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I was contacted by Zenstrum about the 2nd Interregional Writing Contest. All informations can be found here. :D

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1009727

If you have questions regarding this contest then you should contact Zenstrum.

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Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Percyton, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:/// INCOMING TRANSMISSION ///

WA Delegate News

I was contacted by Zenstrum about the 2nd Interregional Writing Contest. All informations can be found here. :D

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1009727

If you have questions regarding this contest then you should contact Zenstrum.

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There's no word limit? Time to pull out my old Toontown fanfic novels!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

What do you guys think of baseball so far?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Once you’ve come down, I’d love to have a discussion with you about what it’s like to do peyote.

I dunno. That was just Tired Lavan. He's weird.

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/WeYsTmIzjkw

I was not high!

Mercunova wrote:Were you sitting at home alone in a power outage or something?

Because those are the kind of thoughts I have when that happens

It was 2 AM!

Hyderbourg wrote:What do you guys think of baseball so far?

Fvck you and your baseball, buddy.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Hyderbourg wrote:What do you guys think of baseball so far?

It's great. I look forward to the other sports as well.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Hyderbourg wrote:What do you guys think of baseball so far?

Pirates fans probably hate it (just like they do irl!)

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Lavan Tiri wrote:I dunno. That was just Tired Lavan. He's weird.

I was not high!

LAAAAAME

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Meh, sports in general are dull. With the exception of hockey and soccer/football.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Pirates fans probably hate it (just like they do irl!)

Probably. We may have won, but jeez... your team has a great stadium and uniform.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Deimosan wrote:Meh, sports in general are dull. With the exception of hockey and soccer/football.

I quite like cricket it’s a good social thing to drink beers over the afternoon just observing a short few hour long game. I love the social side of football as well and going out with your mates to the pub and going to the bookies.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Do yall have a Festival of Nations like event in you states/cities?

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country

Hyderbourg wrote:What do you guys think of baseball so far?

Been enjoying so far. I like it.

Midasia wrote:Do yall have a Festival of Nations like event in you states/cities?

I don't think we do. Why do you ask?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Been enjoying so far. I like it.

I don't think we do. Why do you ask?

I am going to the Festival of Nations in Minnesota.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is May 4 and today are:]

Today is May 4 and today are:

- Anti-Bullying Day (United Nations)

- Bird Day (United States)

- Cassinga Day (Namibia)

- Dave Brubeck Day

- Death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia)

- Greenery Day (Japan)

- International Firefighters' Day

- International Respect for Chickens Day

- International Space Day

- Kent State Shootings Remembrance (Ohio)

- Literary Day (Taiwan)

- National Candied Orange Peel Day (United States)

- National Orange Juice Day (United States)

- National Renewal Day (United States)

- National Space Day (United States)

- National Star Wars Day (United States)

- National Weather Observers Day (United States)

- Petite and Proud Day

- Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan)

- Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands)

- Restoration of Independence Day (Latvia)

- Rhode Island Independence Day

- School Lunch Hero Day

- Star Wars Day

- Tuba Day

- World Give Day

- Youth Day (China)

- Youth Day (Fiji)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.

- 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.

- 1436 – Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson

- 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.

- 1493 – Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.

- 1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.

- 1675 – King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

- 1686 – The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.

- 1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.

- 1799 – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.

- 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.

- 1814 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.

- 1836 – Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians

- 1859 – The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.

- 1865 – Surrender of the Confederate departments of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana at Citronelle, Alabama.

- 1869 – The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.

- 1871 – The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

- 1886 – Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.

- 1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.

- 1910 – The Royal Canadian Navy is created.

- 1912 – Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.

- 1919 – May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

- 1926 – The United Kingdom general strike begins.

- 1932 – In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.

- 1945 – World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.

- 1945 – World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath includes all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.

- 1946 – In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary; 5 people are killed in the riot.

- 1949 – The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.

- 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

- 1959 – The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.

- 1961 – American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.

- 1961 – Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km).

- 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.

- 1972 – The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".

- 1978 – The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.

- 1979 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

- 1982 – Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.

- 1988 – The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.

- 1989 – Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.

- 1990 – Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.

- 1994 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

- 1998 – A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

- 2000 – Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

- 2007 – Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

- 2014 – Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano

- 1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher

- 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic

- 1827 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer

- 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist

- 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt

- 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver

- 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian

- 1935 – Rüdiger Nehberg, German human rights activist, author and survival expert

- 1958 – Keith Haring, American painter

- 1960 – Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria

- 1989 – Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer

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Facts of the day

Cats are such picky eaters because they are naturally driven to eat foods with a preferred ratio of protein to fat: 1 to 0.4.

