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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Hello,
I'd like to announce that I will be running for position of MoJ again
If I am elected to be your Minister of Justice I will be your Minister of Justice. I will do Minister of Justice stuff.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Continental Commonwealths, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country
Welp, I should probably declare that I am running for re-election as Speaker of Parliament.
Given the bureaucratic nature of the role, my platform from the last campaign remains relatively unchanged. That said, there will be an increased effort on the fourth point regarding communication as I continue trying to find the balance between communicating the workings of Parliament while also not annoying people by over communicating.
I hope my track record of exercising the duties of this office during a period of relatively high demand on Parliament speaks for itself, but I still commit to improving its timeliness.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country
I've turned my hearing aids up to the stethoscope setting, and I am ready to go for another two months.
Merc for Chancellor
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
*swings at ContComm's nuts with a pool cue*
*failing that, shoves the pool cue up ContComm's ar$e*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Such a flirt
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
Organized a flagging of my college campus for hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ Community. Not a single negative reaction from anyone, and it was a very positive atmosphere, even from the priests from the university chapel.
Warmed the heart when professors took the time to educate their own kids about it, and one lady told her story of coming to accept and love her own lesbian daughter.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia
I am participating in the Day of Silence at my school.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
For what exactly?
Penguania And Antarctica
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Silence
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh right thatll clear up what the uni students are doing on that day
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Fvcking hate the Day of Silence.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I have get to ever participate in it tbh
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I was the only gay guy in my school who never participated in it.
Found it hard. I get p!ssed off at people too much
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Oh, havent you heard?
🖕
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Waste of time imo.
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
The Constitution and Law Code dispatches, hosted on the official [nation=short]CoFN Office of the Speaker[/nation] puppet nation, have been updated to include the most recent developments in Parliament.
Pay no attention to my BBCode-induced bloodied eyes.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is April 27 and today are:]
Today is April 27 and today are:
- Arbor Day (Nebraska)
- Day of Dialogue
- Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)
- Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
- Flag Day (Moldova)
- Freedom Day (South Africa)
- Free Feral Cat Spay Day
- Great Prayer Day (Denmark)
- Independence Day (Sierra Leone)
- Independence Day (Togo)
- King's Day (Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten)
- Mantanzas Mule Day
- Marine Mammal Rescue Day
- Morse Code Day
- National Babe Ruth Day (United States)
- National Day of Silence (United States)
- National Devil Dog Day (United States)
- National Hairball Awareness Day (United States)
- National Prime Rib Day (United States)
- National Tell a Story Day (United States)
- National Veterans' Day (Finland)
- Stop Food Waste Day
- Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day
- Woody Woodpecker Day
- World Pinhole Photography Day
- World Tapir Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 33BC Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania.
- 0395 Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
- 0629 Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
- 0711 Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
- 1296 First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
- 1509 Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
- 1521 Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
- 1522 Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
- 1539 Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1565 Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- 1570 Pope Pius V declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic.
- 1578 Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
- 1595 The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
- 1650 The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- 1667 John Milton, blind and impoverished, sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- 1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).
- 1813 War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
- 1861 American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
- 1865 The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
- 1904 The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
- 1905 Exposition Universelle at Liège is opened.
- 1906 The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- 1909 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
- 1911 Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
- 1914 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1927 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
- 1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- 1941 World War II: German troops enter Athens.
- 1941 World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
- 1945 World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
- 1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
- 1953 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
- 1960 Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
- 1961 Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
- 1967 Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
- 1974 Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 1978 Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
- 1981 Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
- 1986 The city of Pripyat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
- 1987 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the USA, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
- 1989 The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
- 1992 Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
- 1992 The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- 1993 All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
- 1994 South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
- 2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
- 2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
- 2011 The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- 2012 At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
- 2014 Popes John XXIII and John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal canonization since 1954.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1759 Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist
- 1791 Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code
- 1822 Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States
- 1840 Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator
- 1896 Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon
- 1899 Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1913 Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier
- 1921 Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, German actor and TV host
- 1922 Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot
- 1922 Jack Klugman, American actor
- 1932 Anouk Aimée, French actress
- 1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer
- 1967 Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau/ of Orange-Nassau, King of the Netherlands
- 1989 Lars and Sven Bender, German footballers
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Fact of the day
In 2013, Detroit temporarily stopped issuing death certificates because it ran out of paper.
