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Nuremgard wrote:kill all the Jews/Muslims/gays" etc.

Alright man let's not get too hasty calm down!

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:Alright man let's not get too hasty calm down!

Them gays are the worst. I should know.

Axeldonia, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:But allowing them to speak normalises and legitimises their views. People should not be allowed to freely say things like, "let's kill all the Jews/Muslims/gays" etc

It wouldn’t legitimize them at all. That’s like saying we currently legitimize the far left because we allow them to speak freely. There’s nothing that can be done aside from allowing them to speak their nonsense and just hope people don’t buy into it

Religious debates? On my CFN?

[spoiler]The militancy of edgy teenagers increases by 0.15[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States

Friedensreich wrote:It wouldn’t legitimize them at all. That’s like saying we currently legitimize the far left because we allow them to speak freely. There’s nothing that can be done aside from allowing them to speak their nonsense and just hope people don’t buy into it

But we cant take that chance. We let people buy it in the 1930s and that caused a genocide.

Nuova Constidor wrote:Religious debates? On my CFN?

[spoiler]The militancy of edgy teenagers increases by 0.15[/spoiler]

Good thing I'm not a teenager.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuova Constidor wrote:Religious debates? On my CFN?

[spoiler]The militancy of edgy teenagers increases by 0.15[/spoiler]

https://youtu.be/SjbPi00k_ME?t=12s

Penguania And Antarctica, Nuova Constidor

Nuremgard wrote:Good thing I'm not a teenager.

We're all moody teens here, even if our ages say otherwise.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Confederal States

Nuova Constidor wrote:We're all moody teens here, even if our ages say otherwise.

True.

Come on though. You cant really criticise anyone else for being an edge lord, considering the kind of stuff you used to post on here ages ago.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sAzPnT-5-s

Nuremgard wrote:True.

Come on though. You cant really criticise anyone else for being an edge lord, considering the kind of stuff you used to post on here ages ago.

I never said that I was better than the crowd.

Nuova Constidor wrote:I never said that I was better than the crowd.

We're all arseholes together. Some more than others.

Nuova Constidor

Nuremgard wrote:But we cant take that chance. We let people buy it in the 1930s and that caused a genocide.

And doing otherwise means we become no better than them.

They employed violence against social and political minorities, and you’re arguing we do the same as them, just to different people this time around. How does that fix things?

This whole “we’ve got to punch Nazis to save democracy” schtick that is going around (from what I’ve seen, the biggest perpetuators of this schtick are butthurt Clintonites, which is topkek btw) is incredibly short sighted.

The Empire Of Handland

Nuremgard wrote:We're all arseholes together. Some more than others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVJC0LJTYZc

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:And doing otherwise means we become no better than them.

They employed violence against social and political minorities, and you’re arguing we do the same as them, just to different people this time around. How does that fix things?

This whole “we’ve got to punch Nazis to save democracy” schtick that is going around (from what I’ve seen, the biggest perpetuators of this schtick are butthurt Clintonites, which is topkek btw) is incredibly short sighted.

I never claimed it would fix it. And I agree it is short-sighted. But it sure as hell gives me a nice dose of schadenfreude when I see neo-Nazi wankers dealt with violently. It's funny because they're always the first ones to shriek about victimhood and "ma free speech!"

Nuova Constidor wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVJC0LJTYZc

I forgot about this song. I love it. Thank you for reminding me it exists.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:I never claimed it would fix it. And I agree it is short-sighted. But it sure as hell gives me a nice dose of schadenfreude when I see neo-Nazi wankers dealt with violently. It's funny because they're always the first ones to shriek about victimhood and "ma free speech!"

Ye, that’s actually pretty funny. My grandma is a big Trump supporter, and she was trying to say months ago that she supported free speech but meanwhile wanted the President to crack down on the anti-Nazi protests.

Nuremgard

Friedensreich wrote:Ye, that’s actually pretty funny. My grandma is a big Trump supporter, and she was trying to say months ago that she supported free speech but meanwhile wanted the President to crack down on the anti-Nazi protests.

Exactly. If they can be hypocrites, so can we.

