Thursday, December 18, 2008
[1787 - New Jersey is third state to enter United States of America]
[1865 - Thirteenth Amendment to Constitution was proclaimed to be ratified by 27 of then 36 states and took effect]
neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
[1879 - Paul Klee, abstract artist, born in Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland]
[1886 - Ty (Tyrus Raymond) Cobb, baseball great, born in Narrows, Georgia]
[1904 - George Stevens, Academy Award-winning director, producer, writer, born in Oakland, California]
[1907 - Christopher Fry (Harris), poet, dramatist, born in Bristol, England]
[1910 - Abe (Abram Solman Borowitz) Burrows, Tony Award-winning
director & playwright, born in New York City]
[1916 - WW-I Battle of Verdun ends after ten months and 650,000 lives lost. Allied and German forces in about same place as before it began.
[1965 - River Patrol Group (Task Force - 116) is established in Vietnam Delta]
In the Mekong Delta, the US Navy put together quite a successful river patrol force out of left-over WW-II ships, fast new boats, rotary wing planes, and some trained SEALS. It was quite a circus while it lasted.
William's Whimsical Words:
A first rate fighting force in an unnecessary, third rate war.
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