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Gravdigr · 12-14-2016, 01:57 PM

December 14

Today is recognized internationally as Monkey Day. Just remember, don't monkey with another monkey's monkey.

Today is also Forty-Seven Ronin Remembrance Day.

There are 17 days left in 2016.

There are 10 days until Christmas.

Events

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.

1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.

1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.

1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.

1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

1963 – The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.

1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.

1968 - Marvin Gaye scored his first US No.1 single when 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' started a five-week run at the top.

1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

1998 - Billy Preston pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in a Los Angeles court and agreed to testify against six other defendants who allegedly participated in starting fires, staging thefts and rigging car crashes for which a total of 18 fraudulent insurance claims were filed. Preston received five years of probation and one year in jail to run concurrently with a sentence he was already serving for violating probation on a prior conviction for cocaine possession.

1999 – Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

Births

1546 – Tycho Brahe; 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle; 1902 – Frances Bavier ('Aunt Bee'); 1908 – Morey Amsterdam; 1911 – Spike Jones♪ ♫; 1915 – Dan Dailey; 1922 – Don Hewitt (created 60 Minutes); 1932 – Charlie Rich♪ ♫; 1935 – Lee Remick

; 1946 – Patty Duke; 1948 – Dee Wallace; 1954 – Alan Kulwicki

(introduced the Polish Victory Lap); 1960 – James Comey; 1971 – Natascha McElhone; 1988 – Vanessa Hudgens

Deaths

1799 – George Washington (1st POTUS); 1920 – George Gipp ("Win just one for the Gipper."); 1943 – John Harvey Kellogg (co-invented corn flakes); 1963 – Dinah Washington♪ ♫; 1964 – William Bendix; 1985 – Roger Maris; 1989 – Jock Mahoney; 1993 – Myrna Loy; 1994 – Orval Faubus; 1998 – Norman Fell ('Mr. Roper' on Three's Company); 2003 – Jeanne Crain; 2006 – Mike Evans ('Lionel Jefferson' on The Jeffersons, co-created Good Times); 2013 – Peter O'Toole

; 2014 – Bess Myerson

12-14-2016, 01:57 PM	#460
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 14 Today is recognized internationally as Monkey Day. Just remember, don't monkey with another monkey's monkey. Today is also Forty-Seven Ronin Remembrance Day. There are *17 days* left in 2016. There are *10 days* until Christmas. Events 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots. 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends. 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. 1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California. 1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109. 1963 – The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California. 1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination. 1968 - Marvin Gaye scored his first US No.1 single when 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' started a five-week run at the top. 1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. 1998 - Billy Preston pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in a Los Angeles court and agreed to testify against six other defendants who allegedly participated in starting fires, staging thefts and rigging car crashes for which a total of 18 fraudulent insurance claims were filed. Preston received five years of probation and one year in jail to run concurrently with a sentence he was already serving for violating probation on a prior conviction for cocaine possession. 1999 – Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. 2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. 2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Births 1546 – Tycho Brahe; 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle; 1902 – Frances Bavier ('Aunt Bee'); 1908 – Morey Amsterdam; 1911 – Spike Jones♪ ♫; 1915 – Dan Dailey; 1922 – Don Hewitt (created 60 Minutes); 1932 – Charlie Rich♪ ♫; 1935 – Lee Remick; 1946 – Patty Duke; 1948 – Dee Wallace; 1954 – Alan Kulwicki(introduced the Polish Victory Lap); 1960 – James Comey; 1971 – Natascha McElhone; 1988 – Vanessa Hudgens Deaths 1799 – George Washington (1st POTUS); 1920 – George Gipp ("Win just one for the Gipper."); 1943 – John Harvey Kellogg (co-invented corn flakes); 1963 – Dinah Washington♪ ♫; 1964 – William Bendix; 1985 – Roger Maris; 1989 – Jock Mahoney; 1993 – Myrna Loy; 1994 – Orval Faubus; 1998 – Norman Fell ('Mr. Roper' on Three's Company); 2003 – Jeanne Crain; 2006 – Mike Evans ('Lionel Jefferson' on The Jeffersons, co-created Good Times); 2013 – Peter O'Toole; 2014 – Bess Myerson __________________ 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.