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Gravdigr · 11-19-2016, 02:59 PM

November 19

Today is marked as Women's Entrepreneurship Day, a day for observing and discussing the achievements of women entrepreneurs.

World Toilet Day is observed on this day internationally.

And, as Big V mentioned, today is National Adoption Day. My best friend John, who died ten years ago yesterday, was adopted, a Chosen Child, as his mother referred to him sometimes. He was the single most generous person I have ever met in my entire life, and an outstanding human being. Don't know if that's because he was adopted, or not. Just sayin'.

There are 42 days remaining in 2016.

There are 35 days until Christmas.

Events

1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).

1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

1942 – Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

1943 – Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

1955 – National Review publishes its first issue.

1955 - Carl Perkins recorded 'Blue Suede Shoes' at Sun Studios in Memphis.

1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

1969 – Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

1983 - Tom Evans from Badfinger, committed suicide by hanging himself in his back garden from a willow tree. Family members said the singer/songwriter was never able to get over his former bandmate's Pete Ham's suicide.

1984 – San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.

1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton. Resulting in a stain on his presidency, much like the stain on Ms. Lewinski's dress.

1998 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million.

2004 – Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest is suspended 86 games (rest of season), and Stephen Jackson is suspended 30 games.

2012 - Two farmers were found not guilty of health and safety offenses after a giant hay bale crushed former ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. He was killed instantly when the 600kg bale rolled down a field and landed on his van near Totnes in Devon in September 2010. In March 2011 in Plymouth an inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on Mr. Edwards.

Births

1752 – George Rogers Clark; 1831 – James A. Garfield (20th POTUS); 1889 – Clifton Webb; 1905 – Tommy Dorsey♪ ♫; 1917 – Indira Gandhi; 1920 – Gene Tierney; 1933 – Larry King; 1936 – Dick Cavett; 1938 – Ted Turner; 1941 – Dan Haggerty (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams); 1942 – Calvin Klein; 1949 – Ahmad Rashād; 1953 – Robert Beltran ('Chakotay' on Star Trek: Voyager); 1956 – Ann Curry; 1959 – Allison Janney (The West Wing, Mom); 1960 – Matt Sorum

(Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, The Cult); 1961 – Meg Ryan; 1962 – Jodie Foster; 1963 – Terry Farrell ('Jadzia Dax' on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Becker); 1966 – Gail Devers

; 1966 – Jason Scott Lee; 1971 – Jeremy McGrath; 1971 – Justin Chancellor

(Tool); 1973 – Billy Currington

; 1976 – Jack Dorsey (co-founded Twitter); 1977 – Kerri Strug

Deaths

1703 – Man in the Iron Mask; 1828 – Franz Schubert

; 1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson (9th VPOTUS); 1985 – Stepin Fetchit; 1992 – Bobby Russell (wrote "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", & "Little Green Apples"); 1998 – Ted Fujita; 1998 – Alan J. Pakula; 2004 – Terry Melcher♪ ♫; 2007 – Kevin DuBrow♪ ♫(Quiet Riot); 2007 – Dick Wilson ('Mr. Whipple' in Charmin toilet paper commercials); 2011 – John Neville (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen); 2014 – Mike Nichols

11-19-2016, 02:59 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 19 Today is marked as Women's Entrepreneurship Day, a day for observing and discussing the achievements of women entrepreneurs. World Toilet Day is observed on this day internationally. And, as Big V mentioned, today is National Adoption Day. My best friend John, who died ten years ago yesterday, was adopted, a Chosen Child, as his mother referred to him sometimes. He was the single most generous person I have ever met in my entire life, and an outstanding human being. Don't know if that's because he was adopted, or not. Just sayin'. There are 42 days remaining in 2016. There are *35 days* until Christmas. Events 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico). 1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. 1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. 1942 – Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. 1943 – Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. 1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe. 1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. 1955 – National Review publishes its first issue. 1955 - Carl Perkins recorded 'Blue Suede Shoes' at Sun Studios in Memphis. 1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. 1969 – Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal. 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. 1983 - Tom Evans from Badfinger, committed suicide by hanging himself in his back garden from a willow tree. Family members said the singer/songwriter was never able to get over his former bandmate's Pete Ham's suicide. 1984 – San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people. 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton. Resulting in a stain on his presidency, much like the stain on Ms. Lewinski's dress. 1998 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million. 2004 – Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest is suspended 86 games (rest of season), and Stephen Jackson is suspended 30 games. 2012 - Two farmers were found not guilty of health and safety offenses after a giant hay bale crushed former ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. He was killed instantly when the 600kg bale rolled down a field and landed on his van near Totnes in Devon in September 2010. In March 2011 in Plymouth an inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on Mr. Edwards. Births 1752 – George Rogers Clark; 1831 – James A. Garfield (20th POTUS); 1889 – Clifton Webb; 1905 – Tommy Dorsey♪ ♫; 1917 – Indira Gandhi; 1920 – Gene Tierney; 1933 – Larry King; 1936 – Dick Cavett; 1938 – Ted Turner; 1941 – Dan Haggerty (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams); 1942 – Calvin Klein; 1949 – Ahmad Rashād; 1953 – Robert Beltran ('Chakotay' on Star Trek: Voyager); 1956 – Ann Curry; 1959 – Allison Janney (The West Wing, Mom); 1960 – Matt Sorum(Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, The Cult); 1961 – Meg Ryan; 1962 – Jodie Foster; 1963 – Terry Farrell ('Jadzia Dax' on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Becker); 1966 – Gail Devers; 1966 – Jason Scott Lee; 1971 – Jeremy McGrath; 1971 – Justin Chancellor(Tool); 1973 – Billy Currington; 1976 – Jack Dorsey (co-founded Twitter); 1977 – Kerri Strug Deaths 1703 – Man in the Iron Mask; 1828 – Franz Schubert; 1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson (9th VPOTUS); 1985 – Stepin Fetchit; 1992 – Bobby Russell (wrote "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", & "Little Green Apples"); 1998 – Ted Fujita; 1998 – Alan J. Pakula; 2004 – Terry Melcher♪ ♫; 2007 – Kevin DuBrow♪ ♫(Quiet Riot); 2007 – Dick Wilson ('Mr. Whipple' in Charmin toilet paper commercials); 2011 – John Neville (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen); 2014 – Mike Nichols __________________ 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.