History
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On Oct. 24, 1946, the first extraterrestrial view of Earth was shot from 65 miles away aboard a Nazi-built V-2 rocket launched by American scientists, according to Smithsonian magazine. Thanks to a Devry 35-millimeter movie camera, Earthlings saw their planet for the first time as a grainy, black-and-white mass that looked more like paint under a microscope…
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The problem nowadays is there are no real heroes anymore,well at least no heroes that are honored in the media. The focus seems to be more on so called reality stars and overpaid athletes, and they are often being portrayed as being heroes for having survived the latest plastic surgery or knee injury. No wonder…
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World War II was the darkest era in World history. The world had never seen so much death and destruction. But even in those dark days there were some rays of light, Following are some examples. 9th Armored Division technician Alvin Harley with a little French girl on Valentine’s Day, 14 Feb 1945 An old…
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I heard a Holocaust survivor say “The Germans(citizens) weren’t vicious, they were just indifferent” No one is born indifferent , you are conditioned that way and shortly after WWI, conditions were created where someone could step in and condition the Germans to be indifferent. It was reporter Edgar A. Mowrer who stated “Hitler is not an intellectual…
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I would like to wish this blue planet called earth a happy birthday , because on this day 23 October 4004 BC at 6 pm, earth was created. Well this is according Archbishop James Ussher. (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin was highly regarded in his…
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I never smoked, really only because I did not see the fascination of spending an enormous amount of money to see something go up in smoke. However most of my family were or still are smokers and I do feel sorry for smokers. I do think they get a bad press. Yes, smoking is bad…
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I can nearly understand why adult civilians could be perceived as a threat to the nations.Although I know the reasons why I still don’t comprehend them. But children, why? Of course this is the way the Nazi’s wanted to ensure that the ‘undesirables’ would have no future. I have done blogs on the young victims…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Princess Leia is one of the most iconic cinema characters that has ever been. Be it in a golf bikini or with donuts in her hair, everyone knows who she is. Everyone aged 1 to 100. Alas the Princess passed away on 27 December 2016. ? it was Billy…
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It is often though that the Vietnam war started in the 60s, but in fact it dates back much further then that. It really started on the 19th of December 1946. In February Ho Chi Minh had already sent a telegram to U.S. President Harry S. Truman requesting support for independence. The First Indochina War (December 1946 to…
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No I haven’t suddenly gone all ultra nice, as many of you know the title of this blog is actually the 1st line of the classic Rolling Stones song”Sympathy for the devil” A song which is often misunderstood for being some satanic worshiping bit of musical poetry, but it couldn’t be further away from that.…
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