In the 1800s, people bought mummies and held "mummy unwrapping" parties.

During prohibition, the U.S. Congress had their own bootlegger so senators and congressmen could still drink alcohol.

Quote of the day

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

- Arnold Bennett (English Novelist, 1867-1931) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- School Lunch Hero Day

So, is this for people who save school lunches, or for hero sandwiches that are served as part of school lunches? The name doesn't really make it clear.

jk

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Rhode Island Independence Day

>Rhode Island

>Independence

Pick one.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:

>Rhode Island

>Independence

Pick one.

Why is Rhode Island called Rhode Island when most of it isn't an island?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:So, is this for people who save school lunches, or for hero sandwiches that are served as part of school lunches? The name doesn't really make it clear.

Dear Mr. Jaslandia,

thank you for your message to our support team. We are sorry for the misleading content of the DIP of May 4, 2018. We would like to provide you with additional information regarding your inquiry

http://www.schoollunchheroday.com/

We hope the aforementioned link answers all your questions. If there are still open questions do not hesitate to contact us again

We wish you a nice day and much fun with our product.

Kind Regards

Mårten Penguinsson

- DIP Customer Support -

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton

Tomorrow is Community Day!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Midasia, Sarameia

Midasia wrote:Do yall have a Festival of Nations like event in you states/cities?

What is this?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:What is this?

It is a festival to appreciate the cultures our people have.

Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Bearlong wrote:Why is Rhode Island called Rhode Island when most of it isn't an island?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island#Origin_of_the_name

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Dear Mr. Jaslandia,

thank you for your message to our support team. We are sorry for the misleading content of the DIP of May 4, 2018. We would like to provide you with additional information regarding your inquiry

http://www.schoollunchheroday.com/

We hope the aforementioned link answers all your questions. If there are still open questions do not hesitate to contact us again

We wish you a nice day and much fun with our product.

Kind Regards

Mårten Penguinsson

- DIP Customer Support -

I was mostly joking, but the response is appreciated. Thank you.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Midasia wrote:It is a festival to appreciate the cultures our people have.

Ah.. That would be our 'World United Week' for us since we have so many allies and heavy tourism. It's already passed though...

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

Lavan Tiri wrote:No, no, he's right.

C'est moi, monsieur.

Calm your tits, Liberty Prime. The only reason to be this aggressively American is if a bald eagle pooped on you on the 4th of July, and the poo was shaped like George Washington arm-wrestling Abe Lincoln over a field of Iraqi oil.

Also, it's incredibly annoying and makes me think you're a 14-year-old who just got a Facebook friend request from Gary Johnson.

Lmao, no, Johnson is a total knob along with the entire Libertarian Party. Also, don't take me so seriously. I'm not as arrogant as I'm coming off, lol.

Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

How the hell can the poor's income decrease when I specifically mandated that companies must pay their employees higher wages for working weekends and antisocial hours?!

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko, Midasia

Nuremgard wrote:How the hell can the poor's income decrease when I specifically mandated that companies must pay their employees higher wages for working weekends and antisocial hours?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_fFMJSDPw

Midasia wrote:Do yall have a Festival of Nations like event in you states/cities?

Well we have something like it but not exactly:

Its called ´´Successful Days Before another Civil War celebration´´

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Midasia

Results of the May Election

Chancellor

Mercunova - 17

Vista Major - 7

Vice Chancellor

Lex Caledonia - 15

Chernarus State - 2

Foreign Affairs

Au Minbo - 13

Midasia - 5

Internal Affairs

The Valleian Orders - 14

Yukona - 4

Justice

Penguania And Antarctica - Acclaimed

Speaker

Continental Commonwealths - Acclaimed

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Unfallious, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Chernarus State, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia, The West Country, Sarameia

Congratulations to Au Minbo on their electoral victory! Congratulations to everyone else as well!

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country

Happy Community Day! Hope everyone has a good day!

This Cabinet is excited to be in office for the next two months, and we will do everything in our power to ensure the safe, steady administration of this region!

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE8V22unwRo

The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]5 May 2018

(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)

16:00 The Chancellor releases a statement

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country, Sarameia

President Szadró of Sarameia has issued a statement in regards to the May election results:

"Many congratulations from the Republic!

