# african history (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover african history. Page: Feed: --- ## [May 21, 1944 Disaster at West Loch – the Pearl Harbor Story you Never Heard](https://todayinhistory.blog/2026/05/21/may-21-1944-disaster-at-west-loch-the-pearl-harbor-story-you-never-heard/) _2026-05-21 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ Details of the West Loch disaster remained classified until 1960, explaining why so little is known today about the incident. ## [April 23, 1982 Conch Republic](https://todayinhistory.blog/2026/04/23/april-23-1982-conch-republic-3/) _2026-04-23 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ The variety of flora and fauna – rich though they are – do not approach the variety of people on the island. Pirates, fighter pilots, smugglers and cops. Shrimpers and singers. Sculptors and sword-swallowers. Bone carvers, body painters and musicians of every sort. A small fleet of commercial fisherman and more Pulitzer Prize winners per capita than any other city. – The Tennesseean ## [April 7, 1942 WW2 Era Internment of Japanese Americans](https://todayinhistory.blog/2026/04/07/april-7-1942-ww2-era-internment-of-japanese-americans/) _2026-04-07 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ In the camps themselves, many were eager to prove themselves loyal Americans. Some were recruited for service in the armed forces. Many volunteered. ## [April 6, 1933 A Fascinating History of Beer Throughout the Ages](https://todayinhistory.blog/2026/04/06/april-6-1933-a-fascinating-history-of-beer-throughout-the-ages/) _2026-04-06 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ The night before Roosevelt’s law went into effect was April 6, 1933. Beer lovers lined up at the doors of their favorite watering holes waiting for their first legal beer in thirteen years. A million and a half barrels of the stuff were consumed the following day, a date remembered to this day as “National Beer Day”. So it is from that day to this we remember April 6, as “New Beer’s Eve”. Sláinte. ## [October 28, 1944 Mascot](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/10/28/october-28-1944-mascot/) _2025-10-28 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ The “war to end wars” had Jackie the Baboon and Whiskey & Soda, the lion cub mascots of the Lafayette flying corps. World War II and Wild Bill Crump had Jeep, the only four-legged co-pilot to serve in the war to retake Europe. ## [October 27, 1962 Archipov](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/10/27/october-27-1962-archipov/) _2025-10-27 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ Anyone alive on or after this day in 1962, probably owes their life to one man. I wonder how many remember his name. ## [September 22, 1776 Nathan Hale](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/09/22/september-22-1776-nathan-hale-2/) _2025-09-22 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ The Connecticut schoolteacher was young and untried when he placed is confidence in the wrong place. It would prove to be a fatal mistake. ## [September 21, 1780 André](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/09/21/september-21-1780-andre/) _2025-09-21 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ He asked not that his life be spared, but only that he be executed by firing squad. A death considered worthy of a gentleman of the age and not hanging, an end reserved for thieves and scoundrels. ## [August 29, 1893 Need to Know](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/08/29/august-29-1893-need-to-know/) _2025-08-29 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ The president's surgery on board the yacht Oneida remains to this day a wonder to oral surgeons, and enough to make the rest of us squirm. ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gUhWKk4MXQkW) _2025-08-29 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [August 21, 1986 When Lakes Explode](https://todayinhistory.blog/2025/08/22/august-21-1986-when-lakes-explode/) _2025-08-22 · Cape Cod Curmudgeon · Historical Easter Eggs – Today in History_ Think about the explosive force of a beer or a soda can shaken before opening. Now imagine 80 million cubic meters of that stuff coming out of solution.