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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Man, I wish him best of luck.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
Kumania is now looking for other nations to have diplomatic relations with. If you wish to learn more/establish relations, go here! http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10139975/1/#new
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
5th highest crime rate? That's ridiculous! My nation is a safe and business-friendly utopia! I must not be bribing the WA inspectors enough. Zhu Li! Get on that right away!
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia
I heard about the h3h3 case on the Philip DeFranco Show. It would set a really bad precedent if h3h3 lost, and so for the sake of all Internet personalities and the principle of fair use, I wish h3h3 productions the best of luck in their case, and I hope it ends in their favor.
https://youtu.be/6sh0ruRBvD0
https://youtu.be/iWgDzc_TnpE
Oh Varrick, you rapscallion. Never change.
It's good to see you again. It's been a while.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
I have just dug myself a very big hole.
(overwatch fanfic)
Penguania And Antarctica
It's good to see you again, Jas! Sorry I've been gone a while; I recently bought out the railroad I'd been investing in (the one that I had Percy and Jaslandia (the engine) work on), and I've been working day and night on expanding the railroad and purchasing more locomotives. Percy and Sir Topham Hatt have been helping me with that.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Interesting. Good luck with that! Hopefully your engines are really useful.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'd say they are. Percy convinced me to import some Island of Sodor coal to bring the engines alive, and while I sometimes wonder if that was the best idea (no offense if any of my engines are reading this), overall, things are going pretty well.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's terrible! What's the hashtag? I'll Twitter storm if I must. It's bad for fair use
Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
They are! I've gotten to know most of them, and while they have their flaws, they always get the job done. The only thing left is to give the new engines names; right now they're only known by their number.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
Didnt see the hashtag but if you want to see the plaintiff in the case, look up "Bold Guy" on YouTube. I'd say some tougher words regarding his morals and character (or lack thereof) but seeing as he threw two youtubers down a quarter of a million dollar hole over a joke then I'll keep the words to myself.
~when free speech isnt free if it triggers someone~
Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Indeed. We're open to suggestions, so long as they aren't too ridiculous (ex: no 'Trainy McTrainface'). Telegram your suggestions to me or Percy.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Aye. And just to see if I can get back into the game as well. But it'll be fun to do both.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
Anyone know where I can get a cotton Confederate flag? Not the battle flag, but the actual flag of the Confederacy. Although maybe I'll get a battle flag too. Really just want the national flag though.
Raises hand.
Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah I was also pretty sad, especially when Hila started crying, it wss pretty emotional I just don't know why Matt Hoss feels the need to do this it's ridiculous and he's putting both himself and h3h3 through needless turbulation. Was gonna donate a handful of dollars but apparently they don't want more money, only the big papa can be with them now.
Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
<3
Jaslandia, Andromitus
REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
Day 3: HOME- "Resonance (link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW6sLrK40k)
Suggestion courtesy of [nation=short]Aghrabia[/nation]. Thank you for reading, papa bless
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
HOW DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS
Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
I tend to give someone a name based on their attributes, give me the description of one that needs naming and ill name it for ya!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
At the moment, I need four names for four steam engines. Here are their numbers and personality:
No. 34591 - A small brown shunter engine. He is often unsure of his own abilities, but he always tries his best and gets the job done.
No. 7 - A vain and self-centered engine with a bright red coat of paint. He does his job, but if it's something other than passengers, he'll do it with some reluctance.
No. 64812 - A blue tank engine who is in charge of one of the branch lines. He is generally helpful and kind, but but he can sometimes be cheeky, and he is a bit too proud of his branch line.
No. 84 - The leader of the other three, he's a green engine and the most level-headed of the group, though he does have his silly side. He is not afraid to mock or call out other engines when they do something wrong.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
This is why everyone's favorite Vaporwave DJ (yours truly) is in charge :D
Aghrabia, Oelesa, Magnatronia
No. 34591 would be named Shaky Shu(pronounced as Shoe), or simply Shu, due to his nervousness and his model of chassis.
