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A young man who was a male model has gone to fight for ISIL and died. We don't know how he died. Probably an escalated dispute as to who got to have sex with him. A religious leader has given special dispensation allowing jihadists to engage in homosexual activity. There is no record that Iran will respect that ruling. People who claimed to know the model have said "He wasn't like that. He never expressed an interest in jihadism." A bit like a pilot learning to fly, but not land, who can see how the mind works of one who gives up religion to kill in the name of God.
In Victoria the Premier, Dan Andrews, has failed to keep an election promise. He had promised to prevent a needed infrastructure development that was paid for at no cost. But he is compensating the business, as he has to by law. He wants to keep the money the federal government allocated to the project. Victoria has no right to it. Mr Abbott has locked it away for the time when Victoria builds the road it needs. As for people who support Andrews, a salient warning: Those that stand for nothing, fall for anything.
On this day in 1457 BC, history changed. A young Egyptian leader overthrew his northern shackles and led his forces to siege a city called Megido. The siege was long and terrible, with those in the city running out of food and resorting to cannibalism. Then the city lost. Pharaoh Thutmose III had the victory recorded in detail, and so the battle is the first, well recorded siege in history. The awful condition of the besieged was inspirational for the biblical writer and disciple John. The city of Megido was, under Egyptian designation of calling a city with a prefix 'Ar,' Ar-Megido or, as john called it, Armageddon. In 73, having held out for years against Romans, so that the ramparts still exist leading up to it, Masada fell. And the Romans were denied victory even as they took the fortress. It heralded the end of the ancient state of Israel, but is a signpost for the resilience and greatness of the modern state.
Joanna was Queen of Castille and Leon, but called 'The Mad' by many. Her late husband had started the rumour after marrying her when she was 26, but being manipulative and unfaithful. He died within a year. A succession of deaths resulted in her being given the throne her father desired. He ran it as she raised her child. Her dad was first regent for her, then her son. But her father died in 1516 and she was co ruler with her son. But a popular uprising began on this day in 1520 in favour of her, as her son had left Spain to be crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. Her son put down the uprising and had his 'mad' mother confined to a nunnery. He wrote to the establishment that none should speak to her as it would serve little purpose. There is much debate in modern times as to the nature of her illness. In 1521, her son, Charles V, got the Diet of Worms to investigate Martin Luther personally. It was at this meeting, on this day, that Martin Luther defended his work in terms of the scripture. It is interesting that his prosecution claimed that the scripture had been fallible and so his defence was weak. Luther left the conference and was kidnapped by a friend and placed under protection. The schism between Christian faiths was widening.
In 1746, Scottish Highlands changed forever after the Battle of Culloden was fought between Jacobites supported by France and British Hanoverian forces. Jacobites lost and certain Highland cultural practices were banned, while the highlands were cleared of inhabitants. In 1847, a sailor accidentally shot a NZ Maori, opening the Wanganui campaign. In 1853, the first passenger rail opened in India. In 1917, Lenin returned to Petrograd from Switzerland where he had enjoyed exile. In 1919, Ghandi excused riots by a call to prayer and fasting. In 1925, Bulgarian communists blew up St Nedelya Church at a funeral for a general they had assassinated three days earlier. They succeeded in killing 150, and 500 were wounded. In 1941, the Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller pitched the only opening day no hitter in Major League Baseball, defeating Chi White Sox 1-0. In 1945, Soviet forces surrounded Berlin in a million man assault in the Battle of Seelow Heights. On the same day, US army liberated Colditz. Also on this day in 1945, a Soviet sub sank a German refugee vessel with 7000 killed. In 1947, Journalist Bernard Baruch coined the term the 'Cold War.'
In 1961, in a speech copied by Rudd some 46 years later, Cuba's Castro announced he was really a marxist leninist. Fidel had claimed before hand he was fighting for simple freedoms in Cuba, suggesting free trade and an end to tyranny. After his speech, Cuba became a terrorist state with a tyrannical leader, although it had been that anyway. Rudd had claimed before election in '07 that he was an economic conservative. But after his election he changed his mind and penned an essay which showed the liberal socialist government he led would spend Australia into poverty, turning around a surplus economy to one exceeding half a trillion dollars in deficit and no spending surplus in site for decades. In 1963, Martin King penned a letter from Birmingham Jail where he was incarcerated for asking for an end to segregation. In 1990, Jack Kevorkian killed his first patient with an assisted suicide. In 1995, Texas Governor George W Bush announced Selena Day for the singer killed two weeks earlier.
