1836 - Santa Anna's troops reach the Medina River today, a few miles SW of San Antonio
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And it was snowing.... Just like today... is some parts of Central Texas at least.Cen-Tex said:
1836 - Santa Anna's troops reach the Medina River today, a few miles SW of San Antonio
Here's some info on the weather events during the Texas Revolution -
The blizzard conditions that took the lives of some of Santa Anna's troops, horses and camp followers occurred on Feb 13 & 14 before they reached the Rio Grande River. William Fairfax Gray and Col Juan Almonte chronicled the weather in their journals for the Texan and Mexican side, respectively. A cold front arrived in San Antonio on Feb 25th that lowered temperatures into the 30's. Prior to that it had been "short sleeve" weather. It was cold and rainy, but warmed into the 60's on Feb 29th. That night a second cold front hit the region. The temperatures gradually warmed the next few days. The day of the final battle, March 6th, the weather was cool, but by March 8 Gray proclaimed "Fine weather." Any Texan should recognize this as a description of typical Texas weather. - from Alamo Myths and Misconceptions, Dr Bruce Winders 5/10/2016
Even the eastern wing of Santa Anna's forces, under Gen. Urrea also suffered. His division was hit with a northern consisting of freezing wind and rain. Urrea's thinly-clad soldiers, accustomed to warmer weather, suffered through bitter cold, sleeping in the open, exposed to freezing wind and rain. Six soldiers died between Feb 18th when they crossed the river at Matamoros until they reached San Patricio on Feb 27th. -from Murphy Givens, Corpus Christie Caller Times 8/23/2016
The blizzard conditions that took the lives of some of Santa Anna's troops, horses and camp followers occurred on Feb 13 & 14 before they reached the Rio Grande River. William Fairfax Gray and Col Juan Almonte chronicled the weather in their journals for the Texan and Mexican side, respectively. A cold front arrived in San Antonio on Feb 25th that lowered temperatures into the 30's. Prior to that it had been "short sleeve" weather. It was cold and rainy, but warmed into the 60's on Feb 29th. That night a second cold front hit the region. The temperatures gradually warmed the next few days. The day of the final battle, March 6th, the weather was cool, but by March 8 Gray proclaimed "Fine weather." Any Texan should recognize this as a description of typical Texas weather. - from Alamo Myths and Misconceptions, Dr Bruce Winders 5/10/2016
Even the eastern wing of Santa Anna's forces, under Gen. Urrea also suffered. His division was hit with a northern consisting of freezing wind and rain. Urrea's thinly-clad soldiers, accustomed to warmer weather, suffered through bitter cold, sleeping in the open, exposed to freezing wind and rain. Six soldiers died between Feb 18th when they crossed the river at Matamoros until they reached San Patricio on Feb 27th. -from Murphy Givens, Corpus Christie Caller Times 8/23/2016
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1455 Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type. Printed in Mainz, Germany.
1778 American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. This is regarded as the birth of the drill sergeant.
1836 The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna.
1903 Cuba leases Guantnamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1934 Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1945 World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan, Poland. SS Obergruppenfuhrer, Gauleiter Greiser was hung in the remains of the fortress, afterward, in May, the end of one of the more evil people of the war/time.
Poznan town hall after the battle. It's been fixed up, since.
1778 American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. This is regarded as the birth of the drill sergeant.
1836 The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna.
1903 Cuba leases Guantnamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1934 Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1945 World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan, Poland. SS Obergruppenfuhrer, Gauleiter Greiser was hung in the remains of the fortress, afterward, in May, the end of one of the more evil people of the war/time.
Poznan town hall after the battle. It's been fixed up, since.
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1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
Block, Harlon Henry (19241945).Harlon Henry Block, marine, the first of four sons of Edward Frederick and Ada Belle Block, was born on November 6, 1924, at Yorktown, Texas. After graduating from Weslaco High School, he entered the marines, on February 18, 1943, in San Antonio.
He completed basic training in San Diego, California, attended parachute training school, and was assigned to the First Marine Parachute Regiment. As a member of this unit he experienced his first combat duty during the Bougainville campaign. He subsequently appeared in one of the most famous battle photographs ever taken: the raising of the flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. After his parachute regiment was disbanded, on February 29, 1944, he was transferred to Company E, Second Battalion, Twenty-eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division.
