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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Ah, yes. That's what it was about.
Do you know more spooky stories ? You could tell them on Halloween. :)
Yukona, Percyton
That would be great! I look forward to seeing both of you, and I hope you all enjoy the festivities! And just like with the Premier of Russkov Soviet, I'll make sure your visits are comfortable and safe.
Indeed. There are lots of spooky tales from Sodor too, and I'll be sure share them when we get closer to Halloween!
Jaslandia
South_Hyder or anyone actually with appearance authority
please help a bit
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&sid=041f327e817136af13d453139a16e927
That is a link to it
[spoiler=Today is October 26 and today are:]
Today is October 26 and today are:
- Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
- Angam Day (Nauru)
- Armed Forces Day (Benin)
- Cremation of King Bhumibol (Thailand)
- Gospel Day (Cook Islands)
- Howl at the Moon Day and Night
- National Day (Austria)
- National Day of the Deployed (United States)
- National Mincemeat Day (United States)
- National Mule Day (United States)
- National Pumpkin Day (United States)
- National Tennessee Day (United States)
- Intersex Awareness Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 740 An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings.
- 1185 The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by the Asen dynasty.
- 1341 The Byzantine civil war of 134147 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho.
- 1377 Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
- 1520 Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1597 Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
- 1640 The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
- 1689 General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
- 1774 The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
- 1775 King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American Revolution.
- 1776 Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
- 1813 War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
- 1825 The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
- 1859 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
- 1860 Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
- 1861 The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
- 1881 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1905 Sweden accepts the independence of Norway.
- 1909 Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
- 1912 First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
- 1917 World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat to the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
- 1917 World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- 1918 Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
- 1921 The Chicago Theatre opens.
- 1936 The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
- 1942 World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
- 1943 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
- 1944 World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
- 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
- 1955 After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
- 1955 Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
- 1958 Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
- 1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
- 1968 Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
- 1970 Muhammad Ali faces off against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus from evading to be drafted in the Vietnam War.
- 1977 Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops rash in Merca district, Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- 1979 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by Korean Central Intelligence Agency head Kim Jae-gyu. Choi Kyu-hah becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
- 1985 The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
- 1991 History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
- 1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1995 IsraeliPalestinian conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
- 1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 2000 Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
- 2001 The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
- 2003 The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
- 2004 GTA San Andreas makes its debut.
- 2015 A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
- 2016 An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1427 Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
- 1491 Zhengde Emperor of China
- 1759 Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice
- 1902 Beryl Markham, British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer and author
- 1912 Don Siegel, American director and producer
- 1914 Jackie Coogan, American actor and director
- 1916 Francois Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France
- 1942 Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director
- 1947 Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State & 44th First Lady of the United States
- 1959 Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
- 1967 Keith Urban, New Zealand-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1981 Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1984 Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
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Quote of the day
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Happy birthday Hillary
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
https://youtu.be/QTan6eDphCk
It's Mario Mario!
https://youtu.be/ub01mPDS-Z0
https://youtu.be/KsGkMSY_Fag
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/sci-fi-fantasy-and-the-status-quo
Interesting piece on SSF litterature and it's relation to modern-day politics.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Just to let you know, guys. If you're a European nation or based in Europe, expect an influx of German exiles as the Kaiser is booting political dissidents out of the country.
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Confederal States
If a flotilla of Alpine rafts from Greater Germany reaches the Atlantic shore of Mercunova, the Consuls are gonna be pretty p!ssed.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Send them to Nuremkohl
The Rocky Mountains will treat them well
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Deporting them across the Atlantic would be too expensive. Don't worry.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
We'll do our best to help and resettle the exiles if they arrive here, but we can't accept too many since we're only a small island with limited resources.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Kaiser appreciates your co-operation.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Not sure if they'll get as far as Jaslandia, but if they do, I think we can work something out where Jaslandia takes some exiles.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The government thought it was the most humane option, considering the others...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The most humane option would be not kicking out the dissidents and letting them speak their mind in peace. But, despite our disagreement with Greater Germany's policies, we don't think innocent people should be caught in this disagreement.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I hate it when mother nature is off her meds. We've been getting heat wave after heat wave where I live, but in years past we've had snow on halloween. Ugh. Just give me a blizzard and bury me alive already
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Allowing people to speak their minds is not agreeable with absolute monarchy.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Four years on this site. Wow. Almost three with you wonderful people. Funny how fast time flies
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Arguable. You can have civil rights without political rights. More difficult, but it's possible.
I really need to stop misreading things. The first couple times I read your post, I thought you said "I hate it when my mother is off her meds." I thought "I'm really sorry about that, and I'm sorry you have to go through that, but what does that have to do with the weather?"
