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Well report off Israel National News is that some of Israel parliament is not too pleased with that unoffical peace treaty was sign today

Also breaking news off Jerserlum Post wire report that Jewish schoolboy got his a*** kick by Adult muslums and raising specuation that France is being hit by Anti Semtric crimes

Yeah it be call of assault LAPD would lay smackdown on you and haul your a*** to Parker Center

Also report from Greta show on Fox report that Bill Gertz claim that Al Quada is targer my state reason is well we got ports like LA and Long Beach port and Hoover Dam

That is great

Bill Gertz said he going reported in Tuesday run of Wash Times

SALUTE!

Good morning, LaDiva! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOODMORNINGTROOPS!!

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

Notre Dame travels to California to play Southern California.
When they arrive the coach says to the Notre Dame coach,

"I hear you travel with a Priest, that's amazing. May I meet him?"

"Which one?" replied the Notre Dame coach, "Offense, Defense, or Special Teams?"

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Hello. everyone! I just wanted to drop in real quick to ask everyone to extend a warm, Canteen-style welcome to my friend, thumperusn, who signed on yesterday. He's a former student of mine, and is now my crewmate here in Sicily. He's an Acoustic Operator, like me, and is a damn fine one at that. He heard about FR from me, and decided to join.

I'll let him tell his own story after that, when he signs on again. Meantime, Hoss, just enjoy your FR experience, I'm sure it'll be as fun for you as it has been for me. Check my homepage (by clicking on my screenname) and click the "Links" button to see such educational materials as the HTML Bootcamp, and go to town!

Once again, WELCOME, THUMPERUSN, to the Free Republic!

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on December 02:
1578 Agostino Agazzari composer
1678 Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
1728 Ferdinando Galiani Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
1813 Jacob Rosenhaim composer
1821 Rufus Barringer Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1825 Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1837 Dr. Joseph Bell, British physician believed to be the prototype of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes
1837 Charles Garrison Harker Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1859 Georges Seurat France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)
1860 C T Studd cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)
1863 Gustav Wohlgemuth composer
1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie PA, black composer (Springarn Medal)
1869 Jonas Cohn German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 Francis Louis Casadesus French violinist/composer/conductor
1875 Frank Reicher Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1885 Níkos Kazantazakís Greece, writer (Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ)
1892 Leo Ornstein composer
1893 William Gaxton San Francisco CA, actor (Destry, Convoy)
1893 Julius Bissier German painter
1893 Louis Freeman band leader
1894 Warren William [Krech] Aitkin MN, actor (Cæsar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man)
1895 Klaas Voskuil journalist
1896 Georgi K Zjukov marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad
1901 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter)
1902 Horace A Hildreth (Governor-ME, 1945-49)
1902 Miroslav Ponc composer
1904 Donald Woods Brandon Manitoba, actor (Tammy)
1905 Osvaldo Pugliese musician/composer
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark developed color TV & LP records
1908 Robert F Simon Mansfield OH, actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
1908 Rufe Davis Oklahoma, actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora)
1910 Robert Paige Indianapolis IN, actor (Colgate Comedy Hour)
1914 Bill Erwin Honey Grove TX, actor (Glenn-Struck by Lightning)
1914 Eddie Sauter Brooklyn NY, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1914 Ray Walston Laurel MS, actor (South Pacific, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)
1915 Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman)
1917 Ezra Stone US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich)
1918 Milton Delugg Los Angeles CA, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1919 Michael Geoffrey Corcos medical researcher
1923 Maria M Callas New York NY, soprano (Carmen, Mademoiselle Award-1953)
1923 Meshulam Riklis chief executive-McCrory Corporation, (Mr. Pia Zadora)
1924 Alexander Haig Jr Bala-Cynwyd PA, (R) US Secretary of State (1981-82)/general
1924 Jonathan Frid actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows)
1925 Julie Harris Grosse Pt MI, actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden)
1929 Jaap Boersma Dutch Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)
1931 Edwin Meese III prude, US Attorney General (1985-88)
1935 Jurg Wyttenbach composer
1936 Peter Michael Braun composer
1937 Brian Lumley England, author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech, Beneath the Moors)
1938 Michael Levin Minneapolis MN, actor (Ryan's Hope)
1940 Willie Brown NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders)
1940 Gerry Cheevers NHL goalie (Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games)
1941 Paul C W Chu China, physicist, superconductivity researcher
1942 Bob E Smith Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1993 Yanase Cup)
1942 Ted Bluechel San Pedro CA, rock vocalist/drummer (Association)
1944 Cathy Lee Crosby Los Angeles CA, actress (Coach, That's Incredible)
1944 Botho Strauss writer
1944 Roger Omond journalist
1946 Gianni Versace fashion designer (Versace)
1947 Dhiraj Parsana cricket pace bowler (India vs West Indies 1978-79)
1947 Michael Green English TV/video producer
1950 Merrill Ashley St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet)
1952 Keith Szarabajka Oak Park IL, actor (Nightlife)
1952 Michael McDonald St Louis MO, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers)
1953 Meg Griffin DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1)
1953 Myung-Whan Chung Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters)
1953 Jay Dean Haas St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1978 Andy Williams-San Diego)
1954 Dan Butler actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier)
1954 Danielle Alexander Fort Worth TX, country music pianist
1954 Huub Stapel Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank)
1954 Stone Phillips news host (NBC Dateline)
1955 Dennis Christopher Philadelphia PA, actor (Breaking Away, California Dreaming)
1956 Steven Bauer Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts)
1960 Rick Savage bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1962 Tracy Austin tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)
1964 Brian Habib NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1964 Chip Hale Santa Clara CA, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
1964 Yolanda Henry Houston TX, high jumper
1965 Karrie Mitchell Arvada CO, Miss Colorado-America (1991-top 10)
1966 Anita Jokiel Poland, gymnast (Olympics-1980)
1966 Rob Sullivan Chicago IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Tri-City Pro-Am)
1966 Zeke Jones Yipsilanti MI, 114½ lbs freestyle wrestler (Olympics-96)
1968 Reneé Tenison Caldwell ID, playmate of the year (November 1989)
1968 Darryl Kile Garden Grove CA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 Elna Reinach Pretoria South Africa, tennis star
1968 Jiri Dopita Sumperk Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998)
1968 Mark Harding Bath England, keeper of Internet biographies
1969 O J McDuffie NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1969 Paul Francis Stankowski Oxnard CA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
1971 Roy van de Hill soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 Alan Henderson NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1972 Chris Burns CFL tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 Zack Crockett NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Kevin Feighery NFL/WLAF punter (New York Giants, Panthers, Galaxy)
1973 Monica Seles Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open-1992, French Open-1990)
1975 Brett Lindros London, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
1981 Britney Jean Spears Kentwood, LA, singer (Baby One More Time, You Drive Me Crazy, Oops I Did It Again)
1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick grandson of English prince Edward

