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December 26th

1986 Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84

1985 Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53

1977 Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81

1974 Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80

1972 Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88

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My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html

"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

26-12-2007, 09:32 AM	#15 (permalink)
spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,320 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	Died on this day December 26th 1986 Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84 1985 Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 1977 Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81 1974 Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 1972 Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88 __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm