Dinge en Goete (Things and Stuff)

Dinge en Goete (Things and Stuff)

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." Edmund Burke. What happened on this Day in History?

Monday, December 26, 2016

This Day in History: DECEMBER 25, 1914 : THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE

Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery a...

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

This Day in History: DECEMBER 20, 1989 : THE U.S. INVADES PANAMA

The United States invades Panama in an attempt to overthrow military dictator Manuel Noriega, who had been indicted in the United St...

Monday, December 12, 2016

This Day in History: DECEMBER 12, 1901 : MARCONI SENDS FIRST ATLANTIC WIRELESS TRANSMISSION

Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, di...

Friday, December 9, 2016

This Day in History: DECEMBER 09, 1992 : U.S MARINES STORM MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

On this day in 1992, 1,800 United States Marines arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, to spearhead a multinational force aimed at restoring...

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