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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Donald Trump: We're gonna build a wall and make Mexi-- er, Vista Major pay for it!
Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States
[nation=The empire of handland]
[nation=Solla Ultima] Well why howdy neighbor!
fite me orange boi
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
U u u u update my dudes - If any of this information is incorrect please contact me ASAP
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=878786
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Confederal States
Here's the area we regained from Lovackia
https://i.imgur.com/ufHLVlV.png
Percyton
"Following new legislation in Percyton, trespassers entering Percy the Small Engine's office are immediately vaporized."
I didn't mean for that to happen; I just thought a force-field door would look cool. That's what my non-existent nerdy niece (try saying that 10 times fast) said.
"Mechanist Democracy"? I've never seen my nation described like that before (the most common descriptions seem to be either 'Thomas the Tank Engine Land' or 'the Talking Train Place'), but I suppose it's accurate.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
Can I get a link for the new map? For some reason, it puts me on the old one.
Jaslandia
I would probably be a dimensional rift state :p
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=tserra/detail=factbook/id=876783
Russkov Soviet, Percyton
https://i.imgur.com/46elrSN.png
Percyton
Well your special and because I don't really know how your government works (I.e. Human to Engine politics) I believed the term "Mechanist Democracy" was both fitting and perfect :D
Oh and
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Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Sorry its so late [nation=peoples liberation republic]
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_confederacy_general
Peoples Liberation Republic
No worries; half the people in Percyton don't know how our government works, and human-engine relations are kinda in flux right now. The best description of my government I can give is that we're kinda like Jaslandia: As King, I'm the chief decision-maker, but the Parliament (led by Prime Minister Sir Topham Hatt) can overrule or change my decisions. As for human-engine relations, there are some areas where engines are still dominant (engines occupy most Cabinet-level and similar higher-up posts), and other areas where humans are dominant (humans are in charge of running the railways and the business side of Percyton, for example).
And it doesn't really work if you're just typing it out.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Good morning friends and foes :)
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton, South Hyder
Just a FYI: My nation will be updated on Saturday, September 16th.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Looking forward to it!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I hope I'm in the 'friends' category! Good morning, Peng! How are you today?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Builds new international airport - tourism decreases.
#NSLogic
Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Talking Point
Vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Spanelskoan mussels the biggest in The Confederacy of Free Nations.
Reclassification
The Spanelskoan Economy rose from Strong to Very Strong. hmmm, well who likes a drugged fish?
Oh, I am doing good. Got three A's in school today. :)
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Percyton
NS is a doof, I'm still classified as a father knows best state, I think, even though I'm totally socialist.
Also, in recent news, I'm making a new body armour now! The (TY Peng) Aegis Ballistic Body Armour is going to be the best next generation armour :DDDD
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
small report, the first missile test of the new missile type 777 will be tested in the next 6 days in the MDA. This test will be focusing on if it actually works and how many can be killed with the explosion chemicals used in this new missile, this test will be involving 100.000 civilians in the whole Madrid. We will bring report of this event once its complete.
You bomb yourself, how do you have a missile program :P
Perhaps you have not received an issue about it yet. One that increases political freedoms. Because you may get the same issue twice a week, like me, but an issue about something so important appears once in every quarter of the year
These be comin' ever 8th blue moon
Cesorion
Post self-deleted by Spanelsko.
Post self-deleted by Spanelsko.
"I am not bombing my self all the time"
Just making sure you know but we don't use NS stats in the MT RP
Axeldonia
Also andy, would you be interested in a few magic albinos?
Oh ok, well i was more or less using it form 50% (only until repairing the nation, so our economy is doing well! not really)
By that i mean that we are repaired and our economy is still terrible but hey, we can afford our army since we dont have to pay enslaved work force.
Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is September 14 and today are:]
Today is September 14 and today are:
- Engineer's Day (Romania)
- Gobstopper Day
- Hindi Divas (Hindi-speaking regions)
- Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
- National Cream Filled Donut Day (United States)
- National Eat a Hoagie Day (United States)
- National Live Creative Day (United States)
- National Virginia Day (United States)
- San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- AD 81 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 629 Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
- 786 "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
- 919 Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
- 1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- 1402 Battle of Homildon Hill results in an English victory over Scotland.
- 1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- 1682 Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- 1723 Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
- 1741 George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
- 1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1763 Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
- 1791 The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
- 1808 Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
- 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- 1814 Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1829 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1846 Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
- 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- 1901 U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1914 HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
- 1917 Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- 1936 Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
- 1939 World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- 1940 Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
- 1943 World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
- 1944 World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
- 1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
- 1958 The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1959 The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1960 Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
- 1969 The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
- 1975 The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1979 Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
- 1982 President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
- 1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1985 Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- 1992 The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
- 1994 The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1997 Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the AhmedabadHowrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- 1998 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 2000 Microsoft releases Windows ME.
- 2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
- 2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2007 Financial crisis of 20072008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2015 The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1769 Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer
- 1817 Theodor Storm, German writer
- 1864 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1879 Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist
- 1910 Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager
- 1910 Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer
- 1944 Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
- 1947 Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director
- 1959 Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter (a-ha)
- 1960 Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1965 Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
- 1983 Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter
- 1985 Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
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Quote of the day
I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
- Sam Neill -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton
Signed up for tutorials. I begin them and lectures next week. I am a university student. Sh!t just got real.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Auxillium, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Spanelsko
Hey
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Hello sir
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Venesa
Good to hear!
Welcome to the CoFN, Venesa! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Venesa
Trains! I love Trains!!!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Well then you'll love Percyton, because we're an island full of talking trains! Check out our Factbooks if you're interested.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Venesa
Hello. I am Peng.
Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton, Venesa
I used to love Thomas the Tank engine when I was a kid.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Hello :) pls dont read my FB
Venesa
Vista Major, please update the roster to where they're not sending applications to me. Please and thank you.
Yukona
Momma! Momma! Git the whiskey! No! The gud kind! says Calvin Kasher, the newly-found heir to the House of Ood. Well, its about time that my royal eritarge is recugnized! I declare myself the absolute ruler of Spanelsko as Yer Majesty King Rex! I will be the most high and most excellent king Spanelsko has ever had! Leader, I want your house, and Im turning it into a palace fit for roy-yal-tee. He then turns to your young secretary. And darling, if you want to be a Queen, just hit me up.
Due to this issue i will also change my position. (dont worry Andy, i will remain in power, and i put this heretic on fire) form now on, the The Great Holy Iberian Empire will have a new monarchy.
From now on, i declare my self the Absolute King, now my title is The High King Inquisitor Lord of Iberia.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton
I can't remember which one I chose. I think I had him executed?
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Glad to hear it! Always happy to hear that we had a positive impact on someone's childhood.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Venesa
Welcome to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov. I am the suave stallion and Premier ruling the Equestrian Empire of Russkov Soviet. I hope you enjoy your stay!
Jaslandia, Percyton, Spanelsko, Venesa
Boiii, new formatting bar for RMB
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Who do I send my map claim to?
Percyton, Confederal States
Tserra. He runs the regional map here.
Jaslandia, Venesa
Okay
Percyton
They're human beings subject to a Genetic mutation augmenting their natural pigmentation; They're no more magic than those who are Melanistic
Why howdy there, I'm Andy, MoJ, Moderator, and Mentor so if you have any questions feel free to contact me
I wish it included the new [sub]formatting[/sub] [sup]codes[/sup] tho
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Venesa
Indeed. I like it.
Penguania And Antarctica
OOC you know you are talking with a religious nutcase right?
IC they were humans before we started hunting them, and started to make them on our farms.
IC *Nukes*
Wait, did you nuke me or just pretend to nuke me? (OOC from what i know Tssera banned nukes)
The moderation team banned them, and Andu was kidding :P
Russkov Soviet
Ok, because if i was nuked i would be in a really bad situation :p
Penguania And Antarctica
Venesa
Yea I was joking, and btw I only RP in the CG Region and the newspaper :P
Kalaron
Ok good to know :p
Andromitus
Just a quick few questions, is your RP nation a communist/socialist? what is your national religion? what are your views on theocratic nations?
