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On this day in history.

Today is the anniversary of the Catalpa rescue, when six Fenian prisoners were sprung from jail in Australia and brought to the US in 1876, and the Lena Goldfield massacre when Russian troops murdered several hundred striking miners in 1912.
 
1809 The War of the Fifth Coalition began with the Austrian invasion of Bavaria
 
1815 Mount Tambora erupted. the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history.
 
On this day in 1970, the crippled Apollo 13 space capsule crashed into the ocean, and the concept of Roadside Assistance was born.
 
1949 26 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth forming the Republic of Ireland.
 
catsmate said:
Don't forget aviator, linguist, diplomat and engineer. A fascinating man.
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Yes, apparently a very serious man off the film set.


Did his bit for the war effort.

The Goose Steps Out (1940)
He's the double of a German spy so is substituted for the real spy and sent to Germany.

 
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1587 Sir Francis Drake sailed his ships into Cadiz Harbour and sank most of the Spanish fleet.
The incident became known as 'singeing the King of Spain's beard'.
 
1775 The start of the American War of Independence when fighting began at Lexington and Concord.
 
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