On this day, we pray for and bless those who

participated in the elections, triumphant or not.

We wish the best for those who have assumed

these positions and support them indefinitely.

God be with you."

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia, The Valleian Orders

Congrats to all the election winners! Looking forward to another successful term!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country

Pro-independence march was held in Glasgow today. Sun was shining. Lovely.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Midasia

New Western Atlantic Diplomacy Ministry

Statement

The NWA Government congratulates Chancellor Mercunova on his impressive victory in the recent election, as well as the other elected Cabinet members. Congratulations are also due to all who run for office, and to the Electoral Committee for carrying out the process in a professional manner. We hope that in the next term we shall strengthen our inter-regional ties, perhaps with cross-region events.

[nation=noflag]Cesorion[/nation]

Class II CRC Senator, Diplomat (NWA)

Former Chancellor (CoFN)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

On a more personal note, Merc-Lex will be awesome. Good to see Vista off govt.

Mercunova, The West Country

[spoiler=Today is May 5 and today are:]

Today is May 5 and today are:

- Beer Pong Day

- Bladder Cancer Awareness Day

- Bonza Bottler Day

- Childhood Stroke Awareness Day

- Children's Day (Japan)

- Children's Day (South Korea)

- Cinco de Mayo (Mexico and the United States)

- Community Day (The Confederacy Of Free Nations)

- Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)

- Europe Day (Council of Europe)

- Feast of al-Khadr or Saint George (Palestinian)

- Free Comic Book Day

- Hand Hygiene Day

- Hug A Shed And Take A Selfie

- Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)

- Infidelity Hurts Awareness Day

- International Midwives' Day

- Join Hands Day

- Liberation Day (Denmark)

- Liberation Day (Netherlands)

- Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)

- Martin Z. Mollusk Day

- Martyrs' Day (Albania)

- National Astronaut Day (United States)

- National Bombshells’ Day (United States)

- National Cartoonists Day (United States)

- National Chocolate Custard Day (United States)

- National Explosive Ordinance Disposal (United States)

- National Herb Day (United States)

- National Hoagie Day (United States)

- National Homebrew Day (United States)

- National Scrapbook Day (United States)

- National Silence the Shame Day (United States)

- National Start Seeing Monarchs Day (United States)

- National Totally Chipotle Day (United States)

- National Train Day (United States)

- National Windmill Day (Holland)

- Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)

- Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars community)

- Senior Citizens Day (Palau)

- Tango no sekku (Japan)

- Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

- World Naked Gardening Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.

- 1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.

- 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

- 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.

- 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.

- 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.

- 1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.

- 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.

- 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau allowed citizenship to Jews.

- 1811 – In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.

- 1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

- 1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.

- 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.

- 1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.

- 1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.

- 1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.

- 1886 – The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.

- 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

- 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

- 1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.

- 1912 – Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.

- 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.

- 1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.

- 1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.

- 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

- 1940 – World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.

- 1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.

- 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.

- 1944 – German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura, Greece.

- 1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.

- 1945 – World War II: Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the continental US during the war.

- 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

- 1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.

- 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned King Rama IX of Thailand.

- 1955 – West Germany gains full sovereignty.

- 1961 – The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.

- 1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.

- 1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.

- 1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, an as-yet unbeaten record.

- 1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.

- 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.

- 1985 – Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen: Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg, Germany, and the site of the Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, where he makes a speech.

- 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America

- 1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.

- 1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

- 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.

- 2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.

- 2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.

- 2014 – 11 people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.

- 2014 – 22 people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal

- 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author

- 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist

- 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III

- 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company

- 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic

- 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter

- 1959 – Peter Molyneux, English video game designer and programmer

- 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper

- 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter

- 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

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Facts of the day

The ‘Heil Hitler' salute is legal in Switzerland as long as it's an expression of personal opinion, not for propaganda purposes.

100,000 mobile phones are dropped down the toilet in Britain every year.

Modern homing pigeons find it more convenient to follow motorways and ring roads and turn left and right at junctions rather than using their in-built navigational abilities.

The word "Britain" is derived from "Pretain" meaning "painted", originally because the Britons had tattoos.

Quote of the day

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

- Macus Tullius Cicero (Roman Statesman, 106BC-43BC) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

(Changelog: CFN Community Day added to the holidays)

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion, Midasia, The West Country

Congrats to all except myself who participated in the elections. You exercise a vital duty of our little democratic community.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion, Midasia, The West Country

I added powerful painkillers to the water supply in Iberia to sedate the population. This increased tourism.

