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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 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 December 21, 1999
a short piece
, written by Watterson
to mark
the forthcoming end of
the comic strip Peanuts
, was published in
the Los Angeles Times
.
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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