My name is David Daniel Ball and I am Voice DDB dot locals dot com a voice of freedom supporting freedom around the world for all peoples. I write on historical and current affairs. I look for the conservative voice where mainstream media eschews it. Around the world media espouses liberalism orthodoxy and proclaims a history of liberalism that never happened. Liberalism of today is based on repeated lies that have been accepted from the past.
Consider these recent truths
It is US election season and the Dem machine spun effectively, but the people's will asserted dominance in a few places. In one place, Virginia, The Governor, Lt Governor and Attorney General were all elected GOP. Nationally, the Democrats campaigned on calling anyone conservative racist. Apparently, unless one owns a pet black or hispanic, one begins dressing as a KKK or white supremacist. How the Dem media cabal know this is not explained, but it is worth noting there is a picture of the Dem campaigning for Virginia governor either dressed in black face or as a KKK, nobody knows which, for a party without pets. However, so called conservative media agrees the reason why the Dem campaigner failed so badly was for telling parents they had no rights in educating their own children, or in vaccinating their own children against something that is not a threat to them.
The stunning Virginia success was copied in NJ, without the success. NJ was better geared to exploiting voter fraud. A senior senator for Dems lost to an independent trucker, before 'discovering' tens of thousands of votes post election. At least one respected pollster had projected an 11% win to Dems in NJ. The pollster apologised to GOP following. But it is another example of voter suppression. There is no excuse for a representative sample to be so out of step with the modified census. If GOP maintain the ascendancy to next year's election, they will rout Democrats in the mid terms. But only in swing states with balanced election laws allowing free and fair elections. Even iin Florida there will still be Dem controlled counties that will impede free and fair elections.
Durham Prosecution established by Barr under Trump is claiming more results with evidence of what was already known. FBI prosecuted the Trump campaign and administration while knowing that the evidence used to justify the investigation was bogus. FBI knew that Clinton had paid for the fake Steele dossier. and yet they threw advisers to Trump in jail on trumped up charges. When it was discovered what the cabal had done, FBI has stymied investigation. It is now apparent that FBI embedded itself during the riots of 2020 with a view to challenging Trump at election.
The Rittenhouse Trial is supposed to finish Friday 12th November, but the revelations from discovery and trial are breath taking. Rittenhouse is innocent of anything from the incident, except breaking a curfew that rioters were allowed to ignore. It turns out the US's longest serving mayor, a Democrat, was exploiting the riots and Rittenhouse, who may have been killed by any of many mayoral accomplices, survived partly by luck. It has been discovered that the FBI had video surveillance, and they deleted an HD version, possibly because it revealed many FBI agents among the rioters. Of three people Rittenhouse needed to shoot to avoid death, all were known to law in a bad way. Press had claimed Rittenhouse shot three people at random. Shooting at random in a Democrat based riot one might choose out of any three an armed felon, a wife beater and a recently released violent schizophrenic off their meds. Although the defence seems incompetent, the state's evidence appears to exonerate Rittenhouse.
=== From recent years ===
The first woman elected to US Congress, Jeanette Rankin, was first elected on this day in 1916. She was again elected in 1940. As a Republican, she was foundational to the civil rights movement. She was a Suffragette. She was a pacifist. She never married and might have been gay. None of that precluded her from representation as a Republican. There is no evidence she was corrupt, so she could never have been a Democrat? Following her elections, US joined a world war. Maybe it is good she wasn't elected a third time? Interestingly, both US involvements in the wars involved a telegram, Mexico being invited to fight the US by Germany in WW1, and Japan signalling Pearl Harbour's attack. Neither time was the telegram anything to do with GOP, but both times Dem seized on them for war. Today, we are told that Biden would pay any invasion force $450k each.
Also on this day, Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as President, on the promise to not involve the US in the World War. He would change his mind, but found a way to involve black regiments as cannon fodder. He would send Robert Russa Moton as an observer of the black regiments, with a view to maintaining discipline. Moton, a grandson of a slaver who was later enslaved, would later align black peoples with Dems for the New Deal.
