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 Science & Creationism "Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof." — Ashley Montague
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On WMD—Weapons of Mass Destruction "The Iraqi regime has in fact been very busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents. And they continue to pursue the nuclear program they began so many years ago. These are not weapons for the purpose of defending Iraq; these are offensive weapons for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale, developed so that Saddam can hold the threat over the head of anyone he chooses, in his own region or beyond . . . " — Vice-President Dick Cheney speaking to the VFW National Convention, 8-26-02. whitehouse.gov.—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 "It would surely be better to give up, not only a part, if necessary, the whole of our constitution, to preserve the remainder." — 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
Unusual Silica Rich Soil Discovered on Mars
Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 218 B.C.E. - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic.
● 1271 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.
● 1642 - Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand
● 1793 - Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
● 1830 - Trial of Swing Rioters, peasants and workers who fought for minimum wage.
● 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Georgia, fulfilling the three-quarters requirement for ratification, and banning slavery in the United States.
● 1900 - The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia opened for traffic.
● 1917 - Prohibition begins.
● 1922 - In Turin, Italy, fascists attack the "Chambre du Travail," set fire to the Circle of the Railwaymen, the Circle Karl Marx and the seat of Ordine Nuova. 22 workmen, socialists, communists, and anarchists are assassinated. The anarchist Pietro Ferrero, secretary of the trade union of metallurgists (F.I.O.M.) and organizer of the Councilist movement in the factories, is attached to a truck and dragged to his death in the street.
● 1922 - Nelly Roussel dies. Free thinker, anarchist, feminist. She gave talks throughout France, claiming complete independence for women, founded on new relationships between the sexes.
● 1926 - The first performance of Leoš Janáček's opera The Makropulos Affair is held in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
● 1929 - Canada - Founding of the Workers' Unity League.
● 1932 - The Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard, the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 60 yards long.
● 1935 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka.
● 1944 - World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
● 1946 - Birth of Steven Biko, South African/Azanian leader of the Black Consciousness Movement; murdered by South African police in 1977.
● 1961 - Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea.
● 1963 - African students protest against racial discrimination. Moscow, U.S.S.R.
● 1964 - U.S. "negotiates" a new Panama Canal Treaty.
● 1966 - Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
● 1969 - Britain becomes one of the last countries in Western Europe to abolish capital punishment.
● 1969 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years, is carried by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
● 1970 - Underground nuclear test in Nevada blows cloud of radioactive dust 8,000 feet in air into Wyoming.
● 1972 - Bach Mai hospital, Vietnam, bombed by the U.S. U.S. launches heaviest air barrage of the entire Indochina war against North Vietnam, the so-called "Christmas bombing."
● 1973 - Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
● 1992 - Two activists arrested in Des Moines, Iowa, for disrupting city council meeting to demand a civilian review board for charges of police racism and brutality.
● 1996 - The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.
● 1999 - NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
● 2002 - 2003 California recall: Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. {This was caused in no small measure by the criminals at Enron.}
● 2006 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns, Robert Gates is sworn in as the new Secretary of Defense.
BIRTHS
● 1507 - Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
● 1602 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)
● 1610 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (d. 1688)
● 1620 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)
● 1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
● 1661 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
● 1662 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)
● 1707 - Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (d. 1788)
● 1724 - Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1751)
● 1725 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)
● 1825 - Charles Griffin (general), American general (d. 1876)
● 1835 - Lyman Abbott, American author (d. 1922)
● 1847 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (d. 1903)
● 1851 - Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino hero, orator and satirist (d. 1896)
● 1856 - Sir J.J. Thomson, British physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
● 1860 - Edward MacDowell, American composer and pianist (d. 1908)
● 1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
● 1870 - Saki, British writer (d. 1916)
● 1873 - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (d. 1957)
● 1878 - Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
● 1879 - Paul Klee, Swiss-born painter (d. 1940)
● 1886 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player (d. 1961)
● 1888 - Robert Moses, American public works official (d. 1981)
● 1888 - Dame Gladys Cooper, British actress (d. 1971)
● 1890 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (d. 1954)
● 1897 - Fletcher Henderson, American arranger and composer (d. 1952)
● 1904 - George Stevens, American film director (d. 1975)
● 1907 - Bill Holland, American auto racer (d. 1984)
● 1908 - Paul Siple, American Antarctic explorer (d. 1969)
● 1910 - Abe Burrows, American playwright (d. 1985)
● 1911 - Jules Dassin, American film director
● 1912 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American General (d. 2002)
● 1913 - Alfred Bester, American author (d. 1987)
● 1913 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
● 1913 - Ray Meyer, former head coach of DePaul University men's basketball team (d. 2006)
● 1916 - Betty Grable, American actress (d. 1973)
● 1916 - Douglas Fraser, British-born trade unionist
● 1917 - Ossie Davis, American actor (d. 2005)
● 1927 - Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General
● 1927 - Romeo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada
● 1928 - Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal
● 1929 - Gino Cimoli, American baseball player
● 1930 - Moose Skowron, American baseball player
● 1931 - Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager
● 1931 - Alison Plowden, British historian (d. 2007)
● 1933 - Arthur Leigh Allen, Suspected Zodiac serial killer (d. 1992)
● 1934 - Boris Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut
● 1935 - Jacques Pépin, French chef
● 1936 - Malcolm Kirk, wrestler (d. 1987)
● 1938 - Roger E. Mosley, American actor
● 1938 - Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (d. 2005)
● 1938 - Chas Chandler, English musician (The Animals) (d. 1996)
● 1939 - Michael Moorcock, British author
● 1939 - Harold E. Varmus, American scientist and Nobel Prize laureate
