This day in history

[Dis]

edit: not reading properly...

[Julian Delphiki]

1917 Finnish declaration of independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6th of December.

Independent Finland is 90 years old today! :flagwavingsmileyhere:

[Dinner]

On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction.

1907: The Monongah coal mine disaster

1917: The Great Halifax Explosion

1921: Irish Free State declared

1865: 13th Amendment ratified

1987: Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow

[b etor]

Originally posted by Oerdin
On this day in 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing the construction

of an impressive monument to the city's namesake and the nation's first president, George Washington.

you cut off the rest of the sentence!


and you didn't put my favorite one.
1955 National standard established for license plates

[Julian Delphiki]

Originally posted by Oerdin
1917: The Great Halifax Explosion

I only learned about that last week from a history mag, i was surprised i hadn't heard of such big bada-boom before

[Zkribbler]

Re: EVENTS

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
1945 "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)

It didn't crash! It was abducted by aliens! :tinfoilhat:

[Grandpa Troll]

Re: Re: EVENTS

Originally posted by Zkribbler


It didn't crash! It was abducted by aliens! :tinfoilhat:

QFT

[Dis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

[Zkribbler]

December 9, 1854

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson is published.

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

[lord of the mark]

I like this interpretation of the poem.

http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167968

[Krill]

December 11: Republic Day in Burkina Faso (1958).


1282 – Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the last independent Prince of Wales to rule in Wales, was killed in an ambush.
1602 – Geneva successfully repelled a late night attack by the combined forces of Duke Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and King Philip III of Spain (pictured), an event commemorated annually during the Fête de l'Escalade.
1931 – The British Parliament enacted the Statute of Westminster, giving complete legislative independence to the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
1946 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was established to provide emergency food and health care to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.
1994 – First Chechen War: Russian forces entered into the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya to control the secessionist movement.

[Cartimandua]

Today, December 12th:

*627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
*1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
*1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in Mexico City.
*1812 - Napoleon's French invasion of Russia comes to an end.
*1863 - Edvard Munch, famous Norwegian painter of "The Scream," is born.
*1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
*1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
*1991 - Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
*2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore

Busy day.

[Zoid]

December 12th

1642
Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand.

1901
First transatlantic wireless message is sent 1,800 miles from Poldhu in Cornwall to St John's in Newfoundland where it is received by the Italian inventor and engineer Gugliemo Marconi.

1915
The German built Junkers J1, the first all-metal airplane, makes its maiden flight.

2003
Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, died in the Norwegian fjord that he'd made his home.

[Zkribbler]

Dec. 14, 1799:

Death of George Washington.

[Lord Avalon]

1911 - Amundsen reaches S Pole.