Tag: on this day
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What D-Day can teach us about faithful service
What do baseball hall of famer Yogi Berra, legendary actor Henry Fonda, “Catcher in the Rye” author J.D. Salinger, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness), and Scottie from the original Star Trek (James Doohan) have in common? All were part of the Normandy invasion. 75 years ago tomorrow, Allied forces invaded Normandy, France which had been occupied…
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100th anniversary of the end of World War I: 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
At this hour, a century ago, the First World War ended. They called it “The War to End All Wars.” But sadly, a generation later, the world would be embroiled in an even bigger, even more deadly, even more catastrophic war. But at the time of World War I, it was something the likes of which the…
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Shattered peace: 80th anniversary of Nazi’s “Night of Broken Glass”
Throughout Germany and Austria, riots broke out on this night 80 years ago in a night which is infamously referred to as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, after the destruction done to Jewish businesses and properties. At least 91 Jewish people were killed; 30,000 men were arrested; hundreds of businesses were damaged or destroyed.…
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D-Day teaches us about faithful service
What do baseball hall of famer Yogi Berra, legendary actor Henry Fonda, “Catcher in the Rye” author J.D. Salinger, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guiness), and Scottie from the original Star Trek (James Doohan) have in common? All were part of the Normandy invasion. 74 years ago today, Allied forces invaded Normandy, France which had been occupied…
Josh Benner 