Quote of the day
I support gay marriage because I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.
- Kinky Friedman (American Musician, 1944) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country
Whats everyone doing
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Solving issues.
Shazria had a severe stock market crash but the Shah implemented a bailout package which worked a treat. The government is also updating the national power grid. And in Iberia, political dissidents are sent to the salt mines.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/prince-louis-arthur-charles-new-royal-baby-name-announced-duke/
So, we found out the royal baby is named Prince Louis today, and let me tell you, we were all very surprised! None of us saw that coming, and many of us were sure it was going to be Albert because of the article I posted before.
This also means no one won the betting pool, since we don't have any engines named 'Louis' or 'Lewis'. We have a Louise (she's one of the electric engines of the Peel Godred Branch Line), but even she realizes her name isn't similar enough to count. The baby's other names are Arthur and Charles, and we do have engines named Arthur and Charlie (no Charles, though), but we decided long ago that middle/other names don't count.
Percy's driver: So, another underwhelming royal betting pool. Ah well, it won't be the last one I'm sure. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are probably going to have a kid soon enough, and hopefully they'll go with a name that we actually have among the engine fleet.
Percy: Like Percy!
Percy's driver: *laughs* Percy isn't a very traditional name, and the British royal family is very big on traditional names for their children. But, you never know. There might be a Prince Percy someday. Britain may even have a King Percy someday!
Percy: That would be very cool! It would be nice not to be the only King Percy.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
Using my resources in Residence Life at my uni to get me to stay over the summer for free on a work study. They originally turned me down, or it appears so at least, but I got one of my superiors in the office who owes me a favor to get the director to reconsider.
#Nepotism #UniLife #Feminism
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Looking for a bridge to jump off of.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Papa Francis Bless
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
It's also Ed Balls day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNAsdUUwGP4&feature=youtu.be
Ludania, Penguania And Antarctica
You're a day early for that, I'm afraid. That's on April 28, and while it may be April 28 in Sweden now, the DIP you quoted is for the 27th.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
no u
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
https://pics.me.me/no-u-infinity-spell-card-the-ultimate-no-u-reached-29826769.png
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/04/27/stunning-scientists-nasas-only-moon-rover-just-got-canceled/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.59752db8e9fe
So this really annoys me. I hate bureaucracy already, but the fact that we haven't moved to actually "good" and readily easy to make engines is hyper-irritating me. We've had the technology to make a nuclear thermal rocket literally since the 60's.
We've had the rocket technology to use water as a fuel for space vehicles. Let that sink in. If humanity could just agree jointly that it's stupid to label a NTR as a "nuclear weapon" I would be very much pleased since we'd have rocket engines that could finally start to traverse the planets without relying on a dumb ion engine.
What do y'all think?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The GSA at my school, every year for the past three, has attempted to badger me into doing it. First off, I hate the people in the GSA--it's a bunch of stereotypical piles of glitter and flannel and some confused, Starbucks-sipping bleach-blonde hags who do naught but complain about how hard it is for them to be gay in the 21st century, with their liberal parents who instantly accepted them, in an accepting school that has never had any instances of bullying against LGBT people, ever. Also, I think it's idiotic that we should shut ourselves up for a day just because people before us were forcibly silenced. Yunno what you do when people force you to be silent? You speak the hell up! It's a bunch of self-indulgent, self-pitying wallowing and I hate it. [/endrant]
Bearlong, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
As Vice President of the GSA at my university, I can genuinely agree with you.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
As someone who's own mother told him he was bound for hell, I also agree with me.
Why is the entire LGBT community so damn whiny?
