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Gravdigr · 12-13-2016, 02:52 PM

December 13

There are 18 days remaining in 2016.

There are 11 days until Christmas.

Events

1545 – Council of Trent begins.

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand.

1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

1969 - Diana Ross took the Latin Casino in Philadelphia to court for $27,500 after her two pet dogs died after eating cyanide tablets left by an exterminator in her dressing room. [I guess the exterminator also left little tiny glasses of water so the bugs could take the cyanide tablets and kill themselves.]

1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.

1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

Births

1816 – Werner von Siemens (founded Siemens AG); 1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln (16th FLOTUS); 1887 – Alvin C. York; 1908 – Van Heflin; 1916 – Archie Moore

; 1920 – George P. Shultz; 1925 – Dick Van Dyke; 1929 – Christopher Plummer; 1930 – Robert Prosky (Cheers, Hill Street Blues, Christine); 1934 – Richard D. Zanuck; 1948 – Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter

(Steely Dan, The Doobie Bros); 1948 – Uncle Ted Nugent

; 1948 – Brian Wilson (no, not that one, this one's a politician in the UK); 1949 – Randy Owen♪ ♫(Alabama); 1950 – Wendie Malick (Dream On, Hot In Cleveland, Frasier); 1952 – Junkyard Dog (wrestler); 1954 – John Anderson♪ ♫(sang "Swingin'"); 1957 – Steve Buscemi; 1957 – Morris Day♪ ♫(The Time); 1967 – Jamie Foxx; 1967 – NeNe Leakes; 1975 – Tom DeLonge♪ ♫(Blink-182); 1981 – Amy Lee♪ ♫(Evanescence); 1988 – Rickie Fowler; 1989 – Taylor Swift♪ ♫

Deaths

1721 – Alexander Selkirk; 1961 – Grandma Moses

; 2006 – Lamar Hunt; 2007 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman

12-13-2016, 02:52 PM	#458
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 13 There are *18 days* remaining in 2016. There are *11 days* until Christmas. Events 1545 – Council of Trent begins. 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States. 1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand. 1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth. 1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians. 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. 1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor. 1969 - Diana Ross took the Latin Casino in Philadelphia to court for $27,500 after her two pet dogs died after eating cyanide tablets left by an exterminator in her dressing room. [I guess the exterminator also left little tiny glasses of water so the bugs could take the cyanide tablets and kill themselves.] 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. 1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team. 1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York. 2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit. Births 1816 – Werner von Siemens (founded Siemens AG); 1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln (16th FLOTUS); 1887 – Alvin C. York; 1908 – Van Heflin; 1916 – Archie Moore; 1920 – George P. Shultz; 1925 – Dick Van Dyke; 1929 – Christopher Plummer; 1930 – Robert Prosky (Cheers, Hill Street Blues, Christine); 1934 – Richard D. Zanuck; 1948 – Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter(Steely Dan, The Doobie Bros); 1948 – Uncle Ted Nugent; 1948 – Brian Wilson (no, not that one, this one's a politician in the UK); 1949 – Randy Owen♪ ♫(Alabama); 1950 – Wendie Malick (Dream On, Hot In Cleveland, Frasier); 1952 – Junkyard Dog (wrestler); 1954 – John Anderson♪ ♫(sang "Swingin'"); 1957 – Steve Buscemi; 1957 – Morris Day♪ ♫(The Time); 1967 – Jamie Foxx; 1967 – NeNe Leakes; 1975 – Tom DeLonge♪ ♫(Blink-182); 1981 – Amy Lee♪ ♫(Evanescence); 1988 – Rickie Fowler; 1989 – Taylor Swift♪ ♫ Deaths 1721 – Alexander Selkirk; 1961 – Grandma Moses; 2006 – Lamar Hunt; 2007 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman __________________ 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.