[1]Tomorrow:
May 7
1189: Hamburg Hanseatic,
[2]The Kaiser Fiedrich Barbarossa granted customs and commercial
rights to the German town of Hamburg. One of the first members of the
Hanseatic League.
1429: B. Orleans, Joan of Arc def. English Source: ToW
1824: Beethoven's Ninth,
[3]Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor was performed for
the first time in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven's musical interpretation
of Schiller's Ode to Joy. The composer was completely deaf when he
wrote the symphony.
1954: Dien Bien Phu, Viet Minh troops defeated the French army in the
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and forced the French government to abandon
its attempts to regain control of Indochina. This battle is considered
one of the greatest victories won by a former colony over a colonial
power. It shows what determined patriots in a guerilla army can do
against modern firepower. Peasants carried artillery shell on their
backs one at a time up the mountains to rain hell upon the French.
Unfortunately the Americans never learned the lessons of Mao's "fish
in the sea". --[4]<Privateers@Privateers.org>
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
2. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/Hamburg/HH_homepage_english.html
3. http://www.futurenet.com/classicalnet/beginners/rev50/4.html
4. mailto:Privateers@Privateers.org
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