Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

[oyarde]

Nov 14 in history , James Bruce claims to discover the source of the Blue Nile , but these springs had been visited before by many . 1851 Moby Dick , one of the greatest works is published in America . 1862 The President signs off on General Burnsides plan to attempt the taking of Richmond which would lead to the Dec 11 - 15 Battle of Fredericksburg . What Burnside needed , as I am sure Danke would agree , was some Indians . 1921 the founding of the communist party in spain . 1922 the BBC begins radio service in the entire UK , 1941 , in Slonim ( Belarus ) which was once an 11th century wooden fort on the river , the evil germans murder 9k Jews . 1957 in rural Upstate NY , Tioga County a police raid was conducted about 20 of the 58 Mafia bosses , underbosses and soldiers were later charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice for lying . 1965 The Battle of la Drang , the 7th Cav would do battle with the North Vietnamese , total American dead would total 308 while the body count on the determined communists was 1037 . 1970 Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes killing 75 including members of the Marshall football team . 1995 Budget standoff causes the closing on national parks , museums and other $#@! the govt should not be using tax dollars for . 2008 Danke was seen in D.C.

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Nov 15 in history , 1532 spanish soldiers under the evil de Soto meet the Incan Empire Leader for the first time . 1777 The Continental Congress approves the articles of confederation . 1806 Lt Zebulon Pike sees a mountain peak in the distance from the colorado foothills . Today it is called Pikes Peak . During his expedition Pike contacted tribes that he was able to inform them of the new US control over the area . They were not impressed . Pike later gets lost , wanders into Spanish Territory where some of his men are held in prison for years in Mexico , 1864 General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his march to the sea . 1914 football player Harry Turner in the Ohio League dies from game injuries , is the first known to do so . The Akron Indians were champs in 1908 & 1909 going undefeated . It was unusual for the Ohio League champion to ever have more than one loss ( once in 17 yrs ) . 1915 Winston Churchill resigns from govt and commands the 6th Battalion on the Western Front . 1922 Over 1k are killed in a general strike in Ecuador . 1926 NBC radio network opens with 24 hour stations . 1943 Himmler orders gypsies sent to camps with the Jews . 1966 Pan Am Flight 708 ( Boeing 727 ) crashes near Berlin killing all on board . 1978 Douglas DC 8 crashes in Sri Lanka killing 183 . 1979 a package from the Unabomber begins smoldering in the plane cargo hold forcing a landing on a flight between Chicago & D.C. , 2000 Antonov An 24 crashes after takeoff in Angola killing 40 .

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Nov 16 in history , 1272 Ninth Crusade , while traveling during the Crusade Prince Edward becomes King of England upon the Kings death . It would be two years before he returns home . 1776 British and Hessians capture Fort Washington from the americans . The 2800 Americans taken prisoners were held in british ships and deliberately starved through the winter killing 2000 of them . Moral of this story is Never Surrender . 1822 William Becknell laid out a route of old Indian trails to trade in Santa Fe that would become known as the Santa Fe trail . US 82 passes by the site where he is buried in his family cemetery West of Clarksville Texas . 1863 Battle of Campbells Station near Knoxville ,5k Cavalry and two Confederate Divisions under Longstreet attack the Union Army of the Ohio and fail . The Inn there was built in 1810 and a favorite of president Jackson who often stayed there if in the area . 1885 canadians execute Metis leader Louis Riel . 1907 with no permission Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory are joined to be 46th state . 1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States opens for business .1940 New York Cities Mad Bomber , George Metesky place his first bomb . 1944 The costly Allied thrust to the Rur is launched . 1989 El Salvadoran Army troops kill six Priests , 1992 The Hoxne Hoard is discovered .

