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Gravdigr · 11-12-2016, 02:29 PM

November 12

Today is observed internationally as World Pneumonia Day.

There are 49 days remaining in 2016.

There are 42 days until Christmas.

Events

1439 – Plymouth, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

1892 – William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding (no, not the former POTUS) completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with 1,000 pounds of dynamite, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

1970 – The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history, killing 300,000 - 500,000 people.

1979 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

1997 - US singer, keyboard player Billy Preston was jailed for three years for possession of cocaine.

1999 - Gary Glitter was sentenced to four months in a Bristol prison after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the internet. He was released on 11th January 2000.

2001 - The three living former Beatles met for the last time at George Harrison's hotel in New York City for lunch. Harrison died two weeks later.

2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

2008 - Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience was found dead in his US hotel room aged 61.

2014 – The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Births

1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton; 1840 – Auguste Rodin

; 1897 – Karl Marx♪ ♫(no, not that Karl Marx, this one was a composer); 1903 – Jack Oakie; 1922 – Kim Hunter ('STELLLLLAAA' in A Streetcar Named Desire); 1929 – Grace Kelly; 1934 – Charles Manson; 1943 – Errol Brown♪ ♫(Hot Chocolate); 1944 – Booker T. Jones♪ ♫(Booker T. & the M.G.'s); 1944 – Al Michaels; 1945 – Neil Young

(CSNY, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield); 1947 – Buck Dharma

(Blue Oyster Cult); 1958 – Megan Mullally ('Karen' on Will & Grace); 1962 – Jon Dough (porn actor); 1964 – David Ellefson

(Megadeth); 1967 – Michael Moorer

; 1976 – Tevin Campbell♪ ♫; 1979 – Cote de Pablo ('Ziva' on NCIS); 1980 – Ryan Gosling; 1982 – Anne Hathaway; 1987 – Jason Day

Deaths

1035 – Cnut the Great; 1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly

; 1916 – Percival Lowell; 1981 – William Holden; 1990 – Eve Arden; 1993 – H. R. Haldeman; 1994 – Wilma Rudolph

; 2003 – Jonathan Brandis; 2003 – Penny Singleton ('Dagwood Bumstead's' wife 'Blondie' in 28 Blondie movies, voice of 'Jane Jetson' in The Jetsons); 2008 – Mitch Mitchell

(Jimi Hendrix Experience)

11-12-2016, 02:29 PM	#403
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 12 Today is observed internationally as World Pneumonia Day. There are 49 days remaining in 2016. There are 42 days until Christmas. Events 1439 – Plymouth, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament. 1892 – William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association. 1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. 1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union. 1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned. 1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. 1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. 1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway. 1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding (no, not the former POTUS) completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. 1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with 1,000 pounds of dynamite, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident. 1970 – The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history, killing 300,000 - 500,000 people. 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran. 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings. 1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice. 1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web. 1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. 1997 - US singer, keyboard player Billy Preston was jailed for three years for possession of cocaine. 1999 - Gary Glitter was sentenced to four months in a Bristol prison after being found guilty of downloading child pornography from the internet. He was released on 11th January 2000. 2001 - The three living former Beatles met for the last time at George Harrison's hotel in New York City for lunch. Harrison died two weeks later. 2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles. 2008 - Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience was found dead in his US hotel room aged 61. 2014 – The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Births 1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton; 1840 – Auguste Rodin; 1897 – Karl Marx♪ ♫(no, not that Karl Marx, this one was a composer); 1903 – Jack Oakie; 1922 – Kim Hunter ('STELLLLLAAA' in A Streetcar Named Desire); 1929 – Grace Kelly; 1934 – Charles Manson; 1943 – Errol Brown♪ ♫(Hot Chocolate); 1944 – Booker T. Jones♪ ♫(Booker T. & the M.G.'s); 1944 – Al Michaels; 1945 – Neil Young(CSNY, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield); 1947 – Buck Dharma(Blue Oyster Cult); 1958 – Megan Mullally ('Karen' on Will & Grace); 1962 – Jon Dough (porn actor); 1964 – David Ellefson(Megadeth); 1967 – Michael Moorer; 1976 – Tevin Campbell♪ ♫; 1979 – Cote de Pablo ('Ziva' on NCIS); 1980 – Ryan Gosling; 1982 – Anne Hathaway; 1987 – Jason Day Deaths 1035 – Cnut the Great; 1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly; 1916 – Percival Lowell; 1981 – William Holden; 1990 – Eve Arden; 1993 – H. R. Haldeman; 1994 – Wilma Rudolph; 2003 – Jonathan Brandis; 2003 – Penny Singleton ('Dagwood Bumstead's' wife 'Blondie' in 28 Blondie movies, voice of 'Jane Jetson' in The Jetsons); 2008 – Mitch Mitchell(Jimi Hendrix Experience) __________________ 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.