Today in History: December 4th

[EbonyExperience]

December 4th, 1969 - Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, killed by Chicago police while he was sleeping.

 

[EbonyExperience]

December 4, 1976 - A national boycott of CBC (Canadian Broadcasting) is called after the national broadcaster refused to air public service announcement for a Halifax gay group.

 

December 4th, 2001 - EbonyExperience killed by members of AnandTech for posting history threads on a daily basis.

 

[EbonyExperience]

On December 4, 1995, Netscape, Sun, and two dozen other vendors announced JavaScript, which helped transform ordinary, brochure-like Web sites into dynamic applications. JavaScript was designed to let developers rapidly create Java applications. Netscape included JavaScript in its Web authoring tool, making it quicker and easier to create interactive Web pages.

 

[MajesticMoose]

December 4, 2001 - 3 days before the 60th anniverary of the japanease bombing of pearl harbour

m00se

 

[EbonyExperience]

December 4th, 1987, IBM shipped the first version of its multitasking operating system, OS/2. IBM had developed the system as a way to free itself of MS-DOS, which Microsoft had designed and still owned: Microsoft would code OS/2 to IBM's design specifications. Far from freeing IBM from Microsoft's domination, OS/2 almost accelerated the process. IBM initially developed the program to run on the 286 processor, not the more powerful 386, which contributed to the system's failure to catch on with many businesses. Meanwhile, early versions of Windows continued to gain ground, and with the launch of Windows 3.0 in 1990, Microsoft quickly became the leader in operating systems.

 

[Viper GTS]

Would it be possible for you to make one thread without somehow referencing your sexual preference?

We don't go around yelling "Hey everybody, I'm straight! I'm straight!" all the time.

Nor do we say:

On this date, in 1997, a heterosexual couple had sex.

BECAUSE NOBODY CARES!

Just like we don't care about yours.

Viper GTS

 

[royaldank]

December 4th, 1975: I was born in East Jefferson Memorial Hospital, right outside of New Orleans.

 

[EbonyExperience]

Vioper GTS, no whiners allowed.


Automobile tycoon Henry Ford set sail for Europe on December 4th, 1915 from Hoboken, NJ, aboard the Ford Peace Ship. His mission: to end World War I. His slogan, "Out of the trenches and back to their homes by Christmas," won an enthusiastic response in the States, but didn't get very far overseas. Ford's diplomatic mission was not taken seriously in Europe, and he soon returned.

 

[EbonyExperience]

happy birthday!

 

[ToBeMe]

Be more efficient....................