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Nov 17 in history , 887 Emperor Charles The Fat is deposed by Frankish magnates , 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh , Governor of the Channel Island of Jersey goes on trial for treason . When he was beheaded in 1618 his head was embalmed and given to his wife who kept it in a velvet bag for 29 years . 1777 Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification. 1800 US Congress holds first session in D.C. , 1856 US Army establishes Ft Buchanan on Hog Canyon in Arizona to help control the Gadsden Purchase . The Fort would be abandoned by 1861 and manned by Milita sometimes . Attacked and burned to the ground by Apache in 1865 . 1869 The Suez Canal is inaugurated , 1894 one of Dankes more famous relatives , H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston . 1947 The Screen Actors Guild enacts the anti communist oath . 1973 I was in Orlando , Florida when President Nixon said " I am not a crook " . 1993 NAFTA passes the House . 2013 Tornado breakout in Indiana .

[shakey1]

Velvet Revolution Day, Czech Republic - this day 1989

http://www.prague.net/blog/article/36/velvet-revolution

[oyarde]

Nov 18 in history . 401 The Visigoths lead by King Alaric cross the Alps and invade Italy. 1095 The Counsel of Clermont begins and will lead the The First Crusade . 1421 St Elizabeths Flood in the Netherlands , a seawall at a dike breaks flooding 72 villages killing more than 10K . 1865 The Mark Twain story " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County " is published .1928 Release of Steamboat Willie cartoon considered by Disney to be the birthday of Mickey Mouse . 1961 18k US military advisors are sent to Nam , 1978 Jim Jones Peoples Temple mass suicide in Jonestown will lead to 918 deaths including 270 children . Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by these peoples . 2013 Nasa launched probe to Mars .

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Nov 19 in history , 1493 Chris Columbus goes on shore of an Island he saw the previous day , it would later be renamed Puerto Rico . 1802 The Garifuna arrive at british honduras ( Belize ) , it is said some of them are part Arawak Indian . 1863 President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at a military cemetery in Gettysburg . 1881 a meteorite lands southwest of Odessa ( Ukraine ) . 1943 Nazis exterminate the 6k Jews at Janowska concentration camp . 1944 President Roosevelt launches the Sixth War Loan Drive hoping to sell 14 billion in War Bonds . 1944 Battle of Vianden Castle , 30 men of the Luxembourg resistance held off an attack of 250 Waffen SS Germans killing 18 and losing 1 with 6 wounded . They had ambushed a german patrol on Nov 15 killing 5 of the 11 nazis prior . The Castle was used as an Observation post with enemy positions reported to the allies . The Luxembourgers had to retreat a month later during the Battle of The Bulge . 1955 first issue of National Revue . 1959 Ford announces the discontinuation of the Edsel . 1998 House of Rep.'s judiciary committee proceeds with the impeachment hearings against Clinton for lying about blowjobs with interns . Also 1998 Van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells for 71.5 million .

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Nov 20 in history , 1194 Palermo is conquered by the holy roman emperor . 1776 the Continental Army begins its retreat across New Jersey . 1820 2k miles off the Coast of Western South America the Essex ( whaler out of Nantucket ) is attacked by an 80 ton Sperm Whale . The ship is sunk and the 20 man crew was adrift 95 days without food and water and 8 lived . The others were eaten by the survivors . Typical behavior by new englanders . 1945 trials start at The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg . 1969 , Battle of Alcatraz , 89 brave Warriors rise up and reclaim land . This leads to unthanksgiving day which is celebrated by some . 1993 Savings & Loan crises , Senate Ethics Committee issues censure to california senator Alan Cranston .

[Suzanimal]

Yesterday was International Men's Day and I missed it. I hope all the International Men had a nice day.

[Suzanimal]

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[oyarde]

