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FearlessF · « **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.

FearlessF · « **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.

MrNubbz · « **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

FearlessF · « **Reply #6275 on:** April 11, 2026, 08:58:33 AM »

they seem to be happy!

MrNubbz · « **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"

FearlessF · « **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.

MrNubbz · « **Reply #6278 on:** April 13, 2026, 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

FearlessF · « **Reply #6279 on:** April 13, 2026, 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

FearlessF · « **Reply #6280 on:** April 14, 2026, 08:23:01 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

The Bombay Explosion (1944)
The SS Fort Stikine sailed from England in late February 1944 and made stops in Gibraltar, Egypt, and Pakistan before reaching Bombay, India, laden with a cargo of cotton bales, gold, explosives, and munitions. While the ship was berthed there, a fire broke out on board. Attempts to extinguish the fire failed, and a massive explosion soon tore the ship apart, sinking nearby vessels as well and igniting a massive blaze in the surrounding area.

MrNubbz · « **Reply #6281 on:** April 14, 2026, 08:41:35 AM »

1828 Noah Webster registers the copyright for the publication of the first American dictionary titled "An American Dictionary of the English Language"

1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington; he dies a day later

1912 RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11:40pm off Newfoundland and sinks in the early hours of April 15

1914 Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes typhus fever at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC

1927 The first Volvo car is produced in Gothenburg, Sweden

1935 Black Sunday dust storm ravages the US Midwest, leading to the region being named the "Dust Bowl"

1939 John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" is published

1966 David Justice, baseball player (Atlanta Braves, World Series 1995), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

1966 Greg Maddux baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (4 x NL Cy Young Award;Atlanta Braves World Series 1995 ), born in San Angelo, Texas

1981 The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, returns to Earth after 2 days and 6 hours in space

1983 EMI America Records releases David Bowie's 15th studio album, "Let's Dance"; co-produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers, it becomes his biggest commercial success with sales of nearly 11 million units, topping the charts in 9 countries, and introduces guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan to a larger audience

2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%

FearlessF · « **Reply #6282 on:** **Today** at 07:03:30 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

The Battle of Formigny (1450)
One of the first battles in which cannons played a pivotal, if not decisive, role, the Battle of Formigny was a major French victory toward the end of the Hundred Years' War. The English were dealt a significant blow—thousands of troops were killed, injured, or captured—and, as there were no other significant English forces in Normandy, the entire region quickly fell to the French. The battle had raged for several hours before the tides turned in favor of the French.

FearlessF · « **Reply #6283 on:** **Today** at 07:11:06 AM »

MrNubbz · « **Reply #6284 on:** **Today** at 07:14:39 AM »

Famous Birthdays

Leonardo da Vinci 1452

Nikita Khrushchev 1894

Elizabeth Montgomery
1933

EVENTS

1689 French King Louis XIV declares war on Spain

1755 Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" is published in London

1783 American Revolution: the Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace, ending the seven-year-long war with Great Britain.

1817 The American Asylum, now known as the American School for the Deaf (ASD), is the first permanent US school for the deaf, founded by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and teacher Laurent Clerc in West Hartford, Connecticut

1865 Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after he is shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington

1877 World's first home telephone is installed in Somerville, Massachusetts at the house of Charles Williams Jr.

1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap

1892 General Electric Company formed by merger of Thomas Edison's General Electric Company with Thomson-Houston Electric Company, arranged by J. P. Morgan and incorporated in NY

1896 1st Modern Summer Olympic Games close at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count with 11 and Greece the total medal count with 46

1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning

1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 lives

1923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics

1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers

1955 Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald's Inc. fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois

1968 Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings at the Astrodome; starting pitchers Tom Seaver and Don Wilson pitch 10 and 9 innings respectively in game that lasts over 6 hours

1990 Sketch comedy TV series "In Living Color" premieres on FOX TV

1991 Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898

2019 Paris cathedral Notre Dame catches fire, toppling its spire and destroying its roof

2020 US's deadliest day during COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported

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