This company landed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. Mount Suribachi, the 550-foot-high extinct volcano on the southern end of the island, was assaulted by the Twenty-eighth Marines on February 20. By mid-morning of February 23 they had reached the top of Suribachi and defeated the last Japanese defenders. Six marines raised a small flag to signal their victory to their fellow soldiers below. Later, a second, larger flag (ninety-six by fifty-six inches) was raised. Corporal Block helped with the second flag by stooping and guiding the base of the pole into the volcanic ash while the other five men heaved the flag upward. As the flag rose Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.
Corporal Block, however, never saw the famous picture. He was killed in action on March 1, 1945, when his unit advanced in the direction of Nishi Ridge. He was buried in the Fifth Marine Division Cemetery near the base of Mount Suribachi; in January 1949 his body was taken home for private burial in Weslaco. In 1995 Block's body was moved from Weslaco to the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima. He is buried beside the Iwo Jima Memorial on the academy grounds.
1803 The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.
1868 The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1917 World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States. Seeing that Germany is happily pursuing attacks on the United States by means of a surrogate, Mexico, helps make us decide to enter the war.
1920 The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbruhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany. That's National SOCIALIST German Workers' Party.
1968 Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hu.
1868 The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1917 World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States. Seeing that Germany is happily pursuing attacks on the United States by means of a surrogate, Mexico, helps make us decide to enter the war.
1920 The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbruhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany. That's National SOCIALIST German Workers' Party.
1968 Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hu.
1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. A&M college of Texas class of 1941
Bronze Star Medal Citation 2 Jan 1945
Silver Star Medal Citation 22 Jan 1945
1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. was killed on 24 February 1945 when the command post of the company, which was stationed in a farmhouse, was shelled.
Lt Mead is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten
Bronze Star Medal Citation 2 Jan 1945
Silver Star Medal Citation 22 Jan 1945
1st Lt Lynn H. Mead Jr. was killed on 24 February 1945 when the command post of the company, which was stationed in a farmhouse, was shelled.
Lt Mead is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten
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1868 The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana
How are they defining this? I ask because colonial Boston had a parade called "Pope's Day" that involved local gangs of teens and young men building floats and parading them through town. They would then fight to burn each other's effigy of the Pope.
2/28/1928 - Antoine Calista Domino Jr was born in New Orleans. He acquired the nickname 'Fats' playing piano at the Hideaway Club when he was 14. His boogie woogie playing style was reminiscent of local pianists Fats Waller and Fats Pichon. He died in 2017. Still love his music today.
I honestly don't know, though that tidbit is pretty funny. Thinking about it now, I think it is a false claim.
- 380 AD Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
- 1700 The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans. Isn't anything like OLD Britain.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
- 1801 Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. From that bright hope, we come to today's "wretched hive of scum and villainy."
- 1864 American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- 1933 Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
- 1951 The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. If only it included Congress.
- 1815 Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. Frances welcomes him…which leads to French defeat at Waterloo a bit over three months later.
- 1836 A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. This took all night. Independence was declared the next day.
- 1845 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 1871 The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1873 E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. Remington was already known as a firearms manufacturer.
- 1893 Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1941 W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.
- 1947 The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
- 1950 Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
- 1953 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later. Stalin killed millions more of his own countrymen than Hitler killed Jews.
- 1845 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
Lucky Lady II landed after a global circumnavigation flight, in Fort Worth.
Fun fact, a B-50 is what was modified to launch Chuck Yeager's X-1 into supersonic flight. They had plans to build an even more powerful version, the B-54, which was ultimately cancelled.
On #TDIH in 1949, the B-50 Superfortress "Lucky Lady II" left on the first nonstop around-the-world flight. The 94 hour mission included four inflight refueling. This photo is from training for the flight. pic.twitter.com/ay2svBr8oN
— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) February 26, 2025
"Lucky Lady II" landed successfully on March 2nd 1949, at 10.22 AM, after 94 hours and 1 minute flight time, two minutes ahead of the predicted time.
— Fenia Petran (@treda10) February 27, 2020
The recorded distance of the flight was 37,742 kilometers.
The fuselage apparently is still on display in Chino, CA. Note the cover-up of the deadly tanker crash to protect the publicity of the flight.Quote:
LeMay said the mission showed that the Air Force could send bombers from the United States to "any place in the world that required the atomic bomb".
Fun fact, a B-50 is what was modified to launch Chuck Yeager's X-1 into supersonic flight. They had plans to build an even more powerful version, the B-54, which was ultimately cancelled.
Happy Texas Independence Day!
Double Talkin' Jive...
