Maybe Theo has been fighting me all day because he knows October 25 is a big day for battles:
1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
1854 - The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
1917 - Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia.
1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines...
1983 - Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada...
OK, Grenada might not look like Agincourt right now, but in 600 years, who knows what they'll think?
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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