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Gravdigr · 11-25-2016, 01:09 PM

November 25

Not a lot of ado about Movember this year, was there?

Today is an International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This day marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

New York, New York marks this day as Evacuation Day, commemorating the day in 1783 when British troops departed Manhattan Island after the end of the American Revolution.

There are 36 days remaining in 2016.

There are 29 days until Christmas.

Events

885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris.

1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.

1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.

1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.

1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.

1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.

1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars, $$661,468,220 in 2016 dollars).

1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.

1961 - The Everly Brothers started active service for the 8th Battalion Marine Corps Reserves, working as artillerymen.

1968 - The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US.

1972 - Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No.1.

1976 - The Band made their final performance; 'The Last Waltz' held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.

1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1992 - The Bodyguard opened nation-wide featuring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The film which was Houston's acting debut was written by Lawrence Kasdan in the 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen [Wikipedia says Ryan O'Neal] and Diana Ross. It became the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992 with the soundtrack becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 42 million copies worldwide.

1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

1999 – The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona with a blood alcohol level of .20 after his BMW struck a Toyota Camry. He was charged with 'extreme' drunk driving, hit and run, and assaulting a police officer. A police officer reported that while in custody, Campbell hummed his hit 'Rhinestone Cowboy' repeatedly.

Births

1835 – Andrew Carnegie; 1844 – Karl Benz (yeah, that one); 1846 – Carrie Nation; 1914 – Joltin' Joe DiMaggio; 1915 – Augusto Pinochet; 1920 – Ricardo Montalbán (Fantasy Island, The Wrath Of Khan); 1926 – Jeffrey Hunter; 1940 – Percy Sledge♪ ♫; 1943 – Jerry Portnoy♪ ♫; 1944 – Ben Stein ("Bueller?"); 1947 – John Larroquette (Night Court); 1953 – Jeffrey Skilling (former Enron CEO); 1960 – Amy Grant♪ ♫; 1960 – John F. Kennedy Jr.; 1965 – Tim Armstrong♪ ♫(Rancid); 1965 – Dougray Scott; 1968 – Jill

& Jacqueline Hennessy (OMG Jill Hennesey has an identical twin

); 1971 – Christina Applegate

; 1986 – Katie Cassidy

Deaths

1560 – Andrea Doria (the person, not the boat); 1748 – Isaac Watts♪ ♫; 1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks (21st VPOTUS); 1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis; 1949 – Bill Robinson (danced w/Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel); 1965 – Myra Hess

; 1968 – Upton Sinclair (author of The Jungle); 1973 – Laurence Harvey (played William Travis in The Alamo); 1981 – Jack Albertson; 1998 – Flip Wilson

11-25-2016, 01:09 PM	#427
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 25 Not a lot of ado about Movember this year, was there? Today is an International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This day marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. New York, New York marks this day as Evacuation Day, commemorating the day in 1783 when British troops departed Manhattan Island after the end of the American Revolution. There are *36 days* remaining in 2016. There are *29 days* until Christmas. Events 885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris. 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. 1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000. 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. 1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster. 1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River. 1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars, $$661,468,220 in 2016 dollars). 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history. 1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. 1961 - The Everly Brothers started active service for the 8th Battalion Marine Corps Reserves, working as artillerymen. 1968 - The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US. 1972 - Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No.1. 1976 - The Band made their final performance; 'The Last Waltz' held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978. 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. 1992 - The Bodyguard opened nation-wide featuring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The film which was Houston's acting debut was written by Lawrence Kasdan in the 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen [Wikipedia says Ryan O'Neal] and Diana Ross. It became the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992 with the soundtrack becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 42 million copies worldwide. 1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast. 1999 – The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. 2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years. 2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona with a blood alcohol level of .20 after his BMW struck a Toyota Camry. He was charged with 'extreme' drunk driving, hit and run, and assaulting a police officer. A police officer reported that while in custody, Campbell hummed his hit 'Rhinestone Cowboy' repeatedly. Births 1835 – Andrew Carnegie; 1844 – Karl Benz (yeah, that one); 1846 – Carrie Nation; 1914 – Joltin' Joe DiMaggio; 1915 – Augusto Pinochet; 1920 – Ricardo Montalbán (Fantasy Island, The Wrath Of Khan); 1926 – Jeffrey Hunter; 1940 – Percy Sledge♪ ♫; 1943 – Jerry Portnoy♪ ♫; 1944 – Ben Stein ("Bueller?"); 1947 – John Larroquette (Night Court); 1953 – Jeffrey Skilling (former Enron CEO); 1960 – Amy Grant♪ ♫; 1960 – John F. Kennedy Jr.; 1965 – Tim Armstrong♪ ♫(Rancid); 1965 – Dougray Scott; 1968 – Jill & Jacqueline Hennessy (OMG Jill Hennesey has an identical twin); 1971 – Christina Applegate; 1986 – Katie Cassidy Deaths 1560 – Andrea Doria (the person, not the boat); 1748 – Isaac Watts♪ ♫; 1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks (21st VPOTUS); 1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis; 1949 – Bill Robinson (danced w/Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel); 1965 – Myra Hess; 1968 – Upton Sinclair (author of The Jungle); 1973 – Laurence Harvey (played William Travis in The Alamo); 1981 – Jack Albertson; 1998 – Flip Wilson __________________ 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.