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Nuremgard wrote:Weather is mental here. Scotland has never been issued a red alert for snow before.

The polar vortex has split, which means that Europe is going to see colder and stormier weather for a few weeks. The East Coast of the US is going to see warmer weather, while the West Coast is going to see the opposite. In fact, it was hailing yesterday where I live, and I live in Southern California.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Gualimole wrote:The polar vortex has split, which means that Europe is going to see colder and stormier weather for a few weeks. The East Coast of the US is going to see warmer weather, while the West Coast is going to see the opposite. In fact, it was hailing yesterday where I live, and I live in Southern California.

Here's an interesting video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sw5qLpuSU

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Gualimole

evening all. hope hump day is treating you well!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Footage from my morning commute to school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMmDsycHC0

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:Here's an interesting video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sw5qLpuSU

And if you're curious, here's an older video from when the polar vortex hit America.

https://youtu.be/8Rl9_JvEKaY

Axeldonia wrote:Footage from my morning commute to school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMmDsycHC0

Aren't you Swedish, Axel? I would think you of all people would be used to the cold.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:And if you're curious, here's an older video from when the polar vortex hit America.

https://youtu.be/8Rl9_JvEKaY

Aren't you Swedish, Axel? I would think you of all people would be used to the cold.

Yeah, those are just american tourists running inside. The clip didn't show me on my mammoth, since I was the one filming.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is February 28 and today are:]

Today is February 28 and today are:

- Día de Andalucía (Andalusia, Spain)

- Erev Purim (Judaism)

- Inconvenience Yourself Day

- Kalevala Day (Finland)

- Linus Pauling Day

- National Chocolate Souffle Day (United States)

- National Floral Design Day (United States)

- National Public Sleeping Day (United States)

- National Science Day (India)

- National Tooth Fairy Day (United States)

- Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

- Pink Shirt Day

- Rare Disease Day

- Ta'anit Esther (Judaism)

- Teachers' Day (Arab states)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 202BC – Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place thus initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty's rule over China.

- 0628 – Khosrow II is executed by Mihr Hormozd under the orders of Kavadh II.

- 0870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.

- 1246 – The siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaen.

- 1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

- 1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

- 1700 – Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.

- 1710 – Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.

- 1784 – John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.

- 1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

- 1838 – Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).

- 1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.

- 1847 – The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.

- 1849 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.

- 1867 – Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.

- 1870 – The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.

- 1874 – One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.

- 1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

- 1893 – The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.

- 1897 – Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.

- 1900 – The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.

- 1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

- 1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.

- 1933 – Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.

- 1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.

- 1939 – The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.

- 1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).

- 1942 – The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.

- 1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.

- 1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.

- 1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 40 and 41 relating to Indonesian National Revolution are adopted.

- 1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).

- 1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.

- 1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.

- 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.

- 1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.

- 1975 – In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.

- 1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.

- 1983 – The final episode of M- A- S- H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.

- 1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

- 1986 – Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.

- 1991 – The first Gulf War ends.

- 1993 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

- 1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.

- 1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.

- 1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.

- 1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.

- 1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.

- 2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.

- 2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947

- 2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.

- 2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1155 – Henry the Young King, English son of Henry II of England

- 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author

- 1552 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker

- 1792 – Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist, meteorologist, and geographer

- 1820 – John Tenniel, English illustrator

- 1833 – Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal

- 1894 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1915 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1923 – Charles Durning, American soldier and actor

- 1929 – Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect, designed 8 Spruce Street and Walt Disney Concert Hall

- 1940 – Aldo Andretti, Italian-American race car driver

- 1940 – Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver

- 1942 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

- 1944 – Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager

- 1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author

- 1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

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Quote of the day

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

- William James (American Philosopher, 1842-1910) -

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, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Inconvenience Yourself Day

Why would anyone observe that holiday?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).

Rosalind Franklin did it first. #RosalindGotCheated

https://youtu.be/JiME-W58KpU

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Smart guy, but went a little crazy on vitamins toward the end of his career.

https://youtu.be/29v6rNFjlLI?t=2m38s

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Good evening, everyone! Hope you all are well! It's been very snowy in Percyton lately. My snowplow has been working very hard, and the same goes for all the other engines and their snowplows. Thomas is, as usual, complaining about wearing his snowplow, and now he's also complaining about snow in general. Daisy came by earlier today to help on the branch line, and since Daisy loves snow, she and Thomas got into quite an argument over it. I almost got involved to tell them they were both being silly, but unfortunately I had an urgent goods train to take to Knapford Harbour. But, Mavis told me she broke up the argument while I was gone, so thanks again Mavis!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1827 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

Ah yes, the B&O: the birthplace of American railroads! Quite an important day, if you ask me. Hank, Connor, and Caitlin triple-headed a special passenger train in honor of the occasion (Hank is originally from America and spent most of his life there, while Connor and Caitlin are part-American: they were built in America and spent a few their early years working there, but they 'crossed the pond' and moved to the Mainland afterwards, where they've worked ever since).

