Yeah J for junior.You learn something new every day Barney.Originally Posted by Barney Rubble
There's a J there ?
Yeah J for junior.You learn something new every day Barney.There's a J there ?
December 5 ,2013.
Nelson Mandela dies aged 95.
westcorklad (09-12-18)
December 6.
1196:North Dutch coast is flooded-The Saint Nicholas flood.
1240:Mongols destroy Kiev,killing most of the population.
1534:Spanish occupy the city of Quito in S.America.
1745:Bonnie Prince Charlie's army retreats to Scotland.
1768:Ist edition of Encyclopedia Britannica is published.
1865:Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified ,abolishing slavery.
1877:Thomas Edison records his own voice singing "Mary had a little lamb".
1877:Ist edition of The Washington Post is published.
1917:Munitions ship explodes in Halifax ,Nova Scotia killing 1,700.
1921: *THE ANGLO-IRISH TREATY IS SIGNED CREATING THE DOMINION OF THE IRISH FREE STATE AND PARTITIONING OFF NORTHERN IRELAND*
1922:Ist constitution of the Irish Free State comes into operation.
1933:Ban on Joyce's" Ulysses" is lifted in the US.
Ireland will have to wait decades longer.
1956:Nelson Mandela and others are arrested in S.Africa for political activities.
1973:Gerald Ford is sworn in as the first non-elected US Vice-President following the resignation of Spiro Agnew who resigned over corruption allegations.
1974:George Harrison releases "Ding Ding,Ding Dong".
1982ropping Well Bar bombing in Derry.
1990:Saddam Hussein releases all foreign hostages ,many of whom were being used as " human shields " to deter coalition bombing raids.
2017:US President Trump officially recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and states his intention to have the US embassy moved there from Tel Aviv.
Deaths.
Saint Nicholas ,343(supposedly).
1889:Jefferson Davis,former President of the Confederate States of America.
December 6.
Birthdays.
1896:Ira Gershwin, US lyricist.
1900:Agnes Morehead US actress best known for playing Endora in the 1960s serial "Bewitched".
1920: Dave Brubeck, Jazz musician.
1944:Jonathan King,UK songwriter, record producer.
1948:Keke Rosberg,Finnish autoracer.
1956: Peter Buck,R.E.M guitarist.
1977:Andrew " Freddie" Flintoff, English cricketer and television personality.
Deaths.
1882:Anthony Trollope, English novelist.
1892:Werner von Siemans,German inventor and industrialist.
1988: Roy Orbison,US singer songwriter.
1993: Don Ameche,US actor.
2007:Katy French, Irish socialite and personality.
December 7.
43 BC: Cicero dies and Mark Anthony has part of his anatomy nailed to the door of the Roman Senate.
1912:Bust of Queen Nefertiti is found at El-Amarna ,Egypt.(Amarna is the short lived city founded by her husband ,the "heretic" Pharaoh Akenaten).
1941:Tora,Tora,Tora
The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor,Hawaii.
"A day that will live in infamy".
1972:The last Apollo moon mission (Apollo 17) launches.As they leave earth ,the crew takes the photograph of Earth,that will become known as " The Blue Marble".
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December 8.
1854:Pope Pius IX proclaims the Immaculate Conception ie that the Virgin Mary was born without Original Sin.
1872:Brigham Young ,who led the Mormons after the death of their founder Joseph Smith,marries his fifty fifth wife ,aged 71,in Salt Lake City.
The mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints later goes on to repudiate polygamy.
1914:Battle of the Falkland Islands. Royal Navy sinks several German ships.
1915:The poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae is published pseudonymously.
1921:Eamonn DeValera publically rejects the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
1941:US President ,F.D.R.,delivers the famous "day of infamy" speech to Congress-one day after the Pearl Harbor attack.
1941:US and Britain declare war on Japan.
1941:Japan simultaneously invades Thailand, Malaya,Hong Kong ,The Philippines and the Dutch East Indies.
1978
2010:SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch,orbit and retrieve a spacecraft.
Born on this day.
1542:Mary Stuart.Six days later she becomes Queen of Scotland.
1765:Eli Whitney,inventor of the cotton gin.
1865:Jean Sibelius,Finnish composer ,notably of "Finnlandia".
1886
1925:Sammy Davis Junior,American actor and singer.
1943:Jim Morrison,lead singer of The Doors.
1982:Nicki Minaj,US singer/rapper.
Died on this day.
John Glenn,aged 95,first US astronaut to orbit the Earth .Returned to space, aged 77 ,aboard the Space Shuttle.
December 8.
1854:Pope Pius IX proclaims the Immaculate Conception ie that the Virgin Mary was born without Original Sin.
1872:Brigham Young ,who led the Mormons after the death of their founder Joseph Smith,marries his fifty fifth wife ,aged 71,in Salt Lake City.
The mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints later goes on to repudiate polygamy.
1914:Battle of the Falkland Islands. Royal Navy sinks several German ships.
1915:The poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae is published pseudonymously.
1921:Eamonn DeValera publically rejects the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
1941:US President ,F.D.R.,delivers the famous "day of infamy" speech to Congress-one day after the Pearl Harbor attack.
1941:US and Britain declare war on Japan.
1941:Japan simultaneously invades Thailand, Malaya,Hong Kong ,The Philippines and the Dutch East Indies.
1978: Directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert de Niro,Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken,"The Deer Hunter" premieres in LA.It is perhaps the first mainstream movie to address the trauma ,both physical and psychological, suffered by America,its military and its populace due to the Vietnam War.
2010:SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch,orbit and retrieve a spacecraft.
Born on this day.
1542:Mary Stuart.Six days later she becomes Queen of Scotland.
1765:Eli Whitney,inventor of the cotton gin.
1865:Jean Sibelius,Finnish composer ,notably of "Finnlandia".
1886: Diego Rivera,Mexican painter and husband of Frido Kahlo.
1925:Sammy Davis Junior,American actor and singer.
1943:Jim Morrison,lead singer of The Doors.
1982:Nicki Minaj,US singer/rapper.
Died on this day.
1831:James Hoban,Irish born architect of The White House.
1983:Slim Pickens,US actor, often in Westerns.
1978:Golda Meir,US born 4th Prime Minister of Israel.
1980:John Lennon shot dead outside the Dakota Building NYC(where he lived), by Mark Chapman, a fan with psychological problems.
2016:John Glenn,aged 95,first US astronaut to orbit the Earth .Returned to space, aged 77 ,aboard the Space Shuttle.
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