Put them up against a wall and shoot them. See how much they like Nazism then.

Nuremgard wrote:Exactly. If they can be hypocrites, so can we.

Put them up against a wall and shoot them. See how much they like Nazism then.

Clarification: This post was said in jest. I do not support shooting people for their political opinions.

You know, just saying, in case any self-righteous mods decide to descend.

Nuremgard wrote:I forgot about this song. I love it. Thank you for reminding me it exists.

World peace has been achieved trough my reminder of that video's existence. Amen.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuova Constidor wrote:World peace has been achieved trough my reminder of that video's existence. Amen.

This video needs to be sent to every politician and every voter.

Nuremgard wrote:Exactly. If they can be hypocrites, so can we.

Put them up against a wall and shoot them. See how much they like Nazism then.

Nah, that just makes things worse. Besides, I don’t want a charge of assault or murder on my record.

Friedensreich wrote:Nah, that just makes things worse. Besides, I don’t want a charge of assault or murder on my record.

Letting them speak makes people think it's okay to hold such views. And when they think it's okay, they are openly hateful to others. It just creates a really nasty society.

Nuremgard wrote:This video needs to be sent to every politician and every voter.

https://youtu.be/-h5WrWncDZw?t=5m18s

Nuremgard

Nuova Constidor wrote:https://youtu.be/-h5WrWncDZw?t=5m18s

Filthy frank? How edgey

Jaslandia, Nuova Constidor

Friedensreich wrote:Filthy frank? How edgey

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Edgey

Well, I think I've found my spirituality guys. I'm a Quaker.

The Empire Of Handland, Confederal States

Sulania wrote:Well, I think I've found my spirituality guys. I'm a Quaker.

Are you being serious or is this a joke?

Yukona

Sulania wrote:Well, I think I've found my spirituality guys. I'm a Quaker.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Quaker_Oats_logo_2017.png/220px-Quaker_Oats_logo_2017.png

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:*sigh*

Everything alright, Peng?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuova Constidor wrote:Are you being serious or is this a joke?

... No. It's not a joke. I'm a Quaker.

I don't see how'd that be a joke...

Kalaron, Confederal States

Post self-deleted by Confederal States.

Sulania wrote:Well, I think I've found my spirituality guys. I'm a Quaker.

I myself have been looking into Quakerism recently.

“Described as "natural capitalists" by the BBC journalist Peter Jackson, some Quakers founded banks and financial institutions....”

>inb4 Quaker conspiracy theories start

Jaslandia

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=lex_caledonia/detail=factbook/id=894119

Penultimate Medieval RP Factbook Update.

Camelon during the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfw8Es44Kgk

Lexidus after the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4EdHTqLhQ

Axeldonia

Lex Caledonia wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=lex_caledonia/detail=factbook/id=894119

Penultimate Medieval RP Factbook Update.

Camelon during the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfw8Es44Kgk

Lexidus after the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4EdHTqLhQ

You finished your factbook in one update? Nerd.

Lex Caledonia

Lex Caledonia wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=lex_caledonia/detail=factbook/id=894119

Penultimate Medieval RP Factbook Update.

Camelon during the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfw8Es44Kgk

Lexidus after the Formation War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4EdHTqLhQ

Also, "Blackhand clans" eh?

Lex Caledonia

Axeldonia wrote:You finished your factbook in one update? Nerd.

Penultimate meaning ALMOST, a messed up body clock helps the process substantially too :L

Axeldonia

Listening to Scottish people play COD is hilarious. Especially when they start insulting English players. The English never have any other patter other than "ha, you're a Scottish c*nt." :P

The Empire Of Handland

Axeldonia wrote:Also, "Blackhand clans" eh?

Yup, figured these clans would have known Titenfisca's former rulers and been sympathetic to their cause :P

Axeldonia

Lex Caledonia wrote:Yup, figured these clans would have known Titenfisca's former rulers and been sympathetic to their cause :P

Dang humans. Can't be trusted I tell ya.

Lex Caledonia

Axeldonia wrote:Dang humans. Can't be trusted I tell ya.

