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CaptainCrunch · 12-01-2017, 09:44 AM

Dec 1st

800 - Charlemange judges the accusations against Pope Leo III at the Vatican
1420 - Henry V enters Paris (must resist temptation on this one)
1824 - Since no candidate received a majority of Electoral College votes the house of representatives is given the task of declaring the winner in accordance with the 12th amendment, in the end John Quincy Adams is declared the winner.
1834 - Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition act of 1833
1862 - Abraham Lincoln re-affirms the need to end slavery as per the Emancipation Proclamation
1865 - Shaw University the first Black University in the Southern States is founded
1913 - The Ford Motor Company activates the first moving assembly line
1918 - The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state
1919 - Lady Astor takes her seat in the British Parliament
1924 - The NHL's first American Franchise the Boston Bruins take to the Ice at the Boston Arena
1941 - Emperor Hirohito gives final approval to initiate war against the United States
1952 - The New York News reports on Christine Jorgenson the first notable sex re-assignment surgery
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama and is arrested. This leads to the Bus Boycott
1959 - Start date for the Antarctic treaty which sets it aside as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent
1969 - The first Draft Lottery in the US is held since WW2
1989 - East Germany's Parliament abolishes the provision in their Constitution which granted the East German Communist Party the leading role in the State
1991 - Ukrainian Voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum declaring Independence from the Soviet Union

Notable Births

1081 - Louis VI, 1896- Georgy Zuhkov, 1940 - Richard Pryor, 1949 - Pablo Escobar,

12-01-2017, 09:44 AM	#40
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Dec 1st 800 - Charlemange judges the accusations against Pope Leo III at the Vatican 1420 - Henry V enters Paris (must resist temptation on this one) 1824 - Since no candidate received a majority of Electoral College votes the house of representatives is given the task of declaring the winner in accordance with the 12th amendment, in the end John Quincy Adams is declared the winner. 1834 - Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition act of 1833 1862 - Abraham Lincoln re-affirms the need to end slavery as per the Emancipation Proclamation 1865 - Shaw University the first Black University in the Southern States is founded 1913 - The Ford Motor Company activates the first moving assembly line 1918 - The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state 1919 - Lady Astor takes her seat in the British Parliament 1924 - The NHL's first American Franchise the Boston Bruins take to the Ice at the Boston Arena 1941 - Emperor Hirohito gives final approval to initiate war against the United States 1952 - The New York News reports on Christine Jorgenson the first notable sex re-assignment surgery 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama and is arrested. This leads to the Bus Boycott 1959 - Start date for the Antarctic treaty which sets it aside as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent 1969 - The first Draft Lottery in the US is held since WW2 1989 - East Germany's Parliament abolishes the provision in their Constitution which granted the East German Communist Party the leading role in the State 1991 - Ukrainian Voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum declaring Independence from the Soviet Union Notable Births 1081 - Louis VI, 1896- Georgy Zuhkov, 1940 - Richard Pryor, 1949 - Pablo Escobar, __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!