Bearlong, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
Why is everyone so damn whiny?
Bearlong, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Midasia
Trust me. I've had to work from the bottom up to just get the leadership in my uni's GSA to do anything, the flagging included. I was just made VP because I ran uncontested, and both Presidents referred to me in their speeches because, in this entire year, instead of whining about "injustices" in the meetings, I actually went out into the campus and organized things and spread awareness that the GSA even exists.
I'm not even kidding, the GSA on my campus was so scared of a single negative reaction, that they did no outreach at all. People, yesterday (at the end of the school year), told me how they didn't even know there was a GSA on campus. I added over 50 names to the email list just from yesterday.
Bearlong, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
To be fair to them, we do exist on a Catholic Campus, and there was a mishap last year over Chick-Fil-A (Again, made a mountain out of a molehill on the GSA's part), but have a few setbacks or struggles shouldn't stop you from anything.
Bearlong, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
I wish my GSA would do stuff. The other people just talk with their friends. I am in another group called Activists for Change. That group organised the walkout on March 14 and a walkout on April 20th. That group actually does stuff.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole
Healthcare in Nuremgard is widely acknowledged as the best in the world. Damn right we are. That's we have so much health tourism.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The Elections Dispatch has been updated:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=841402
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Sarameia
Merc-Lex-Minnie-Val-Peng in May!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_PyfRX6DPlVn_1sMgYzMD-VLyujaDfKXfKj91Nvf-E/edit?usp=sharing
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Guys
I'm a redhead now
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
*narrows eyes*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia
Sorry, you still can't join the Brotherhood of Redheads. Gotta be authentic.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
As a former Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister myself, I can say, this is the Government the CoFN needs
Combining experienced leaders with fresh blood. The right combination
[Spoiler=My thoughts on each Candidate]
Having worked closely with Merc during his Speakership, and having closely followed his Chancellorship, I can with certainty say that he is a hard working and determined individual, standing opposed to constant bureaucracy, that some of those in this race want to bring
I have had the priviledge to work with Lex in all my three posts. In any government position, Lex can thrive. For Lex is a hard-working individual that cares for this region. His dedication to openness and communication is also noteworthy.
[Nation]penguania and antarctica[/nation]
Peng has proven every single day that he wants this community to be active and tolerant. His experience as WAD, MoJ and many others warrants the bid.
Au Minbo and The Valleian Orders
With those two candidates I have not had the opportunity and honor to work in the past. I am sure however that both can do much for the Confederacy. The experience of the first and the legislative activity of the second prove that
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Thank you,
[I]Cesorion,
Fmr. MoFA, Vice-Chancellor
Fmr. Chancellor
Senator for the NWA
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, The West Country
G'day, Friendos.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=sarameia/detail=factbook/id=main
Time to crank out a fresh factbook.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hello Mr. Canada-man,
how is you doing? :D
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Aldwood
I is doing fine. Danke Schön. :)
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
If anyone wants to pitch in to our candidates, come on out:
https://discord.gg/BamuaFm
Lavan Tiri
That's good to hear. :D
Lavan Tiri, Aldwood
👍
But maybe lets move this up to the top three pinned dispatches on the WFE for the time being, perhaps switching the RP dispatch? Just until the end of the election.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
Updated my platform with two more points. Theyre identified as NEW.
I might ask that, in the event that I am re-elected Speaker, I be allowed to use the poll function right at the conclusion of the election so that citizens can identify whether they want telegrammed updates from Parliament. This way, those engaged in Parliament will receive the updates while those who do not want them wont have their inboxes spammed with unwanted telegrams.
For the RMB, yall will just have to live with all the updates. I use spoilers, so theyre hella easy to scroll past.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
I am not a Labour supporter but I hope England gives the Tories a good thrashing in their upcoming local elections. This so-called government is beyond a bloody joke.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia, The West Country, Sarameia
If nothing else, Corbyn as PM should be interesting. I don't think England has really had a PM like Corbyn in modern times.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole, Midasia
Corbyn couldn't win against May the last time and her campaign was a shambles. I doubt he'll win the next general election. England is just too conservative a country, and I mean that with a big C and a small c.
