FReeper Foxhole - Military News in Review - April 28, 2003

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[snippy_about_it]

Dear Lord,

There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.
We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

Author Unknown

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FReepers from the The Foxhole
join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time.

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

Mission Objectives

1. End the regime of Saddam Hussein

2. Identify, isolate, and eliminate Iraq’s WMD, systems, and facilities

3. Capture or drive out terrorists sheltered in Iraq

4. Collect intelligence on terrorist networks and on Iraq’s illicit WMD activity

5. Secure Iraq’s oil fields and natural resources for the Iraqi people

6. End sanctions and immediately deliver humanitarian relief and assistance

7. Help the Iraqi people rapidly transition to a representative form of self-government that does not threaten its neighbors and is committed to the territorial integrity of Iraq

Progress to Date

April 24

For the first time since military operations began, oil began flowing from Iraq’s southern fields, and electrical power has been restored to parts of Baghdad.

175,000 barrels of oil per day are now being pumped from the oil fields near Rumaila to an oil refinery in Basra and various power plants in the vicinity.

In the next day or two, it is expected that another 60,000 barrels per day will be pumped into the Baija refinery from oil fields in the north.

One gas well in the north is also operational. Gas is critical to the operation of the gas turbines which drive most of the electrical power grid in the Baghdad area.

Under the direction of retired Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance is up and running.

Coordinators have been appointed for humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, as well as for the country’s northern and southern regions. Gen. Garner also has two deputies, one for policy and one to coordinate international aid and other ctivities.

American Power Moves Beyond the Mere Super

Stealth drones, G.P.S.-guided smart munitions that hit precisely where aimed; antitank bombs that guide themselves; space-relayed data links that allow individual squad leaders to know exactly where American and opposition forces are during battle — the United States military rolled out all this advanced technology, and more, in its lightning conquest of Iraq.

No other military is even close to the United States. The American military is now the strongest the world has ever known, both in absolute terms and relative to other nations; stronger than the Wehrmacht in 1940, stronger than the legions at the height of Roman power.

For years to come, no other nation is likely even to try to rival American might.

Which means: the global arms race is over, with the United States the undisputed heavyweight champion. Other nations are not even trying to match American armed force, because they are so far behind they have no chance of catching up.

The great-powers arms race, in progress for centuries, has ended with the rest of the world conceding triumph to the United States.

Now only a nuclear state, like, perhaps, North Korea, has any military leverage against the winner.

Paradoxically, the runaway American victory in the conventional arms race might inspire a new round of proliferation of atomic weapons. With no hope of matching the United States plane for plane, more countries may seek atomic weapons to gain deterrence.

North Korea might have been moved last week to declare that it has an atomic bomb by the knowledge that it has no hope of resisting American conventional power. If it becomes generally believed that possession of even a few nuclear munitions is enough to render North Korea immune from American military force, other nations — Iran is an obvious next candidate — may place renewed emphasis on building them.

For the extent of American military superiority has become almost impossible to overstate. The United States sent five of its nine supercarrier battle groups to the region for the Iraq assault. A tenth Nimitz-class supercarrier is under construction. No other nation possesses so much as one supercarrier, let alone nine battle groups ringed by cruisers and guarded by nuclear submarines. More...

Army Co-Sponsors Transformation Wargame

The Army and U.S. Joint Forces Command have entered into a partnership and will co-sponsor the latest in the Army's annual series of its premier transformation wargame, which will be conducted at Carlisle Barracks, Penn.

Unified Quest 03 will last from April 27 until May 2, and it will be a capstone event in a yearlong series of wargames, experiments and seminars.

The theme of the exercise is, ‘Expanding the Power of Coherent, Joint Operations.’ This year’s exercise will focus on solutions to address current interoperability issues as well as planning for future capabilities, which is a significant change from previous exercises. MORE

Miscellaneous Current Military and Veteran News

TRICARE Complying With Stricter Rules on Healthcare

TRICARE, like all other healthcare providers nationwide, is working under stricter rules when it comes to protecting patients' rights and the privacy of their health information. More...