Arthritic Tourist: I'm just here for the tap water.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:The ‘Heil Hitler' salute is legal in Switzerland as long as it's an expression of personal opinion, not for propaganda purposes.

100,000 mobile phones are dropped down the toilet in Britain every year.

Ok I'll be the first to admit

the mobile thing is ten times worse than the hitler thing

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

On my own personal note, I, too, am glad to see second-class Ces still off govt. I am genuinely excited to see the Merc-Lex Administration progress our Confederacy without the influence of reactionary expatriates.

Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia, The West Country

Statement from the Office of the Chancellor

It is an honor to once again serve as your Chancellor. At the beginning of my first term I said I hoped to see a more contested next election, and I am incredibly pleased that it was. There's still work to do, but four out of the five offices in the cabinet is an excellent start.

The elected team, consisting of myself, Lex Caledonia, Au Minbo, The Valleian Orders, and Penguania And Antarctica, will be working steadfast to continue this progress over the next two months. We are committed to the betterment and ongoing progress of this region.

All state officers of the Confederacy of Free Nations are open to questions, concerns and comments, by telegram, by Discord, and by the forums. Feel free to contact us at any time.

As the May to July term gets underway the Office of the Chancellor will be releasing statements on any new programs and initiatives being taken by the government. Please stay tuned.

We are excited to have been trusted by you with the administration of your region and we will do everything in our power to ensure that trust remains justified.

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By the Chancellor

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion, Midasia, The West Country

It hailed last night and the lawn was white. Today it was 70 degrees F outside. I hate Spring.

In other news, happy cinco de mayo and happy local holiday for me, Green up day

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

Vista Major wrote:On my own personal note, I, too, am glad to see second-class Ces still off govt. I am genuinely excited to see the Merc-Lex Administration progress our Confederacy without the influence of reactionary expatriates.

Perhaps you didn't understand what Class II means...

Cesorion wrote:Perhaps you didn't understand what Class II means...

I did. But, perhaps you didn't understand what word play means.

Vista Major wrote:I did. But, perhaps you didn't understand what word play means.

Oh really? Rest assured, I did

Vista Major wrote:I did. But, perhaps you didn't understand what word play means.

Cesorion wrote:Oh really? Rest assured, I did

The two of you really need to stop bitching at each other

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Midasia, The West Country

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

-Hug A Shed And Take A Selfie Day

Um, why? Does my tool shed need some encouragement today?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Start Seeing Monarchs Day (United States)

So, like Queen Elizabeth and Queen Willem-Alexander? Sounds easier said than done, but I suppose it's possible. Spotting royal heads of state at least sounds like an interesting hobby.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Train Day (United States)

Sounds like your kind of holiday, Percyton.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Congrats to all except myself who participated in the elections. You exercise a vital duty of our little democratic community.

Since you won't congratulate yourself, I will. Congrats, MoJ Peng!

Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Chernarus State wrote:The two of you really need to stop bitching at each other

That might be a valid point

Jaslandia

Post self-deleted by Cesorion.

Post self-deleted by Cesorion.

Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for me and a big thank you to my competitor Chernarus State. I know I sound like a broken record at this point but it is an honour to serve you all again and now in this position. I will do my best for all of you.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country, Sarameia

Lex Caledonia wrote:Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for me and a big thank you to my competitor Chernarus State. I know I sound like a broken record at this point but it is an honour to serve you all again and now in this position. I will do my best for all of you.

In turn, I wish to give my congratulations to Lex for taking office as Vice Chancellor: while my votes were much lower, I cannot think of anyone else currently who is suited for the office. I also wish to give thanks to everyone who voted in the election, and for both the new office-takers and their competitors, for preventing the "heat death" of democracy.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country, Sarameia

Chernarus State wrote:The two of you really need to stop bitching at each other

Eventually

Midasia

Chernarus State wrote:The two of you really need to stop bitching at each other

>being on the Internet

>not bitching

Pick one.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Midasia, The West Country

hmmm been a long time.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, The West Country

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:hmmm been a long time.

Hi

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:hmmm been a long time.

It has indeed been a long time Your Excellency. Long enough for this stallion to pass the reins of this glorious Equestrian Union over to my son. Nevertheless, welcome back Comrade.

