“40th Anniversary of D-Day” Speech by Ronald Reagan, on June 6, 1984, in Pointe du Hoc, France We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For 4 long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen,… Read More
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I was only three years old when my mother and father separated and divorced, so I never knew very much about my dad except that he was a strong person with a short temper. He came to visit us a few times as I was growing up until the last time I saw him he… Read More
1945 Trivia, History and Fun Facts Quick Facts from 1945: World Changing Events: The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9th. Horrors of the Nazi Holocaust and concentration camps were exposed. Popular Songs include: There I’ve Said It Again by Vaughn Monroe and Pop Standards I’m Beginning To See The Light and Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive The… Read More
1944 Fun Facts, Trivia and History Quick Facts from 1944: World Changing Event: D-Day took place on June 6, 1944, Normandy, France with the Allied invasion into Nazi-occupied Europe. Another World Changing Event: The Bretton Woods Conference ended with agreements signed to set up the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, General Agreement on Tariffs… Read More
1943 Fun Facts, Trivia and History Quick Facts from 1943: World Changing Event: Nachos were invented circa 1943 by Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. Influential Songs include: Paper Doll by The Mills Brothers The Movies to Watch include The Ox-Bow Incident, Cabin in the Sky, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Guy Named Joe, Lassie… Read More
1942 Fun Facts, Trivia and History Quick Facts from 1942: World Changing Event: The Manhattan Project began secret work on the atomic bomb and Enrico Fermi triggered the first atomic chain reaction. Influential Songs include: Deep In The Heart of Texas by Alvino Rey or Bing Crosby or Horace Heidt or Merry Macs and Blues… Read More
1941 Fun Facts, Trivia and History Quick Facts from 1941: World Changing Event: December 7, 1941 – Imperial Japanese fighter planes attacked the Pearl Harbor naval base, bringing the United States into WWII. On December 8, 1941, over 81% of American households tuned in to FDR’s “a date which will live in infamy” speech. Influential… Read More
“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt December 8, 1941, Washington, D.C. Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval… Read More
“Blood, Sweat, and Tears” by Winston Churchill May 13, 1940; House of Commons, London, EnglandMister Speaker, on Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it… Read More
“The Appeal of 18 June” by Charles de Gaulle, on June 18, 1940 President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends: This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a… Read More
“Their Finest Hour” by Winston Churchill, on June 18, 1940, at House of Commons, London I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan… Read More
We Shall Fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill, on June 4, 1940 at The House of Commons, London From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved… Read More
Mohandas Gandhi’s Letter to Adolf Hitler July 23, 1937 Dear friend, Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I… Read More