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Good evening, everyone! Hope you all are well! It's been very snowy in Percyton lately. My snowplow has been working very hard, and the same goes for all the other engines and their snowplows. Thomas is, as usual, complaining about wearing his snowplow, and now he's also complaining about snow in general. Daisy came by earlier today to help on the branch line, and since Daisy loves snow, she and Thomas got into quite an argument over it. I almost got involved to tell them they were both being silly, but unfortunately I had an urgent goods train to take to Knapford Harbour. But, Mavis told me she broke up the argument while I was gone, so thanks again Mavis!

Well, if nothing else, at least you can't say nothing interesting ever happens on the Ffarquhar Branch Line. But what is Daisy doing back on the branch line? I'm surprised she would be allowed to work on Thomas' Branch Line again after what happened between her and Annie and Clarabel.

https://youtu.be/x7G_vySb6II

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Well, if nothing else, at least you can't say nothing interesting ever happens on the Ffarquhar Branch Line. But what is Daisy doing back on the branch line? I'm surprised she would be allowed to work on Thomas' Branch Line again after what happened between her and Annie and Clarabel.

https://youtu.be/x7G_vySb6II

Believe me, Daisy hasn't forgotten, and neither have Annie and Clarabel. Daisy has comes back to our branch line a few times during the winter season, both because of her experience on the branch line (before she was transferred to the Harwick Branch Line where she is now, she worked on Thomas' Branch Line for many years), because the Harwick Branch Line is usually one of the least busy lines of the railway during the winter, and because diesel railcars like her are perfectly suited for branch lines like Thomas'. However, because Daisy isn't able to work with Annie and Clarabel, she never stays long, and she's usually transferred back to either the Harwick Branch Line or another part of the railway as soon as possible.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Believe me, Daisy hasn't forgotten, and neither have Annie and Clarabel. Daisy has comes back to our branch line a few times during the winter season, both because of her experience on the branch line (before she was transferred to the Harwick Branch Line where she is now, she worked on Thomas' Branch Line for many years), because the Harwick Branch Line is usually one of the least busy lines of the railway during the winter, and because diesel railcars like her are perfectly suited for branch lines like Thomas'. However, because Daisy isn't able to work with Annie and Clarabel, she never stays long, and she's usually transferred back to either the Harwick Branch Line or another part of the railway as soon as possible.

I see. That makes sense. As long as Daisy behaves herself during the short time she's on the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:I see. That makes sense. As long as Daisy behaves herself during the short time she's on the Ffarquhar Branch Line.

She does. She and Annie and Clarabel don't really talk, so there are no problems there. Daisy can still be lazy and 'highly-sprung' sometimes, but she's not nearly as bad as she once was. She still won't pull trucks, though, and she especially doesn't like milk vans or milk tankers.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:She does. She and Annie and Clarabel don't really talk, so there are no problems there. Daisy can still be lazy and 'highly-sprung' sometimes, but she's not nearly as bad as she once was. She still won't pull trucks, though, and she especially doesn't like milk vans or milk tankers.

Not surprising. Some things never change.

https://youtu.be/TrerOvbpFYI?t=2m44s

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Ladies and gentlemen,

I saw this telegram. The one about the heat-death. I cannot say how long this is going to last. I might just give up my Nation State. Thank you all for being there. Ill be back in a week with my decision.

Thank you.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Not surprising. Some things never change.

https://youtu.be/TrerOvbpFYI?t=2m44s

Agreed.

New Estaris wrote:Ladies and gentlemen,

I saw this telegram. The one about the heat-death. I cannot say how long this is going to last. I might just give up my Nation State. Thank you all for being there. Ill be back in a week with my decision.

Thank you.

Everything alright, Est?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

A Guardian journalist has suggested that the MPs for Sinn Féin should sit in Parliament. She said they can swear allegiance to the Queen and then rescind it later.

Is she high? The whole point is that they don't recognise the legitimacy of Westminster over Northern Ireland. Why should they swear allegiance to a foreign head of state? They'd lose their core support if they took their seats.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:A Guardian journalist has suggested that the MPs for Sinn Féin should sit in Parliament. She said they can swear allegiance to the Queen and then rescind it later.

Is she high? The whole point is that they don't recognise the legitimacy of Westminster over Northern Ireland. Why should they swear allegiance to a foreign head of state? They'd lose their core support if they took their seats.

To be fair, I too would have to be high to write for the Guardian.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Spanelsko

You'll have to excuse Geter. Sometimes he can be a little grick.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

According to https://www.nationstates.net/page=list_nations/region=the_confederacy_of_free_nations?censusid=80 only Kal and Nurem have been in the region longer, though most of us came here on the same day. Interesting. Plus a lot of people have since left or CTE

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:To be fair, I too would have to be high to write for the Guardian.

I mean I like the Guardian I just don't like its writers

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I mean I like the Guardian I just don't like its writers

“I like this salad, I just don’t like any of its ingredients.”

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Hello everyone... I am new to the region... i have applied for citizenship... I want to get added on the map and apply for forums... pls anyone guide me.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Hello everyone... I am new to the region... i have applied for citizenship... I want to get added on the map and apply for forums... pls anyone guide me.
Welcome aboard!

