Day of the week in surrounding years:
1982,. . . .,1993,1999,2004—MON—2010
1983,1988,1994,. . . .,2005—TUE—2011
. . . .,1989,1995,2000,2006—WED—. . . .
1984,1990,. . . .,2001,2007—THU—2012
1985,1991,1996,2002,. . . .—FRI—2013
1986,. . . .,1997,2003,2008—SAT—2014
1987,1992,1998,. . . .,2009—SUN—2015
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On The Sixties "Hell no, we won't go." — Anti-war slogan regarding Vietnam
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Coup D'état 2000 "If we were not witnessing, in effect, the stealing of a presidential election it would be laughable." — Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), on Al Gore's request for additional hand recounts because of the ever-changing margin between Bush's and Gore's vote totals. Ron Fournier, Charleston (WV) Gazette, 11-23-00. {The only laughable thing here is this clown's view of who is doing the stealing.—APL}
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "I told you to make one longer than the other, and instead you have made one shorter than the other." — 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
Earth at Twilight
Credit: ISS Crew, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, JSC, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed.
● 1512 - Puerto Rico - The Burgos Law is issued, by Ferdinand II, the Catholic, of Aragon, regulating relations between Spaniards and the conquered Indians, particularly to ensure the spiritual and material welfare of the latter, who were often severely treated. The Spaniards & Taino Indians had a falling out in 1510, and the following year the Taino Indians revolt against the Spaniards. Ponce de Leon orders 6,000 shot; survivors flee to mountains or leave the island.
● 1657 - The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
● 1703 - Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
● 1763 - A troop of 50 armed men enter the Workhouse at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and hatchet to death the only 14 surviving Conestoga Indians (the rest of the tribe having been similarly dispensed with 13 days earlier). Having finished their work, the troop, in the words of Benjamin Franklin, "huzzahed in triumph as if it had gained a victory, and rode off unmolested."
● 1814 - Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
● 1815 - Peace Society founded, Massachusetts. And none too soon.
● 1827 - Georgia passes law proclaiming "all the lands of Georgia belong to her absolutely. The Indians are tenants at her will." In another three years, legislation would mandate removal of all Indians to west of the Mississippi River.
● 1831 - Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, where he will formulate the theory of evolution.
● 1836 - The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
● 1845 - Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
● 1893 - Victor Considerant dies. French socialist who sought to develop and implement the theses of Fourier, in particular on the idea of the phalanstery.
● 1900 - Prohibitionist Carry Nation leads first bottle-smashing raid of saloon in Wichita, Kansas.
● 1911 - UK cotton mills lock out 126,000 workers.
● 1913 - Mass rebellion by IWW workers in Edmonton, Alberta forces city to house 400 unemployed during winter.
● 1914 - Founding of International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), multi-faith peace group, Cambridge, Great Britain.
● 1918 - The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
● 1923 - Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito
● 1929 - Leon Trotsky is deported from the Soviet Union in February 1929. His first station in exile was at Büyükada off the coast of Istanbul, where he stayed four years.
● 1932 - The Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
● 1939 - Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake.
● 1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
● 1949 - Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence.
● 1965 - Old leadership of SDS unseated and women hold a closed door workshop at the SDS convention.
● 1968 - Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending humanity's second manned mission to the Moon.
● 1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
● 1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin.
● 1985 - Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome and Vienna airports.
● 1996 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
● 1997 - Convention to combat desertification comes info force.
● 1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
● 2001 - The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
● 2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.
BIRTHS
● 1390 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
● 1571 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
● 1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
● 1683 - Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)
● 1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
● 1715 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
● 1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
● 1721 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
● 1773 - George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)
● 1776 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
● 1796 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
● 1803 - François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, French Canadian Patriote (d. 1839)
● 1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)
● 1823 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1896)
● 1832 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
● 1864 - René Georges Hermann-Paul, French artist
● 1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (d. 1954)
● 1883 - Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
● 1888 - Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954)
● 1892 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
● 1896 - Carl Zuckmayer, German author and dramatist (d. 1977)
● 1896 - Louis Bromfield, American writer (d. 1956)
● 1896 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
● 1900 - Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
● 1901 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)
● 1906 - Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
● 1907 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and writer (d. 1999)
● 1907 - Conrad L. Raiford, Goodwill Ambassador (d. 2002)
● 1910 - Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
● 1915 - Mary Kornman, American actress (d. 1973)
● 1915 - William Masters, American gynecologist (d. 2001)
● 1915 - Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer
● 1917 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
● 1918 - John Celardo, American comic strip artist
● 1920 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
● 1925 - Michel Piccoli, French actor
● 1926 - Jerome Courtland, American actor, director and producer
● 1927 - Antony Gardner, British politician
● 1927 - Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director, and writer
● 1930 - Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American writer
● 1931 - Scotty Moore, American guitarist
● 1934 - Larissa Latynina, Russian gymnast
● 1939 - John Amos, American actor
● 1941 - Michael Pinder, British musician (Moody Blues)
