This day in history:
John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States after beating opponent and then-Vice-President Richard Nixon in an extremely close race.
Kennedy carries five states with a margin of victory less than one percent.
November 8, 1960 - 51 years ago today.
Mothers of the Disappeared
This song has a lot of meaning today for those affected not only by the terror and tragedy in the USA on September 11, 2001 but also those who suffered similar emotions in Chile on September 11, 1973.
Enhance your listening experience by playing Rainy Mood along with the song.
The forgotten September 11th:
An American-backed coup d’état in Chile overthrows the democratically elected Marxist Salvador Allende and his government. Allende would commit suicide the same day.
In his place, the country was ruled with a military junta/dictatorship run by Augusto Pinochet.
The new regime had a record of human rights violations. Tens of thousands of Chilean citizens would be deprived of rights, torturted, and killed from 1973 to its demise seventeen years later in 1990.
September 11, 1973 - 38 years ago today.
An American soldier watching North Vietnamese troop movements from high above.
Mekong Delta - January 2, 1963
American fighter planes flying above the USS Missouri following the official signing of the Japanese surrender, putting an end to WWII.
September 2, 1945 - 66 years ago today
General Douglas MacArthur signing the official instrument surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri, putting a final end to WWII. It was signed six years and one day after the war began after the German invasion of Poland in 1939. September 2, 1945 - 66 years ago today.
An Iraqi man in a US-run POW camp trying to comfort his son the best he can, less than two weeks after the Invasion of Iraq.
Najaf, Iraq - March 31, 2003