Regarding the map, it seems as though our RP realm is currently in a state of flux. You should check out the poll currently taking place. It may not be worth pursuing a map placement until that’s concluded.

That said, people more involved in RPs are likely better sources of information on this than I. [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation]? [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]?

As for the forum, follow the COFN Forum link at the top of the WFE and create an account.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, United Countries Of Asia, Mercunova, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Welcome aboard!

Regarding the map, it seems as though our RP realm is currently in a state of flux. You should check out the poll currently taking place. It may not be worth pursuing a map placement until that’s concluded.

That said, people more involved in RPs are likely better sources of information on this than I. [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation]? [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]?

As for the forum, follow the COFN Forum link at the top of the WFE and create an account.

Thank you sir

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

One of the Chinese takeaways we frequent is taking advantage of the bad weather by increasing their delivery charge by £2.50.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:One of the Chinese takeaways we frequent is taking advantage of the bad weather by increasing their delivery charge by £2.50.

bad weather? this is still nothing compare to east. (if i am not mistaken you are in UK right?)

Nuremgard

Spanelsko wrote:bad weather? this is still nothing compare to east. (if i am not mistaken you are in UK right?)

Yup. Scotland was issued its first ever red alert for the snow.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Spanelsko

Yo [nation=short]Lex Caledonia[/nation]. Make sure not to update the citizenship roster while an election is taking place. The Constitution forbids granting citizenship at this time.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Welcome aboard!

Regarding the map, it seems as though our RP realm is currently in a state of flux. You should check out the poll currently taking place. It may not be worth pursuing a map placement until that’s concluded.

That said, people more involved in RPs are likely better sources of information on this than I. [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation]? [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]?

As for the forum, follow the COFN Forum link at the top of the WFE and create an account.

Yeah, I'll be seeing about it.

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Hello everyone... I am new to the region... i have applied for citizenship... I want to get added on the map and apply for forums... pls anyone guide me.

Approach Lex Caledonia when we get this reset work concluded. It shouldn't be too long. So long as ypu have Citizenship it should be good. There are rules regarding the RP on the map page, these will almost certainly be kept.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=876783

If you have more confusion, just telegram me.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, United Countries Of Asia, Mercunova, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:Yeah, I'll be seeing about it.

Approach Lex Caledonia when we get this reset work concluded. It shouldn't be too long. So long as ypu have Citizenship it should be good. There are rules regarding the RP on the map page, these will almost certainly be kept.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=876783

If you have more confusion, just telegram me.

Thank You sir.... I'll telegram You if I need any help.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yo [nation=short]Lex Caledonia[/nation]. Make sure not to update the citizenship roster while an election is taking place. The Constitution forbids granting citizenship at this time.

Was just about to say that

Penguania And Antarctica

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Thank You sir.... I'll telegram You if I need any help.

Np buddy.

Penguania And Antarctica, United Countries Of Asia

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Hello everyone... I am new to the region... i have applied for citizenship... I want to get added on the map and apply for forums... pls anyone guide me.

Welcome to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D. Coltsov and I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union and the Supreme Ruler of Russia. How can this anthropomorphic war horse make your stay more comfortable?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Russkov Soviet wrote:Welcome to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D. Coltsov and I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union and the Supreme Ruler of Russia. How can this anthropomorphic war horse make your stay more comfortable?

Send noots.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton, Confederal States

Russkov Soviet wrote:Welcome to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D. Coltsov and I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union and the Supreme Ruler of Russia. How can this anthropomorphic war horse make your stay more comfortable?

i dont know why but i read the comfortable part as ´´uncomfortable´´

Must be lack of sleep.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Yup. Scotland was issued its first ever red alert for the snow.

considering i live in UK as well, this is simply a fail..... i mean every winter we had (when i was back in my country) this much snow was common, i could even say that as of now its quite a warm weather from where i used to live.

Nuremgard

Spanelsko wrote:i dont know why but i read the comfortable part as ´´uncomfortable´´

Must be lack of sleep.

Or maybe the entirely natural human reaction to “anthropomorphic war horse(s)” is and should remain to be discomfort. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Jaslandia, Spanelsko

[spoiler=Today is March 1 and today are:]

Today is March 1 and today are:

- 2nd National Birthday of The_Cross_And_Davids_Star

- Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

- Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

- Beer Day (Iceland)

- Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)

- Day of the Balearic Islands (Balearic Islands, Spain)

- Endometriosis Awareness Day

- Heroes' Day (Paraguay)

- Holika Dahana (India)

- Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

- International Women of Color Day

- Madin Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

- Makha Bucha (Thailand

- Mărțișor (Moldova, Romania)

- National Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day (United States)

- National “Cursed Soldiers” Remembrance Day (Poland)

- National Dadgum That’s Good Day (United States)

- National Fruit Compote Day (United States)

- National Horse Protection Day (United States)

- National Minnesota Day (United States)

- National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (United States)

- National Pig Day (United States)

- Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day aka Bikini Day

- Patriots' Day (Mongolia)

- Plan a Solo Vacation Day

- Purim (Judaism)

