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Neil 
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 Posted: December 06 2006 at 16:19 |
..and exactly one month to my birthday 
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Macellarius
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 01:33 |
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I wonder what the future of Britannica is going to hold. With the rise of Wikipedia progressing so quickly, the statistics must be horrifying. Our entire younger generation is going to grow up with Wikipedia instead of the great dusty tomes of old. Britannica still has an advantage in its name and guarantee of content (whereas Wikipedia is not trusted as an academic resource) but it needs to publicise more effectively online to compete.
In 100 years time, I think the date of Wikipedia being founded will be of more significance to those generations than that of Britannica's first publication.
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long live lisztomania
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Scapler
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 15:46 |
A moment of silence for Pearl Harbor Day
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Scapler
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 15:49 |
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On December 7th:
1732-The Royal Opea House opens in Covent Garden, London
1815-Michel Ney is executed by firing squad for supporting Napoleon
1995-The Galileo Spacecraft arrives at Jupiter
Once again, it is the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hiawai in 1941.
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avestin
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 15:56 |
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December 7th, 1941 - Gassing begins at Chelmno death camp in Poland. The poeple murdered include mainly Jews from the neighbouring townsand mainly from Ghetto Lodz and gypsies as well.
Not many know this camp which was the first death camp and in it were tested and developed the "sophisticated" showers that emit gas instead of water. The first attempts included ambulances that had the gasses from the engine directed into the passanger part in the back while the ambulance left the camp and drove until a nearby forest, there the bodies were thrown into a big pit.
Sadly I had to fill those blanks by myself, by learning about these myself a few years back, since this was not taught when we learned about the Holocaust.
If you are interested in learning more:
http://www.cympm.com/chelmno.html
http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/ChelmnoEng.html
www.zchor.org/chelmno.htm
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mystic fred
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Posted: December 08 2006 at 03:27 |
Dec. 8th 1980: John Lennon shot dead Former Beatle John Lennon has been shot dead by an unknown gunman who opened fire outside the musician's New York apartment.
The 40-year-old was shot several times as he entered the Dakota, his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, opposite Central Park, at 2300 local time.
He was rushed in a police car to St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he died.
His wife, Yoko Ono, who is understood to have witnessed the attack, was with him.
Shots heard
A police spokesman said a suspect was in custody, but he had no other details of the shooting.
"This was no robbery," the spokesman said, adding that Mr Lennon was probably shot by a "deranged" person.
John Lennon was shot four times in the back by Mark Chapman who had asked the former Beatle for his autograph only hours before he laid in wait and killed him.
Chapman pleaded guilty to gunning down Mr Lennon and is currently serving life in Attica prison near New York. In October 2004 he failed for the third time to secure his release.
He said he had heard voices in his head telling him to kill the world-famous musician.
Twenty years after his death millions of fans paid tribute to Mr Lennon in his home town of Liverpool and in New York.
His widow launched a campaign against gun violence in the United States to mark the anniversary
Edited by mystic fred - December 08 2006 at 04:14
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Scapler
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Posted: December 08 2006 at 17:09 |
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On December 8th:
1542-Mary Queen of Scots is born
1854-Pope Pius IX proclaims the church's official definition on immaculater conception
1914-The Battle of the Falkland Islands
1941-The Imperial Japanese Army under the command of Takashu Sakai invade Hong Kong
1941-Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, Jeanette Rankin is the only member to vote against the declaration of war
1981-Mitsubshi comes to America
1993-NAFTA is signed into law
It is also Constitution Day in Romania
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Scapler
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Posted: December 10 2006 at 20:18 |
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On December 10th:
1508-The League of Cambrai is formed
1520-Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate
1817-Mississippi becomes the 20th US state
1861-American Civil War: Kentucky joins the Confederacy
1864-Sherman's troops reach Savannah, Georgia
1868-The first traffic lights are put up outside the House of Parliament in London
1898-The Treaty of Paris iends the Spanish-American War
1901-The first Nobel Prizes are awarded
1906-President Theodore Roosevelt is the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Edited by Scapler - December 10 2006 at 20:19
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Scapler
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Posted: December 11 2006 at 15:48 |
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On December 11th:
1931-The Statue of Westminster gave legislative independence to the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa
1946-The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was established
1981-900 El Salvadoran are killed in the El Mozote massacre
It is also Republic Day in Burkina Faso
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Scapler
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Posted: December 12 2006 at 20:24 |
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On December 12th:
627-The Battle of Nineveh. where Byzantine forces defeated Persain forces quite soundly
1098-During the First Crusade, crusaders massacre 20,000 inhabitants of the city of Ma'arrat al-Numan, resorting to cannabilism when little food was found there
1719-The first publication of the Boston Gazette
1787-Pennsylvania is the 2nd state to ratify the US Constitution
1870- Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black US Congressman
1915- Yuan Shikai declares himself Emperor of China
1941- WWII: Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romaindeclare war on the United States, and India declares War on Japan
1963-Kenya gains its independence from Great Britain
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Scapler
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 21:09 |
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On December 13th:
1545-The Council of Trent opens its meetings
1862-Union General Ambrose Burnside is defeated atht the battle of Fredericksburg
1937-The Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese forces began looting and burning Nanjing, China, and raping and killing its citizens.