No. 7 would be named Clin, which is a part of the word disinclination, which is a synonym to reluctance.
No. 64812 would be named Kijo, which is the combination of the first two letters of the words Kind and Joker.
No: 84 would be named ahkyeli'ski, or Kylei(prononced as kai lee) which is the Cherokee word for Mocker.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Kijo is pronounced as key-joe
Penguania And Antarctica
In regards to the New Viper RP:
I have added the Infiltration Mechanic
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10139937/1/?x=0#post10008649
Read about it there in the OOC opening, the higher the infiltration the more Vipers can act in your nation, scot free! This is essentially a way to make the game playable and quantifiable so everyone knows whats going on. If you have any questions or concerns, TG me personally.
Latrovia and The Cross And Davids Star, Lat, you can begin however you like really, read up on the rules, and begin acting on your post, if possible, edit your OOC post to start it off, CaDS, your first can essentially be your target, as a Viper, you can only lower one nation per turn to keep it fair. I think that could be amended later on but until then, keep it at one.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star
Hello people. Wish you all a nice day.
[spoiler=Today is February 28 and today are:]
Today is February 28 and today are:
- Día de Andalucía (Andalusia, Spain)
- Fat Tuesday
- Floral Design Day
- International Pancake Day
- Kalevala Day, the day of Finnish culture. (Finland)
- Losar (Bhutan)
- National Chocolate Souffle Day (United States)
- National Floral Design Day (United States)
- National Public Sleeping Day (United States)
- National Science Day (India)
- National Tooth Fairy Day (United States)
- Paczki Day
- Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
- Rare Disease Day
- Shrove Tuesday
- Spay Day USA
- Teachers' Day (Arab states)
- World Spay Day
- World Tailors Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 202 BC Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place thus initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty's rule over China.
- 628 Khosrow II is executed by Mihr Hormozd under the orders of Kavadh II.
- 870 The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
- 1246 The siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaen.
- 1525 Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 1638 The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- 1700 Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
- 1710 Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
- 1784 John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
- 1827 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- 1838 Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
- 1844 A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
- 1847 The Battle of the Sacramento River during the MexicanAmerican War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
- 1849 Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
- 1867 Seventy years of Holy SeeUnited States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
- 1870 The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1874 One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
- 1885 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
- 1893 The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
- 1897 Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
- 1900 The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
- 1922 The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
- 1925 The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
- 1933 Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
- 1935 DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
- 1939 The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
- 1940 Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
- 1942 The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
- 1947 February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
- 1948 Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
- 1948 United Nations Security Council Resolution 40 and 41 relating to Indonesian National Revolution are adopted.
- 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
- 1954 The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
- 1958 A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
- 1959 Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
- 1972 Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
- 1975 In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
- 1980 Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
- 1983 The final episode of M- A- S- H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
- 1985 The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
- 1986 Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
- 1991 The first Gulf War ends.
- 1993 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
- 1995 Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.
- 1997 An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
- 1997 GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
- 1998 First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
- 1998 Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
- 2002 During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
- 2004 Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947
- 2005 A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
- 2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1155 Henry the Young King, English son of Henry II of England
- 1533 Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author
- 1552 Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker
- 1792 Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist, meteorologist, and geographer
- 1820 John Tenniel, English illustrator
- 1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal
- 1894 Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1901 Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1915 Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1923 Charles Durning, American soldier and actor
- 1929 Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect, designed 8 Spruce Street and Walt Disney Concert Hall
- 1940 Aldo Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
- 1940 Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
- 1942 Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1944 Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager
- 1948 Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author
- 1953 Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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Quote of the day
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
- William James -
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
Still looking for a Deputy MoI. Contact me if you are interested.