Hey Lexidus wiped the squidhaters out and exiled the survivors. You're welcome ;)

Axeldonia

Bit quieter than usual

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Bit quieter than usual

Maybe, but it doesn't feel like it. As I've said before, the region usually gets quiet around this time due to the time zones our members are in.

Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Bit quieter than usual

I had to write an essay.

Jaslandia, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Bit quieter than usual

I suppose so. I would stay and chat to liven things up, but I just finished my mail run, so now I have to get some sleep. Goodnight, everyone!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:I had to write an essay.

I have to make a speech outline and produce three pages for an argument essay by 11:50 AM

Jaslandia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:I suppose so. I would stay and chat to liven things up, but I just finished my mail run, so now I have to get some sleep. Goodnight, everyone!

Goodnight, Percy!

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Hello, everyone! Percy here with some important announcements! By now, I'm sure many of you have heard about the upcoming zombie event. Percyton has been planning for such an incident, and I'm here to present the plans and contingencies we've come up with.

[spoiler=Zombie announcements]First, Sodor Railways will likely have to cancel night trains like the Mail Train and the Flying Kipper during the zombie outbreak, although we will have emergency passenger services during the evening for those who need to get around the Island safely (which I'll go into later). Despite this, we will do our best to keep Sodor's Halloween events (the Murder Mystery Dinner Train, Trick-or-Treating on the Tracks, and the Haunted Branch Line) running as normal during the zombie event: Not only does Edward say this would project calm, but I think it would be unfair to cancel Sodor's Halloween events on Halloween night. However, if the zombie outbreak gets bad enough that there's a clear risk to the passengers, then we'll have to cancel or cut short the events that night.

In terms of government, I have signed a decree creating the Committee on Zombie Prevention and Cure, with my Science and Technology Minister Rosie as Chair, and my Defense Minister Neville as Vice-Chair. Though Percyton's focus will be curing, the Committee will include representatives from every sector to ensure all options are heard. The committee will have its headquarters at the secure Special Operations Facility near Vicarstown. This committee will be empowered to research and develop all zombie cures, along with some additional emergency powers.

Me and my government will still be running things from Tidmouth Sheds, and we will try to do so for as long as possible. But if something happens to me and my government, communication is lost between Tidmouth Sheds and the Vicarstown facility, or the number of zombies reaches a certain point, then my decree automcatically gives Rosie and the Committee for Zombie Prevention and Cure complete governmental powers for the duration of the zombie outbreak. Rosie and her committee will have complete power to handle the zombie crisis, and she will become de facto leader of Percyton once power is transferred. All concerns and communications should be addressed to Rosie once power is officially transferred.

Finally, my government will try to evacuate as many foreign visitors and tourists as we can, but if there any remainding foreign visitors once the zombie event begins, then we will offer them free transportation and lodgings in or near the Vicarstown facility, where we can ensure their safety. Any foreign dignitaries or ambassadors who need to speak to the Percytonian government in-person should come to the Vicarstown facility. For people who need to be transported to and from the Vicarstown facility, BoCo, Hiro, and Gargarin will be providing transportation for this purpose, and we encourage everyone who is not in a safe place to take advantage of this. The buses Bertie and Algy will also be providing emergency transportation during the zombie outbreak, but this service be short-distance and used only to complement the rail services, as we feel the rails will be safer than the roads when the zombies are out.

As always, Percyton will keep in contact with the outside world through the regional RMB, and should anything happen, you will hear about on the RMB. We wish you all the best during the zombie outbreak, and stay safe out there![/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Percyton wrote:Hello, everyone! Percy here with some important announcements! By now, I'm sure many of you have heard about the upcoming zombie event. Percyton has been planning for such an incident, and I'm here to present the plans and contingencies we've come up with.

[spoiler=Zombie announcements]First, Sodor Railways will likely have to cancel night trains like the Mail Train and the Flying Kipper during the zombie outbreak, although we will have emergency passenger services during the evening for those who need to get around the Island safely (which I'll go into later). Despite this, we will do our best to keep Sodor's Halloween events (the Murder Mystery Dinner Train, Trick-or-Treating on the Tracks, and the Haunted Branch Line) running as normal during the zombie event: Not only does Edward say this would project calm, but I think it would be unfair to cancel Sodor's Halloween events on Halloween night. However, if the zombie outbreak gets bad enough that there's a clear risk to the passengers, then we'll have to cancel or cut short the events that night.

