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Today in Military History

February 14



1916:

Remaining classes of single men called up in Britain


1939:

The Bismarck is launched


1942:

Formation of first Royal Marine Commando at Deal


1945:

Royal Marines received Freedom of Deal


1989:

Iranian theocrat Ayatollah Khomeini issued a "fatwa" agains Salman Rushdie for the publication of "Satanic Verses." Khomeini urged Muslims worldwide to assassinate Rushdie as a matter of "religious duty" for critisizing the Koran. This day marks the beginning of a rift between Western democratic values of freedom of expression and Islamic religious tenets of absolute obedience to the Koran.




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