Deaths which occurred on December 02:
0537 Sylvester Italian Pope (536-37), dies
1463 Albrecht VI archduke of Habsburg, dies
1515 Gonzalo de Córdoba Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1592 Alexander Farnese land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46
1719 Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1723 Philip French duke of Orléans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1763 Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56
1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1814 Marquis de Sade writer, dies at 74
1828 Simon Paap Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein composer, dies at 56
1845 Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at 82
1859 John Brown US abolitionist, hanged in Charles Town WV at 59
1864 Archibald Gracie Jr Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31
1880 Josephine Lang composer, dies at 65
1888 Franz Xaver Witt composer, dies at 54
1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1903 Victor Roger composer, dies at 50
1915 Jan Malat composer, dies at 72
1918 Margit Kaffka writer, dies at 38
1919 Henry Clay Frick built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
1925 Julio Garreta composer, dies at 50
1935 Albert Kessel first to die in California gas chamber
1943 Nordahl Grieg writer, dies
1944 Filippo T Marinetti Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944 JW Ummels Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1950 Dino Lipatti composer, dies at 33
1953 Ernest Hayes cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1953 Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1957 Harrison Ford silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
1963 Sabu Sabu actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1964 Roger Bissière French painter, dies at 76
1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
1967 Cardinal Francis Spellman archbishop of New York, dies at 78
1969 Kliment J Voroshilov President of USSR (1953-60), dies
1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen German Luftwaffe general, dies
1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, dies at 72
1976 William Tannen actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1976 Danny Murtaugh baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59
1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, dies at 72
1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison US architect (UN), dies at 86
1982 Marty Feldman comedic actor (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 of a heart attack in México
1982 David Blue rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1985 Alex Courtney actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1985 Philip Larkin [hermit of Hull] English poet, dies at 63
1986 Desi Arnaz actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies of lung cancer at 69
1986 Lee Dorsey R&B singer, dies at 59
1990 Aaron Copland composer (Fanfare for the Common Man), dies at 90
1990 Robert Cummings actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1992 Gary Mascaro choreographer, dies at 43
1992 Loek Elfferich Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44(Gee That's really too bad)
1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson lawyer, dies at 86
1995 [William] Robertson Davies novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1995 Francis Joseph Quinn academic, dies at 90
1995 Roxie Roker actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at 66
1995 Stanley Devon photographer, dies at 88

