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Gravdigr · 11-16-2016, 11:30 AM

November 16

The United Nations has designated this day as an International Day for Tolerance. So...Tolerate the intolerant.

There are 45 days remaining in 2016.

There are 38 days until Christmas.

Events

1272 – While traveling during the Ninth Crusade (or Eighth), Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

1822 – American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

1849 – A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.

1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.

1904 – English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (the vacuum tube).

1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

1940 – World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1940 – New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

1945 – UNESCO is founded.

1965 – Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.

1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.

1992 – The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.

2002 - Texan multi-billionaire David Bonderman hired The Rolling Stones to play at his 60th birthday party held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The bands fee was £4.4m.

Births

42 BC – Tiberius; 1873 – W. C. Handy♪ ♫; 1905 – Eddie Condon♪ ♫(jazz banjoist, yes, jazz banjo); 1907 – Burgess Meredith; 1916 – Daws Butler (voice(s) of Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound, et al); 1928 – Clu Gulager; 1942 – Joanna Pettet; 1956 – Terry Labonte

; 1958 – Marg Helgenberger (China Beach, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation); 1959 – Corey Pavin; 1961 – Frank Bruno

; 1961 – Chris Pitman

(Guns N' Roses, Tool); 1962 – Mani

(Stone Roses); 1962 – Josh Silver

(Type O Negative); 1964 – Diana Krall

; 1966 – Dave Kushner

(Velvet Revolver, Danzig, Jane's Addiction); Christian "Flake" Lorenz

(Rammstein); 1967 – Lisa Bonet; 1970 – Martha Plimpton; 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal (big sis to Jake); 1984 – Gemma Atkinson

Deaths

1272 – Henry III of England; 1806 – Moses Cleaveland (namesake of Cleveland, OH); 1885 – Louis Riel; 1950 – Bob Smith (co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous); 1960 – Clark Gable (Didn't give a damn.); 1961 – Sam Rayburn; 2005 – Ralph Edwards; 2009 – Edward Woodward (Breaker Morant, The Equalizer); 2015 – David Canary (All My Children, Bonanza)

11-16-2016, 11:30 AM	#409
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 16 The United Nations has designated this day as an International Day for Tolerance. So...Tolerate the intolerant. There are 45 days remaining in 2016. There are 38 days until Christmas. Events 1272 – While traveling during the Ninth Crusade (or Eighth), Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. 1793 – French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes. 1822 – American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail. 1849 – A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. 1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. 1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe. 1904 – English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (the vacuum tube). 1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state. 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens. 1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel. 1940 – World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. 1940 – New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison. 1945 – UNESCO is founded. 1965 – Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. 1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. 1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position. 1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals. 1992 – The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. 2002 - Texan multi-billionaire David Bonderman hired The Rolling Stones to play at his 60th birthday party held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The bands fee was £4.4m. Births 42 BC – Tiberius; 1873 – W. C. Handy♪ ♫; 1905 – Eddie Condon♪ ♫(jazz banjoist, yes, jazz banjo); 1907 – Burgess Meredith; 1916 – Daws Butler (voice(s) of Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound, et al); 1928 – Clu Gulager; 1942 – Joanna Pettet; 1956 – Terry Labonte; 1958 – Marg Helgenberger (China Beach, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation); 1959 – Corey Pavin; 1961 – Frank Bruno; 1961 – Chris Pitman(Guns N' Roses, Tool); 1962 – Mani(Stone Roses); 1962 – Josh Silver(Type O Negative); 1964 – Diana Krall; 1966 – Dave Kushner(Velvet Revolver, Danzig, Jane's Addiction); Christian "Flake" Lorenz(Rammstein); 1967 – Lisa Bonet; 1970 – Martha Plimpton; 1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal (big sis to Jake); 1984 – Gemma Atkinson Deaths 1272 – Henry III of England; 1806 – Moses Cleaveland (namesake of Cleveland, OH); 1885 – Louis Riel; 1950 – Bob Smith (co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous); 1960 – Clark Gable (Didn't give a damn.); 1961 – Sam Rayburn; 2005 – Ralph Edwards; 2009 – Edward Woodward (Breaker Morant, The Equalizer); 2015 – David Canary (All My Children, Bonanza) __________________ 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.