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28
Apr
COVERED BY LIFE MAGAZINE ON THIS DAY
28
Apr
THE CHAMP REFUSED TO SERVE IN MILITARY
Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to
serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam
War on this day in history, April 28, 1967.
"I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong," Ali famously said the
year before, the exact quote the source of some dispute, in a
battle that made it all the way to the United States Supreme
Court. The Vietnam War was at its heights at the time.
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Ali was convicted and given five years in prison for refusing induction in to the United States draft as mandated by the Selective Service Act.
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28
Apr
MUTINY TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1879
Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the
HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian,
the master’s mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal
supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the
Bounty set course for Tubuai south of Tahiti.
The mutineers seize the Bounty, depicted in an 1841
engraving by Hablot Knight Browne.
Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793)
Lieutenant William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty.
27
Apr
THE BATTLE “ON THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI”
The fledgling United States Marine Corps proved its dauntless
courage with a "miracle" victory in the Battle of Derna on the
shores of Tripoli in North Africa on this day in history, April 27,
1805.
The successful attack against overwhelming numbers on the
port city in present-day Libya, a stronghold of pirates who
spent years attacking United States ships at sea, was the
climactic battle of the First Barbary War (1801-05).
The victory is immortalized in a patriotic American anthem.
1st. Lt. Presley O’Bannon raised the American
flag during the Battle of Derna.
The Derna Plaque is part of "Defending the New Republic
1775-1865" display at the National Museum of the Marine
Corps in Virginia on May 25, 2010. This plaque was made
to honor a battle to take a fort from the Barbary pirates
off the northern coast of Africa. The Derna Plaque was discovered 175 years after the battle.
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27
Apr
VEHICLES PRODUCTION DISCOUNTINUED
On April 27, 2009, the struggling American auto giant General
Motors (GM) said it planed to discontinue production of its
more than 80-year-old Pontiac brand.
Pontiac’s origins date back to the Oakland Motor Car, which
was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy,
a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer.
In 1909, Oakland became part of General Motors, a conglomerate
formed the previous year by another former buggy company
executive, William Durant. The first Pontiac model made its
debut as part of the Oakland line in the 1920s.
The 2010 Pontiac G6: The final nail in the car coffin.
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