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1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps: George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army. 1858 – The United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. Negotiated by Townshend Harris, the first U.S. consul to Japan, the treaty provided for the opening of five ports to U.S....

1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman Empire. 1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English...

Day 67, evening. Another day of fog, no sun and unpleasant rolling which became worse again after I first wrote. But with mild wind from SW I should not complain, there’s nothing worse than having to get out the SA! It took self discipline to do the 2-hour stints and I admit I cut them...

Very bad weather, unfortunately, difficult to write lying to SA since 7 pm (10 UTC). 35-40 k from NW and huge seas. Lots of banging and sprays and boat tossing around me. Pretty hellish, actually. Forecast said calming down, it did the opposite. Wind picked up first coupled with cold rain in the morning. I...

When the drizzle stopped, I did try fishing for nearly 1 hour. Both with the jig hook I was given by Anders and a “harpe”-a Norwegian line with many lures-usually good for mackrels. I had increasing attention from gulls, they obviously knew what I was trying to do, but with no result… Then it started...