Day of the week in surrounding years:
1980,1986,. . . .,1997,2003—MON—2008
1981,1987,1992,1998,. . . .—TUE—2009
1982,. . . .,1993,1999,2004—WED—2010
1983,1988,1994,. . . .,2005—THU—2011
. . . .,1989,1995,2000,2006—FRI—. . . .
1984,1990,. . . .,2001,2007—SAT—2012
1985,1991,1996,2002,. . . .—SUN—2013
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Reproductive Rights "[Roe v. Wade] was a necessary step toward the full emancipation of women." — Harry A. Blackmun
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Treason, Traitors, Freedom-Fried Frenchmen "Pete Davis: Thank God Al Gore wasn't in office. Can you imagine what it would've been like if he'd been in there?
Wayne Kitchens: We'd be reading the Koran right now. (Laughter)" — Davis and Kitchens, filling in for Talk Radio Host Kim Peterson, discussing the terrorist attacks on the second anniversary of 9-11. Newsradio WGST 640, Atlanta, 9-11-03.
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries, and is not yet half full." — 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
Mountains of Creation
Credit: Lori Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., JPL-Caltech, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.
● 1167 - Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
● 1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
● 1467 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
● 1791 - Bill of Rights ratified as first ten amendments to U.S. Constitution. Numerous modern polls have shown that, with questions couched in law and order terms, most Americans oppose the Bill of Rights.
● 1815 - Convention of New England states recommends protection of citizens from possible draft. Hartford, Connecticut.
● 1818 - Irwin County, Georgia is created.
● 1869 - Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, left San Francisco to seek his yearly tribute from the legislature and lobbyists in Sacramento. He inspected the new capitol during the gala ball celebrating the buildings' inauguration.
● 1890 - Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) murdered, Standing Rock, South Dakota, as he stepped from his cabin to submit to arrest as the alleged "power" behind the outlawed Ghost Dance Movement -- a Messianic religion which preached that all Indians would soon be free.
● 1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
● 1923 - President Calvin Coolidge releases 31 World War I conscientious objectors still imprisoned five years after the end of the war.
● 1930 - Albert Einstein urges militant pacifism and an international war resistance fund.
● 1939 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia.
● 1941 - Annihilation of Jews in Kharkiv, Ukraine: in the proximity of the Rogan works, 8 km away from Kharkiv, in "Drobitsky Ravine" (Drobitsky Yar), over 15 000 Jews were shot, at -15 degrees C below zero.
● 1944 - Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel.
● 1945 - Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan.
● 1948 - Alger Hiss, former State Department official, indicted for perjury, after denying he passed secret documents to Whittaker Chambers for a communist spy ring. His second trial, Jan. 1950, ended in conviction and five years in prison.
● 1953 - Veteran James Kutcher, who lost both his legs in WWII, informed his disability was being cut of due to his membership in the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
● 1960 - King Baudouin of Belgium marries Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón in Brussels.
● 1960 - Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
● 1960 - U.S. backs right wing coup in Laos.
● 1961 - In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
● 1965 - Gemini program: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieved the first space rendezvous with Gemini 7.
● 1966 - Entertainer and fascist sympathizer Walt Disney dies. (He's still in the fridge).
● 1966 - Sixty-seven arrested in blockade of Manhattan army induction center, New York City.
● 1967 - The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
● 1969 - Anarchist railway worker Pinelli "accidentally" defenestrated to his death from the 4th floor of police station in Milan, Italy where he had been held following an attack four days previous against the Bank of Agriculture. Pinelli's police murder was the subject of Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's play, "Accidental Death of an Anarchist."
● 1969 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) reaffirms its Biblically ordained exclusion of blacks from the ministry.
● 1970 - Bank of America bombing, Santa Barbara, California.
● 1970 - Illinois State Constitution is adopted at a special election.
● 1970 - Poland - Youths and workers torch the Gdansk Communist Party HQ and quietly watch it burn.
