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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
The Christmas Cardinal is back for another season!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
Hey! Welcome back!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Welcome back, ContComm!
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
ContComm! *whistles loudly* Great to see you again! We missed you!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
A fun thing that came after it was that it helped inspire the super-terrible idea of mass air-mobilization.
Unrelated but, http://www.forces.net/news/army/gurkhas-vs-paras-training-exercise-descends-mass-brawl
Why is it 'super-terrible'?
Percyton
The Talking Point
All marriages are arranged by the government.
Finally i have this again!
#ForcedPolygamyIntensifies
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Because it's based in the thought that you'll be faster than if you do a Sealift, but the two methods of Airlift are both terrible in economy and force preservation.
1) Air mobile troops, or a mass air-drop.
Great if you hate the concept of fuel efficiency, love long flight times, and think the enemy won't, or can't, hit you where you landed. Kinda weird how you landed inside their territory with no FOB tho.
2) Ferrying things by air.
Also great if you hate efficiency but oh so much worse in time.
By this point, you're relying on military airfields near the fight to ferry troops and equipment there. Not impossible, but the Military never got the kinks out.
Meanwhile Sealift is just kinda better at everything. It carries a lot of troops and supplies hella fast to the front for you at relatively little fuel consumption, and if you aren't an idiot you give them a Sub-escort too for the road.
-I can go into more detail if you want on why, but this is a "Before I had my coffee" thing.
Jaslandia
Can the government please arrange a marriage for me to a handsome rich man?
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko
You get a pauper that is very, very good at the horizontal limbo.
How do you proceed?
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I politely decline.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
But like
He's handsome as fvck tho.
H e ' l l * n e v e r * f o r g e t * t h i s
Edit: I guess NS doesn't like my multi-space. The bawbags.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well if he's handsome as f*ck...
Yes, and we can also use the Kalaron idea, its a polygamy in UFIR after all.........
Nuremgard
"Iraq ain't free. The streets of Baghdad must be littered with the blood of Hashemites. KING Faisal II is not my ruler. His royal family isn't Iraqi and he probably is a British puppet. The REPUBLIC of Iraq not the KINGDOM of Iraq. Praise republicanism."
-Abd al-Karim Gasim on July 14, 1958
If he and his family were not Iraqi, what were they?
The House of Hashem is Jordanian
Nuremgard
Ah, right. Well being ruled by foreigners is never something that sits well with people.
Apparently he was born in Iraq, but as I said - the House of Hashem is an influential Jordanian family that ruled over Jordan (obviously) as well as Iraq and - I think - Syria and Hejaz.
I remember discussing them before with Vetriutan. They seem quite influential in the region.
That isn't true. While the Hashemites rule Jordan, they aren't Jordanian. They are descended from a family of Sharifs in Mecca who themselves are descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, who is Muhammed's grandson.
Nuremgard
So originally from Saudi Arabia then.
You're right, I meant they're Hejazi then, not Jordanian - but they did and still do rule Jordan.
They used to be influential in the early 20th century but became less relevant in the region after Hejaz was taken over by the Saudis in the 20s.
They were specifically from Hejaz, which is now a part of Saudi Arabia, but they are not related to the House of Saud.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I know they rule in Jordan but do other dynasties in the region have connections to them? Or do they have descendants ruling in other places?
They currently only rule Jordan, but they used to rule Hejaz, Iraq, and Syria in the 20th century. And I do not know about their connections with other dynasties. I am not expert in Middle Eastern history. You would probably have more luck asking an expert in Middle Eastern history at the university you go to.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I used to have my own Middle Eastern nation based on Iran.
Yukona, Percyton
Ok, but the Hashemites never ruled over Iran.
I know. I was just saying lol. I had a shah and everything.
Yukona, Percyton
Shah? Hold on there.
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20140605/365628_Imam-Khomeini.jpg
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Hullo :D
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton
When I had it, I kept switching between absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy. I couldn't decide which one I wanted.
Percyton, Vetriutan 2
Hi!
