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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Is this what fully automated luxury gay space monarchist socialism looks like?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Confederal States
Ave!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona, Percyton
What do you mean fully automated luxury gay space monarchist socialism?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Salve. :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
Unfortunate, but much better than America, I'd say.
Don't got a car?
Work at home or die of poverty
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Hallo!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
F*ck this game.
I let people get rich when they find gold and it made my poor even poorer.
F*ck this game. I'm putting issues off for Nuremgard right now. Sick of this sh!t.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
EEEEEEEEEE!
Let us send some phoenix decorations
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Empress is looking for a wedding venue. Any Ideas? *cough**cough*
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I just saw that you authored issues. Which ones did you author?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Primogeniture Problems, Vexing VAT, Tainted Tattoos, Lese Majeste Maladies, an issue regarding the status of serfdom and I forget the other two.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Whipping Up A Controversy is also one of mine.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Jesus H. And I was so proud of my single issue.
And why are you not an editor?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is January 16 and today are:]
Today is January 16 and today are:
- Anniversary of President Laurent Kabilas Assassination (DR Congo)
- Appreciate A Dragon Day
- International Hot and Spicy Food Day
- National Fig Newton Day (United States)
- National Nothing Day (United States)
- National Religious Freedom Day (United States)
- National Without a Scalpel Day (United States)
- Signing of the Peace Accords (El Salvador)
- Teacher's Day (Myanmar)
- Teachers' Day (Thailand)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 27BC Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
- 0378 General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
- 0550 Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
- 0929 Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba.
- 1120 The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1362 A storm tide in the North Sea ravages the East coast of England and destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
- 1412 The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
- 1492 The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
- 1547 Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
- 1556 Philip II becomes King of Spain.
- 1572 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- 1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
- 1707 The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
- 1780 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1786 Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
- 1809 Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
- 1847 John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- 1862 Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
- 1878 Russo-Turkish War (187778): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
- 1883 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
- 1900 The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
- 1909 Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- 1919 Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
- 1920 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1920 The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
- 1921 The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
- 1924 Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
- 1938 Benny Goodman and his band performed in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
- 1942 Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
- 1945 Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
- 1964 Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
- 1969 Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
- 1969 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
- 1970 Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
- 1979 The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
- 1991 Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
- 1992 El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
- 2001 Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- 2001 US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the SpanishAmerican War.
- 2002 The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
- 2003 The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
- 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
- 2016 Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1844 Ismail Qemali, Albanian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania
- 1851 William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1853 André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company
- 1900 Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank
- 1901 Frank Zamboni, American businessman, founded the Zamboni Company
- 1908 Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
- 1931 Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th Federal President of Germany
- 1932 Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist
- 1933 Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic
- 1935 Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1948 John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
- 1948 Gregor Gysi, German attorney, politician of The Left (Die Linke)
- 1959 Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1969 Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
- 1974 Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
- 1979 Aaliyah, American singer and actress
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Quote of the day
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
- Steve Martin (American Comedian, *1945) -
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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
What is your issue?
I was never offered the position.
Penguania And Antarctica
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!! :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton
Goodnight friends. Love you all. <3
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Night, dude.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Carbon Emissions Are Why We Cant Have Nice Things
Unacceptable. If seven published issues doesnt qualify you, what does? Where does the madness end, Max!?
Night, buddy!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I've submitted other issues including one about paedophilia in high levels of government and another about a universal basic income but nothing back about those.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
I'm still surprised people still care about their issue results: I got rid of that a long time ago :p
Nuremgard, Minnesota Dakota
I guess I'm a masochist.
Minnesota Dakota
you thirsty whore :p
Nuremgard, Minnesota Dakota
If you haven't heard, the Kosul proposed to Aleksander Sov, Empress Mara Sov's son. The Empress still needs a wedding venue for her son and his husband to be, Vista Major. *cough**cough*
Vista Major, Percyton
*checks map*
We got forests, we got deserts, and we got beaches.