In terms of government, I have signed a decree creating the Committee on Zombie Prevention and Cure, with my Science and Technology Minister Rosie as Chair, and my Defense Minister Neville as Vice-Chair. Though Percyton's focus will be curing, the Committee will include representatives from every sector to ensure all options are heard. The committee will have its headquarters at the secure Special Operations Facility near Vicarstown. This committee will be empowered to research and develop all zombie cures, along with some additional emergency powers.

Me and my government will still be running things from Tidmouth Sheds, and we will try to do so for as long as possible. But if something happens to me and my government, communication is lost between Tidmouth Sheds and the Vicarstown facility, or the number of zombies reaches a certain point, then my decree automcatically gives Rosie and the Committee for Zombie Prevention and Cure complete governmental powers for the duration of the zombie outbreak. Rosie and her committee will have complete power to handle the zombie crisis, and she will become de facto leader of Percyton once power is transferred. All concerns and communications should be addressed to Rosie once power is officially transferred.

Finally, my government will try to evacuate as many foreign visitors and tourists as we can, but if there any remainding foreign visitors once the zombie event begins, then we will offer them free transportation and lodgings in or near the Vicarstown facility, where we can ensure their safety. Any foreign dignitaries or ambassadors who need to speak to the Percytonian government in-person should come to the Vicarstown facility. For people who need to be transported to and from the Vicarstown facility, BoCo, Hiro, and Gargarin will be providing transportation for this purpose, and we encourage everyone who is not in a safe place to take advantage of this. The buses Bertie and Algy will also be providing emergency transportation during the zombie outbreak, but this service be short-distance and used only to complement the rail services, as we feel the rails will be safer than the roads when the zombies are out.

As always, Percyton will keep in contact with the outside world through the regional RMB, and should anything happen, you will hear about on the RMB. We wish you all the best during the zombie outbreak, and stay safe out there![/spoiler]

Sounds like a good plan. Good luck, Percy! Stay safe!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

HAIL ZOMBIE CHRIST! WE AND THE GOD WILL KILL YOU ALL HERETICS!

Glory to the Horde!

Penguania And Antarctica

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32782414#p32782414

News update regarding the Zombie threat

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

I am starting to think that i will be the only nation that actually helps the dead, well in that case, DEUS VULT!

Spanelsko wrote:I am starting to think that i will be the only nation that actually helps the dead, well in that case, DEUS VULT!

You mean

'SATANAS VULT!' / 'DIABOLUS VULT!'

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Spanelsko

Question should i appoint a head of the Fuhrmanian national satanic church

Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:You mean

'SATANAS VULT!' / 'DIABOLUS VULT!'

Satanic or christian zombies doesnt matter, what matters is a pure Apocalypse.

Penguania And Antarctica

Spanelsko wrote:I am starting to think that i will be the only nation that actually helps the dead, well in that case, DEUS VULT!

Alright, guess I'll officially declare war on you then. Prepare to be exterminated :P

Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Axeldonia wrote:Alright, guess I'll officially declare war on you then. Prepare to be exterminated :P

But we will already be killed by ourselves so its impossible for you to exterminate us :p

1 H until Iberian Horde starts.

Spanelsko wrote:1 H until Iberian Horde starts.

Loads AKM

Spanelsko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7Laj8Yp6w

Ns right now

Axeldonia wrote:Loads AKM

Good luck living thing, it will take time but we will slaughter our way to Axeldonia through Europe.

Spanelsko wrote:I am starting to think that i will be the only nation that actually helps the dead, well in that case, DEUS VULT!

I’m trying to get TEL to embrace the zombies and spread the love and happiness, actually. Regardless if they go along or not, I plan on having my puppets embracing them.

Spanelsko

Friedensreich wrote:I’m trying to get TEL to embrace the zombies and spread the love and happiness, actually. Regardless if they go along or not, I plan on having my puppets embracing them.

