History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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I am immensely proud of the country I was born in and where I grew up, but like nearly every other nation on earth there are some black paged in its history. One of the darkest days for the Dutch history wasSeptember 11,1940. This is the day when the ‘Nederlandsche SS, was founded. Only 4 months…
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9/11 they used to be just 2 numbers until that fateful day in 2001. Ever since then it has become ingrained in the human psyche as one of the days the world changed. Even now ,19 years later it is hard to fathom the events of that day. Even when it happened it was hard…
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On the 10th of September 1897, a London cabbie with the name George Smith slammed his taxi into a building and becomes the first person to be arrested for drunk driving. He did plea guilty and was fined 25 shillings. Police officers did suspect that Smith was drunk because of his behaviour,which resembled the behaviour of…
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Dear little boy , you are perfect in every aspect . Even your imperfect hair is perfect. Imperfect and perfect in one sentence is a paradox. A paradox is what you are, because you were hated even though all you gave was love. It is said that the eyes are the portals to the soul…
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Don’t worry I am not going to go into details what a computer bug is and what to do how to resolve it. Nor will I explain what the implications of a computer bug are. That would be a long and tedious blog. In fact this blog will be short and sweet, it will be…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Once-upon-a-time, it was legal to mail a baby in the United States. It happen more than once and by all accounts, the mailed tots arrived no worse for wear. Yes, “baby mail” was a real thing. On January 1, 1913, the then Cabinet-level U.S. Post Office Department—now the U.S. Postal Service—first started…
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There are so many images of death and destruction during WWII, Images of dying children or children that already have been killed. Images of families torn apart not knowing if they will ever see each other again, But the amazing thing though, amidst all of these portrayals of the abyss there are some pictures that…
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Many opponents of the Nazi regime found their untimely death in Plotzensee prison. Those executed were German resistance fighter, but also Polish and French forced laborers, and many others. A great number were executed by guillotine but on September 3 the guillotine was damaged beyond repair after an RAF raid. From then one the methods of executions…
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One of the definitions of a hero is “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character” Mercer G. Abernathy was such a person and even though I don’t know him it is with a 100% certainty I can state he was a hero. I know nothing of this man except for his Army…
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I have two arms and two legs I have two eyes and two hands I have a nose and two ears. When I am happy , I laugh. When I am sad, I cry. When I am in pain, it hurts. My blood is red. My body temperature is about 37 degrees Celsius. I eat when…
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