One should never justify the insane left wing rhetoric coming from universities which is not challenged by criticism at those institutions. The tragic results are murderous. As was the case when a mentally ill former South Korean National student aged 23 purchased an arsenal of weapons and attacked his Virginia Tech school, killing 32 and injuring 17 before suiciding. He even had access to hollow point bullets. He wrote several notes explaining his actions, blaming rich kids and debauchery. But it was only his own selfish choice, actualised by a university which failed to realise his mutterings weren't sane. Many had raised questions to the school authorities, who took no consequential action. In 2012, the trial of Anders Breivik began. Breivik had wanted to be a Knight just like the EDL idiots. He killed 77, mainly older children.
2014
Badgery's Creek airport is another in a long list of stunning infrastructure partnerships that Liberal Federal Governments have done combined with a Liberal NSW State Government. It is almost as if when it is worthwhile, ALP should not be involved. Two major works projects which dragged on for decades were the Snowy Mountain scheme and the Opera House. Neither looked like ever finishing until Askin put the finishing touches on them. In contrast, NSW had an Olympics in 2000 under ALP which failed to make a profit and badly diverted major works from permanent infrastructure. It became a lost opportunity. So the five decade prevarication that is the second city airport for Sydney is announced, a stunning success for NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell the day he resigns. O'Farrell has not been premier for very long, but NSW has benefited. Maybe his term in office will be remembered for improvements in public transport. Or maybe for almost all areas of economic activity in NSW, or health and education. But it is unlikely, although true. Some may criticise O'Farrell for his stance on Gonski, or 18c, but that is hyper. The tasks a conservative government must complete have not been completed. He leaves too soon. Scandalously, media journalists are throwing around the word 'corruption' to describe the oversight which claimed the Premiership. O'Farrell was ambushed by a politically charged ICAC over the issue of a wine bottle. It was apparent O'Farrell had not declared it. He has claimed to have forgotten about it. O'Farrell was placed on the stand of the ICAC for a different reason, as a witness, before being ambushed. It was a procedural unfairness. His response was probably anticipated as being denial, which might have allowed the ICAC to derail an investigation into ALP corruption. That excuse is gone, now that O'Farrell has resigned. O'Farrell has behaved honourably. He has met a standard no NSW ALP Premier has met in living memory. I have had to amend my petition. I thank you, Mr O'Farrell and wish you well in your future endeavours.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1457 BC, likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. 73, Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt. 1346, Dušan the Mighty was proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
In 1520, the Revolt of the Comuneros began in Spain against the rule of Charles V. 1521, Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire. 1582, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founded the settlement of Salta, Argentina. 1746, the Battle of Culloden was fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. 1780, the University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded. 1799, Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drove Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
In 1818, the United States Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada. 1847, the accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor resulted in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars. 1853, the first passenger rail opened in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. 1858, the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was wound up. 1862, American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. Also 1862, American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, became law. 1863, American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1881, in Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle.
In 1908, Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah. 1910, the oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opened for the first time. 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. 1917, Vladimir Lenin returned to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland. 1919, Mohandas Gandhi organises a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. Also 1919, Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launched the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania. 1922, the Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, was signed. 1925, during the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 were killed and 500 were wounded.
In 1941, World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, was attacked and destroyed by British ships. Also 1941, World War II: The Ustaše, a Croatian far-right organisation was put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. Also 1941, Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0. 1944, World War II: Allied forces started bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. 1945, World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. Also 1945, the United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). Also 1945, more than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya was sunk by a Soviet submarine. 1947, Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port caused the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. Also 1947, Bernard Baruch coined the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II launched the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. 1961, in a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he was a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism. 1962, Walter Cronkite took over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. penned his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. 1972, Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1990, the "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participated in his first assisted suicide. 1992, the Katina P ran aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spilled into the ocean. 1995, George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after she was killed two weeks earlier.
In 2001, India and Bangladesh began a five-day border conflict, but were unable to resolve the disputes about their border. 2003, the Treaty of Accession was signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. 2007, Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho gunned down 32 people and injured 17 before committing suicide. 2012, the trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, began in Oslo, Norway. 2012, the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. 2013, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. 2014, the MV Sewol ferry carrying more than 450 people capsized near Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.