Nov 21 in History , 164 BC Judas Maccabeus restores the Temple in Jerusalem , 1386 amir Timur of Samarkand ( Uzbekistan ) , ruler over the muslim empire , defeated the Egyptians , Syrians , Ottomans and Dehli , southern Russia etc ,captures and sacks the Georgian Capital and takes the Georgian King captive . His kingdom would fragment on his death . 1789 North Carolina ratifies the Constitution and becomes the 12th State , 1832 Wabash College is founded in The Land of Indians . 1877 Edison announces a working phonograph . 1902 First pro night football game , Philly defeats Elmira , NY 39 - 0 . 1920 Dublin , 31 die on Bloody Sunday . 1927 Columbine Mine Massacre , state police machinegun coal miners killing 6 . The police later testified they did not , of course . Such is life in the evil state of Colorado . 1945 United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities demanding a 30 cent raise . After 113 days they settled with 18 1/2 cents . hat the UAW was really after was a greater voice in management which they did not get , had they , GM would have been bankrupt much sooner than 2009 . 1950 Canada , Canoe River Train Crash kills 21. 1953 Natural History Museum of London announces that the Piltdown Man skull is a Hoax and he is not one of Dankes ancestors . 1961 first revolving US restaurant opens in Honolulu . 1970 Operation Ivory Coast ( 56 Special Forces personnel from 500 volunteers ,mostly from 6th and 7th , two would be wounded ) . 1980 fire at the MGM Grand ( now Ballys ) in Nevada kills 87 with 650 injured , 1992 Tornado hits Houston , 2004 earthquake in Dominica . 2014 Stampede in Zimbabwe caused by police firing tear gas , kills 11 , Danke was not injured .

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Nov 22 in History , 845 the first King of all of Brittany defeats Charles The Bald , Frankish King at the Battle of Ballon near Redon . 1718 off the coast of North Carolina Edward Teach ( Blackbeard ) is killed in battle . He was shot five times and deeply cut in twenty places before he went down . 1869 clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched . 1935 First commercial transpacific air mail service ( China Clipper ) , connecting Alameda California with Manila (using the Marlin M 130 ) . This plane remained in service until 1945 when it crashed in Trinidad & Tobago on the way to the Belgium Congo . 1942 Battle of Stalingrad , the nazis are aware that they are surrounded . Eventual German Casualties of the 6th Army and others will number 147k killed and 91K captured . Only 5k of those captured would survive to return to Germany after the war . War is serious business . 1968 The Beatles release The Beatles known as the White Album , I still have my original copy purchased on Central Ave in Columbus . 1987 Chicago TV station is hijacked by an unknown Pirate . 2002 Nigeria , over 100 are killed in an attack aimed at Miss World contest . Danke and Juleswin escaped unharmed .

[Danke]

. 2002 Nigeria , over 100 are killed in an attack aimed at Miss World contest . Danke and Juleswin escaped unharmed .

That was the catalyst that spurred Jules to become a nurse, and me not to trust indigenous tribes.

[Danke]

. 2014 Stampede in Zimbabwe caused by police firing tear gas , kills 11 , Danke was not injured .

I had my lucky Injun foot in my hotel room safe.

[oyarde]

Nov 23 in history 1174 the Sunni Muslim Saladin takes Damascus . He would later die in Damascus in 1193 of fever and have only in his possession one gold pc. and 40 pc.'s of silver having given all of his wealth away . 1248 The conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand lll of Castille . 1510 the Ottomans invade Western Georgia and sack the capital . 1733 the start of the slave rebellion on St John ( Danish West Indies ) now the Virgin Islands . They tookm control of the island .This would last until Aug of the next year , that April French and Swiss troops were sent from Martinique to kill them . 1876 Democratic hero Boss Tweed is delivered to authorities in NY after being captured in Spain working as a seaman on a Spanish ship. He was delivered by a Naval vessel to NY ( USS Franklin ) he would die in jail in 1878 . 1889 first ukebox goes i at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco . 1981 Reagan gives the CIA authority to support the Contra rebels in Nicaragua by signing National Security Decisive Directive 17 . 1996 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashes into the Indian ocean , out of fuel killing 125 after being hijacked .

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Nov 24 in history , 1642 Abel Tasman reached , sighted and recorded the west side of an island now called Tasmania . 1859 Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species . 1863 Chattanooga , Union forces take Lookout Mountain . 1906 Pro Football , the Massillion Tigers defeat the Canton Bulldogs 13 - 6 for the championship of the prestigious Ohio League leads to accusations and scandal of game fixing . 1917 nine members of Milwaukee Police Dept are killed by a bomb . 1932 FBI crime lab opens . 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby . 1971 Dan Cooper parachutes from Northwest Orient Airlines flight over Washington state with 200,000 dollars .