Certain Veterans May Be Eligible for Copayment Refunds

Veterans insured by the Hartford Life Insurance Company or the USAA Life Insurance Company may be eligible for a refund of their VA copayments. More...

Study Needed Before Force 'Footprint' Changes in Gulf

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 27, 2003 – The footprint of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region will change in the coming months, but it is too soon to say how, defense leaders said following meetings with leaders of the United Arab Emirates today.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Army Gen. Tommy Franks met with Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, and Lt. Gen. Muhammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the chief of staff of the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, on the first day on the secretary's visit to the region. Franks heads U.S. Central Command and has led Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Franks said that in each place the secretary and he visit, there is an understanding that with the regime of Saddam Hussein gone, "that in the days and months ahead there will likely be a rearrangement of the footprint in the region."

Forces, for example, are no longer needed for operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch. But Franks said this does not necessarily mean U.S. forces will be reduced. More...

South Fla. Army Reservists Build POW Camp They'll Guard

CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — When the 724th Military Police Battalion arrived at the coalition’s temporary holding facility here, a plan was already in place for the nearby semi-permanent facility they’d be guarding - complete with electricity, plumbing, more space and better tents.

The only problem was, it hadn’t been built yet. And so last week 18 soldiers assigned to guard part of the new facility found themselves put to work laying down the very concertina-wire fence line they’d soon be patrolling.

Spc. Jose Lopez cheerfully grumbled, “You know the joke about what MP stands for - ‘multi-purpose.' You name it, we do it. We’re out here pulling shifts in the towers and along the perimeter, waiting for this camp to be done so we can start doing what we came here to do, and now they want us to build the thing ourselves.” More...

Navy MWR Announces New Discounted Travel Program
Release Date: 4/26/2003 12:00:00 PM

By Ingrid Mueller, Navy MWR Communications Group

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) has established a partnership with the Government Armed Forces Travel Cooperative (GAFTC) to provide a wide range of discounted travel opportunities to active-duty and Reserve personnel, military retirees, and Department of Defense employees and their family members.

“This program gives our authorized patrons access to significantly discounted travel opportunities,” said Karen Fritz, program manager for Navy MWR’s information, Tickets and Travel (ITT) Section. “Using this program is also beneficial to Navy MWR, because vendors pay a commission for every booking placed by Sailors. That money goes directly back into Navy MWR programs for Sailors and their families at the local base level.”

The GAFTC Web site -- govarm.com – allows users to shop for hotel rooms, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises, golf packages and travel insurance. The Web site features access to more than 50,000 hotels, hundreds of airlines, 24 car rental companies, all major cruise lines, 400 golf vacations and the leading travel insurance companies in the world.

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Homeward-bound crew thankful for support

4/26/2003 - WASHINGTON -- Among the many missions B-52s flew during Operation Iraqi Freedom, crewmembers aboard one Stratofortress said their most eagerly awaited sortie was the one they were on April 24.

The crew spoke to reporters at the Pentagon via a radio-to-telephone connection as they flew home to Minot Air Force Base, N.D. From their position at more than 30,000 feet above the Irish Sea, the crew of “Ironman 1” said they were glad to be on the last leg of their journey.

"I can tell you for the eight guys on board right now, we are all very excited to be headed home," said Lt. Col. John Stuwe, the aircraft's commander.

After the nearly nine-hour flight home, the crew will be given some well-deserved down time before going back to work, Stuwe said. He said the crew already has plans for how they will spend that time. More

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In case you missed it;

U.S. Forces Arrest Baghdad's Self-Proclaimed Mayor

Emerging Saddam-al Qaeda Connection!

MSNBC: 6 of Clubs in U.S.Custody

IRAQ: U.S. Plans to Add to Teams to Hunt for Iraqi Weapons

Military Officials Debating Potential Return Dates for USS Theodore Roosevelt

200 freed Iraqi prisoners of war leave desert camp singing and cheering for President Bush

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For starters and just an FYI - I found this link at GlobalSecurity.org which records the daily history of Operation Iraqi Freedom

The links go up to day 25 but I was only able to read up to day eighteen, maybe we fought faster than they can record the play by play. lol.

I'm out the door and off to work.

