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post Dec 16 2007, 06:21 PM
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december 16th:


1770: ludwig van beethoven was born in bonn / germany
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1773: The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

1916: Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.

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post Dec 17 2007, 04:13 PM
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December 17

1944:
Germany counter-attacks in Ardennes.
The Germans have mounted a series of counter-attacks on the Western front allowing them to re-cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium.


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post Dec 17 2007, 04:46 PM
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also december 17th:

1777: France recognized America's independence.

1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

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post Dec 19 2007, 05:06 PM
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december 18th:

1737: Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy (born 1644)

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1957:
The first nuclear facility in the United States to generate electricity, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, went online (near pittsburgh). (OT: am i the only one who thinks that vessel looks right like from a 50's movie adaption of the jules verne book 'from the earth to the moon'? *headscratch*)

here the reactor vessel was cleared off the railroad car on 10-10-56 (from wikipedia).

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1969: Britain's Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.


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post Dec 19 2007, 05:23 PM
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december 19th:

1777: Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.

1972: Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.

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The astronauts were John W. Young (Commander), Stuart A. Roosa (Command Module Pilot) and Charles M. Duke (Lunar Module Pilot).

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1998: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice.

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post Dec 20 2007, 10:05 AM
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December 20


1979: Council tenants will have 'right to buy'
More than five million council house tenants in Britain will be given the right to buy their home under new government proposals.


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post Dec 21 2007, 02:20 PM
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December 21

1988:

Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie
A Pan Am jumbo jet with 258 passengers on board has crashed on to the town of Lockerbie near the Scottish borders.


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post Dec 21 2007, 03:39 PM
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in addition to 'SM's posting a photo of lockerbie:

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1620: Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.

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1879: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia.

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1898: Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.

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1970: Elvis Presley met with President Richard M. Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs (and Elvis getting finally his much desired badge (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) ).

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post Dec 22 2007, 09:19 AM
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December 22

1989:

Brandenburg Gate re-opens
Berlin's most famous landmark the Brandenburg Gate has been opened for the first time in almost three decades.





I try to keep away from Elvis day by day as this is a off topic news.


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post Dec 24 2007, 02:33 PM
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December 24

1968:

First astronauts orbit Moon
The Apollo 8 spacecraft has taken its crew of three astronauts safely into orbit around the Moon, the first manned space mission to achieve the feat.


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post Dec 25 2007, 09:25 AM
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December 25


Dean Martin


Background information
Birth name Dino Paul Crocetti
Also known as Dean Martin
The King of Cool
Dago
Dino
Born June 7, 1917(1917-06-07)
Steubenville, Ohio, United States
Died December 25, 1995 (aged 78)
Beverly Hills, California, USA

His theme song was Everybody Loves Somebody.


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post Dec 25 2007, 12:28 PM
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Spooky Frank! I read this just as Dean singing "Let it snow" was on the radio!

Merry Christmas to you and yours Frank from another single soul on this day ~ well at least we'll have the Queen's speech to look forward to! (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


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post Dec 25 2007, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE (Elvis_Priestly @ Dec 25 2007, 02:28 PM) *
Spooky Frank! I read this just as Dean singing "Let it snow" was on the radio!

Merry Christmas to you and yours Frank from another single soul on this day ~ well at least we'll have the Queen's speech to look forward to! (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


Merry Christmas to you Conor.


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post Dec 26 2007, 02:46 PM
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QUOTE (Suspicious Minds @ Dec 22 2007, 10:19 AM) *
December 22
I try to keep away from Elvis day by day as this is a off topic news.


i only included this one elvis-related event because it is widely known to the public and mentioned in most event-calendars.

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post Dec 26 2007, 02:54 PM
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also december 25th:

1066: William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
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1977: Comedian Charlie Chaplin died at age 88 in Vevey (Switzerland).
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1991: Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on TV to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
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post Dec 26 2007, 03:00 PM
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december 26th:

1941: Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
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1947: Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths.
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2004: a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean left more than 216,000 people dead or missing, mostly in southern Asia.
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2006:
Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died in Rancho Mirage, CA, at age 93.
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post Dec 26 2007, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE (Elvis_Priestly @ Dec 25 2007, 01:28 PM) *
Spooky Frank! I read this just as Dean singing "Let it snow" was on the radio!

Merry Christmas to you and yours Frank from another single soul on this day ~ well at least we'll have the Queen's speech to look forward to! (IMG:http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


dear conor,

hope you were not single for all these 2 (3) days ....

just in case you don't have the dean martin song on CD, here it comes:

http://www.mediafire.com/?b0y4eydnadm

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post Dec 26 2007, 04:42 PM
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December 26

2004:

Thousands die in Asian tsunami
Massive sea surges triggered by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean have killed over 10,000 people in southern Asia, with many more feared dead.


Not the best news. They don't show any update on the rebuilding of the countries in Southern Asia.

I just saw this news on your post Ellie after I posted.


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post Dec 26 2007, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE (Suspicious Minds @ Dec 26 2007, 05:42 PM) *
December 26

2004:

Thousands die in Asian tsunami
Massive sea surges triggered by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean have killed over 10,000 people in southern Asia, with many more feared dead.


Not the best news. They don't show any update on the rebuilding of the countries in Southern Asia.

I just saw this news on your post Ellie after I posted.


no problem, frank!

just heard in the news (german TV) that today about 80 - 100 persons died after landslides in java. seems like this region is really haunted by catastrophes.

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post Dec 27 2007, 03:55 PM
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december 27th:

1822: Scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France. He was the founder of microbiology.
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the house he was born in:
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1831: British naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the nearly five-year journey helped form the basis of his theories on evolution. His most famous book:"The Origin of Species".
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1932: Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
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1985: Naturalist Dian Fossey, who had studied gorillas in the wild, was found hacked to death at a research station in Rwanda.
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