January 30

RF · Post by RF » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:41 am

Today we have one of the most infamous dates in history.....

Hitler became Chancellor of Germany - 1933

Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi - 1948

Execution of Charles I - 1649

Execution by hanging, drawing and quartering of the four leaders of the ''Gunpowder Plot'' to blow up the British Houses of Parliament and kill James I (James VI of Scotland) - 1606

Anybody know of any more?

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:15 pm

The USA doesnt like April 19th.

April 19th 1993 was the Waco seige.
April 19th 1995 was the Oklahoma bomb.

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:38 pm

Well... don´t misunderstand please this, but:

November 9th, 1917: Stalin becomes member of the Soviet goverment
November 9th, 1918: Kaiser "Willy" abdicates from power
November 9th, 1923: the Beerhall "putsch". Hitler becomes "someone"
November 9th, 1933: Establichment of the SS
November 9th, 1937: Japanese troops take control of Shangai.
November 9th, 1938: Kristalnacht
November 9th, 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 9th, 1964: the most important of all: my birthday!

RF · Post by RF » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:13 pm

I forgot to include the great Severn Estuary tsunami of January 30 1607 to my list - 400 years ago.

RF · Post by RF » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:47 pm

Karl Heidenreich wrote:Well... don´t misunderstand please this, but:

November 9th, 1933: Establichment of the SS
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Wasn't the SS established in 1927 as Hitler's personal bodyguard?

It was certainly in existence long before Hitler became Chancellor.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:14 pm

Hi RF.

I believe that you are thinking of the SA.
After Hitler decided to stab his pal Rohm in the back and have him and his associates murdered, he abloished the SA and replaced it with the infamous SS.

Karl Heidenreich · Post by **Karl Heidenreich** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:06 pm

From wikipedia:

1933–1934
Following Adolf Hitler's assumption of power in Germany, the SS became regarded as a state organization and a branch of the established government. The Headquarters Staff, SD, and Race Office became full-time paid employees, as did the leaders of the SS-Gruppen and some of their command staffs. The rest of the SS were considered part-time volunteers, and in this concept the Allgemeine-SS came into being.

By the autumn of 1933, Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard (previously SS-Standarten 1 situated in Munich) had been called to Berlin to replace the Army Chancellery Guard as protectors of the Chancellor of Germany. By the start of 1934, the SS guard in Berlin had taken on the name of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), and would later become the first division in the Order of Battle of the Waffen-SS.

RF · Post by RF » Thu May 10, 2007 9:47 am

Gary wrote:Hi RF.

I believe that you are thinking of the SA.
After Hitler decided to stab his pal Rohm in the back and have him and his associates murdered, he abloished the SA and replaced it with the infamous SS.

The SA was indeed set up first. The SS was set up a short time later as an elite force and personal bodyguard, as opposed to the less well discplined street army of the SA.