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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Thankfully us engines don't have wisdom teeth to be removed. We have teeth, and on occasion an engine will have to have dental work to get thwie teeth fixed or to remove a couple of teeth (and yes, that's hard for both us engines and the dentist who has to work on us), but for one reason or another, we never have to deal with wisdom teeth.
How awful! I hope things improve there soon!
Oh dear! Please, take all the time you need to rest and deal with other things, and I do hope your friend gets better soon!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Thanks
Nuremgard, Percyton
If I remember correctly, today is the day [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation] finds out about university.
Oi, Unf! Any news?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
GATHER 'ROUND, CHILLUNS!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I am happy to announce a recent major deal with Vista Major regarding their acquisition of Andreallic Agricultural Hardware and Technology; If there are any nations out there who wish to contact us in regards to the buying of our goods, use of international economic organizations (such as cooperatives or corporations), or other deals regarding resource trades or your access to the Jodan (panama) Canal then feel free to contact us!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is August 17 and today are:]
Today is August 17 and today are:
- Birthday of Marcus Garvey (Rastafari)
- Black Cat Appreciation Day
- Engineer's Day (Colombia)
- Flag Day (Bolivia)
- Independence Day (Indonesia)
- Independence Days (Gabon)
- National I LOVE My Feet Day! (United States)
- National Massachusetts Day (United States)
- National Nonprofit Day (United States)
- National Thrift Shop Day (United States)
- Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
- San Martin Day (Argentina)
- Vanilla Custard Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 309/310 Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike.
- 986 ByzantineBulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
- 1186 Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
- 1386 Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
- 1424 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
- 1498 Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
- 1549 Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
- 1560 The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
- 1585 Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
- 1585 A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
- 1597 Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
- 1668 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
- 1717 Austro-Turkish War of 171618: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1723 Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
- 1740 Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
- 1784 Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
- 1798 The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
- 1807 Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
- 1862 American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
- 1862 American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- 1863 American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
- 1866 The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
- 1883 The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
- 1907 Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
- 1908 Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
- 1914 World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
- 1915 Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered in Marietta, Georgia.
- 1915 A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
- 1918 Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
- 1942 World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
- 1943 World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the SchweinfurtRegensburg mission.
- 1943 World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
- 1943 World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
- 1943 World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
- 1945 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
- 1947 The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
- 1953 Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
- 1958 Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
- 1959 Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
- 1962 Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
- 1969 Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
- 1970 Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
- 1977 The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
- 1978 Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
- 1988 President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
- 1991 Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
- 1998 Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
- 1999 The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,11817,127 dead and 43,95350,000 injured.
- 2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boe pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
- 2005 The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
- 2005 Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
- 2008 American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
- 2009 An accident at the SayanoShushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
- 2015 A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1607 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician
- 1786 Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician
- 1879 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish American film producer of Jewish descent, co-founder of motion picture studios in Hollywood
- 1887 Charles I of Austria
- 1893 Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1911 Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer
- 1913 Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1932 V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943 Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
- 1944 Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
- 1949 Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
- 1952 Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
- 1953 Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1959 Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
- 1960 Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
- 1966 Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
- 1970 Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1977 Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
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Quote of the day
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Then your parents are hateful people and probably economically illiterate as well.
Lex Caledonia, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
If anybody would like to buy PLRC resources then definitely send me a telegram
Percyton
#Iamverysmart
Axeldonia
Thank you, I know.
AVA OFFICIALLY REPEALED:
https://twitter.com/VistaMajorGov/status/898233086021861377
Moldegaard
Sorry to have offended you there Friendo! You have to understand that not everyone likes Thatcher, especially us in Scotland. For making thousands lose their jobs in the various mines, steel plants and other industries in Scotland, including my grandfather. So you can excuse us for having a wee dance ;)
Nuremgard, The Empire Of Handland, Axeldonia, Yukona
*looks at clipboard*
Wee dances are acceptable, provided they do not develop into full-on jigs.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Moldegaard
*narrows eyes*
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Moldegaard
I must confess... I may have burst into a full-on jig a number of times. Forgive me padre.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Percyton
Just to be clear:
Any unauthorized contruction, military drill, gathering or exploiting of ressources, and exploration missions in Penguanian and Antarctic sea territory is prohibited and sanctions will be imposed for the perpetrator.