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Nov 25 in history , 571 BC , King of Rome celebrates a Triumph for his victory over the Etruscans , 885 the barbarian Vikings with 300 longships start the Siege of Paris . Of course the vikings would fail . 1177 Baldwin defeats Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard 1491 the last Moorish stonghold in Spain comes to an end . 1758 French & Indian War , the british take Fort Duquesne from the French . Later Fort Pitt was built there near the fork of The Ohio which is now Pittsburgh . 1783 British Troops leave NY City . 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge , Bragg's confederates are routed from what should have been a very strong position by the Union troops forcing them to retreat to Georgia . They had failed to actually use the terrain to advantage by placing rifle pits too high on the crest and leaving blind spots to allow advance . 1864 a group of lowlife terrorist confederate arsonists starts twenty fires in NY City in an attempt to burn it down . 1876 1000 soldiers of the US Army attacks the sleeping village of 400 Northern Cheyenne with the intent to murder them . Seven soldiers are killed , Dull knife lost three sons in the battle . Other losses afterward would be at least 11 infants dead from exposure as the mothers had to flee with the children without warm clothing. Also about 26 dead woman , children and old people . 1947 the Hollywood Ten are blacklisted . 1950 The Great Appalachian Storm kills 353 . 1852 The Battle of The Triangle ends in Korea . Americans are not able to defeat the chinese and give up trying to capture the Triangle area . 1963 President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald are buried . 1886 Attorney General Meese announces that money from arms sales to Iran went to anti communist forces in Nicaragua . 1996 Central US ice storm kills 26 . 2015 Danke rumored to be in Africa to see the Pope .

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Nov 26 in history , 1476 Vlad The Impaler becomes ruler of Wallachia for the third time . He is one of Dankes more handsome relatives . 1778 Captain Cook visits Maui . 1789 a National Thanksgiving is observed proclaimed by president Washington by request of Congress . 1842 University of Notre Dame is founded . 1863 President lincoln proclaims Nov 26 to be Thanksgiving Day . 1942 Casablanca premiers in NY City , 1950 Chinese launch a massive attack against the US and South Koreans . 1968 UH 1 Air Force pilot 1st Lt Fleming extracts six Green Berets from the Western Highlands near the Cambodian border under fire from a mortar and six heavy machine guns . 1983 Brinks - Mat robbery in London , 6800 gold bars are stolen from the vault in Heathrow Airport .1986 Reagan announces members of the Tower Commission . 2004 the last black faced honey creeper dies making the species extinct .

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Nov 27 in history 1095 Pope Urban ll announces the Crusade . 1703 The Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in The Great Storm of 1703 , a cyclone , the Church of England claimed the storm Gods vengeance for the sins of the nation . Daniel Defoe thought it was divine punishment for poor performance in the war against the catholic armies of the Spanish ( I am leaning towards that one ) . 1863 confederate John Hunt Morgan escapes the Ohio Penitentiary , 1868 Battle of Washita River , Lt Col Custer with 574 US Army troopers attacks and murders the Cheyenne on the Reservation . The Indian Bureau called it a massacre and cold blooded butchery . The Army had 21 killed and 13 wounded the Indians lost 16 brave Warriors and a larger amount of unarmed women and children as the US seemed to do better killing them . 1924 First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade .

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Nov 28 in history , 1729 Natchez Indians wipe out 150 french soldiers and 96 residents of Fort Rosalie . 1785 Treaty of Hopewell is signed ceding Eastern Tennessee to the Cherokee . 1872 The Modoc War in Northern California begins , 1862 Battle of Cane Hill , the confederates moved on Brig. General Blunts troops to try and force them out of Arkansas , Blunt attacked them and forced them into the hills . Blunt had three Regiments of Indians under his command . He would later (1873) be accused by the Dept of Justice for stealing from the Cherokee . He had moved to D.C in 1869 and was a lawyer there, leaving a medical practice in Kansas , he would die two years after entering an asylum at age 55 . 1895 First American automobile race ( 54 miles ) , the winner completed in 10 hours . 1908 Mine explosion in Marianna Penn. kills 154 leaving one survivor . 1942 Boston , fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 . The Revere Hotel is now on the site . 1914 NY Stock Exchange reopens for bond trading having been closed since July . 1965 Philippine president elect Marcos announces he will send troops to Nam . 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 ( DC -10 ) crashes killing all 257 . 1987 South African Airways Flight 295 crashes killing all 159 . 2016 plane crash in Medellin Columbia .

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Nov 29 in history , 1781 Crew of British ship Zong murder 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance . 1783 Earthquake strikes new jersey . 1830 November Uprising , armed rebellion by Poles against russias rule . 1847 the Cayuse War begins near Walla Walla Washington . A Cayuse Warrior who do not own more than 20 horses was considered a pauper . They breed of course , the Cayuse Horse . The Cayuse language was an isolated language that has become extinct and those few remaining speak a dialect of Nez Perce . The Hudson Bay Company negotiated the release of prisoners the Cayuse held during the war . 1864 Sand Creek Massacre , volunteers lead by John Chivington murder 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho non combatants in the evil Colorado Territory . 1872 ( Modoc War ) , Battle of Lost River , the Brave Modoc lost two Warriors while killing one and wounding 7 of the First Cav Regt. that was trying to force them onto a Reservation . The Modoc objected to conditions on the Res. 1877 Edison demonstrates his phonograph . 1902 Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11 - 0 to win the AFC Championship . 1947 First Indo China War , French machinegun 327 women and children in a commune in My Truch ( Nam ) . 1963 president johnson establishes the warren commission . Trans Canadian Airline Flight 831 crashes killing all 118 ( Montreal ) . 1972 Atari announces the release of Pong . North Korean agents plant a bomb on South Korean Flight 858 killing all 115 . 2007 Danke rumored to be in Philippines when the mutiny took place .

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Nov 30 in history , 977 Eperor Otto ll lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws , his rear guard is defeated at River Aisne by Frankish forces under the King , 1707 the siege of Pensacola ends as the british fail to take Pensacola , Florida . 1782 Treaty of Paris , america and britain sign preliminary peace articles .1886 Follies Bergere stages its first Revue , I was last there in 1984 . 1954 Sylacauga Alabama a meteorite comes through the roof of a home and strikes a woman . 192 Michael Jacksons Thriller album is released . It will be the best selling album ever . Thanks to Danke buying so many copies . 1995 Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland looking for babes . 1998 Exxon and Mobil merge .1999 Seattle police are unprepared for demonstrations at World Trade Organization meeting and cancel opening events .

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Dec 1 in History , 800 Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III , 1824 Presidential election . No candidate received a majority of electoral votes ( needed 131 to win ) . The election would be decided by the House of Representatives . It was the first election where the popular vote winner did not win . It came down to two democrats voted on by the house , (there were four democrats on the original ballot ) . The best man by far won and would later repent and leave the wicked democratic party . 1913 Ford Motor Co introduces the first moving assembly line . 1958 Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three Nuns. Suspected arson . 1960 Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested and later deported from Hamburg Germany for attempted arson accusation. 1964 president johnson begins meetings to plan bombing North Vietnam . 1969 First draft lottery in US since WWII , 1971 Khmer Rouge intensify assaults on Cambodian Govt positions . 1974 TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles killing all 92 . Also 1974 Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 ( another Boeing 727 ) crashes northwest of JFK killing all crew on its way to pick up the Baltimore Colts in Buffalo . Pilot error . 1981 A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 . 1991 Ukrainians vote for independence from the soviets . Oyarde approves .

