Day of the week in surrounding years:
1978,. . . .,1989,1995,2000—MON—2006
1979,1984,1990,. . . .,2001—TUE—2007
. . . .,1985,1991,1996,2002—WED—. . . .
1980,1986,. . . .,1997,2003—THU—2008
1981,1987,1992,1998,. . . .—FRI—2009
1982,. . . .,1993,1999,2004—SAT—2010
1983,1988,1994,. . . .,2005—SUN—2011
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Racism "When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression." — Jesse Jackson
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On The Art of Diplomacy "Tim Russert: How do you respond to those who suggest that the war on terror should have focused on al-Qaeda, and that the resources that are now applied to Iraq are misapplied, that Saddam was not the threat that that he was presented by the administration, and the war should have been focused on Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda? . . ." — "Meet The Press," NBC, 11-2-03.—Part 1 of 2 {Due to the length of some of these nutball quotes, I have decided to split the longer ones into parts. I could have abridged them but I think that would have lessened the impact of showing just how crazy these guys are. Please refer to previous and/or subsequent posts for complete quote.}
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I'll nip him in the bud." — Sir Boyle Roche was an eighteenth-century Irish member of Parliament noted for malapropisms and other gaffes, Sir Boyle is Hall of Shame member #5
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
The Universe Nearby
Credit & Copyright: 2MASS, T. H. Jarrett, J. Carpenter, & R. Hurt
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EVENTS
● 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, took office.
● 1282 - Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Gruffudd (b. c. 1228) the last native Prince of Wales, was killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. He was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by King Edward I of England. Some would say he was the penultimate, but in effect he was the last ruler. In Welsh, he is remembered by the alliterative soubriquet Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, Our Last Leader).
● 1602 - A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (This actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.)
● 1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
● 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
● 1872 - P.B.S. Pinchback, mulatto, sworn in as first black member of U.S. House of Representatives.
● 1911 - Mexico - Yaquis in Sonora, influenced by the anarchist Ricardo Flores Magin ("Tierra y Libertad"), reclaim stolen communal lands. Their war with government lasts, officially, until 1929.
● 1917 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
● 1917 - Thirteen black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in a riot in Houston, Texass.
● 1920 - Martial law declared in Ireland due to Republican Army rebellion.
● 1925 - Quas Primas encyclical was promulgated, introducing the Feast of Christ the King.
● 1927 - Soviet-style Canton Commune in China begins. Wiped out after three days fighting by the Russian-supplied Kuomintang government of Chiang Kai Shek.
● 1930 - Sixty-branch Bank of the United States suspends payments -- largest bank failure to date in New York State history.
● 1931 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
● 1934 - A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan, kills 34 people.
● 1936 - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
● 1937 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations
● 1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
● 1946 - UNICEF (United Nations' International Children's Education Fund) founded. Would later become a centerpiece of anti-U.N. sentiment by U.S. government due to alleged anti-American, pro- Third World curricula.
● 1951 - Illinois State mine inspector approve coal dust removal techniques at New Orient mine in West Frankfort. Ten days later, largely because of coal dust accumulations, the mine exploded, killing 119 workers.
● 1958 - Upper Volta declares its independence from France, and becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
● 1960 - French paratroopers fire on civilians in Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 65.
● 1960 - Thousands protest segregation in Atlanta.
● 1961 - Melvin Calvin Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for describing process of photosynthesis.
● 1961 - Pres. Kennedy sends 425 U.S. air cavalry helicopter units to Vietnam; first U.S. helicopters and army personnel involved in that war. {These are in addition to the "advisors" that Ike had placed there.}
● 1964 - Anti-Castro protesters attempt to assassinate Che Guevara during his speech at the United Nations in New York City, firing a mortar shell at the building during the speech.
● 1969 - Leaking nerve gas necessitates the evacuation of the U.S. Army's Chemical Warfare Test Center near Dugway, Utah.
● 1971 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
● 1971 - Third retrial of Black Panther head, Huey Newton, ends in mistrial.
● 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth mission to land on the Moon.
● 1972 - James Brown is arrested after a show in Knoxville, Tenn., and charged with "disorderly conduct." Brown and two members of his entourage were talking to fans about narcotics use when a white man told police the singer was trying to incite a riot. However, after Brown threatens to sue to city for $1 million, the event is then termed a "misunderstanding."
● 1972 - New Zealand Prime Minister Kirk announces withdrawal of his country's troops from Vietnam, and phase-out of draft.
● 1980 - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (known as either CERCLA or Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
● 1981 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
● 1984 - Twenty thousand women turn out for anti-nuclear demonstration at Greenham Common, England.
● 1986 - South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone treaty comes into effect.
● 1992 - Solidarity convoy of 500 peace activists arrives in the beseiged city of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina.
● 1993 - Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
● 1994 - Chile invited to enter NAFTA at Summit of the Americas, Miami.
● 1994 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya
● 1995 - Forty thousand workers go on general strike in London, Ontario (pop. 300,000).
● 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.
● 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.
● 2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization.
● 2005 - Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
● 2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead is rocked by explosions, causing a huge oil fire.