#OnThisDay March 2, 1836, Texas declared independence from Mexico, adopting the Texas Declaration of Independence. This marked the birth of the Republic of Texas, ending Mexican rule and setting the stage for the Texas Revolution’s final battles. pic.twitter.com/XnmylN8DNs
— History of the day (@hist_of_the_day) March 2, 2025
On March 2, 1836, delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, citing Mexican oppression. Meanwhile, the Battle of the Alamo raged, with Texans making a heroic last stand against Santa Anna.
— History of the day (@hist_of_the_day) March 2, 2025
Declared independence, then got the hell outta Dodge.
- 1634 Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
- 1791 First internal revenue act, taxing distilled spirits & carriages.
- 1835 Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1836 Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.
- 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the United States.
- 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. They wanted the right to SELL opium in China.
- 1875 During a drunken brawl on ice, the first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey broke out and was played played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
- 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
- 1924 The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatrk.
- 1931 The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem.
- 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
Great music, if y'all want to get away from me at of the bs.
- 321 AD Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 1799 Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1876 Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland.
- 1655 John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in what will be the United States. His owner is a free black man.
- 1862 American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) steams into Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- 1917 The U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- 1965 First US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines).
- 1979 Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
- 1983 President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire," which leads to democrats deriding him as reckless and Ted Kennedy working to coordinate with the Soviets.
Luther Tillery was born in Dallas on October 7, 1922. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he lettered in football for two years He also attended Texas A&M College before entering the Army on January 14, 1943.
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division.
He was identified as one of the 100 Raveno Boys, paratroopers who liberated the village of Ravenoville on June 7, 1944, and is memorialized there with this plaque:
Marney was killed in a horrific air accident on March 14, 1945, when a C-47 dropping paratroopers lost a propeller and flew into men who had just jumped. Chutes were caught on the wings and tail and either fell to the ground or went down with the plane in a huge explosion.
Operation Luftwaffe
On 14 March 1945 units of the Division made a practice jump with codename Operation Luftwaffe. The 508th was scheduled as one of the last units to jump. 1-508 and Regimental Headquarters Company were scheduled for the morning of the 14th and before dawn 1st battalion began the motor march to the airport on the outskirts of Reims.
After drawing chutes and loading equipment bundles, the men piled aboard the C-47s. A flight of almost an hour brought the 42-plane formation over the dropzone. As the men began to pour from the doors disaster struck: one of the planes at the end of the formation threw the propeller from its right engine and quickly lost altitude. The pilot desperately tried to get above the formation, but his attempts were unsuccessful. As the plane lost altitude it began running into the men who had jumped from planes at the front of the formation.
Chute after chute was picked up on the wing and tail as the C-47 plunged earthward. With a sickening crash, it plowed into the ground and burst into flames. General Gavin, who came to the DZ to observe the jump, took command of the situation. He sent all the 1st Battalion men back and let the medics handle the crash. 6 members of the 508th and the plane's crew of four died that day.
He was reburied at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division.
He was identified as one of the 100 Raveno Boys, paratroopers who liberated the village of Ravenoville on June 7, 1944, and is memorialized there with this plaque:
Marney was killed in a horrific air accident on March 14, 1945, when a C-47 dropping paratroopers lost a propeller and flew into men who had just jumped. Chutes were caught on the wings and tail and either fell to the ground or went down with the plane in a huge explosion.
Operation Luftwaffe
On 14 March 1945 units of the Division made a practice jump with codename Operation Luftwaffe. The 508th was scheduled as one of the last units to jump. 1-508 and Regimental Headquarters Company were scheduled for the morning of the 14th and before dawn 1st battalion began the motor march to the airport on the outskirts of Reims.
After drawing chutes and loading equipment bundles, the men piled aboard the C-47s. A flight of almost an hour brought the 42-plane formation over the dropzone. As the men began to pour from the doors disaster struck: one of the planes at the end of the formation threw the propeller from its right engine and quickly lost altitude. The pilot desperately tried to get above the formation, but his attempts were unsuccessful. As the plane lost altitude it began running into the men who had jumped from planes at the front of the formation.
Chute after chute was picked up on the wing and tail as the C-47 plunged earthward. With a sickening crash, it plowed into the ground and burst into flames. General Gavin, who came to the DZ to observe the jump, took command of the situation. He sent all the 1st Battalion men back and let the medics handle the crash. 6 members of the 508th and the plane's crew of four died that day.
He was reburied at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
- 1649 The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
- 1687 French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men somewhere in Texas.