Good luck Horde brother, for the undead!

I do reccomend we close our borders

Jaslandia, Percyton

Incoming Bullshit Z-Day speech,

Courtesy of Yours Truly.

Ladies. Gentlemen.

We have less than an hour until the zombie apocalypse begins.

For most nations, that is no time at all.

We are not most nations.

We are the Nations of the CFN!

To everyone seeing this, everyone here, know this:

We have been through this many a times before.

We have the resources, and the will, to make these hours count!

The clock is ticking, my friends.

I will see all of you in hell.

I hope you enjoyed the speech. Good luck during Z-Day...

...and may the odds be ever in your favor.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

What up

Aldwood, Percyton, Spanelsko

now that i think about it, this will be an interesting combination, fascist christian zombies charging humans while screaming ZOMBIE VULT! now that is something i want to see made as a film.

Soon the Eternal Crusade for Jerusalem shall begin.

Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhF4O54YjU

Focus on the Cure

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Whelp, it's on. Happy hunting.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Oh good.... Zombies.

Whelp... Soldiers of the Equestrian Empire... Operation 'Z' has begun. It was an honor to serve you. (*grabs national banner in one hand, AKM in other*) FOR THE MOTHERLAND! UUUURRRRRAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Spanelsko

Russkov Soviet wrote:Oh good.... Zombies.

Whelp... Soldiers of the Equestrian Empire... Operation 'Z' has begun. It was an honor to serve you. (*grabs national banner in one hand, AKM in other*) FOR THE MOTHERLAND! UUUURRRRRAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Monster.......

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

*preparing a nuke to exterminate all zombies*

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuking the zombies is the best thing to do

Jaslandia

Spanelsko wrote:Monster.......

I've done this the last 4 years, so.... yeah. Tradition.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton, Spanelsko

Russkov Soviet wrote:I've done this the last 4 years, so.... yeah. Tradition.

I know but what did the innocent zombies ever done to you? its not like they want to eat you or anything.........

Russkov Soviet

Well, time to embrace the zombie hoard my brethren.

Fuhrmania, Spanelsko

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Well, time to embrace the zombie hoard my brethren.

No its time to nuke them

Jaslandia

Fuhrmania wrote:No its time to nuke them

You'll be the first to go then

Spanelsko

Fuhrmania wrote:No its time to nuke them

You mean nuke humans right? so there can be more mutated zombies.

Spanelsko wrote:You mean nuke humans right? so there can be more mutated zombies.

I mean nuke the zombies

Fuhrmania wrote:I mean nuke the zombies

so humans?

Spanelsko wrote:so humans?

Fine change of strategies seek a cure

Fuhrmania wrote:Fine change of strategies seek a cure

so final solution to the human question?

Spanelsko wrote:so final solution to the human question?

We find a cure to cure the zombies

Jaslandia, Percyton

Fuhrmania wrote:We find a cure to cure the zombies

so you cure my friends so they wont get infected by humans?

OK OK i stop now.

Fuhrmania

The CURE is mighty!!

Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Fuhrmania, Percyton

After the zombie apocalypse i will be hosting a rugby world cup as a act of unity in the CoFN

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Well, it's started. To help everyone cheer up during the zombie stuff, here's a couple of fun little spooky song:

https://youtu.be/kj00rC7ei18

https://youtu.be/Hn__S638wZg

And here's some spooky Thomas & Friends stories:

https://youtu.be/DbRqr77mpK0

https://youtu.be/fDuuCpssZnI

https://youtu.be/BK0mf5RE8mQ

https://youtu.be/qATERUNZMsg

https://youtu.be/ngu9Q_913gE

https://youtu.be/4YyEjNYa9Ec

https://youtu.be/deDMV_UXi1k

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Well, it's started. To help everyone cheer up during the zombie stuff, here's a couple of fun little spooky song:

https://youtu.be/kj00rC7ei18

https://youtu.be/Hn__S638wZg

And here's some spooky Thomas & Friends stories:

https://youtu.be/DbRqr77mpK0

https://youtu.be/fDuuCpssZnI

https://youtu.be/BK0mf5RE8mQ

https://youtu.be/qATERUNZMsg

https://youtu.be/ngu9Q_913gE

https://youtu.be/4YyEjNYa9Ec

https://youtu.be/deDMV_UXi1k

Some good stories there. Thanks, Percy!

