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Gravdigr · 11-22-2016, 07:49 AM

November 22

Is your turkey thawing yet?

There are 39 days remaining in 2016.

There are 32 days until Christmas.

Events

845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

1864 – American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.

1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

1928 – The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

1963 – US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.

1968 – The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

1977 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

1986 – Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.

1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.

2004 - Ozzy Osbourne struggled with a burglar who escaped with jewellery worth about £2m from his Buckinghamshire mansion. Osbourne told reporters that he had the masked raider in a headlock as he tried to stop him. The burglar broke free and jumped 30 ft from a first floor window.

2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

Births

1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle; 1744 – Abigail Adams (2nd FLOTUS); 1819 – George Eliot (she is the author of Adam Bede & Silas Marner, et al); 1868 – John Nance Garner (32nd VPOTUS); 1890 – Charles de Gaulle; 1893 – Harley Earl (automotive designer, brought about the Corvette, and the tailfin); 1898 – Wiley Post; 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael

; 1909 – Mikhail Mil (Mil Helicopters); 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield

; 1922 – Eugene Stoner (designed the AR-10, AR-15/M-16, & the AR-5 Survival Rifle; 1924 – Geraldine Page; 1932 – Robert Vaughn; 1940 – Terry Gilliam (Monty Python); 1941 – Tom Conti; 1941 – Terry Stafford♪ ♫(wrote "Amarillo By Morning"); 1943 - Floyd Sneed

(Three Dog Night); 1943 – Billie Jean King; 1947 – Rod Price

(Foghat); 1950 – 'Little Steven' Van Zandt

(The E Street Band); 1950 – Tina Weymouth

(The Talking Heads); 1956 – Lawrence Gowan

(Styx); 1956 – Richard Kind; 1958 – Horse♪ ♫; 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis; 1961 – Mariel Hemingway; 1966 – Michael K. Williams ('Omar' on The Wire); 1967 – Boris Becker; 1967 – Mark Ruffalo; 1980 – Shawn Fanning (founded Napster, remember Napster?); 1984 – Scarlett Johansson

Deaths

1718 – Blackbeard (Edward Teach); 1875 – Henry Wilson (18th VPOTUS); 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (invented the Ferris Wheel); 1902 – Walter Reed (Walter Reed Army Medical Center); 1916 – Jack London (author of "White Fang", "Call of The Wild"); 1955 – Shemp Howard (The Three Stooges); 1963 – Aldous Huxley (author "Brave New World"); 1963 – John F. Kennedy (35th POTUS); 1963 – C. S. Lewis; 1980 – Mae West; 1986 – Scatman Crothers♪ ♫; 1992 – Sterling Holloway; 1993 – Anthony Burgess; 1996 – Mark Lenard ('Spock's' father on Star Trek series'); 1997 – Michael Hutchence♪ ♫(INXS); 1998 – Stu Ungar (poker player, subject of High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story<--recommend, btw); 2000 – Emil Zátopek

; 2001 – Mary Kay Ash (Mary Kay Cosmetics); 2002 – Parley Baer

11-22-2016, 07:49 AM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 22 Is your turkey thawing yet? There are *39 days* remaining in 2016. There are *32 days* until Christmas. Events 845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. 1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. 1864 – American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia. 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today. 1928 – The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris. 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. 1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded. 1963 – US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. 1968 – The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album). 1977 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. 1986 – Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history. 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom. 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed. 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership. 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. 2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. 2004 - Ozzy Osbourne struggled with a burglar who escaped with jewellery worth about £2m from his Buckinghamshire mansion. Osbourne told reporters that he had the masked raider in a headlock as he tried to stop him. The burglar broke free and jumped 30 ft from a first floor window. 2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. Births 1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle; 1744 – Abigail Adams (2nd FLOTUS); 1819 – George Eliot (she is the author of Adam Bede & Silas Marner, et al); 1868 – John Nance Garner (32nd VPOTUS); 1890 – Charles de Gaulle; 1893 – Harley Earl (automotive designer, brought about the Corvette, and the tailfin); 1898 – Wiley Post; 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael; 1909 – Mikhail Mil (Mil Helicopters); 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield; 1922 – Eugene Stoner (designed the AR-10, AR-15/M-16, & the AR-5 Survival Rifle; 1924 – Geraldine Page; 1932 – Robert Vaughn; 1940 – Terry Gilliam (Monty Python); 1941 – Tom Conti; 1941 – Terry Stafford♪ ♫(wrote "Amarillo By Morning"); 1943 - Floyd Sneed(Three Dog Night); 1943 – Billie Jean King; 1947 – Rod Price(Foghat); 1950 – 'Little Steven' Van Zandt(The E Street Band); 1950 – Tina Weymouth(The Talking Heads); 1956 – Lawrence Gowan(Styx); 1956 – Richard Kind; 1958 – Horse♪ ♫; 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis; 1961 – Mariel Hemingway; 1966 – Michael K. Williams ('Omar' on The Wire); 1967 – Boris Becker; 1967 – Mark Ruffalo; 1980 – Shawn Fanning (founded Napster, remember Napster?); 1984 – Scarlett Johansson Deaths 1718 – Blackbeard (Edward Teach); 1875 – Henry Wilson (18th VPOTUS); 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (invented the Ferris Wheel); 1902 – Walter Reed (Walter Reed Army Medical Center); 1916 – Jack London (author of "White Fang", "Call of The Wild"); 1955 – Shemp Howard (The Three Stooges); 1963 – Aldous Huxley (author "Brave New World"); 1963 – John F. Kennedy (35th POTUS); 1963 – C. S. Lewis; 1980 – Mae West; 1986 – Scatman Crothers♪ ♫; 1992 – Sterling Holloway; 1993 – Anthony Burgess; 1996 – Mark Lenard ('Spock's' father on Star Trek series'); 1997 – Michael Hutchence♪ ♫(INXS); 1998 – Stu Ungar (poker player, subject of High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story<--recommend, btw); 2000 – Emil Zátopek; 2001 – Mary Kay Ash (Mary Kay Cosmetics); 2002 – Parley Baer __________________ 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.