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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I'm watching a video on Arab nationalism right now. It fascinates me.
What that has to do with consensus syndicalist workplace democracy I don't know.
I don't know either. It's making me think on how to structure Shazria. I dunno whether to impose uniformity over the empire by installing the state religion and oppressing others, as well as imposing one language. Or to make it diverse and liberal, in the sense people can keep their local religions., customs and identities.
Gualimole
Ironically agreed.
I'm going to pursue a policy of uniformity across the empire in Shazria. One strong central government, one language, one religion, one identity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsBKYMSr3YI
Nuremgard
The religion wont be Shia Islam though. It'll be my own creation: Shazrian Dualism. And the Shah will be a god on earth, or at least the incarnation of a god on earth and will claim divine ancestry just like the Japanese emperors did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XacJRjY_I9Y
Nuremgard
Beep boop :D
Jaslandia, Percyton, Midasia
*blows whistle* Peep peep!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Why did the Americans chose to move the embassy so close to Nakba?
Good day everyone!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY
The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]15 May 2018[/I]
(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)
No public schedule.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Because Trump is an insensitive, inconsiderate moron. He probably doesn't even know what the Nakba is.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I don't know or care what the Nakba is, and I wouldn't have moved the embassy.
Bearlong, Penguania And Antarctica
And I'm also an insensitive, inconsiderate moron.
Bearlong, Penguania And Antarctica
The US isn't known for their cultural sensitivity.
Bearlong, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Gee, how nice.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Morning Merc.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Good morning Kal.
Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
Nakba means disaster, referring to how the Palestinian people were deprived of a state and of a homeland shortly after the creation of Israel.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Mercunova
Love how they weren't consulted. Yup, we're establishing a Jewish homeland in your country. What's that? You don't want to be kicked off the land your ancestors have lived on for centuries? Too bad. We feel bad for the Jews so screw you.
Axeldonia
I have my own ideology; therefore, my own version of government institutions. Essentially it is a Dictatorship ran by a General Secretary, who is also the Chairman of the National Arab Peace and Development Coalition (NAPDC). The General Secretary essentially rules for life unless seen unfit to rule by the NAPDC and their manifesto. The way that I have set up my territory is that because I own Libya and the majority of Algeria, I sort of established the construction of the USSR model as in being a Union of Republics. So domestically, I have carved up my lands into smaller Arab Republics within the Greater Union of Sovereign Arab Republics. The heads of these smaller Arab Republics are from the NAPDC; therefore, it is a one-party state. Every 7 years, there are intra-party elections to appoint the Governors of these Republics. However, on the municipal, local, and tribal levels there is direct democracy in order to better handle situations that may arise in certain demographic/geographical areas; however, there are no political parties within the direct democracy component just people looking to better their conditions. Between the direct democracy and the Governors of the Arab Republics, there is a chain of liaisons to ensure that the needs of the locals, especially tribal areas that opted out of becoming more integrated within the industrialized Pan-Arab State but still sought membership within the country, are able to receive the resources that they need.
I suppose you could say that my Pan-Arab State is a Monitored Illiberal Democracy. We have the institutions for a democracy but that is only a facade and therefore, the USAR is not a democracy.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard
Only about 7 percent of the Mandate of Palestine was controlled by the Jews, yet the UN proposal in 1948 gave the Jews 55 percent of the Mandate of Palestine.
Nuremgard
Had it not been for the Nazis, I don't believe Israel would exist today. Jews were very adept at integrating themselves quite seamlessly into they societies in which they lived. This was especially true of German Jews before Hitler took over.
The Jews would've continued to buy land in Palestine, which would've caused conflict on its own. Things would likely become worse once the British give Palestine independence. Either that, or they would've divided up Palestine into a Palestinian state and a Jewish state, which isn't all too unlikely when you consider how the British divided up the Raj.
Nuremgard
The British really do have a sh!t imperial legacy. After watching that movie The Viceroy's House, I was shocked by Britain's treatment of India before its independence. I shouldn't have been shocked but I was.
Axeldonia
However, had Palestine been divided, the Jews would likely only control 7 percent of the land, which I think would've happened when you look at how the Raj was divided largely based on ethnic and religious lines.