Vista Major, Adaptive Aesthetics
Interesting. Shu and Kijo like their new names, so we'll go with those. No. 7 and No. 84 aren't so thrilled, however; they say they're more complex than just 'reluctance' and 'mocker'.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ill work on that
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
I have a few suggestions: For No. 7, how about something like 'Crimson' or 'Cardinal', since they're both shades of red. For No. 84, you could name him after one of the great leaders in history, like Cyrus (Cyrus the Great), Winston (Winston Churchill), or Caesar (Julius Caesar). Or, since this is the Avatar universe, you could call him Wan (after the first Avatar), Hakoda (after the Head Chieftain of the Southern Water Tribe), or Aang (after the Avatar who ended the Hundred Years War).
Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
No. 7 thinks those names are nice, but he also wants to hear other options. As for No. 84, he said he appreciates the thought, but thinks being named after a famous leader is a bit too grandiose for him, and he doesn't want his fancy name to go to his funnel (which I'm guessing is the engine equivalent of 'go to one's head').
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
New map about to come out. Balances to China and India and prettier/more detailed borders; it's gonna be great.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Adaptive Aesthetics
its gonna be YUUGE
Andromitus, Oelesa, Yukona
Exactly :D
Andromitus, Oelesa, Adaptive Aesthetics
>About
How soon is about?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Sometime during the day, probably tonight. The only way it affects you is that the Aral Sea is a lot bigger on this map.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Is it gonna be 3-D?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Tsar moved to his spring residence today.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
A little too fancy for my tastes
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Perfect for such an exalted family though.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Better be some dank Roman styled marble busts there.
Einsiev, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
There will be Roman iconography present. The monarchy, back in its absolutist glory days, believed it was the successor to the Roman Empire.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
AND FIJI WATER BOTTLES.
Einsiev, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
Even though it's the polar opposite of all my political values, tsarism is a cool ideology.
Penguania And Antarctica
you should endorse me
Why?
because you are my friend :D
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Andromitus Tserra Unfallious http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10139249/1/#new I summon thee to answer an important legal matter
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I just blindly typed aye 'cuz I wasn't paying attention XD, working on it now
Penguania And Antarctica
Do you have a copy of the PIA, I do not have it archived nor in my possession
It is with great pleasure that we announce from Nuremgard that His Imperial Highness Archduke Aleksandr of the reigning House of Vasiliev has married the Lady Anastasia Petrova, exalting her to the rank of Princess of the Realm, styled as Her Imperial Highness Archduchess Anastasia.
The people of the Commonwealth wish the newlyweds a long, happy and fruitful marriage!
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
On behalf of the Jaslandian royal family, Prince Regent Jason congratulates Archduke Aleksandr and Archduchess Anastasia on their marriage, and wishes them many years of happiness and bliss.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Can one of the techy members here help me with the offsite forum? I only use Firefox on my MacBook and the moment I open up the forums, it crashes firefox.
I also cant seem to make an account (assuming I could go on the site). Any suggestions? Does it work on Chrome? I could download it if it worked on Chrome.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KG_ncnuKzQLdc0vWjaS4nkvEx4SHV5f7XAuZuIbqSjU/edit
Within the Constitution, Legislative Authority would be defined as the ability to both vote, and create, legislature? or only vote on legislature? Just wanna make sure Im not bamboozling myself, its late for me gaah
3 resounding cheers for this lovely couple:
Hip, hip, hooray!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Freewire
I find Firefox complicated itself as you need to dowload a loy of stuff just to make it run smoothly.
I would suggest Chrome for easier use. It works for me in both Chrome and Firefox. Probably its the fault of your browser.
Also creating an account is easy, but you need to verify your email.
Penguania And Antarctica, Iloiada, Adaptive Aesthetics
REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
Day 4: Rush- "Tom Sawyer" (link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk)
Thank you for reading, papa bless
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Ok then, ill endorse you with my puppet.
Today is officially The Cross And Davids Star's First Birthday!
Minnesota Dakota
Happy St. David's Day to any and all Welshmen and women present.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
I has one billion now
Finally
I hit it again
Time to get 2 billion again
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, The Cross And Davids Star
I give up reading newspapers.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hmm, I doubt this. :P
Nuremgard
Which one was it?
