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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once...I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii...
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy (1942)
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April 26
1860: The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: In Pace Paratus (In peace prepared)
1986: An explosion of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere. The Radiation fallout spread throughout Europe. Chernobyl disaster is considered the largest nuclear accident in history.
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