On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:30:17 -0800, "David Brooks"
wrote:

Agreed, but see my post on distinguishing the date from the event. Following
your analogy, Americans should be able to immediately identify the day/month
a certain person became Reichskanzler.

Ooo, you got me.

I think it was autumn 1933, but I can't remember the month. And I
don't remember the day, month, or year for "Kristallnacht", only that
it predated the Blitzkrieg into Poland. Am I wrong?

Or, for a closer analogy, the day
Britain declared war.

September 1939?

I take your point, though. The order of the events in time is more
important than the exact date.

Rob