Nuremgard, Au Minbo, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hahaha
In other news my cat is sitting in a dark corner of a room staring up towards the ceiling. He is something special
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Rafts made of Norsk cedar pine, on the other hand...
Nuremgard, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Trying to log on to discord from a new computer and it insults me by saying im in East Calais (Pronounced Callous here), Vermont. What do I look like? A hick? Rude of discord
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
You think the Norsk would go over there in rafts? ;)
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
fvck calluses
especially when they become corns
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
We're in the middle of cooling temperatures (meaning a drop from the 70s to the 50s) for the next several days, then going back to the 70s at the beginning of November; also, happy 4th national birthday Minnie
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Maybe if the Tsar hand-built them with his shirt off?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
It's finally cooling off here as well, 50s and 60s for the coming week, but I really just want it to snow. And thankya :)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Anyone doing anything fun and or interesting lately? I've begun doing undergrad research and I want to rip my hair out most days tbh, but I love the subject so it's a fair trade off
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Every day this week has seen literally pounding rain in the mornings and afternoons. It's like IT and its been spooky.
Designing more military stuff for NS, also considering getting back to writing in general. Was also hugged by sad friend today and offered to make her food and stuff. She's getting 10 muffins and like twelve choclate chip cookies along with the rest of my friends on the bus :D
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
W E A L L F L O A T D O W N H E R E
Have to do a persuasive speech next week, then I also have an English argument paper (subject is whether military drones and robots should be expanded for the sake of saving time and due to the disproportionate amount of materials, I'm arguing against expanding the role of autonomous robots), and after that I have to get to a certain percentage in my Intermediate Algebra class (long story short, Governor (and all-around jackass) Abbott signed off on Senate Bil 149, which is to determine college readiness- every student has to take the Texas Success Initiative, the test which determines readiness, before they enter college. If you fail at one of the areas, which are writing, English, and math, then you have to take an intermediate class which takes up hours and gives no credit before signing up for actual classes)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I've been moving cardboard boxes around for everyone in western Pennsylvania who gets their sh!t shipped by the purple and orange company.
Being honest, I actually do find it rather enjoyable
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Even Florida is getting colder now. After weeks of temperatures in the 90s and high 80s, over the past couple of days it suddenly dipped into the 60s and low 70s (which feels much colder due to the abrupt change).
FedEx?
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Just use your imagination.
Hereafter I will refer to the place I work as Stark Logistics.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Percyton is getting ready for Halloween, so that's gonna be a lot of fun! I'm really excited for the events we have planned!
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
I assumed it was a Marvel thing (Tony Stark/Iron Man), but apparently it's a real place in Lemont, Illinois. What brought you to Illinois, Merc?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Stark+Logistics&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS573US582&ei=FabyWfKHNZGjjwTkurHYCA&start=0&sa=N&biw=1600&bih=769
jk
Mercunova, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
DO YOU REMEMBER!
Cool cool. Muffins are nice :)
Moving stuff is certainly not the worst job.
I hope all goes well in Percyton for the Halloween festivities then!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
I have an 11 hour long playlist on youtube for music I like. Sounds like a road trip is in order then.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
T H E 2 1 S T N I G H T O F S E P T E M B E R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mq6u6zc7qU
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
Earth Wind & Fire better be on there
Penguania And Antarctica
I think they have at least one song. I can post the playlist here if you wanna see
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Ehhh.... I do hope they think carefully prior to setting foot onto the Motherland. I can only give them four choices.... Get conscripted into the military, join the workforce, stay in a special gulag, or stay out.
Nuremgard
One of these things is not like the others. Unless the 'workforce' is a reference to some sort of slave workforce, in which case, yeah those are all bad options.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Percyton
The military is good, because they would be a part of the Home Guard and basically be reserves, and the workforce is more of a assistance thing. Like... "we need more farmers over here, or we need help building a section of a railway". I may be Communist and the former USSR, but I have my standards.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Well, railways are important, so I'm at least glad you're paying attention to them.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
B R E A K T H E C H A I N S
Nuremgard
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=4&t=421225&p=32760804#p32760804
Just putting this out there, Lily Bowen was executed
Rest in peace lil' lady. Helped prove one hell of a war-crime case so you've already accomplished more than most.
OOC
Nurem is in the rp? (the modern)
Also what are the sides in the somalian conflict? For now i only know of the islamists (good guys) the state (bad guys) and the weird people supported by someone that executed the lady (good guys)
NB logic= the more extreme the better.