- Refired, Not Retired Day

- Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

- Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (Wales and Welsh communities)

- Samiljeol (South Korea)

- Self-injury Awareness Day

- Share a Smile Day

- World Book Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)

- World Civil Defence Day

- World Compliment Day

- Yap Day (Yap State)

- Zero Discrimination Day

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[spoiler=March is observed as:]

March is observed as:

- Academy Awards Month

- Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month

- Alport Syndrome Awareness Month

- American Diabetes Alert Month

- American Red Cross Month

- Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month

- Berries and Cherries Month

- Brain Injury Awareness Month

- Child Life Month

- Colic Awareness Month

- Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month

- Credit Education Month

- Deaf History Month - March 13 - April 15

- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month

- Dolphin Awareness Month

- Employee Spirit Month

- Endometriosis Month

- Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month

- Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month

- Gender Equality Month

- Hemophilia Month

- Honor Society Awareness Month

- Humorists are Artists Month

- International Ideas Month

- International Listening Awareness Month

- International Mirth Month

- Irish-American Heritage Month

- Kidney Month

- Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - February 4, 2018 - March 29, 2018

- Mad for Plaid Month

- Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month

- Middle Level Education Month

- Music in our Schools Month

- National Athletic Trainers Month

- National Caffeine Awareness Month

- National Celery Month

- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month

- National Cheerleading Safety Month

- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month

- National Clean up Your IRS Act Month

- National Color Therapy Month

- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

- National Craft Month

- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

- National Endometriosis Awareness Month

- National Essential Tremor Awareness Month

- National Ethics Awareness Month

- National Eye Donor Month

- National Flour Month

- National Flower Month

- National Frozen Food Month

- National Kidney Month

- National Kite Month - March 28 - May 3, 2016

- National March Into Literacy Month

- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

- National Noodle Month

- National Nutrition Month

- National On-Hold Month

- National Optimism Month

- National Peanut Month

- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month

- National Problem Gambling Awareness Month

- National Professional Social Worker's Month

- National Sauce Month

- National Social Work Month

- National Umbrella Month

- National Women Inventors Month

- National Women's History Month

- Play the Recorder Month

- Read an E-Book Month

- Red Cross Month

- Rosacea Awareness Month

- Save Your Vision Month

- Sing with Your Child Month

- Spiritual Wellness Month

- Supply Management Month

- Trisomy Awareness Month

- Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month

- Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month

- Youth Art Month

Note: All month observances with "National" are observances of the United States of America.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 752BC – Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.

- 509BC – Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.

- 86BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.

- 0293 – Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").

- 317 – Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares.

- 350 – Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.

- 834 – Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. After his re-accession to the throne, his eldest son Lothair I flees to Burgundy.

- 1457 – The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.

- 1476 – Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.

- 1562 – Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.

- 1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

- 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

- 1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

- 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.

- 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

- 1700 – Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.

- 1713 – The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.

- 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

- 1790 – The first United States census is authorized.

- 1793 – French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.

- 1796 – The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.

- 1805 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.

- 1811 – Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

- 1815 – Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.

- 1815 – Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.

- 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.

- 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

- 1852 – Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

- 1854 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.

- 1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

- 1868 – The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.

- 1870 – Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.

- 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

- 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.

- 1886 – The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

- 1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

- 1896 – Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

- 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.

- 1901 – The Australian Army is formed.

- 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

- 1914 – The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.

- 1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.

- 1919 – March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.

- 1921 – The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.

- 1932 – Charles Lindbergh's son is reportedly kidnapped.

- 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.

- 1939 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.

- 1941 – World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.

- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces landed in 3 different landing sites to capture Java, main island of Dutch East Indies: Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).

- 1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised.

- 1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.

- 1949 – Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.

- 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.

- 1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.

- 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

- 1954 – Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.

- 1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

- 1956 – Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee

- 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.

- 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

- 1961 – Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.

- 1964 – Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.

- 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.

- 1966 – The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.

- 1971 – President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.

- 1972 – The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.

- 1973 – Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.

- 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

- 1981 – Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.

- 1989 – The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

- 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

- 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

- 1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.

- 1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

- 1999 – Ottawa Treaty enters into force.

- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

- 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).

- 2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

- 2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

- 2005 – In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.

- 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

- 2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including 8 at Enterprise High School.

- 2008 – The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.

- 2014 – At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- AD40 – Martial, Spanish-Italian author and poet

- 1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer

- 1886 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright

- 1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader

- 1910 – David Niven, English soldier and actor

- 1922 – William Gaines, American publisher

- 1922 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1927 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor

- 1944 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

- 1944 – Mike d'Abo, English singer Manfred Mann

- 1954 – Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer

- 1963 – Thomas Andes, German singer, composer, and record producer

- 1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer

- 1983 – Lupita Nyong'o, Mexican-Kenyan actress

- 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

- Albert Camus (French Philosopher, 1913-1960) -

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, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Hello everyone... I am new to the region... i have applied for citizenship... I want to get added on the map and apply for forums... pls anyone guide me.

Welcome to the CoFN, United Countries of Asia! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!