In 1700, India made up about a quarter of the world's GDP. By 1950, they only made up about 5 percent of the world's GDP.
Nuremgard
Speaking of ethnicity and religion, I watched a presentation last night about Arab nationalism and the professor opened my eyes quite a bit. I always knew there was a religious element to politics in the Middle East but I always thought that nationalism, and the desire for democracy, trumped religion. This is because I live in the West and over here, national identity overrides religious identity. But the professor was saying how in the Middle East, it's regional, tribal and religious identities that are the trump cards, not national identity.
However, I personally think he exaggerates the influence of Iran. He said that Sunni Arab states are divided because of how differently they interpret Sharia law but that the Shia are united because they focus on the nature of the ruler, not the law. So he said all Shia Muslims look to Iran as a central guiding authority on their religion, and so all Shia states would be clients of Iran. I don't know to what extent this is true but it's an interesting idea, and informed me more about how politics works in the Middle East.
Axeldonia
That's not a very good fact. Firstly, the concept of "India", never existed, the area was heavily divided under religious, ethnic, social and historical lines. These actually use Angus Madison's figures, where he projected world-wide GDP throughout history, and it says that in 1600, the area we now know as India had 25% of the world's GDP, and 5% by 1950. Despite this, India's GDP growth rate per century never dropped below 20% since 1500, and this shows that pre and post British rule, the rate of growth didn't really change. In 1AD he estimates the GDP per capita in India to be $490, and this remained the same until 1500. During the early Middle Ages, it was the Levant and Middle East which had the highest standard of living, it then switched to Europe as things got in full swing. He says the following "note that even Ireland [in the renaissance period], one of the poorest of Western Europes countries, had a per capita income of $615, higher than Indias and Chinas. In short, the per capita GDP numbers mirror the changes in power, prosperity and cultural and scientific achievement".
This by no means argues that wealth wasn't extracted from India - I feel 'stealing applies' modern morals and judgments on acts that come from a different part of history and therefore warrant different responses - but suggesting that India was a prosperous powerhouse that the British simply "stole" is very much a distortion and oversimplification of the facts.
Axeldonia
I'd say imperialism is wrong no matter which century it's practiced in. But yeah, I get the whole "you cant apply modern standards to past times" line of thinking. Imperialism was de rigueur then. Doesn't make it right though.
Axeldonia
"Der Worte sind genug gewechselt,
Laßt mich auch endlich Taten sehn;
Indes ihr Komplimente drechselt,
Kann etwas Nützliches geschehn."
Axeldonia
I never said imperialism wasn't wrong. My problem was the use of stealing, it has too many implications and too little context.
Hey, Peng. Ever watched a guy on YouTube called Three Arrows? He is from Germany and his videos are really good.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
People will see these things differently. I see it as stealing but that's my personal opinion.
I never heard of him. I will look him up.
Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=beX9SEtp1ok
For the first time in Bearian history, Information Technology has overtaken Book Publishing as the dominant industry.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
*answers another issue*
Well, that didn't last. Back to the drawing board.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Solla Ultima
[spoiler=Today is May 15 and today are:]
Today is May 15 and today are:
- Aoi Matsuri (Kyoto)
- Argei (Ancient Rome)
- Army Day (Slovenia)
- Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
- Dinosaur Day
- Europe Day (Moldova)
- Family Day (Moldova, Mongolia)
- Feast Day of St Isidore (Madrid)
- Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day
- Independence Day (Paraguay)
- International Conscientious Objectors Day
- International Day of Families
- International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day
- International MPS Awareness Day
- La Corsa dei Ceri (Gubbio)
- Mercuralia (Ancient Rome)
- Mother's Day (Paraguay)
- Nakba Day (Palestinian communities)
- National Chocolate Chip Day (United States)
- National Nylon Stocking Day (United States)
- Peace Officers Memorial Day (United States)
- Republic Day (Lithuania)
- Straw Hat Day
- Teachers' Day (Colombia, Mexico and South Korea)
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TCS) Awareness Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 495BC A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills. To spite the senate and the consuls, the people awarded the dedication to a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius.
- 0221 Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
- 0392 Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
- 0589 King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
- 0908 The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople.
