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On and December
On December 21, the day that
the Irish House
of Commons petitioned for removal
of Sir Constantine Phipps
, their Tory Lord Chancellor
, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on
the defense
of Phipps
by Convocation: `` They that have turned
the world upside down
, are come hither also ''
.
On the evening
of December 27th
, Esther noticed my pallid look and rasping voice
.
On December 5 he paced
a mile
in 55 on
the twice-around
, out
in third position all
the way
.
On December 2
, 1859
, John Brown
was hanged at Charles Town
, Virginia
.
On December 9
, 1862
, Sergeant Edwin H. Fay
, an unusual Louisianan who held A.B. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University and who before
the war
was headmaster
of a private school for boys
in Louisiana
, wrote his wife: `` I saw Pemberton and he is
the most insignificant puke I ever saw
.
On December 20
, 1860
, South Carolina took
the lead
by adopting an ordinance
of secession ;
by February 1
, 1861
, Florida
, Mississippi
, Alabama
, Georgia
, Louisiana
, and Texas followed
.
On the December 13
, 2010 episode
of The Colbert Report
, Stephen reads
a passage
of A Modest Proposal
in support
of Ted Turner's suggestions on reducing overpopulation
by having poor people sell (
to rich people ) their right
to bear
a single child per family
.
On the Arctic Circle those events occur
, in principle
, exactly once per year
, at
the June and
December solstices
, respectively
.
On 31
December 1809
, a decree
of King Maximilian
of Bavaria granted
the city
a new coat
of arms
, as
a recognition
of their ( mainly humanitarian and logistic ) services
in the Battle
of Abensberg
the same year
.

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On Saint Nicholas Day ( 6
December ),
the Niklasmarkt ( Nicholas Market ) commemorates
the Niklasspende
, a medieval foundation for
the poor
.
On December 1
, 2008
, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place
was closed
, and
the Amex Equities trading floor
was moved
to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street
.
On December 30
, 1943
, during
the Japanese occupation
, Subhas Chandra Bose
, who
was controversially allied with
the Japanese
, first raised
the flag
of Indian independence
.
On 26
December 2004
, the coast
of the Andaman Islands
was devastated
by a high tsunami following
the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
.
On 11
December 1885
, after
a speech
by Lord Aberdeen
, Lady Aberdeen unveiled
a bronze statue and plaque
of Alexander Selkirk outside
a house on
the site
of Selkirk's original home on
the Main Street
of Lower Largo
, Fife
, Scotland
.
On opening night ( 10
December 1896 ), with traditionalists and
the avant-garde
in the audience
, King Ubu ( played
by Firmin Gémier ) stepped forward and intoned
the opening word
, " Merdre!
On 23
December 1915
, Fleming married
a trained nurse
, Sarah Marion McElroy
of Killala
, County Mayo
, Ireland
.
On December 6
, 2001
, Arthur M
. Blank
, the co-founder and retired co-chairman
of Atlanta-based Home Depot
, reached
a preliminary agreement with
the Falcons ’ Taylor Smith
to purchase
the team
.
On December 10
, 2007
, Vick received
a 23-month prison sentence and
was officially cut from
the Atlanta roster
.
On December 11
, 13 games into his first NFL season as head coach
, Bobby Petrino resigned without notice
to coach at
the University
of Arkansas
, leaving
the beleaguered players only
a note
in the locker room
.
On December 21, 2008
, Atlanta beat
the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17
to clinch
a wild card spot
, earning
a trip
to the playoffs for
the first time since 2004
.
On December 3
, 2007
the Diamondbacks traded Carlos Quentin
, who had failed
to perform
to expectation
, to the Chicago White Sox for first base prospect Chris Carter
.
On December 14
, in a blockbuster trade
, the Diamondbacks acquired starting RHP Dan Haren from
the Oakland Athletics for six players: LHP Brett Anderson
, LHP Dana Eveland and LHP Greg Smith ;
the above-mentioned just-acquired infielder Chris Carter ; and outfielders Aaron Cunningham and Carlos Gonzalez
.