● 1940 - Bramwell Morrison, member of Sharon, Lois & Bram
● 1941 - Wadada Leo Smith, American trumper and composer
● 1943 - Keith Richards, English guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
● 1945 - Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1946 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
● 1946 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977)
● 1948 - Bill Nelson, British musician (Be Bop Deluxe)
● 1948 - Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer
● 1949 - David A. Johnston, USGS volcanoligist first to report mt StHelens 1980 eruption
● 1950 - Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director
● 1950 - Leonard Maltin, American film critic
● 1950 - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d.2002)
● 1953 - Elliot Easton, American guitarist (The Cars)
● 1953 - Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard
● 1955 - Ray Liotta, American actor
● 1956 - Ron White, American comedian
● 1960 - Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist
● 1961 - Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater
● 1963 - Karl Dorrell, American football coach
● 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
● 1963 - Charles Oakley, American basketball player
● 1964 - Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
● 1964 - Don Beebe, American football player
● 1964 - Robson Green, British actor and singer
● 1965 - Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs)
● 1965 - Tommy Davidson, American actor
● 1966 - Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator)
● 1967 - Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch sports journalist
● 1968 - Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress
● 1968 - Casper Van Dien, American actor
● 1968 - Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer
● 1969 - Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
● 1969 - Akira Iida, Japanese racing driver
● 1970 - DMX, American rapper and actor
● 1970 - Miles Marshall Lewis, American author
● 1970 - Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
● 1970 - Cowboy Troy, American rapper
● 1970 - Anthony Catanzaro, American fitness model
● 1970 - Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and fitness model
● 1970 - Johnny Yeo, British artist
● 1971 - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
● 1971 - Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
● 1971 - Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
● 1972 - DJ Lethal, Latvian DJ (House of Pain & Limp Bizkit)
● 1972 - Raymond Herrera, American drummer Fear Factory and various music projects
● 1974 - Kari Byron, artist and television personality
● 1974 - Peter Boulware, American football player
● 1974 - Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
● 1975 - Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler
● 1975 - Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian
● 1976 - Koyuki, Japanese actress and model
● 1977 - José Acevedo, Dominican baseball player
● 1978 - Katie Holmes, American actress
● 1978 - Ali Curtis, American footballer
● 1978 - Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1979 - Carlos Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
● 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
● 1982 - Dave Luetkenhoelter, American bassist (Kutless)
● 1983 - Darren Carter, English footballer
● 1985 - Hana Soukupová, Czech supermodel
● 1985 - Tara Conner, 2006 Miss USA
● 1987 - Ayaka, Japanese singer
● 1987 - Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
● 1987 - Fernando Jara, Panamanian-American jockey
● 1989 - Ashley Benson, American actress
DEATHS
● 821 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
● 1133 - Hildebert, French writer
● 1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
● 1442 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
● 1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
● 1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
● 1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (b. 1644)
● 1787 - Francis William Drake, British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1724)
● 1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
● 1799 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)
● 1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (b. 1744)
● 1829 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b. 1744)
● 1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)
● 1848 - Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)
● 1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (b. 1829)
● 1880 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (b. 1793)
● 1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)
● 1966 - Tara Browne, British socialite (b. 1945)
● 1971 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902)
● 1971 - Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
● 1973 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (b. 1908)
● 1974 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887)
● 1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900)
● 1980 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the USSR (b. 1904)
● 1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (b. 1916)
● 1985 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
● 1987 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
● 1990 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)
● 1990 - Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
● 1991 - George Abecassis, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
● 1992 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. 1915)
● 1993 - Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)
● 1993 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (b. 1919)
● 1994 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916)
● 1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910)
● 1996 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
● 1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
● 1998 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (b. 1926)
● 1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
● 2000 - Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
● 2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. 1927)
● 2001 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (b. 1914)
● 2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934)
● 2002 - Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-UT) (b. 1937)
● 2004 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
● 2005 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
● 2006 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
● 2006 - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905)
● 2006 - Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. 1943)
● 2006 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (b. 1923)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● Our Lady of Expectation
● St. Adjutor
● St. Auxentius
● St. Bodagisil
● St. Desideratus
● St. Flannan
● St. Gatianus of Tours
● St. Moses
● St. O Adonai
● St. Paul My
● St. Peter Truat
● St. Quintus
● Sts. Rufus and Zosimus
● St. Samthan
● Sts. Theotimus & Basilian
● St. Victurus
● St. Winebald
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for December 5 (Civil Date: December 18)
● Nativity Fast.
● Our Holy Father Sava the Sanctified.
● Our Holy Fathers, the Martyrs of Karyes.
● Our Holy Father Nectarius of Bitola.
● Our Holy Fathers Karyon and Zachariah.
● Roman festivals - Feast of Epona (during Saturnalia)
● Niger - Republic Day (autonomous in 1958)
● United States: - New Jersey Day - A celebration to New Jersey's admission to the union
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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