40th Anniversary of D-DaySpeech 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, Jews […]
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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
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1944 History, Facts, and TriviaQuick Facts from 1944World-Changing Event: D-Day — the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe — took place on June 6, 1944, on the beaches of Normandy, France. It was the largest amphibious military operation in history and the beginning of the end of the war in Europe.Other World-Changing Event: The Bretton Woods
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Bandleader Glenn Miller Disappeared Over The English ChannelAmerican Army bandleader Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was known not only for his conducting skills but also for a peculiar disappearance around Christmas Time.The 40-year-old was on a flight on December 15th, 1944, from England to France. He never arrived and instead is
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1941 Trivia, Fun Facts, and Pop Culture HistoryQuick Facts from 1941World-Changing Event: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, killed 2,403 Americans and brought the United States into the Second World War; the following day, 81 percent of American households listened to FDR’s declaration of warTop Song: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn
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“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
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“Blood, Sweat, and Tears”by Winston ChurchillMay 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 should include
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“The Appeal of 18 June”by Charles de Gaulle, on June 18, 1940President 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 decision which the
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“Their Finest Hour”by Winston Churchill, on June 18, 1940, at House of Commons, LondonI 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 and on
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We Shall Fight on the Beachesby Winston Churchill, on June 4, 1940 at The House of Commons, LondonFrom 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 the British
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Mohandas Gandhi’s Letter to Adolf Hitler July 23, 1937Dear 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 must make
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