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Gravdigr · 12-18-2016, 01:09 PM

December 18

Today is International Migrant's Day, appointed by the U.N. General Assembly, highlighting the human rights of migrant workers.

There are 13 days remaining in 2016.

There are 6 days until Christmas.

Events

218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic.

1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.

1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

1865 – US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

1917 – The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress. [There was hardly any rejoicing.]

1932 – The Chicago Bears (Da Bears!)defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL Championship Game.

1944 – World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.

1966 - Tara Browne was killed when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. His death is referred to in The Beatles song "A Day In The Life".

1981 – First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

2006 – United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.

2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.

Births

1863 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria; 1878 – Joseph Stalin; 1879 – Paul Klee

; 1886 – Ty Cobb; 1910 – Abe Burrows; 1912 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.; 1913 – Willy Brandt; 1916 – Betty Grable; 1917 – Ossie Davis (Evening Shade, Do The Right Thing, directed Cotton Comes To Harlem; 1924 – Cicely Tyson; 1932 – Roger Smith (77 Sunset Strip, Mister Roberts); 1938 – Chas Chandler

(The Animals); 1941 – Sam Andrew♪ ♫(Big Brother and the Holding Company); 1943 – Bobby Keys♪ ♫(sax for The Rolling Stones, Delaney & Bonnie, et al); 1943 – Keith Richards

(The Rolling Stones); 1946 – Steve Biko (South African anti-apartheid activist); 1946 – $teven Fucking $pielberg; 1949 – David A. Johnston (American volcnologist, died on Mt. St. Helens); 1950 – Randy Castillo

(Ozzy, Mötley Crüe); 1953 – Elliot Easton

(The Cars); 1954 – Ray Liotta (Good Fellas); 1963 – Brad Pitt; 1964 – Stone Cold Steve Austin; 1968 – Rachel Griffiths; 1968 – Casper Van Dien; 1970 – DMX♪ ♫; 1978 – Katie Holmes; 1980 – Christina Aguilera♪ ♫

Deaths

1737 – Antonio Stradivari♪ ♫(musical instrument maker); 1971 – Bobby Jones; 1990 – Anne Revere (The Song of Bernadette, A Place in the Sun); 1992 – Mark Goodson ("This has been a Mark Goodson television production."); 1993 – Sam Wanamaker; 1997 – Chris Farley (SNL, Tommy Boy); 2006 – Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera animation studios); 2008 – Majel Barrett ('Nurse Chapel' on Star Trek TOS, 'Lwaxana Troi' on Star Trek:TNG); 2008 – Mark Felt (former FBI director, Woodward & Bernstein's "Deep Throat"); 2011 – Václav Havel

12-18-2016, 01:09 PM	#466
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 18 Today is International Migrant's Day, appointed by the U.N. General Assembly, highlighting the human rights of migrant workers. There are *13 days* remaining in 2016. There are *6 days* until Christmas. Events 218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October. 1865 – US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA. 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car. 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties. 1917 – The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress. [There was hardly any rejoicing.] 1932 – The Chicago Bears (Da Bears!)defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL Championship Game. 1944 – World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. 1966 - Tara Browne was killed when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. His death is referred to in The Beatles song "A Day In The Life". 1981 – First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built. 2006 – United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. 2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. Births 1863 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria; 1878 – Joseph Stalin; 1879 – Paul Klee; 1886 – Ty Cobb; 1910 – Abe Burrows; 1912 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.; 1913 – Willy Brandt; 1916 – Betty Grable; 1917 – Ossie Davis (Evening Shade, Do The Right Thing, directed Cotton Comes To Harlem; 1924 – Cicely Tyson; 1932 – Roger Smith (77 Sunset Strip, Mister Roberts); 1938 – Chas Chandler(The Animals); 1941 – Sam Andrew♪ ♫(Big Brother and the Holding Company); 1943 – Bobby Keys♪ ♫(sax for The Rolling Stones, Delaney & Bonnie, et al); 1943 – Keith Richards(The Rolling Stones); 1946 – Steve Biko (South African anti-apartheid activist); 1946 – $teven Fucking $pielberg; 1949 – David A. Johnston (American volcnologist, died on Mt. St. Helens); 1950 – Randy Castillo(Ozzy, Mötley Crüe); 1953 – Elliot Easton(The Cars); 1954 – Ray Liotta (Good Fellas); 1963 – Brad Pitt; 1964 – Stone Cold Steve Austin; 1968 – Rachel Griffiths; 1968 – Casper Van Dien; 1970 – DMX♪ ♫; 1978 – Katie Holmes; 1980 – Christina Aguilera♪ ♫ Deaths 1737 – Antonio Stradivari♪ ♫(musical instrument maker); 1971 – Bobby Jones; 1990 – Anne Revere (The Song of Bernadette, A Place in the Sun); 1992 – Mark Goodson ("This has been a Mark Goodson television production."); 1993 – Sam Wanamaker; 1997 – Chris Farley (SNL, Tommy Boy); 2006 – Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera animation studios); 2008 – Majel Barrett ('Nurse Chapel' on Star Trek TOS, 'Lwaxana Troi' on Star Trek:TNG); 2008 – Mark Felt (former FBI director, Woodward & Bernstein's "Deep Throat"); 2011 – Václav Havel __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.