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Sorry. You contribute so much to this board and I contribute so little that actually has merit, I should have just kept my mouth shut. My apologies.
Spanish Pirate Attack!!!:" This Date in History
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My parents were in Prague that morning. They woke to the sounds of machine guns firing and tanks rumbling down streets. Dad was supposed to give a talk at an international conference.
The US Embassy was shut tight.
The British Embassy helped organize a train to take non-Czechs to border and beyond.
2 million people out of a combined population of just under 8 million.
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LOL...brother, close readers are a blessing.
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#OTD in 1962 “Little Eva” Boyd of Belhaven hit #1 w/‘The Loco-Motion.’ In NYC seeking singing career, she met Carole King/Gerry Goffin-she sang on the Demo for ‘Loco-Motion’ for them-Producer Don Kirshner deemed the cut ready and released as is and it climbed quickly to the top spot. Modest success followed in the early ‘60s. She passed in 2003 in Kinston. Little Eva and “The Locomotion”
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"On August 26, 1747, Spanish privateers attacked and plundered Beaufort. The attack was the latest in a multi-year period of assaults by the Spanish on the largely undefended coast of North Carolina. It dramatically demonstrated the constant threat posed by the Spanish on the small British colony.
Small or not, after three days under siege, the colony’s inhabitants fought back and drove the privateers away. From records it is clear that some Spanish captives were taken in the skirmish. What was called “the alarm” was in effect until September when it became clear that the marauders would not be returning.
The next year, however, the Spanish attacked and temporarily drove away the inhabitants of Brunswick. As part of an inter-colonial war with the Spanish and French that had roots in Britain’s battles with the two countries, the skirmishes ended in 1748 with a treaty that was but a brief respite before the French and Indian War began in 1754."
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Small or not, after three days under siege, the colony’s inhabitants fought back and drove the privateers away. From records it is clear that some Spanish captives were taken in the skirmish. What was called “the alarm” was in effect until September when it became clear that the marauders would not be returning.
The next year, however, the Spanish attacked and temporarily drove away the inhabitants of Brunswick. As part of an inter-colonial war with the Spanish and French that had roots in Britain’s battles with the two countries, the skirmishes ended in 1748 with a treaty that was but a brief respite before the French and Indian War began in 1754."
Spaniards Invade Beaufort
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