The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back www.historydaily.com By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
August 31, 2004 on this day: In 1914, during World War I, Germany defeated Russia at the Battle of Tannenberg. Prior to 1914, Russia had promised France that if a major German attack were launched against the French, the major part of the Russian forces would move against Germany. Thus when war broke out the Russian army advanced into East Prussia. While the German army acted as one unit, the Russian Generals refused to cooperate with each other. At Tannenberg, the Russian forces were routed and thousands of troops became prisoners. By this disaster, Russia lost the strategic opportunity to overrun East Prussia, which was of critical importance to their general war plan. In addition, the loss of 300,000 trained officers and men was irreparable. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read about the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition. You would also read about the construction of the Berlin Wall, and more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1865 The United States government reported that the Civil War had cost approximately eight billion dollars. That is approximately eighty-seven billion in today's dollars. Here is the source that I used to convert the currency: http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm In 1965 the U.S. Congress developed the Department of Housing and Urban Development. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: In 1847 John Fremont was appointed governor of this U.S. territory that had been taken from Mexico. What territory was it? It was California. Bob Powell sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: Who is the current U.S. secretary of housing and urban development? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