- 1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
- 1525 Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
- 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
- 1618 Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- 1648 The Treaty of Westphalia is signed.
- 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
- 1730 Robert Walpole effectively became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1776 American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
- 1791 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
- 1792 War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1793 Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 56 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
- 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
- 1800 King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
- 1811 Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
- 1817 Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- 1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
- 1848 Serfdom is abolished in the Habsburg Galicia, as a result of the 1848 revolutions. The rest of monarchy followed later in the year.
- 1849 Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
- 1850 The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.
- 1850 The AranaSouthern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
- 1851 The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
- 1858 Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
- 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- 1869 Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
- 1891 Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
- 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
- 1905 Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- 1911 In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
- 1911 More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
- 1919 The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
- 1919 Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
- 1925 Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
- 1928 Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
- 1929 A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
- 1932 In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
- 1933 All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
- 1934 Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
- 1940 USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
- 1940 World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
- 1940 McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
- 1941 First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
- 1941 Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
- 1942 World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
- 1943 Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
- 1945 World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
- 1948 Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 ArabIsraeli War.
- 1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
- 1958 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
- 1960 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
- 1963 Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
- 1966 After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
- 1969 People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
- 1970 President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
- 1970 Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
- 1972 Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, hand over to Japanese control.
- 1972 In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President.
- 1974 Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
- 1987 The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
- 1988 Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
- 1991 Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
- 1997 The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
- 2004 Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English First Division, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title The Invincibles
- 2008 California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
- 2010 Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
- 2013 An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1567 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer
- 1773 Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
- 1856 Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer
- 1856 L. Frank Baum, American novelist
- 1859 Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1862 Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright
- 1903 Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist
- 1911 Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist
- 1926 Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
- 1937 Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State
- 1948 Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1953 Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1981 Patrice Evra, French footballer
- 1987 Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
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Facts of the day
- Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar as a director.
- Blue eyes tend to be more sensitive to light.
- When dropped from the same height, a hardened steel ball will actually bounce higher than a rubber ball of the same size.
- On 15 August 1961, Conrad Schumann was the first East German border guard to escape by jumping the barbed wire to West Berlin
- Anthophobia is the fear of flowers.
- The numbers on a roulette wheel add to 666.
Quote of the day
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
- Mencius (Chinese Philosopher, 371BC-289BC) -
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, Lex Caledonia
Presumably because the day before Nakba is the anniversary of Israel's independence.
Well, I hadn't even heard of that until today, so if the mission is 'awareness', then I guess mission accomplished?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
I honestly didnt know, thanks
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
No problem.
Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
Check out the first RP post:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=34025646#p34025646
I will be putting my RP posts on the CoFN Newsfeed forum because I can incorporate pictures.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Excellent speech, If I do say so myself. And as your longstanding ally, despite all that has transpired, I welcome you into the New Age and pledge to assist you as I can and as I have others in this region.
Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica
I am most gracious that I can always count on you as a prominent, true everlasting ally. I thank you for all the years that Russkov has stood beside the PLR
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
why hasn't the political parties on the Confederacy Directory been updated?
Penguania And Antarctica
Hoping to remind you all that I have a short survey I'd like y'all's opinions on:
https://goo.gl/LkYXe9
Penguania And Antarctica
Morning all.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Good day. How are you, pal?
(Sorry for accidentally suppressing your post. I'm on mobile an my thumb is too big.)
Another RP post:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=34030044#p34030044
Jaslandia, Confederal States
I'm alright, little tired so I'm going around finishing my projects. How are you?
And don't worry about the suppress, we've all been there.
Penguania And Antarctica
Doing okay. Not much to report on my end.
So, what's up?
Midasia
So telling the press not to write stupid, nonfactual nonsense drops political freedom and civil rights by a few percent? Isn't accuracy what news media strives for, even with the threat of fines on top of that?
Nuremgard
No. The media thrives off evoking reactions. That may mean lying
I don't excessive sensationalism, hence I chose the first option that gave me that.
