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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 29, 2016 17:26:02 GMT
Basically what the title says. To start:
Ça Ira is the quick march of the Yorkshire Regiment. This is the only march that has been awarded to a British regiment as a battle honour. Ça Ira is in fact, originally, a French revolutionary song. This stems from when The West Yorkshire Regiment, the Yorkshire Regiment's predecessor, advanced on the French in 1793 at the Battle of Famars. The colonel commanding ordered that the regiment advance to Ça Ira, declaring that they would "beat the French to their own damned tune".
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Post by imhidingshh on Sept 29, 2016 17:32:52 GMT
Qualified Royal Navy Submariners know the location and purpose of every single valve on the Submarine, and there are thousands.
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Post by Snorelacks on Sept 29, 2016 17:32:56 GMT
On this day in 1780 British spy John André is court-martialed, found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. André, an accomplice of Benedict Arnold, had been captured by Patriots John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart six days earlier on September 23, after they found incriminating papers stashed in his boot.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 29, 2016 17:53:19 GMT
Here's Ça Ira as a French revolutionary song rather than a march:
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Sept 30, 2016 7:27:55 GMT
During the First World War Germany suffered a shortage of rubber. Likewise, Britain suffered a shortage of good optics. Britain controlled a lot of the rubber supply, and Germany made the best binoculars in the world, so Britain and Germany actually traded rubber for optics for a time, despite being at war.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Oct 1, 2016 18:46:04 GMT
At the Battle of Waterloo, Thomas Picton was appointed commander of the 5th Infantry Division by Wellington. However, his luggage did not arrive in time for the battle, and he fought it wearing civilian clothes and a top hat. He was later killed leading a charge against French troops. Wearing a top hat.
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Post by R35T NO MORE on Oct 3, 2016 13:26:17 GMT
75 years ago today, Nazi Germany launched Operation Typhoon, with the aim of bringing Russia down by ultimately capturing Moscow. It didn't go very well.
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Oct 5, 2016 16:35:34 GMT
October 5th
On this date in 1943, after Japanese-occupied Wake Island was subjected to a withering bombardment from the United States Navy, garrison commander Shigematsu Sakaibara ordered the summary execution of 98 American prisoners of war.
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Oct 11, 2016 14:56:20 GMT
Didn't get the random & pointless part, sorry. The one I posted ^^above^^ definitely does not fall into that category. So I'll lighten up a little because today some bad shit happened in WW2 as well.
Instead let's go with this: 1973 - Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were abducted by aliens in Mississippi, they told authorities.
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Oct 19, 2016 17:33:31 GMT
Oct. 19th, 1982 : John DeLorean is arrested in an airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Oct 19, 2016 18:50:08 GMT
Oct. 19th, 1982 : John DeLorean is arrested in an airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine. As in THE DeLorean?
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Oct 19, 2016 19:01:56 GMT
Oct. 19th, 1982 : John DeLorean is arrested in an airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine. As in THE DeLorean? Yep. From the DeLorean Motor Company.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Oct 19, 2016 19:16:11 GMT
Yep. From the DeLorean Motor Company.
Well, that must some pure shit if it was worth $24 million.
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Oct 19, 2016 19:31:20 GMT
19th October 1926: John C Garand patents his semi-automatic rifle.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Oct 20, 2016 0:16:28 GMT
19th October 1926: John C Garand patents his semi-automatic rifle. And the sound of emptying a clip would never be the same.....
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Oct 20, 2016 2:47:39 GMT
19th October 1926: John C Garand patents his semi-automatic rifle. And the sound of emptying a clip would never be the same..... Ching
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Oct 31, 2016 16:11:01 GMT
This isn't going to be every day any more, but I'll just throw some stuff in here every now and again.
When HMS Sheffield was sunk in the Falklands War, the survivors are said to have sang "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life" from Monty Python while awaiting rescue.
In a similar vein: Survivors from the destroyer HMS Tipperary, sunk at Jutland in 1916, reportedly sang "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" in the dark as rescuers looked for them.
(Only the first half of that video is "It's a Long Way to Tipperary").
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Nov 17, 2016 13:51:39 GMT
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC was born this day in 1887.
Glad to know I share my Birthday with an historic legend
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Post by Twiztid Bowels on Nov 18, 2016 17:46:25 GMT
November 18th, 1978 Jonestown Massacre American cult leader Jim Jones leads/forces his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch in a mass murder-suicide that claims over 900 victims.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Nov 18, 2016 19:15:02 GMT
November 18th, 1978 Jonestown Massacre American cult leader Jim Jones leads/forces his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch in a mass murder-suicide that claims over 900 victims.
I've read about that. Some weird fucking shit going on there.
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