● 1970 - Pres. Nixon signs the Taos Land Bill. Forty-eight thousand acres of land are returned to the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, the first U.S. legislation ever to return a sizable amount of federal land to the Native Americans from whom it was stolen.
● 1970 - The Nez Perce tribe of Idaho and Confederated Tribe of Colville, Wash., win $1.1 million for loss of tribal lands in 19th century.
● 1972 - Italy recognizes right to conscientious objection to military service.
● 1973 - The American Psychiatric Association declares that homosexuality is not a mental illness.
● 1976 - Argo Merchant goes aground at Nantucket, Massachusetts, spills 7,700,000 gallons of oil.
● 1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN.
● 1980 - France - As part of an ongoing campaign of terror, a group of about 30 rightwing students attack students on Nanterre campus. But those attacked fought back this time, and a few hundred even chased the rightwingers off campus and caught them attempting to escape by subway, returning blow for blow.
● 1982 - United Nations General Assembly calls for nuclear weapons freeze.
● 1986 - CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure, at work, before he can answer questions about Iran-Contra Affair. {Thus giving the Reagan war cabal a defenseless and silent scapegoat.}
● 1993 - History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
● 1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN.
● 1997 - A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.
● 2005 - Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF.
● 2005 - Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
● 2005 - Latvia edits its constitution to ban equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians.
● 2005 - The 43rd known Mersenne prime is discovered by Dr. Curtis Cooper & Dr. Steven Boone of USA, participants of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search distributed computing project. The prime number is 2nd largest known prime and has more than nine million digits.
● 2006 - First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.
BIRTHS
● 37 - Nero, Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (d. 68)
● 1832 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect (Eiffel tower) (d. 1923)
● 1852 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1908)
● 1859 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish initiator of Esperanto (d. 1917)
● 1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician and Nobel laureate (d. 1904)
● 1860 - Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)
● 1861 - Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
● 1878 - Hans Carossa, German writer (d. 1956)
● 1888 - Maxwell Anderson, American writer (d. 1959)
● 1892 - J. Paul Getty, American oil tycoon (d. 1976)
● 1899 - Harold Abrahams, British sprinter and Olympic gold medalist (d. 1978)
● 1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
● 1910 - John H. Hammond, American musician (d. 1987)
● 1911 - Stan Kenton, American musician (d. 1979)
● 1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (d. 1988)
● 1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (d. 1980)
● 1913 - Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (d. 2001)
● 1916 - Buddy Cole, American pianist (d. 1964)
● 1916 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
● 1917 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, linguist and writer of Pakistan (d. 2005)
● 1918 - Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961)
● 1920 - Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist (d. 2002)
● 1922 - Alan Freed, American disc jockey (d. 1965)
● 1923 - Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist
● 1923 - Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and statesman
● 1925 - Sam Pollock, National Hockey League general manager
● 1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (d. 2000)
● 1928 - Jerry Wallace, American country and popular music singer
● 1933 - Tim Conway, American actor and comedian
● 1933 - Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana a.k.a Bapu, Indian Cartoonist, designer and film director
● 1938 - Billy Shaw, American football player
● 1939 - Cindy Birdsong, American singer (The Supremes)
● 1940 - Nick Buoniconti, American football player
● 1942 - Dave Clark, British musician (The Dave Clark Five)
● 1943 - Kathleen Blanco, American Democratic politician
● 1943 - Lucien den Arend, Dutch artist
● 1944 - Chico Mendes, Brazilian campaigner (d. 1988)
● 1945 - Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor
● 1946 - Art Howe, American baseball player
● 1949 - Don Johnson, American actor
● 1952 - Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991)
● 1952 - Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer
● 1952 - Julie Taymor, American director
● 1953 - J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer
● 1955 - Paul Simonon, English bassist (The Clash)
● 1957 - Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese actor
● 1961 - Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist
● 1963 - Andrew Luster, Max Factor heir
● 1963 - Helen Slater, American actress
● 1967 - Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
● 1968 - Javid Hussain, Indian film producer