[spoiler=Today is May 16 and today are:]
Today is May 16 and today are:
- Beginning of Ramadan (Islam)
- Honor Our LGBT Elders Day
- International Pickle Day
- Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church in the USA)
- Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
- National Biographers Day (United States)
- National Coquilles Saint Jacques Day (United States)
- National Day (South Sudan)
- National Employee Health and Fitness Day (United States)
- National Juice Slush Day (United States)
- National Love a Tree Day (United States)
- National Piercing Day (United States)
- National Sea Monkey Day (United States)
- Nickel Day
- Teachers' Day (Malaysia)
- Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
- Wear Purple for Peace Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0218 Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus; she declares her 14-year-old grandson Elagabalus to be emperor of Rome; Macrinus is later deposed.
- 0946 Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
- 1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 1527 The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
- 1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
- 1584 Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
- 1770 A 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
- 1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1811 Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
- 1812 Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia is annexed by Imperial Russia.
- 1822 Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
- 1834 The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
- 1843 The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
- 1866 The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
- 1868 United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
- 1874 A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- 1888 Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- 1891 The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
- 1914 The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 21.
- 1916 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
- 1918 The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
- 1919 A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
- 1920 In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
- 1929 In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
- 1943 The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1951 The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- 1959 The Triton Fountain is inaugurated in Valletta, Malta.
- 1960 Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1961 Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
- 1966 The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 1969 Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
- 1974 Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
- 1983 Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
- 1988 A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
- 1991 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
- 1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- 2003 In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
- 2005 Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 3523 National Assembly vote.
- 2011 STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
- 2014 Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1718 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher
- 1788 Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator
- 1831 David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone
- 1891 Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor
- 1905 Henry Fonda, American actor
- 1919 Liberace, American pianist and entertainer
- 1936 Karl Lehmann, German cardinal
- 1950 Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1953 Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
- 1966 Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
- 1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
- 1974 Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1986 Megan Fox, American actress
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Facts of the day
- The West African Ebola outbreak is linked to people eating bats.
- Chimps use medicinal plants to treat themselves for illness and injury.
- The surface of the Moon covers less than the area as Asia.
- The Turkish for "ski" is "kayak".
- Ancient Greeks wouldn't eat beans as they thought that they contained the souls of the dead.
- Although Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group is owned by Porsche Holdings.
Quote of the day
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
- Virginia Satir (American Psychologist, 1916-1988) -
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, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia, The West Country
It's still press censorship and restricting what the press can say, so yes. Also, not every government has the same idea of what constitutes "stupid, nonfactual nonsense"...
Not sure how wearing the combination of red and blue will solve the complex and long-running problem of world peace, but if that's what makes you happy...
Penguania And Antarctica
Press censorship, albeit minor/nitpicky. Purely sensationalized news is frowned upon here.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/israel-and-the-passive-voice
Great article on the Gaza massacre and the discourse around israel in general
Lex Caledonia
Polygamy and polyandry are encouragrd in Shazria and this is what happened.
Boys who take only one date to the prom are called losers.
That's hilarious.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
Good day everyone!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw
Yesterday, the Chancellor held his weekly meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Internal Affairs.
The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]17 May 2018[/I]
(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)
15:00 The Chancellor hols his weekly meeting with the Minister of Justice
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, The British Islands Confederacy
Woops. Had a few errors in my last posting. To be fair, I did write it after I just woke up and without my glasses on.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country
I was gonna call you on it. Reference your rampant use of mescaline.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country
You have an excuse for everything, do you? :P
Nuremgard, The West Country
Always. ;)
Penguania And Antarctica
Hello, Peng here with a new puppet nation. :D
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia, The West Country
[spoiler=Today is May 17 and today are:]
Today is May 17 and today are:
- Birthday of the Raja (Perlis)
- Children's Day (Norway)
- Constitution Day (Nauru)
- Feast of Aẓamat (Bahá'í Faith)
- Galician Literature Day or Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia)
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- International Child Helpline Day
- International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia aka IDAHO
- Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- National Cherry Cobbler Day (United States)
- National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
- National Graduation Tassel Day (United States)
- National Idaho Day (United States)
- National Pack Rat Day (United States)
- National Walnut Day (United States)
- Navy Day (Argentina)
- Norwegian Constitution Day (Norway)
- Orthodox Ascension Day
- World Baking Day
- World Hypertension Day
- World Information Society Day
- World Neurofibromatosis Day
- World Telecommunication Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1395 Battle of Rovine, Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
- 1521 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
- 1536 George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
- 1536 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
- 1590 Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
- 1642 Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (16121676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
- 1673 Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
- 1792 The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
- 1805 Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
- 1809 Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
- 1814 Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
- 1814 The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
- 1859 Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
- 1863 Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
- 1865 The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
- 1869 Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
- 1875 Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
- 1900 Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
- 1902 Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
- 1914 The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
- 1915 The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
- 1933 Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling the national-socialist party of Norway.