Any previous mentioned activities need permission of the Penguanian Office for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Tserra, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, Solla Ultima, Moldegaard
*Consults clipboard once again*
Oh, dear. The punishment for a full-on jig is having to watch Iron Lady five times consecutively.
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
A fate worse than death. *nods*
:p
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
The clipboard classifies it as a capital punishment, after all. Which makes sense.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Story time! In 2009, Canada's then Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities John Baird sent out a text messages that said "Thatcher has died".
The text circulated like wildfire among the Conservative Party and Canadian Government; there was a government function taking place at the time and the whole place was atwitter with the shocking news. The Prime Minister's Office immediately started drafting a statement on the former UK Prime Minister's death...
... Until it was realized that Baird had a cat named Lady Thatcher, to whom's death he had actually been referring to in the text message.
The Prime Minister's Director of Communications, who was tasked with the embarassing call to the UK Government so as to officially inquire as to Thatcher's health, reportedly said, "If the cat wasn't dead, I'd have killed it by now."
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
SCOTLAND FOREVER MONTGOMERY CLAN FTW
Lex Caledonia
Calm down, sweetheart. It's only a dead witch.
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Nah, if you don't worship at her feet like all the other right wing fannies, then you're an evil lefty who knows nothing politics. And they say the left are abusive?
Lex Caledonia
Yukona and Unfallious
How did you get on with your grades?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hey, get your point across without using insults.
Jaslandia, Republic City Police, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/33/dlbn-dubh-linn-broadcasting-network?page=1&scrollTo=315
I know it's been a minute, but here's a fresh DLBN-1 broadcast!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's right wingers for you. "Agree with me or you're hateful and stupid!"
Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah, you just say that because she is better than you
Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
You're not exactly helping your case here, Nurem.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Oh, darling lol. A rat is better than Thatcher.
Why you not telling off the other guy?
Penguania And Antarctica
It seems like Magnatronia already did so before I got here. If he hadn't, I would have had no problem doing so myself.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
What he said.
Why you not telling off the other guy? [/quote]
Because we're buddy cops. It would be redundant if we both gave a warning to the same crook.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*inane screaming*
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
To be fair, Meryl Streep was good in that.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion
Meryl Streep is my idol.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
She is awesome.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion
I'm sure I just hit a little nerve with the guy, I'm sure he wouldn't mind having a nice wee debate with me about how garbage Thatcher was.
Nuremgard
It wouldn't be a debate. To him, he'd delude himself into thinking he is educating you.
As long as Pev keeps in mind that spoilers are a thing- and that the regional message board goes really well with spoilers when he has one of his classic 3,000 word essays in mind- debate away.
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Oh dear. I'm very sorry. Our battleship is a bit old, so it's navigational systems due tend to fail. We did have to lay anchor of your coast somewhere, and try to sneakily restore our systems. We were only sneaking (sneaking in a battleship? Oy vey) to attempt to not raise alarm. Admiral Kayensi will gladly do whatever paperwork, ect. is needed.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'll be waiting with bated breath!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Hey everyone! I'll be doing a forum RP called "New Albion" soon. It's an alternate history RP where among other things, the US is only made up of 12 states, India is split up into several parts, Panama is Scottish, Ingria is Scandinavian and french is the most commonly spoken language. PM me if you're interested!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
"If you don't agree with me, you're a dirty commie leftist globalist snowflake!"
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, United Continental States
Interesting. That gives me an idea. Since engines don't have feet obviously, I wonder how 'I LOVE My Wheels Day!' would work. Since Feet Day emphasizes proper foot care, Wheels Day would emphasize proper wheel and tyre care (come to a gradual stop instead of coming to a sudden stop and screeching your wheels, get your wheels regularly oiled, look out for bumps in the rails that could damage your wheels, etc.). Hmm...
She is a pretty great actress. I loved her in Into the Woods and Mamma Mia, and I'm really looking forward to her appearing in the new Mary Poppins movie.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
I exceeded all my expectations, I'm going through adjustment (opposite of clearing)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Never mind the snowflake above who got all offended because someone celebrated when his idol Thatcher died.
So thin skinned these right wingers.
Well done!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona
If you want to keep up with PLR affairs then definitely follow our twitter at: https://twitter.com/usplrc
fite me
No. There is no Scandinavian bias in New Albion. Just ignore Scandinavian Ingermanland, Vinland, Estonia, New Sweden, greater Finland and the unusually large mainland Sweden.