;)
The Guardian.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well it is the Guardian after all, what do you expect?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Still better than Daily Mail
Jaslandia, Aghrabia
True. A right wing paper pretending to be left wing.
Read the comment sections of both papers. They're filled with anti-Scots bile yet it's we nationalists who are accused of being the racist/bigoted ones.
Aghrabia, Pirate Kingdoms
Anything's better than the Daily Mail.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms
If you used it as toilet paper you'd end up with more sh!t on you than beforehand.
Aghrabia
Hello people. Today begins a new month which means a lot to read for you. Hope you all enjoy the wall of text. :)
[spoiler=Today is March 1 and today are:]
Today is March 1 and today are:
- 1st National Birthday of [nation=short]the_cross_and_davids_star[/nation]
- Ash Wednesday
- Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
- Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)
- Beer Day (Iceland)
- Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain)
- Endometriosis Awareness Day
- Heroes' Day (Paraguay)
- Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Independence Movement Day (South Korea)
- International Women of Color Day
- Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
- National Cursed Soldiers Remembrance Day (Poland)
- National Dadgum Thats Good Day (United States)
- National Fruit Compote Day (United States)
- National Horse Protection Day (United States)
- National Peanut Butter Lovers Day (United States)
- National Pig Day (United States)
- Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day or Bikini Day
- Plan A Solo Vacation Day
- Refired, Not Retired Day
- Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)
- Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (Wales and Welsh communities)
- Samiljeol (South Korea)
- Self-injury Awareness Day
- Share a Smile Day
- Whuppity Scoorie Day (Lanark, Scotland)
- World Civil Defence Day
- World Compliment Day
- Yap Day (Yap State)
- Zero Discrimination Day
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[spoiler=March is observed as:]
March is observed as:
- Academy Awards Month
- Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month
- Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
- American Diabetes Alert Month
- American Red Cross Month
- Asset Management Awareness Month
- Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
- Berries and Cherries Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Child Life Month
- Colic Awareness Month
- Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
- Credit Education Month
- Deaf History Month - March 13 - April 15
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
- Dolphin Awareness Month
- Employee Spirit Month
- Endometriosis Month
- Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month
- Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Hemophilia Month
- Honor Society Awareness Month
- Humorists are Artists Month
- International Ideas Month
- International Listening Awareness Month
- International Mirth Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Kidney Month
- Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - February 10, 2016 - March 24, 2016
- Mad for Plaid Month
- Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
- Middle Level Education Month
- Music in our Schools Month
- National Athletic Trainers Month
- National Caffeine Awareness Month
- National Celery Month
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month (Thanks to Stacey R. for letting us know about this one)
- National Cheerleading Safety Month
- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Clean up Your IRS Act Month
- National Color Therapy Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Craft Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
- National Ethics Awareness Month
- National Eye Donor Month
- National Flour Month
- National Flower Month
- National Frozen Food Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Kite Month - March 28 - May 3, 2016
- National March Into Literacy Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- National Noodle Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National On-Hold Month
- National Optimism Month
- National Peanut Month
- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
- National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
- National Professional Social Worker's Month
- National Sauce Month
- National Social Work Month
- National Umbrella Month
- National Women Inventors Month
- National Women's History Month
- Play the Recorder Month
- Read an E-Book Month
- Red Cross Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Sing with Your Child Month
- Spiritual Wellness Month
- Supply Management Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month
- Youth Art Month
Note: All month observances with "National" are observances of the United States of America.
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 752 BC Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
- 509 BC Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
- 86 BC Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.
- 293 Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").
- 317 Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares.
- 350 Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.
- 834 Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. After his re-accession to the throne, his eldest son Lothair I flees to Burgundy.
- 1457 The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
- 1476 Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
- 1562 Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
- 1565 The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- 1628 Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
- 1633 Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
- 1642 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
- 1692 Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
- 1700 Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
- 1713 The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
- 1781 The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- 1790 The first United States census is authorized.