Have a good day, I'll stop in later.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Snippy, SAM, everyone.

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Good morning ms. feather.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on April 28:
1442 Edward IV king of England (1461-70, 1471-83)
1592 George Villiers 1st duke of Buckingham/English Admiral
1698 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi
1715 Franz Sparry composer
1748 Lorenz Justinian Ott composer
1750 Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer
1753 Franz K Achard German physicist
1757 Claus Nielsen Schali composer
1758 James Monroe Westmoreland VA, 5th US President (1817-25, Democratic Republican)
1770 Nikita P Panin Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs
1774 Francis Baily describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
1795 Charles Sturt England, explorered Australia
1809 Conradus Leemans Dutch archaeologist
1810 Daniel Ullmann Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 Daniel Henry Rucker Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
1815 Andrew Jackson Smith Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 James Winning McMillan Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 Alexander Stadtfeld composer
1838 Tobias M Carel Asser Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel Peace Prize 1911)
1842 Louis of Orleans Earl of Brazil (1870-89)
1846 Johann E Backlund Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)
1848 Ludvig Schytte composer
1864 William F A Ellison Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)
1868 Émile Bernard writer
1870 Hermann Suter composer
1873 Harold Bauer English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
1874 Karl Kraus writer
1874 Sidney Toler Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
1876 Frank Cavanagh one of football's coaching greats
1878 Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore Philadelphia PA, actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare)
1879 Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher
1879 Franz Arnold writer
1882 Alberto Pirelli Italian industrialist
1886 Erich Salomon German photographer
1888 Henry Crerar Canadian General (WWI/Italy/Netherlands)
1889 António de Oliveira Salazar premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
1889 Bryant Washburn Chicago IL, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga)
1889 Karel Doorman Dutch Rear Admiral
1892 Joseph Dunninger New York NY, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
1892 Georges Antoine composer
1892 John Jacob Niles composer
19-- Daniel Zippi Los Angeles CA, actor (King's Crossing)
1900 Maurice Thorez coal miner, Secretary-General of French Communist Party
1900 Bruno Apitz writer
1900 Jan Hendrik Oort Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud")
1901 Corry Vonk [Cornelia D] wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
1906 Kurt Gödel Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem)
1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)
1906 Pierre [Louis] Boileau Paris France, novelist (Vertigo)
1907 Marion Coulon Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse à la dérive)
1908 Arnoud Breeveld Suriname bishop
1908 Jack Fingleton cricketer (Australian opener of 30's)
1908 Michael T Fitzmaurice Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours)
1911 Frans Vroons actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera)
1912 Odette Hallowes British classified agent in France (WWII)
1914 Skuli Halldorsson composer
1917 Robert Anderson New York NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father)
1917 Robert Cornthwaite St Helen OR, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds)
1917 Joop Waasdorp Dutch writer (Naked Life)
1920 Nan Merriman US/Netherlands singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra)
1921 Rowland Evans White Marsh PA, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
1922 Guillaume Jorissen Flemish politician (Volksunie)
1922 Iser J Koepermann Russian/US world checkers champion (1958-68, 75-76)
1922 William S Broomfield (Representative-Republican-MI, 1956- )
1923 Adele Mara Dearborn MI, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
1923 Wolfgang Steffen composer
1924 Kenneth David Kaunda founder/President (Zambia, 1964-91)
1925 Richard C Sarafian New York NY, director/actor (Foley Square)
1926 Harper Lee author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
1927 Garfield Weston English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea)
1928 Yves Klein French sculptor/painter
1929 Carolyn Jones Amarillo TX, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
1930 James Baker 3 Houston TX, Secretary of Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92)
1930 Christopher John Magenis Headington composer
1932 Marek Kopelent composer
1933 Karl Heinz Wahren composer
1933 Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson drummer
1936 John Martin Tchicai composer
1937 Saddam Hussein [At-Takriti] President of Iraq (1979- )
1938 Madge Sinclair Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
1938 Beverly F Albert architect
1941 Ann-Margret [Olsson] Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal Knowledge, Viva Las Vegas, Tommy)
1941 Ann-Margret Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)
1942 Ghislaine Hermanez architect
1942 Mike Brearley cricketer (outstanding England captainain 1977-81)
1943 John Oliver Creighton Orange TX, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48)
1943 Fantastic Johnny C[orley] US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
1945 Ajit Manohar Pai cricketer (one Test India vs New Zealand 1969)
1947 Steve Khan jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1948 Marcia Strassman New York NY, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter)
1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt Springfield MA, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79)
1950 Willie Colon Bronx NY, actor (The Last Flight)
1950 Jay Leno New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
1952 Mary McDonnell Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day)
1953 Julie Cole LPGA golfer
1955 Eddie Jobson rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure)
1956 Jeremy John Beadle writer/broadcaster
1956 Paul S Lockhart Amarillo TX, Major USAF/astronaut
1957 Leopold Eyharts France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27)
1958 Kathy Willets nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal)
1958 Hal Evan Sutton Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney, PGA 1983)
1958 Nancy Lee Grahn Skokie IL, actress (Julia-Santa Barbara)
1960 Wally Langdon bassist (Bob Color)
1961 Cathy Gerring Fort Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open)
1962 Evguenni Rochtchin NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-98)
1964 Barry Larkin Cincinnati OH, shortstop (Cincinnati Reds)
1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor England, daughter of Prince Edward
1964 Mark Hager Australian field hockey forward/captain (Olympics-4th-88, 96)
1966 Jim Poole Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1966 John Patrick Daly Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open)
1967 Monique Noel Salem OR, playmate (May 1989)
1967 Pete Stoyanovich NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 Andy Flower cricketer (Zimbabwe keeper & victorious Test captain)
1968 Damion Lyons CFL cornerback (British Columbia Lions)
1968 Mark Carrier NFL safety (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions)
1969 Merlelynn Lange-Harris Toronto Ontario Canada, basketball center (Olympics-96)
1970 Jason Belser defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 Mark Harris wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers)
1970 Nicklas Lidstrom Vasteras Sweden, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit)
1970 Richard Fromberg Australia, tennis star
1971 Chris[topher Tyler] Young Chambersburg PA, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
1971 Meredith McGrath Midland MI, tennis star (1996 Essen doubles)
1971 Mihai Apostal Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96)
1971 Simbi Khali actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun)
1972 Jan Benda Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1972 Jean-Paul van Gastel soccer player (Willem II)
1972 Michelle Menzies Barrie Ontario Canada, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champions)
1973 Earl Holmes linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 Marc[us] Blake Schneider Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1973 Melvin Hayes NFL tackle (New York Jets, Tennessee Oilers)
1973 Serge Zwikker NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1974 Sergei Stas NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Olympics-98)
1975 James Thrash wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1975 Martin Lewis NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1978 Nate Richert St Paul MN, actor (Harvey-Sabrina)