- 1916 Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 1918 The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1931 Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- 1945 World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a kamikaze hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
- 1945 World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
March 18th:
- 1850 American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1871 Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris. Parisians decide "We need communism."
- 1895 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia.
- 1920 The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
- 1937 The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children. Unodorized natural gas was used for heating. It leaked.
- 1940 World War II: Axis Powers Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
- 1942 The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1968 Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency. Officially, an ounce of gold was $35.
March 18, 1882, Morgan was playing billiards at the Campbell & Hatch Billiard Parlor late at night when an unknown assailant shot him. Though Morgan Earp did not die right away, he was mortally injured, as a doctor who arrived on the scene soon confirmed.
"He was in a state of collapse resulting from a gunshot, or pistol wound, entering the body just to the left of the spinal column in the region of the left kidney emerging on the right side of the body in the region of the gall bladder. It certainly injured the great vessels of the body causing hemorrhage which, undoubtedly, causes death. It also involved the spinal column. [The bullet] passed through the left kidney and also through the loins," George Goodfellow, a physician and expert in abdominal gunshot wounds, explained.
An hour after being shot, Morgan Earp breathed his last breath and died at the age of 30 years old. His body was later transferred to Colton, California and he was buried at Hermosa Cemetery.
"He was in a state of collapse resulting from a gunshot, or pistol wound, entering the body just to the left of the spinal column in the region of the left kidney emerging on the right side of the body in the region of the gall bladder. It certainly injured the great vessels of the body causing hemorrhage which, undoubtedly, causes death. It also involved the spinal column. [The bullet] passed through the left kidney and also through the loins," George Goodfellow, a physician and expert in abdominal gunshot wounds, explained.
An hour after being shot, Morgan Earp breathed his last breath and died at the age of 30 years old. His body was later transferred to Colton, California and he was buried at Hermosa Cemetery.
On this date in 2003, the ground-war in Iraq began in the wee hours of the morning around 0200 local time.
March 20, 1852 -- Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published. Along with helping lay the groundwork for the Civil War, it was the best sellig novel of the 19th century and 2nd best selling book of that century, after the Bible.
— History Calendar (@historycalendar) March 20, 2025
At 06:15 am on March 20, 1836 Fannin surrendered.
Aggie12B said:
On this date in 2003, the ground-war in Iraq began in the wee hours of the morning around 0200 local time.
Biggest cluster**** own-goal in postwar American history.
1936 - Vice Admiral Boyle Somerville is assassinated at his home in Ireland by IRA gunman. He was himself a proud Irishman and nationalist. It was claimed he was recruiting for the British Army but likely this was incorrect. Tom Barry was one of those who approved the hit and he did say later that it was a mistake. This is one of the incidents that led to the banning of the IRA.
Outside of LBJ's Vietnam cluster****. We got more good movies out of Vietnam, at least.Sapper Redux said:Biggest cluster**** own-goal in postwar American history.Aggie12B said:
On this date in 2003, the ground-war in Iraq began in the wee hours of the morning around 0200 local time.
I'm a day early on this one.
So I'll make up for it by being a day late on this:
This day in 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima has ended. The 36-day assault resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, killed and wounded.
— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) March 26, 2019
The Japanese lost 18,000 men, only 216 were taken prisoner. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/G5luaFPLW5
So I'll make up for it by being a day late on this:
This day in 1945, Allied forces launch Operation Varsity, known as the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location, involving more than 16,000 paratroopers. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/ng7G5m7668
— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) March 24, 2020
“On this day in 1945, 16,000 Allied airborne troops land near Wesel Germany. Operation Varsity, the largest single-day parachute and glider assault in history, succeeds in securing a series of bridges over the Rhine River.”
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) March 25, 2025
Donald Trump Truth Social 3/24/25 08:37 PM pic.twitter.com/GqvsJGODtO
On this day in 1923, Banting & Best published their groundbreaking research on insulin, revolutionizing diabetes treatment. Their discovery transformed countless lives, marking a pivotal moment in medical history. pic.twitter.com/iN5L9UdrIK
— Witty Epochs (@UnsoFun_Edu) March 26, 2025
I deployed to Iraq for my 4th and final time on this date in 2008.
On this date in 2003, The first Medal of Honor for the war in Iraq was EARNED by SFC Paul Smith
On this date in 2005, President George W. Bush awarded Paul's Medal of Honor to Paul's 11 year old son, David
On this date in 2005, President George W. Bush awarded Paul's Medal of Honor to Paul's 11 year old son, David