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

Russkov Soviet wrote:It has indeed been a long time Your Excellency. Long enough for this stallion to pass the reins of this glorious Equestrian Union over to my son. Nevertheless, welcome back Comrade.

Ah my first ever ally that I made on this game. It is gracious to be reunited once more my good brother

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:hmmm been a long time.

For some reason, Vista thinks that I am like you stylistically.

Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:For some reason, Vista thinks that I am like you stylistically.

what do you mean? I do not remember you

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:hmmm been a long time.

Hello, PLR! It's been a while. How are you?

Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:what do you mean? I do not remember you

Me: There is only one me, so I am the OG.

Vista: The existence of PLR begs to differ.

Me: How am I similar to PLR?

Vista: Your profile pictures, for one. They both evoke authoritarian nostalgia. That is to say, you both share a certain style.

Peoples Liberation Republic, The West Country

Jaslandia wrote:Hello, PLR! It's been a while. How are you?

I am doing well, just getting old and tired. I have one year left in college before I hope to get into grad school but that is about it. How are you?

Also, I am going to try and become Libya and expand into a Pan-Arab State just to let you know. I have sent a request for Libya and hopefully Western Algeria.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country

Gualimole wrote:Me: There is only one me, so I am the OG.

Vista: The existence of PLR begs to differ.

Me: How am I similar to PLR?

Vista: Your profile pictures, for one. They both evoke authoritarian nostalgia. That is to say, you both share a certain style.

If that is the case then I embrace you as an ally and dear friend.

Percyton

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:If that is the case then I embrace you as an ally and dear friend.

I don't even RP.

Gualimole wrote:I don't even RP.

no need to RP to be declared a good friend and ally of mine.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I am doing well, just getting old and tired. I have one year left in college before I hope to get into grad school but that is about it. How are you?

Also, I am going to try and become Libya and expand into a Pan-Arab State just to let you know. I have sent a request for Libya and hopefully Western Algeria.

I'm doing good. I just finished my second semester of college, and I'm planning to transfer from my community college to university in the fall.

Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:I'm doing good. I just finished my second semester of college, and I'm planning to transfer from my community college to university in the fall.

That is pretty good.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Voting on the motion for the appointment of a Director of the Discord Administrative Organization has concluded. With six votes in favour, one against, and forty abstentions, it has passed.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, The West Country

Hello everyone! First off, congrats to the all the winners of the recent election! Everyone did a great job, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this Cabinet can improve the region!

Jaslandia wrote:Sounds like your kind of holiday, Percyton.

You're right, it does! Shame that holiday is only in the United States. I would say Percyton should have a National Train Day too, but considering how important railways and trains are to our island, I'd say every day is National Train Day!

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:hmmm been a long time.

PLR! So good to see you! It's been too long! How are you?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Percyton wrote:Hello everyone! First off, congrats to the all the winners of the recent election! Everyone did a great job, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this Cabinet can improve the region!

You're right, it does! Shame that holiday is only in the United States. I would say Percyton should have a National Train Day too, but considering how important railways and trains are to our island, I'd say every day is National Train Day!

PLR! So good to see you! It's been too long! How are you?

Ah Percyton. I have been doing well and yourself?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Ah Percyton. I have been doing well and yourself?

Very good, thank you. We had our Sodor Day celebrations last week, and that went very well! But, the downside is that these celebrations are so big, and there are so many in them in the towns and cities of Sodor, that there's always a lot of clean-up work for us to do afterwards, and that isn't very fun. But, at least our old friend Wesley is back to help!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Percyton wrote:Very good, thank you. We had our Sodor Day celebrations last week, and that went very well! But, the downside is that these celebrations are so big, and there are so many in them in the towns and cities of Sodor, that there's always a lot of clean-up work for us to do afterwards, and that isn't very fun. But, at least our old friend Wesley is back to help!

Here's a news article about the Sodor Day celebrations if you want to read more.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1019516

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Percyton wrote:Very good, thank you. We had our Sodor Day celebrations last week, and that went very well! But, the downside is that these celebrations are so big, and there are so many in them in the towns and cities of Sodor, that there's always a lot of clean-up work for us to do afterwards, and that isn't very fun. But, at least our old friend Wesley is back to help!

Well... Its a good thing the troops from F.O.B Pegasus are always willing to lend a hoof. Having a few thousand soldiers assist in clean up is good, considering I was present for the celebrations!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine

Russkov Soviet wrote:Well... Its a good thing the troops from F.O.B Pegasus are always willing to lend a hoof. Having a few thousand soldiers assist in clean up is good, considering I was present for the celebrations!

