Interesting Day in history, and other tidbits.

Strategy Page has some interesting background on the Norwegian Peacekeepers "Kosovo" music video - and why a ten year old song- or old news - becomes suddenly hot. No blinding flash of insight, so much as filling in the corners on the story.

For some reason, CAPT H thinks this is important... Canada beats us *again*... (more on that later)

He also thought this worthy of mention. I've got the "Yes, dear" part down. The rest is a little more troublesome.

I do, however, completely concur with CAPT H about this article. Meet Corporal Dunham. Semper Fidelis.

Okay... things that caught my eye today from a historical perspective...

Born

1637 Fr. Jacques Marquette, French explorer of North America;
1780 Karl von Clausewitz. My man!
1801 Brigham Young, Mormon leader
1814 Philip Kearney, "The bravest man in the Union Army," kia 1862;
1825 John Hunt Morgan, Brig Gen, C.S.A., noted irregular cavalryman
1831 John Bell Hood, Gen, C.S.A., d. 1879
1844 Galusha Pennypacker, a Brig Gen, U.S., before he was 21, d. 1916

Died

1668 Mary Dyer, hanged in Boston for Quakerism - a very stubborn woman.
1823 Louis Nicholas Davout, Marshal of France, at 53
1879 Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, slain by the Zulu at 22

Event

1794 "Glorious First of June," Brit fleet under Lord Howe spanks the French
1813 Chesapeake-Shannon Fight: James Lawrencea> (*not* Commodore Perry) cries "Don't give up the ship!"
1866 Irish Fenians attack Ft Erie, Ontario, from the US. And lose. The only time we've ever been successful whacking on people in Canada was under British leadership. The Canadians don't need a large Army to protect themselves from us - we've *never* displayed any competence at invading Canada!
1914 SecNav Josephus Daniels issues G.O. 99, barring alcohol in the fleet. Well, mostly, as Neptunus Lex relates.
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1916 German attack Fort Vaux, Verdun Go here, and take a look at what modern war day after day in the same place does to an area. Then imagine *being there*!
1947 OPA, WW II rationing agency, is dissolved. Imagine that, a redundant Federal agency that actually went away... heh.