On This Day in History

[Ringo]

November 21 marks 12 years since the tragic events of the Euromaidan began in Kiev.
What exactly did this Euromaidan give Ukraine?

The country has turned into a destitute, dying territory, lost its independence, and is now dependent on western colonizers.

 

[Deadstick]

November 21 marks 12 years since the tragic events of the Euromaidan began in Kiev.
What exactly did this Euromaidan give Ukraine?

The country has turned into a destitute, dying territory, lost its independence, and is now dependent on western colonizers.

They never learn this is the second time they have made a wrong choice,last time it cost millions of Ukrainian lives under the Nazis, they must have a slave mentality wanting to be dominated by foreign powers, because of that they have lost thousands of young men left the country in ruins and allowed their leaders to rob them blind, that is weaponized stupidity.

 

[Ringo]

On November 21, 1942, Field Marshal Paulus's 6th Army was surrounded near Stalingrad during Operation "Uranus".

 

[Ringo]

On this day in 2016, Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro passed away.
Before the Cuban revolution, US financial interests owned:

90% of Cuba’s mines
80% of public utilities
50% of railways
40% of sugar production
25% of bank deposits

In response to Fidel Castro removing the US’ iron grip over the island nation, the CIA launched the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and tried to assassinate him over 600 times. All of them failed.

In the first 30 months after Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communists came to power, more classrooms were built in those 30 months than had been built in the previous 30 years.
Within the first six months of Castro's government, 600 miles of road had been built across the island, while $300 million was spent on water and sanitation schemes.

Over 800 houses were constructed every month in the early years of the administration in a measure to cut homelessness, while nurseries and day-care centers were opened for children and other centers opened for the disabled and elderly.

With the arrival of the revolutionary government, Cuban healthcare was nationalised and expanded with heavy investment, bringing free healthcare access to millions. Universal vaccination for childhood diseases was introduced, leading to infant mortality rates plummeting.

Cuba's 'army of doctors' is now sent to crisis-hit countries around the world. Since 1963, more than 600,000 Cuban health workers have provided medical services in more than 160 countries.

Despite being under the illegal embargo imposed by the US, Cuba now has a higher life expectancy than the US, has more doctors per capita than the US, and is among the top 35 countries for lowest child mortality rates. Under Fidel Castro's rule, UNICEF declared severe child malnutrition to be eradicated.

 

[Litwin]

November 21 marks 12 years since the tragic events of the Euromaidan began in Kiev.
What exactly did this Euromaidan give Ukraine?

The country has turned into a destitute, dying territory, lost its independence, and is now dependent on western colonizers.

you , passive rooster will NEVER go OUT of your room to fight&die for your rights. Thats why you hate us Free White Europeans, Mongoloid

ps

 

[Ringo]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Paul McCartney on the last day he saw George Harrison

 

[Ringo]

Paul McCartney on the last day he saw George Harrison

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[Ringo]

On December 1, 1953, the first issue of Playboy magazine appeared in Chicago newsstands. The print run was 70,000 copies.

 

[odanny]

December 2nd in 1859:

Having been found guilty of treason, John Brown was executed by hanging. Governor Henry Wise of Virginia appointed Francis H. Smith, the superintendent of Virginia Military Institute (VMI), to oversee the execution. Smith ordered the students and staff of VMI to serve as security for the execution, and he ordered the school's artillery instructor, Thomas Jackson (who would later be famously given the nickname Stonewall), to select a gun team and bring two artillery pieces for additional security. Fearing that anti-slavery forces were planning to disrupt the execution and possibly free Brown, Governor Wise also called upon local militia to serve as security for the execution. Actor John Wilkes Booth borrowed a militia uniform and musket so he could attend the execution.

 

[odanny]

On this day, 19 years ago, December 4, 2006, 19-year-old Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis was manning the turret of a Humvee on patrol in the Adhamiyah district of northeast Baghdad, Iraq.

Suddenly, an insurgent on a nearby rooftop hurled a fragmentation grenade that dropped straight through the Humvee’s open gunner’s hatch into the vehicle.

McGinnis saw the grenade coming and tried to deflect it with his arm, but it slipped past him and fell inside the vehicle behind him.

Without hesitating, he shouted “Grenade!” at the top of his lungs to warn the four other soldiers riding with him.

As the deadly grenade lay in the cramped interior, McGinnis stood up and prepared to leap out of the turret to save himself, exactly what his training taught him to do in such a situation.

In the next instant, he realized his fellow soldiers were “combat-locked” inside the Humvee, with no time to escape and no idea where the grenade had landed.

