As a rule, I disagree.

May 7th 1954: Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends

On this day in 1954, the decisive battle of the First Indochina War at Dien Bien Phu ended with a resounding victory for the Viet Minh. The war was fought between the colonial French powers and a group of Vietnamese soldiers led by communist Ho Chi Minh. The Vietnamese forces had been battling the colonial French since the aftermath of World War Two, with each side being funded by the opposing camps of the Cold War - the Vietnamese from China, and France from the United States. In the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the communists were led by General Vo Nguyen Giap, who encircled the French stronghold with 40,000 men and heavy artillery. After a fifty-seven day siege, the French defense crumbled and the Viet Minh were victorious. The decisive battle essentially ended the war, which led to the Geneva Conference to negotiate peace. The Conference, which was attended by most of the major world powers, resulted in the division of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel. It was this division which kept tensions alive between the communist North and US-backed South, which ended in war between the two and heavy US involvement to support the South. In 1975, after the US had mostly retreated, the Southern capital of Saigon fell to the communists and the nation was once again united.

#189 - Charged Up

Posted on May 5th because there are no rules. I’m an adult.

I mean it’s a goddamn hat.

Right..?

The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-

Nothing ventured, nothing gained…

WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

oh boy…….

You guys are fucking silly

and I’m gonna prove it!

Because honestly, only an idiot would believe that you can simply-

I must say Reginald, the oil sales have been most disappointing in the last fortnight, it’s positively appal-

May 5th 1981: Bobby Sands dies

On this day in 1981, the Irish republican activist Bobby Sands died in a Northern Ireland jail after a hunger strike. Sands, born in Belfast in 1954, joined the Republican Movement aged eighteen, and faced intimidation from loyalists in his community. He was a militant member of the movement during the Irish Troubles, and spent three years in prison for possessing firearms. In 1976, Sands was again arrested in connection to the bombing of a furniture company, and whilst the charges were flimsy and the evidence slim, Sands was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. It was while he was in prison that Sands became a famous figure in Ireland and in Britain, for his defiance of the prison system and confrontation of authorities. On March 1st 1981, Sands led nine other Provisional IRA prisoners - who considered themselves prisoners of war - on a hunger strike, demanding prison reforms like the right to wear their own clothes, and right to refuse prison work. Sands refused to end his strike until they gave into his requests, and during the first seventeen days of the strike lost sixteen pounds. His actions made him a nationalist hero and, while he was still on hunger strike, Sands was elected as a Sinn Fein Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Sands’s health rapidly deteriorated, and just a few days after slipping into a coma, he died on May 5th 1981 aged twenty-seven; Bobby Sands had refused to eat for sixty-six days. He was not the last to die from hunger strike, and several other nationalists also died in similar conditions. His death prompted widespread rioting and over 100,000 people attended his funeral. While a controversial figure, Sands remains a hero to many Irish republicans, and his stoic determination has inspired countless political dissidents around the world.

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May 5th 1981: Bobby Sands dies

On this day in 1981, the Irish republican activist Bobby Sands died in a Northern Ireland jail after a hunger strike. Sands, born in Belfast in 1954, joined the Republican Movement aged eighteen, and faced intimidation from loyalists in his community. He was a militant member of the movement during the Irish Troubles, and spent three years in prison for possessing firearms. In 1976, Sands was again arrested in connection to the bombing of a furniture company, and whilst the charges were flimsy and the evidence slim, Sands was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. It was while he was in prison that Sands became a famous figure in Ireland and in Britain, for his defiance of the prison system and confrontation of authorities. On March 1st 1981, Sands led nine other Provisional IRA prisoners - who considered themselves prisoners of war - on a hunger strike, demanding prison reforms like the right to wear their own clothes, and right to refuse prison work. Sands refused to end his strike until they gave into his requests, and during the first seventeen days of the strike lost sixteen pounds. His actions made him a nationalist hero and, while he was still on hunger strike, Sands was elected as a Sinn Fein Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Sands’s health rapidly deteriorated, and just a few days after slipping into a coma, he died on May 5th 1981 aged twenty-seven; Bobby Sands had refused to eat for sixty-six days. He was not the last to die from hunger strike, and several other nationalists also died in similar conditions. His death prompted widespread rioting and over 100,000 people attended his funeral. While a controversial figure, Sands remains a hero to many Irish republicans, and his stoic determination has inspired countless political dissidents around the world.