On this day in history

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

July 23, 1929: Fascist Italy bans the use of foreign words.

July 23, 1936: The Spanish PSUC is formed in Catalonia, Spain against the Fascist Franco forces.

July 23, 1942: Operation Edelweiss begins, in an assault towards the oilfields of Baku, which gradually leads in the coming months to the Battle of Stalingrad, where we all know was the true turning point of the War in Europe.

July 23, 1945: Legal prosecution against Vichy French leader Philippe Petain (French WW1 General at the Battle of Verdun in 1916 and early 1917.) begins.

July 23, 1982: Soviet Ace (ME!) is born at USC Medical Center in Los Angeles California. Later to become the most well known person on here for everything Soviet.

And yes it is late here. BUT! It's my day.

Happy Birthday Fella. Is California one of these obscure places in the Ukraine???!!!!

And most of us Brits would contend your Stalingrad point as 'the turning point' of the war in Europe!!!