Jaslandia, United Countries Of Asia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

Great Northern Railway? Emily and Ryan's old railway? I thought they were a British railway? I didn't know the GNR extended all the way to America. They must have built a HUGE bridge to cross the Atlantic!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)

Edward: That's a different Great Northern Railway, Percy. There was an unrelated company with the same name in America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)

Percy: Really? That's weird. Why would they call the American one a 'railway'? I thought Americans used to the word 'railroad'?

Edward: I don't know, Percy. You'd have to ask the railway/railroad's founder James J. Hill, and he's long dead.

Percy: Oh...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Great Northern Railway? Emily and Ryan's old railway? I thought they were a British railway? I didn't know the GNR extended all the way to America. They must have built a HUGE bridge to cross the Atlantic!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)

Edward: That's a different Great Northern Railway, Percy. There was an unrelated company with the same name in America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)

Percy: Really? That's weird. Why would they call the American one a 'railway'? I thought Americans used to the word 'railroad'?

Edward: I don't know, Percy. You'd have to ask the railway/railroad's founder James J. Hill, and he's long dead.

Percy: Oh...

You always make my day. Love you <3

Jaslandia, Percyton

I'll be making a post explaining the hard reset tonight, y'all. It should explain the details and intricacies and then we'll be voting on the map.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:One of the Chinese takeaways we frequent is taking advantage of the bad weather by increasing their delivery charge by £2.50.

Capitalism at work.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Horse Protection Day (United States)

Also a national holiday in Russkov Soviet, I presume.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Minnesota Day (United States)

This holiday must be for you, Minnesota Dakota.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yo [nation=short]Lex Caledonia[/nation]. Make sure not to update the citizenship roster while an election is taking place. The Constitution forbids granting citizenship at this time.

Ah apologies, was typing it in so I could copy-paste in a word file to save for later, autopilot kicked in. I'll amend that.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[spoiler=Today is March 1 and today are:]

Today is March 1 and today are:

- 2nd National Birthday of The_Cross_And_Davids_Star

- Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

- Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)

- Beer Day (Iceland)

- Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)

- Day of the Balearic Islands (Balearic Islands, Spain)

- Endometriosis Awareness Day

- Heroes' Day (Paraguay)

- Holika Dahana (India)

- Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

- International Women of Color Day

- Madin Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

- Makha Bucha (Thailand

- Mărțișor (Moldova, Romania)

- National Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day (United States)

- National “Cursed Soldiers” Remembrance Day (Poland)

- National Dadgum That’s Good Day (United States)

- National Fruit Compote Day (United States)

- National Horse Protection Day (United States)

- National Minnesota Day (United States)

- National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (United States)

- National Pig Day (United States)

- Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day aka Bikini Day

- Patriots' Day (Mongolia)

- Plan a Solo Vacation Day

- Purim (Judaism)

- Refired, Not Retired Day

- Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)

- Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (Wales and Welsh communities)

- Samiljeol (South Korea)

- Self-injury Awareness Day

- Share a Smile Day

- World Book Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)

- World Civil Defence Day

- World Compliment Day

- Yap Day (Yap State)

- Zero Discrimination Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=March is observed as:]

March is observed as:

- Academy Awards Month

- Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month

- Alport Syndrome Awareness Month

- American Diabetes Alert Month

- American Red Cross Month

- Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month

- Berries and Cherries Month

- Brain Injury Awareness Month

- Child Life Month

- Colic Awareness Month

- Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month

- Credit Education Month

- Deaf History Month - March 13 - April 15

- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month

- Dolphin Awareness Month

- Employee Spirit Month

- Endometriosis Month

- Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month

- Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month

- Gender Equality Month

- Hemophilia Month

- Honor Society Awareness Month

- Humorists are Artists Month

- International Ideas Month

- International Listening Awareness Month

- International Mirth Month

- Irish-American Heritage Month

- Kidney Month

- Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - February 4, 2018 - March 29, 2018

- Mad for Plaid Month

- Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month

- Middle Level Education Month

- Music in our Schools Month

- National Athletic Trainers Month

- National Caffeine Awareness Month

- National Celery Month

- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month

- National Cheerleading Safety Month

- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month

- National Clean up Your IRS Act Month

- National Color Therapy Month

- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

- National Craft Month

- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

- National Endometriosis Awareness Month

- National Essential Tremor Awareness Month

- National Ethics Awareness Month

- National Eye Donor Month

- National Flour Month

- National Flower Month

- National Frozen Food Month

- National Kidney Month

- National Kite Month - March 28 - May 3, 2016

- National March Into Literacy Month

- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

- National Noodle Month

- National Nutrition Month

- National On-Hold Month

- National Optimism Month

- National Peanut Month

- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month

- National Problem Gambling Awareness Month

- National Professional Social Worker's Month

- National Sauce Month

- National Social Work Month

- National Umbrella Month

- National Women Inventors Month

- National Women's History Month

- Play the Recorder Month

- Read an E-Book Month

- Red Cross Month

- Rosacea Awareness Month

- Save Your Vision Month

- Sing with Your Child Month

- Spiritual Wellness Month

- Supply Management Month

- Trisomy Awareness Month

- Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month

- Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month

- Youth Art Month

Note: All month observances with "National" are observances of the United States of America.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 752BC – Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.