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NoxjVhTUMA&t=2s
Penguania And Antarctica
OH SH!T THAT REMINDS ME
CHRIMBO STAR
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Seems I need to get that holiday flag out too. :)
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Mercunova, Percyton
Changed to the Christmas holiday flag. :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Mercunova, Percyton
Loving the flag.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thank you. <3
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
I also switched to my Christmas flag right now.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Such effort lol
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front, Vetriutan 2
[spoiler=Today is December 9 and today are:]
Today is December 9 and today are:
- Anna's Day (Finland, Sweden)
- Armed Forces Day (Peru)
- Christmas Card Day
- Fatherland's Heroes Day (Russia)
- Gingerbread Decorating Day
- Independence Day (Tanzania)
- International Anti-Corruption Day
- International Day of Veterinary Medicine
- International Shareware Day
- National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda)
- National Pastry Day (United States)
- Navy Day (Sri Lanka)
- Weary Willie Day
- World Techno Day
- Yuri's Day in the Autumn (Russian Orthodox Church)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0480 Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.
- 0536 Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
- 0730 Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.
- 1425 The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
- 1531 The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
- 1688 Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
- 1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
- 1824 Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
- 1835 Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
- 1851 The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
- 1856 The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
- 1861 American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1872 In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
- 1892 English soccer club Newcastle United is founded
- 1897 Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
- 1905 In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- 1911 A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
- 1917 World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
- 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
- 1931 The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
- 1935 Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
- 1935 The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
- 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
- 1940 World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
- 1941 World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
- 1941 World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
- 1946 The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
- 1946 The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
- 1948 The Genocide Convention is adopted.
- 1950 Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 1953 Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
- 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
- 1958 The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
- 1960 The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
- 1961 Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
- 1962 The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
- 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
- 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
- 1968 Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
- 1969 U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
- 1973 British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
- 1979 The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
- 1982 Explosion in office belonging to the Kuwait Airways in Athens.
- 1987 IsraeliPalestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
- 1988 The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
- 1992 American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
- 1996 Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
- 2003 A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
- 2008 The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
- 2012 A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
- 2013 At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
- 2015 The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business.
- 2016 President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later declining to run for a full term.
- 2016 At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
- 2017 Australia becomes the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1594 - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
- 1608 - John Milton, English poet and philosopher
- 1717 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian
- 1821 - Marcus Goldman, German banker, businessman, and financier, founded Goldman Sachs
- 1868 - Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1883 - Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates
- 1895 - Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish journalist and politician
- 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright
- 1906 - Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL
- 1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1934 - Judi Dench, English actress
- 1953 - John Malkovich, American actor and producer
- 1954 - Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, President of the European Commission
- 1964 - Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
- 1977 - Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
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Quote of the day
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
Nice Christmas flag, Peng! That reminds me; I still need to put on my own Christmas flag.
https://youtu.be/0W8wIAV1Pu4?t=1m3s
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Looks nice, Peng! I'm going to change to my Christmas flag now.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It looks great, Percy! And you chose the perfect episode to take your flag from.
https://youtu.be/ZQuVoG90pfs
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
News update!
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33056738#p33056738
Percyton
Found an old Christmas flag!
Merry ([I]albeit early[/I]) Christmas!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
All those Christmas flags look really nice. :D
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton
Yes! It is finally snowing!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
AND THIS CHRISTMAS
WILL BE
A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Why?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Implying you didn't have holiday spirit before?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Vista was previously a sole adherent to Krampus. All of the corporal punishment, none of the delayed positive reinforcement.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Talking Point
The government seizes the property of the recently deceased.
"Totally not corruption"
Nuremgard, Percyton
I cut corruption in New Salvatore by a whopping 84% by simply allowing an anti-government radio station on the air. The slow but eventual political liberation of the nation has begun!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko
Implying that the Scrooges of the region will feel my jolly wrath
Krampus is a bïtch.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Holidays are coming...
Holidays are coming.
Holidays are coming!
HOLIDAYS ARE COMING!
H O L I D A Y S A R E C O M I N G
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
It's Vetriutan 1 and 2!
https://i.imgur.com/iAij65j.png
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
So who's the Cat in the Hat in this scenario? Constidor?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
And what role would Constidor fill as the Cat in the Hat?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The ones who released Vetriutan 1 and 2 into the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat#Plot
Penguania And Antarctica
No. Nuova Constidor released Vetriutan 1 into this world, while the Me-262 and Vetriutan 1 released Vetriutan 2 into this world. Get your lore right.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oookay then. My mistake.
Penguania And Antarctica, Vetriutan 2
Stop assuming my people's history, mononationed one.
Penguania And Antarctica
You say something about mononationed?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I am deeply sorry about my assumptions. Please forgive me.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I am trinationed.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's what I thought. You are forgiven.
Penguania And Antarctica
I just made new words that people are using. It's like I'm the second Noah Webster! Worship me, use my words, and use American spelling!
