I remember reading about a balloonist in the 80’s who was trying to circumnavigate the world.
He crossed into soviet airspace over Romania accidentally and was shot down.
But that wasn’t the best part lol… the pilots who shot him down recieved medals for “bravery in the face of extreme danger”
L O L !
Another case where a balloon was mistaken as an “UFO”. Lol
Well Garg, those pilots WERE flying Soviet aircraft. Pretty brave if you ask me.
Saladin died today in 1193.
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Today, the 4tb March, in 1193 the great Saladin died.
His great victory at Hattin in 1187, leading to the fall of Jerusalem, was the main reason Richard I(of England) went on crusade. He was born in Tikrit in Mesopotamia, now Iraq and he was the greatest Muslim commander of his time, maybe ever.
He was chivalrous in battle(possibly more than Richard). Once, seeing his great foe lose his horse, he immediately sent a replacement, rather than see him hacked to death while fighting on foot. He also ensured Richard ate well while campaigning against him, sending him and his commanders wine, pears and grapes.
Richard gave up on his Crusade(the 3rd) in October of 1192 and outlived Saladin, who died of fever five months later.
Richard died of a crossbow wound suffered inn France in 1199. -
Good Riddance.
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@wittmann:
Today, the 4tb March, in 1193 the great Saladin died.
he was the greatest Muslim commander of his time, maybe ever.So the best was 820 years ago….
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