Safferz Posted December 9, 2013 A curious quote from 2012, courtesy of the SOL ages thread just bumped up to the first page: Alpha Blondy;826946 wrote: this is correct. will be 26 on dec 17. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khayr Posted December 9, 2013 Saff, Interesting "facebook" like posts. However; its all recycled historical bs that you are willing to promote. Alpha, congrats on turning 24 or 28 or 31 or 33. Now am really confused, how old do you feel again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 9, 2013 December 9 1872: P.B.S Pinchbank becomes the first African American governor (Louisiana) 1905: France passes the law separating church and state (loi du 9 décembre 1905 concernant la séparation des Églises et de l'État) 1960: The first episode of Coronation Street airs, the longest running TV soap opera 1961: Tanganyika (now Tanzania) achieves independence 1962: Julius Nyerere becomes the first president of the Republic of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) 1979: Smallpox declared eradicated by the World Health Organization (last indigenous case was a man from Merca) 1992: US Marines land on the coast of Mogadishu Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 9, 2013 it's only 7 days until my birthday. i'm going to be 33 y'all. so old, maha? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 10, 2013 it's only 6 days until my birthday. i'm going to be 34 y'all. so old, maha? :p:p Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 10, 2013 December 10 1520 - Martin Luther burns the Papal Edict, which asked him to recant or face excommunication 1868 - the first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminister in London 1901 - the first Nobel Prizes are awarded 1902 - the Aswan Dam in Egypt is declared complete 1936 - Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication 1948 - the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1953 - Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy 1961 - South African Albert Lituli is the first black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize 1963 - Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) achieves independence 1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin receive the Nobel Peace Prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 10, 2013 Also on December 10... 1996 - President Nelson Mandela signs South Africa's new constitution, completing the country's transition from white minority rule to non-racial democracy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
underdog Posted December 10, 2013 No mention of Nobel prize award ceremonies? Surely there must have been some notable (and timely relevant) recipients Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guje Posted December 10, 2013 Khayr;990043 wrote: Saff, Remind me again why Japan bombed dear Pearrl Harbor? Who was the first to invent the Atomic Bomb and use it? Khayr, i would like to get the answers to these questions yourself. eagerly waiting your response. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 10, 2013 underdog;990569 wrote: No mention of Nobel prize award ceremonies? Surely there must have been some notable (and timely relevant) recipients I included a few, but there were so many I had to leave out You guys are always free to include more events of the day, there are just so many that my posts are really only a snippet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
underdog Posted December 11, 2013 This week marks the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Bernard Madoff, mastermind of the most notorious Ponzi scheme in history. He was arrested on Dec. 11, 2008 for bilking thousands of investors out of billions of dollars. He pleaded guilty three months later to charges of fraud, and was sentenced to 150 years in federal prison. He's serving his term at the medium security Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina and is slated for release on Nov. 14, 2139. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 11, 2013 it's only 5 days until my birthday. i'm going to be 35 y'all. so old, maha? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks underdog December 11 630 - Prophet Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca 1792 - Louis XVI is put on trial for treason during the French Revolution 1941 - Italy and Germany declare war on the United States, and the US declares war on them 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established 1958 - French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and French Dahomey (now Benin) achieve independence, first becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and Republic of Dahomey 1964 - Che Guevera addresses the United Nations 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the last Apollo mission to land on the moon 1980 - Milton Obote is restored to power after elections in Uganda after Idi Amin is ousted the year before 1994 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders troops into Chechnya in the First Chechen War Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 12, 2013 December 12 1098 - Crusaders massacre 20,000 during the Siege of Ma'arra (Syria) during the First Crusade 1901 - Marconi sends and receives first radio signal across the Atlantic from Cornwall, Britain to St.John's, Canada 1941 - Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of Jews at a meeting at the Reich Chancellery 1956 - the Irish Republican Army begins its "Border Campaign" to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland 1963 - Kenya achieves independence from Britain, and Jomo Kenyatta becomes its first prime minister 1975 - Sarah Jane Moore pleads guilty for trying to assassinate US president Gerald Ford 2000 - US Supreme Court finds the Florida recount unconstitutional, and Al Gore concedes election to George W Bush the following day 2003 - Keiko the killer whale from Free Willy dies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Safferz Posted December 13, 2013 December 13 1577 - Sir Francis Drake's ships set sail from Plymouth, England to circumnavigate the globe 1642 - New Zealand is 'discovered' by Abel Tasman 1937 - Nanking falls to the Japanese and the Nanking Massacre begins 1949 - The Israeli Knesset makes Jerusalem the capital of Israel 1960 - While Haile Selassie is on a trip to Brazil, the Imperial Bodyguard attempts a coup and seizes Addis, declaring his son Asfa Wossen the new Emperor of Ethiopia 1988 - Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva after the US refuses to give him a visa to speak at the headquarters in New York 1989 - South African President FW De Klerk meets with imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela for the first time 2003 - Saddam Hussein is captured near Tikrit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
