Nguyen Hoai Tuong

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On this day: 02/05

1917, Birthday of Van Tien Dung, a Vietnamese general in the People’s Army of Vietnam, who planned and commanded the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, the final PAVN offensive that collapsed South Vietnamese defenses and captured Saigon in 1975.

General Van Tien Dung says:  Whenever I solve some thorny problem, or receive some news of outstanding conquest... I enjoy a smoke.

General Van Tien Dung says: " Whenever I solve some thorny problem, or receive some news of outstanding conquest... I enjoy a smoke. "

May 1, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 01/05

Le Premier Mai: Le Muguet Porte Bonheur

1 May – the Lilly of the Valley brings happiness!http://nhtuong.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/mayday.jpg
Le Premier Mai is La Fête du Muguet in France.

The tradition on this day is to give friends and loved ones a little bouquet of muguet, Lilly-of-the-Valley, for wishes of happiness and to celebrate the arrival of spring.

Hoai-Tuong Nguyen wishes happiness for all his readers and friends!

May 1, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 30/04

1975. Liberation Day – the final liberation of southern Viet Nam and the reunification of all Viet Nam at 11H30 April 30, 1975.

Francoise Demulder - 390 - Bui Quang Than - 843

Tank 390 (left, butt against the gates) - Bui Quang Than (arrow) - Tank 843 (right, stucked) (Photo:Francoise Demulder)

Bui Quang Than, comrades and the first tank

The solders and the first tanks

The first tank who butted the gates and initiated others - Tank 390

The first tank who butted the gates and initiated others - Tank 390

April 30, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 29/04

1429 – Joan of Arc (Jean d’Arc) arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans from England:

Jean darc - Liberation of Orléans from England

Jean d'arc - Liberation of Orléans from England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc

April 29, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 28/04

2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world’s first space tourist

Dennis Tito becomes the worlds first space tourist

Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito

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April 28, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 27/04

1791. Birthday of Samuel Morse the father of Morse Code
(Tips for memorizing: 218 years ago, 1 years after birthday of “Le Marseillaise”, 1792)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/International_Morse_Code.svg/290px-International_Morse_Code.svg.png

April 27, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 26/04

1963. Birthday of Jet Li (Lý Liên Kiệt), the hero Master “Wong Fei Hung” (Hoàng Phi Hùng).
(Tips for memorizing: 46 years ago, the same age with my uncle)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Jet_Li_2006.jpg/200px-Jet_Li_2006.jpg

April 27, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

On this day: 25/04


1792. “La Marseillaise” is a song written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg.
(Tips for memorizing: 217 years ago, 3 years after French Revolution, 1789)

http://leschroniques.net/humour/images/marseillaise.jpg


1953. James D. Watson and Francis Crick suggested the first accurate model of DNA structure in the journal Nature.
(Tips for memorizing: 56 years ago, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat, 1954)

http://www.nodulo.org/ec/2008/img/n071p18a.jpg

Briefly:
- French Revolution (1789) >> “La Marseillaise” : 3 years
- ADN >> Dien Bien Phu (1954): 1 years

April 25, 2009 Posted by | English, On This Day | Leave a Comment

   

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