Wednesday, July 23, 2008
This Day in the History of Understandable Steps for Justice Gone Wrong
On this day in 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin. Things went downhill from there.
Labels: WWI pre history
Saturday, March 15, 2008
This Day in the History of Big Talk and Insufficient Action
On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered 12,000 U.S. troops under capable General Pershing into Mexico to capture revolutionary leader, or bandit, Pancho Villa, who had in the recent past entered American territory and killed Americans. Pershing never got close to Villa and the next year was a little busier in France.
Labels: WWI pre history
Saturday, January 26, 2008
This Day in the History of Hard Lessons for Poland
On this day in 1934, officials from Nazi Germany and Poland signed a ten-year non-aggression pact. The really amazing thing is that over half the term of the treaty went by before the Nazis broke it.
We're big time anti-Nazis at this site (because we think the left is very, very dangerous)
Labels: European Theater, WWI pre history
Friday, July 20, 2007
This Day in the History of Historical Distractions
On this day in 1914, the sensational trial of Madame Henriette Caillaux began in Paris. She was being tried for the murder of Gaston Calmette, editor of the newspaper Le Figaro, whom she had shot at 6 times with four hitting home. Calmette had repeatedly threatened to publish the love letters of Caillaux's husband, Joseph Caillaux, a cabinet member and former Prime Minister of France. The trial lasted 8 days and resulted in the acquittal of Madame Caillaux for a crime of passion. The day of the verdict, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and the Great War had begun.
Labels: WWI pre history
