and on this day...

On this day but years ago....

480BC: A Sparta/Greece dream army are defeated by the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae. If only they'd worn coats...

1936: In one of the few amusing moments of the Nazi regime, Jesse Owens picks a hole or two in that Aryan wheeze by winning his fourth gold medal (in the 4x100 relay) of the Berlin Olympics. Like the sulky bastard he was, Hitler does one rather than shake hands with the winners.

1945: The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki by the Americans, finally persuading Emperor Hirohito to admit defeat.

1969: The bodies of five people - including Sharon Tate, pregnant wife of Roman Polanski - are discovered at a house in Los Angeles, having been butchered by Charles Manson's Family. Amusingly, Manson was turned down for parole for the eleventh time in 2007.

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