So, the real question is: https://youtu.be/eJdHxwW0EZE
Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33289762#p33289762
Finally!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
PRAISE BE TO INTERNATIONALISM!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
My results to a political test. https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=75.0&d=69.7&g=68.8&s=74.3
Nuremgard, Percyton
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
The Empress has made a decision. Theo Desmond and Aleksander Sov's wedding will be held at Mount Romerisica Federal Park in Vista Major. All heads of state and or government are welcome.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Here you go with mine
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=26.0&d=49.7&g=65.8&s=70.3
Minnesota Dakota
#EcosocialismWins
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Empress, chill. They only got engaged today. Gonna pick out their kids' names today, too?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
That's our job, [I]thank you very much[/I]
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
She was waiting almost a decade for this to happen. Also, she has potential names; Alexandria - Girl, Christopher - Boy.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Royal weddings are always good for distracting the plebs. The Empress is probably covering up some government scandal.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota
She may or may not have contributed to Konsul Bail Organa's resignation.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh, intrigue.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
The Democratic Party is there to keep democracy relevant. He wanted to get rid of the Empress. She and a large portion of the Democratic Party did not like that. He resigned to appease them.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The current PM of Nuremgard is also a republican. Makes me wonder what her relationship with the Tsar is like.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
If you've written so many Issues that you've forgotten two, then I'd say you've written a lot of Issues and should be proud.
Not sure what there is to appreciate, since most dragons just hoard gold and destroy towns. But, on the bright side, now is the perfect chance to binge-watch the How to Train Your Dragon franchise if that's what you're interested in.
https://youtu.be/duCYRgqxJvk?t=2m43s
https://youtu.be/I6vn6uRlPL8?t=1m16s
https://youtu.be/4uArRzwKHvE?t=8m4s
You missed one.
1980 - Lin-Manuel Miranda, American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor
https://youtu.be/7JKbUWSO2Nw
https://youtu.be/BzVmPsqHDDQ
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I'd like to see something like Cassandria or Kass. Maybe even Oran or Oliara
Random but unique
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I like those.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Census Act has failed to pass Parliament, with one endorsement and six denouncements.
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Cesorion
And one abstention. Smh
Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Strictly speaking there were 40 abstentions.
Citizens who don't vote are automatic abstentions.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Cesorion
A mighty majority, our Abstention Caucus. A bastion to be reckoned with.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Cesorion, Confederal States
Oh. I'm sorry for my mistake. I will not question the speaker and his actions in the future.
Mercunova, Cesorion
In an effort to abolish enforced atheism, I went against my secularism and made Nuremgard's national anthem all about Christianity yet for some reason, the policy page still keeps atheism.
F*ck this game.
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States
Fully automated luxury libertarian gay space communism is the way to go.
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=90.9&d=70.2&g=85.8&s=94.3
The Top 10 Things Worse than this Game
[spoiler]
10. Me
9. Me
8. Me
7. Me
6. Me
5. Me
4. Me
3. Me
2. Me
1. Posadism[/spoiler]
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Cesorion
If you hate this game so much why are you still playing it? :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
Congrats to Konsul Desmond and Aleksander Sov! On behalf of Percyton, I'd like to wish them the best of luck in their union! Ambassador to Minnesota-Dakota Simon Brown will be attending the wedding.
Welcome to the region, Dacia and Carpathia! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Heil :)
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
One of the most important votes in UK constitutional politics has taken place which will undermine devolution. Scottish Tory MPs opposed an amendment which would have supported the devolution settlement. What news story does the BBC lead with in terms of Scotland? Snow.
This so called United Kingdom becomes more perilous to be part of every day.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Maehren Und Boehmen
Scotland should leave.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Should have left in 2014, mate.
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Yes. Yes they should've. Its not too late.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Well, how about secession? Secede, declare war and make the remnants of the UK your lands. And then put those pesky English people into camps and well ... get rid of them. You must reclaim your Pictish lands and eradicate those Anglo-Saxon infiltrators.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
Simmer down.
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona, Percyton
https://youtu.be/F1S1lejp04M
Minnesota Dakota
I'm very calm. I just wanted to show you some options. Personally I don't have any anything against Britons.
I mean scotland wouldn't win, but maybe it'd be close...considering the state of Britain's military. :p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
pessimistic swine
Minnesota Dakota
Following new legislation in Nuremgard, church and state are inseparable but you know, it till has enforced atheism as a policy. *eye roll*
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
**I'm p!ssed so no more issues for Nuremgard**
***Following new legislation in Nuremgard...***
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Youre delusional
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
http://firstchurchofatheism.com/
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Hey, Yuk. How much you willing to bet that the Union survives Brexit?
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
So ridiculous.
Minnesota Dakota
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
Finally got around to fixing the Kobolds! The poor dearies have not had enough lore.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is January 17 and today are:]
Today is January 17 and today are:/b]
- Art's Birthday
- Benjamin Franklin Day
- Cable Car Day
- Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
- Kid Inventors Day
- National Bootleggers Day (United States)
- National Day (Menorca, Spain)
- National Hot Buttered Rum Day (United States)
- Patras Carnival (Patras, Greece)
- Traditional Day of Offerings (Bhutan)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 38BC Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
- 0395 Upon the death of Emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is permanently divided into the Eastern Roman Empire under Arcadius, and the Western Roman Empire under Honorius.
