On This Day In History
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Topic: On This Day In History
Posted By: Timotheus
Subject: On This Day In History
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2006 at 22:03
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This is the place where we post historical anniversaries of important events. Let us start this off with something very important. On October the fourteenth, 1066, William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings against Harold Godwinnson. Today marks the 940th year that has passed since the event, and fanboys of the Anglo-Saxons are still weeping. |
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 15-Oct-2006 at 10:17
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Today, October 15, in 1844, famous German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born. Also, in 1815, Napoleon began his exile on the island of St. Helena.
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Posted By: Timotheus
Date Posted: 19-Oct-2006 at 00:26
| Busy day! The anniversary of the Battle of Zama, the Siege of Yorktown, and the unification of Aragon and Castile in Spain. |
Posted By: Timotheus
Date Posted: 21-Oct-2006 at 00:50
| October 21st is the anniversary of Trafalgar. |
Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2006 at 21:31
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October 25- Anniversary of the Famous Battle of Balaclava. During this battle, the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade occured. Also, let us not forget the brave defense of the town by the 93rd Highlanders in their famous Thin Red Line. Also, the Charge of the Heavy Brigade occured. From the poem The Light Brigade: "Half a league half a league Half a league onward All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred: 'Forward, the Light Brigade Charge for the guns' he said Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred." -------------
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Posted By: Timotheus
Date Posted: 31-Oct-2006 at 20:54
| Today in 1521, Magellan sailed through the strait that now bears his name. |