1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1862 – American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana. The Feds have been taking care of the place ever since…
1944 – World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement who became exceedingly brave once the Allies were on the peninsula and the Germans were on the run.
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. I’ve read and re-read this story. It’s a classic tale of men against the sea.
1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO. He’s headed for the Presidency of the United States.
1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. This is akin to a fish losing its bicycle as the general who single-handledly won France back from Germany takes his well-deserved retirement.
1996 – In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more, resulting in draconian Australian gun laws that disarm the law-abiding. Crazy people, however, remain crazy, and criminals remain criminals.
1789- Once you’ve had real, live, scantily-clad Polynesian babes, that handsome cabin boy isn’t so handsome any more!
1945 – And after their Praetorian Guard had decided they chose the wrong career. Over here, the Praetorian Guard will do WHATEVER they are told, as long as that paycheck keeps comin’ in.
And mattexian, that is not the case for the LGBT crowd. That cabin boy ALWAYS looks more “handsome” than some pop tart.