- 1939 The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
- 1940 World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
- 1943 World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
- 1954 The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
- 1967 Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
- 1969 Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
- 1973 Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
- 1974 The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
- 1974 Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
- 1980 General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
- 1980 On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
- 1983 The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
- 1983 Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- 1984 Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
- 1987 An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
- 1990 The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
- 1992 Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
- 1994 Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
- 1997 Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2000 Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
- 2004 The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
- 2006 The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
- 2007 Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
- 2014 A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
- 2017 President Donald J. Trump delivered remarks at the United States Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony; New London, Connecticut.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1749 Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist
- 1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist
- 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player
- 1842 August Thyssen, German industrialist
- 1866 Erik Satie, French pianist and composer
- 1926 Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1936 Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
- 1946 Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1948 Winfried Kretschmann, German politician of Greens, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg
- 1955 Bill Paxton, American actor and director
- 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
- 1961 Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1971 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
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Facts of the day
- One of Bolivia's oldest silver mines has claimed the lives of an estimated 8 million people in the past 500 years. It is known as the "Mountain that eats men" and is still mined with pick and shovel today.
- Kate Middleton is credited with boosting the UK economy by £1 billion in 2012.
- Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99% of their history.
- The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was the loudest sound in recorded history, heard 3,000 miles (4800 KM) away.
- The pyramids were built by paid laborers. Not slaves. That's a myth by Herodotus, the Greek historian.
- NASA scientists have discovered stars that are cool enough to touch.
Quote of the day
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
- Alexander the Great, (Macedonian Leader, 356BC-323BC) -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Midasia
A reminder that a proposal entitled the Political Organization (Reform) Act is currently being voted on in Parliament, with the voting period concluding at 2:30pm Eastern tomorrow.
All citizens are encouraged to vote. The proposal can be accessed here:
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/89/political-organization-reform-act-2018
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Shah of Shazria was declared a god today.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia, The West Country
meh
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia, The West Country
Confederate Sports Association Baseball League - WEEK TWO[/I]
[spoiler=ROUND 1 - Midasia Naboo Navigators (13) VS. [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation] Michaelopolis Monarchs (8)]
[nation=short]Midasia[/nation] Naboo Navigators score 20 points whereas [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation] Michaelopolis Monarchs score 15 points, [nation=short]Midasia[/nation] Naboo Navigators are VICTORIOUS.
Event III: [nation=short]Midasia[/nation] Naboo Navigators impresses multinational sports sponsor, Cofn-Cola, with their groovy baseball moves and is endorsed by the company. (+1 Skill and Training, [nation=short]Midasia[/nation]) [/spoiler]
[spoiler=ROUND 2 - [nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] Mareskov Mustangs (12) VS. [nation=short]Confederal States[/nation] Nationals (14)]
[nation=short]Confederal States[/nation] Nationals score 20 points whereas [nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] Mareskov Mustangs score 18 points, [nation=short]Confederal States[/nation] Nationals are VICTORIOUS.
Event XX: Robert E. Lee from The [nation=short]Confederal States[/nation] Nationals finds a lucky four leaved clover during the game. (+1 Skill and Training, [nation=short]Confederal States[/nation]) [/spoiler]
[spoiler=ROUND 3 [B]LOSER OF R1[/B] [I]VS.[/I] [nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation] Icemounton Albatrosses (10)]
[nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation] Icemounton Albatrosses (10) VS. [nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] Mareskov Mustangs (12)]
[nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] Mareskov Mustangs score 23 points whereas [nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation] Icemounton Albatrosses score 16 points, [nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] Mareskov Mustangs are VICTORIOUS.