Oh yes, the Equestrian soldiers have been a big help! They've been very organized and thorough in their work, to the point that Duck has called them "honorary Great Westerners" (which is high praise, considering Duck is all about doing things 'the Great Western Way').

Duck: That's right, Percy. The Equestrian soldiers have certainly been doing things the Great Western Way! In fact, I think there might be four ways to do things now: the Great Western Way, the wrong way, the Thomas Way, and the Equestrian Way! But, the Great Western Way is usually the best.

https://youtu.be/vHfhVGPWZtw

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Percyton wrote:Oh yes, the Equestrian soldiers have been a big help! They've been very organized and thorough in their work, to the point that Duck has called them "honorary Great Westerners" (which is high praise, considering Duck is all about doing things 'the Great Western Way').

Duck: That's right, Percy. The Equestrian soldiers have certainly been doing things the Great Western Way! In fact, I think there might be four ways to do things now: the Great Western Way, the wrong way, the Thomas Way, and the Equestrian Way! But, the Great Western Way is usually the best.

https://youtu.be/vHfhVGPWZtw

First two ways, then three ways, and now four ways of doing things? I'd say you're lowering your standards, Duck. If there's an 'Equestrian Way' now, why not, perhaps, a James Way? Yes, the James Way: doing things as fast and as splendidly as possible. I like that.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

James The Red Engine wrote:First two ways, then three ways, and now four ways of doing things? I'd say you're lowering your standards, Duck. If there's an 'Equestrian Way' now, why not, perhaps, a James Way? Yes, the James Way: doing things as fast and as splendidly as possible. I like that.

Duck: The James Way? Would you call knocking over a signal, needing bootlaces to repair a coach's brakepipe, getting jammed brakes, getting stuck on a hill, and nearly crashing your train into Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt 'the James Way'? I think there's already a name for the 'James Way', anyway: it's called 'the wrong way'.

https://youtu.be/cNSMi6rVxlE

https://youtu.be/L4CT1H3mgdY

https://youtu.be/_dGjnxWUt3s

https://youtu.be/p5lDMAhnPAo

https://youtu.be/cd7GB3asfFs

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Duck: The James Way? Would you call knocking over a signal, needing bootlaces to repair a coach's brakepipe, getting jammed brakes, getting stuck on a hill, and nearly crashing your train into Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt 'the James Way'? I think there's already a name for the 'James Way', anyway: it's called 'the wrong way'.

https://youtu.be/cNSMi6rVxlE

https://youtu.be/L4CT1H3mgdY

https://youtu.be/_dGjnxWUt3s

https://youtu.be/p5lDMAhnPAo

https://youtu.be/cd7GB3asfFs

https://youtu.be/aZHvd0ks7Es

Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Duck: The James Way? Would you call knocking over a signal, needing bootlaces to repair a coach's brakepipe, getting jammed brakes, getting stuck on a hill, and nearly crashing your train into Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt 'the James Way'? I think there's already a name for the 'James Way', anyway: it's called 'the wrong way'.

https://youtu.be/cNSMi6rVxlE

https://youtu.be/L4CT1H3mgdY

https://youtu.be/_dGjnxWUt3s

https://youtu.be/p5lDMAhnPAo

https://youtu.be/cd7GB3asfFs

Pah! All those incidents happened years ago!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

James The Red Engine wrote:Pah! All those incidents happened years ago!

Duck: You want some more recent examples? Fine. What about when you crashed into the back of Tidmouth Sheds? Or when you got covered in leaves and twigs because you couldn't want for your paint to dry?

https://youtu.be/e7sa5vHNKfg

https://youtu.be/olkme4PvvZ0

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Duck: You want some more recent examples? Fine. What about when you crashed into the back of Tidmouth Sheds? Or when you got covered in leaves and twigs because you couldn't want for your paint to dry?

https://youtu.be/e7sa5vHNKfg

https://youtu.be/olkme4PvvZ0

He's got you there, James.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Duck: You want some more recent examples? Fine. What about when you crashed into the back of Tidmouth Sheds? Or when you got covered in leaves and twigs because you couldn't want for your paint to dry?

https://youtu.be/e7sa5vHNKfg

https://youtu.be/olkme4PvvZ0

Also, I didn't realize you could be such an argumentative engine, Duck. First arguing with Diesel, then Gordon, and now James. Who will you argue with next?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=29817443

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=30063819

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Also, I didn't realize you could be such an argumentative engine, Duck. First arguing with Diesel, then Gordon, and now James. Who will you argue with next?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=29817443

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=30063819

Duck: I don't consider myself to be THAT argumentative. I'm just pointing out inaccuracies and other things that deserve to be called out. Nothing wrong with that.