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Deaths which occurred on April 28:
1089 Dirk de Grote bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
1109 Hugo van Cluny 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies
1770 Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60
1799 François Giroust composer, dies at 62
1804 Hans Gram composer, dies at 49
1843 William Wallace Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies
1853 Ludwig Tieck writer, dies at 79
1860 Isaac da Costa poet/writer (Réveil, Wachter!), dies at 62
1881 Robert W Ollinger US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies
1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl composer, dies at 67
1896 Heinrich von Treitschke German historian, dies
1925 Louis F J Bouwmeester actor (Shakespeare), dies
1933 Robin Irvine actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at 87
1936 Foead I king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
1945 Benito Mussolini Fascist leader (Italy), captured, tried, & shot
1945 Claretta Petacci mistress of Mussolini, executed
1945 Hans Bloesch writer, dies
1955 Lode Cantens Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
1960 Anton Pancake astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1965 Ferdinand Bordewijk Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80
1966 Ralph Bunker actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1969 Johannes Rontgen composer, dies at 70
1970 Ed Begley actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1973 Pat Henning actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62
1974 Paul Page actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
1975 Jan A de Jonge Dutch historian, dies at 48
1976 Eugen Roth writer, dies at 81
1977 Ricardo Cortez actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87
1979 Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer, dies at 86
1980 Tommy Caldwell rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1980 Dee Carroll [Betty Jean Marsh] actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies
1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champion (1922-26) dies at 79
1982 Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66
1982 EW "Nobby" Clark England cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
1983 Ron James cricketer (New South Wales's Sheffield Shield captain 1949-50), dies
1984 Glen H Taylor US Senator/vice presidential candidate (1948), dies at 80
1984 Silvia A Warner writer, dies
1987 Ben Linder development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
1989 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude] Dutch writer, dies at 77
1990 Jean Blazer Baney entertainer, dies
1991 Floyd B McKissick US founder (CORE), dies
1991 Ken Curtis actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
1992 Francis Bacon Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82
1992 Olivier Messiaen French composer (St François d'Assise), dies at 83
1993 Jim Valvano basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47
1995 Andrew Salkey author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67
1995 Henry C Rogers press Agent, dies at 81
1995 Peaches Roy Davis baseball pitcher, dies at 89
1996 Giles Grangier film director, dies at 84
1996 Henry Clarke fashion photographer, dies at 75
1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro politician, dies at 80
1996 William E Colby director of CIA (1973-76), dies
1997 Susan Seddon Boulet artist, dies of cancer at 45

