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True. Like I have said before, being a British nationalist is a legitimate political position. I only wish many unionists would just admit that is what they are instead of arrogantly sneering at Scot Nats as if they are somehow superior to us because they support the UK.
Axeldonia
He's a pain in the arse.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Akkadian king?
That YouTuber.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
It's just a saying; the paradoxical nature of the saying is kinda the point.
I assume he's referring to the 'anti-SJW' YouTuber known as Sargon of Akkad (real name Carl Benjamin), though if you're an ancient Sumerian, it also applies to the Akkadian king.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benjamin
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm just messing around.
Jaslandia
Merc and I can get all the sexy people to go for us with our language choice
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
HA
Penguania And Antarctica
Daisy: I prefer the French version: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Millie: Sérieusement, what is with you and French? I actually AM French, and even I don't speak French that much. Where did you even learn French, anyway?
Daisy: I learned it from some workmen, back when I was loaned to the Other Railway. It changed my life, let me tell you! The sophistication and culture of the French is simply amazing!
Millie: France isn't all culture and fanciness, you know. France has accomplished many amazing things, but it's also had many struggles. I worked on the trench railways during the First World War, so I know first-hand how much France has struggled. The trenches were the exact opposite of culture and sophistication, let me tell you.
Daisy: Yes, and of course that's terrible. But the art! The literature! The language! It's all just magnifique!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Propagating the unionism of a country isnt the same as believing yours is the best, superior or even just your favourite. Even if the two overlap, theres times where they dont and people who fall into that category must be recognised. Whether or not they arrogantly sneer, think theyre superior or whatever is down to you - but to be clear thats your opinion and not a fact about the ideology. Refusing to distinguish unionists and nationalist is just pedantics for the sake of it to be honest.
Penguania And Antarctica
You worked on a trench railway, Millie? What was that like? I imagine you saw a lot of devastation and suffering.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Millie: I did see a lot of devastation and suffering. I saw destroyed farms, once-green fields which had been abandoned, and homes destroyed by artillery shelling. It was a miserable experience for sure. But there was one bright spot: the men, who were very kind despite their terrible circumstances, and who were very fond of me. One man who was particularly fond of me was the Earl/Duke of Sodor (or as I called him, the Duc de Sodur, since I had trouble pronouncing 'Sodor' back then), which at the time was Charles Henry Norramby. He was a good friend, and we got along splendidly! In fact, when the Germans briefly took over the area I was in and forced me to work on their trench railway, it was the Duke of Sodor who led the attack that rescued me and my area. When the war was over, I had to separate with the Duke: he had to return home to 'Sodur', and I went to work on a civilian railway in France.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Fascinating. So how did you end up on Sodor?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Millie: Well, when my railway closed just ahead of the German invasion of France, the now much-older Charles Henry Norramby bought me and brought me to Sodor. He kept me in storage at the family estate of Ulfstead Castle while he decided what to do with me, but he kept putting it off, and he died in 1941. His son and successor as Duke, Robert Charles Norramby, never got a chance to know me, as he was away fighting World War II, dying on the North African front in 1943. Robert Charles' son, Richard Robert, was only a boy, and I never got to know him until he came of age. When I finally did get to know him, he seemed kind, but he was always busy trying to repair the family's wealth and prestige that had been lost after his father's death.
Millie: Eventually, in 1965 I think, Richard Robert sold Ulfstead Castle, as the costs of maintaining his household there were getting too high. I moved to the Duke's new house just outside the town of Ulfstead, and there, he finally took me out of storage and built me a small backyard railway. While it was nice to finally stretch my wheels, I missed the long runs of my old railway, and I wanted to do more than just go around in a circle. Richard Robert's younger brother, Robert, sympathized with me, and tried to convince Duke Richard to buy back Ulfstead Castle (which had since become a luxury hotel) and renovate it, complete with an estate railway for me. The Duke finally did so in 2007, and he moved me to Ulfstead Castle to help build the new estate railway on the castle grounds. Robert, his work now done, left Sodor to travel the world.