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We are being lied to. But not by everyone. Our nations and their justice machinery are not broken, but damaged. Things are bad, but they are supposed to be bad, rather than merely breaking. We can't give up. We must reject the liars, and remove them from public office, and prosecute them lawfully. Things can get better, but we must persevere or risk losing hope. We must not fight the Devil by playing the Devil's game. Rather we must resist the Devil by being free. There is no law against doing what is right. Their utter depravity kills us. They target us and they seek to restrain us. But while the greatest among us a hundred years ago has died, their legacy has not. That which we are, we are. Lockdowns were ineffective in dealing with COVID. Effective medication has been denied whole populations. Herd immunity will prevail. Fraud deleteriously affected recent elections around the world. But, Democracy will prevail. Our oppressors will pass. For us to win, we must assert our freedoms. For us to lose, we must willingly surrender our freedoms forever. Our children will have to pay back our debt. We must sacrifice now so that they can. That means telling truth to power. That means pointing up when when some get confused and lose their way. Stand by the one who sacrificed their pension and freedoms to speak out. Prosecute the ones forgiven by a debauched and self interested administration. Vote for those who help you exercise your freedom. Don't wait for free speech. Exercise free speech.
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My name is David Daniel Ball I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. I had reported the issue responsibly and had not known I'd blown the whistle. The embarrassed left wing government had responded by imposition of a nationwide ban on the use of peanut butter in canteens, despite failing to address the issue of peanut allergy appropriately.
I've been de-platformed on Facebook and twitter despite not being an activist. Twitter did not like me asking for Obama to face justice in 2011. FB gave no specific reason for removing me following Jan 6th 2021 in Washington DC where a policeman killed an unarmed woman, so a crowd would know he was in control.
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=== From 2020 ===
#FakeNews claim #FakeVotes elected the Biden crime family, and Xi to be President of the US. But the obvious reality is Trump has won the election, has a mandate to govern, and the left are desperate to steal the win. Trump had got significant support in California and NYC where he never campaigned. If #FakeVotes had been real, they would show that too.
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They Are NOT President-Elect NOR Vice President-Elect | Pagshttps://rumble.com/vaywyp-they-are-not-president-elect-nor-vice-president-elect-pags.html
The media is no longer journalistic and is basically "Bagdad Bob" with their coverage of this election. It's actually sickening what they're doing. I call them out and give the facts of the case. Spread this everywhere!
#Election2020 #JoeBiden #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris
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Petty Left Shows Tyrannical Streak, Vows to Punish Trump Supporters
While falsely accusing Trump of being a tyrant, the Left shows its own tyrannical streak, seeking to have Trump’s supporters censored, fired or even imprisoned.
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Has a President elect ever said a truer thing?
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https://parler.com/post/a7ecfcf707fc49eaa6615ca139c94664
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=== From 2017 ===
Don't give up on hope. I thank Scott McNeil for his dual live FB cast last night. Scott also has a FB page. It won't be the last, and I hope to use it with others abroad. It only works with iPhones atm. I'm overcoming tonsillitis. I had thought it a cold and treated it like that, but when I stopped the treatments it hit with a vengeance. Two weeks without work in telesales and I even cancelled an evening of classes as tutor. My landlord suggested (he is a friend) that if I die, I might choose to buy a couple of iPhone x's and leave it to him. After all, I'd never have to pay for it. But, I'm intending to live. No live casts until next Monday, when I should have my voice back. But my will will provide for him, his family, and my daughter. They aren't worth much now, but my published books are my estate. I have lost everything else.
My landlord is among many things, a Vietnamese Refugee. He and his family kindly allow me to stay at rent a pensioner can afford. It is a privilege for me to work with his young children on enrichment work for school. But I also get to hear about Vietnamese history. The terrible corruption that exists in Vietnam at the moment overshadows a rich and beautiful landscape. Vietnamese invented fish sauce, which is pretty much found in fish oil capsules sold by vitamin hucksters. The monsoonal weather, or poor mountain farming communities have bred a hardy people, such that three Chinese invasions, three Mongol invasions and numerous Cambodian invasions all failed over time. Because of the climate (hot and wet during monsoons) the people have developed food that is fresh and tasty. In modern times, Europeans, like the French have left their culinary mark too.