- 509BC – Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.

- 86BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.

- 0293 – Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").

- 317 – Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares.

- 350 – Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.

- 834 – Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. After his re-accession to the throne, his eldest son Lothair I flees to Burgundy.

- 1457 – The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.

- 1476 – Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.

- 1562 – Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.

- 1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

- 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

- 1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

- 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.

- 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

- 1700 – Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.

- 1713 – The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.

- 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

- 1790 – The first United States census is authorized.

- 1793 – French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.

- 1796 – The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.

- 1805 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.

- 1811 – Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

- 1815 – Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.

- 1815 – Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.

- 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.

- 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

- 1852 – Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

- 1854 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.

- 1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

- 1868 – The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.

- 1870 – Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.

- 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

- 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.

- 1886 – The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

- 1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

- 1896 – Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

- 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.

- 1901 – The Australian Army is formed.

- 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

- 1914 – The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.

- 1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.

- 1919 – March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.

- 1921 – The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.

- 1932 – Charles Lindbergh's son is reportedly kidnapped.

- 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.

- 1939 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.

- 1941 – World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.

- 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces landed in 3 different landing sites to capture Java, main island of Dutch East Indies: Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).

- 1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised.

- 1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.

- 1949 – Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.

- 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.

- 1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.

- 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

- 1954 – Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.

- 1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

- 1956 – Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee

- 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.

- 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

- 1961 – Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.

- 1964 – Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.

- 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.

- 1966 – The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.

- 1971 – President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.

- 1972 – The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.

- 1973 – Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.

- 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

- 1981 – Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.

- 1989 – The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

- 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

- 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

- 1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.

- 1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

- 1999 – Ottawa Treaty enters into force.

- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

- 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).

- 2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

- 2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

- 2005 – In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.

- 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

- 2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including 8 at Enterprise High School.

- 2008 – The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.

- 2014 – At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- AD40 – Martial, Spanish-Italian author and poet

- 1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer

- 1886 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright

- 1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader

- 1910 – David Niven, English soldier and actor

- 1922 – William Gaines, American publisher

- 1922 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1927 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor

- 1944 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

- 1944 – Mike d'Abo, English singer Manfred Mann

- 1954 – Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer

- 1963 – Thomas Andes, German singer, composer, and record producer

- 1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer

- 1983 – Lupita Nyong'o, Mexican-Kenyan actress

- 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

- Albert Camus (French Philosopher, 1913-1960) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Aww, you remembered my nation's birthday! 😄

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:You always make my day. Love you <3

Aw, thanks Peng! It makes me feel good knowing I can brighten up someone's day.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:I'll be making a post explaining the hard reset tonight, y'all. It should explain the details and intricacies and then we'll be voting on the map.

was anything said about the reset? what did it do? why? did i just ignore the obvious message like every other telegram?

Penguania And Antarctica

Spanelsko wrote:was anything said about the reset? what did it do? why? did i just ignore the obvious message like every other telegram?

Like I said, I'll make a message tonight. Out RN so I can't focus very well :p

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:Like I said, I'll make a message tonight. Out RN so I can't focus very well :p

ok sorry :p

Penguania And Antarctica

Spanelsko wrote:considering i live in UK as well, this is simply a fail..... i mean every winter we had (when i was back in my country) this much snow was common, i could even say that as of now its quite a warm weather from where i used to live.

We aren't used to extreme weather in Britain.

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona

Spanelsko wrote:considering i live in UK as well, this is simply a fail..... i mean every winter we had (when i was back in my country) this much snow was common, i could even say that as of now its quite a warm weather from where i used to live.

It's almost like different places on Earth have different kinds of weather and what is extreme and unmanageable for one area isn't for another area. That's kinda weird, huh?

Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Spanelsko

Unfallious wrote:It's almost like different places on Earth have different kinds of weather and what is extreme and unmanageable for one area isn't for another area. That's kinda weird, huh?

Well somebody's being a sassy bitch tonight.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:Well somebody's being a sassy bitch tonight.

I AM COLD

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Unfallious wrote:I AM COLD

English blood runs like ice.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:English blood runs like ice.

AM 25% SCOTTISH

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:AM 25% SCOTTISH

And I probably have 0.1% DNA that links me back to the Queen of Sheba. Doesn't matter. You're still English. Not your fault though. We all have our flaws. ;)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:And I probably have 0.1% DNA that links me back to the Queen of Sheba. Doesn't matter. You're still English. Not your fault though. We all have our flaws. ;)

recist :p

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:recist :p

It's not as racist as Alex Jones's employees calling one of their black female coworkers a "coon".

Penguania And Antarctica, United Countries Of Asia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Send noots.

XD

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Capitalism at work.

Also a national holiday in Russkov Soviet, I presume.

This holiday must be for you, Minnesota Dakota.

Is true. Although it isn't a major one.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Spanelsko wrote:i dont know why but i read the comfortable part as ´´uncomfortable´´

Must be lack of sleep.

