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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
yeah, EU was ok until it stopped being a trade union, i mean WTF has happened that trade union dictates rules of half of the european nations? But at least Austria, Czechia (hate that name) Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are standing against the EU dictatorship. I hope my country Czechia remains anti-EU and that SPD (not like the german SPD) starts the referendum of leaving EU.
Nuremgard
I dunno how I feel about Scotland re-joining the EU to be honest.
Spanelsko
BTW that doenst mean that i am against federalisation of Europe, but if europe would ever be united at least have intelligent people in the government that actually care about their people not like todays EU.
Good luck with getting people in government to care about the people!
Spanelsko
I dont think that would be good, but thats just my personal opinion. (its not like EU is doing more laws that lack any sense or that euro will likely collapse)
Nuremgard
And thats the problem, no matter what every government is either full of idiots or those which dont care about their people.
Nuremgard
Frankly speaking, the best part about Federalizing Europe would be that the military would be much less of a strain on the countries involved, though even then the issue of standardizing would be massive.
Britain would revolt if they got involved in it, I think. :P
Spanelsko
What do you mean by federalising Europe? How can you hate the EU but support federation?
Spanelsko
more or less :p
I hate EU for its stupidity and dictating laws (and threatening member nations)
I am also against taking weapons from civilians, everyone sensible should be able to have a weapon for self defence.
Also i didnt say i support federalisation, but that i am not against it.
One single European state would help economy and army, united Europe would be stronger but should still have some autonomy in its states, for example something like Russia, which is also a federation.
I am against giving citizens weapons but I am not entirely opposed to a federal Europe with significant autonomy for states. But for that to work, we'd need competent people in charge.
Spanelsko
Remain a democracy, and its states should be able to leave it at any point.
More or less a nation based on Libertarian right or left
yep, and thats where EU fails extremely its impressive.
A very Merry Christmas to you all!
May you all enjoy your time with the heart of Fezziwig and have a Happy New Year!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Spanelsko
Sigh. New Salvatore is still an autocracy.
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Good luck making it a democracy (or anything but Autocracy)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I have been gradually improving political freedoms but I've yet to get an issue pertaining to democratic elections.
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Your people dont want democracy it seems :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
They like being told what to do by their betters. ;)
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
I think it goes like this: Hmm the leader is giving is more freedoms, he even said he want to establish a democracy, if we ignore him we will have more freedoms in shorter amount of time and we can piss him off at the same time, lets do that!
Nuremgard
The gov will be sticking to autarky despite democratising.
Spanelsko
Funny enough, if you wanted a unified military, it would take even more than that.
There's already a unified military.
Well i mean its only logical, you dont need to import anything if you are self sufficient and can focus on exporting so no money is lost and you only gain more from trade.
We plan to export but not import.
Spanelsko
thats what i meant.
Nuremgard
well anyway good night everyone.
Percyton
Depends on what you mean, I guess.
I'm talking standardizing the whole shibang to make it more logistically sustainable. So instead of it being many militaries acting in unison it was more like one sole military. More like SHAEF-but-everyone-uses-Shermans and less like NATO.
I ...
Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton
wat
Penguania And Antarctica
Everything alright Peng?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The RMB saddens me. The discord saddens me. It's Christmas. We should be happy. It's the only time of the year we are reminded what peace, humanity and charity are.
But instead of enjoy this time, people get mad about politics, complain about how sh!tty political institutions are, or talk about the best weapons (see discord).
This all disappoints me. It pollutes the nice atmosphere Christmas is meant to create. But who am I to dictate others how to celebrate Christmas? This is just the way I see it.
I apologize if I offended or angered anyone with the statement above.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, Spanelsko
Sorry
Percyton
Don't be. No harm done.
Yukona, Percyton
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas eve. :)
[spoiler=Today is December 24 and today are:]
Today is December 24 and today are:
- 4th Advent Sunday
- Aðfangadagskvöld (Iceland)
- Birth Date of Kim Jong Suk (North Korea)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity)
- Day of Military Honour - Siege of Ismail (Russia)
- Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
- Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)
- Julaften (Norway)
- Julafton (Sweden)
- Juleaften (Denmark)
- Independence Day (Libya)
- Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon paganism)
- National Eggnog Day (United States)
- Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
- Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
- Yap Constitution Day (Micronesia)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0502 Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
- 0640 Pope John IV is elected.
- 0759 Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
- 0820 Emperor Leo V is assassinated in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople and is succeeded by Michael II.
