Year: 2023

On February 25, 1948, communists seized control of the government of Czechoslovakia. Two decades later, in August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People’s Republic, the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the Hungarian People’s Republic. The invasion stopped Alexander Dubček‘s Prague Spring liberalization reforms and strengthened the authoritarian wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ). The bloodless Velvet Revolution (17 November – 28 November 1989) finaly led to the end of the rule of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. On December 31, 1992, the dissolution of Czechoslovakia took …

On February 24, 1803, in the landmark Marbury v. Madison decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial review. In Marbury, Chief Justice Marshall famously wrote:  “A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 105 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. A Gunsite Academy Three …

February 23 1685 was the birthday of composer George Frideric Handel, a leading figure of late Baroque music. February 23 is the day that six Marines from E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836). February 23rd is also the birthday of Captain Isaac Davis (February 23, 1745 – April 19, 1775), a militia officer and gunsmith who commanded a Minute Company in Acton, Massachusetts during the Battle of Concord.

February 22, 1857 was the birthday of Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist who was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves and helped to invent radar technology. On this day in 1943, Sophie Scholl was executed by beheading for organizing the White Rose group–a student resistance to the Hitler regime. She had been convicted of high treason, after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich (LMU) with her brother, Hans. She was 21 years old. On this day in 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the second son from the second marriage …