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Dec 02 in History , 1804 at Notre Dame Cathedral Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French . 1899 The Battle of Tirad Pass , in northern Luzon 52 of the 60 man Philippine rear guard would die in combat with the US 33rd Volunteer Inf to ensure the president and his troops escaped . 1927 Ford Motor Co unveils the Model A . 1939 LaGuardia Airport opens . 1980 four American Missionaries are raped and murdered in El Salvador by national guard,president carter suspended all aid to El Salvador but later reinstated it . 1993 Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellin . 2016 Oakland California , 36 die in a fire at an old warehouse being used as an art commune .

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Dec 03 in History , 1818 wicked Illinois becomes a state . 1834 first regular census begins in Germany . 1854 Battle of Eureka Stockade , state troopers kill 20 gold miners in Australia . This battle was fought over objections to taxes and licensing fees without representation . Of the thirteen men brought to trial later for sedition only one was even a citizen of Australia . The remainder from Jamaica , US , Ireland , Scotland , Italy and Netherlands . All were found not guilty . 1910 neon lighting first demonstrated at Paris Auto Show . 1919 after Twenty years , two collapses and 89 dead , Quebec Bridge opens . 1979 Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati 11 people are killed at a Who concert in a rush for seating . Cincinnati banned unassigned seating for 25 years . Also 1979 First Supreme Leader of Iran takes charge . 1994 the PlayStation was released in Japan . In a great day for RPF's we will hit 42 readers per day .

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Dec 04 in history , 1110 Sidon is captured by Baldwins Army of Jerusalem ( First Crusade ) . 1619 38 uninvited colonists land in Virginia . 1872 the crewless american ship Mary Celeste is found having been abandoned for nine days , found by a Canadian Brig . 1875 Boss Tweed escapes from prison . 1909 First Grey Cup Football champion , Toronto Blues beat Toronto Canoes 26 - 6 . 1954 first Burger King opens in Miami . 1956 Elvis , Jerry Lee Lewis , Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash get together at Sun Studio for the only time . 1967 US engage the Cong in the Mekong Delta . 1971 The Indian Navy attacks Karachi . 1977 Malaysian Airline Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes killing 100. 1991 Pan American ceases operations .

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Dec 05 in history , 1082 Count of Barcelona is assassinated while hunting in the woods , exceptionally well liked it is believed his evil twin brother was behind the murder . 1766 in London auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale . 1776 at Fort Ticonderoga , Henry Knox's troops begin transporting artillery to Mass. , 1931 former President John Quincey Adams takes his seat in the US house of representatives . 1847 Jefferson Davis is elected to the senate . 1848 president Polk informs congress of the large amounts of gold being found in California . 1952 The Great Smog , a cold fog filled with particles of dust descends upon London , it would last about 5 days killing an estimated 4k . 1965 7th Special Forces Captain Roger Donlon receives the Medal of Honor . With a Special Forces A Team defended the outpost 15 miles from the Laotian border ( Nam Dong ) against a pre dawn attack of one or two Battalions of Viet Cong . Without his actions that day retrieving weapons and ammo the entire camp would have been over run and everyone killed . 54 dead enemy bodies lay within the camp when they retreated into the jungle .

[shakey1]

Today the celebration of krampusnacht.

On Krampusnacht, December 5th, men dressed as Krampus drink a bunch of alcohol, run through the streets, and frighten children. Often, they chase delinquent children around and hit them with sticks.The Krampus costume is traditionally made up of a hand-carved wooden mask and a suit made from sheep or goat skin. Cowbells are worn around the wearer’s hips. Costumes can be pretty pricey in Europe, and now they’re usually made with less expensive materials, like faux fur and face paint.
The folklore of Krampusnacht goes back at least a thousand years.

http://historythings.com/krampusnach...-did-it-start/

[Suzanimal]

Today the celebration of krampusnacht.



http://historythings.com/krampusnach...-did-it-start/

[oyarde]

Krampusnacht requires drinking lots of plum brandy . The Feast of St Nicholas is the following day . Nicholas looks after the good children while Krampus has come to punish the bad children and maybe take a few away . This was Dankes first experience with abduction and some say he has not been quite right ever since .