*Ø* Forgotten massacre of Bud Bagsak
Jun 15, 1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak
US troops under General John 'Black Jack' Pershing ended (temporarily, for it continues to this day) the Moro people's struggle for self-determination in the Philippines.
This was done by exterminating 2,000, including 196 women and 340 children, (one source has 6,000 to 10,000 men, women and children) in an assault on the same crater in which an entire community had been similarly liquidated on March 8, 1906, an act of bastardry roundly condemned by anti-imperialist Mark Twain ...
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Jun 15, 1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak
US troops under General John 'Black Jack' Pershing ended (temporarily, for it continues to this day) the Moro people's struggle for self-determination in the Philippines.
This was done by exterminating 2,000, including 196 women and 340 children, (one source has 6,000 to 10,000 men, women and children) in an assault on the same crater in which an entire community had been similarly liquidated on March 8, 1906, an act of bastardry roundly condemned by anti-imperialist Mark Twain ...
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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