Gordon: Pah! I beg to differ.

Duck: Oh, shut up Gordon!

Gordon: Why don't you shut up, little engine?

Duck: Little? Why I...

Sir Topham Hatt: Alright, that's enough! Quiet down both of you!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

If I was Jeremy Corbyn, I'd resign as leader and let Labour rot under the Blairites. Then when they lose the next election under a Blairite leader, they can scratch their heads and wonder why people are voting for the real Tories instead of their crappy red version of the Tories.

I'm sure it'll still be Corbyn's fault somehow though.

Ludania, Axeldonia, Midasia

Good morning everyone!

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl_XQVKe6So

The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]6 May 2018

(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)

No public schedule.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia, Sarameia

Happy Birthday Midasia! May all your birthday wishes come true. I hope you enjoy today with family or/and friends. :D

[spoiler=Today is May 6 and today are:]

Today is May 6 and today are:

- 15th Birthday of [nation=short]Midasia[/nation]

- Day of Gorans (Kosovo)

- Hıdırellez (Turkey)

- International Baby Lost Mother's Day

- International Bereaved Mothers Day

- International No Diet Day

- Joseph Brackett Day

- Martyrs' Day (Gabon)

- Martyrs' Day (Lebanon)

- Martyrs' Day (Syria)

- Mayday for Mutts

- Mothers' Day (Lithuania, Romania, Spain)

- Motorcycle Mass and Blessings of the Bike

- National Beverage Day (United States)

- National Crepe Suzette Day (United States)

- National Dandelion Day (United States)

- National Infertility Survival Day (United States)

- National Lemonade Day (United States)

- National Nurses Day (United States)

- National Tourist Appreciation Day (United States)

- No Homework Day

- Rural Life Sunday

- St. George's Day (Bulgaria)

- Teachers' Day (Jamaica)

- World Laughter Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.

- 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.

- 1536 – King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

- 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.

- 1659 – English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.

- 1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

- 1757 – Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.

- 1757 – The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).

- 1757 – English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

- 1782 – Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

- 1801 – Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.

- 1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.

- 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

- 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

- 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.

- 1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

- 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are assassinated in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

- 1882 – The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

- 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

- 1902 – Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.

- 1906 – The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23rd by the Julian calendar).

- 1910 – George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

- 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.

- 1916 – Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.

- 1916 – Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and later being deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

- 1933 – The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.

- 1935 – New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

- 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

- 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

- 1941 – At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.

- 1941 – The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

- 1942 – World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.

- 1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.

- 1945 – World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.

- 1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.

- 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

- 1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.

- 1962 – Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.

- 1966 – Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.

- 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

- 1975 – During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut to commemorate 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

- 1976 – An earthquake strikes the Friuli region of northeastern Italy, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.

- 1983 – The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts.

- 1984 – 103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.

- 1994 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

- 1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

- 1997 – The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.

- 1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.

- 1999 – The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.

- 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

- 2002 – Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.

- 2013 – Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1405 – George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero

- 1464 – Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess

- 1501 – Pope Marcellus II

- 1574 – Pope Innocent X

- 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician

- 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer

- 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst

- 1856 – Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer

- 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author

- 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet

- 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter

- 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor

- 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate

- 1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1921 – Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator

- 1943 – Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction

- 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author

- 1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- 1961 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

[/spoiler]

Facts of the day

Mongooses were introduced to Hawaii in 1883 to control the invasive rat population. However, rats are nocturnal and mongooses are diurnal. Hawaii now has a problem with both.

"Ttongsul" is a traditional Korean wine made from feces, particularly that of humans.

A Cleveland Browns fan requested six Cleveland Browns pallbearers at his funeral so "the Browns could let him down one last time".

Quote of the day

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

- Francis Bacon (English Philosopher, 1561-1626) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia, The West Country

I'd encourage all citizens of the Confederacy to read and keep the contents of this dispatch in mind for the future. It is, obviously, a very important subject.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1018100

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Deimosan, The British Islands Confederacy

Good day everyone!

