musician’s instrument is more then a tool it becomes part of him or her, nearly a member of the family.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Born on March 20 1919, Cairbre is probably one of the most famous Dubliners to have ever lived, but yet hardly anyone knows him. Maybe it’s because he was renamed to Slats? As so many stars, Cairbre came from humble beginnings. There was no crib or hostel for him…
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During World War II, Utah was home to approximately 15,000 Italian and German prisoners of war that were distributed across a number of camps. Camp Salina was a small, temporary branch camp to accommodate overflow prisoners in Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City. From 1944 to 1945 it was home to about 250 Germans, most
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The British officially recognise its duration as from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps with the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz,while German historians…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am not going to say if I believe in extra terrestrial life or not ,however I do think we would be quite arrogant to assume that among all the millions of planets and solar system around us, there is no other life. It doesn’t have to be funny…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A slight deviation from my regular history of sorts. This time I will leave the music do the talking. Throughout the decades there have been many songs that took their inspiration from historical events, below is a list and clips of some of them. Starting of with the one…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers, by signing Robinson, heralded the end of racial segregation in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Nothing was sacred and nothing was spared during WWII, not even the hallow grounds of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club otherwise known as ;Wimbledon’. Although the club was closed for all matches in the war years. Rather then having Tennis players run over its lawns civil defense and military personnel made…
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