Instead of escaping, McGinnis made the courageous choice to stay and protect his crew.

He pushed away his gunner’s strap, dropped back down into the Humvee, and covered the live grenade with his own body, pinning it under him against the radio mount.

A split-second later, the grenade detonated, unleashing a tremendous blast inside the vehicle.

The explosion tore into McGinnis and killed him instantly.
His selfless action absorbed the brunt of the explosion and shielded everyone else in the vehicle.

All four of his crewmates survived.

They were spared from certain death or serious injury by McGinnis’s sacrifice.

For his gallantry that day, Ross A. McGinnis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s highest award for valor.

On June 2, 2008, at a White House ceremony, President George W. Bush presented the Medal of Honor to McGinnis’s parents on his behalf.

 

[odanny]

December 7th, 1982, the first execution by lethal injection took place in Huntsville, Texas.

Execution of Charles Brooks Jr. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ringo]

 

[Ringo]

12.29 marks 111 years since the end of the Battle of Sarikamish, one of the bloodiest confrontations on the Caucasus Front, fought between the Ottoman and the Russian Empire.
After joining the Central Powers in November 1914, Ottoman Minister of War Enver Pasha decided to join. The offensive was also intended to support Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front. The Germans provided supplies, but the harsh winter terrain presented a deadly challenge.

On December 22, 1914, the Ottoman 3rd Army, numbering 118,000 and divided into the 9th, 10th, and 11th Corps, crossed the freezing Caucasus mountains to attack Russian positions. They faced not only 60,000 Russian soldiers but also brutal winter conditions.

While the Ottoman soldiers were given winter clothing, it was insufficient. Thousands, especially in the 10th Corps, succumbed to freezing temperatures while navigating rocky, snow-laden mountains. Meanwhile, the 9th and 11th Corps managed to push the Russians back toward Sarikamish itself, though exhaustion, starvation, and lack of ammunition severely weakened them.

By December 29, the exhausted Ottoman forces launched their final assault on Sarikamish, only to be repelled by reinforced Russian troops. The offensive ended in catastrophic failure, with tens of thousands of Ottoman soldiers lost, many to the harsh winter rather than enemy fire.
The Battle of Sarikamish remains a tragic testament to the deadly combination of ambition, harsh terrain, and unforgiving winter.

 

[odanny]

The Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December 30, 1903, during a performance attended by 1,700 people. The fire caused 602 deaths and 250 non-fatal injuries. It ranks as the worst theater fire in the United States, surpassing the carnage of the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876, which claimed at least 278 lives

For nearly a century, the Iroquois Theatre fire was the deadliest single-building disaster in American history. Only the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, has claimed more lives among United States disasters impacting a single building or complex.

Despite being billed as "absolutely fireproof", the Iroquois Theatre, which opened a month before the fire, exhibited numerous deficiencies in fire readiness that contributed to the high death toll. Some of these deficiencies were known by city officials tasked with public safety. The resulting scandal resulted in changes in building safety codes and code enforcement in the United States and throughout the world.

Iroquois Theatre

iroquoistheatrefire.org

 

[Ringo]

26 years ago, Boris Yeltsin meets his Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Just hours later, Yeltsin will shock Russia, and the world, by announcing his resignation in a New Year’s address and naming the then little-known Putin as acting president.
Russia would not have survived another year of Yeltsin. By this point the country was being devoured by the wolves of free market capitalism.
Putin saved Russia -- literally. History leaves no doubt of it.
Putin saved Russia and the West has never forgiven him for it.

 

[Ringo]

On January 4, 1943, the American magazine Time named Joseph Stalin Man of the Year for 1942.

 

[Deadstick]

On January 4, 1943, the American magazine Time named Joseph Stalin Man of the Year for 1942.

That was when he was an ally, before that they had Hitler on the front cover.

 

[Deadstick]

26 years ago, Boris Yeltsin meets his Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Just hours later, Yeltsin will shock Russia, and the world, by announcing his resignation in a New Year’s address and naming the then little-known Putin as acting president.
Russia would not have survived another year of Yeltsin. By this point the country was being devoured by the wolves of free market capitalism.
Putin saved Russia -- literally. History leaves no doubt of it.
Putin saved Russia and the West has never forgiven him for it.

Correct, when the Empire realized Putin wasn't another clown like Yeltsin who would roll over they started all the anti Putin bullshit that is still going on, Putin never forgave the Court jester for humiliating Russia.

 

[lg325]

On this day Aldrich Ames died 6/7/2026. Traitor, spy. Caused the death of many that trusted him with their lives. I hope all these years locked away was misery for him 24/7..

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