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    Today in history

    I thought that we could have thread about things that have happen throughout the history. large and well know just as well as small and
    fairly less known things that have happened. The important part is of course the date. Today is August 10th so only events from August 10th today.

    I'll go first with an example:


    Sunday August 10th 1628.

    I'ts around midday the churches' Sunday service have just ended.
    The people of Stockholm are starting to gather along the shore lines, its time for the Kings new ship the majestic Vasato sail out
    on her maiden voyage. The ship sets sails but just a few minutes later when the ship was along Beckholmen a strong side wind swept
    over Saltsjön and the mighty ship turned over and water starting to flow into the ship through the open gun-ports.

    The ship sank and came to a rest at the bottom where it laid for 333 years until it was salvaged in 1961.
    about 95% of the ship is original the final 5% have been destroyed over the years under water and have been replaced.

    The ship know rests in a dry dock in her own museum at Galärvarvet at Djugården.

    This means that today is the ships "birthday" and she turns 385 years old.
    Younger but much more well preserved then the English Mary Rose.
    ...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...

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    Yes, the 10th of August. A great day in history, when another war crime was committed. Agent Orange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koz
    Yes, the 10th of August. A great day in history, when another war crime was committed. Agent Orange.
    Please elaborate for those who are not familiar with the details of the Vietnam war (or was this particular incident in Laos or Cambodia?)
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    During the Vietnam war the US military had a scorched earth policy where the end goal was starving Viet Cong into submission.

    They used herbicides, such as Agent Orange, to destroy "dense jungles" from which the Viet Cong operated.
    While in reality they also destroyed any and all arable land which they believed were being used to feed the VC. In the end, they destroyed about a quarter of all arable land in South Vietnam. This created a massive amount of refugees.

    This in itself is a warcrime.

    However, as it happens, things get worse.
    These herbicide Agents were known carcinogenic among other things and used in excessively inappropriate concentrations which resulted in horror on a greater scale than the nukes in Japan.

    Just google "Agent Orange" and click on Images.
    It is not for the faint of heart. That **** will give you nightmares.

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    I know about Agent Orange, but what is the August 10th connection?
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    Agent Orange Day is today, August 10th. It marks the day in 1961 when the U.S. began aerial spraying of toxic herbicides over Vietnam. This year, Agent Orange Day marks the 51st anniversary of that fateful day. On this day we would like to draw your attention to the recent, exciting news out of Da Nang, Vietnam. On August 9, 2012, the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a joint project that will safely and completely destroy the dioxin in contaminated soils at the Da Nang airport. This announcement marks a dramatic new milestone in the collaboration between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments towards resolving the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam 37 years after the end of the war.
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    August 13th 1645, Sweden and Denmark agrees on peace with the signing of the peace treaty at Brömsebro, Sweden gets
    the provinces of Gotland, Jämtland, Härjedalen and Ösel. Sweden also gets Idre and Särna Parish.

    In addition to that Sweden got to have Halland province for 30 years (and eventually permanently after the Peace treaty of Roskilde in 1658).
    ...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...

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    August 15th has no historical significance for us but it's St Mary and about 2,2 mil. romanians will celebrate their name day. It's a national holiday so we don't have to go to work ( which is a shame since the 2 Maria/Mariana from my office should have been offering drinks and cookies).
    So let's start the phone calls to congratulate the long chain of Maria, Mariana, Ana Maria, Marina, Marilena, Marin,Marian, Marinica, etc.....

    Probably by association with Maria we also celebrate the Marine Day but since I don't live in a harbour it's not fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koz
    During the Vietnam war the US military had a scorched earth policy where the end goal was starving Viet Cong into submission.

    They used herbicides, such as Agent Orange, to destroy "dense jungles" from which the Viet Cong operated.
    While in reality they also destroyed any and all arable land which they believed were being used to feed the VC. In the end, they destroyed about a quarter of all arable land in South Vietnam. This created a massive amount of refugees.

    This in itself is a warcrime.

    However, as it happens, things get worse.
    These herbicide Agents were known carcinogenic among other things and used in excessively inappropriate concentrations which resulted in horror on a greater scale than the nukes in Japan.

    Just google "Agent Orange" and click on Images.
    It is not for the faint of heart. That **** will give you nightmares.

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    August 15, 1965.
    The beginning of rock bands playing in Stadiums.

    This makes me feel somewhat sad. The people of 1965 had The Beatles and Cortinas and the Mustang... and a proper soundtrack to go with them.
    The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!

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