Katrin Himmler, grandniece of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, has not refused to have children to end her great-uncle’s bloodline. She believes the idea of good or evil being passed through bloodlines is itself a reflection of Nazi ideology.
During WWII Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical reasons to show their willingness to fight.
87 year old Leo Thalassites is the oldest living policeman in America. He served in all 5 branches of the U.S military, received 3 purple hearts, competed in the Olympic games, and blames modern-day overweight cops who “are quick to pull a gun because they can’t use their fists.”
Soldiers in WWII made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them Foxhole Radios.
Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories in battles. But they still managed to deceive their enemies by elaborate ruses – like mounting dummies atop horses, and tying sticks to the horses’ tails to create dust storms.
1699 - Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
1908 - Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut v Eng Adelaide (116)
1929 - Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1985 - British pound sinks to record low $US1.11
1995 - 16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming
1812 - Carl Gradener, composer
1911 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer
1931 - Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer
1937 - Shoban Babu, Indian actor
1962 - Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1971 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
1786 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
1901 - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57
1942 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
1961 - Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81
2005 - Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
2007 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