- 1287 King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Menorca.
- 1377 Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
- 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
- 1562 France recognizes the Huguenots by the Edict of Saint-Germain.
- 1595 During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
- 1608 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
- 1648 England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
- 1773 Captain James Cook commands the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
- 1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
- 1811 Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries.
- 1852 The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
- 1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
- 1885 A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
- 1893 Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
- 1899 The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1903 El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
- 1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
- 1915 Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
- 1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
- 1918 Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
- 1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
- 1941 Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
- 1943 World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
- 1944 World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
- 1945 World War II: The VistulaOder Offensive forces German troops out of Warsaw.
- 1945 The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
- 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
- 1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session.
- 1948 The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
- 1950 The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
- 1950 United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
- 1961 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "militaryindustrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
- 1961 Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
- 1966 Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
- 1969 Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
- 1977 Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
- 1981 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
- 1991 Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
- 1992 During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
- 1994 The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
- 1995 The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,5026,434 people dead, and 251,301310,000 displaced.
- 1996 The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
- 1997 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
- 1998 Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill ClintonMonica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
- 2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
- 2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
- 2010 Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1463 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
- 1600 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet
- 1706 Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania
- 1867 Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios
- 1899 Al Capone, American mob boss
- 1909 Freddie Frinton, English comedian, music hall and television actor
- 1922 Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist
- 1927 Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer
- 1931 James Earl Jones, American actor and voice actor
- 1942 Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist
- 1949 Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1964 Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States
- 1971 Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1972 Benno Fürmann, German actor
- 1980 Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
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Quote of the day
You don't have to be somebody different to be important. You're important in your own right.
- Michelle Obama (American First Lady, *1964) -
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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
I don't know about the Briton's military.
Hey, it's just a game. I like to be in character. So I'm sorry that using my imagination is delusional.
Happy birthday, Yzma!
https://youtu.be/KdB_zJXx_AE
Happy birthday to Darth Vader, too!
https://youtu.be/wxL8bVJhXCM
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BC9daxWrL8
Jaslandia, Percyton
It's in kinda bad shape. Readiness is down across the board pretty much and the Challenger II isn't an exceptional MBT since the cannon can't throw very good APFSDS rounds and their last batch expired technically back in 2015.
Of course, they're also replacing tanks with IFVs so...
Maehren Und Boehmen
Is that the actual German dub? Because that sounds pretty cool.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Dont really want to bet on it tbh, Id rather wait if theres a second referendum and then see where we stand after that
Nuremgard
Do you think there will be a second ref?
So bitter
I hope, I dont know the probability
Nuremgard
I don't think there will be. May tried to bypass Parliament by invoking Article 50 using the royal prerogative. If she doesn't respect Parliament, she sure as hell doesn't respect the average Joe voting in referendums.
I prefer to refrain from speculation. The political climate is changing too fast at the moment in the UK
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
My first finals are tomorrow. I'm a little nervous.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Considering that everyone in this region is smarter than me, it's safe to assume that you're fine.
Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Thanks.
Jaslandia, Percyton
I don't deserve that.
Percyton
Good luck! I'm sure you'll do fine! As long as you study and prepare yourself, of course.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Good luck with your finals!
Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Thank you.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Yes. It's the actual German dub.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Update (1/18/2017)
Construction is well underway on M.O.B Pegasus east of Kirk Ronan on Sodor. Should be finished and occupied by Mid-Feburary.
The Scandinavian Privateer threat has finally been dealt with. Red Army soldiers raised the crimson banner over the main headquarters earlier this morning.
Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend the wedding. Politics have hit a precarious point, and I am needed in-country to oversee some tense deals.
..... Not much else at this point. Been busy, so lack of activity on my part.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Pro-democracy regime change has been avoided in the Dawn Isles.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
You say that like it's a good thing.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/PP-19_Bizon_right_view.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/OSN_Saturn_special_purpose_unit_%28506-20%29.jpg/800px-OSN_Saturn_special_purpose_unit_%28506-20%29.jpg
Should Kalaron make the 90's meme, or the current meme?
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
It is. Democracy does not work. Long live the warrior Queen of the Dawns.
Jaslandia, Friedensreich, Minnesota Dakota
*whispers from behind* Nurem has a fetish for suppressing democracy :p
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
Chaos in Germany:
Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Nothing works, so long live pure anarchy, no?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
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