Lavan Tiri
Happy 18th Birthday Alruniea! Welcome in the club of adults.
Happy 19th Birthday Pirate Kingdoms/ The United Confederacy Of Texas!
I hope that your birthday wishes come true and that you two enjoy(ed) today with family and friends!!
[spoiler=Today is April 28 and today are:]
Today is April 28 and today are:
- 18th Birthday of Alruniea
- 19th Birthday of Pirate_Kingdoms/The_United_Confederacy_Of_Texas
- Biological Clock Day
- Bob Wills Day
- Children's Day (Colombia)
- Day of Trees (Colombia)
- Eeyore's Birthday Day
- Healthy Kids Day
- Independent Bookstore Day
- International Sculpture Day
- International Table Top Day
- Kiss your Mate Day
- Lawyers' Day (Odisha, India)
- Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
- National Blueberry Pie Day (United States)
- National BraveHearts Day (United States)
- National Dance Day (United States)
- National Day (Sardinia, Italy)
- National Day of Mourning (Canada)
- National Go Birding Day (United States)
- National Great Poetry Reading Day (United States)
- National Heroes Day (Barbados)
- National Kiss of Hope Day (United States)
- National Pool Opening Day (United States)
- National Prepare-A-Thon Day (United States)
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (United States)
- National Rebuilding Day (United States)
- National Sense of Smell Day (United States)
- National Superhero Day (United States)
- Pay It Forward Day
- Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan)
- Save the Frogs Day
- St. Pierre Chanel Day (Wallis and Futuna)
- Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- World Day for Animals in Laboratories
- World Healing Day
- World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
- World Veterinary Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0224 The Battle of Hormozdgān is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
- 0357 Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
- 1192 Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
- 1253 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
- 1503 The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
- 1611 Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
- 1788 Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
- 1792 France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1796 The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
- 1869 Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
- 1881 Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- 1887 A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
- 1910 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
- 1920 Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
- 1923 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
- 1930 The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
- 1941 The Ustae massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
- 1944 World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
- 1945 Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
- 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
- 1948 Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
- 1949 The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
- 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
- 1952 Occupied Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
- 1952 The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 1965 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
- 1967 Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
- 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
- 1970 Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
- 1975 General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
- 1977 The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
- 1977 The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
- 1978 President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
- 1986 The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
- 1986 High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
- 1988 Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
- 1994 Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
- 1996 Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
- 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
- 2011 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1980 relating to Ivorian crisis is adopted.
- 2015 The National Football League announces it is giving up its tax-exempt status.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1758 James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States
- 1838 Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1874 Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author
- 1878 Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director
- 1906 Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic
- 1908 Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman
- 1916 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini
- 1924 Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia
- 1926 Harper Lee, American novelis
- 1937 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq
- 1948 Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter
- 1974 Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
- 1981 Jessica Alba, American model and actress
- 1987 Robin Schulz, German musician, DJ and record producer
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Fact of the day
The Berlin Wall was torn down by mistakenly-empowered citizens after East German spokesman Günter Schabowski misspoke at a press conference and mentioned immediate border crossing privileges for every citizen.
Quote of the day
The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.
- Charles Caleb Colton (English Writer, 1780-1832) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
That's a real event? I thought that was just some poor History meme!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happy birthday to both of you! Hope you have a good one!
It's essentially true alright.