Millie: At first, things went well, and I was not only was I glad to be really working again, but I was also glad to finally have the chance to get to know Duke Richard. Unfortunately, the Duke's health started failing around 2008, causing him to abandon the project and leave me in my shed. The Duke died in 2011, and as he had no children, his brother Robert became Duke of Sodor (although Robert preferred to go by 'Earl of Sodor', which is actually the real title of the 'Duke' of Sodor). Robert came back to Sodor from traveling the world, and took me out of my shed to continue work on renovating Ulfstead Castle. The rest is history, as the saying goes, and I've worked on the Earl's Estate Railway at Ulfstead Castle ever since!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your history, Millie!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Millie: De rien! I'm glad you liked it!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You're falsely assuming that nationalists believe their nation is superior. If you believe in preserving a nation-state or believe that your nation should become independent of another, you are a nationalist. So if you believe in preserving the British state you are a nationalist. Doesn't mean you think Britain is superior. You simply believe it should be maintained as a state.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
The argument isn't that black and white, you're assuming I'm saying that nationalism = superiority. It doesn't, but it certainly has followers and tenants which would support that, just as socialism has tenants that would support Bolshevism - but not every socialist is a Bolshevik. These strands are evident in British and especially English nationalism, therefore it would be inappropriate for the wider political community to call themselves nationalists as they would be associating themselves with groups totally opposed to the modern values of liberty, freedom and equality - thus contradicting exactly what they stand for and sending the wrong message. Once again, it's not because everyone hates Scots or has this wider conspiracy against them/you, it's simply a matter of common sense.
Good morning everyone! Have a great day!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4
The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]26 March 2018
(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)
16:00 The Chancellor holds his weekly conference with the Vice Chancellor
18:00 The Chancellor delivers his weekly address
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Oh boy, another debate about nationalism[sub]kill me[/sub]
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Confederal States
Finally wrote my essay on electoral systems. Only took me about 5 hours. It's complete sh!t and I'll probably get a sh!t mark for it but hey, all the essay topics were sh!t and I chose the least sh!t one.
Reading about the technical mechanisms of how electoral systems work was f*cking dire though.
Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko
Did you read up on Tideman?
I never did.
That's sad, especially since I gave you some links in regards to him.
Sorry but I was just desperate to write the essay and get it out the way. I didn't have the patience to read him. I just wanted quick references for what I was writing.
Why did you hate writing the essay?
Nurem can be like that. Ive sent him soooo many links of engagement rings.
But alas, hes yet to make an honest woman out of me.
Nuremgard, Mercunova, Percyton
Because electoral systems are boring as hell to write about. And I had to stretch it into 2500 words.
That's because the rings aren't expensive enough. Duh.
Spanelsko
What were the other essay topics and why were they worse?
Transitions to democracy, measuring democracy and dictatorship and the other 2 were about specific concepts or paradoxes. It was just all very contrived and technical.
The second one sounds interesting. So does the essay about voting systems, in fact. Can you send me a link of the essay you wrote?
If you want. Like I said, it's boring and I think I did crap with it but fill your boots. How shall I send it?
Did you write it on paper or was it written on a digital platform?
I wrote it using Microsoft Word.
Just copy everything you wrote down and paste it into a telegram that you can send to me.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpaawiZcyn4
Nuremgard, Percyton
You read it already?
Percyton
Yes.
Nuremgard, Percyton
Thank you.
Percyton, Gualimole
You're welcome.
Percyton
What miserable life I live.
A little late to the poll, but it's between Sudric and French for me. Sudric because it's the ancient language of Percyton, and since I'm King of Percyton, it would make sense for me to know Percyton's old language (although most people in Percyton speak English now, and Sudric doesn't have a lot of speakers left and is kinda dying out). French because then I could understand more of what Millie and Daisy are saying.
No offense, I'm sure you're wrong, Peng! There must be lots of great things about your life if you think about it a little!
