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1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated, sparking WW1.

1789 - Governor Arthur Phillip sets out to trace the course of the Hawkesbury River

1790 - Father of the Australian wool industry, John Macarthur, first arrives in Sydney

1845 - Aborigines attack the exploration party of Ludwig Leichhardt during the night, killing John Gilbert.

1919 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.
 
On 1st July 1916, after a week long bombardment of the German lines on the Somme in Picardy Northern France, thousands of British and Commonwealth troops left their trenches and advanced towards the Germans. The Germans who were sheltering in deep dugouts waited for the barrage to lift, emerged in plenty of time, set up their machine guns and mowed down the advancing British. The result was absolute carnage. The British Army suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day alone, over 20,000 of which were killed. It remains to this day the worst day in the history of the British Army.

R.I.P

Rob
 
1836 - Australian explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell discovers the Loddon River in Victoria.

1851 - Victoria separates from New South Wales.
1942 - Australia's worst maritime disaster occurs when the Montevideo Maru is torpedoed by American submarine ‘USS Sturgeon’.
2000 - Australian PM John Howard introduces the GST.

1937 - England implements the world's first telephone emergency system.
1997 - After more than 150 years of British administration, Hong Kong is returned to Chinese control.
 
1st July 1863, Gettysburg ,PA.

In one of the most famous battles in history and the most decisive of the American Civil War the two great armies of North and South came face to face at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The South under the legendary General Robert E .Lee hurled themselves at Major General George Meade's army of the Potomac in a three day battle that ebbed and flowed along the battle lines and saw bitter, costly and hand to hand fighting. On the third day General Lee sent his troops across the infamous and now hallowed Wheatfield in a direct attack on the Union lines. It was repulsed with heavy losses and began the long road to the end of the Civil War that would see victory for the North.

Rob
 
JULY 14th 1881 – Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner
 
20th July 1969 – Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later.

:salute::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
 
Born on this day
1790 - Early Australian explorer, William Charles Wentworth, is born on a convict ship travelling to Australia.

Australian History
1858 - Sydney and Melbourne are linked by telegraph.

World History
1908 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commences operations.
1978 - The World Health Organisation announces that smallpox has been eradicated worldwide.
 
July 20th 1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again, and will be declared legally dead on this date in 1982.
 
August 2nd 1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province.
 
Battle of Bushy Run - August 5-6, 1763. Today and tomorrow are the 250th anniversary:



 
The Battle of Amiens: 8 August 1918

The Battle of Amiens was the crucial Allied breakthrough counter-offensive, launched on the Western Front around Amiens, in the Somme sector.

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An "all arms battle", the Allies made effective use of infantry, artillery tanks and aircraft, which led to an unprecedented advance (about 12 kilometres by early afternoon of the first day) and vast numbers of German prisoners.

The battle is also notable for its effects on both sides' morale and the large number of surrendering German forces.

This led Erich Ludendorff to describe the first day of the battle as "the black day of the German Army".

Amiens was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare and marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front; fighting becoming mobile once again until the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.

More here : http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/1918/battles/amiens.asp

and Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)

It was also notable because on that day, my Uncle Jack,

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and 18 year old 'kid' was wounded in the offensive, and died on the next day.

He still lies in France, in a cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux

More here: http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/jack.htm

LEST WE FORGET
 
Obee said:
The Battle of Amiens: 8 August 1918

The Battle of Amiens was the crucial Allied breakthrough counter-offensive, launched on the Western Front around Amiens, in the Somme sector.

ART12208


An "all arms battle", the Allies made effective use of infantry, artillery tanks and aircraft, which led to an unprecedented advance (about 12 kilometres by early afternoon of the first day) and vast numbers of German prisoners.

The battle is also notable for its effects on both sides' morale and the large number of surrendering German forces.

This led Erich Ludendorff to describe the first day of the battle as "the black day of the German Army".

Amiens was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare and marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front; fighting becoming mobile once again until the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.

More here : http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/1918/battles/amiens.asp

and Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)

It was also notable because on that day, my Uncle Jack,

Jack.jpg


and 18 year old 'kid' was wounded in the offensive, and died on the next day.

He still lies in France, in a cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux

More here: http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/jack.htm

LEST WE FORGET
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A day that should never be forgotten by Canadians or Australians. This was the beginning of the " Canadian 100 Days" during which Canadians had continuous string of victories.
 
snowyowl said:
A day that should never be forgotten by Canadians or Australians. This was the beginning of the " Canadian 100 Days" during which Canadians had continuous string of victories.
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Yes, it was a great Allied Offensive, with 'Us Colonials' leading the big push.

5 Aussies Divisions alongside 4 Canadian Divisions, with the support of French and British, but the added use of aircaft and tanks, led to biggest movement in the Western Front one day, in whole war.

If you ever get to France, or have been there, you will still see the enduring gratitude of the people to the descedants of those boys who gave thier lives in order to liberate France 95 years ago.

Lest We Forget
 
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