● 2006 - The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
BIRTHS
● 1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
● 1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
● 1566 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
● 1680 - Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
● 1709 - Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
● 1712 - Francesco Algarotti. Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
● 1725 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
● 1761 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
● 1781 - Sir David Brewster, British physicist (d. 1868)
● 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
● 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
● 1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
● 1838 - John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
● 1843 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
● 1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
● 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
● 1873 - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
● 1880 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
● 1882 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
● 1882 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
● 1882 - Fiorello LaGuardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
● 1883 - Victor McLaglen, British-born American actor (d. 1959)
● 1889 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
● 1890 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
● 1890 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
● 1905 - Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
● 1905 - Robert Henriques, British writer (d. 1967)
● 1908 - Elliott Carter, American composer
● 1910 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
● 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
● 1911 - Val Guest, British film director (d. 2006)
● 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
● 1913 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
● 1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
● 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel laureate
● 1919 - Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
● 1922 - Grace Paley, American writer
● 1922 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
● 1922 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
● 1923 - Betsy Blair, American actress
● 1925 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
● 1926 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
● 1927 - John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
● 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
● 1930 - Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
● 1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
● 1931 - Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1931 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
● 1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
● 1935 - Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
● 1935 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
● 1935 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
● 1936 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
● 1937 - Jim Harrison, American writer
● 1938 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
● 1938 - Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
● 1939 - Tom Hayden, American politician
● 1939 - Thomas McGuane, American writer
● 1940 - David Gates, American musician (Bread)
● 1941 - Jean-Paul Parise, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1942 - Donna Mills, American actress
● 1943 - John Kerry, American politician
● 1944 - Teri Garr, American film actress
● 1944 - Lynda Day George, American actress
● 1944 - Brenda Lee, American singer
● 1944 - Jon Garrison, American tenor
● 1948 - Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
● 1950 - Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
● 1953 - Bess Armstrong, American actress
● 1954 - Jermaine Jackson, American musician
● 1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer
● 1956 - Lani Brockman, Playwright
● 1958 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
● 1959 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star
● 1962 - Ben Browder, American actor
● 1962 - Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
● 1963 - Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
● 1964 - Michel Courtemanche, Quebec comedian
● 1964 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
● 1964 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
● 1964 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer
● 1964 - Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
● 1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor
● 1966 - Leon Lai, Cantonese singer/actor
● 1967 - DJ Yella, American music producer
● 1967 - Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
● 1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
● 1969 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
● 1969 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster
● 1972 - Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
● 1972 - Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
● 1972 - Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
● 1973 - Mos Def, American rapper and actor
● 1974 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
● 1974 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality
● 1975 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
● 1975 - Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
● 1976 - Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
● 1977 - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
● 1979 - Rider Strong, American actor
● 1980 - Arya, Indian actor
● 1981 - Nikki Benz, Canadian actress
● 1981 - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
● 1981 - Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
● 1981 - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
● 1981 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
● 1982 - Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
● 1984 - Leighton Baines, English footballer
● 1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
● 1988 - Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess prodigy
● 1993 - Gina Miele, American singer and actress
DEATHS
● 384 - Pope Damasus I
● 1121 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
● 1226 - Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
● 1282 - Llywelyn the Last, King of Gwynedd
● 1282 - Michael VIII Palaiologos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1225)
● 1532 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)
● 1694 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
● 1737 - John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
● 1757 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. 1675)
● 1797 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
● 1840 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
● 1880 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
● 1892 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)
● 1909 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)
● 1918 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (b. 1876)
● 1920 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b. 1855)
● 1938 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and recipient of Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
● 1941 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922)
● 1941 - Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856)
● 1945 - Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
● 1950 - Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893)
● 1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
● 1959 - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900)
● 1964 - Sam Cooke, American singer (b. 1931)
● 1964 - Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
● 1971 - Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902)
● 1978 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
● 1978 - Paul O'Dea, Baseball player (b. 1920)
● 1983 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
● 1984 - Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
● 1987 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923)
● 1989 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
● 1991 - Robert Q. Lewis, American game show host and actor (b. 1921)
● 1991 - Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)
● 1994 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
● 1996 - Willie Rushton, English cartoonist (b. 1937)
● 1998 - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
● 1998 - Lynn Strait, American singer (b. 1968)
● 1999 - Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1972)
● 2000 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915)
● 2000 - David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
● 2003 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire writer (b. 1927)
● 2004 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
● 2004 - José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
● 2004 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917)
● 2006 - Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Acepsius
● St. Barsabas
● St. Cian
● St. Damasus I, Pope
● St. Daniel the Stylite
● St. Eutychius
● St. Fidweten
● St. Pens
● St. Sabinus
● St. Trason
● Sts. Victoricus, Fuscian, Gentian
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for November 29 (Civil Date: December 11)
● Nativity Fast.
● Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia.
● Martyr Philumenus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Valerian and Phaedrus.
● St. Acacius of Sinai who is mentioned in The Ladder.
● St. Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves.
● St. Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth.
● St. Pitirim of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
● Greek Calendar:
● St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessalonica.
● Hieromartyr John of Persia.
● St. Urban of Macedonia, Bishop St. Pancosmius, monk.
● Repose of Blessed Abel "the Prophet" of Valaam (1831).
● Roman festivals - One of the four Agonalia, this day in honour of Sol Indiges; also the Septimontium festival
● Argentina - Tango Day, Buenos Aires
● Burkina Faso - Republic Day (1958, Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.)
● Philippines - Pampanga Day, local official holiday
● USA - Admission day for Indiana (19th state, 1816)
● USA - Governor Ralph Carr Day, Colorado's State Holiday since 2002
● Wales - Remembrance Day of Llywelyn II
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING SEVEN SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.
Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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