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 AUSTIN CARL BENJAMIN---WOODBURN OR.
1965 LOGAN JACOB DRUMMOND---SEATTLE WA.
1965 ROBERTS GERALD RAY---SAN MARCOS TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED, IDENTIFIED 10/30/96]
1966 BOTT RUSSELL P.---WORCHESTER MA.
1966 BERGER JAMES R.---MANSFIELD OH
[02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1966 BURNS DONALD R.---MINERAL WELLS TX.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, DECEASED]
1966 CORDIER KENNETH W.---CANTON OH.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 DUCAT BRUCE C.---BETHESDA MD.
[03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM]
1966 DYER IRBY III---MIDLAND TX.
1966 GREGORY ROBERT R.---CAPE GIRADEAU MO.
[POSS DIED IN CAPT REMAINS RETURNED ID 06/09/88]
1966 LANE MICHAEL C.---CORAL GABLES FL.
[02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 MC RAE DAVID EDWARD---DECATUR GA.
[CMDR THINKS SUBJ DID NOT GET OUT]
1966 MOORBERG MONTE LARUE---GRAND ISLAND NE.
[PROB KIA PIC PUBLISHED REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85]
1966 NYSTROM BRUCE A.---MARION OH.
[POSS DEAD]
1966 REHMANN DAVID G.---LANCASTER CA.
["02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 STARK WILLIE E.---OMAHA NE.
1966 STUTZ LEROY W.---EFFINGHAM KS
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 SULANDER DANIEL A.---MINNEAPOLIS MN.
1966 WORRELL PAUL L.---PHILADELPHIA PA.
[REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85]
1967 CROSBY RICHARD A.---SPOKANE WA.
1967 LEEPER WALLACE W.---WELLINGTON CO.
1967 MOREIDA MANUEL J.---HARLINGEN TX.
1967 STRANGE FLOYD W.---CHICO CA.
1969 DUNLAP WILLIAM C.---TUCSON AZ.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 2/26/90]
1969 SANDERLIN WILLIAM D.---FORT WORTH TX.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 2/26/90]
1969 SHANLEY MICHAEL H. JR.---LA MESA CA.
REMAINS RETURNED 3/90]
1969 VANDEN EYKEL MARTIN D. II---WHEATON IL.
[NO POSITIV ID ON MARTIN 2/02/90]
1972 SHINE ANTHONY C.---PLEASANTVILLE NY.
[REMAINS RETURNED 09/96]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
1682 English Earl of Shaftesbury's flight to Amsterdam
1697 St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
1763 Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
1777 British General Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
1790 Austrian army occupies Brussels
1802 English sell Suriname to Dutch
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned 1st emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
1805 Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz
1812 James Madison re-elected President of US, Elbridge Gerry Vice-President
1816 1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1823 President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita" premieres in Paris
1840 William H Harrison elected President of US, John Tyler Vice-President
1848 Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1864 Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1868 1st British government of Disraeli resigns
1877 Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" premieres in Weimar
1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1883 Johannes Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres
1887 Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (New York NY)
1887 French President Grévy (80) resigns
1891 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
1895 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
1896 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke" premieres in Berlin
1899 US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1900 South African President Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
1901 King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
1907 English Professional Football Player's Association forms
1908 Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1913 Archdiocese of Managua created
1913 Government-Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1918 Armenia proclaims independence from Turkey
1924 British-German trade agreement signed
1927 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1928 Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted National League MVP
1929 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1932 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1933 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)
1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady" is released
1934 5.08-m (200") Mount Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1939 British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
1939 New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
1941 Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
1941 Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
1941 New York Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
1941 Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1942 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-University of Chicago)
1943 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les(lie) Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
1944 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1944 German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 General George S. Patton's troops enter the Saar Valley and break through the Siegfried line
1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
1948 Stan Musial is picked National League MVP
1950 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
1951 Philadelphia sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
1951 "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1952 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
1952 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver CO)
1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1954 US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Senator-R-WI) for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute"
1956 Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957 1st US full-scale atomic electric power plant-power generated, Shippingport PA
1957 Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1
1958 Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
1958 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)
1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte NE (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1961 1st OT Grey Cup game (Winnipeg 21, Hamilton 14)
1961 Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1961 Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing
1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
1963 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km
1963 Major League Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965
1964 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
1966 Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1967 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
1968 President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1969 Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle WA to New York NY)
1970 Environmental Protection Agency begins (Director: William Ruckelshaus)
1970 Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden" premieres in London
1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form the United Arab Emirates
1971 Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1971 Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes President of UAE
1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
1972 In one of their worst trades Yankees get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
1972 "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1972 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10
1973 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
1973 US Air Arena opens in Landover MD, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1974 Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champion
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; King Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic proclaimed
1975 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
1978 Chanting "Allah is great", anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1979 Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981 Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11:30 AM
1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins National League Rookie of the Year
1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart
1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for New South Wales against South Australia, SCG
1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood" premieres at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 performances
1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1987 Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colorado becomes Miss Teen America
1987 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
1988 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 UN votes 151-2 (Israel & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Britain abstains
1989 KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1989 Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as President of India
1990 1st parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1990 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2)
1990 Beth Daniel/Davis Love win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with the New York Mets
1991 Muslim Shites release American held hostage in Lebanon (Joseph Cicippio)
1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York NY
1993 A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in Los Angeles
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start
1993 Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
1994 Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia
1994 Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
1997 MCI Center opens in Washington DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