Russkov Soviet
Ministry of Justice News
The Ministry of Justice (me) needs a deputy and constables. If you are interested feel free to contact me.
Peng
Minister of Justice
Vista Major
[spoiler=Today is March 26 and today are:]
Today is March 26 and today are:
- Falafel Appreciation Day
- Independence Day and National Day (Bangladesh)
- Legal Assistants Day
- Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
- Martyr's Day or Day of Democracy (Mali)
- National Day of Life, Peace and Justice (El Salvador)
- National Nougat Day (United States)
- National Spinach Day (United States)
- Otago Anniversary Day (Otagom New Zeakand)
- Prince Kūhiō Day (Hawaii, United States)
- Purple Day or Epilepsy Awareness Day (Canada and United States)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Eastern Christianity)
- Yom HaAliyah (Judaism)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0590 Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 0908 Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
- 1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1169 Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
- 1344 The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
- 1351 Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
- 1484 William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1552 Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
- 1636 Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1812 An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1812 A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
- 1830 The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1871 The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- 1885 The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
- 1913 Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
- 1915 Ice hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
- 1917 World War I: First Battle of Gaza British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1922 The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1931 Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- 1931 Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- 1934 The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
- 1939 Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
- 1942 World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
- 1945 World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
- 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
- 1958 The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1958 The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1967 Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
- 1970 South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
- 1971 East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1975 The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1979 Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the EgyptIsrael Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1981 Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
- 1982 A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
- 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1997 Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
- 1998 During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
- 2005 The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
- 2005 The BBC broadcasts "Rose" (starring Christopher Eccleston), the first returning episode Doctor Who, after its cancellation in 1989. It is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
- 2010 The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
- 2017 Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1031 Malcolm III of Scotland
- 1753 Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
- 1849 Armand Peugeot, French industrialist and automobile pioneer, founded Peugeot
- 1850 Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary
- 1874 Robert Frost, American poet and playwright
- 1881 Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci
- 1888 Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist
- 1898 Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE
- 1905 Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
- 1911 Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1911 Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet
- 1916 Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1931 Leonard Nimoy, American actor
- 1934 Alan Arkin, American actor
- 1940 Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1941 Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
- 1943 Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
- 1944 Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1948 Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1948 Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1949 Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
- 1950 Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
- 1960 Axel Prahl, German actor
- 1960 Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
- 1973 Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
- 1984 Felix Neureuther, German skier
- 1985 Keira Knightley, English actress
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Quote of the day
The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.
- John C. Maxwell (American Clergyman, *1947) -
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, Mercunova
Goodnight. Sweet dreams the coming night. Love you all. (even if I'm not loved by all) <3
Jaslandia, Mercunova
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Vista Major
I would, but considering what I've seen in the DIPs, I don't think there are anymore holidays left to make up.
Goodnight, Peng!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Notice
The Weekly Address previously scheduled to be released today will be released tomorrow.
Hereafter weekly addresses will be delivered on Tuesdays.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
I have to admit. Merc is doing quite an awesome job.
Perhaps an FB listing all government puppet nations would be usefull
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium
so what's lit my gucci mavericks
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Confederal States
It took me a good 3 minutes of concentration and straining to not suppress this post.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Confederal States
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
https://gfycat.com/similarbothamericanlobster
Saudi Interceptor failed today.
Right back at you, Italian fashion house that is associated with the Dallas Mavericks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks
Axeldonia
There are going to be elections in Iraq this year, and three major Shia factions are at the forefront of the election. First is Abadi and his Victory Front, who has garnered controversy for his friendliness towards Iran, causing him to distance himself with the Iranian militias that helped Iraq defeat IS. It's also important to note that he has also distanced himself from the Islamic Dawa Party, the political party he used to be a part of, because of how Maliki is trying to become Iraq's PM again and is trying to cut off Dawa funding to Abadi. You also have the Sadrists, who are fiercely anti-Iran and anti-American, so seeing success on their front will be interesting in the coalition-making that will inevitably take place after the elections. Either that, or Iraq enters itself into a second civil war between the Iraqi government and the Iranian militias that it used to ally itself with.
