Welcome to the weekend edition of Today in History. I’m so glad you’re enjoying the post. Have an awesome weekend.
1847
Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri
Seen by some as a vicious murderer and by others as a gallant Robin Hood, the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James is born on September 5, 1847, in Clay County, Missouri. Jesse and his older brother Franklin lost their father in 1849, when the Reverend Robert James abandoned his …read more
1958
“Doctor Zhivago” is published in the U.S.
Boris Pasternak’s romantic novel, Doctor Zhivago is published in the United States. The book was banned in the Soviet Union, but still won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. Pasternak was born in Russia in 1890, and by the time of the Russian Revolution was a well-known …read more
1972
Massacre begins at Munich Olympics
During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. The terrorists were part of a group known as Black …read more
1914
French general gives order to attack at the Marne
On the evening of September 5, 1914, General Joseph Joffre, commander in chief of the French army during World War I, readies his troops for a renewed offensive against the advancing Germans at the Marne River in northeastern France, set to begin the following morning. With the …read more
1877
Sioux military leader Crazy Horse is killed
Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. A year earlier, Crazy Horse was among the Sioux leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of Little …read more
Melinda
I grew up near the Joplin area — a SW MO gal at heart! Currently live in AZ near Tucson.
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I love Tucson! At one point I planned on retiring there but realized it was too hot and sandy! Love the food!
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Before moving to the southwest, I used to live in Clay County, MO. Jesse James brought quite the “fame” to that part of the country!
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My family is from Joplin, I’m sure they were very aware of his fame. I still have extended family in the area. I’m not close to them but one part of the family never moved away. Where are you in the Southwest? I’m sure you’ve told me but my memory fails me right now.
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Gosh, some pretty heavy events in history. The Munich Olympics massacre doesn’t often get a mention these days. xx
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Thank God! How’s the Lin Health post going?
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Okay thank you, I’ve not had much time to get into it though with the legal stuff going on and doing this online thingybobby for the NHS (trying to make improvements to a service related to the surgery I originally had). It’s a slog.
How’re you doing? xx
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I don’t know about the legal stuff, you’ll have to catch me up when you have too much time on your hands! Take care. Remember it’s just a job! You are most important!
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