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« Reply #6272 on: April 11, 2026, 08:31:25 AM »

The Malmedy Massacre
The Malmedy Massacre occurred in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge—a bloody German offensive on the Western Front near the end of World War II. Under orders from Hitler to carry out the attack with brutality, the German spearhead trapped an American convoy, forcing the Americans to surrender. The unarmed prisoners were then taken to a field, where approximately 80 of them were executed. Some troops managed to escape to the Allied lines.
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« Reply #6273 on: April 11, 2026, 08:32:35 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

First Treaties of Utrecht Signed (1713)
Lasting from 1701 to 1714, the War of the Spanish Succession was brought to a close with two series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The first series was signed between France and other European powers, specifically Britain, the Dutch Republic, Prussia, Portugal, and Savoy. Among other concessions, France agreed to cede various territories and recognize Queen Anne as the British sovereign.
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« Reply #6274 on: April 11, 2026, 08:41:06 AM »
https://newzen.quora.com/What-happened-to-the-kamikaze-pilots-who-did-not-complete-their-mission-and-perhaps-tried-to-land-their-plane-safely

What happened to the kamikaze pilots who did not complete their mission and perhaps tried to land their plane safely?



Kamikazes

It wasn't even particularly rare. Most of the planes used by kamikaze pilots were worn out, and mechanical problems were common. The Imperial Japanese were monsters, but they weren't stupid ones: the pilots had been ordered to abort and land safely, rather than crash into the sea. They didn't want to waste an aircraft and a life for nothing, but to serve the Emperor and Japan.

Mechanical difficulties were quite common, much more so than in regular flight operations. This was due in part to the poor condition of their aircraft, in part to the fact that they were flown by inexperienced pilots, and probably in part to the fact that many of the kamikazes were not truly volunteers and were not very enthusiastic about dying for their country.Another very common reason was poor navigation. The pilots' lack of skill meant they might not find (or "fail to find") their target and return to base to try again. The record was 9 flights that  pilot returned 






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« Reply #6275 on: April 11, 2026, 08:58:33 AM »
they seem to be happy!
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« Reply #6276 on: April 11, 2026, 09:11:26 AM »
I was thinking the same

"Hey guys - the Emporer says we have to auger in"
"Great let's get a group photo - see ya at the reunions"
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« Reply #6277 on: April 12, 2026, 08:00:33 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Canter & Siegel Post the First Commercial Mass Usenet Spam (1994)
Spam is now a ubiquitous part of the Internet, but that was not always the case. Early in the Internet age, two enterprising immigration lawyers—Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel—opened the floodgates of unwanted online commercial solicitation when they posted an ad for their services on thousands of Usenet newsgroups. Though not the first Usenet spam, the "Green Card Lottery" notice was the first to be commercial in nature and ushered in the modern era of Internet spam.
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« Reply #6278 on: Today at 07:51:10 AM »
Famous Birthdays Today
1743 Thomas Jefferson

1852 Frank Woolworth

1866 Butch Cassidy

1949 Christopher Hitchens


EVENTS
1204 Crusaders occupy Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade

1250 The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, and Louis IX of France is captured

1742 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" is performed for the first time at the New Music Hall in Dublin

1860 First Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California

1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates (US Civil War)

1869 Steam power brake patented by American engineer George Westinghouse

1908 Groundbreaking for Philadelphia's Shibe Park, home of MLB Athletics (AL), 1909-54, MLB Phillies (NL), 1938-70, and NFL Eagles, 1940-57

1911 Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames in Manhattan, New York City

1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital

1926 At 38, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout

1928 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)

1943 German Army discover a mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn

1945 Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly liberates Dutch town of Zwolle by fooling Germans into thinking a raid had begun

1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, setting a new National League record

1970 Apollo 13 announces, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here" after a Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to the Moon

1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record

1997 Rare double doubleheader played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY after rain previous day

2025 Russian missile strike hits Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 100 in the worst attack on civilians in 2025 so far






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« Reply #6279 on: Today at 09:27:07 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
The Chicago Flood (1992)
The source of the water pouring into the basements of buildings in the Chicago Loop area had not yet been identified when reports of live fish in the water began surfacing. This helped lead a reporter to the source of the flood—a leak in an old tunnel that ran underneath the Chicago River. It turned out that the leak had been discovered months earlier, but the city had failed to repair it in a timely fashion, allowing it to worsen and eventually inundate the area with river water
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