Bearlong
[spoiler=Update from Parliament]Update from Parliament
The Parliamentary Electorization Act- with one vote in favour, six opposed, and 38 abstentions- has failed to pass.
The Utopian Protections Act is currently being voted on upon the Floor of Parliament. Voting ends at 12:01am Eastern on Sunday, April 1. It is accessible here:
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/72/utopian-protections-act
[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]
Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
The one time I actually look into voting on a bill and it's this :^|
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Dont you lie to me, boyo.
Not while flying a maple leaf flag.
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Yukona
Jas Appreciation Day
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Shouldn't Iraq and Iran be allies because they're both Shia? Why do some Iraqis hate Iran?
Penguania And Antarctica
Maybe people will start pronouncing his name right then.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Lol. You're too kind, really!
Eh, I've gotten used to it by now. Jas (long 'a'), Jas (short 'a'), Jace, Jazz, it's all the same really.
Penguania And Antarctica
One, around 35 percent of Iraq's population is Sunni. Two, many Iraqis, regardless of their religious affiliation, hate how Iraq is slowly turning into an Iranian puppet state because of the growing Iranian influence in Iraq.
*Iraq invades Iran and loses*
*Still asks why they don't like each other*
Au Minbo
Fair enough.
I didn't know that.
Iran-Iraq War, or "Saddam fücks up and gets counter-invaded until status quo ante bellum"
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Saddam was just f*cked up.
Jaslandia
It's not really Saddam's fault that Iraq lost the Iraq-Iran War. Most Arab armies, in general, have had a bad track record on the battlefield. Command lines are slow, officers are appointed based on political and familial connections instead of by skill, and training is intentionally lackluster to prevent the army from becoming too powerful and overthrowing the government. As long as Arab leaders fear their armies overthrowing them, Arab armies are going to continue to be in the lackluster condition that they are in. Saudi Arabia can't beat Houthi rebels in Yemen and Libya wasn't even able to defeat Chad in the 70s and 80s.
Jaslandia
*recalls glorious Chadian victory with Hilux technicals against Libyans with Soviet equipment in Toyota War*
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Toyota vehicles are the only thing you need to win wars. Now tell that to Kal.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Good Day! Hope everyone has a good day!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_M3uw29U1U
The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]27 March 2018
(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)
10:00 The Chancellor holds his weekly conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs
18:00 The Chancellor delivers his weekly address
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
That war was such a cluster f*ck but interesting nonetheless
Maybe Arab leaders should stop oppressing their people and treating them like sh!t. Then the army might not want to overthrow them.
It's doesn't really have anything to do with civil liberties. It's really only in Turkey where the army overthrows the civilian government in the interests of the Turkish people's civil liberties. And they're not even Arab! For the most part, Arab armies overthrow their governments in the for the sake of power, not for the sake of protecting their people from tyranny. One important exception to this would kind of be the July Revolution in Iraq where the army overthrew the artificial monarchy the British had instated in the country. Nasser coming to power in Egypt is another exception. But for the most part, military interference in civilian governments has more to do with power struggles than civil liberties.
Jaslandia, Yukona
We should've let the Peace at Home Council overthrow Erdogan, human rights violations would'vr occured but it could at least curb Erdogan's neo-Ottoman tendencies.
Gualimole
You can't overthrow someone with balls as strong as those of Erdogan.
Jaslandia, Chernarus State
Jokes on you. I dont even pack away my Christmas nutcracker anymore. For situations just like this.
Jaslandia, Chernarus State, Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole
You know more about it than I do so I'll take your word for it.
Erdogan is just another Islamic w*nker with delusions of grandeur.
