TheSamba.com Forums   Forum Index -> Off Topic -> This day in history   View original topic: This day in history Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 44, 45, 46 zerotofifty Sun Nov 23, 2025 8:12 pm Stanford 31, Cal 10 for yesterday's big game. The Stanford Band behaved. jinx758 Tue Dec 02, 2025 7:11 am December 2nd, 1907 ... The first ticket written for speeding. 17 miles an hour. Regulate yourselves ... stay safe jinx Glenn Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:04 am This was 9/11 before there was a 9/11 84 years ago..... Cusser Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:32 am Glenn wrote: This was 9/11 before there was a 9/11 84 years ago..... 84 years ago Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7. Roosevelt declared war on Japan (only) on Dec. 8. Dec. 11 Hitler declared war on USA, so USA entered the European war. The following clip was colorized. Look at the unanimous clapping from the audience - either ALL agreed, or were totally afraid not to clap vigorously !!! tencentlife Sun Dec 07, 2025 9:28 am ^Which illustrates why they say with dictators "at least the trains run on time". They don't, but no one dares complain. Bobs67vwagen Sun Dec 07, 2025 9:42 am Many years ago I worked with an Austrian chef named franz who was a young boy in austria during the war years. When I asked him if he understood what was going on then, he said yes and added that when those people (nazis) told you how things were to be, you did not argue with them Evil Clown Sun Dec 07, 2025 5:17 pm Glenn wrote: This was 9/11 before there was a 9/11 84 years ago..... Russo-Japanese War 1904ish from what I gather was about Russia gaining control or Korean peninsula... Then after that war the next war was Korea.. Russia was our allies when Japan was attacking Pearl harbor... Wars go on and on and on I remember in the '70s when the Kurds and over and over and over.. My Papa came back from Vietnam and s :oops: aid the war was over rubber trees and he gave me an American Express card for my graduation with a green condom in it that said don't leave home without it....lmao... Oops I did! What gets me is why don't we just all get along and put a helium in our condoms and tires and just have a good year day! Lmao Please fill in the blanks for those scoring at home. viiking Sun Dec 07, 2025 6:07 pm Yes a sad day in history that led to even more casualties and the involvement of very many brave Americans and other allies. I’ve been to the Arizona memorial and despite not being an American I became totally overwhelmed by the sombre, moving experience. The silence as they say was deafening. It reminded me of the sacrifices so many paid for our freedom and in that moment of reflection I paid homage to my father in law who fought so gallantly against the Japanese in New Guinea and my two brothers in law who fought in Vietnam alongside the US. Yet the parallels are uncanny with Ukraine. Unprovoked attack by a dictatorship. Promises of safety and security by the eventual aggressor. Imagine however instead of eventual defeat of Japan that the US would have faltered and had to relinquish Hawaii after that heinous attack on Pearl Harbour and break off alliances with other of the Allies and reduce its capacity to maintain a fighting force. Let’s not let history repeat itself. Cusser Yesterday 7:12 am viiking wrote: Yet the parallels are uncanny with Ukraine. Unprovoked attack by a dictatorship. Promises of safety and security by the eventual aggressor. Let’s not let history repeat itself. I felt the same when Russia attacked Ukraine. Too similar to Nazi aggression, a grab for land, raw materials, etc. So much of Ukraine destroyed, Russia thought it would be easy and quick. It's too bad that some have not learned from history... KTPhil Yesterday 9:02 am And too bad we picked the wrong side in this one... Glenn Yesterday 9:33 am 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated Fish Yesterday 1:24 pm Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated 45 years. It truly does not seem that long ago. :cry: busdaddy Yesterday 3:08 pm Fish wrote: Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated 45 years. It truly does not seem that long ago. :cry: Yeah, no shit....., that was a bad day, thanks for making me feel old. :? Abscate Yesterday 5:41 pm Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated Little known fact - he released a hit single in Israel in March of that year, "Imagine there's no Leaven" but it was passed over by the media Pez Yesterday 6:55 pm Abscate wrote: Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated Little known fact - he released a hit single in Israel in March of that year, "Imagine there's no Leaven" but it was passed over by the media Haven't heard that before and couldn't find any articles to support this. Do you have anything? Glenn Yesterday 7:16 pm Pez wrote: Abscate wrote: Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated Little known fact - he released a hit single in Israel in March of that year, "Imagine there's no Leaven" but it was passed over by the media Haven't heard that before and couldn't find any articles to support this. Do you have anything? I guess you missed it ;) Evil Clown Yesterday 7:17 pm Abscate wrote: Glenn wrote: 12/8/80 John Lenon assassinated Little known fact - he released a hit single in Israel in March of that year, "Imagine there's no Leaven" but it was passed over by the media I thought he wrote Imagine there's no Xevin where would Xatie be ehehe e ee Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group