I was poking around the Internet today and came upon another “today-in-history” event that I had totally missed. It involved aircraft, and I LOVE aircraft. More than that, it concerned military aircraft, and I REALLY LOVE military aircraft. Even more than that, it was about WWII military aircraft and, well, you get the picture…
The Supermarine Spitfire [...]
Archive for March 5th, 2008
The Master of British Airspace
Posted in Period between World Wars (1919-1939), tagged 1936, Aircraft, Schneider Trophy, Supermarine Spitfire on March 5 | Leave a Comment »
Springtime for Hitler
Posted in Period between World Wars (1919-1939), tagged 1933, Adolf Hitler, Hindenburg, Weimar Republic on March 5 | Leave a Comment »
Voter intimidation. Voting irregularities. Dirty politics. Bumping off the opposition. Whispered calls to the press, saying, “We just thought you’d want to know…”. Deals done in the smoked-filled rooms. Temporary alliances of convenience. These are the less savory fuels that sometimes power the wheels of government. And nowhere were these propellants in greater supply than they were in Germany in [...]
“The Murder in King Street”
Posted in Colonial history (1607-1775), tagged Boston Massacre, John Adams on March 5 | Leave a Comment »
On March 5, 1770, British troops stationed in Boston to maintain order fired into a mob and killed 5 civilians. This event immediately served as propaganda for the American colonists – even as questions arose as to who was really responsible for the outbreak of violence.
Who rung the fire alarm bells that turned a small angry group [...]
