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Gravdigr · 12-24-2016, 03:29 PM

December24

Today is Christmas Eve.

Christmas is tomorrow. If you're not finished shopping, YOU are fucked.

There are 7 days remaining in 2016.

Events

1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

1800 – The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.

1814 – Representatives of Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.

1851 – Library of Congress burns.

1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.

1871 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt.

1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

1945 – Five of nine children go missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down. <--Strange story.

1968 – Astronaut William Anders of the NASA Apollo 8 mission, the first manned voyage to orbit the Moon, took the famous photograph known as "Earthrise", showing the Earth rising above the lunar surface.

1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.

1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

1973 - Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers was arrested in Visalia, California and charged with possession of marijuana. His court date is set for January 10th, the same day the band's new LP is to be released. The album is ironically titled "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits".

1974 – Cyclone Tracy strikes Darwin, Australia, destroying more than 70% of the city.

1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".

Births

1166 – John, King of England; 1809 – Kit Carson; 1905 – Howard Hughe$; 1922 – Ava Gardner; 1927 – Mary Higgins Clark; 1930 – Robert Joffrey; 1945 – Lemmy Kilmister♪ ♫

(Motörhead); 1953 – Timothy Carhart; 1955 – Clarence Gilyard (Matlock, Walker Texas Ranger); 1961 – Mary Barra (CEO and chairwoman of the General Motors Company); 1962 – Darren Wharton

(Thin Lizzy); 1964 – Mark Valley (Boston Legal, Fringe, Human Target); 1965 – Millard Powers

(Counting Crows); 1966 – Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show, Office Space); 1968 – Doyle Bramhall II

; 1971 – Ricky Martin♪ ♫; 1974 – Ryan Seacrest (white guy); 1974 – J.D. Walsh (a different white guy); 1985 – David Ragan

Deaths

1524 – Vasco da Gama; 1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray; 1873 – Johns Hopkins; 1914 – John Muir (founded Sierra Club); 1931 – Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota chief); 1967 – Burt Baskin (Baskin-Robbins); 1980 – Karl Dönitz; 1984 – Peter Lawford; 1992 – Peyo (created The Smurfs); 1992 – Bobby LaKind

(The Doobie Bros); 1993 – Norman Vincent Peale; 1997 – Toshiro Mifune; 1999 – Bill Bowerman (co-founded Nike, Inc.); 2009 – George Michael (host of The George Michael Sports Machine); 2012 – Charles Durning; 2012 – Jack Klugman (Quincy M.E., The Odd Couple); 2015 – William Guest♪ ♫(one of Gladys Knight's Pips)

12-24-2016, 03:29 PM	#472
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December24 Today is Christmas Eve. *Christmas is tomorrow.* If you're not finished shopping, YOU are fucked. There are *7 days* remaining in 2016. Events 1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook. 1800 – The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 – Representatives of Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. 1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY begins that night, wrapping up the following morning. 1851 – Library of Congress burns. 1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed. 1871 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt. 1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins. 1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy. 1945 – Five of nine children go missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down. <--Strange story. 1968 – Astronaut William Anders of the NASA Apollo 8 mission, the first manned voyage to orbit the Moon, took the famous photograph known as "Earthrise", showing the Earth rising above the lunar surface. 1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea. 1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. 1973 - Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers was arrested in Visalia, California and charged with possession of marijuana. His court date is set for January 10th, the same day the band's new LP is to be released. The album is ironically titled "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits". 1974 – Cyclone Tracy strikes Darwin, Australia, destroying more than 70% of the city. 1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell". Births 1166 – John, King of England; 1809 – Kit Carson; 1905 – Howard Hughe$; 1922 – Ava Gardner; 1927 – Mary Higgins Clark; 1930 – Robert Joffrey; 1945 – Lemmy Kilmister♪ ♫(Motörhead); 1953 – Timothy Carhart; 1955 – Clarence Gilyard (Matlock, Walker Texas Ranger); 1961 – Mary Barra (CEO and chairwoman of the General Motors Company); 1962 – Darren Wharton(Thin Lizzy); 1964 – Mark Valley (Boston Legal, Fringe, Human Target); 1965 – Millard Powers(Counting Crows); 1966 – Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show, Office Space); 1968 – Doyle Bramhall II; 1971 – Ricky Martin♪ ♫; 1974 – Ryan Seacrest (white guy); 1974 – J.D. Walsh (a different white guy); 1985 – David Ragan Deaths 1524 – Vasco da Gama; 1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray; 1873 – Johns Hopkins; 1914 – John Muir (founded Sierra Club); 1931 – Flying Hawk (Oglala Lakota chief); 1967 – Burt Baskin (Baskin-Robbins); 1980 – Karl Dönitz; 1984 – Peter Lawford; 1992 – Peyo (created The Smurfs); 1992 – Bobby LaKind(The Doobie Bros); 1993 – Norman Vincent Peale; 1997 – Toshiro Mifune; 1999 – Bill Bowerman (co-founded Nike, Inc.); 2009 – George Michael (host of The George Michael Sports Machine); 2012 – Charles Durning; 2012 – Jack Klugman (Quincy M.E., The Odd Couple); 2015 – William Guest♪ ♫(one of Gladys Knight's Pips) __________________ 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.