● 1968 - Garrett Wang, American actor
● 1968 - Osama Ali Maher, Swedish politician
● 1969 - Chantal Petitclerc, Quebec wheelchair athlete
● 1970 - Frankie Dettori, Italian champion jockey
● 1970 - Michael Shanks, Canadian actor
● 1972 - Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
● 1972 - Rodney Harrison, American football player
● 1973 - Surya Bonaly, French-born American figure skater
● 1973 - Ryu Seung-wan, South Korean actor and director
● 1976 - Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
● 1976 - Aaron Miles, American baseball player
● 1976 - Elix Skipper, American professional wrestler
● 1978 - Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist (Epica)
● 1978 - Jerome McDougle, American football player
● 1979 - Adam Brody, American actor
● 1979 - Eric Young, Canadian wrestler
● 1980 - Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
● 1981 - Najoua Belyzel, French singer
● 1981 - Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor
● 1981 - Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
● 1981 - Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
● 1981 - Creighton Lovelace, American Baptist minister
● 1982 - Charlie Cox, English actor
● 1982 - Borja García, Spanish racing driver
● 1982 - George O. Gore II, American actor
● 1983 - René Goguen, Canadian wrestler
● 1983 - Ronnie Radke, American singer (Escape the Fate)
● 1986 - Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian supermodel
DEATHS
● 1025 - Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 958)
● 1072 - Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
● 1230 - King Otakar I of Bohemia
● 1263 - King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
● 1598 - Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (b. 1538)
● 1621 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578)
● 1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
● 1675 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
● 1683 - Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
● 1688 - Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (b. 1634)
● 1715 - George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
● 1753 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694)
● 1792 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (b. 1756)
● 1855 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
● 1890 - Sitting Bull, Sioux nation leader (b. circa 1831)
● 1943 - Fats Waller, American musician (b. 1904)
● 1944 - Glenn Miller, American musician (later declared dead on this date, true date unknown) (b. 1904)
● 1947 - Arthur Machen, British author (b. 1863)
● 1950 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian political leader, Iron Man of India (b. 1875)
● 1958 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
● 1962 - Charles Laughton, English actor (b. 1899)
● 1966 - Walt Disney, American animator (b. 1901)
● 1968 - Jess Willard, American boxer (b. 1881)
● 1968 - Antonio Barrette, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
● 1971 - Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886)
● 1977 - Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
● 1984 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (b. 1904)
● 1984 - Lennard Pearce, British actor (b. 1915)
● 1989 - Edward Underdown, stage and film veteran (b. 1908)
● 1989 - Arnold Moss, American character actor (b. 1910)
● 1991 - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev, Russian-born Soviet sniper (b. 1915)
● 2001 - Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)
● 2001 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (b. 1917)
● 2003 - George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)
● 2003 - Keith Magnuson, National Hockey League defenceman (b. 1947)
● 2004 - Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (b. 1912)
● 2005 - William Proxmire, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (b. 1911)
● 2005 - Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
● 2005 - Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician (b. 1914)
● 2005 - Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (b. 1915)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Adalbero
● St. Drostan.
● St. Faustinus
● St. Florentius
● St. Mary Di Rosa
● St. Maximinus
● St. Nino
● St. Paul of Latros
● St. Urbitius
● St. Valerian
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for December 2 (Civil Date: December 15)
● Nativity Fast.
● Prophet Habbakuk (Abbacum).
● St. Athanasius "the Resurrected," recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Near Caves.
● Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew, and Theophilus of Egypt.
● Martyr Myrope of Chios.
● St. Cyril of Phileotes in Greece.
● St. Jesse (Ise), Bishop of Tsilkansk in Georgia.
● St. Stephen Urosh, king of Serbia.
● St. Solomon, Archbishop of Ephesus.
● St. Athanasius, recluse of the Kiev Caves whose relics are in the Far Caves.
● Greek Calendar:
● Martyr Abibus the New.
● St. Ioannicius of Devich, monk.
● Roman festivals - Consualia in honor of Consus is held.
● United States: Bill of Rights Day, as declared by Franklin Roosevelt.
● Zamenhof Day - celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
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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