Shark found flopping around at a Golf Club
While nobody actually saw it fall from the sky, the Californian golf club’s employees say the shark has puncture wounds and speculate it may have been dropped by a bird that had snagged it from the Pacific Ocean, about 8km away. At the San Juan Hills Golf Club, the leopard shark was found flopping around … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1952
The United States detonates the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. The test gave the United States a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. Following the successful Soviet detonation of an atomic device in September 1949, the United States accelerated its program to … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1942
On this day, Thailand, a Japanese puppet state, declares war on the Allies. When war broke out in Europe in September 1939, Thailand declared its neutrality, much to the distress of France and England. Both European nations had colonies surrounding Thailand and hoped Thailand would support the Allied effort and prevent Japanese encroachment on their … [Read the full story]
Tonga joins the Afghanistan war
The Pacific nation of Tonga has sent off its first troops to be deployed in Afghanistan, where they will serve alongside the British Military. Officials said the 55 soldiers departed on Monday for pre-deployment training in Britain before beginning their 6 month assignment in Helmend Province. They are the first of 275 soldiers that Tonga … [Read the full story]