America : Pan American Health Day
Cuba : Landing of Granma Expeditionaries
UAE : Independence Day (1971)
US : Mars Landing Day
International Calendar Awareness Month

Religious Observances
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Bibiana, virgin & martyr
Anglican : Memorial of Channing Moore Williams, missionary bp in China & Japan

Religious History
1763 The Touro Synagogue opened in Newport, RI. Sephardic Jews in Jamaica, Surinam, London and Amsterdam sponsored the building of this first major center of Jewish culture in America.
1831 Birth of Francis N. Peloubet, American Congregational clergyman. A promoter of the Sunday School, he penned 44 annual volumes of "Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons" between 1875 and his death in 1920. They were known afterward as "Peloubet's Notes."
1873 The Reformed Episcopal Church was organized in New York City when 8 clergymen and 20 laymen broke from the Protestant Episcopal Church over a debate regarding proper church ritual.
1908 The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America was founded in Philadelphia. (In 1950 this ecumenical organization was replaced by the National Council of Churches.)
1946 Rev. E.V. Steele founded the European Christian Orphanage and Mission Society in Alberta, Canada. Its name was changed in 1953 to World Missions Fellowship and has been headquartered since 1961 in Grants Pass. OR.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"Every Titanic has its iceberg."

Question of the day...
If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from
Holland called Holes?"

Murphys Law of the day...(Boling's Postulate)
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.

Astounding fact # 768,120...
Reindeer like to eat bananas.

Good Morning troops!! Good Morning everyone!! No school today!! It snowed last night! he he he! Here is today's humor attempt!

On Christmas morning a cop on horseback is sitting at a traffic light, and next to him is a kid on his shiny new bike.

The cop says to the kid, "Nice bike you got there. Did Santa bring that to you?"

The kid says, "Yeah."

The cop says, "Well, next year tell Santa to put a tail-light on that bike."

The cop then proceeds to issue the kid a $20.00 bicycle safety violation ticket.

The kid takes the ticket and before he rides off says, "By the way, that's a nice horse you got there. Did Santa bring that to you?"

Humoring the kid, the cop says, "Yeah, he sure did."

The kid says, "Well, next year tell Santa to put the stupidity in the horse's brain instead of on his back."

Good afternoon!! What a fabulous thread, Diva!! Great job as usual!

Thanks for posting LaDivaLoca's thread while she's gone!!

*HUGS* to you both!

I hope you are having a fabulous time Diva!!

I am VERY grateful to you for Posting these chapters, my friend. I inherited a deep fascination with ancient warfare from my father...and it has stood me in good stead all my life. Great to recharge the batteries here, though!

Thanks, Diva, for another history lesson. Hope you are/had a wonderful vacation. You've been missed.