"Günter Schabowski, the party boss in East Berlin and the spokesman for the SED Politburo, had the task of announcing the new regulations. However, he had not been involved in the discussions about the new regulations and had not been fully updated.[113] Shortly before a press conference on 9 November, he was handed a note announcing the changes, but given no further instructions on how to handle the information. These regulations had only been completed a few hours earlier and were to take effect the following day, so as to allow time to inform the border guards. But this starting time delay was not communicated to Schabowski.[50]
At the end of the press conference, Schabowski read out loud the note he had been given. One of the reporters, ANSA's Riccardo Ehrman,[114] asked when the regulations would take effect. After a few seconds' hesitation, Schabowski assumed it would be the same day based on the wording of the note and replied, "As far as I know, it takes effect immediately, without delay".[50]"
When that happened, people flooded the Berlin Wall demanding the gates be opened, and with no one willing to issue the order to use lethal force to disperse the crowd, the guards were ordered to open the gates.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall#Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTBnOoBEJP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8GzptqhT68
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Si
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
If you are saying yes you need an accent over the 'i', sí, otherwise you are saying if.
Lavan Tiri
You do realize that I'm doing this on a laptop, correct?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
It depends what you define as modern times
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
How so? When was the last time Britain had a PM like Corbyn?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Clement Atlee after WW2.
Lavan Tiri, Gualimole
Beep boop toot toot
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
In terms of being a socialist, yes. But I also mean that Corbyn is a bit of an oddball, a maverick in a way, and his beliefs set him apart from even his own party. I'm not sure when the UK has had an oddball maverick like Corbyn as PM.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
Also, you're lecturing a Mexican-American over the correct usage of diacritics for one of his native languages
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wshtnj_V91Q
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
You had one job...
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Corbyn is only an "oddball" because he is not the typically polished, Saville Row suited, Etonian politician everyone is so used to now. His beliefs set him apart from his own party because Blair bastardised it and watered down its socialist roots in order to appeal to conservative middle England.
I don't have much time for Corbyn but he seems like a decent man with principles, and he has shown his principles by his consistent voting record in Parliament.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Gualimole
Spanglish
Lavan Tiri
I see. Fair enough.
Lavan Tiri
A statement from the Office of the Chancellor will be released at 9pm EDT.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I hereby officially announce my run to become Queen of the COFN
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Announce your what? Announce your what?!!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
He needs no announcement. Queens reign by birthright!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
no u
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I hereby declare myself God Emperor of the CoFN
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Percyton
Hey now, I thought you where supposed to be my co-regent as King! Don't go give yourself promotions, at least not without informing me first!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
God-Empress Axeldonia. Nice to see you strolling through the RMB. :)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Percyton
I mean his beliefs are pretty one-for-one with the (dead) old guard of the party.
Thanks Peng! And happy birthday uct
Thanks Jas.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Can I be heir to the throne?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Aight, just don't let it go to your head. Don't want Percy to kill you with psychic mind-bullets.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
What!?
Lavan Tiri
Sorry, Percy already asked for that. Unless you can agree to share it, he's got dibs. Regardless you can still be a part of the royal family though!
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Well, I'm not gonna decide that.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
I'm fine with just being a prince.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ever heard of the Horus Heresy?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Then it's settled!
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Yukona or The West Country whichever one you are using now, is Greater England one of your nations?
Lavan Tiri, The West Country
Actually, I just wanted to be prince. I'm busy enough running my own country, let alone running another some day! If Nurem wants it, I can just be a prince and give up my 'suck-ces-on' rights to him.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Valleian Orders
The what?
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Fine with me! Ya hear that Nuremgard?
It's a long story.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Great! *buys some poison to slip into Queen Axel's food*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The Valleian Orders
This?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus_Heresy_(fictional_event)
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Happy birthday to you too
Axelle
*recalls glorious rampage of Angron and the World Eaters against their loyalist brethren*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Psh. I am already dead inside, you buffoon. Be careful that I not disinherit you!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The Valleian Orders
You need someone to preside over all these coronations. Why dont you guys make me the Archbishop of the Confederacy so I can put nice little crowns on your heads?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Fellow Citizens
In accordance with the Discord Establishment, Structure and Administration Act, I hereby announce that I have appointed Unfallious to serve as Director of the Discord Administrative Organization.
His appointment will be moved in Parliament shortly.
☿ Merc
Chancellor
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Cesorion, The Valleian Orders, The West Country, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
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