Then you must be absolutely horrible :p (I'm just kidding, I don't want another 3 hour debate)
Lex Caledonia
Nor me. Had a sh!t day so cant be arsed with political pish tonight.
Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
The Lovackian Empire has fallen, and the Federation has regained control of the Zheyan region.
http://i.imgur.com/K9ACeaS.png
Jaslandia
Well that's not good enough. I know we have our differences and I haven't been here for a long time but by all means, tell me if I can help you, and I know I'm not the only one you can talk to. Plus, it's 02:20 in Scotland so if I were you I would try to get some sleep.
I know. I'm up at 8 so will need to try and sleep.
Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Good night then
Goodnight.
More news from the PLR: https://twitter.com/usplrc
[B]Announcement
Whan I get back from my italian lesson, I will begin to create our Regional Newsfeed (RNF). It will be a thread in which your national Newspapers can post anything that is going on in your nation. If you have any ideas about it, feel free to contact me!!
PS: I will also write a rules dispatch.
Thank you___
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Andromitus, Yukona, Percyton, Solla Ultima, United Continental States, South Hyder, Moldegaard
Exactly what i want! Lately, I've been wanting to write some 'breaking news' but such posts totally get lost in the offsite forum.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, United Continental States, South Hyder
It will be good for the Region, yeah..
Percyton, South Hyder
Inserting a table of contents into my nation's overview factbook was hella fun, I'll tell you what. /s
All the same, if you want to check it out you can here.
Also new is the Governance section. Trying to think what else I should include. Religion isn't big in my nation, so that's not likely a go. Suggestions?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, United Continental States, South Hyder
Post self-deleted by United Continental States.
a lil tip, you can put [color=white] in front of the periods to make em go away.
Percyton, South Hyder
Military? Significant cultural customs, traditions or festivals? National holidays?
Jaslandia, Percyton
Ohhh. I had seen that others had used that, but I use the dark theme so I wasn't sure of the purpose.
Hmm. Military and customs seems like a good idea. Thanks!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
You're welcome, my man.
Percyton
If you're hankering for a smaller, less costly military, I could add it to my list of things to design. You can ask Percy, I don't overcharge :D
Jaslandia, Percyton
My factbook has a few things you don't have and vice versa, if you wanna check it out
Percyton
Do you guys like my new flag?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion, Moldegaard
Hmm, I'll take it under advisement. Each of the Commonwealths retain their own militaries, so you'd potentially have ten new clients. Albeit smaller ones as they deal with subnational budgets (and small ones at that).
I'll do just that!Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
You capital is Vancouver- very cool. Took some vacation days last week and spent a long weekend in Van. Beautiful city, lots to do.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Need guns? Buy from China. Of course, I'm also always looking for new partners in the global drug trade...
Yup!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
I envy you! Yukona is just Alaska, BC, Alberta, Nunavut and Nunatsiaq (North West Territories). I tried to inter-weave it all with actual Canadian, British and American history to make it as realistic as possible, so I hope that came across well
Jaslandia, Percyton
Good
Percyton
Looks neat.
Jaslandia, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
[spoiler=Today is August 18 and today are:]
Today is August 18 and today are:
- Arbor Day (Pakistan)
- Armed Forces Day (Macedonia)
- Bad Poetry Day
- Birth Control Pill Day
- Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, United States)
- Constitution Day (Indonesia)
- Gold Cup Parade (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
- Long Tan Day or Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
- Men's Grooming Day
- National Ice Cream Pie Day (United States)
- National Fajita Day (United States)
- National Mail Order Catalog Day (United States)
- National Science Day (Thailand)
- Pinot Noir Day
- Statehood Day or Admission Day (Hawaii, United States)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 684 Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
- 1304 The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
- 1487 The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
- 1572 Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
- 1590 John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
- 1612 The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
- 1634 Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
- 1783 A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
- 1838 The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
- 1848 Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
- 1868 French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
- 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
- 1891 Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
- 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
- 1917 A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
- 1938 The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1940 World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
- 1945 Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
- 1950 Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- 1958 Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
- 1958 Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
- 1963 Civil Rights Movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
- 1965 Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
- 1966 Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
- 1971 Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
- 1976 In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
- 1977 Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
- 1983 Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
- 1989 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
- 2005 A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
- 2008 President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
- 2008 War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1685 Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist
- 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor
- 1774 Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician
- 1910 Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1920 Shelley Winters, American actress
- 1830 Franz Joseph I of Austria
- 1932 Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1936 Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer
- 1952 Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer
- 1962 Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
- 1969 Christian Slater, American actor and producer
- 1969 Edward Norton, American actor
- 1983 Cameron White, Australian cricketer
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Quote of the day
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
- Dorothy Parker -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton, Cesorion
Nice one.
Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Post self-deleted by Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth.
Yeah Russkov Soviet made it. He makes awesome flags and his service is great too, I highly recommend him
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Moldegaard
If you're looking for getting access to massive deposits of strategic natural resources as well as an extensive list of a plethora of weaponry, then by all means establish economic relations and business deals with the PLR! :)
We work towards fulfilling every need of our global business partners
Percyton
Aww. Well...we at Stalliongrad International Flags Inc. do push for quality customer service. Our flag making service is a low, low price of 0.00 Rubles or other currencies.
"Don't delay, and show some national pride today!"
Jaslandia, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Ok well celebrate her death as much as you want, I've heard it all before, but you can't kill her achievements: reshaping Britain into a free market democracy, shifting the political consensus to the right, restoring Britain's international image, resurrecting a dead economy. Productivity doubled, GDP per capita tripled, income growth amongst lower income quintiles the highest for decades - shall I go on? Thatcher has an almost indisputable record as a successful prime minister and is consistently ranked in the top five and top three by historians and academics. And your outrage at her 'destroying muh jobs' is purely selective, since Harold Wilson and Ted Heath both closed more coal mines than her. Britain's death as an industrial power was inevitable, and she deserves full credit for putting the heavy industries out of their misery. I'm sure your grandfather was a nice guy, but sorry, his job had to go.
Long live the Iron Lady.
Clemodecralia, Cesorion, United Continental States, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
I also love how nobody replied to my debasement of Obamanomics and shifted the conversation to ragging on Thatcher. Free market economics rely on solid evidence and good theory; leftist and centre-leftist economics are based on populist impulses and class envy.
Clemodecralia, Cesorion, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
I like it. Looks more distinct than your old one.
Russkov Soviet, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv5t6rC6yvg
Nuevo Pevvania
yell well uh she hated poor people and uh she took my milk uhhhhhh
Minerva Diplomat, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
There are often links being posted here without further explanation. It's so typical for this RMB (to me)
Under thatcher both inflation and unemployment dropped spectacularly in the UK.
https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/04/daily-chart-5
Nuevo Pevvania, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
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>Tfw you're trying to figure out postcolonial borders without Britain
WhAT eVEn IS lIfE
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
As much as I agree with you, we must also recognise that the way in which she dealt with both the mines closing (as much as I think they should have been closed) as well as the poll tax were both terrible. Also, it's important to recognise that there were drawbacks to her leadership, and treating the Falklands as resurrecting Britain's international image is exactly why the Argentinians wanted to take the islands (although it just so happened to work the other way for them).
Protecting paedophiles too. Yeah, she was a great gal. And she also destroyed entire communities by getting rid of the major industries and throwing countless people on the doll.
You Cons are so funny.
To be honest, protectionism is no better.
The Empire Of Handland
No one cares about your views on Obama's economic policy, honey. You were the one who decided to drone on about it. Stop using the right wing cliches of envy. You might worship at the feet of free market demagogues but don't think you're somehow superior for doing so.
Gotta love rightists. They think they are so intelligent and better than everyone else.
Did I say it was? I was addressing the fact he was being so flippant about her destroying industries and making people unemployed.
But hey, he wasn't affected by it so she was pure amaze balls.
Lol you just proved his point. Instead of using facts and logic you started whining again. Do you have an inferiority complex or are you just in denial?
United Continental States, Nuevo Pevvania
Uh oh. Heated debates. Not a fan of that!
Percyton
When you try to link someone to something funny and accidentally link them to the Roleplay page because your half asleep and unable to comprehend how copy-paste works :P
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
No. I just don't really care what some wee right wing fanny thinks about Obama, Thatcher or Reagan. There is no evidence or logic with right wingers. A Conservative politician could slaughter a newborn infant live on the telly and people like you would find a way to justify it.
You're as ideological as the left but you choose not to believe it.
Axeldonia
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