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weissenflatz · 04-26-2004, 11:31 AM

April 26

1894 Rudolf Hess is born

Rudolf Hess, Nazi party secretary and deputy to Adolf Hitler who caused an international sensation when he parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate a truce between Britain and Germany, is born on this day in Alexandria, Egypt.

Hess joined the Nazi Party as early as 1920 and became a friend and confidant to Hitler, editing much of Mein Kampf as it was dictated to him in Landsberg Prison, where both landed after the famous, and failed, November 1923 Munich beer hall putsch. On May 10, 1941, the day Hitler planned to invade Russia, Hess parachuted into Scotland, hoping to negotiate peace with Britain, in the person of the Duke of Hamilton, whom Hess claimed to have met at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Such a peace would have prevented Germany from fighting on two fronts and greatly increased Hess's own prestige within the Nazi regime, many of whose members saw Hess as little more than a yes-man and sycophant (his nickname was "the Brown Mouse").

Hess did, in fact, find peace--in the Tower of London, where the British imprisoned him, the last man ever to be held there under lock and key. After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau prison by the Nuremberg tribunal. He died, in prison, in 1987.

daverbee · 04-26-2004, 11:57 AM

This is also the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
And of the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Some other stuff, too numerous to name, as well.

LadyCrow · 04-26-2004, 04:17 PM

Courtesy of our friends @ the History Channel website:

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

Avalon · 04-26-2004, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by weissenflatz
April 26

1894 Rudolf Hess is born

After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau prison by the Nuremberg tribunal. He died, in prison, in 1987.

Another reason to love the '80s.

Hermione · 04-27-2004, 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by Avalon
Another reason to love the '80s.

hahahaha!

dickieC · 04-27-2004, 08:31 AM

April 26 was the fifth anniversary of the last time my ex and I slept together.

chuckie egg · 04-27-2004, 09:57 AM

weissenflatz · 04-27-2004, 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by dickieC
April 26 was the fifth anniversary of the last time my ex and I slept together.

But you did have sex with someone else I hope and assume?

Avalon · 04-27-2004, 10:02 AM

Thank god I don't remember stuff like that or we would have to have a parade. Yeah..he was ( and I am sure, still is ) that bad!!

dickieC · 04-27-2004, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by weissenflatz
But you did have sex with someone else I hope and assume?

I'm working on it

04-26-2004, 11:31 AM	#1
weissenflatz It's just words I write Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 1,467	Today, a few years ago April 26 1894 Rudolf Hess is born Rudolf Hess, Nazi party secretary and deputy to Adolf Hitler who caused an international sensation when he parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate a truce between Britain and Germany, is born on this day in Alexandria, Egypt. Hess joined the Nazi Party as early as 1920 and became a friend and confidant to Hitler, editing much of Mein Kampf as it was dictated to him in Landsberg Prison, where both landed after the famous, and failed, November 1923 Munich beer hall putsch. On May 10, 1941, the day Hitler planned to invade Russia, Hess parachuted into Scotland, hoping to negotiate peace with Britain, in the person of the Duke of Hamilton, whom Hess claimed to have met at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Such a peace would have prevented Germany from fighting on two fronts and greatly increased Hess's own prestige within the Nazi regime, many of whose members saw Hess as little more than a yes-man and sycophant (his nickname was "the Brown Mouse"). Hess did, in fact, find peace--in the Tower of London, where the British imprisoned him, the last man ever to be held there under lock and key. After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau prison by the Nuremberg tribunal. He died, in prison, in 1987.

04-26-2004, 04:17 PM	#3
LadyCrow WhY sO SiRiUs? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ta uoy erehw Posts: 1,120	Courtesy of our friends @ the History Channel website: http://www.historychannel.com/today/ __________________ "If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." -- Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Texas vs. Johnson, 1989 ************ Illegitimi non carborundum... ************ Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. - Heath Ledger

04-27-2004, 08:31 AM	#6
dickieC Professional ZeMonkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Back in Oxford Posts: 1,841	April 26 was the fifth anniversary of the last time my ex and I slept together. __________________ "Why do I keep falling in love with every woman who shows me the slightest attention?" Joel, ESSM

04-27-2004, 10:02 AM	#9
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	Thank god I don't remember stuff like that or we would have to have a parade. Yeah..he was ( and I am sure, still is ) that bad!! __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

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04-26-2004, 11:57 AM	#2
daverbee Key Lime Pie rocks!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oh, yeah! Posts: 7,695	This is also the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. And of the death of John Wilkes Booth. Some other stuff, too numerous to name, as well.

04-27-2004, 09:57 AM	#7
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