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CaptainCrunch · 12-12-2017, 12:44 PM

December 12th

1098 - First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town walls and massacre 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food they resort to cannibalism

1781 - Second Battle of Ushant, a British Fleet lead by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet during the American Revolutionary War

1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution

1862 - The USS Cairo sinks in the Yazoo River becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine

1870 - Joseph H Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black us Congressman

1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal, the letter "S" on Morse Code at Signal Hill, Newfoundland

1925 - The Majilis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran starting the Pahlavi dynasty. William Shatner is heard screaming "KHAAAAN" loudly and hamily

1935 - Henrich Himmler unveils the Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction project

1937 - Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US Gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China

1939 - Battle of Tolvaharvi. finish Forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victor of the conflict

1941 - 54 Japanese Zero's rain Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four fighter pilots fend them off

1941 - Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extremination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery

1942 - German Troops initial Operation Winter Storm in an attempt to relieve encircled Axis Forces at STalingrad

1979 - South Korean Army Majoor General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-Hwa without authorization from Presdient Choi- Kyu-ha alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-president Park Chung-hee

1991 - The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR

2000 - The US Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush vs Gore

2012 - North Korea successfully launches its first satellite.

12-12-2017, 12:44 PM	#66
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	December 12th 1098 - First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town walls and massacre 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food they resort to cannibalism 1781 - Second Battle of Ushant, a British Fleet lead by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet during the American Revolutionary War 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution 1862 - The USS Cairo sinks in the Yazoo River becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine 1870 - Joseph H Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black us Congressman 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal, the letter "S" on Morse Code at Signal Hill, Newfoundland 1925 - The Majilis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran starting the Pahlavi dynasty. William Shatner is heard screaming "KHAAAAN" loudly and hamily 1935 - Henrich Himmler unveils the Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction project 1937 - Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US Gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China 1939 - Battle of Tolvaharvi. finish Forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victor of the conflict 1941 - 54 Japanese Zero's rain Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four fighter pilots fend them off 1941 - Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extremination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery 1942 - German Troops initial Operation Winter Storm in an attempt to relieve encircled Axis Forces at STalingrad 1979 - South Korean Army Majoor General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-Hwa without authorization from Presdient Choi- Kyu-ha alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-president Park Chung-hee 1991 - The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR 2000 - The US Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush vs Gore 2012 - North Korea successfully launches its first satellite. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!