Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Today in History...............

In 1258......

The Mongols burned Baghdad to the ground. Not a bad idea then, and not too bad a idea today.......

In 1763......

The French as the result of losing the Seven Years War, (The French and Indian War to we Americans) ceded Canada over to the British. This led to a power shift between the French speakers and the English newcomers which still resonates in Quebec today. It also laid the foundations of our Revolutionary war a few years later.

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