On This Day…in 2002
Don’t know why this is being put in because, of course, we’ll never forget what happened on this day in 2002. But people need to be reminded of what happened on this day so we don’t ever let the...
View ArticleNorth Korea attacks South Korea
North Korea has fired over 50 artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing one person. This set off an exchange of fire between the two countries. South Korea’s governement occupied an...
View ArticleWho do you think the best Australian is?
By TOG My best friend died a few days ago, and it was only then that I realised how lucky I was to have had his friendship. We both grew up during World War II in London. Playing on the bomb sites,...
View ArticleArmy bomb expert not to be forgotten
The campaigning widow of Army bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid has won an award for championing better gear for soldiers. Christina Schmid got a top gong at the Communicator of the Year Awards. She...
View ArticleWhy is man so bloody violent?
I have studied modern history of the past sixty years , and it would seem the only problem today is man. Sixty years ago men were fighting in Korea. Today they are still fighting but in different...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1993
A bomb explodes in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Centre in New York City on this day in 1993. Six people died and 1,000 were injured by the powerful blast, which also caused the evacuation...
View ArticleThis is why the Poms are coming here
The family of a British al-Qaeda warlord killed in a CIA airstrike in Pakistan are suing the Government, saying it conspired in murder. Rashid Rauf, who grew up in Birmingham, masterminded the 7/7 bomb...
View ArticleTommy Taylors SRU
A Queen retires and a new King takes over the kingdom. Holland celebrated in style the first king to reign in nearly a century. In Afghanistan, a road side bomb kills UK troops. More than 400 dead in...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1951
Forcefully marking the continued importance of the West in the development of nuclear weaponry, the government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs at its new Nevada test site. Although...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1964
On this day, Stanley Kubrick released his black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opens in theaters to both critical and popular acclaim. The...
View ArticleWar! what is it good for – I remember it well
Looking at the reports from Syria, brings back memories from when I was a child. Seeing the children being taken away from their homes. The destroyed homes, the heartless caretakers the clinical...
View ArticleNorth Korea attacks South Korea
North Korea has fired over 50 artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing one person. This set off an exchange of fire between the two countries. South Korea’s governement occupied an...
View ArticleWho do you think the best Australian is?
By TOG My best friend died a few days ago, and it was only then that I realised how lucky I was to have had his friendship. We both grew up during World War II in London. Playing on the bomb sites,...
View ArticleArmy bomb expert not to be forgotten
The campaigning widow of Army bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid has won an award for championing better gear for soldiers. Christina Schmid got a top gong at the Communicator of the Year Awards. She...
View ArticleWhy is man so bloody violent?
I have studied modern history of the past sixty years , and it would seem the only problem today is man. Sixty years ago men were fighting in Korea. Today they are still fighting but in different...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1993
A bomb explodes in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Centre in New York City on this day in 1993. Six people died and 1,000 were injured by the powerful blast, which also caused the evacuation...
View ArticleThis is why the Poms are coming here
The family of a British al-Qaeda warlord killed in a CIA airstrike in Pakistan are suing the Government, saying it conspired in murder. Rashid Rauf, who grew up in Birmingham, masterminded the 7/7 bomb...
View ArticleTommy Taylors SRU
A Queen retires and a new King takes over the kingdom. Holland celebrated in style the first king to reign in nearly a century. In Afghanistan, a road side bomb kills UK troops. More than 400 dead in...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1951
Forcefully marking the continued importance of the West in the development of nuclear weaponry, the government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs at its new Nevada test site. Although...
View ArticleOn this day…in 1964
On this day, Stanley Kubrick released his black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opens in theaters to both critical and popular acclaim. The...
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