This began the military intervention that escalated into the Vietnam War, which lasted until 1973.

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Born 21st Feb. 1910.
In 1928, Bader joined the RAF, but, on 14 December 1931 at Woodley airfield near Reading, lost both of his legs in an aircraft crash attempting a slow roll at very low level following jibes about his not wanting to perform aerobatics that day. Bader recovered, undertook refresher training, passed his check flights, and attempted to stay in the RAF but was retired for medical reasons on 30 April 1933. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he re-entered the armed forces and requested that he be assigned to the RAF. Posted to a fighter squadron in 1940 Bader scored his first kills during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk.
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Old Trafford, Manchester United football ground, opened (100 years ago today).
The stadium hosted its inaugural game on 19 February 1910, with United playing host to Liverpool. However, the home side were unable to provide their fans with a win to mark the occasion, as Liverpool won 4–3. A journalist at the game reported the stadium as “the most handsomest [sic], the most spacious and the most remarkable arena I have ever seen. As a football ground it is unrivalled in the world, it is an honour to Manchester and the home of a team who can do wonders when they are so disposed”.
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• The following list provides important anniversaries that could be commemorated in 2010.
• It can be used by teachers preparing assemblies, extension tasks and one-off lessons.
• I am limiting the list to multiples of 50 years (1960 (50 years ago today), 1910 (100 years ago today), 1860 (150 years ago today) etc).
• This is more meaningful than the “on this day in history” format (there is a 1/365 chance that any event from the entire history of civilisation has a 1/365 chance it happened “today”!)
• If you’d like to add to this list, please contact me with your suggestion or send a tweet using the hashtag #history2010.

3rd: Elvis Presley returns to USA after 2 years in army 1960 (50 years ago today)
6th: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. 1960 (50 years ago today)
6th: The Canton of Geneva in Switzerland gives women the right to vote. 1960 (50 years ago today)
21st: The Sharpeville massacre in South Africa results in more than 69 dead, 300 injured. 1960 (50 years ago today)
28th: Thomas Clarkson was born 1810 (200 years ago today)

Louis XV, the penultimate King of France, was born: 15th Feb. 1710 (300 years ago today)
“Popular legend holds that Louis said, “After me, the flood” (”Après moi, le déluge”). In fact this quotation is more precisely attributed to Madame de Pompadour, although it is not certain that even she ever said it. The remark was supposedly made on 5 November 1757 after Frederick the Great had defeated the French and Austrian armies at the Battle of Rossbach. It suggests that nothing matters once you are dead and has also been interpreted as a premonition of the French Revolution”
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