- 1793 French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
- 1796 The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
- 1805 Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
- 1811 Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
- 1815 Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.
- 1815 Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.
- 1836 A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
- 1845 United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 1852 Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- 1854 German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
- 1867 Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
- 1868 The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
- 1870 Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
- 1872 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
- 1873 E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
- 1886 The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
- 1893 Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1896 Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
- 1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
- 1901 The Australian Army is formed.
- 1910 The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
- 1914 The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
- 1917 The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
- 1919 March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
- 1921 The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
- 1932 Charles Lindbergh's son is reportedly kidnapped.
- 1936 The Hoover Dam is completed.
- 1939 An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
- 1941 World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
- 1942 World War II: Japanese forces landed in 3 different landing sites to capture Java, main island of Dutch East Indies: Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
- 1946 The Bank of England is nationalised.
- 1947 The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
- 1949 Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
- 1950 Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
- 1953 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
- 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
- 1954 Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
- 1956 The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
- 1956 Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee
- 1958 Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
- 1961 United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1961 Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
- 1964 Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
- 1966 Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
- 1966 The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
- 1971 President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
- 1972 The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
- 1973 Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
- 1974 Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
- 1989 The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
- 1990 Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1995 Yahoo! is incorporated.
- 1998 Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
- 1999 Ottawa Treaty enters into force.
- 2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
- 2002 The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).
- 2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2003 The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
- 2005 In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
- 2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
- 2007 Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including 8 at Enterprise High School.
- 2008 The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
- 2014 At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- AD 40 Martial, Spanish-Italian author and poet
- 1810 Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer
- 1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright
- 1904 Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader
- 1910 David Niven, English soldier and actor
- 1922 William Gaines, American publisher
- 1922 Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1944 Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1944 Mike d'Abo, English singer Manfred Mann
- 1954 Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
- 1963 Thomas Andes, German singer, composer, and record producer
- 1969 Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer
- 1983 Lupita Nyong'o, Mexican-Kenyan actress
- 1994 Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
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Quote of the day
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
- George Orwell -
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Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Adaptive Aesthetics
This accursed day!
Penguania And Antarctica
*At home by myself, listens to YMCA*
Penguania And Antarctica
Good song, dude.
Aghrabia
How are you all ?
Jaslandia
Doing well.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Not bad. Busy with college and new flat. Need to write an essay and conduct two projects. Also need to redo an economics presentation next week.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Good to hear that. :)
Oh, that sounds very busy indeed. I hope you get some relief soon. :)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Me too but I wont get relief until the summer.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh, that's sad. Sorry to hear that. :(
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I'll survive. Hopefully.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Now this I can get behind, I am one of the gifted few who believe Rush to be one of the greatest rock bands ever
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics
*stifles laugh*
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I
:)
Nuremgard
Amen brother!
Yukona
I'm good, Peng. How are you?
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm doing fine. :)
Jaslandia
Post by Sechist Kod suppressed by a moderator.
That's good to hear.
Penguania And Antarctica
We try not to be sensitive, but sometimes, theres always that one guy that gets triggered
also, Welcome!
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Sechist Kod
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Post by Sechist Kod suppressed by a moderator.
Post by Sechist Kod suppressed by a moderator.
For me this 'joke' isn't funny. Sorry.
Jaslandia, Magnatronia, Sechist Kod
Post by Sechist Kod suppressed by a moderator.
Nah but I'm gonna tell you to f**k off and find the door
Magnatronia, Sechist Kod
Yeah, pent is german, so you just essentially insulted him.
What's that supposed to mean ya schmuck
Aghrabia, Andromitus, Magnatronia, Adaptive Aesthetics
I personally condemn this 'joke' but I don't have the authority to ban or kick you for a personal reason. If someone is going to court the court decides.Tho if your behaviour here disturbs the peace of this region/community or is trying to defame this region/community, I and the other members of the government have authority to take measurements.
Jaslandia, Sechist Kod
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