Tag: George Patton

• History Daily: August 17

  BILLY THE KID KILLS HIS FIRST MAN Image: Billy the Kid 1880. (Wikimedia Commons.) Despite being a teenager at the time, on August 17, 1877, Billy the Kid shoots and injures an Arizona blacksmith who dies the next day. He was the infamous outlaw’s first casualty. Just how many men the Kid killed is unknown.…

  August 17, 2023

  1800s, 1930s, 1940s, American History, Billy the Kid, Conquest of Sicily 1943, event & history, George Patton, History Daily, military history, The Wizard of Oz, World War II

  1800s, 1930s, 1940s, American History, Billy the Kid, Conquest of Sicily 1943, event & history, George Patton, History Daily, military history, The Wizard of Oz, World War II

• History Daily: August 10

  THE BATTLE OF SCHEVENINGREN Image: Naval battle near Ter Heijde on 10 August 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War. In the middle the Brederode, the Dutch flagship of Maarten Tromp is in combat with the English flagship Resolution under the command of admiral Monk. (Wikimedia Commons) The Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Ter Heijde) was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch…

  August 10, 2023

  1600s, 1700s, 1940s, American History, American Revolutionary War, History Daily, World War II

  1600s, 1700s, 1940s, American History, Battle of Scheveningen, Declaration of Independence, Dutch, England, George Patton, History Daily, World War II