● 1941 - Nolan Richardson, American basketball coach
● 1942 - Byron Browne, baseball player
● 1942 - Charmian Carr, American actress
● 1943 - Cokie Roberts, American journalist
● 1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
● 1943 - Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
● 1944 - Barry Elliot British actor
● 1944 - Mick Jones, British musician (Foreigner)
● 1946 - Janet Street-Porter, British journalist, producer and presenter
● 1947 - Tracy Nelson, American blues singer
● 1947 - Mickey Redmond, National Hockey League player
● 1947 - Janet Perry, American soprano
● 1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
● 1950 - Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
● 1950 - Terry Bozzio, American drummer (Missing Persons)
● 1951 - Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
● 1952 - Karla Bonoff, American singer and songwriter
● 1952 - Jay Hill, Canadian politician
● 1952 - David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)
● 1955 - Barbara Olson, American political commentator (d. 2001)
● 1955 - Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver
● 1959 - Gerina Dunwich, American author
● 1959 - Andre Tippett, American football player
● 1960 - Maryam d'Abo, British actress
● 1960 - Victoria Paige Meyerink, American actress and producer
● 1962 - Mark Few, American basketball coach
● 1962 - Bill Self, American basketball coach
● 1962 - Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
● 1965 - Salman Khan, Indian actor
● 1965 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
● 1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
● 1966 - Eva LaRue, American actress
● 1966 - Bill Goldberg, American football player and professional wrestler
● 1966 - Fabian Núñez, American politician
● 1969 - Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
● 1969 - Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
● 1970 - Brendon Cook, Australian racing driver
● 1970 - Lorenzo Neal, American football player
● 1971 - Chyna, American professional wrestler
● 1971 - Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
● 1972 - Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
● 1972 - Colin Charvis, Rugby union player
● 1972 - Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
● 1973 - Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch Composer
● 1973 - Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor
● 1973 - Dee Ferris, British painter
● 1974 - Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
● 1974 - Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
● 1975 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
● 1976 - Fernando Pisani, Canadian/Italian ice hockey player
● 1977 - Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
● 1979 - David Dunn, English footballer
● 1979 - Carson Palmer, American football player
● 1980 - Claudio Castagnoli, Swiss wrestler
● 1980 - Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
● 1981 - Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
● 1982 - James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless)
● 1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)
● 1983 - Cole Hamels, American baseball player
● 1984 - Gilles Simon, French tennis player
● 1984 - Marcus Cooper, American singer
● 1985 - Nathan Sheets, Superhero, journalist, American legend
● 1988 - Hayley Williams, American Singer (Paramore)
● 1989 - Jonny Corke, Drummer of Eastbourne Band The Opposition
DEATHS
● 418 - Zosimus, Greek pope
● 1076 - Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
● 1381 - Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
● 1548 - Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
● 1603 - Thomas Cartwright, English Puritan clergyman
● 1707 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
● 1737 - William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
● 1743 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
● 1771 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695)
● 1782 - Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
● 1800 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)
● 1812 - Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
● 1812 - Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.
● 1834 - Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775)
● 1836 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)
● 1858 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (b. 1785)
● 1896 - John Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)
● 1900 - William George Armstrong, English inventor, industrialist, and engineer (b. 1810)
● 1914 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
● 1923 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect (b. 1832)
● 1925 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895)
● 1938 - Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
● 1938 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (b. 1891)
● 1950 - Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884)
● 1952 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1878)
● 1953 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
● 1955 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (b. 1881)
● 1956 - Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer. (b. 1870)
● 1965 - Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
● 1966 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1906)
● 1972 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1897)
● 1974 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (b. 1898)
● 1978 - Bob Luman, American country and rockabilly singer (b. 1937)
● 1978 - Houari Boumédienne, President of Algeria (b. 1932)
● 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, American composer and singer (b. 1899)
● 1982 - John Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931)
● 1985 - Dian Fossey, American Zoologist (b. 1932)
● 1987 - Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
● 1988 - Hal Ashby, American film director (b. 1929)
● 1992 - Kay Boyle, American writer (b. 1902)
● 1993 - André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1918)
● 1995 - Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (b. 1909)
● 1997 - Brendan Gill, American columnist and humorist (b. 1914)
● 1997 - Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
● 2002 - George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)
● 2003 - Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
● 2003 - Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (murdered) (b. 1962)
● 2004 - Hank Garland, American musician (b. 1930)
● 2005 - William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Fabiola
● St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
● St. Maximus
● St. Nicarete, an early Byzantine female physician
● Sts. Theodore and Theophanes
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for December 14 (Civil Date: December 27)
● Nativity Fast.
● Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus of Apollonia.
● Martyrs Apollonius, Philemon, Arianus and Theoctychus of Alexandria.
● Greek Calendar:
● Four guards converted by St. Arianus and martyred.
● Repose of Blessed Recluse John of Sezenovo Convent (1839).
● St. Stephen's Day among Orthodox Churches; a public holiday in Romania.
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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