Lex Caledonia's borders are open to all. Just make sure ye bring over 10 cartons of cigarettes from the duty free awrite?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Who the heck was lily bowen
I thought you would. Dad's only complaint seems to be when people call him on his vacation asking how to do his job, that they are just as trained to do as him. :P
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Back when PLR bombed the civilians, Lily Bowen was a survivor. Her testimony helped to prove that it was an Aircraft that dropped the bomb, and this helped tie the radar records and the testimony of the NST separatists to into my claim. Proving it was a plane might seem small, but it was crucial in proving that what came was
1) A stealth aircraft
2) Nominally allied with the NST, it's path of low-band reflections forming a line from the interior of the NST's territory
3) Armed with a bomb.
With those facts I was able to prove that it was a Stealth Bomber from PLR's forces (PLR being one of two stealth bomber equipped forces in the AO, and the other force having not yet flown them) and that regardless of if PLR knew of the civilian presence in the Village, his government most certainly lied as to the countless deaths that happened.
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia
Sure, but I'm not up to date, what's the issue?
Add this https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&sid=041f327e817136af13d453139a16e927 (newsfeed) on the WFE please
https://i.redd.it/htvysdd0iqdz.png
if peng was a fascist i am sure his flag would be that.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Heil Emperor (Penguin)!
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Heil Penguin!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
oh btw just a small info, i have finally decided on what Ideology will Iberia after its defeat have (unless we will be annexed) i have decided on the Spanish Falange movement, closest to our ideals, and combines 2 base ideals of my nation, religion and fascism.
(so yes we will remain a dictatorship but at least we will no longer be as extreme as now, with people actually having civil rights and freedoms! ahem ahem heavily regulated ahem ahem)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I thought Francisco Franco was dead.
Guess not then
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States, Spanelsko
not in my reality, well maybe he is, he doenst move or speak for some reason, and he doesnt have anything else then bones...... weird.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Excellent choice. My nation New Salvatore is also Falangist so we should definitely be allies.
Spanelsko
I agree with that, also doesnt Salvatore have nearly same flag as the one i have now?
Oh btw you are now in the modern RP?
Nuremgard
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32762830#p32762830
The only difference between our flags is the symbol on mine is yellow. And no I'm not in the RP.
ok, but yeah as i said we would like to be allies of salvatore, and possibly of Nurem as well.
Nuremgard
BTW the reason why i mentioned that F.P.N.F.C.I. have 41% popularity is due to them being made out of all right wing parties combining to 1 main party, with also some technocrats which would be the ones that would be focusing on doing some balance between religion and technological importance of science.
(i did count all parties popularity into one.) So we have 3 parties state at this point, Equestrian/actually human soviet commies and soon to die NB from which i will use its popularity to spread to other ideologies as well, also i didnt count the opinions of the occupied zones under concord.
BREAKING: Mercunova Recognizes Catalonia
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=mercunova/detail=factbook/id=907348
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Confederal States, Spanelsko
Did Catalonia gain independence from spain? I know that in my fictional country (Spanelsko) they are their own republic of the union but i cant find anything about their independence in Real Life.
Mercunova
The Catalan Parliament declared independence this morning.
Russkov Soviet, Spanelsko
I hope that will end with Catalonia staying independent, i myself am worried because of the dicks in Madrid.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
Well the Spanish Senate moved to impose direct rule, so the struggle seems as if it will continue.
If Mercunova was interventionist there would have been a resolution declaring war on Spain rather than just one recognizing Catalonia's independence
Spanelsko
Nuremgard cant be your ally. You are too authoritarian anf violent.
The UK is not recognising Catalonia. Arseholes. The Spanish gov is going to regret the way it handled this. Beating people up and removing their parliament is a great way of convincing them to stay. No wonder many want to leave.
Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Confederal States, Spanelsko
The struggle for freedom continues, that sounds like something from dystopia, i am wondering what the Basque thinks about this.
Mercunova
Understandable. Make Catalonia Independent again!
Nuremgard
another small report, 6 guards are officially complete, all of them have their flags.
(the reason why Hell Guard has flag with the russian double headed eagle is because as i mentioned in their small summary is because they are russians from Equestrian Union)
Russkov Soviet
Now now.... Why didn't I hear about this? I know I offered to send some troops over, but I have no records of them actually heading over. I don't have a problem with this, but please inform me of things like this... they are still my soldiers.
Spanelsko
those are the ones which you told me you would send here or they would be killed when you began your genocidal rampage of all humans in your nation, i even have it in my national army quite a big number of soviets.
Russkov Soviet
Ohh... right. I actually forgot about that. The region gave me so much crap about it, I nearly went nuclear. Very well... carry on.
Spanelsko
np, i actually remember when you did that i felt bad that you started genocide before me.....
Oh btw your people (which you have sent here) are quite good soldiers, ironically better then most of our iberian soldiers, it was quite hard to make brainwashed fanatics but they do serve quite well, if you in future would again want to deport some of your people they will be always welcomed here, be it in labour camps or army.
Have a nice day Premier.
