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Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:57 am
Today in History December 14
1751 The first military academy in the world, the Theresian Military Academy, is founded in Austria
1819 Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.
1900 Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin.
1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition is the 1st to reach the South Pole
1960 A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling.
1994 Construction begins on China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
1999 Tens of thousands die as a result of flash floods caused by torrential rains in Vargas, Venezuela.
2003 US President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein
2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad
2021 American Covid-19 death toll passes 800,000, with more deaths recorded in 2021 than 2020
2022 President Joe Biden vows to extend US involvement in Africa in address at US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington, amid competition from China on the continent
Born on December 14
1503 Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician.
1896 Jimmy Doolittle American air force general who conducted the raid on Tokyo in 1942, born in Alameda, California
1932 Charlie Rich, crossover country singer, musician ("Behind Closed Doors").
Joke of the day
Want to know why women don’t blink during foreplay?
Not enough time.
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Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:26 am to Armymann50
Morning all, slept in edition
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:40 am to kywildcatfanone
quote:me too don't do it often I am retired
slept in
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:12 am to Armymann50
Morning everyone
11 days till Christmas even thought it feels like it should be a few months away.
11 days till Christmas even thought it feels like it should be a few months away.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:25 am to Armymann50
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:28 am to Armymann50
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Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:09 pm to paperwasp
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Posted by paperwasp online on 12/14/23 at 10:28 am
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Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state
…Also oddly coincidental that the current average number of teeth per capita of the Alabama fan base is EXACTLY 22 teeth
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:20 pm to paperwasp
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Posted by paperwasp online on 12/14/23 at 10:28 am
Nothing personal, Wasp.
I know you’re “Good-People”…but it’s gonna take me a while to chip away at my bitterness from “4th & Goal from the 31”
I figure you gotta have at least 25, 26, or possibly even more teeth than that?
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:37 pm to SupperClubDrunkBus
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I figure you gotta have at least 25, 26, or possibly even more teeth than that?
Jokes on you, I actually took the above selfie last week.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 11:05 pm to Armymann50
Bon soir
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