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 STORZ RONALD EDWARD SOUTH OZONE PARK NY.
03/02/74 REMAINS RETURNED

1967 CARAS FRANKLIN ANGEL SPANISH FORK UT.
REMAINS RETURNED 11/25/87

1968 BORS JOSEPH C. BINGHAMTON NY.

1968 COOK WILLIAM R. REDWOOD FALLS MN.

1968 FINLAY JOHN S. ARLINGTON VA.
03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98

1968 RUMBLE WESLEY L. OROVILLE CA.
08/05/69 RELEASED

1968 SAAVEDRA ROBERT NOGALES AZ.

1969 REARDON RICHARD J. HUNTINGTON NY.
02/04/70 CREW REMAINS RECOVERED

1970 SNIDER HUGHIE F. NEW CUMBERLAND WV.



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

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On this day...
0357 Emperor Constantius II visits Rome
0585 War between Lydia & Media ended by solar eclipse
1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1253 Utrecht destroyed by fire
1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
1503 Battle at Cerignalo Spanish army under G Córdoba beats France
1521 Treaty of Worms Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria
1550 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
1635 Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published
1770 Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1788 Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution
1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Captain William Bligh
1796 Cease fire of Cherasco
1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain
1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1847 George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar
1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
1855 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
1865 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine", premieres in Paris France
1892 1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval"
1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)
1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV
1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner
1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins the USSR (1st time)
1922 WOI (Ames IA) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1924 119 die in Benwood WV coal mine disaster
1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army
1925 Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
1930 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS)
1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1934 FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
1934 Spanish government of Samper forms
1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York NY)
1937 1st commercial flight across the Pacific, Pan Am
1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1942 "WWII" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast
1943 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
1943 US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia
1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats
1944 Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
1945 British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg
1945 US 5th army reaches Swiss border
1947 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
1949 Brooklyn's Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to
1952 WWII Pacific peace treaty takes effect
1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952 St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 homeruns
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1960 "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Lieutenant Colonel Georgi Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 meter altitude
1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0
1963 17th Tony Awards Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1964 Japan joins OECO
1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1965 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA
1966 20th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music", Julie Christie & L Marvin win
1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1967 Expo 67 opens in Montréal Canada
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old Martin Brown
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational
1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France
1969 King Crimson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black Admiral in US Navy
1971 Dutch social Democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
1972 The courts awarded the Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because the winner was given drugs before the race
1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smothers Brothers"
1975 South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling US secrets to the Russians
1977 Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart Germany
1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1983 Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
1983 NASA launches Goes-F
1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 performances
1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season
1985 Philadelphia Flyers New York Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers win series 4-1
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time
1986 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami FL in 1988 & Minneapolis MN & Orlando FL in 1989
1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1988 Baltimore Orioles lose American League record 21 games in a row
1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128
1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances (15 years)
1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1990 Guns & Roses' Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) is launched
1991 "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances
1991 "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 78 performances
1992 Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
1992 Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits in 9 innings
1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1993 New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4 to 1 in playoffs, Capitals Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer & wife Rosario plead guilty to spying
1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1994 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
1995 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
1996 "Big", opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
1996 Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Maryland : Ratification Day (1788)
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
US-Utah : Arbor Day-plant a tree (1872) - - - - - ( Friday )