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This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
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A young man who was a male model has gone to fight for ISIL and died. We don't know how he died. Probably an escalated dispute as to who got to have sex with him. A religious leader has given special dispensation allowing jihadists to engage in homosexual activity. There is no record that Iran will respect that ruling. People who claimed to know the model have said "He wasn't like that. He never expressed an interest in jihadism." A bit like a pilot learning to fly, but not land, who can see how the mind works of one who gives up religion to kill in the name of God.
In Victoria the Premier, Dan Andrews, has failed to keep an election promise. He had promised to prevent a needed infrastructure development that was paid for at no cost. But he is compensating the business, as he has to by law. He wants to keep the money the federal government allocated to the project. Victoria has no right to it. Mr Abbott has locked it away for the time when Victoria builds the road it needs. As for people who support Andrews, a salient warning: Those that stand for nothing, fall for anything.
On this day in 1457 BC, history changed. A young Egyptian leader overthrew his northern shackles and led his forces to siege a city called Megido. The siege was long and terrible, with those in the city running out of food and resorting to cannibalism. Then the city lost. Pharaoh Thutmose III had the victory recorded in detail, and so the battle is the first, well recorded siege in history. The awful condition of the besieged was inspirational for the biblical writer and disciple John. The city of Megido was, under Egyptian designation of calling a city with a prefix 'Ar,' Ar-Megido or, as john called it, Armageddon. In 73, having held out for years against Romans, so that the ramparts still exist leading up to it, Masada fell. And the Romans were denied victory even as they took the fortress. It heralded the end of the ancient state of Israel, but is a signpost for the resilience and greatness of the modern state.
Joanna was Queen of Castille and Leon, but called 'The Mad' by many. Her late husband had started the rumour after marrying her when she was 26, but being manipulative and unfaithful. He died within a year. A succession of deaths resulted in her being given the throne her father desired. He ran it as she raised her child. Her dad was first regent for her, then her son. But her father died in 1516 and she was co ruler with her son. But a popular uprising began on this day in 1520 in favour of her, as her son had left Spain to be crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. Her son put down the uprising and had his 'mad' mother confined to a nunnery. He wrote to the establishment that none should speak to her as it would serve little purpose. There is much debate in modern times as to the nature of her illness. In 1521, her son, Charles V, got the Diet of Worms to investigate Martin Luther personally. It was at this meeting, on this day, that Martin Luther defended his work in terms of the scripture. It is interesting that his prosecution claimed that the scripture had been fallible and so his defence was weak. Luther left the conference and was kidnapped by a friend and placed under protection. The schism between Christian faiths was widening.
In 1746, Scottish Highlands changed forever after the Battle of Culloden was fought between Jacobites supported by France and British Hanoverian forces. Jacobites lost and certain Highland cultural practices were banned, while the highlands were cleared of inhabitants. In 1847, a sailor accidentally shot a NZ Maori, opening the Wanganui campaign. In 1853, the first passenger rail opened in India. In 1917, Lenin returned to Petrograd from Switzerland where he had enjoyed exile. In 1919, Ghandi excused riots by a call to prayer and fasting. In 1925, Bulgarian communists blew up St Nedelya Church at a funeral for a general they had assassinated three days earlier. They succeeded in killing 150, and 500 were wounded. In 1941, the Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller pitched the only opening day no hitter in Major League Baseball, defeating Chi White Sox 1-0. In 1945, Soviet forces surrounded Berlin in a million man assault in the Battle of Seelow Heights. On the same day, US army liberated Colditz. Also on this day in 1945, a Soviet sub sank a German refugee vessel with 7000 killed. In 1947, Journalist Bernard Baruch coined the term the 'Cold War.'
In 1961, in a speech copied by Rudd some 46 years later, Cuba's Castro announced he was really a marxist leninist. Fidel had claimed before hand he was fighting for simple freedoms in Cuba, suggesting free trade and an end to tyranny. After his speech, Cuba became a terrorist state with a tyrannical leader, although it had been that anyway. Rudd had claimed before election in '07 that he was an economic conservative. But after his election he changed his mind and penned an essay which showed the liberal socialist government he led would spend Australia into poverty, turning around a surplus economy to one exceeding half a trillion dollars in deficit and no spending surplus in site for decades. In 1963, Martin King penned a letter from Birmingham Jail where he was incarcerated for asking for an end to segregation. In 1990, Jack Kevorkian killed his first patient with an assisted suicide. In 1995, Texas Governor George W Bush announced Selena Day for the singer killed two weeks earlier.
