The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The Fall of the Alamo

Good morning Mayor.

LOL. Here ya go!

The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul

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"The FReeper Foxhole Compiled List of Daily Threads"

Oh thank you snippy, not seeing Hagar at his post just about shot my day!!

LOL. We're going to the Mooooooon.

ROFL. Now there's an idea!

Good morning Mayor. Thanks for the kind words on the Favorite Freeper thread, we rerally appreciate it.

:-( Snippy had problems with the Vetscor graphic last night so she skipped the whole post.

LOL. I tried to give him the day off but he insisted he be at post, he missed Helga. :-)

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on April 10:
0401 Theodosius II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1512 James I king of Scotland (1513-42)
1583 Hugo Grotius Holland, jurist, father of international law
1755 Samuel Hahnemann German physician/originator of homeopathy
1794 Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry opened Japan
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace Major General (Union volunteers)/lawyer/diplomat/governor NM/author (Ben Hur)
1829 William Booth founder (Salvation Army)
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 James Edward Rains Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1847 Joseph Pulitzer Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World)
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney mathematician/puzzle maker
1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel theologist (Fear & Religion)
1891 Tim McCoy Saginaw MI Cowboy Actor
1903 Clare Boothe Luce former US ambassador to Vatican
1910 Eddy Duchin Cambridge MA, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra)
1912 Roy Hofheinz engineer (Houston Astrodome)
1915 Harry Morgan Detroit MI, actor (December Bride, MASH, Dragnet)
1921 Chuck Connors Brooklyn NY, actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa)
1921 Sheb Wooley Erick OK, vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw)
1926 Johnnie Tillmon activist (National Welfare Rights Association)
1927 "Alvin" Junior Samples Cummings GA, country performer (Hee Haw)
1929 Max [Carl Adolf] Von Sydow Lund Sweden, actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape)
1932 Hari Rhodes Cincinnati OH, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)
1932 Omar Sharif [Michael Shalhoub] Alexandria Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)
1933 Robert Rhodes James historian (Gallipoli)
1934 David Halberstam New York Times international correspondent (New York Times/Pulitzer 1964)
1936 John Madden NFL coach (Oakland Raiders)/sports commentator (CBS, FOX)
1938 Don Meredith Mount Vernon TX, NFL quarterback (Cowboys)/Mon Night Football
1941 Paul Theroux American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
1951 Steven Seagal Detroit MI, actor(?) (Above the Law, Hard to Kill)
1961 Jeb Adams Hollywood CA, actor (Lieutenant Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1963 Kirk Lowdermilk NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1966 Neil Smith NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1974 Sherry Johnson Owatonna MN, Miss Minnesota-America (1996)
1988 Haley Joel Osment Los Angeles CA, actor (Cole Sear-The Sixth Sense, Trevor 'Trev' McKinney-Pay It Forward)