Well... I do STILL have a 60+% dissapearence rate...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:AM 25% SCOTTISH

Nuremgard wrote:And I probably have 0.1% DNA that links me back to the Queen of Sheba. Doesn't matter. You're still English. Not your fault though. We all have our flaws. ;)

In the immortal words of Criss Chros, "Well, what race am I supposed to check? We all come from Africa!"

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:In the immortal words of Criss Chros, "Well, what race am I supposed to check? We all come from Africa!"

Is this the Criss Chros that likes applesauce?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Allishive wrote:Is this the Criss Chros that likes applesauce?

No, banana Zebra Cakes

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Allishive

Allishive wrote:Is this the Criss Chros that likes applesauce?

Show me any person who claims not to like applesauce and I’ll show you the face of a depraved liar.

Vista Major wrote:No, banana Zebra Cakes

That goes double for zebra cakes.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Allishive

Alrighty tighty.

So, y'all, we recently confirmed that a Hard-Reset will be taking place in the Confederacy General RP. Some of you might not know what this means exactly with regard to the RP, so it's my job as one of the Mod Team to explain it:

The Hard-Reset does exactly what it sounds like, all progress, international relations, alliances, and so on and so forth are rendered null and void if they came before this post, in the RP. Mind you, you will still keep things that solely affected your nation if you so choose, but all things international have been reset.

The rules have received two additions as well, all actions have to be done IC. You can't form an alliance OOC and have it essentially follow into RP, the alliance must form inside the RP.

Secondly the other rule is a protection, really geared towards people like me who spend hours designing things that they really would rather not go to waste should someone decide to start making copies thereof. This includes things like releasing the -in detail- technical specifications to the world and making actual copies to sell.

The other rules have had no change.

That should be it, thus far. Be advised that we will be pulling a new RPer up soon to replace Andy since he doesn't have time to moderate the RP anymore.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Welcome to the CoFN, United Countries of Asia! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!

Good to see u✌😊

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:It's almost like different places on Earth have different kinds of weather and what is extreme and unmanageable for one area isn't for another area. That's kinda weird, huh?

it is....

Also from when are English described as ´´people´´? i have always believed that English were some space aliens....

Penguania And Antarctica

In the meantime with the rebooted RP, the map is now wiped along with all previous claims!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=981935

Use this image to highlight your new claim (if you wish to be involved): https://i.imgur.com/fuMouq1.png

Telegram me your claim and I'll get it implemented ASAP.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Show me any person who claims not to like applesauce and I’ll show you the face of a depraved liar. That goes double for zebra cakes.

i dont like applesauce

Jaslandia wrote:Capitalism at work.

Also a national holiday in Russkov Soviet, I presume.

This holiday must be for you, Minnesota Dakota.

It is actually. At least in the Minnesotan SIR.

I apologize for my inactivity recently. I will try to be more active.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KTB3t1t7dk

Axeldonia, Percyton

If i remember correctly you have to have WA to be citizen right? well as of now i can finally say this: i am leaving WA and making this my secondary nation. As an RP moderator i have a lot less time to do anything here so i will be no longer be participating in the RP.

(which as many could say is a good thing)

I should also mention this: i mean RP moderator of another Region.

Penguania And Antarctica

Spanelsko wrote:If i remember correctly you have to have WA to be citizen right? well as of now i can finally say this: i am leaving WA and making this my secondary nation. As an RP moderator i have a lot less time to do anything here so i will be no longer be participating in the RP.

(which as many could say is a good thing)

I should also mention this: i mean RP moderator of another Region.

Pretty sure if you disclose your WA nation to the MoIA, you’re fine- your WA nation doesn’t necessarily have to be in this region. But, best to confirm that with Lex.

Jaslandia

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:i dont like applesauce

How you sleep at night is beyond me.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Minnesota Dakota wrote:It is actually. At least in the Minnesotan SIR.

I apologize for my inactivity recently. I will try to be more active.

Well I'm glad the Minnesota Society of Interventional Radiology has its own holidays.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_(disambiguation)

Penguania And Antarctica

I have returned.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Confederal States

Continental Commonwealths wrote:How you sleep at night is beyond me.

applesauce looks, feels, and tastes like im swallowing worm diarrhea

Confederal States

Can someone of you English natives tell me the difference of 'lonely' and 'lonesome'? Or is there none?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, United Countries Of Asia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Can someone of you English natives tell me the difference of 'lonely' and 'lonesome'? Or is there none?

There are people who distinguish but effectively there's no difference.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Can someone of you English natives tell me the difference of 'lonely' and 'lonesome'? Or is there none?

I would, but English not good. No school. No can speak. (I honestly have no idea)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Can someone of you English natives tell me the difference of 'lonely' and 'lonesome'? Or is there none?

From what I can tell, there isn't really a difference, except that lonely has a couple more uses than lonesome.

Penguania And Antarctica

Just a warning... I've been playing A LOT of Fallout 4. So... If you see any actions from me involving nuclear weapons, don't fret. I'm not going to launch any... unless launched upon.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Can someone of you English natives tell me the difference of 'lonely' and 'lonesome'? Or is there none?