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Use American spelling? Never!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I would be honoured if you did. Don't you think that British spelling is ageing a bit?
Penguania And Antarctica
Nope. The British spelling is fine the way it is. American spelling of words hurts my eyes.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Fine. Follow your English masters and spell how they spell.
Penguania And Antarctica
Wouldn't need to speak English if Scottish and British kings had not suppressed Gaelic.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, The Scottish Twins
Why Hello
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Fuhrmania, Percyton
Bruidhinn dhut fhèin.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Might join me on the sidewalk that leads to the elevator at the railroad station? But first I have to check the hood of my truck because a damn gray bird pooped on it. I also need to get my baggage out of the trunk of my mommy's car. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
*screams internally*
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I mostly prefer the British spelling. Tho for some reason I very much like the word elevator.
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Yukona, Percyton
What I like about winter is that it so quiet outside because of the snow muffling the sound. Especially the winter nights are very nice and quiet.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is December 10 and today are:]
Today is December 10 and today are:
- 2nd Sunday of Advent
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
- Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Dewey Decimal System Day
- Human Rights Day (International)
- Jane Addams Day
- National Lager Day (United Statas)
- Nobel Prize Day
- World Choral Day
- Worldwide Candle Lighting Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1041 The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
- 1317 The "Nyköping Banquet" - King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
- 1508 The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
- 1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
- 1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
- 1652 Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
- 1665 The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
- 1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
- 1799 France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
- 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
- 1861 American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
- 1861 Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
- 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
- 1868 The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
- 1877 Russo-Turkish War (187778): The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
- 1884 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
- 1896 Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
- 1898 SpanishAmerican War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
- 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
- 1902 The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
- 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
- 1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
- 1909 Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1932 Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
- 1941 World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
- 1941 World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
- 1948 The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
- 1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
- 1953 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in literature.
- 1963 Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 1963 An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
- 1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
- 1978 ArabIsraeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- 1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
- 1984 United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
- 1989 Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
- 1993 The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
- 1994 Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
- 1995 The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
- 1996 The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
- 2014 Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
- 2016 Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1804 - Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic
- 1815 - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist
- 1822 - César Franck, Belgian organist and composer
- 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet
- 1870 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller
- 1878 - C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India
- 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1907 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach
- 1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist
- 1941 - Joachim Kerzel, German actor and voice actor
- 1956 - Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
- 1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
- 1958 - Cornelia Funke, German-American author
- 1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
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Quote of the day
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
Three days
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
What's in three days?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
*jaw drops* HE HAS RETURNED!
Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton
Calm your t!ts. You talk with me every day and I use those spellings every day.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
how are you my good friend?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania
https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0BKqhdlKCxCNsVTq/giphy.gif
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I am good! How are you?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
PLR you are here as well
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hello, PLR! How are you?
Is it your birthday in three days? Happy early birthday!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
13th of December, thankfully not a Friday. Thank you!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
It's my day off tomorrow but my sister wants me to get up super early to go shopping with her. And then I need to study after that for an exam on Tuesday. Then another one on Thursday. And I am meant to go to the dentist tomorrow but I am canceling because my toothache seems to have subsided. And I just want an excuse not to go because I hate the bloody dentist as I'm a coward.
This week is gonna' suck! But once it's over, it's lazy time for the holidays and then loads of presents to open on Christmas!
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
im doing well. I finally have a break from my business and government networking projects. So I can be active more
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
you probably would because English would still be the lingua franca of the world and no one would understand you on here
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Most likely I would speak Gaelic at home and English to everyone else. Or perhaps it would be like Ireland where English is widely spoken. It doesn't matter. Gaelic is still alive and long may that continue.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Both Irish and Scottish Gaelic are insanely beautiful sounding languages, so mystical - they always conjure elven imagery for me, especially the ancient folk songs. Though I must admit, Scots is awesome too, Robbie Burns is one of the best national poets around in my opinion
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Gaelic is beautiful to hear. I like a lot of Celtic Woman's songs. I think it would be a hard language to learn though. The spellings make the pronunciations look impossible. And you cant be a bit of Rabbie Burns. Shame we never studied him in school up here.
I remember when my late granddad was in hospital once a few years ago. I overheard an old couple next to us conversing in Scots Gaelic. Before we left I went over to them to tell them I thought their language was beautiful. They appreciated that. Gaelic gets such a hostile press up here by many.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Strange, we studied a few Scottish poets and Burns in particular
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
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