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[A Friend of Charlie]

Good morning!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Was not happy about the amount of snow I found this morning. I just assumed it wouldn't amount to much. Sheesh.

[Travellin Dave]

Was not happy about the amount of snow I found this morning. I just assumed it wouldn't amount to much. Sheesh.

Yea, TWSS.

[Travellin Dave]

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi).
1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armιe are expelled from Russia.
1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.
1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demσcrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Vδinφ I, renounces the Finnish throne.
1918 – Portuguese President Sidσnio Pais is assassinated.
1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
1941 – World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
1958 – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
1960 – Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
1963 – The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
1981 – Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
1992 – War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1998 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
1999 – Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
2003 – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
2004 – The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
2013 – A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

[Travellin Dave]

1946 – Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
1946 – Ruth Fuchs, German javelin thrower and politician
1946 – Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency
1946 – Stan Smith, American tennis player and coach
1946 – Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer
1947 – Christopher Parkening, American guitarist and educator
1947 – Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil
1948 – Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (d. 1982)
1948 – Kim Beazley, Australian politician and diplomat, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1948 – Boudewijn Bόch, Dutch author, poet, and television host (d. 2002)
1948 – Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1949 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player and manager
1949 – Cliff Williams, Australian bass player
1951 – Jan Timman, Dutch chess player and author
1952 – John Lurie, American actor, saxophonist, painter, director, and producer
1953 – Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player and sportscaster
1953 – Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer
1953 – Renι Eespere, Estonian composer
1953 – Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence
1953 – Mikael Odenberg, Swedish soldier and politician, 29th Swedish Minister for Defence
1954 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1954 – Steve MacLean, Canadian physicist and astronaut
1955 – Jane Crafter, Australian golfer
1955 – Jill Pipher, American mathematician and academic
1956 – Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician
1956 – Hanni Wenzel, German skier
1958 – Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Spider Stacy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Bob Paris, American-Canadian bodybuilder and actor
1959 – Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer
1960 – Don Franklin, American actor
1960 – Chris Waddle, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1960 – Diane Williams, American sprinter
1960 – James Comey, FBI Director
1961 – Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1961 – Patrik Sundstrφm, Swedish ice hockey player
1963 – Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager
1963 – Diana Gansky, German discus thrower
1965 – Craig Biggio, American baseball player and coach
1965 – Ken Hill, American baseball player
1965 – Ted Raimi, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver
1966 – Anthony Mason, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1966 – Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Danish academic and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Denmark
1966 – Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Tim Skφld, Swedish bass player and producer
1967 – Ewa Białołęcka, Polish author
1967 – Hanne Haugland, Norwegian high jumper and coach
1968 – Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
1969 – Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Archie Kao, American actor and producer
1969 – Arthur Numan, Dutch footballer and manager
1969 – Natascha McElhone, English-Irish actress
1970 – Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1970 – Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Michaela Watkins, American actor and comedian
1972 – Miranda Hart, English actress
1972 – Marcus Jensen, American baseball player and coach
1973 – Falk Balzer, German hurdler
1973 – Pat Burke, Irish basketball player
1973 – Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-Canadian footballer
1973 – Saulius Štombergas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1974 – Billy Koch, American baseball player
1975 – Justin Furstenfeld, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Ben Kay, English rugby player
1976 – Tammy Blanchard, American actress and singer
1976 – Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
1976 – Sebastien Chaule, French-German rugby player
1976 – Andrι Couto, Portuguese race car driver
1976 – Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer
1977 – Jamie Peacock, English rugby player and manager
1978 – Dean Brogan, Australian footballer and coach
1978 – Shedrack Kibet Korir, Kenyan runner
1978 – Zdeněk Pospěch, Czech footballer
1978 – Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player
1978 – Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
1979 – Andrei Makrov, Estonian ice hockey player
1979 – Sophie Monk, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1979 – Michael Owen, English footballer and sportscaster
1980 – Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer
1980 – Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
1980 – Thed Bjφrk, Swedish racing driver
1981 – Rebecca Jarvis, American journalist
1981 – Johnny Jeter, American wrestler
1981 – Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
1981 – Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
1982 – Josh Fields, American baseball player
1982 – Steve Sidwell, English footballer
1982 – Anthony Way, English singer and actor
1983 – Leanne Mitchell, English singer-songwriter
1984 – Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer
1984 – Rana Daggubati, Indian actor and producer
1984 – Ed Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 – Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
1985 – Alex Pennie, Welsh keyboard player
1985 – Paul Rabil, American lacrosse player
1985 – Tom Smith, English-Welsh rugby player
1985 – Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress and singer
1987 – Kenneth Medwood, Belizean-American hurdler
1988 – Nicolas Batum, French basketball player
1988 – Nate Ebner, American football player
1988 – Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
1988 – Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player
1989 – Sam Burgess, English rugby league player
1989 – Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Onew, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1991 – Ben Henry, New Zealand rugby league player
1991 – Offset, American rapper
1992 – Tori Kelly, American singer-songwriter
1992 – Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer
1993 – Antonio Giovinazzi, Italian racing driver
1996 – Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater

[Travellin Dave]

Morning Mr. Mayor.

[Travellin Dave]

Regular news feed on the fritz again...

[Travellin Dave]

Regular news feed on the fritz again...

Not that anyone is here to notice.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Was not happy about the amount of snow I found this morning. I just assumed it wouldn't amount to much. Sheesh.

Yea, TWSS.

Keeping the expectations low.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Morning Mr. Mayor.

Good morning, Dave.

[sfish]

Good morning boys, a little snow makes for a fun morning all around

[Threebean]

Morning Dave, Fish, and SnowedTony.  Chilly 19 deg this morning in NH.  No recent snow, though, just the few inches renaming from earlier in the week. 

[Travellin Dave]

Morning FrostyTheFish.

[Travellin Dave]

Morning Dave, Fish, and SnowedTony.  Chilly 19 deg this morning in NH.  No recent snow, though, just the few inches renaming from earlier in the week.

Morning Mr. Bean.   You heading out this afternoon?