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Another C.P. Correction: Jasper Tudor's bastard daughter, Ellen, wife of William Gardiner, and her issue	31 Aug 2007 00:45 GMT	10
Dear Newsgroup ~ Jasper Tudor, K.G., Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke (died 1495), the enigmatic uncle of King Henry VII of England, had one known illegitimate daughter, Ellen (or Helen), who became the wife of
July 20, 1944 Plot To Kill Hitler	29 Aug 2007 22:44 GMT	67
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_20_Plot> God Bless The Men Who Tried To Kill Adolf Hitler On This Date 63 Years Ago.... Especially cousin Colonel Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg.
Re: The Perils Of Close Air Support	29 Aug 2007 22:22 GMT	6
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message news:311d7$46cf674d$9440b19b$28999@STARBAND.NET... > The following is an interesting insight, along the same line. It is not > mine, and unfortunately, in the cut & paste routine, I lost the heading.
No "Activist" Interpretation Of The Laws	28 Aug 2007 20:07 GMT	103
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure."
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's Elimination -- 1943	28 Aug 2007 07:18 GMT	1
Indeed. Imagine the outcry if it had later been revealed that FDR and the responsible generals and admirals had the chance to kill Admiral Yamamoto and flinched.
Re: While England Slept	28 Aug 2007 00:55 GMT	3
"After Prohibition ended, Kennedy amassed a large fortune when his company, Somerset Importers, became the exclusive American agent for Gordon's Dry Gin and Dewar's Scotch." "Anticipating the end of Prohibition, he assembled a large inventory of
Re: Parsing Stewart's Reply	27 Aug 2007 07:09 GMT	3
"Peter Stewart" <p_m_stewart@msn.com> wrote in message news:QXJzi.25720$4A1.327@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > This is a very fair and balanced summary, Brad.
Complete Peerage Addition: Wills of Sir John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope	25 Aug 2007 23:33 GMT	3
Dear Newsgroup ~ Complete Peerage, 5 (1926): 253254 (sub Fanhope) includes a good account of the life history of Sir John Cornwall, Lord Fanhope, who died in 1443. According to Complete Peerage, Lord Fanhope left a will
British Apologies For The Slave Trade	24 Aug 2007 21:59 GMT	2
Hilarious! It turns out that Black The Blind Boar did NOT root up a truffle -- just a petar -- which has hoist him. KAWHOMP!
Sometimes War Is The Only Option -- In Personal As Well As International Affairs	24 Aug 2007 20:04 GMT	1
"To render the justice of the war on our part the more conspicuous, the reluctance to commence it was followed by the earliest and strongest manifestations of a disposition to arrest its progress." "The sword was scarcely out of the scabbard before the enemy was apprised of
Experts: Remains Of Romanov Children Found	24 Aug 2007 17:55 GMT	1
See far below for more gems. DSH ---------------------------------------------------------------- Remains of Tsar's missing children found: experts
Loony Genealogical Studies	24 Aug 2007 12:49 GMT	1
"Brad Verity" <royaldescent@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.1208.1187923712.7287.gen-medieval@rootsweb.com... > Actually, I'm trying to trace all the descendants of Edward I, an even > wider net. Exactly how much wider is one of the questions I hope
IN 1851	23 Aug 2007 22:28 GMT	2
the yacht America defeated the cream of the english racing fleet in a race around the isle of wight. Queen Victoria on being informed America was leading asked "who is second?" whereupon she recieved the famouse reply "Ma'am there is no second"
Maud de Holand, wife of Hugh de Courtenay, Knt., and Waleran de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny & St.-Pol	23 Aug 2007 17:00 GMT	33
Dear Will ~ You've asked an excellent question. Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. Maud de Holand, King Richard II's half-sister, is known to have
The Muslim Terrorist Bogeyman.	23 Aug 2007 14:03 GMT	4
Watch - The Muslim Terrorist Bogeyman. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2235791385071141483 "Al Qaeda is not and never has been a "terrorist organization." "Al-Qaida,(sic) literally 'the database,' was originally the computer