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Reply #15 - Jun 9th, 2003 at 4:54pm

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It seems to me that most of these dates signify british history.

1066 Hastings,

1588 Armarda,

1815 Waterloo.

(All British so far...)

1863 Charge of the light brigade?

1898 Boer wars?

1905 I have no idea! Tongue

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What happened in 1905?!
 
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Reply #16 - Jun 9th, 2003 at 5:08pm

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after double checking it in my history books best i could find was the jan 22nd bloody sunday riots in russia
 
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Reply #17 - Jun 9th, 2003 at 5:10pm

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ok further research threw this up
1905   Norway separates from Sweden
1905   Trans-Siberian Railway completed
1905   "Bloody Sunday" massace of protestors in St Petersburg
1905   Sir Albert Einstein develops special theory of relativity
1905   Sinn Fein, Irish nationalist (Republican) movement, founded
 
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Reply #18 - Jun 9th, 2003 at 5:31pm

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That's why the smilie at the end of the comment..

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Harold, King of the the Saxons, did fend off the Viking raiders earlier that year but 1066 is remembered (in this country) for his own defeat near Hastings by William "the Conqueror" of Normandy. This was the last successful invasion of England, hence its significance in our history. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/normans/hastings_01.shtml
The actual location of the defeat was named Battle in honour of the many Saxons who perished.

 
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Reply #19 - Jun 9th, 2003 at 5:37pm

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I was thnking:

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What do the following years mean to you:

1066 -  Hastings

1588 - Spanish Armada defeated

1815 - Batrtle of New Orleans - fought AFTER the end of the "War of 1812"

1863 - Gettysburg

1898 - Invasion of PR by the US during the Spanish-American War ... which incidentally, was spurred on by the accident to the USS Maine (from all accounts, it appears an explosion in its coal stores...)

1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War



 
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Reply #20 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 12:41am

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Here is a historical date that many people seem to not know.  Does anyone here know what took place on May 10-20, 1969?

One thing I have noticed is that history classes tend to avoid events such as this and it really bothers me (at least all my classes did).
 
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Reply #21 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 6:45am

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Was this the first Apollo flight around the moon Richie?
 
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Reply #22 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 7:49am

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Battle for Ap Bia Mountain in Vietnam "Hamburger Hill"  May 10-20, 1969



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Here is a historical date that many people seem to not know.  Does anyone here know what took place on May 10-20, 1969?

One thing I have noticed is that history classes tend to avoid events such as this and it really bothers me (at least all my classes did).

 
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Reply #23 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 10:43am

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Wasn't there a famous hill battle in the korean war where our casualties were very high?
 
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Reply #24 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 1:08pm

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Given the terrain in Korea, you can almost say "all of them"



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Wasn't there a famous hill battle in the korean war where our casualties were very high?

 
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Reply #25 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 1:40pm

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Battle for Ap Bia Mountain in Vietnam "Hamburger Hill"  May 10-20, 1969


Yup, I've heard that it was a horrible battle.  My father was there.  He said that years later I was suposed to be born on the 20th of May and was very releaved when I was born on the 21st-he didn't want me born during the anniversary of the battle.
 
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Reply #26 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 2:55pm
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january 22nd 1905, bloody sunday riots/massacre(i believe) in russia was it?


yeah,i think you're right...

important dates in german history:

Nov 11th 1989...
Oct  3rd  1990...
1870...
1871...
Sept 7th 1949...
 
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Reply #27 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 5:06pm

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I think the big battle in Korea you are refering to is the legendary Battle of Gloucester Hill, where numerous Chinese Armies were sent across the Imjin river against the Glousters and the Northumberland Fusiliers regiments who fought a heroic battle and were sacrificed to save the greater allied forces. For a really excellent account of this try reading Lofty Larges One Mans War In Korea (this has been recently released as a compiled edition with his other book One Mans SAS under the title Soldier Against The Odds), and it is an incredible read! A must for any military bookworms.
Published by Mainstream Publishing ISBN 1-84018-346-2

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Reply #28 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 6:42pm

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10,000-30,000BC- Americas first colonized by Asian migrants.
Late 1600s- Hudsons Bay Company Formed, One of the world's oldest Corporations
1812- US and Canadian war, lasts two years. Canada actually held Detroit after an easy victory.
1763- Royal Proclamation blocks 13 colonies in US from westward expansion and gives full raign to Quebec.
1776- American Revolution
1867- Canada Becomes a Country
1914 - WWI Begins
1918 - WWI Ends
1929- Stock Crash brings on Great Depression
1939- WWII Begins
1945- WWII Ends
1912- Titanic Sinks
1903 - First Powered Flight
 
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Reply #29 - Jun 10th, 2003 at 7:33pm

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10,000-30,000BC- Americas first colonized by Asian migrants.
Late 1600s- Hudsons Bay Company Formed, One of the world's oldest Corporations
1812- US and Canadian war, lasts two years. Canada actually held Detroit after an easy victory.
1763- Royal Proclamation blocks 13 colonies in US from westward expansion and gives full raign to Quebec.
1776- American Revolution
1867- Canada Becomes a Country
1914 - WWI Begins
1918 - WWI Ends
1929- Stock Crash brings on Great Depression
1939- WWII Begins
1945- WWII Ends
1912- Titanic Sinks
1903 - First Powered Flight


um, in 1812 the US and England were at war with each other Roll Eyes
 
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