- 1144 The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
- 1294 Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
- 1500 A joint VenetianSpanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
- 1777 Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
- 1800 The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
- 1814 Representatives of Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
- 1818 The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
- 1826 The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- 1846 British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.
- 1851 Library of Congress burns.
- 1865 The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
- 1871 Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1906 Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- 1911 Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
- 1913 The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
- 1914 World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
- 1924 Albania becomes a republic.
- 1929 Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
- 1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
- 1941 World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
- 1941 World War II: Benghazi is conquered by British forces.
- 1942 World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
- 1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
- 1945 Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
- 1951 Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
- 1953 Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
- 1964 Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
- 1966 A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
- 1968 Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.
- 1969 The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.
- 1969 Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
- 1973 District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
- 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
- 1980 Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
- 1994 Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
- 1997 The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.
- 1999 Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
- 2003 The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
- 2005 ChadSudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
- 2008 Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 03BC Galba, Roman emperor
- 1166 John, King of England
- 1798 Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright
- 1818 James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer
- 1837 Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1868 Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher
- 1888 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer
- 1910 Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica
- 1922 Ava Gardner, American actress
- 1945 Lemmy, English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player (Motörhead)
- 1957 Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan
- 1971 Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1973 Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer
- 1991 Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter
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Quote of the day
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.
- Thomas S. Monson -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
I'm sorry to hear that Peng. I too am not a great fan of politics, honestly, though I suppose I cannot fault anyone for talking about them anymore than I would myself for enjoying talking about which guns are the best. Ultimately, talking about that stuff makes people happy, I guess.
I'm sorry to hear that that stuff saddens you, however.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
My Gran and aunt are staying for Christmas. The latter has brought her little dog. I don't consider myself a dog person as I'm typically afraid of them but hers is just a little one and I absolutely love her. I also loved my friend's big dog when I went to stay with her for a week.
Maybe I am a dog person and just don't know it.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko
Yesterday, I went to a Christmas party with some of my dad's friends and their kids. The kids were 10 and 11, so I wasn't going to do much with them. I just played some pool with them and fixed the former's dad's slow laptop. But that wasn't the worst part. It was the hooka and cigarette smoke that pervaded the house. When I came back home, I realized that my clothes all reeked of that horrible smell. My throat is still irritated from yesterday's smoke!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Spanelsko
Some folk just aren't big fans of certain types and sizes of dugs. Wee dugs are great though!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Its good for u m8
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Who is the M8? Is that a new motorway in the UK?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
It aint new you silly goose
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
We all know 1965 isn't too long ago.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Had you met my dog before we put her down (She wasn't very big, a black lab though and adorable to boot) you would swear that you loved them, so help me god.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/394525297959108609/10410743_10203044776412595_8716259685811176444_n.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/394525247442780160/291780_2323122269765_640896636_n.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/394525217332133898/538914_3596570945186_1967272741_n.jpg
She would literally walk over to you and rub herself against you like a cat hoping you'd scratch her butt.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! I hope you all have a good one!
So, what are you all doing for Christmas? I delivered the last Christmas mail yesterday, and now me and the other engines are making last-minute deliveries of goods and passengers. And then on the night of Christmas Day, we have a big party at Knapford Station with caroling, decoration, and general festiveness. The Skarloey, Arlesdale, and Culdee Fell railways also have similar parties at Crovan's Gate, Arlesburgh, and Kirk Machan respectively. It's great fun!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins, Spanelsko
Merry Christmas Eve, Percy! I won't be doing anything too unusual; I'm just going to see family nearby on Christmas Eve and have a nice dinner, and then my grandparents are coming over on Christmas Day.
Nuremgard, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Waiting for Tim to come up, mostly. Also going to be designing the ICV-H5.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
That sounds very nice. And I hope you both have a very merry Christmas!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Alright, y'all, Kalaron will be holding an Arms Expo soon, y'all will be able to send your envoys if you want. More details soon.
In the meantime, here's a look at Kalaron's latest IVF/APC
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/ICV-H5
Jaslandia
Its Christmas and this is what i get:
Why bother with coward-houses when our enemy could be eradicated before they could consider striking us? asks political hawk Daniel Stallone, swatting a fly on the wall with a double-handed axe. No complicated shenanigans either, just a small increase to our nuclear arsenal to make us capable of destroying the very planet we stand upon. Nobody would be that crazy to attack us if we had that!
The Talking Point
Cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Leader's desk.
Nuclear winter: Nuclear Christmas!