Venesa
Yes...banned them.. (*looks at large supply of nuclear weapons*)... I totally don't have any..
neighs
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Psst
Hey kid, want some flags?
Also, I knew that was the flag of Equatorial Guniea before I even googled it. Sometines I suprise myself with how many flags I know.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Confederal States, Venesa
TMW you start fondly remembering choral songs you and your friends have sung over the years but you haven't seen some of them in years since they graduated. :////////
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Public [IC] Service Announcement
The Socialist Democratic Empire of Solla Ultima and the Ædenist Union have planned early diplomatic and economic talks; these talks have been scheduled to begin on 9/16/17 within the Jodan Internationally Administrative Zone within the Ædenist Union; The talks themselves will be handled by the Sollanese Ambassador Alex Nese and Andreallic acting Councilor G'wain. All natural International Laws will be active within the Administrative Zone, however the Andreallic Delegation shall still be subject to Andreallic Law. Ergo, the Talks transcript will be made public as per Sectariat Order #19 The International Transparency Act in Regards to the activities of the External Sectariat.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Solla Ultima
Not even the first day and he's already starting to suck up to you? That's probably a new record for him.
The Empire Of Handland, Spanelsko
I doubt any of you know Sammy Hagar... but I'm watching him live with my dad.
Just going to say it: you and Solla probably need to f*ck or something, goddamn
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
New article on the Regional Newsfeed! This one is about the new engines Axeldonia sent us.
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32505551#p32505551
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
I'm excited about these new arrivals, Percy! Hope to hear more about them in the future!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
Post self-deleted by Venesa.
Where's the party at?
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Vlad? Is that really you? How are you, old chap? It's been too long!
Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hello, Vlad! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. Have you been here before? I don't think we've met.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
Indeed he has, Percy. Vlad dates way back to the original NGA days, and he was a good friend and ally of mine. Glad to see him back after years of being away! Vlad, this is Percy, one of our three sentient locomotives in the region, and the monarch of the locomotive-ruled State of Percyton, upon which the Thomas & Friends franchise is based. Percy's also a very cheerful and swell fellow.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
The Issue
In order to save the souls of Spanelskos children from eternal damnation, it has been suggested that a daily prayer be made mandatory in schools nationwide.
From now on this a new law. (why didnt i think about that before?!)
Jaslandia, Percyton
Hey this is Flynnvakia. This is my Medieval RP nation of Fyllia! If you wanna read about it feel free to read my somewhat barebones factbooks or my Medieval RP application! <3 Flynn
Jaslandia, Flynnvakia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
The Spanelsko Leader
VOL. 32 NO. 344CITY FINAL
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Government A True Role Model, Parents Say
Thank you NS, i always knew that my people will like being oppressed..... (we have human farms, slavery, child soldiers, executions etc. and they think that its a good thing?!)
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy
Just be careful.
Jesus dude i think i just saw a ghost
Vladovaskia, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
^^^^^
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Vlad? I think we've met before way back when. Great to see you again, old-timer!
Vladovaskia, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Hello, I'm new to this Region. I'll tell more about my nation if anybody wishes to know, but I'm sure I'll put it into my Factbook soon also.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Moldegaard
Hello and welcome! I am Peng.
Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton
I believe it is indeed I.
How have you been, Jas? Are you at uni yet? A lot has happened since I last checked in on NS.
Ya habibi o how Ive missed you. No worries though, I'm not here to usurp your power this time. Was just wondering if anyone has talked to Archangelsk / Zalu
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
When we originally left the CFN, Archangelsk stayed with Silver. And then went and founded his own region. Don't know what happened to him since.
Also, good to see you too.
