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Gravdigr · 12-12-2016, 01:32 PM

December 12

There are 19 days remaining in 2016.

There are 12 days until Christmas.

Events

884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who reunites the Frankish Empire for the last time.

1098 – First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism.

1408 – The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then king of Hungary.

1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.

1862 – American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine.

1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 383 miners and rescuers.

1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels.

1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

1940 – World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid.

1941 – World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off.

1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.

1946 – A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan spreads to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people. [A fire. At an ice plant.

]

1957 - Still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown.

1979 – The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large (~20 feet) tsunami.

1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division(

) from Ft. Campbell, KY.

1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.

2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. [Bush won, icydk

]

Births

1745 – John Jay (1st Chief Justice of the United States); 1805 – Henry Wells (co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express); 1806 – Stand Watie (Cherokee Confederate General); 1821 – Gustave Flaubert (author Madame Bovary); 1863 – Edvard Munch

; 1881 – Harry Warner (co-founded Warner Bros); 1893 – Edward G. Robinson; 1900 – Sammy Davis, Sr.♪ ♫; 1915 – Frank Sinatra♪ ♫

; 1917 – James Wall (Capt. Kangaroo's African-American neighbor 'Mr. Baxter'); 1923 – Bob Barker; 1924 – Ed Koch; 1925 – Ted Kennedy (no, not that one, this one was a hockey player); 1927 – Robert Noyce (co-founded Intel Corporation); 1937 – Buford Pusser (subject of the Walking Tall movies); 1938 – Connie Francis♪ ♫; 1939 – Terry Kirkman♪ ♫(The Association); 1940 – Dionne Warwick♪ ♫; 1943 – Dickey Betts

(The Allman Bros, "People down in Georgia come from near and far
To hear Richard Betts pick on that red guitar"); 1943 – Grover Washington, Jr.♪ ♫; 1944 – Rob Tyner

(MC5); 1946 – Emerson Fittipaldi

; 1947 – Wings Hauser; 1952 – Cathy Rigby

; 1953 – Bruce Kulick

(KISS, Grand Funk Railroad, Union); 1957 – Cy Curnin♪ ♫(The Fixx); 1957 – Sheila E.

(Prince, The New Power Generation); 1966 – Royce Gracie

(Brazilian mixed martial artist); 1966 – Ian Paisley, Jr.; 1970 – Jennifer Connelly; 1970 – Regina Hall; 1972 – Hank Williams III♪ ♫(son of Bocephus, grandson of Luke The Drifter); 1975 – Mayim Bialik (Blossom, 'Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler' on The Big Bang Theory)

Deaths

884 – Carloman II; 1586 – Stephen Báthory; 1889 – Robert Browning; 1939 – Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.; 1968 – Tallulah Bankhead; 1976 – Jack Cassidy (actor, father to Shaun & David Cassidy, married to Shirley Jones); 1985 – Anne Baxter; 1985 – Ian Stewart

(The Rolling Stones); 1999 – Joseph Heller (author Catch-22); 2000 – George Montgomery; 2006 – Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond, Young Frankenstein); 2006 – Alan Shugart (co-founded Seagate Technology); 2007 – Ike Turner♪ ♫; 2008 – Van Johnson (Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo); 2013 – Tom Laughlin ("I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face...and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it."); 2014 – Norman Bridwell (created Clifford the Big Red Dog)

12-12-2016, 01:32 PM	#456
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 12 There are *19 days* remaining in 2016. There are *12 days* until Christmas. Events 884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who reunites the Frankish Empire for the last time. 1098 – First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism. 1408 – The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then king of Hungary. 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first. 1862 – American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine. 1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 383 miners and rescuers. 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. 1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. 1940 – World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid. 1941 – World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off. 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. 1946 – A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan spreads to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people. [A fire. At an ice plant.] 1957 - Still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown. 1979 – The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large (~20 feet) tsunami. 1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division() from Ft. Campbell, KY. 1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. 2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. [Bush won, icydk ] Births 1745 – John Jay (1st Chief Justice of the United States); 1805 – Henry Wells (co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express); 1806 – Stand Watie (Cherokee Confederate General); 1821 – Gustave Flaubert (author Madame Bovary); 1863 – Edvard Munch; 1881 – Harry Warner (co-founded Warner Bros); 1893 – Edward G. Robinson; 1900 – Sammy Davis, Sr.♪ ♫; 1915 – Frank Sinatra♪ ♫; 1917 – James Wall (Capt. Kangaroo's African-American neighbor 'Mr. Baxter'); 1923 – Bob Barker; 1924 – Ed Koch; 1925 – Ted Kennedy (no, not that one, this one was a hockey player); 1927 – Robert Noyce (co-founded Intel Corporation); 1937 – Buford Pusser (subject of the Walking Tall movies); 1938 – Connie Francis♪ ♫; 1939 – Terry Kirkman♪ ♫(The Association); 1940 – Dionne Warwick♪ ♫; 1943 – Dickey Betts(The Allman Bros, "People down in Georgia come from near and far To hear Richard Betts pick on that red guitar"); 1943 – Grover Washington, Jr.♪ ♫; 1944 – Rob Tyner(MC5); 1946 – Emerson Fittipaldi; 1947 – Wings Hauser; 1952 – Cathy Rigby; 1953 – Bruce Kulick(KISS, Grand Funk Railroad, Union); 1957 – Cy Curnin♪ ♫(The Fixx); 1957 – Sheila E.(Prince, The New Power Generation); 1966 – Royce Gracie(Brazilian mixed martial artist); 1966 – Ian Paisley, Jr.; 1970 – Jennifer Connelly; 1970 – Regina Hall; 1972 – Hank Williams III♪ ♫(son of Bocephus, grandson of Luke The Drifter); 1975 – Mayim Bialik (Blossom, 'Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler' on The Big Bang Theory) Deaths 884 – Carloman II; 1586 – Stephen Báthory; 1889 – Robert Browning; 1939 – Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.; 1968 – Tallulah Bankhead; 1976 – Jack Cassidy (actor, father to Shaun & David Cassidy, married to Shirley Jones); 1985 – Anne Baxter; 1985 – Ian Stewart(The Rolling Stones); 1999 – Joseph Heller (author Catch-22); 2000 – George Montgomery; 2006 – Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond, Young Frankenstein); 2006 – Alan Shugart (co-founded Seagate Technology); 2007 – Ike Turner♪ ♫; 2008 – Van Johnson (Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo); 2013 – Tom Laughlin ("I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face...and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it."); 2014 – Norman Bridwell (created Clifford the Big Red Dog) __________________ 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.