President of UFIR.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, James The Red Engine
Merry Christmas!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins, Confederal States
Its still christmas eve.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Many in Axeldonia do not celebrate christmas in particular, preferring instead to celebrate the ancient practice of "The winter truce". Existing since pagan times, it's basic is premise is that of a unanimous ceasefire across all fronts during the wintertime, being fixated around december 25th by the introduction of christianity. Every war involving Axeldonia up until today has observed this truce and it is out duty to carry on this legacy. Reports indicate that the insurgents in the north have ceased combat operations entirely earlier today, followed by reports of our own troops laying down arms. It seems we'll have yet another peaceful Christmas.
Happy holidays everyone.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
We celebrate Christmas as is, but ALSO follow the ceasefire. While occasional fights do break out from missed or lost communication...its pretty peaceful
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Marry Christmas guys.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Merry Christmas!
God save you all!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Its been almost 1 year with my girlfriend, lads!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins, Spanelsko
A Christmas truce, eh?
https://youtu.be/WUlPNWDvk-c
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Oh, and merry Christmas everyone!
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine, The Scottish Twins
Donald: Merry Christmas, everyone! Ah hope ye aw hae a guid one!
Douglas: Ah ken we're havin' a guid one. Jist an hour ago, we hud tae rescue James frae th' snow; he was pullin' a train of supplies fur Ballahoo's Christmas celebration, but he got stuck in a snaw drift near Crovan's Gate.
Donald: Aye. He was quite embarrassed about it too, which made it aw th' mair enjoyable fur us.
Douglas: It isnae aw fun an' games, thocht. Th' snaw has bin bonnie bad thes year. James was th' fourth engine thes week we hud tae rescue.
Donald: Fourth? Ah thought he was th' third?
Douglas: Nae, he was th' fourth. First we hud tae rescue Thomas oan friday, 'en Henry oan Saturday, 'en Diesel oan Sunday, an' lastly James earlier today.
Donald: Och, Ah forgot about Diesel! Aam nae sure how, though; he was sae furious about gettin' stuck, an' he ranted oan an' oan about how 'undignified' it was tae be rescued by two steam engines. We got quite a laugh roarin' fu'!
Douglas: 'Undignified'? When did Diesel start usin' 'at wuid? Has he bin hangin' around Gordon or somethin'?
Donald: Mebbe, Dougie. Or it coulds jist be Diesel bein' Diesel. Ye ken how it is.
Douglas: True, Donnie. Ye got a point thaur.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Shut up! It's not funny getting stuck in the snow! Not only did the snow make me late, but now I'll need a washdown in the morning since the snow ruined my splendid red paint! I feel miserable!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Donald: Och, ye puir puir thing. Ye want a bandage? Mebbe some milk tae make ye feel better?
Douglas: We're steam engines, Donnie; we cannae hae milk.
Donald: You're ruinin' mah tauntin', Dougie! Mah point is, yer 'ruined' paintwork (which looked perfectly fine when we rescued you) isnae th' end of th' warld. Cool yer funnel an' suck it up, ye big red baby!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Big red baby? Why I oughta...
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins
Post self-deleted by James The Red Engine.
Donald: Ye ought tae what, ye big lump of scrap iron?
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
Congrats, Est! I'm glad you found someone that makes you happy!
Thomas: Hey! Cool it you two! Is this how you want to start your Christmas: with arguing? You're both acting silly! Why don't you two just calm down, maybe get some sleep before the day's Christmas festivities? You'll feel much better that way.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
You are not acting like the person Mr. Rogers knew you could be.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I would like to wish to everyone of your, your families, and those around you a so merry merry Christmas!!!
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, James The Red Engine
Mr. Rogers? What's Mr. Rogers got to do with it? He can't even make a talking trolley! The show is nice and all, and I'm always happy to see a children's show have a positive impact on people, but I have no idea what that trolley is trying to say!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Merry Christmas, Ces!
I wouldn't be too hard, on Mr. Rogers. Even if his trolley couldn't 'talk' per se, it was still sentient, and was able to communicate through movement and making bell noises. Plus, Mr. Rogers was on PBS just like us, so that has to mean something. Though, we're not on PBS anymore; our show moved to Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine
By that, I mean humility, showing compassion and selflessness, especially on Christmas.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Merry Christmas and happy holidays. <3
Frohe Weihnachten und besinnliche Feiertage. :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine
Merry Chrimbo bbys!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine
The Issue
A crowd of impoverished ex-businessmen have amassed in Fortress Iberia, demanding that the government return nationalised industries to private control.
Prepare firing squads, we have bourgeoisie here.......