Things are happening around the world. A year since Trump was elected President by an overwhelming number of electoral colleges. Denialists like Hillary Clinton are trying to get Trump removed from office because of things done under Obama. Trump has been very effective as President, and the US has a plan that will repay her debt. That will change the world for the better. NJ and Virginia have predictably gone back to Democrat control after the conservative Virginian failed to back Trump. NJ had two terms of Christie. Conservatives need to stand for something if they are to be as effective as Trump. Remember when the establishment dissed Trump but the Tea Party with Sarah Palin's influence embraced him? Things are working fine.
Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop each endorsed Hillary Clinton. It looks increasingly likely there is a constitutional crisis and an election may have to be called soon. Bizarrely, as soon as that happens, every single member under question will have disavowed dual citizenship and will be free to campaign in their seats. This highlights the absurdity of the High Court Ruling which places a greater emphasis on foreign governments than Australia's national one, and so an Aboriginal Australian (such as myself by reputed ethnicity, but not culture) might be barred from serving in parliament.
My landlord is among many things, a Vietnamese Refugee. He and his family kindly allow me to stay at rent a pensioner can afford. It is a privilege for me to work with his young children on enrichment work for school. But I also get to hear about Vietnamese history. The terrible corruption that exists in Vietnam at the moment overshadows a rich and beautiful landscape. Vietnamese invented fish sauce, which is pretty much found in fish oil capsules sold by vitamin hucksters. The monsoonal weather, or poor mountain farming communities have bred a hardy people, such that three Chinese invasions, three Mongol invasions and numerous Cambodian invasions all failed over time. Because of the climate (hot and wet during monsoons) the people have developed food that is fresh and tasty. In modern times, Europeans, like the French have left their culinary mark too.
Things are happening around the world. A year since Trump was elected President by an overwhelming number of electoral colleges. Denialists like Hillary Clinton are trying to get Trump removed from office because of things done under Obama. Trump has been very effective as President, and the US has a plan that will repay her debt. That will change the world for the better. NJ and Virginia have predictably gone back to Democrat control after the conservative Virginian failed to back Trump. NJ had two terms of Christie. Conservatives need to stand for something if they are to be as effective as Trump. Remember when the establishment dissed Trump but the Tea Party with Sarah Palin's influence embraced him? Things are working fine.
Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop each endorsed Hillary Clinton. It looks increasingly likely there is a constitutional crisis and an election may have to be called soon. Bizarrely, as soon as that happens, every single member under question will have disavowed dual citizenship and will be free to campaign in their seats. This highlights the absurdity of the High Court Ruling which places a greater emphasis on foreign governments than Australia's national one, and so an Aboriginal Australian (such as myself by reputed ethnicity, but not culture) might be barred from serving in parliament.
=== from 2016 ===
So many said that Trump being President was not possible, and something to be feared. They even said Hillary Clinton was a “Safe pair of hands.” Tonight in Australia, the safe pair of hands refused to let the people who supported her know that their fire works party was to be cancelled because she lost. USA have voted in a GOP administration with authority not seen since 1928, when Hoover had both houses of congress and a well run economy. Only Trump does not have a well run economy. A few measures will fix much. Ending AGW hysteria and promoting cheap energy will unleash USA manufacturing. Jobs can be given to her young, and growth which has not been seen since Reagan can be realised. Bad trade agreements can be fixed, or torn up. The US military can be made strong again. Deals can be done with Russia and China that make things better for all. And the terrible swamp of corruption can be drained.
