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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
July 2nd.
1566- Nostradamus dies. Unexpectedly. Hur hur hur.
1937- Amelia Earhart vanishes in flight, en route to Howland Island.
and of course, the decisive second day at Gettysburg, the battle for Little Round Top, etc.
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Gian Gastone de'Medici. Alcoholic old pederast, dies at the age of 65, having seen the once-glittering city of Florence become a bankrupt backwater. This was the end of the great Medici family.
Significant because even though it is often overlooked in Civil War history (thanks to Bull Run on 7/21), this Yankee victory kept east-west railroad lines safe and started the ball rolling for West Virgina to become it's own state.
Also notable is that this battle greatly inflated McClellan's achievements and made him a hero. Consequently, two weeks later McClellan was made commander of the Army of the Potomac. This is arguably one of the worst moves Lincoln made during the entire war.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
Yes, Burnsie at least had some humility. Didn't attempt to refuse the command of the AotP, saying he was best suited for brigade command? Or was that somebody else?
Originally posted by Arrian
Yes, Burnsie at least had some humility. Didn't attempt to refuse the command of the AotP, saying he was best suited for brigade command? Or was that somebody else?
-Arrian
Yeah, that was Burnside. He said he lacked the capabilites to take command of the entire army when it was offered. Later, command was practically pushed upon him and he only took it so that he would be obeying orders. After Fredericksburg he asked twice to be removed before Lincoln finally agreed. Sadly the Union couldn't find a decent replacement and he was replaced with Hooker who wasn't much better.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
See, I'd say that was a bigger mistake by Lincoln than McClellan's appointment. Mac had his faults, but he was a reasonably competant (if uninspired) general. Burnside did lack the capabilities to command an army, and TOLD Lincoln precisely that. Abe ignored him, and got a frontal assault on a well-fortified position for his trouble.
1402 Tamerlane's Mongols defeat Ottoman Turks at Angora.
1588 The Spanish Armada sets sail from Corunna.
1715 The Riot Act goes into effect in England.
1864 Confederate General John Bell Hood attacks Union forces under General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.
1867 Imperial troops in Guizhou, China, kill 20,000 Miao rebels.
1881 Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army.
1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes the premier of Russia.
1942 The U.S. Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) begins its first training class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
1944 Adolf Hitler is wounded in an assassination attempt by German Army officers at Rastenburg.
1950 The U.S. Army's Task Force Smith is pushed back by superior North Korean forces.
1951 King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated.
1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.
1976 The Viking spacecraft lands on Mars and begins taking soil samples.
Seems the 20th of July was a busy day. You left out the 19th of July 2007, the day when consumers first received BtS.
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This days saw the death of Henry "Hotspur" Percy in pitched battle at Shrewsbury 1403, as his unsuccessful attempt to seize the English crown was defeated by King Henry IV.
Additionally, the Confederates slapped the Union in 1861, in the Battle of the Bull Run, while 1798 saw Napoleon defeat the Egyptians in the Battle of the Pyramids.
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