The Persian invasion of Greece in 484BCE was the biggest amphibious military operation until D-Day, almost 2,500 years later.
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Quote of the Day
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
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~ Cardinal Richelieu
On This Day
1815 Napoleon escaped from exile on Elba, but his return would be brief. He was finally defeated at Waterloo on 18th June 1815. Read about Napoleon here.
1839 A horse called Lottery won the first Grand National steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
1914 Titanic's sister ship, the hospital ship Britannic was launched. She was sunk two years later by a mine or a submarine. One of the survivors was Violet Jessop, who had also survived the Titanic.
1935 RADAR (radio detection and ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.
1935 After secretly training German pilots, Hitler established the Luftwaffe, in direct contravention of the Versailles Treaty.