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CaptainCrunch · 12-08-2017, 10:35 AM

December 8th

1660 - A woman appears on the English stage for the first time in the role of Desdemona in a production of Othello

1813 - Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony

1854 - In his Apostiolic constitution Deus Pope Pius IX programs the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception which holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin

1912 - Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility of war breaking out

1922 - Northern Ireland ceases to be a part of the Irish Free State

1941 - US President Franklin D Roosevelt declares that December 7 to be a date which lives in infamy, after which the US declares war on Japan

1941 - Japan simultaneously invades Shanghai, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, The Philippines and the Dutch East indies simultaneous to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1953 - President Eisenhower delivers his "atoms for Peace" speech which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power plants to schools, hospitals and research institutions around the world.

1871 - The Indian Navy attacks Karachi

1980 - John Lennon is murdered in New York City

1987 - The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed

1987 - A Israeli tank commander kills four Palestinian refugees and injures 7 others during a traffic accident on the Israel Gaza border which leads to the events that spark the First Intifada

1991 - The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States

2010 - With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfull launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft

2010 - The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus

12-08-2017, 10:35 AM	#59
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	December 8th 1660 - A woman appears on the English stage for the first time in the role of Desdemona in a production of Othello 1813 - Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony 1854 - In his Apostiolic constitution Deus Pope Pius IX programs the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception which holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin 1912 - Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility of war breaking out 1922 - Northern Ireland ceases to be a part of the Irish Free State 1941 - US President Franklin D Roosevelt declares that December 7 to be a date which lives in infamy, after which the US declares war on Japan 1941 - Japan simultaneously invades Shanghai, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, The Philippines and the Dutch East indies simultaneous to the attack on Pearl Harbor. 1953 - President Eisenhower delivers his "atoms for Peace" speech which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power plants to schools, hospitals and research institutions around the world. 1871 - The Indian Navy attacks Karachi 1980 - John Lennon is murdered in New York City 1987 - The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed 1987 - A Israeli tank commander kills four Palestinian refugees and injures 7 others during a traffic accident on the Israel Gaza border which leads to the events that spark the First Intifada 1991 - The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States 2010 - With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfull launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft 2010 - The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!