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Gravdigr · 12-08-2016, 12:39 PM

December 8

Today Japan celebrates Bodhi Day, commemorating the day the Buddha experienced enlightenment.

There are 23 days remaining in 2016.

There are 16 days until Christmas.

Events

877 – Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is c-c-c-crowned ki-ki-ki-ruler of the West Frankish Ki-Ki-ingdom at C-C-Compiègne.

1813 – Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

1922 – Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

1927 – The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.

1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.

1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped at gunpoint from a hotel in Lake Tahoe. He was released two days later after his father paid out the $240,000 ransom demanded by the kidnappers, who were later captured, and sentenced to long prison terms. In order to communicate with the kidnappers via a payphone the senior Sinatra carried a roll of dimes with him throughout this ordeal, which became a lifetime habit, he is said to have been buried with a roll of dimes [and a fifth of Jack Daniel's].

1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

1972 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.

1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. [Hard to believe that was 36 years ago.]

1984 - Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, Ca, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers. Neil was jailed for 20 days and paid $2.6 million in compensation.

1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (affectionately known as The Warthog) crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

2000 - A plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death was unveiled outside his childhood home in Liverpool.

2004 - Former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was one of five people killed after a man stormed the stage during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus. Nathan Gale, aged 25, began firing at the band and crowd, was then shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired.

2010 – With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (~50,200 miles).

2013 - Metallica played a gig inside a dome at the Argentine Antarctic Base Carlini, thus becoming the first band ever to play on all seven continents. During the concert audio was transmitted to the audience through headphones.

Births

65 BC – Horace; 1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots; 1765 – Eli Whitney (invented the cotton gin); 1861 – William C. Durant (founded General Motors and Chevrolet); 1864 – Camille Claudel

; 1865 – Jean Sibelius

; 1886 – Diego Rivera

; 1894 – E. C. Segarm (created Popeye); 1894 – James Thurber (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty); 1911 – Lee J. Cobb; 1914 – Floyd Tillman ; 1916 – Richard Fleischer; 1922 – Jean Ritchie ; 1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr. ; 1927 – Ferdie The Fight Doctor Pacheco; 1930 – Maximilian Schell; 1931 – Bob Arum (boxing promoter); 1933 – Flip Wilson; 1936 – David Carradine

; 1937 – James MacArthur ('Danno' on the original Hawaii Five-O); 1939 – Jerry Butler (The Impressions); 1939 – James Galway (flautist, a wee one); 1939 – Soko Richardson

(John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue); 1941 – Bobby Elliott

(The Hollies); 1943 – Jim Morrison (The Doors); 1946 – John Rubinstein; 1947 – Gregg Allman

(Allman Bros Band); 1950 – Rick Baker (sfx make-up artist); 1950 – Dan Hartman ; 1953 – Kim Basinger; 1953 -SAM KINISON; 1957 – Phil Collen (Def Leppard); 1961 – Ann Coulter; 1962 – Steve Elkington; 1962 – Marty Friedman

(Megadeth); 1963 – Greg Howe ; 1964 – Teri Hatcher ("They're real, and they're spectacular."); 1966 – Sinéad O'Connor (Irish attention whore); 1972 – Frank Shamrock; 1973 – Corey Taylor (Slipknot); 1975 – Kevin 'Happy' Harvick

; 1977 – Ryan Newman

; 1982 – Nick

12-08-2016, 12:39 PM	#451
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	This Day in History December 8 Today Japan celebrates Bodhi Day, commemorating the day the Buddha experienced enlightenment. There are *23 days* remaining in 2016. There are *16 days* until Christmas. Events 877 – Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is c-c-c-crowned ki-ki-ki-ruler of the West Frankish Ki-Ki-ingdom at C-C-Compiègne. 1813 – Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. 1922 – Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State. 1927 – The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings. 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan. 1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. 1962 – Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped at gunpoint from a hotel in Lake Tahoe. He was released two days later after his father paid out the $240,000 ransom demanded by the kidnappers, who were later captured, and sentenced to long prison terms. In order to communicate with the kidnappers via a payphone the senior Sinatra carried a roll of dimes with him throughout this ordeal, which became a lifetime habit, he is said to have been buried with a roll of dimes [and a fifth of Jack Daniel's]. 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737. 1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. [Hard to believe that was 36 years ago.] 1984 - Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, Ca, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers. Neil was jailed for 20 days and paid $2.6 million in compensation. 1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II (affectionately known as The Warthog) crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others. 2000 - A plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death was unveiled outside his childhood home in Liverpool. 2004 - Former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was one of five people killed after a man stormed the stage during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus. Nathan Gale, aged 25, began firing at the band and crowd, was then shot and killed by a police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired. 2010 – With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. 2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (~50,200 miles). 2013 - Metallica played a gig inside a dome at the Argentine Antarctic Base Carlini, thus becoming the first band ever to play on all seven continents. During the concert audio was transmitted to the audience through headphones. Births 65 BC – Horace; 1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots; 1765 – Eli Whitney (invented the cotton gin); 1861 – William C. Durant (founded General Motors and Chevrolet); 1864 – Camille Claudel; 1865 – Jean Sibelius; 1886 – Diego Rivera; 1894 – E. C. Segarm (created Popeye); 1894 – James Thurber (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty); 1911 – Lee J. Cobb; 1914 – Floyd Tillman ; 1916 – Richard Fleischer; 1922 – Jean Ritchie ; 1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr. ; 1927 – Ferdie The Fight Doctor Pacheco; 1930 – Maximilian Schell; 1931 – Bob Arum (boxing promoter); 1933 – Flip Wilson; 1936 – David Carradine; 1937 – James MacArthur ('Danno' on the original Hawaii Five-O); 1939 – Jerry Butler (The Impressions); 1939 – James Galway (flautist, a wee one); 1939 – Soko Richardson(John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue); 1941 – Bobby Elliott(The Hollies); 1943 – Jim Morrison (The Doors); 1946 – John Rubinstein; 1947 – Gregg Allman(Allman Bros Band); 1950 – Rick Baker (sfx make-up artist); 1950 – Dan Hartman ; 1953 – Kim Basinger; 1953 -SAM KINISON; 1957 – Phil Collen (Def Leppard); 1961 – Ann Coulter; 1962 – Steve Elkington; 1962 – Marty Friedman(Megadeth); 1963 – Greg Howe ; 1964 – Teri Hatcher ("They're real, and they're spectacular."); 1966 – Sinéad O'Connor (Irish attention whore); 1972 – Frank Shamrock; 1973 – Corey Taylor (Slipknot); 1975 – Kevin 'Happy' Harvick; 1977 – Ryan Newman; 1982 – Nick __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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