Deaths which occurred on April 10:
0879 Louis II the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
0947 Hugo van Arles count of Arles/king of Italy, dies
1008 Notger bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
1585 Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni] Italian Pope (1572-85), dies
1712 Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
1760 Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75
1784 Simon Fokke book illustrator, dies at 71
1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40
1863 Giovanni B Amia Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
1919 Emiliano Zapata Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1954 Auguste Lumière French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1956 Clarence Beaumont 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
1965 Linda Darnell dies from burns received in a fire at 41
1966 Christian J Modeste Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
1966 Evelyn Waugh British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
1975 Marjorie Main actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85
1975 Walker Evans US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
1991 Natalie Schafer actress (Mrs Howell Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
1992 Sam Kinison loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1994 Victor Afanasiev Russia, editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
1995 Chen Yun Vice-Premier of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies
1996 Jessica Dubroff attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1967 O'GRADY JOHN F.---NEW HYDE PARK NY.
[EJECTED NO RADIO CONTACT]
1968 CARVER HARRY F.---NEW ALBANY IN.
1968 PADGETT SAMUEL J.---TULSA OK.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
0847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0879 Louis III, crowned King of France
1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon
1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz
1790 US Patent system is established
1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at León
1841 New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh PA
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York NY); sold rights for $100
1863 Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin TN
1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of México
1865 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last
1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to April 22
1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC
1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1884 US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1887 President Abraham Lincoln is re-buried with his wife in Springfield IL
1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
1916 1st professional golf tournament held
1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
1923 Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin
1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1932 Paul von Hindenburg re-elected President of Germany
1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France
1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1942 Cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland
1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape Nazi's
1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazi's
1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1946 1st election for Japanese Diet
1947 Jackie Robinson became the 1st black in modern major league baseball (Dodgers)
1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
1953 "House of Wax", 1st 3-D movie is released (New York NY)
1955 Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic
1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to Chicago White Sox
1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt 45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1971 US table tennis team arrives in People's Rebublic of China
1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1973 Kansas City opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Texas Rangers
1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
1974 American Boccaccio Association is established
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inning game (3:17)
1979 J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1985 At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1988 Herschel Walker performs the Fort Worth Ballet
1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, New York NY)
1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1995 NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
1995 Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan, announced his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination.
1996 President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed "partial birth" abortions. Congress was unable to override the veto.
1997 Onetime fighter pilot and former POW Pete Peterson was confirmed by the Senate as the first postwar U.S. ambassador to Vietnam.
1998 Anti-impotence drug Viagra appears on the market and becames one of the best-selling new medications of all time.
2001 The Netherlands legalized mercy killings and assisted suicide for patients with unbearable, terminal illness.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Philippines : Bataan Day
US : National Reading a Road Map Week Ends
National Anxiety Month

Religious Observances

Fifth Day of Passover
Holy Week Ends
Lutheran : Commemoration of Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku
Christian : Holy Saturday

Religious History
1816 In Philadelphia, church reformer Richard Allen, 56, was elected the first bishop of the newly-created African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. (Previously, in 1799, Allen had been the first black ordained to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church.)
1838 Birth of Edward Kremser, German chorister. Included among his numerous vocal and instrumental works is the enduring hymn tune KREMSER ("We Gather Together").
1933 Death of Henry Van Dyke, 81, an American Presbyterian clergyman and author. He is still remembered for two writings: a book, "The Story of the Other Wise Man" (1896), and a hymn, "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" (1908).
1945 U.S. Armed forces liberated the prison camp at Buchenwald, Germany. It was estimated that nearly 57,000 prisoners (mostly Jews) perished in the gas chambers of Buchenwald during its eight-year existence as a Nazi concentration camp.
1970 The Russian Orthodox Church in America was granted autocephalic independence by its Mother organization, the Russian Orthodox Church. Headquartered today in Syosset, New York, membership in this religious body currently numbers approximately one million.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"A wise man can see more from a the bottom of a well than a fool can see from a mountaintop."

What a Difference 30 Years Makes...
1970: Acid Rock.
2000: Acid Reflux.

New State Slogans...
Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother

Male Language Patterns...
"You expect too much of me," REALLY MEANS,
"You want me to stay awake."

Female Language Patterns...
LOUD SIGH:
This is not actually a word, but is still often a verbal statement very misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot at that moment and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "Nothing".

LOL! did you mean MOOOOOOOOOOOOn shots?

1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald

Man! I hated that book! The only one worse than that was "Great Expectations".

1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"

2004 John "Quisling" Kerry tries to form American "national government"

1932 Omar Sharif [Michael Shalhoub] Alexandria Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)

Now here is a fine candidate for my bicyclespankentruppen!

OH NO!!. Now the female contingent will never give me a second look.! :-(

I think PE has recruited enough ladies to go around. LOL!

1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle

That's Hilarious! ROFLMAO

i'm planning to go see THE ALAMO tonight!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

free dixie NOW,sw

fyi, i was asked to publicly read Travis' IMMORTAL letter on 03/06/1986.

even practicing, i NEVER "got through it" without getting "so choked up" that i couldn't go on.

AND i found someone else to read the letter, W/O weeping, at Washington on the Brazos! (FYI, also, i always wondered afterward "how hard her heart was" in other ways!)

his letter effects LOTS of TEXICANS that way.

free dixie,sw

It's not as PC as I thought it would be. Snippy and I would be interested to hear you opinion on it.