Jaslandia, Gualimole
https://youtu.be/vX8WLaCSubU?t=2m25s
Made my day. :D
Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is March 27 and today are:]
Today is March 27 and today are:
- Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
- Celebrate Exchange Day
- International whisk(e)y day
- National American Diabetes Association Alert Day (United States)
- National Education and Sharing Day (United States)
- National Joe Day (United States)
- National Spanish Paella Day (United States)
- Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
- World Theatre Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1309 Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
- 1329 Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
- 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
- 1625 Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1794 Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- 1809 Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
- 1814 War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1836 Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- 1866 President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
- 1871 The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1884 A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
- 1886 Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
- 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the PhilippineAmerican War at the Battle of Marilao River.
- 1915 Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
- 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
- 1941 World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
- 1943 World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
- 1945 World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
- 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
- 1964 The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
- 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
- 1980 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1980 Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
- 1981 The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
- 1986 A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
- 1990 The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.
- 1993 Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1993 Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- 1998 The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
- 1999 Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
- 2000 A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
- 2002 Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
- 2002 Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
- 2004 HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2009 The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
- 2014 Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
- 2015 Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
- 2016 A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1416 Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims
- 1845 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1847 Otto Wallach, Jewish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863 Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited
- 1868 Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator
- 1871 Heinrich Mann, German author and poet
- 1886 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building
- 1901 Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter
- 1901 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician
- 1901 Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1909 Golo Mann, Jewish-German historian and author
- 1924 Sarah Vaughan, African-American singer
- 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
- 1950 Tony Banks, English keyboard player and songwriter
- 1952 Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier
- 1963 Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
- 1970 Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1971 David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
- 1986 Manuel Neuer, German footballer
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Quote of the day
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
- Napoleon Hill (American Writer, 1883-1970) -
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, Kalaron, Mercunova
https://imgur.com/a/hCbYL
Memes! Freshly made memes! Come get your memes here!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
If ever there was the perfect advert for the Medieval RP, this would be it.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Thx <3
Penguania And Antarctica
Hurry up and give me an issue that will let me bring back capitalism, NS. It's weird having a communist monarchy.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
So I guess that's what meant by the saying "All are equal, but some are more equal than others."
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
That sounds familiar.... *looks at own nation*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
>If you're interested in becoming more oriented to roleplays, contact Kalaron or Lex Caledonia and they'll be happy to get you started.
Aye the bloody government and it's CGcentrism. Medieval RP best RP
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I'm questioning why I'm chopped liver: I'm still one of the RP mods as well :p
Penguania And Antarctica
Mostly on me, that one. I've been really tired today so I basically confirmed that Me and Lex were people to talk to about RP when Merc asked and went to sleep for a few hours.
One issue at a time, Unf.
First, we take on Eastern Timezone-centrism.
Then we can deal with your CG-centrism complaint.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
haha yes merc you are correct me and lex are the ones to see
lets just ignore the most active RP in the whole region no one's interested in that one haha amirite
Penguania And Antarctica
More
"Hey can I put you down as a contact person for RP?"
"Yes, please"
:V
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/428340022249390091/SmartSelectImage_2018-03-27-19-50-12.png
Penguania And Antarctica
Ive said it once and Ill say it again: I know youre providing me links to furry nonsense, and I wont be opening them.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/427646210116157440/Digimon.Tamers.full.1905393.jpg
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND CANADIANS, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!
OUR SNACKS: POPCORN CHICKEN, KALE, AND VANILLA ICE CREAM
OUR DRINKS: ORANGE SODA, BLUE TEA, AND SPARKLING WATER
OUR TOPICS: MEDIA BIAS, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
BONUS TOPIC: IF THE COFN WAS AN RL COUNTRY, WOULD YOU MOVE THERE?
BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Ohhhh, I see. Kal suddenly thinks hes a more trustworthy source for external links than Vista. Im not sure if aircraft carrier porn exists, but if it does I know of no person who would more likely be into it than the gentleman quoted here.
Let me be clear. Unless youre Jas, our loveable train friends, or- I dunno- the resurrected nation of Fibertas, youve basically got no chance of me opening your links.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Disturbingly, I'm sure Tex wishes it were.
Penguania And Antarctica
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.