OT RE: long sig

[Brian D]

The problem with getting history from movies is ...
well ... they are works of fictions with some
historical facts thrown in. Teddy never invaded
Morocco.

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/Morocco.htm
summary : Morocco never invaded
date : 1904

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgun.htm
summary : machine gun invented 
date : 1885

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100b.htm
summary : a much more important invention
date : 1880
invention : toilet paper
date : 1885
Daimler invents the motorcycle

Brian Densmore

--- Brian Kelsay <Brian.Kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:

> Brian, there was a reenactment of the invasion of
> Morocco in that movie I mentioned.
> They killed pretty much the whole Moroccan army in
> that battle.  The US Marines swarmed into the palace
> and took the king/sultan into custody.  I didn't
>...
> was just underway.  The first machine gun had been
> invented (similar to Gatling gun) and it had a part
> in the invasion on both sides.  The king/sultan had
> a prototype delivered just prior to the attack, but
> it jammed or ran out of ammo at some point.


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