Questions need to be asked as to why the press in Australia and US were so badly wrong about this landmark result. CNN had six heckling one in their pre election examination of situations. Outright lies were called analysis as it was said that Hispanics disliked Trump, Blacks feared Trump and women were disgusted by Trump. Yet many living voters who voted for Trump were black, women or hispanic. Voter corruption was apparent and yet there had been substantial opposition to prevent voter fraud. In Australia, Along with the PM, Foreign Minister, Opposition Leader, Greens Leader, Laurie Oakes, Neil Mitchell, Bob Carr, Kristina Keneally and many, many of the media were dead wrong in their analysis at basic levels. And they will not let people replace them who had been right. I was right. I predicted Trump would win in these circumstances months ago. I would like to thank others who advised me and helped me arrive at my conclusions which seem so prescient now. Eric Golub, J Fo, Andy Tran and also the apparently misguided Andrew Bolt, Tim Blair, Piers Akerman, IPA, and Miranda Devine who didn’t get it right, but who asked the right questions.
IPA Review features a Lorraine Finlay, Joshua Forrestor, and Augusto Zimmermann article “The Sound of Constitutional Silence” about the history of section 18c of the Racial Vilification Act of Australia 1975. The section is illiberal and incommensurate with a free society. However, it has existed for forty one years and has been largely unused. It has been applied poorly and those in authority have not demonstrated the level of judgement expected of them. Largely, the abusers have been cheered on by the illiberal members of the press and various left wing political parties. But there is a basis for saying that the actual legislation is unconstitutional, or at best, a terrible burden on Democracy. At times, partisan left wingers have realised the danger of the bad law. Members of the press have recognised the dangers posed to free society. But right now, while the leadership of the conservatives is so weak under Malcolm Turnbull, it is convenient for left wing leaders not to care about the damage being done to cultural assets.
=== from 2015 ===
Andrew Bolt is tearing shreds off Dr Ben Carson over some media beat ups. One was a sermon he gave at church 17 years ago. The other is a claim he made in his youth about a scholarship offer. Both can be reasonably explained. The realities of archaeology aren't usually presented in sermons. Not because the Bible is not relevant as the word of God, but the Bible is not an archaeological textbook. Dr Carson's sermon on Joseph is not even contradicted by archaeology, save in the assertion that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. But even that could be talked around and made acceptable to the scientific community simply by saying that some large spaces were repurposed temporarily. But the truth acknowledged in the Bible itself is that the exact happenings of that time are not known, with scriptures lost for hundreds of years after King David's time. Another attack on Carson is to do with his supposed turning down a scholarship opportunity for West Point. It may not have been a formal offer at all, in which case there is no evidence. But so what? It is not the same as Clinton's not inhaling mojo. It is totally believable that Carson would have been an asset for West Point.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014
Trapped by Hubris
Celebrity enthusiasts for the ALP are out in force. Cate Blanchett has been delusional in her support for Whitlam. There is one thing Whitlam did which has lasted. He made Advance Australia Fair take the place of God Save the Queen as the national anthem. Lasting change which hasn't caused crippling debt but which was typically divisive and as subtle and devoid of intent as a spit in the eye. Noel Pearson also went to his happy place when speaking about Whitlam. The Whitlam Pearson spoke of would not be recognisable to his policy victims, were they to be able to have heard the speech. Whitlam's powerful influence in world politics resulted in the deaths of many Vietnamese, Cambodians, Timorise and Chinese. Whitlam's callous disregard of individuals in Australia is measured by the debt he saddled the nation in, optimistically viewing the children as a source of national income. Obama is helping the dismantling of the US Democrat party as a political force. Still, he can salvage a future if he changes his ways, and stops trying to divide America and destroy her institutions. He needs to let go of his vision .. it is what is weighing him down.
Greens have a new policy in Australia that should save the world. Pee in the shower. Reminder, Milne did say the alternatives were mining coal or choosing death. Most sensible people choose to allow industry to mine coal.
ABC seems disinterested in news of arrests on charges of an assassination attempt on the Queen. It took them time to report it and they played down the role of Islamo Fascists. David Marr on Insiders seemed vey keen to call it something else. Maybe he felt it was going to be another workplace accident, like that executed by US army psychologist Nidal Hassan.
