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Gravdigr · 12-06-2016, 11:26 AM

December 6

Today is marked as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, by our friends in Canadia, informally referred to as White Ribbon Day.

There are 25 days remaining in 2016.

There are 18 days until Christmas.

Events

1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.

1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.

1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.

1949 - American blues artist, Leadbelly died. Huddie William Ledbetter wrote many songs including 'Goodnight Irene', ‘Cotton Fields’, 'The Rock Island Line', and ‘The Midnight Special'. Leadbelly was jailed several times for fights and knife related incidents, he was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman.

1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.

1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)

1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

1986 - Europe were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Final Countdown'. They became only the second Swedish act to score a UK No.1. The song reached No.1 in 25 countries and the song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity'.

1988 - American singer/songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52.

1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): An anti-feminist gunman murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67 people.

1998 – in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.

2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 people on board and 44 more people on the ground.

2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

2011 - American singer/songwriter Dobie Gray died from complications of cancer surgery in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 71.

2013 - The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000. The Fender Stratocaster had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 48 years after Dylan left it on a private plane.

Births

1872 – William S. Hart; 1876 – Fred Duesenberg (Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company); 1886 – Joyce Kilmer; 1896 – Ira Gershwin♪ ♫; 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt; 1900 – Agnes Moorehead ('Endora' on Bewitched); 1908 – Baby Face Nelson; 1917 – Irv Robbins (co-founded Baskin-Robbins); 1920 – Dave Brubeck

; 1921 – Otto Graham; 1924 – Wally Cox (Mr. Peepers, voice of Underdog); 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel; 1936 – Kenneth Copeland; 1941 – Richard Speck; 1942 – Robb Royer

(Bread); 1943 – Mike Smith

(Dave Clark Five); 1948 – JoBeth Williams; 1952 – Craig Newmark (founded Craig's List); 1953 – Tom Hulce; 1955 – Steven Wright

; 1956 – Peter Buck

(R.E.M.); 1956 –

Randy Rhoads

(Ozzy, Quiet Riot); 1967 – Judd Apatow

Deaths

343 – Saint Nicholas (WHAT?!

St. Nick is dead?! Is Christmas cancelled??); 1889 – Jefferson Davis (President of The Confederate States of America); 1892 – Werner von Siemens (founded the Siemens Company); 1949 - Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter

; 1955 – Honus Wagner; 1972 – Janet Munro (Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Swiss Family Robinson); 1988 – Roy Orbison♪ ♫(The Traveling Wilburys); 1989 – Frances Bavier ('Aunt Bee' on The Andy Griffith Show); 1989 – John Payne (Miracle on 34th Street, The Restless Gun); 1993 – Don Ameche (Cocoon, Trading Places); 2000 – Werner Klemperer ('Colonel Klink' on Hogan's Heroes); 2002 – Philip Berrigan; 2011 – Dobie Gray♪ ♫; 2014 – Ralph H. Baer (created the Magnavox Odyssey video game system)

12-06-2016, 11:26 AM	#449
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 6 Today is marked as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, by our friends in Canadia, informally referred to as White Ribbon Day. There are *25 days* remaining in 2016. There are *18 days* until Christmas. Events 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery. 1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published. 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War. 1949 - American blues artist, Leadbelly died. Huddie William Ledbetter wrote many songs including 'Goodnight Irene', ‘Cotton Fields’, 'The Rock Island Line', and ‘The Midnight Special'. Leadbelly was jailed several times for fights and knife related incidents, he was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman. 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita. 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.) 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. 1986 - Europe were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Final Countdown'. They became only the second Swedish act to score a UK No.1. The song reached No.1 in 25 countries and the song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song 'Space Oddity'. 1988 - American singer/songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52. 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): An anti-feminist gunman murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67 people. 1998 – in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections. 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 people on board and 44 more people on the ground. 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. 2011 - American singer/songwriter Dobie Gray died from complications of cancer surgery in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 71. 2013 - The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000. The Fender Stratocaster had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 48 years after Dylan left it on a private plane. Births 1872 – William S. Hart; 1876 – Fred Duesenberg (Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company); 1886 – Joyce Kilmer; 1896 – Ira Gershwin♪ ♫; 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt; 1900 – Agnes Moorehead ('Endora' on Bewitched); 1908 – Baby Face Nelson; 1917 – Irv Robbins (co-founded Baskin-Robbins); 1920 – Dave Brubeck; 1921 – Otto Graham; 1924 – Wally Cox (Mr. Peepers, voice of Underdog); 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel; 1936 – Kenneth Copeland; 1941 – Richard Speck; 1942 – Robb Royer(Bread); 1943 – Mike Smith(Dave Clark Five); 1948 – JoBeth Williams; 1952 – Craig Newmark (founded Craig's List); 1953 – Tom Hulce; 1955 – Steven Wright; 1956 – Peter Buck(R.E.M.); 1956 – Randy Rhoads(Ozzy, Quiet Riot); 1967 – Judd Apatow Deaths 343 – Saint Nicholas (WHAT?! St. Nick is dead?! Is Christmas cancelled??); 1889 – Jefferson Davis (President of The Confederate States of America); 1892 – Werner von Siemens (founded the Siemens Company); 1949 - Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter; 1955 – Honus Wagner; 1972 – Janet Munro (Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Swiss Family Robinson); 1988 – Roy Orbison♪ ♫(The Traveling Wilburys); 1989 – Frances Bavier ('Aunt Bee' on The Andy Griffith Show); 1989 – John Payne (Miracle on 34th Street, The Restless Gun); 1993 – Don Ameche (Cocoon, Trading Places); 2000 – Werner Klemperer ('Colonel Klink' on Hogan's Heroes); 2002 – Philip Berrigan; 2011 – Dobie Gray♪ ♫; 2014 – Ralph H. Baer (created the Magnavox Odyssey video game system) __________________ 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. 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