The history thread

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"On this day in A.D. 393, Honorius became co-ruling emperor. He was 8-years old. At the time Honorius became Augustus, his father, Theodosius I, was still emperor. After Theodosius' death in A.D. 395, the Roman empire was split between Honorius in the West and Arcadius in the East. The most notable event during Honorius' 30 years in power was the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in A.D. 410. Although Honorius is depicted as foolish, he recovered from that sack (granted, it was probably easier to do so than after the Gallic sack in 390 B.C., since the capital of the Western Roman empire was no longer in Rome, but in Ravenna) and actually managed to die of natural causes. " - ancienthistory.about.com/b/2010/01/23/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-honorius.htm

"On this day in ancient history in A.D. 41. Claudius became emperor, one day after the assassination of his mad* nephew" - ancienthistory.about.com/b/2010/01/25/this-day-in-ancient-history-3.htm

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On This Day in Ancient History - Death of Nerva - ancienthistory.about.com/b/2010/01/27/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-death-of-nerva.htm

Roman Law Code found - ancienthistory.about.com/b/2010/01/27/lost-and-found-roman-law-code.htm

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The first publication of "The Raven" on January 29, 1845.
encyclopedia.tfd.com/the%20raven

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Feb 2, 1933: Adolf Hitler dissolves German Parliament

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24 February 1803 - the decision of Marbury v. Madison
encyclopedia.tfd.com/Marbury+v.+Madison

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February 23:
"According to the Rogue Classicist, today was the traditional end of the Roman year and in A.D. 303 it was the day on which Diocletian's persecution of the Christians began in Nicomedia."
ancienthistory.about.com/b/2010/02/23/this-day-in-ancient-history-february-23.htm

1913:
16th Amendment legalizes income tax

1933:
First US aircraft carrier, the USS Ranger launched from Newport News, Virginia

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Ostrich Eggs Used in Stone Age Communication
news.discovery.com/archaeology/stone-age-eggshells.html

1938: Oil discovered in Saudi Arabia

Marines Land in Iwo Jima for Battle's Anniversary
- Commemoration ceremonies will honor the 65th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest and most iconic battles.
- The 1945 battle claimed 6,821 American and 21,570 Japanese lives in 36 days of fighting.
news.discovery.com/history/marines-iwo-jima-world-war-anniversary.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbnWTKKVn8

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On March 5, 1770, British troops killed 5 civilians in what is known as The Boston Massacre.

encyclopedia.tfd.com/Boston+Massacre
Personally, I think they deserved it. They were like asking for trouble.

[Bryn]

ha ha ha wow, i actually learned about that in history class last semestre

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I'm not surprised. Nowadays, everybody learns something about America , as if we are the center of the world.

[Bryn]

um, well the United states has been and still is a superpower in one way or another. So it is just natural that we learn about America.

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Yes, we are the last standing empire. ;D But watch out for China.

[Bryn]

ha ha ha, ya. If one would really want to be technical. We still have not completly seperated from the British empire. Did you know that?

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Oh, I know that Canada as well as Australia has an agreement or share of trust will Britian. But I meant that we literally are the last standing empire. How did America push west? Wars. Conquest. Manifest Destiny. Then once we reached the Pacific, where did we go? Hawaii was an independent country virtually annexed by the United States. We virtually took the Philippines from Spain. Seriously, it was like target practice. Spain was no match for the United States. The Spanish American War is just an excuse so we could take the Philippines. Really, no one asked for the USS Maine to port in Havana harbor in war-stricken Cuba. And guess what, the ship was destroyed. But what do you expect. This was war. And was Spain responsible? I highly doubt it.

I always wonder if Japan would have attacked Pearl Harbor if America didn't harass them in the Pacific. I don't know the specifics, but I see America as the bully that led Japan to declare war on the United States.

And even today, we virtually invaded Iraq. Sure, weapons of mass destruction. Did you know the Halliburton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton , an oil company which used to be run by Dick Chaney, the Vice President at the time, was on the verge of bankruptcy. And where was most of its assets? In Iraq. So we invaded Iraq and gave Halliburton billions of dollars to repair Iraqi oil fields and provide services for the troops. And now Halliburton is a thriving prosperous company. So what was the real reason we invaded Iraq?

And now, who's next? Iran? North Korea? Syria? Egypt? Or even Canada? And the frightening thing is that nobody CAN stop us. At least not now. The Soviet Union was our closest competitor. Maybe China will be the next Soviet Union. Maybe Russia can regroup its forces. Germany would have been wiped out if World War II happened 30 years later. The only war that we "lost" was the Vietnam War, and technically we were not loosing. We just weren't going much of anywhere. So politics pulled us out of the war.

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1856: Dred Scott ruling

1957: Independence Day in Ghana