On This Day In History

[Deesse23]

1939

[Thumpalumpacus]

[SYZ]

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David Garrow,* the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
of Martin Luther King Jr., has unearthed information
that may forever change King’s legacy.

In an article published in the British periodical Standpoint Magazine
in 2019, Garrow details the contents of FBI memos he discovered after
spending weeks sifting through more than 54,000 documents located on
the National Archive’s website. King was once thought of as a saint beyond
reproach. After his death, it eventually emerged that he was a womaniser.

Initially sealed by court order until 2027, the documents ended up being
made available in recent months through the President John F. Kennedy
Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

The most damaging memos describe King witnessing a rape in a hotel room.
Instead of stopping it, handwritten notes in the file say he encouraged the
attacker to continue.

https://theconversation.com/im-an-mlk-sc...ght-118015

* Many authors called Garrow's claims unreliable.
His reliance on a handwritten note addended to
a typed report is considered poor scholarship by
several authorities. Peter Ling of the University
of Nottingham said that Garrow was excessively
credulous, if not naive, in accepting the accuracy
of FBI reports.

[Thumpalumpacus]

[Minimalist]

Never forget that J. Edgar Hoover was one sick motherfucker, SYZ.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/201...ther-king/

For years, Hoover had been worried—or obsessed—by King, viewing him as a profound threat to national security. Hoover feared that the communist conspiracy he was committed to smashing (whether it was a real danger or not) was the hidden hand behind the civil rights movement and was using it to subvert American society.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Of course MLK was an adulterer. I don't know about him witnessing crimes of any sort. Hoover's willingness to both invent allegations about perceived political enemies as well as violate their rights in his various harassment campaigns is also common knowledge. Hoover would fit in perfectly with our current administration.

None of that changes the fact that MLK's murder was one sad day, and a terrible setback for the civil rights movement.

[SYZ]

On this day in 2009, Donald Trump fired TLC member
Tionne Watkins, better known by her stage name T-Boz,
in the sixth week of 'The Celebrity Apprentice' season 8.

This silly show should've been a warning to us that Trump
had the makings of a future tyrannical power monger who
was simply marking his territory at the time—like a tom cat
pissing on your carpet.

[SYZ]

Of course MLK was an adulterer. I don't know about him witnessing crimes of any sort. Hoover's willingness to both invent allegations about perceived political enemies as well as violate their rights in his various harassment campaigns is also common knowledge. Hoover would fit in perfectly with our current administration.

None of that changes the fact that MLK's murder was one sad day, and a terrible setback for the civil rights movement.

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In insulting Andrew McCabe during ongoing disputes
with the FBI leadership after the Russia investigation,
Trump invoked Hoover as a benchmark of power or
notoriety, calling McCabe a "poor man’s J. Edgar Hoover".

Hoover was described as having used FBI power to target
enemies, ironically a comparison drawn when discussing
Trump’s own rhetoric about going after opponents.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I forgot to mention -- America entered World War I 109 years ago today.

[Thumpalumpacus]

On this day in 1865, the American Civil War ended, as Gen Robert E Lee surrendered to Gen Ulysses Grant in Appomattox, VA.

[Thumpalumpacus]

On 9 Apr 1942, the Bataan Death March started. Before it ended on 17 Apr, about 600 Americans and between 5,000 and 10,000 Filipinos had been murdered.

[Minimalist]

Jap intelligence services, which were generally abysmal after planning for their opening offensive, were, according to post war information, planning for 25,000 prisoners.  They ended up with 75,000.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Jap intelligence services, which were generally abysmal after planning for their opening offensive, were, according to post war information, planning for 25,000 prisoners.  They ended up with 75,000.

Considering the difficulties Homma had in taking Bataan, you'd think they might have had a clearer idea of Fil-American numbers. I mean, there were a couple of repulsed amphibious landings in March, and Homma was being chastised for his not being greased lightning on the offensive.

[Minimalist]

The Army high command did withdraw the 48th Division and a considerable portion of Homma's air force for use in what they regarded as the far more important conquest of the oil fields of the Dutch East Indies.  Once again the brass had convinced itself that the Phillipines were close to collapse in January of 1942 and that Homma had sufficient force to mop up.  Japanese self-delusion was one of their greatest failures.

Not that it mattered.  They lost the war the day they started it.

[Deesse23]

1946

[Minimalist]

April 27, 1865:

The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred when a boiler exploded on the overloaded steamship SS Sultana as it sailed the Mississippi River, killing some 1,800 people, many of whom were former Union POWs returning home from the Civil War.

[Minimalist]

April 29, 1429 - French troops retook Orleans led by Joan of Arc thus marking the beginning of the end for English fortunes in the Hundred Years War.

[Minimalist]

April 30 was a big day!

Key Historical Events on April 30th:

• 1789: George Washington takes the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City, becoming the first President of the United States.
  
• 1803: The Louisiana Purchase treaty is signed in Paris by US representatives, purchasing over 800,000 square miles of land from France for roughly $15 million.
  
• 1916:  During World War I, Germany begins using Daylight Saving Time to conserve fuel.
  
• 1975: The Vietnam War officially ends with the Fall of Saigon as North Vietnamese tanks crash through the gates of the presidential palace.
  

[Gawdzilla Sama]

WE WERE WINNING WHEN *I* LEFT!

I think. Don't remember. Went to sleep in Saigon, woke up in San Diego two weeks later. Three months at Balbao Naval Hospital. Went awol when I realized they were using the ambulatory guys to tend to the bed-ridden. "Checked in with the local recruiter nearest Mom's house.

"Been expecting you, Petty Officer. Your Mom was worried."

AWOL charges never filed.

[Minimalist]

Wait.


So it's your fault we lost?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No, it's my fault we didn't win. If I had been on the job Charlie would have given up and gone home.

[Minimalist]

Um...the problem was that Charlie was home!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Um...the problem was that Charlie was home!

South Vietnam was a prize for the North. The Cong were ran by the North. Erasing a national identity would be rude, I think.

[Unsapien]

Um...the problem was that Charlie was home!

South Vietnam was a prize for the North. The Cong were ran by the North. Erasing a national identity would be rude, I think.

My history is a bit sketchy on this but wasn't Vietnam one whole country before the French f*cked it up?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

South Vietnam was a prize for the North. The Cong were ran by the North. Erasing a national identity would be rude, I think.

My history is a bit sketchy on this but wasn't Vietnam one whole country before the French f*cked it up?

I'd have to check unless you're solid on that. But as the country had developed its own identity the point may bne moot.