One should never justify the insane left wing rhetoric coming from universities which is not challenged by criticism at those institutions. The tragic results are murderous. As was the case when a mentally ill former South Korean National student aged 23 purchased an arsenal of weapons and attacked his Virginia Tech school, killing 32 and injuring 17 before suiciding. He even had access to hollow point bullets. He wrote several notes explaining his actions, blaming rich kids and debauchery. But it was only his own selfish choice, actualised by a university which failed to realise his mutterings weren't sane. Many had raised questions to the school authorities, who took no consequential action. In 2012, the trial of Anders Breivik began. Breivik had wanted to be a Knight just like the EDL idiots. He killed 77, mainly older children.
2014
Badgery's Creek airport is another in a long list of stunning infrastructure partnerships that Liberal Federal Governments have done combined with a Liberal NSW State Government. It is almost as if when it is worthwhile, ALP should not be involved. Two major works projects which dragged on for decades were the Snowy Mountain scheme and the Opera House. Neither looked like ever finishing until Askin put the finishing touches on them. In contrast, NSW had an Olympics in 2000 under ALP which failed to make a profit and badly diverted major works from permanent infrastructure. It became a lost opportunity. So the five decade prevarication that is the second city airport for Sydney is announced, a stunning success for NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell the day he resigns. O'Farrell has not been premier for very long, but NSW has benefited. Maybe his term in office will be remembered for improvements in public transport. Or maybe for almost all areas of economic activity in NSW, or health and education. But it is unlikely, although true. Some may criticise O'Farrell for his stance on Gonski, or 18c, but that is hyper. The tasks a conservative government must complete have not been completed. He leaves too soon. Scandalously, media journalists are throwing around the word 'corruption' to describe the oversight which claimed the Premiership. O'Farrell was ambushed by a politically charged ICAC over the issue of a wine bottle. It was apparent O'Farrell had not declared it. He has claimed to have forgotten about it. O'Farrell was placed on the stand of the ICAC for a different reason, as a witness, before being ambushed. It was a procedural unfairness. His response was probably anticipated as being denial, which might have allowed the ICAC to derail an investigation into ALP corruption. That excuse is gone, now that O'Farrell has resigned. O'Farrell has behaved honourably. He has met a standard no NSW ALP Premier has met in living memory. I have had to amend my petition. I thank you, Mr O'Farrell and wish you well in your future endeavours.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1457 BC, likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. 73, Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt. 1346, Dušan the Mighty was proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
In 1520, the Revolt of the Comuneros began in Spain against the rule of Charles V. 1521, Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire. 1582, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founded the settlement of Salta, Argentina. 1746, the Battle of Culloden was fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. 1780, the University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded. 1799, Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drove Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
In 1818, the United States Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada. 1847, the accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor resulted in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars. 1853, the first passenger rail opened in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. 1858, the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was wound up. 1862, American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. Also 1862, American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, became law. 1863, American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1881, in Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle.
In 1908, Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah. 1910, the oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opened for the first time. 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. 1917, Vladimir Lenin returned to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland. 1919, Mohandas Gandhi organises a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. Also 1919, Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launched the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania. 1922, the Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, was signed. 1925, during the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 were killed and 500 were wounded.
In 1941, World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, was attacked and destroyed by British ships. Also 1941, World War II: The Ustaše, a Croatian far-right organisation was put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. Also 1941, Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0. 1944, World War II: Allied forces started bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. 1945, World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. Also 1945, the United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). Also 1945, more than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya was sunk by a Soviet submarine. 1947, Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port caused the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. Also 1947, Bernard Baruch coined the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II launched the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. 1961, in a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he was a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism. 1962, Walter Cronkite took over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. penned his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. 1972, Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1990, the "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participated in his first assisted suicide. 1992, the Katina P ran aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spilled into the ocean. 1995, George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after she was killed two weeks earlier.
In 2001, India and Bangladesh began a five-day border conflict, but were unable to resolve the disputes about their border. 2003, the Treaty of Accession was signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. 2007, Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho gunned down 32 people and injured 17 before committing suicide. 2012, the trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, began in Oslo, Norway. 2012, the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. 2013, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. 2014, the MV Sewol ferry carrying more than 450 people capsized near Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
===
For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.