Who knew that this was the day in history where a man known as Lawrence of Arabia died in obscurity. To my generation, he was a hero of our parents matinees. He was probably already slipping into obscurity. It’s a bit crazy when you think of it and reminds us all how fragile our fame and popularity are.
Arabia had a major influence on British policy in Arabia in the early 1900s and aided in the liberation of Arabia from Turkish rule. He wrote several books, an autobiographical story of his exploits, an english translation of The Iliad, and other books under pseudonyms. He died ever the adventurer, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash, under an assumed name, with no fanfare.
I am always interested in the this day in history. Today in history also saw: NYC’s Chinatown shut down in protest of police brutality (1975), EgyptAir flight 804 disappears over the Mediterranean Sea (2016), Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, is executed (1536), Spanish Armada sets sail to secure English Channel (1588), President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of soldiers’ dependents (1864), and a Young Texan girl kidnapped during Native American raid (1836). From that list I think the most striking is the year that President Lincoln proposed equal treatment of soldier’s dependents, 1864. It would be a hundred years before there was substantial civil rights legislation for all persons instead of just soldiers dependents.
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