Russkov Soviet
Well... depending on the result of your internal conflict, we may "liberate" you and "take care of some problems".
Spanelsko
Hmm.... i will pretend that that totally doesnt sound like invasion you are probably planing, also i was thinking about something, would it be ok with you and your Union if i would create official Soviet/Russian republic of Iberian Islands and kicked my people out of there while sending those equestrians/humans from mainland to these islands as their reservation?
Russkov Soviet
That would be perfectly fine. (Also... as easy as it would be to invade you, I'm not evil like some nations)
Percyton, Spanelsko
Funny spelling of "good" you got there. ;p
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Tserra, Percyton, Spanelsko
Breaking news, the Leader officially declared new member state of the Union, The Nationalist Republic of the Equestrian People and Russians of the Iberian Islands. (NREPRII)
Well that didnt took long to declare the islands its own nation :p
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is October 27 and today are:]
Today is October 27 and today are:
- Black Cat Appreciation Day (United Kingdom)
- Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
- Cranky Co-Workers Day
- Flag Day (Greece)
- Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Independence Day (Turkmenistan)
- International Bandana Day
- National American Beer Day (United States)
- National Black Cat Day (United States)
- National Breadstick Day (United States)
- National Frankenstein Friday (United States)
- National Pharmacy Buyer Day (United States)
- Navy Day (United States, unofficial)
- Nevada Day (Nevada, United States)
- Reformation Day (Chile)
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
- Yom HaAliyah (Israel)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 312 Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
- 710 Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
- 939 Æthelstan, the first King of England, died and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
- 1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
- 1524 Italian Wars: French troops lay siege to Pavia.
- 1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
- 1644 Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
- 1682 Philadelphia is established in the Colonial American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- 1795 The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
- 1806 The French Army enters Berlin, following the Battle of JenaAuerstedt.
- 1810 United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
- 1838 Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
- 1870 Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1904 The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in the world.
- 1907 Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration, which leads to protests over the treatment of minorities in Austria-Hungary.
- 1914 The British lose their first battleship of World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons) is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. The loss was kept an official secret in Britain until 14 November 1918 (three days after the end of the war). The sinking was witnessed and photographed by passengers on RMS Olympic.
- 1916 Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
- 1922 A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
- 1924 The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
- 1930 Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty, signed in April modifying the 1925 Washington Naval Treaty and the arms limitation treaty's modified provisions, go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
- 1936 Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce decree nisi, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
- 1944 World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
- 1954 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
- 1958 Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
- 1961 NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
- 1962 Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
- 1962 A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
- 1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
- 1967 Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
- 1971 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
- 1973 A 1.4 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes in Cañon City, Colorado.
- 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981 The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
- 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
- 1988 Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
- 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
- 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
- 1995 Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
- 1997 Stock Market mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
- 1999 Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
- 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan after the end of Operation Herrick which started on June 20, 2002 after 12 years four months and seven days.
- 2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 921 - Chai Rong, Chinese emperor
- 1760 - August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal
- 1782 - Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist and composer
- 1811 - Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation
- 1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright
- 1920 - K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India
- 1922 - Michel Galabru, French actor and playwright
- 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer
- 1937 - Peter Lustig, German television presenter and author of children's books
- 1939 - John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
- 1952 - Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist, economist, and author
- 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambican runner and coach
- 1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean-English violinist and skier
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Quote of the day
A promise must never be broken.
- Alexander Hamilton -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko
God I hope they burn Catalonia to the ground
sorry for asking kal, but what type of government are you in the RP? i more or less see all members of communist alliance as commies but what exactly are you?
Percyton
Oh F*ck...it is Ukrainian Civil Guard! My dear ESU brother in arms!!
Jaslandia
Also Tssera, i maybe am seeing things BUT hungary and Scotland both have number 14..... just wanted you to know that.
(as i say i might be seeing things but still wanted to point that out)
I think you meant to say VIVA CATALUÑA
Spanelsko
Unless it's a promise to not cheat on your wife. Or not to duel. Or not to lie to your wife about dueling after you've cheated on her. In which case, maybe you could break those promises.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%E2%80%93Reynolds_sex_scandal
https://youtu.be/D0xzv8OqHs4
https://youtu.be/-Xi3aJ6e300
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yess..... I am a... good nation...
*chuckles evily*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Democratic Republic, basically.
Percyton
Am I the only one who thinks both sides are acting retarded?
The Empire Of Handland
i wonder, is in this world any nation that doesnt hate my current government? (answer= NO there isnt)
Russkov Soviet
I think I'm the only Concord nation that hasn't indicated any position, what with the massive civil war and everything
Spanelsko
I feel bad for you, it must be hard to live in constant civil war.
Percyton
Eh, it's been about 70-80 years so we've grown used to the whole thing
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