Jaslandia
Merry Christmas everyone!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine
[spoiler=Today is December 25 and today are:]
Today is December 25 and today are:
- APhabet Day or No L Day
- Children's Day (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
- Christmas Day (International)
- Constitution Day (Taiwan)
- Grav Mass Day
- Good Governance Day (India)
- Malkh-Festival (Nakh peoples of Chechnya and Ingushetia)
- National Pumpkin Pie Day (United States)
- Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
- Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
- Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0274 A temple for Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.
- 0333 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
- 0336 First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
- 0350 Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
- 0508 Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
- 0597 Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
- 0800 The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
- 1000 The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
- 1025 Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
- 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 1076 Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
- 1100 Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
- 1130 Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.
- 1261 John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.
- 1492 The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
- 1553 Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1559 Pope Pius IV is elected.
- 1758 Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
- 1776 George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
- 1809 Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
- 1814 Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
- 1815 The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
- 1826 The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
- 1831 The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of the island's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
- 1837 Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
- 1868 United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
- 1914 A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
- 1932 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
- 1941 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
- 1941 World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
- 1941 Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
- 1946 The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
- 1950 The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
- 1962 The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1963 Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
- 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
- 1968 Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
- 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
- 1989 Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
- 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
- 2003 UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 151 people.
- 2003 The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
- 2004 The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
- 2012 An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
- 2016 A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people onboard.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1821 Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross
- 1870 Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1876 Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan
- 1878 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet
- 1887 Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- 1899 Humphrey Bogart, American actor
- 1904 Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1906 Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1913 Henri Nannen, German journalist and publisher
- 1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone
- 1949 Sissy Spacek, American actress
- 1952 C. C. H. Pounder, Guyanese-American actress
- 1954 Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1969 Nicolas Godin, French musician (Air)
- 1984 Alastair Cook, English cricketer
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Quote of the day
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale -
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Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Varrick The Rich Guy, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Percyton, James The Red Engine
Everyone else said it before me but Merry Christmas!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Percyton, James The Red Engine, Cesorion
Merry Christmas my dudes!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Percyton, James The Red Engine, Cesorion
New phone y'all.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
Bah! I can be humble, and compassionate, and selfless! I can be those things any time I wanted! It's just hard to be those things when the two Caledonians are acting like complete prats!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all have a very merry and enjoyable holidays!
To be honest, James, you can have trouble being those things even when Donald and Douglas aren't teasing you.
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
I'm sensing today is a popular day for coronations. Or, at least in the Middle Ages.
Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
Merry Christmas, Movie House!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion
Movie House?
New Estaris
Merry Christmas from the office of the President/World Assembly Delegate and from all the nations of Confederation Of Nations
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Percyton, Cesorion
Reference to Its a Wonderful Life. Its one of the things George bids a merry Christmas to as hes running through town at the end.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
Ah. I've seen that movie. I must have fotgotten that part.
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Harry Crimcram
Penguania And Antarctica
Quality film
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Never seen it.
New Estaris, Yukona
In honor of Christmas, here are some of my favorite Christmas episodes from our TV series:
https://youtu.be/ZQuVoG90pfs
https://youtu.be/3Zje0lm9mWs
https://youtu.be/xNuQZvVDzus
https://youtu.be/1dPBnxmBDGw
https://youtu.be/LhDC9hwMrPY
https://youtu.be/lTKH5ypwYt4
https://youtu.be/V0mixe2nO2k
https://youtu.be/PSxj5D6uESY
And, my favorite one:
https://youtu.be/r4Y3lL-v9Gk
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris
All great episodes, Percy! And I can see why the last one's your favorite.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
Merry Christmas, everyone! We don't celebrate, but apparently the people in your dimension do, so I just thought I'd drop by to wish you all a happy holidays! I hope you all got great stuff! Oh, and family, and kindness, and Santa, and all that too.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
Merry Christmas, Varrick! Glad to see you on the RMB again!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Varrick! Great to see you again! It's been a while.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Great to see you both! I'll try to be more active from now on, but with how busy I am with my businesses, I can't make any promises. I'll have Zhu Li remind me to check in here from time to time, and see if that works.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Merry Christmas on behalf of the Aegis Alliance region!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, New Estaris, Cesorion
Lavan just CTE'ed again. RIP Lavan. Here's hoping he'll come back one day.
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Mercunova
How many people have so far?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I haven't been keeping tracking (others might be, though), but we've lost a few of the old guard, and even some people who were relatively new. Audiastan CTE'ed I think, Everest is long gone, Ehrereich (sic?) is long gone, etc.
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
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