On December 16
, 1773
, after officials
in Boston refused
to return three shiploads
of taxed tea
to Britain
, a group
of colonists boarded
the ships and destroyed
the tea
by throwing it into Boston Harbor
.
On December 9
, 2008
, Atari announced that it had acquired Cryptic Studios
, an MMORPG developer
.
On 5
December 2009 AZ announced that Koeman no longer
was in charge
of AZ
, after losing 7
of the first 16 games
in the Dutch competition
.
On and 21
On March
21, 1957
, however
, the Department recommended approval
of the 1-a classification
.
On March
21, 1845
the bark Bashaw weighed anchor at New Orleans
, while on
the levee Henry and William Palfrey waved farewell
to their father's former chattels who must have looked back at
the receding shore with mingled regret and jubilation
.
On a quarter-to-quarter comparison
, the first quarter
of 1961 total
of 9,273 cars
was 21 per cent behind
the previous year's 3-month total
of 11,744
.
On Feb.
21 the council passed another resolution urging
the taking
of `` all appropriate measures
to prevent
the occurrence
of civil war
in the Congo
, including
the use
of force
, if necessary
, in the last resort ''
.
On these bonds
, price rises since February
21 easily outnumber price declines
.
On February 6
, 1862
, Union Navy gunboats quickly reduced
the defenses
of ill-sited Fort Henry
, inflicting
21 casualties on
the small remaining Confederate force
.
On attaining his majority at
the age
of 21 in 1262
, Alexander declared his intention
of resuming
the projects on
the Western Isles which
the death
of his father thirteen years before had cut
short.
On November
21, 1867
, the House Judiciary Committee produced
a bill
of impeachment: it had
a broad collection
of complaints against him
, but as stated
, these were not thought
to be easily provable under
the Constitution
, which required evidence " as treason
, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors
.
On August
21, 2009 it
was announced that
the institution had changed its name
to Crandall University
in honour
of Rev
.
On June
21, 2004
, Space Ship One became
the first privately funded aircraft
to make
a spaceflight
, opening
the possibility
of an aviation market capable
of leaving
the Earth's atmosphere
.
On May
21, 1984
, during
a press conference at which
the Atari 7800
was introduced
, company executives revealed that
the 5200 had been discontinued after just two years on
the market
.
On September
21, 1996
, barely three years after
the " Don't Ask
, Don't Tell " imbroglio
, and further straining relations with
the LGBT community
, Clinton signed into law
the Defense
of Marriage Act ( DOMA ), which defines marriage as
the legal union
of one man and one woman
.
On July
21, 2011 Mike Judge spoke and fielded questions on
a panel at Comic-Con International
.
On 21 December 2001
, a major reorganisation
of the Ground Forces produced two operational-territorial commands
, formed from two former corps headquarters
.

Brigitte Bardot and Sami Frey
in Saint-Tropez
, 1963
. On 21 December 1952
, aged 18
, Bardot
was married
to director Roger Vadim
.
On 21 May 1880
, Benjamin Raspail proposed
a law
to have "
the Republic choose
the 14 July as
a yearly national holiday ".
On reaching
21 ( including soft
21 ),
the hand is normally required
to stand ; busting is an irrevocable loss and
the players ' wagers are immediately forfeited
to the house
.
On 21 August
, the Royalists attacked Essex's positions north
of Lostwithiel
, capturing
the ruins
of Restormel Castle
.
On December 21, 1995
, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem
, and three days later
the city came under
the complete administration and military control
of the Palestinian National Authority
in conformance with
the Interim Agreement on
the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip
in 1995
.
On September
21, closer Jim Johnson earned his 46th save
of the season
, setting
a new Orioles franchise record for saves
by one pitcher
in a single season
.
On 19 April 2007 Lara announced his retirement from all forms
of international cricket
, indicating that
the West Indies vs England match on
21 April 2007 would be his last international appearance
.
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