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgQezOF8kY

The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]6 May 2018

(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)

16:00 The Chancellor holds his weekly meeting with the Vice Chancellor

18:00 The Chancellor announces new government policy

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Did you know:

The biggest German law is the Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) with a total number of 2385 sections.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Did you know:

The biggest German law is the Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) with a total number of 2385 sections.

A bureaucrat's wet dream.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia

Nuremgard wrote:A bureaucrat's wet dream.

I like laws. They are well structured. Not always understandable at the first look tho.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Percyton, Midasia

Mercunova wrote:

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgQezOF8kY

https://youtu.be/gNb2lJSMrWw

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Percyton

Statists. Statists everywhere.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova

Sarameia wrote:Statists. Statists everywhere.

Simmer doon Ayn Rand :L

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, The West Country, Sarameia

Lex Caledonia wrote:Simmer doon Ayn Rand :L

The commies took everything from me...except my spirit [roaring US national anthem, bald eagles with shotgun-machinegun feet flying from explosions in the background].

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major

Sarameia wrote:The commies took everything from me...except my spirit [roaring US national anthem, bald eagles with shotgun-machinegun feet flying from explosions in the background].

Child, please

The concept of spirit is nothing but religiously capitalist propoganda meant to reinforce a classist, racist, sexist "Protestant Work Ethic"

Sarameia wrote:The commies took everything from me...except my spirit [roaring US national anthem, bald eagles with shotgun-machinegun feet flying from explosions in the background].

TBH most of the time I have to google a bunch of terms to even understand what they're about... is this what getting old feels like?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Sarameia wrote:The commies took everything from me...except my spirit [roaring US national anthem, bald eagles with shotgun-machinegun feet flying from explosions in the background].

I guess we'll have to take that as well xP

Axeldonia, Percyton, Sarameia

Vista Major wrote:Child, please

The concept of spirit is nothing but religiously capitalist propoganda meant to reinforce a classist, racist, sexist "Protestant Work Ethic"

I don't [eats Burger®] understand why [chugs Beer®] all these commies [switches TV® to USAFOOTBALL] keep tryin' to take muh rights [shoots Neightbor® with Gun®].

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia

[spoiler=Today is May 7 and today are:]

Today is May 7 and today are:

- Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)

- Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)

- Love’s Baby Soft Day

- National Barrier Awareness Day (United States)

- National Cosmopolitan Day (United States)

- National Melanoma Monday (United States)

- National Packaging Design Day (United States)

- National Paste-Up Day (United States)

- National Roast Leg of Lamb Day (United States)

- Radio Day (Bulgaria, Russia)

- Soldiers' Day (El Salvador)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.

- 0558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.

- 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope.

- 1429 – Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

- 1487 – The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.

- 1664 – Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.

- 1685 – Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.

- 1697 – Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Royal Palace.

- 1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.

- 1763 – Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.

- 1794 – French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

- 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.

- 1832 – Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.

- 1840 – The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.

- 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

- 1864 – The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.

- 1895 – In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.

- 1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire

- 1915 – Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)

- 1920 – Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.

- 1920 – Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

- 1920 – The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.

- 1928 – The Jinan incident begins with Japanese forces killing the Chinese negotiating team in Jinan, China, and going on to kill over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.

- 1930 – The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.

- 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.

- 1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.

- 1942 – During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.

- 1945 – World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

- 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.

- 1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

- 1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.

- 1954 – Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).

- 1960 – Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

- 1976 – Honda Accord officially launched.

- 1986 – Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.

- 1992 – Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.

- 1992 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.

- 1992 – Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.

- 1994 – Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.

- 1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

- 1999 – Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.

- 1999 – Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

- 1999 – In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.

- 2000 – Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.

- 2002 – A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

- 2004 – American businessman Nick Berg, is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.

- 2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

- 2009 – Over 100 New Zealand police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1328 – Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

- 1605 – Patriarch Nikon of Moscow

- 1711 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher

- 1748 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher

- 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright

- 1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer

- 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator

- 1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1867 – Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia

- 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor

- 1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina

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Facts of the day

We consume about 74 gigabytes -- nine DVDs worth -- of data every day.

There's a laser procedure to change one's eye color from brown to blue, as blue eyes exist under all brown eyes.

Natural gas is odorless. The smell is added artificially for safety reasons.

Quote of the day

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

- Vincent van Gogh (Dutch Artist, 1853-1890) -

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So basically this region does not RP anymore?

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