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November 14, 1864: Franz Müller (31 October 1840 – 14 November 1864) was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train. The case caught the imagination of the public due to increasing safety fears about rail travel at the time and the pursuit of Müller across the pond to New York City by Scotland Yard.

The case was the subject of a 2013 BBC documentary, Murder On The Victorian Railway, and of Episode 1 of Railway Murders, first broadcast on the Yesterday channel in 2021.


Trial and sentence of Franz Müller for the murder of Mr. Briggs

Murder On The Victorian Railway  |  IMDB


November 14, 1889: American Investigative journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, pen name Nellie Bly began an attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character, Phileas Fogg, in Around The World in Eighty Days. Bly completed the journey in 72 days. She did an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She pioneered her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.



Nellie Bly had a significant impact on American culture and shed light on the experiences of marginalized women beyond the bounds of the asylum as she ushered in the era of stunt girl journalism. In 1893, Bly used the celebrity status she had gained from her asylum reporting skills to schedule an exclusive interview with the allegedly insane serial killer Lizzie Halliday.


November 14, 1922: Commence Operation Propaganda!
2LO is transferred to the British Broadcasting Company and begins broadcasting on medium wave from Marconi House to London. The first news bulletin at 6pm followed by a weather forecast, prepared by the Met Office and read by Arthur Richard Burrows (1882-1947), known as "Uncle Arthur" to listeners was the company's founding Director of Programmes.



The news bulletins were supplied by Reuters Press agency which is why on Friday, April 18, 1930: The BBC Radio news bulletin from London stated: "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." Piano music followed for roughly 15 minutes. (Reuters was closed that day)



The BBC takes to the airwaves

The Story Of Broadcasting by Arthur Richard Burrows

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November 14, 1941: British aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91), was hit by a SINGLE torpedo from German U-boat the U-81 and sank off Gibraltar the following day.

Ark Royal operated in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial U-boat kills of the war, operations off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the Malta Convoys. Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. Apparently, God was on her side as only ONE sailor died out of a crew of 1,488.



Her sinking was the subject of several inquiries, with investigators keen to know how the carrier was lost in spite of efforts to save the ship and tow her to the naval base at Gibraltar. They found that several design flaws contributed to the loss, which were rectified in new British carriers.

The wreck was discovered in December 2002 by an American underwater survey company using sonar mounted on an autonomous underwater vehicle, under contract from the BBC for the filming of a documentary about the ship, at a depth of about 3,300 feet (1,000 m) and approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) from Gibraltar.


The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It was also used by the Royal Air Force (RAF), as well as several overseas operators, including the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was initially operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft. During its later years, the Swordfish was increasingly used as an anti-submarine and training platform. The type was in frontline service throughout the Second World War. Crews likened the aircraft to a housewife's string shopping bag, common at the time and which could accommodate contents of any shape, and that a Swordfish, like the shopping bag, could carry anything.

German submarine U-81 (1941)
Sunk on 9 January 1944 by US bombers in Pola, Italy.
Wreck raised on 22 April 1944 and scrapped.

This Nazi was unreal... Friedrich Guggenberger was captured in July 1943 by American forces, badly wounded, was operated on and hospitalised before being transferred to Fort Hunt on 25 September 1943, then the Prisoner of war camp at Crossville later that month. By late January 1944 Guggenberger had been moved to the Papago Park camp near Phoenix, Arizona.

After recovery, Guggenberger met with four other U-boat commanders and on 12 February 1944 they escaped from the camp. Guggenberger travelled with August Maus, but they were recaptured in Tucson, Arizona. Guggenberger was part of the Great Papago Escape, a larger breakout of 25 POWs on the night of 23–24 December 1944. This time he travelled with Jürgen Quaet-Faslem and managed to make it to within 16 km (10 miles) of the Mexican border before they were recaptured on 6 January 1945. After these escapades, Guggenberger was transferred to Camp Shanks, New York in February, 1946, and was then repatriated to Germany. He was held in a compound in the British zone, near Münster, before being released in August 1946.

Guggenberger was credited with sinking 17 ships! Wait, it get's better...

Guggenberger became an architect, before rejoining the navy, by now the Bundesmarine in 1956. From 5 August 1958 to 25 June 1959, he studied at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and rose to the rank of Konteradmiral (equivalent to 1-star admiral in US Navy). When Konrad Adenauer, the former Chancellor of Germany, died on 19 April 1967, Guggenberger was chosen for the military honor guard on April 25th.

He became the Deputy Chief of Staff in the NATO command AFNORTH, and served there for four years. He retired in October 1972. In his last years, Guggenberger suffered from Alzheimer's disease. On May 13, 1988 he left his home for a stroll in the forest and never returned. His body was found two years later.

In case you're wondering, No, he was not the only Nazi to be given a NATO high command position.

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November 14, 1952: Britain’s 1st music pop chart was published by the New Musical Express. Al Martino’s Here In My Heart was at No 1 and held on to the top spot for 9 consecutive weeks. Guinness Book of Records for first No. 1 record in the U.K.



Jasper Cini (October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009), known professionally as Al Martino, was an American traditional pop and jazz singer. After serving with the U.S. Navy in World War II, during which he took part in the Iwo Jima invasion, in which he was wounded, Cini began his singing career. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather & The Godfather Part III.




Reminder: The United States has been in a state of national emergency since November 14, 1979, AND we're still under 9/11 Emergency Powers.


Nov 14, 2024: Happy 76th birthday to King Charles III. Charles served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976, earning the trophy for best pilot while flying the Wessex Mk5 helicopter. He also commanded HMS Bronington. As king, he holds the title of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.




THE KING OF UFOs Official Trailer (2024) Documentary
The Monarchy and the UFO Mystique. The film explore the British Royal family's interest in UFOs and the paranormal from the days of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philip and now King Charles. It also explores the claims that Charles flew a UFO back in 1975 in Canada.





March 11, 1961: 7 yr-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shows his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, his pet salamander, "Shadrach" in the Oval Office.




RFK Jr 2024...


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RFK Jr is gonna need a thermonuclear Melchizedek vaccine to cleanse that 'health' swamp.


The fact that someone from The Onion had to have a meeting with the Sandy Hook families and go something along the lines of "We're sorry for your loss but do you guys want to do something really funny" is the wildest part of the InfoWars purchase.


Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’  |  CBS News

NO, I'm afraid that is NOT going to AJ's ability; in fact it will be amplified 3x fold.