MH17 Shirtfronting
Journalists joke about Abbott facing Putin over MH17. But it is a terribly sad joke. I like and admire Mr Abbott and appreciate what he is doing to achieve any solace for relatives and loved ones of those killed through an act of terror. I feel that Russia is culpable, but not solely, and it concerns me that questions are not being asked of another culpable party, the Ukraine, because of political allegiance.The hard questions Ukraine have not yet answered, and have not really been asked, is what role they played in having MH17 targeted? Why did they not warn Malaysia that there was a war zone? Were they playing a game with the Russian separatists which escalated? Why have they kept fighting and prevented investigation of the area?
Ukraine leadership has partly resigned following, obscuring their activity. But those questions need to be asked and publicly addressed for public confidence to be restored.
From 2013
I am begging the PM of Australia, Mr Tony Abbott or the Premier of NSW, Mr Barry O'Farrell to come visit my unit, or send a delegate, soon. I have a claim on the PM's office. Gillard promised to address my issues through channel 7's Sunrise in '07. When she was campaigning in '10, she was escorted by my opponent Jason Clare. Gillard turned to election cameras and spoke of the dignity of work. It could have been a coded message to me. Clare has failed to represent me in parliament, and did not even campaign in '10, by arrangement with local press. I was campaigning on a social justice issue the press declined to report. I have claim on the Premier of NSW's office. A former school friend of mine who worked for some of the most corrupt ALP ministers was part of the office of Premier in '05 when he bragged to me he had written the 2004 NSW Teacher's Code of Conduct which was misused as an instrument to abuse me in '06. The office of NSW Premier has never accounted for its corrupt activity regarding me, parachuting a public servant into a mid level management position to target me for abuse.
I am begging for the visit now, because I am losing things, extraordinary things, and there will never again be an opportunity to acknowledge the loss.
I have a copy of Gladman's "Control and Teaching." It has pencilled in the front the name JP Rogers, a Principal of Sydney Boys High for some decades in the early 20th century. The book was a textbook given to beginning teachers in the nineteenth century and used in the early to mid twentieth century. A class teacher was given the book, and a class and instructed to teach. It is likely this was Roger's copy.
I have a copy of Todhunter's "Trigonometry" from 1865. Trigonometry was what the British Empire used to survey India accurately before satellites. The book is probably an early Sydney University student's book.
I have an education textbook on Motivation, edited by my father, the late Professor Samuel Ball. My dad was foundational educational evaluator of Sesame Street, as well as Pro Vice Chancellor of Sydney University and CEO of the Victorian BOS under Kennett. He wrote the original questions for Sale of the Century (actually, I think my step mum did).
I have an early numbered copy of "Werewolves of Wynyard"a limited run print of short stories by friends on a theme of Sydney and a fantasy setting. I wrote Big Heart which incorporates elements of student life at a multi cultural suburban high school in the met south west of Sydney. Dealing with drugs and youth culture.
If I can't give these away, I will have to throw them out.
What has happened to me is wrong. It is something you will feel ashamed of if you fail to address it while you can. Please, find the time, or send a delegate .. Dai Le or Zaya Toma are local councillors.
I am begging for the visit now, because I am losing things, extraordinary things, and there will never again be an opportunity to acknowledge the loss.
I have a copy of Gladman's "Control and Teaching." It has pencilled in the front the name JP Rogers, a Principal of Sydney Boys High for some decades in the early 20th century. The book was a textbook given to beginning teachers in the nineteenth century and used in the early to mid twentieth century. A class teacher was given the book, and a class and instructed to teach. It is likely this was Roger's copy.
I have a copy of Todhunter's "Trigonometry" from 1865. Trigonometry was what the British Empire used to survey India accurately before satellites. The book is probably an early Sydney University student's book.
I have an education textbook on Motivation, edited by my father, the late Professor Samuel Ball. My dad was foundational educational evaluator of Sesame Street, as well as Pro Vice Chancellor of Sydney University and CEO of the Victorian BOS under Kennett. He wrote the original questions for Sale of the Century (actually, I think my step mum did).