• On this day...
  0771 Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
  1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
  1197 Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
  1259 Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
  1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from the Moors
  1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
  1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
  1619 America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Virginia)
  1644 1st European peace congress opens in Münster
  1655 Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue
  1665 Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris
  1674 Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
  1680 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
  1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
  1688 General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
  1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
  1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of South Netherlands
  1745 Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
  1783 General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY
  1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
  1798 Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
  1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster PA patents a horse-drawn mower
  1816 James Monroe (VA), elected 5th President, defeating Federalist Rufus King
  1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
  1832 French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
  1833 American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia
  1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg PA
  1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts
  1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
  1844 James K Polk elected 11th President of US, George M Dallas Vice President
  1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
  1863 Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
  1864 Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
  1864 Battle of Waynesborough, Brier Creek GA
  1867 Grange organized to protect farm interests
  1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
  1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
  1890 Willem III, Dutch king, buried
  1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
  1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
  1901 Anne Russell's "Girl & The Judge" premieres in New York NY
  1905 British government of Balfour resigns
  1906 Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
  1908 Haiti's President General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
  1909 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
  1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
  1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in San Francisco CA (Opened February 20 1915)
  1915 F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
  1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County GA
  1918 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes (Yugoslavia) proclaimed
  1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside US while in office
  1920 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
  1920 8th CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
  1922 Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation secretary-US foreign service
  1923 Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
  1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
  1926 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7
  1927 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem
  1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
  1927 Pirates' Paul Waner wins National League MVP
  1928 Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee" premieres in New York NY
  1930 French government of Tardieu falls
  1930 Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
  1931 "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
  1933 FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
  1933 Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road" premieres in New York NY
  1935 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class
  1941 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
  1942 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
  1942 FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
  1942 US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WWII
  1943 Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
  1943 2nd conference of Caïro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish President Inönü
  1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
  1944 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
  1945 Senate approves US participation in UN
  1945 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB); he is 1st junior to win the trophy
  1947 USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union
  1948 "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
  1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
  1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
  1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
  1951 Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper" premieres in New York NY
  1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
  1952 Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
  1954 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
  1954 "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
  1955 Manager Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
  1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
  1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
  1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
  1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community
  1958 Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns
  1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
  1961 Smallest New York Knicks crowd at 49th St Madison Square Garden-1,300 (due to snowstorm)
  1961 Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN
  1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
  1961 WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
  1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
  1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
  1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
  1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft
  1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
  1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
  1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
  1965 Gemini 7 launched with 2 astronauts (Borman & Lovell)
  1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
  1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury CT, 4 die
  1965 San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
  1966 KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
  1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
  1970 Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
  1973 John Cappelletti wins Heisman trophy
  1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
  1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
  1975 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
  1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
  1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
  1977 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats Kansas City 27-7
  1977 Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate win Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
  1977 Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" premieres in New York NY
  1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco 1st female mayor
  1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
  1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
  1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey #7, Bingo Smith
  1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
  1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Colorado Rockies)
  1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
  1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
  1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence; Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
  1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence (No 12333)
  1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
  1982 China adopts its constitution
  1982 Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
  1983 New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
  1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
  1983 "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
  1983 David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
  1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
  1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser
  1985 "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
  1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
  1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
  1986 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in New York NY
  1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
  1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
  1988 Amy Benz/John Huston win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
  1988 Baltimore Orioles trade veteran 1st baseman Eddie Murray to Los Angeles Dodgers
  1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
  1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York NY
  1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
  1991 Judds final concert (Nashville)
  1991 Muslim Shiites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
  1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
  1991 Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
  1992 US Troops land in Somalia
  1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500 meter (35.92 seconds)
  1993 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
  1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
  1994 Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
  1994 Tony Kushner?s"Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" closes at W Kerr after 367 performances
  1994 Tony Kushner?s"Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 performances
  1995 Atherton (185) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
  1996 7th Billboard Music Awards
  1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
  1996 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
  1997 "Diary of Anne Frank" opens at Music Box Theater NYC
  1997 NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
  

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[Rent]

Ebony

I fail to see why you keep refrencing your sexual preference. I agree with Viper.

Are you so desperate to get attention brought on gays that you'll make yourself look bad?

 

[EbonyExperience]

The first electric car to be mass-produced rolled off the assembly line on December 4, 1996. General Motors released the car, called the Electric Vehicle One, to users in Los Angeles. The car took between three and twelve hours to charge and could travel between seventy and ninety miles between charges.

 

[jjones]

04/12/2001 - I learned EE is gay for another day.

 

[Zenmervolt]

<< Would it be possible for you to make one thread without somehow referencing your sexual preference?

We don't go around yelling "Hey everybody, I'm straight! I'm straight!" all the time.

Nor do we say:

On this date, in 1997, a heterosexual couple had sex.

BECAUSE NOBODY CARES!

Just like we don't care about yours.

Viper GTS >>



Viper, I quite agree. I'm just waiting for the day that Russ happens in on one of these threads, something tells me he'd have a field day.

ZV

 

[SALvation]

Stop trying to bump up your post count by posting every new event seperately. BTW these threads suck.

 

[TallBill]

lol, i dont really think hes going for post count with his separate threads... hes got a wopping 76 posts... but, today on december 4th, 2001, im about to take a shower

 

[Jfur]

<< December 4th, 1975: I was born in East Jefferson Memorial Hospital, right outside of New Orleans. >>




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