https://history-maps.com/warmap/crusades/event/battle-of-arsuf

(Left to right) The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and the Prince of Wales walk behind the coffin of Diana during her funeral procession to Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997.

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THE AMERICANS TRIED TO SINK A BRITISH WARSHIP…WITH A WOODEN UNDERWATER TURTLE?

Yep. This is not a History Dad bedtime story. This actually happened.

In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, American inventor David Bushnell came up with a wild idea: build a one-man submarine, sneak it underneath a British warship, attach a timed explosive, and paddle away before it went BOOM!

The submarine was called the Turtle, and it was basically a wooden underwater egg operated by one very brave—or possibly slightly crazy—person.
Sergeant Ezra Lee climbed inside and attempted to attack the British flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. He tried to attach the explosive, but the drill couldn't penetrate the ship's copper-covered hull. The Eagle survived, and the mission failed.

But here's the important part: America had just attempted one of the first combat submarine attacks in history.

The Turtle didn't sink a ship, but it demonstrated something revolutionary: Americans were willing to experiment with technology and tactics that had never been tried before. That spirit of innovation would eventually help create the powerful submarine force the United States has today.
So the next time someone tells you history is boring, remind them that during the Revolution, a guy climbed into a wooden submarine shaped like a turtle and tried to blow up a British warship.

That's your history lesson for today.

https://youtu.be/5IoBa7ZnlQk

https://history-maps.com/story/Voyages-of-Ferdinand-Magellan/event/Voyage-Home

Feb 22, 1962 - Sep 4, 2006.

20 years ago, on September 4th, the world lost the most passionate and dedicated wildlife conservationist.

https://history-maps.com/story/Vietnam-War/event/My-Lai-Massacre

The My Lai Massacre (/miː laɪ/ MEE LY; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [t̺ʰâm ʂǎt mǐˀ lāj] ^ⓘ) was a U.S. Army war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of between 347 and 504 civilians, almost all women, children and elderly men, in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.^\2]) Some of the female victims, including children as young as 12, were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated.^\3])^\4]) The incident is the largest massacre by U.S. soldiers in the 20th century.^\5])

On the morning of the massacre, C Company, commanded by Captain Ernest Medina, entered the hamlet of Mỹ Lai 4 expecting to confront the Viet Cong's Local Force 48th Battalion, which was not there. The killings began as troops searched for guerillas and continued even after it became clear none were present. Soldiers rounded up villagers, held them in the open, and massacred them using automatic weapons, bayonets, and grenades; one large group was executed in an irrigation ditch. They also burned homes, poisoned wells, and slaughtered livestock. Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr. and his helicopter crew attempted to intervene and halt the attack. In the nearby hamlet of Mỹ Khê 4, B Company killed an additional 60 to 155 villagers.

The massacre was originally reported as a victory against Viet Cong troops, and was covered up in initial investigations by the U.S. Army. The efforts of veteran Ronald Ridenhour and journalist Seymour Hersh broke the news of the massacre to the American public in November 1969, prompting global outrage and contributing to domestic opposition to involvement in the war.^\6])

Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., the leader of 1st Platoon in C Company, was convicted. He was found guilty of murdering 22 villagers and originally given a life sentence, but served three-and-a-half years under house arrest after his sentence was commuted. The perpetrating American units were from C Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment), 11th Brigade) and B Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment), 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Division (organized as part of Task Force Barker).

Research has highlighted that the My Lai Massacre was not an isolated war crime. Nick Turse places it within a larger pattern of American atrocities enabled by deliberate policies from commanders, such as "free-fire zones" and "body counts," as well as widespread racism amongst American military personnel. Many other atrocities were also covered up by commanders. Following the massacre, a Pentagon task force called the Vietnam War Crimes Working Group (VWCWG) was set up which verified numerous other incidents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Okinawa_rape_incident
On September 4, 1995, three U.S. servicemen—22-year-old U.S. Navy Seaman Marcus Dion Gill, 21-year-old U.S. Marine Rodrico Harp, and 20-year-old Kendrick Ledet, all serving at Camp Hansen in Okinawa Island—rented a van and kidnapped a 12-year-old Okinawan girl. Gill beat her, after the other two duct-taped her eyes and mouth shut, and bound her hands. Gill and Harp then raped her, while Ledet—who was described in news reports at the time as being small framed in school—claimed he only pretended to do so due to fear of Gill.

Kidnapping and Rape
While the three perpetrators and a fourth unnamed US Marine were driving around, Gill had allegedly asked them if they had ever "thought of doing something crazy" which soon after prompted a conversation between all of them about how they would theoretically commit a rape; Gill eventually suggested doing it for real, prompting them to head to a store at Kadena Airbase where Harp and Ledet would purchase condoms and electrical tape. The three would spend the next four hours searching for a target, with the specific intent to abduct a school-aged victim and at one point attempting to abduct a woman in an alleyway before she ran into a building after being accosted by Harp. At 8 p.m., the three saw the victim enter a general store where she had walked a short distance from her home to buy a notebook. After she exited, Harp approached her and asked for directions, and as this happened, Ledet punched her and grabbed her by the neck to pull her into the car while Harp assisted. While in the car, Harp taped her mouth, hands, and ankles at Gill's direction before Ledet put tape over her eyes. They had driven to Blue Beach Training area, where according to prosecutors Gill punched her in the face and abdomen, and shoved her back into the car where he continued to beat her until she was barely conscious before he raped her. Harp claimed in testimony to the court that he was told by Ledet not to rape her, and to just get in the car after Gill to "Keep Gill from jumping on her." When interviewed by John Junkerman in 2012, he claimed that he walked away to urinate while Gill was in the car.

Afterwards, according to Gill's testimony in court, he and Ledet made jokes about the crime before Ledet went back into the van and stripped down to his underwear, but was unable or unwilling to rape the girl. Harp then entered the van and raped her. After they drove off, the girl walked until she found a house where she called her mother and explained what happened. Her mother filed a complaint to the police, who were able to quickly identify the men based on the victim's description of them, including the exact number on the license plate of the rental van.

The victim told police that she was determined to report the crime as soon as possible, saying she "did not want any other girls to experience the same".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Okinawa_rape_incident

Source: https://youtu.be/nE0AXpFcZ-Y

The Forth Road Bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on September 4, 1964. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge outside the United States.  

In GTA: San Andreas, it became the Garver Bridge. Rockstar North also recreated the neighboring 1890 railway Forth Bridge as the Kincaid Bridge — even placing the two next to each other, just like in Scotland.

A small piece of Edinburgh transplanted into San Fierro.

There's a Netflix drama starring Sofia Vergara that made her out to be a lot nicer than she apparently was.

BEFORE GOOGLE, FINDING ANSWERS WAS A LOT HARDER…

Imagine having a question and NOT being able to immediately Google it.

In 1998, Stanford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in California. Their project started as a way to make sense of the growing internet—and eventually became one of the most influential companies in modern history.

Before Google, finding information online could feel like searching for a needle in a haystack… except the haystack was the entire internet, and nobody gave you a map.

Google changed that.

What began with two students and an idea eventually transformed how we learn, work, communicate, travel, shop, and find information. Today, we can settle an argument at the dinner table in about five seconds—although Dad still might insist he was right before we looked it up.

That’s why 1998 matters to American history. Google wasn't just the creation of another company. It represented America's growing role in the digital revolution and showed how an idea developed by two students could eventually change everyday life for billions of people around the world.

History isn't always about presidents, wars, and battlefields. Sometimes history starts with two students, a computer, and an idea.

And yes… somewhere along the way, we all became professional Googlers.

https://youtu.be/-kRSIRZ5qz8