I have an early numbered copy of "Werewolves of Wynyard"a limited run print of short stories by friends on a theme of Sydney and a fantasy setting. I wrote Big Heart which incorporates elements of student life at a multi cultural suburban high school in the met south west of Sydney. Dealing with drugs and youth culture.
If I can't give these away, I will have to throw them out.
What has happened to me is wrong. It is something you will feel ashamed of if you fail to address it while you can. Please, find the time, or send a delegate .. Dai Le or Zaya Toma are local councillors.
Historical perspective on this day
In 694 at the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accused Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. Egica was 84 years old at the time and used to making ridiculous laws and customs which weren't followed outside of the capital city. However, the draconian legislation in this instance was genocidal. In 1494, the Family de' Medici were expelled from Florence. Politics without rules can be harsh. In 1520, more than 50 people were sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath, where the Danish King having negotiated a truce where he was made King of Sweden too, broke many promises and executed those who had been in opposition. In 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sighted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1688, Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captured Exeter. The Glorious revolution was when the daughter of King James II, having married the Protestant William, gave William the throne from her father. This became the current line of Kings and Queens of England. In 1720, the synagogue of Yehudah he-Hasid was burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem. Note, it wasn't Judaism that the creditors were attacking, but debtors they had unfairly leveraged. In 1764, Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, was turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet. She was about ten years old when captured, and about sixteen when freed. She lived into her fifties and had seven children. In 1780, American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops failed in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter. In 1791, Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen. In 1793, William Carey reached the Hooghly River. In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte led the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).
In 1822, the Action of 9 November 1822 between USS Alligator and a squadron of pirateschooners off the coast of Cuba. Pirates lost a schooner, but managed to prevent a further chase by killing the US commander. In 1848, Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, was executed in Vienna. Robert had been a good guy, and his murder was wrong. In 1851, Kentucky marshals abducted abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and took him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. Calvin was a builder of the underground railroad. In 1857, The Atlantic was founded in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1861, the first documented football match in Canada was played at University College, University of Toronto. In 1862, American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan was removed. In 1867, Tokugawa Shogunate handed power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration. In 1872, the Great Boston Fire of 1872. In 1880, a large earthquake struck Zagreb and caused many casualties. One of them was the Zagreb Cathedral. In 1883, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Forces (known then as the "90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles") was founded. In 1887, the United States received rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In 1888, Mary Jane Kelly was murdered in London, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. In 1907, the Cullinan Diamond was presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. In 1913, the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people. In 1914, SMS Emden was sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos. In 1917, Joseph Stalin entered the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia. In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated after the German Revolution, and Germany was proclaimed a Republic. In 1921, The Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF), National Fascist Party, came into existence in Italy. In 1923, in Munich, Germany, police and government troops crushed the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup was the work of the Nazis. In 1935, the Congress of Industrial Organizations was founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor. In 1937, Japanese troops took control of Shanghai, China. In 1938, the Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath died from the fatal gunshot wounds of Jewish resistance fighter Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night). In 1940, Warsaw was awarded the Virtuti Militari. The oldest medal currently being awarded.
In 1953, Cambodia gained independence from France. In 1960, Robert McNamara was named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy. In 1963, at Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion killed 458, and hospitalised 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. In 1965, several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965. Also in 1965, the Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. In 1967, Apollo program: NASA launched the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Also in 1967, the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine was published. In 1970, Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States voted 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. In 1979, Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected a purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early warning radars, the alert was cancelled. In 1985, Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union became the youngest World Chess Championby beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union. In 1989, Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opened checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany, and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia. In 1993, Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapsed after several days of bombing. In 1994, the chemical element Darmstadtium was discovered. In 1998, a US federal judge ordered 37 US brokerage houses to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price-fixing. This was the largest civil settlement in United States history. In 1998, Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, was completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. In 2005, the Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Also in 2005, Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people. In 2007, the German Bundestag passed the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause. In 2012, a train carrying liquid fuel crashed and burst into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
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