Lonely is generally used for people. Eg. He is lonely as he lacks companion whereas lonesome exactly is used for non living things eg. The house is lonesome. I think this is the main difference but not sure

Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:i dont like applesauce

I've actually never had applesauce

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

United Countries Of Asia wrote:Lonely is generally used for people. Eg. He is lonely as he lacks companion whereas lonesome exactly is used for non living things eg. The house is lonesome. I think this is the main difference but not sure

True, but I've also seen definitions and examples that show either word could be used for either situation (i.e. "a lonesome person," "a lonely island."), Not as common perhaps, but both are correct.

United Countries Of Asia

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:applesauce looks, feels, and tastes like im swallowing worm diarrhea

I suspect both are excellent sources of fibre.

Penguania And Antarctica

Lex Caledonia wrote:In the meantime with the rebooted RP, the map is now wiped along with all previous claims!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=981935

Use this image to highlight your new claim (if you wish to be involved): https://i.imgur.com/fuMouq1.png

Telegram me your claim and I'll get it implemented ASAP.

DOING EET

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

What's it with the applesauce?

Percyton

Vista Major wrote:DOING EET

YEET! I also did. GIB ME MOTHERLAND! xD

Vista Major, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is March 2 and today are:]

Today is March 2 and today are:

- Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)

- Doljatra (Bangladesh)

- Dulhandi (Pakistan)

- Holi (Hinduism)

- Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

- James Ronald Webster Day (Anguilla)

- National Banana Cream Pie Day (United States)

- National Day of Action (Peace Corps)

- National Dress in Blue Day (United States)

- National Employee Appreciation Day (United States)

- National Flag Day (Bangladesh)

- National Old Stuff Day (United States)

- National Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss Day (United States)

- National Salesperson Day (United States)

- National Speech and Debate Education Day (United States)

- Peasants' Day (Burma)

- Texas Independence Day (Texas)

- Victory at Adwa Day (Ethiopia)

- World Day of Prayer

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.

- 0986 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks.

- 1127 – Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.

- 1444 – Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.

- 1458 – George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.

- 1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.

- 1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.

- 1498 – Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.

- 1561 – Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.

- 1657 – Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days

- 1717 – The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.

- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.

- 1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.

- 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.

- 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.

- 1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.

- 1811 – Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.

- 1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.

- 1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.

- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.

- 1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.

- 1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.

- 1865 – East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.

- 1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.

- 1877 – U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.

- 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.

- 1901 – United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.

- 1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.

- 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.

- 1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

- 1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.

- 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

- 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

- 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

- 1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.

- 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.

- 1946 – Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.

- 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

- 1955 – Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.

- 1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.

- 1961 – John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.

- 1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

- 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

- 1965 – The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

- 1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.

- 1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.

- 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

- 1977 – Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".

- 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.

- 1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

- 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.

- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.

- 1991 – Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.

- 1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.

- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

- 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

- 2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

- 2012 – A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities

- 2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech pianist and composer

- 1829 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior

- 1900 – Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer

- 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator

- 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer

- 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1940 – Lothar de Maizière, German Christian Democratic politician, last head of government of East Germany

- 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

- 1942 – John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter

- 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

- 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor and producer

- 1977 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter and producer

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

- Phil Jackson (American Coach, *1945) -

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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

Lex Caledonia wrote:In the meantime with the rebooted RP, the map is now wiped along with all previous claims!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=981935

Use this image to highlight your new claim (if you wish to be involved): https://i.imgur.com/fuMouq1.png

Telegram me your claim and I'll get it implemented ASAP.

Guys, just a reminder, you'll make the process a lot simpler and quicker if you use this: https://i.imgur.com/fuMouq1.png

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Grand Hesperia wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KTB3t1t7dk

Welcome to the region, Grand Hesperia! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here in the CoFN!

Sulania wrote:I have returned.

Hello there, Sul! How are you?

Alruniea wrote:I've actually never had applesauce

Neither have I, being an engine and all.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

On this day, March 2nd, 2018, The Modern People's Party officially makes its public debut.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982090

Russkov Soviet

With the sudden influx of politics, it's time to update my party policies.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=938117

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova

Vista Major wrote:On this day, March 2nd, 2018, The Modern People's Party officially makes its public debut.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982090

Ah good, green text on a white field. Here I was worried I would have to pour battery acid into my eyes myself.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ah good, green text on a white field. Here I was worried I would have to pour battery acid into my eyes myself.

>.>

<.<

Green on white is a good 30%+ of Netflix. Thought you'd be used to it

Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:>.>

<.<

Green on white is a good 30%+ of Netflix. Thought you'd be used to it

Nawh mang, I'm on a Crave fix right now. Need my Nurse Jackie and Mayday.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

ATTENTION:

In light of the recent hard reset of the roleplay, the Bank of the Multinationale has reformed its income policy: all new Bank members will start out with a standard 10,000,000 ISD. The monthly allowance will increase to 1,000,000 ISD, plus a bonus depending on their Bank activity (deposits and withdrawals).

For more information, submit your questions and comments as soon as possible.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=970816

Penguania And Antarctica

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