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A Brief History On May 10, 1941, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, third in command of Nazi Germany to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, some of history’s most evil people, parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to get Britain to make peace with Germany. Digging Deeper Nazi Number 3 was a far cry from the mythical Aryan “superman” that the Nazi propaganda machine depicted, but then again, so were the other top party members.  (We wonder why the German people did not notice that their leadership was less than the so called “Nordic” ideal espoused by the Nazi party.) Although Hess…

A Brief History On May 10, 1865, Union troops ambushed, shot and captured infamous Confederate raider William Quantrill.  Quantrill had terrorized the Union and Union sympathizers during the Civil War (not so “civil!”) and was perhaps the most famous of the “Bushwhackers” as these guerilla raiders were known.  Quantrill died 4 weeks later at a Union prison camp, paralyzed from the chest down.  He was only 27 years old. Digging Deeper Throughout history, men and women have conducted raids, and some have become famous or infamous for their raids.  Here we list 10 of the most notorious.  (Note: The order…

A Brief History On May 10, 1865, President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, was captured by Federal troops in Georgia. Many Americans in the North consider Jeff Davis to be the worst kind of traitor, while many Americans in the old Confederacy drive around with bumper stickers that read “My President is Jeff Davis.” Whether someone is a freedom fighter or a traitor is relative depending on the perspective of the observer, which is why JD does not make the list. Others have been accused and even executed as traitors, such as Mata Hari, who turned out…

 A Brief History On May 9, 1980, the Security Pacific Bank of Norco, California was held up by 5 robbers, leading to chases and shootouts resulting in 2 robbers and a deputy sheriff being killed and a whopping 33 vehicles being destroyed. Digging Deeper The 5 bank robbers armed with shotguns, assault  rifles (AK-47, HK91, HK93), and handguns, as well as  home made bombs robbed the bank then stole a car and fought a running gun battle with two sheriff’s departments (Riverside and San Bernardino) Two suspects were killed, one deputy was killed, nine other cops wounded, and 30 police…

A Brief History On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the allies and ceased to exist as a state. You may count Germany invading Poland in 1939 as the start of World War II (also known as The Second World War) or the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1937, but in any case most people would guess correctly that World War II cost more lives than any other war in history. (Please note that total lives lost in each war are also debatable, and the list can be rearranged somewhat depending on your analysis of the sources.) The…