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Jared 
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 Posted: December 01 2006 at 06:51 |
^^ we're still not going to let you drive our taxis though... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Ricochet
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 07:19 |
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andu
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 07:26 |
 Ricochet wrote:
in 1959, the principalities of Tara Romaneasca and Moldova united ("small Romania") |
actually that was 1859. happy anniversary! 
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Jared
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 07:35 |
On Dec 1st, In 1581: Edmund Campion is hanged drawn & quartered for treason, as a result of a failed Catholic plot against Elizabeth I.... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Ricochet
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 08:05 |
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Scapler
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Joined: June 18 2006
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 08:06 |
On December 1st:
1640-John IV is crowned king of Portugal, igniting war with Spain
1822-Pedro I is made first Emperor of Brazil
1955-Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, making her a figurehead for civil rights
1990-French and English workers in the Channel Tunnel meet each other in the middle of the English Channel
As previously mentioned, it is also Unification Day in Romainia,
and
WORLD AIDS DAY!
World AIDS Day ribbon shown below:
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Bassists are deadly
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Neil
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Joined: October 04 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 11:55 |
Scapler wrote:
On December 1st:
1990-French and English workers in the Channel Tunnel meet each other in the middle of the English Channel |
"Bonjour monseur, comment allez vous?"
"Ere Fred, that's foreign ain't it?"
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 12:35 |
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"Excuse me Mr French person - there appear to be 10,000 Estonians in an orderley queue behind you"
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Scapler
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 11:08 |
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On December 3rd:
1904-The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered
1937-The first issue of the world's longest running comic, Dandy, becomes available for sale.
1967-The first successful human heart transplant
1999-The Mars Polar Lander reachse Mars and dissappears a short time later
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Bassists are deadly
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Ricochet
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 11:11 |
Scapler wrote:
On December 3rd:
1999-The Mars Polar Lander reachse Mars and dissappears a short time later
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Tangerine Dream composed Mars Polaris (which happens to be an awesome TD album) exactly for that. 
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Scapler
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 11:40 |
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Also, on December 3rd, 1979, a dozen people are trampled at a The Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Bassists are deadly
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Atkingani
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Joined: October 21 2005
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 12:10 |
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Jean-Luc Godard and Ozzy Osbourne were born on this date (Dec, 3rd).
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Guigo
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Scapler
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Posted: December 03 2006 at 20:21 |
Ozzy! 
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Scapler
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 07:57 |
On December 4th:
1639-The first transit of Venus is observed
1791-The world's first sunday newspaper, The Obserever, is published
1829-The practice of sati is abolished in British India
1977-The President of the Central African Republic has himself crowned emperor
It is also Navy Day in India
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Neil
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Joined: October 04 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 08:01 |
Scapler wrote:
On December 4th:
The first transit of Venus is observed |
I knew that Ford were big but I didn't think their retail outlets went that far
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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magnus
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 13:56 |
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Deaths
1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)
Births
1969 - Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), American rapper
1972 - Nikki Tyler, American actress
1973 - Tyra Banks, American supermodel
1978 – Lars Bystøl, Norwegian skijumper
History
1974 - Polar bears can no longer be hunted/shot(at least in Norway)
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Frasse
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Location: Sweden
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 15:34 |
magnus wrote:
Deaths
1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)
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Was that today? RIP FZ 
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Scapler
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 16:40 |
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May the great Zappa rest in peace
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Bassists are deadly
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Scapler
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 15:45 |
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On December 5th:
1492-Chris Colombus is the first European on the island of Hispaniola
1590-Pope Gregory XIV becomes...well, pope
1933-US prohibition finally ends with the 21st Amendment. WOOT ALCOHOL!
1936-The 1936 Soviet Constitution or "Stalin Constituition" is adopted
It is also
Father's Day in Thailand
and
St. Nicholas' Eve in Europe
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Scapler
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Posted: December 06 2006 at 16:15 |
On December 6th: 1768-The first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica is published 1917-The Halifax explosion 1922-The Irish Free State comes into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Go Irish!  1957-The first American attempt to launch a satellite into space (Project Vanguard) explodes on the launchpad. 1989-The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal It is also Independence Day in Finland and Constitution Day in Spain
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