Penguania And Antarctica

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32783355#p32783355

Well sh*t, for once a bit of peace between the factions

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

hmmmm, is it just me who finds this weird that 2 theocracies both christian have joined the Horde? Well it seems like i was correct with thinking that this is gods work and that i am actually not insane.

Penguania And Antarctica

Spanelsko wrote:hmmmm, is it just me who finds this weird that 2 theocracies both christian have joined the Horde? Well it seems like i was correct with thinking that this is gods work and that i am actually not insane.

Yep.

Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

While I wouldn't normally question the Lord's work... my nation's religion is founded upon two goddesses rather than a single God.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

[spoiler=Today is October 30 and today are:]

Today is October 30 and today are:

- Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)

- Checklist Day

- Create A Great Funeral Day

- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)

- Devil's Night (Detroit, Michigan, United States)

- Indonesian Banknote Day (Indonesia)

- International Orthopaedic Nurses Day

- National Candy Corn Day (United States)

- National Publicist Day (United States)

- National Speak Up For Service Day (United States)

- Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 637 – Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.

- 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.

- 1137 – Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.

- 1270 – The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.

- 1340 – Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Marinid invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.

- 1485 – King Henry VII of England is crowned.

- 1501 – Ballet of Chestnuts: A banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.

- 1657 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War.

- 1806 – Believing he is facing a much larger force, Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrendered the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers commanded by General Lassalle.

- 1817 – The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.

- 1831 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

- 1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

- 1864 – Second Schleswig War ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.

- 1864 – Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".

- 1888 – Rudd Concession granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes led by Charles Rudd.

- 1894 – Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.

- 1905 – Czar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. This was October 17 in the Julian calendar.

- 1918 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.

- 1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

- 1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

- 1929 – The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.

- 1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

- 1941 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

- 1941 – One thousand and five hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

- 1942 – Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code.

- 1944 – Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.

- 1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color line.

- 1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.

- 1950 – Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

- 1953 – Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.

- 1960 – Dr.Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

- 1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; equivalent to 57 megatons of TNT, it remains the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise.

- 1961 – Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker instead.

- 1965 – English model Jean Shrimpton causes a global sensation by wearing a daring white minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.

- 1965 – Vietnam War: United States Marines repel an intense attack by Viet Cong forces and killing 56 guerrillas near Da Nang.

- 1970 – In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes severe floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.

- 1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

- 1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.

- 1975 – Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

- 1980 – El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

- 1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.

- 1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

- 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.

- 1993 – The Troubles: Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, killing eight civilians, six Catholics and two Protestants.

- 1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

- 2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

- 2014 – Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.

- 2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 39 BC - Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus

- 1735 - John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States

- 1785 - Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, German nobleman, author and landscape architect

- 1882 - William Halsey, Jr., American admira

- 1882 - Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal

- 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet and critic

- 1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver

- 1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1960 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager

- 1973 - Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor

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Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:While I wouldn't normally question the Lord's work... my nation's religion is founded upon two goddesses rather than a single God.

That wont last long, when the christian horde arrives at Moscow (or whatever is current capital of the Union) you will forget your evil ways.

DEUS VULT! HORDE VULT!

Russkov Soviet

Tactical Zombie Elimination SquadsLevel 1 Strike Force100.0% READY

WTF?

I dont pay attention to things and suddenly i have no zombies and this ready, WTF?

EDIT EVEN MORE WTF?

Spanelsko is building zombie empire.

Nuremgard was cleansed by a Level 1 Strike Force Tactical Zombie Elimination Squad from Spanelsko, killing 4 million zombies.

Axeldonia

I FAILED THE GOD!

Axeldonia

Russkov Soviet wrote:While I wouldn't normally question the Lord's work... my nation's religion is founded upon two goddesses rather than a single God.

A flame, here.

Jaslandia

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