From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- On March 30, 1981, two months after being sworn in, President Ronald Reagan was the target of an assassination attempt while leaving the Washington DC Hilton after a speech about the government’s role in protecting society.
- John Hinckley Jr. was the attempted assassin and was ultimately f...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-New York) was assassinated by Sirhan B. Sirhan in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy had been leaving a rally following his California presidential primary victory.

- His death stu...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

Charles Mangin a Divisional Commander nicknamed, ‘The Butcher” takes the battle to a brutal level, approved by Robert Nivelle, Pétain’s successor. The battle assumes monstrous proportions of distress and destruction. Battle weary soldiers endure the massacre and brutality. The l’ouvrage de Thiau...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- Major Raoul Lufbery, leading ace with Lafayette Escadrille had 17 enemy skills. He joined the US Army Air Service in 1918. Lufbery was killed when his plane caught on fire. He jumped to his death to avoid burning alive. Parachutes were not mandatory equipment at the time.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- Victoria was born in 1890 and inherited the throne when she was 18 years old.
- Victoria married Prince Albert and proposed to him on October 15, 1839.
- Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children. Later her children inter-married with other royal families throughout Europe. This...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- Queen Victoria died in Great Britain on January 22, 1901.
- Queen Victoria held the throne of the English monarchy for 63 years, making her the longest reining Monarch in English history.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- The Priory of Sion is a great secret in the life story of Da Vinci.
- He was Grandmaster and guide of theis secret group.
- His name was first connected to the Priory of Sion in 1975 when documents of the organization’s secret dossier were discovered in the Library of Paris and mentione...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

- On February 22, 1972 President Nixon made the historic trip to Beijing, opening the doors to China for the first time since the Communist takeover in 1949.
- The goal of the trip was to seek a normalization of relations between the US and China.
- Nixon met with Communist party Chairman ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

• Spurred on by his recent advances into the North, General Lee sought to continue the movement into Union territory, the events that would follow, would usher in the Battle of Gettysburg.

• On the morning of July 1st, 1863, Union soldiers would encounter a segment of Confederate troops,...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

? If it is one element of nature that man has been able to predict to a reasonable degree, it has been the weather and weather patterns. Thanks to modern meteorological technology, we are now able to forewarn individuals of an area which is due to experience unfavorable weather ? allowing them a...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:01 PM

The League of Wives of American Vietnam Prisoners of War was an organization formed by the wife of Admiral James Stockdale, Sybil Stockdale. With the help of this group, the government admited to the United States that the prisoners of war were not being treated humanely.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

? In the backdrop of the Anaconda Plan, devised by Union General Winfield Scott, President Lincoln?s Naval Secretary (Gideon Wells) advised a plan of attack that would procure the southern ports, currently under the grip of the Confederate army.

? Aristocratic fleet leader Samuel DuPont a...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

- June 13, 1983, Pioneer 10, an unmanned aircraft launched by NASA became the first aircraft to leave the solar system.
- Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972.
- Pioneer 10 continues to hurtle through space but the last clear transmission was received on March 31, 1997.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

- Different opinions prevailed among the French chiefs. Ultimately, veteran General Henri Philippe Pétain, wizard of logistics and heroic and popular among soldiers leading the French defense was called to Verdun. He inspired confidence among the troops. Men and material amassed for de...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

Although the United States was able to defeat the Japanese navy and air force, the U.S. marines had a more difficult fight as they moved from island to island to retrieve the territory gained by Japanese expansion. The atomic bomb became available in 1945 and the temptation was too great for th...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

-In 1961, the US special forces entered Laos under operation White Star in Southeast Asia.
-The White Star teams were in Laos to train natives in counter terrorism tactics.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

In 1971, United States President Richard Nixon wanted to make a major move against Communist strong holds in Laos. The plans code name was Lamson 719. The objective was to disrupt an on-going North Vietnamese army supply build-up.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

- February 11, 1990 marked the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
- He had been jailed for his public efforts to end apartheid and work with the African National Congress (ANC).
- Upon his release, he made a speech about his commitment to peace and reconciliation with the country...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:00 PM

All of Yorg Lanz’s proposals, such as polygamy, a sterilization campaign of those judged inferior, and the deportation of German Jews to Madagascar, were seriously considered in the future Nazi state. Some of Lanz's ideas were even put into practice.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 6:59 PM

- On June 4, 1940, the British Royal Navy completed an 8-day evacuation of 340,000 allied troops on the French coast.
- Winston Churchill called this event a "Miracle of deliverance."