Event VI: Michael Cohen from [nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation] Icemounton Albatrosses kicks a cameraman in the knee after he is yelled at by his mom during the game. He is disqualified for the season. (-1 Skill and Training, [nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation]) [/spoiler]
[spoiler=ROUND 4 [B]LOSER OF R2[/B] [I]VS.[/I] [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] Infernos (8)]
[nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] Infernos (11) [I]VS.[/I] [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation] Michaelopolis Monarchs (8)
[nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] Infernos score 19 points whereas [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation] Michaelopolis Monarchs score 13 points, [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] Infernos are VICTORIOUS.
Event VII: Chemicals get spilled on James the Terrible from the [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] Infernos and he grows two feet taller, he can now step on shorter opponents. (+1 Skill and Training, [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation])[/spoiler]
RESULTS ALSO AT: https://challonge.com/rb9u2lhz
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States, The West Country
Traitor!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Random reports of Spanelsko:
First moves towards less Totalist government have been taken. The General currently in power promised the people to give them more freedom as well as political say in the nation. However at the same time promised to bring down any opposition to the state with the most painful and deadly punishments. Rebuilding goes well and the armed forces have seen less funding then before during any time after Spanelsko was officially established. Slow return to social welfare has also begun.
Some politicians (army officials) even suggest the possibility of return of elections to the nation as the Falangist/Fascist/Military government want's to restore the good old days of Iberia.
The current President General has also begun first conference of Madrid with the Anarchist Party of Iberia, The Monarchist Reactionaries and the Social Conservatives. This will be taking around 5 days which will follow with the other parties being in the second round of the Conference itself. Participants being the Catholic Authority of Catalonia, Free Republic of Basque and the Liberal parties of Social Liberals, National Liberals and Liberal Conservatives.
In these 2 conferences main issues that will be talked about are:
Economy, Army, Political Stance, Ruskov Soviet, Religion, Democracy, Elections, Repairs, Worker conditions, Trade and Research.
Signed by: Iberian News.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Good day everyone!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID-jsd0HGZs
Notice The Chancellor held his weekly meeting with the Speaker yesterday as the Speaker would be unavailable today.
The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]18 May 2018[/I]
(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)
No public schedule.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy
Good game, Naboo Navigators! You played hard, and you deserve your victory!
Russkov Soviet, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Hyderbourg, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
As the part of the conference about Ruskov might be interesting here is what our government and others will talk about:
Plan 1 Invade and occupy most of the Ruskov land
Plan 2 Puppet Ruskov
Plan 3 Cut all ties
Plan 4 Attempt to repair relations
Plan 5 remain neutral
Plan 6 Take hostile stance towards the invader.
Russkov Soviet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZMFSlewmoE
'Twas well fought. Good game!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
May names 9 new Tory peers to boost party after defeats.
LOL. She actually has to make random arseholes peers in the Lords just to make sure she gets sh!t passed. How is this a democracy?
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is May 18 and today are:]
Today is May 18 and today are:
- Baltic Fleet Day (Russia)
- Battle of Las Piedras Day (Uruguay)
- Day of Remembrance of Crimean Tatar genocide (Ukraine)
- Flag and Universities Day (Haiti)
- I Love Reese's Day
- Independence Day (Somaliland, unrecognized)
- International Museum Day
- International Virtual Assistants Day
- Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day (Sri Lankan Tamils)
- NASCAR Day
- National Bike to Work Day (United States)
- National Cheese Souffle Day (United States)
- National Defense Transportation Day (United States)
- National Endangered Species Day (United States)
- National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (United States)
- National Museum Day (United States)
- National No Dirty Dishes Day (United States)
- National Pizza Party Day (United States)
- National Visit Your Relatives Day (United States)
- Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day (Turkmenistan)
- Teacher's Day (Syria)
- Victory Day (Sri Lanka)
- World AIDS Vaccine Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0332 Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
- 0872 Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
- 1096 First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
- 1152 The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king 2 years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.
- 1268 The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
- 1291 Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
- 1302 Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
- 1388 During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
- 1499 Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
- 1565 The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
- 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1631 In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- 1652 Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
- 1756 The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
- 1783 First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
- 1794 Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
- 1803 Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
- 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- 1811 Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
- 1812 John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
- 1843 The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
- 1848 Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 1860 Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
- 1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- 1896 The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- 1896 Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- 1900 The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- 1912 The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
- 1917 World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
- 1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
- 1927 The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
- 1927 After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
- 1933 New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1944 World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
- 1944 Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- 1948 The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
- 1951 United Nations Security Council Resolution 93 relating to Palestine is adopted.
