July 19,
1940
Adolf Hitler
offered peace to Great Britain if they would surrender and allow Germany to
dominate the country.
What do you
think was the U.K.’s reaction to this offer?
Did Winston
Churchill say ‘Go fuxk yourself?”
No. History
is not opera or romance. History is politics. Politics is power. Power is “what’s-in-it-for-me?”
Find out
more for yourself:
https://www.historynet.com/britain-made-peace-hitler/
Today is
National
football Day
(in the U.S.)
This “football”
is not the football you think of. Football in the US and Canada is known as “gridiron”
or “American football” in other parts of the world.
How much do
you know about American football?
Ok, let’s do
a simple test.
Look at
these names:
Jerry Rice,
Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Joe Montana, Walter Payton.
Does any of
these names ring a bell to you?
If not, don’t
bother. American football is not your thing. These are the top 5 players in the
American football history.
Never mind. American football is not so pupular outside North America anyway.
But if you
are intrigued, this book is worth reading:
America's
Game, The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation, by Michael
MacCambridge (2005)
July 19,
1850
Margaret
Fuller, the American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights
advocate, died at age 40.