1981-Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland
2003-Saddam Hussein is found and captured by American forses in Operation Red Dawn.
It is also Republic Day in Malta
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St. Lucia's Day in Sweden
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Scapler
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 16:03 |
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On December 14th:
1911-Roald Amundsen's team are the first to reach the South Pole
1962-Mariner 2 is the first spacecraft to fly by Venus
Nothing to exciting today!
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progismylife
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 16:04 |
 Scapler wrote:
On December 14th:1911-Roald Amundsen's team are the first to reach the South |
I am reading a book on this. It is really interesting.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 15 2006 at 07:26 |
In May 1961, Adolf Eichmann's trial began in Jerusalem (it was the first televised trial in history); Eichmann faced 15 charges, including crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and war crimes. He claimed he was just following orders, but the judges disagreed, finding him guilty on all counts on December 15th 1961 and sentencing him to death.
On May 31, 1962, he was hanged near Tel Aviv. His body was cremated and his ashes thrown into the sea... whereupon one hopes they were repeatedly eaten, regurgitated and/or excreted by the lowest form of bottom feeding slime imaginable 
Nice to find some jolly stuff from history, eh?
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Scapler
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Posted: December 15 2006 at 21:59 |
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On December 15th:
1791-The United States Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution when the last state, Virginia, ratifies it
1891-James Naismith intorduces the first form of basketball, played with peach baskets...hooray!
1941-Massacre of Jews in Khariv, Ukraine, 15,000 Jews are shot
1965-Gemini 6A is launched
1976-Samoa becomes a member of the UN
1994-Netscape Navigator 1.0 is released
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Arrrghus
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Posted: December 17 2006 at 10:43 |
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Dec. 17th, 1770
Beethoven was baptized (and was probably born on Dec. 16th.)
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Scapler
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Posted: December 17 2006 at 20:35 |
On December 17th: 1637-The Japanese Shimabara Rebellion 1903-The Wright Brothers make the first flight of the Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina-The first successful powered air flight 1935-The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 plane 1969-Project Blue Book-The USAF closes its investigation on UFOs, stating the numerous sightings were a result of mild hysteria, hoaxers, psychopathological persons, and misidentifications 1989-The first episode of the Simpsons-WOHOO! 
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Scapler
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Posted: December 17 2006 at 20:37 |
Yay! Two aviation firsts on the same relative date! The Wright Flyer The Douglas DC-3
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Scapler
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Posted: December 18 2006 at 14:51 |
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On December 18th:
1865-Slavey is abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution
1966-The Saturn moon Epimethus is discovered, but is mistaken for the moon Janus
It is also Republic Day in Niger
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Scapler
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Posted: December 20 2006 at 17:44 |
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On December 20th:
1803-New Orleans is tranferred from Frqnce to tghe Untied states
1860-South Carolina secededs from the United States, leading to the Civil WAr
1917-The Soviet Secret police-The Cheka-are founded
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