- 1953 Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 1955 Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
- 1959 Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1965 Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
- 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- 1974 Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 1980 Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
- 1990 In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
- 1991 Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
- 1993 Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
- 1994 Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestine to govern.
- 2005 A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
- 2006 The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
- 2009 The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
- 2012 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2048 relating to Guinea-Bissau is adopted.
- 2015 At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1868 Nicholas II Romanov, Tsar of Russia
- 1872 Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1883 Walter Gropius, German-American architect, founder of the Bauhaus School, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building
- 1895 Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader
- 1897 Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1909 Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic
- 1912 Perry Como, American singer and television host
- 1920 Pope John Paul II
- 1950 Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and television host, entertainer and actor
- 1967 Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
- 1975 Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Facts of the day
- The Beatles refused to play in front of segregated audiences in America.
- In 1666, Isaac Newton observed the Sun's light using a prism, and showed it is made up of light of many colors.
- The village of Dull, Scotland, is a "sister community" with the US town of Boring.
- The wind speeds on Uranus can reach 560 mph (900 km/h).
- La Paz, Bolivia, was the first South American city to get an electricity supply. It was powered by llama dung.
- It's estimated that between 1981 and 1994, Princess Diana spent over US$2 million dollars on clothes.
Quote of the day
Love is my religion - I could die for it.
- John Keats (English Poet, 1795-1821) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, The West Country
I can tell you right now that Plans 1 and 2 won't work...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It isn't. Britain is a monarchy. :P
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
Excellent games all around! We also extend our congratulations to the Confederal States Nationals on their victory. It was quite the game offensively as both sides had trouble pitching. The game would remain tied 12-12 until Nationals Robert E. Lee found a Lucky 4-Leaf clover next to the dugout steps. He would go on to knock a 2-run home run during the Bottom of the 8th Inning. This was the decisive blow in the Mustangs 14-12 loss. We may have lost, but that's how to christen a new stadium... with a great game.
Jaslandia, Hyderbourg, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States, Midasia
To be fair, the best countries in Europe are monarchies. But so are some of the worst countries in the world.
Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
I'm offended.
I don't know if I agree with that.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Just realized Peng and I played. I'll write something once I get home from work. Good Game Peng! Shame you had to lose, but your pitching was a bit rough early on.
Jaslandia, Confederal States
Why?
Germany is a great country too. But if I had to move elsewhere in Europe, I'd move to a Scandinavian nation.
Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
The peer system is f*cked up. That said, it could perhaps be salvaged if the only peers allowed where people's peers. Having a secondary house composed of experts in different fields that get to vet the laws passed is actually kind of a good idea IMO. Just imagine if the house of lords was filled with historians, biologist, medical professionals and psychologists instead of old dudes.
Also, corelation =/= causation. If there's any correlation is that Europe as a continent has fairly many constitutional monarchies left and Europe is famously developed, mostly due to hundreds of years of brutal imperialism and rampant capitalist exploitation.
Nuremgard
ayyyy
Scotland is an honorary nordic country IMO, and you may even get to be a real one if you give up Shetland and Orkney (which is the only way you get to become officially nordic, what with lacking the proper nordic cross flag). We're an exclusive club, just look at Estonia.
Nuremgard
I never said that those European countries are the best because they have monarchies. All I was saying is that the best nations in Europe happen to be monarchies.
Axeldonia
Nah. That's where all the oil is. So we'll hold onto those islands thank you very much. :P
Axeldonia
Iceland, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland, etc. are all some of the best European countries, and none are monarchies.
I will give you Norway, the Netherlands, and a few others though, while I think most should abolish their monarchies.
Nuremgard
Youll never get those islands you STINKY SWEDE
Jaslandia, Mercunova
boi im getting my longship
Shetland will be known as Hjaltland once more
Nuremgard
The best nations in Europe, in my opinion, are Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. The last one is an exception to the rule since it doesn't have a monarchy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdYWV4ZHg8Y
You'll be sank by the mighty Scottish navy!
Jaslandia
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