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Religious Observances
Nag Hammadi : Fast Day
old Roman Catholic : Feast of St Paul of the Cross, confessor
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Peter Chanel, priest/martyr (optional)

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Religious History
1521 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.'
1839 Birth of Vernon J. Charlesworth, English clergyman and headmaster at Charles Spurgeon's Stockwell Orphanage. Today, Charlesworth is remembered as author of the hymn, "A Shelter in the Time of Storm."
1872 English devotional author Frances Ridley Havergal, 33, penned the words to the hymn, "Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak."
1874 Birth of Susan Strachan, missions pioneer. Working together with her husband Harry Strachan, in 1921 she helped found the Latin America Mission in Stony Point, NY.
1960 The 100th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) passed a resolution declaring that sexual relations within marriage -- without the intention of procreation -- were not sinful.

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Thought for the day :
"A good man gone wrong is usually a bad man found out."

[snippy_about_it]

Happy Birthday Ann Margaret

Ann Margaret - Viet Nam - 1966

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snippy.

Great job the thread, thanks.

That nutcake "Mayor of Baghdad" is from the Portland Oregon area. We're starting to get as bad as California in attracting the weirdoes.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather.

[SAMWolf]

1941 Ann-Margret Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)

I see our eye caught the same event ae being worthy of repetition.

[snippy_about_it]

Yes. She's on 'our side'.

I also thought you fellas might appreciate the pic. :)

[Valin]

As a buddy of mine says..It ain't love...but it ain't bad.
I know this has been posted before, but it deserves another reading.


Ann Margaret and Her Gentlemen!

Richard, my husband, never really talked a lot about his time in Viet Nam other than he had been shot by a sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8x10 black & white photo he had taken at a USO show of Ann Margaret, with Bob Hope in the background, that was one of his treasures.

A few years ago Ann Margaret was doing a book signing at a local bookstore. Richard wanted to see if he could get her to sign the treasured photo, so he arrived at the bookstore at 12 o'clock for the 7:30 signing. When I got there after work, the line went all the way around the bookstore, circled the parking lot, and disappeared behind a parking garage.

Before her appearance, bookstore employees announced that she would sign only her book, and no memorabilia would be permitted. Richard was disappointed, but wanted to show her the photo and let her know how much those shows meant to
lonely GI's so far from home.

Ann Margaret came out looking as beautiful as ever and, as 2nd in line, it was soon Richard's turn. He presented the book for her signature and then took out the photo with many shouts from employees that she would not sign it. Richard said, "I understand. I just wanted her to see it". She took one look at the photo, tears welled up in her eyes and she said, "This is one of my gentlemen from Viet Nam and I most certainly will sign his photo. I know what these men did for their country and I always have time for "my gentlemen".

With that, she pulled Richard across the table and planted a big kiss on him. She then made quite a 'to do' about the bravery of the young men she met over the years, how much she admired
them, and how much she appreciated them.

There weren't too many dry eyes among those close enough to hear. She then posed for pictures and acted as if he was the only one there.

Later, at dinner, Richard was very quiet. When I asked if he'd like to talk about it, my big strong husband broke down in tears. "That's the first time anyone ever thanked me for my time in the Army", he said.

Richard, like many others, came home to people who spit on him and shouted ugly things at him. That night was a turning point for him. He walked a little straighter and, for the first time in years, was proud to have been a Vet. I'll never forget
Ann Margaret for her graciousness and how much that small act of kindness meant to my husband.

[SAMWolf]

She's a Class Act all the way.

[Valin]

Man who impersonated Vietnam War hero sent to prison
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/901694/posts

Thought you might be interested in this.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Valin. I always enjoy reading that story.

[SAMWolf]

Snippy, I like the idea of the links to the FR Threads relating to military news. Nice to see them in one place so I don't have to look for them. I end up missing some of them during the week.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Valin.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Pippin.