Vladovaskia, Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is September 15 and today are:]
Today is September 15 and today are:
- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Beginning of German American Heritage Month, till Oct. 15 (United States)
- Beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, till Oct 15 (United States)
- Cry of Dolores (Mexico)
- Engineer's Day (India)
- Free Money Day
- Greenpeace Day
- Independence Day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
- International Day of Democracy
- International Dot Day
- International Grenache Day
- Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
- National Cheese Toast Day (United States)
- National Concussion Awareness Day (United States)
- National Creme de Menthe Day (United States)
- National Double Cheeseburger Day (United States)
- National Felt Hat Day (United States)
- National Hug Your Boss Day (United States)
- National Linguine Day (United States)
- National Online Learning Day (United States)
- National POW/MIA Recognition Day (United States)
- National Tackle Kids Cancer Day (United States)
- National Tradesmen Day (United States)
- Nuestra Señora de la Bien Aparecida (Cantabria, Spain)
- Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
- Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand)
- World Lymphoma Awareness Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 668 Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
- 994 Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
- 1440 Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
- 1530 Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912.
- 1556 Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
- 1616 The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
- 1762 Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1789 The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
- 1794 French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
- 1795 Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
- 1812 The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
- 1812 War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- 1816 HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar
- 1820 Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1821 Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- 1830 The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
- 1835 HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
- 1851 Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
- 1862 American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
- 1873 Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- 1894 First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- 1915 The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
- 1916 World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- 1918 World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front.
- 1935 The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- 1935 Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
- 1940 World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
- 1942 World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
- 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
- 1944 Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
- 1945 A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
- 1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
- 1948 The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
- 1950 Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- 1952 The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1958 A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
- 1959 Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
- 1962 The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
- 1967 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
- 1968 The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
- 1971 The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
- 1972 A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
- 1974 Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1975 The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica)
- 1978 Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
- 1981 The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1981 The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
- 1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- 2000 The opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia.
- 2001 President George W. Bush gives his first post September 11th weekly address.
- 2004 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
- 2008 Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1789 James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian
- 1857 William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States
- 1881 Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti
- 1890 Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- 1894 Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1946 Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954 Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist
- 1955 Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
- 1977 Tom Hardy, English actor
- 1984 Prince Harry of Wales
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Quote of the day
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
- B. F. Skinner -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton
Not uni yet; I'm going to community college first to get my AA, then I'll be transferring to University of Florida.
Percyton
First time it is not related to a death. Also, happy birthday to Agatha
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
what do you mean by that?
oh you should know
Spanelsko
Ahh. I'm currently at UT Austin studying a couple different things. My parents moved to Florida over the summer. Is everything ok there? What are you wanting to study / do?
I'm trying to find Zalu because I haven't heard from him in a while, and I might be studying abroad this summer in a location near him. I actually stayed in touch with him for a long time, and COLDR and I are still in touch.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Florida is fine. My area (Tampa Bay) was originally targeted for a direct hit by Irma, but thankfully the hurricane turned westward, so we only sustained minor damage: Broken fences and whatnot, we lost power for a few days, and some areas are still without power. Other areas like Naples and Miami got hit pretty hard, though.
I'm waiting until university to really decide on a major, but I'm thinking of studying history and journalism.
And you're still in touch with COLDR? How's he doing nowadays?
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
It's means what I meant.
Yukona
Well my advice to you is your nation should be careful on with toes they step on so should DAWN
You my friend should be careful my nation will unveil a new weapon very soon that will change the face of navel warfare for the next 50 years
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[In most not mean way possible] Is this like that missile you talked about that was basically a SRBM with a Fuel Air warhead?
lol clam down there champ. I could wipe the floor with you if I wanted to.
Why hello, I'm Andromitus but you can call me Andy! I'm a Mentor, MoJ, and Moderator here in the CoFN, and I'd love to know your plan for your nation :D (I'm the regions Lore Nut too :P)
Why hello to you too, I see your an old NGAlliance Member :D I'm Andy, a refugee from the Eurasian Socialist Union and now a veteran Confederate, can't wait to get to know you!
Jaslandia, Percyton
Welcome to the region, New Contact! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
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