The December 18th Collection (Vanity)

Various | 9 December 2009 | Vanity

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This post is offered to present a collection of information about events on December 18th, along with the 17th and 19th. As many already know, 12/18/2009 is the 1st of moharrem, the Islamic New Year, this year. Please post timeline information regarding Dec 18th. Hopenhagen's 0-speech is no accidental date.

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An 'on this day in history' site: http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/december_18.html

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“The Parliament of World Religions (PWR) 2009 has been awarded by the Chicago based Council of the Parliament of the World’s Religions (CPWR) and is managed by a local Board of Directors in Association with the CPWR.”

http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/index.cfm?n=6&sn=6

Also see Peace Next

http://www.peacenext.org/

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“December 18, 1917 • Bolsheviks Bore Down on Russian Orthodox Church”

“On December 4, 1917, the Bolsheviks confiscated church lands. A week later, they took control of schools that had once provided religious education. Students would now be force-fed Communist propaganda. On this day, December 18, 1917 the Communists completed their first offensive campaign against the church by making marriage a civil, not a religious, ordinance.”

http://www.christianhistorytimeline.com/DAILYF/2003/12/daily-12-18-2003.shtml

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1865
Slavery is abolished in the United Staes. The 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

1915
In a single night, about 20,000 Australian and New Zealand troops withdraw from Gallipoli, Turkey, undetected by the Turks defending the peninsula.

1916
The Battle of Verdun ends with the French and Germans each having suffered more than 330,000 killed and wounded in 10 months. It was the longest engagement of World War I.

1940
Adolf Hitler issues his secret plans for the invasion of the Soviet Union–Operation Barbarossa.

1941
Japan invades Hong Kong.

http://www.historynet.com/tdih1218.htm

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Context of ‘December 18, 2002: Rumsfeld Declares Taliban, Al-Qaeda ‘Gone’ from Afghanistan’

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a121802allgone

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“Context of ‘December 18, 2000: CIA Director Warns Clinton of Increased Risk that Al-Qaeda Could Attack in Coming Weeks’”

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a121800nextseveralweeks

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The siege of Mecca (birth of AQ)

“The date was the First of Muharram of Islam’s year 1400”

http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/siegeofmecca/theBook_excerpt.php

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Does it count that December 18th is my birthday?

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Jesus4Shariah, per Pam’s article:

THE BIG DEBATE :: JESUS4SHARIAH (18/12/09)

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/jesus-4-shariah.html

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“The Hijra is celebrated annually on 8 Rabi’ I, about 66 days after 1 Muharram, the first day of the Muslim year. Many writers confuse the first day of the year of the Hijra with the Hijra itself, erroneously stating that the Hijra occurred on 1 Muharram AH 1 or 16 July 622.[4]”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(Islam)#cite_ref-Shamsi_3-0

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Nah. But, yeah. Your birthday is like a person’s wedding anniversary on 9/11 or 11/22 is all.

HBTY.

While 12/18 is a Friday, that, too, is the ‘go-to-mosque’ day for muslims. The day was chosen specifically. I started wondering why 0bama changed when he’d go to the AGW conference. It’s a whole bunch of anniversaries all rolled into 1.

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I used to work with a bunch of Mooselimbs and enjoyed eating ham, pork rinds and various other offensive foods in front of them.

One of my favorites was to order a dozen or so sausage biscuits for our morning meeting and watching their faces when they realized they could not eat them. :)

Nah. But, yeah. Your birthday is like a person’s wedding anniversary on 9/11 or 11/22 is all.

HBTY.

While 12/18 is a Friday, that, too, is the ‘go-to-mosque’ day for muslims. The day was chosen specifically. I started wondering why 0bama changed when he’d go to the AGW conference. It’s a whole bunch of anniversaries all rolled into 1.

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Operation Barbarossa directive issued by Hitler

http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_14.html

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“196....I have never heard before of the events I am about to describe and it was a completely unexpected discovery.

A couple of weeks earlier, the body of Edmondo Asare-Addo, a student of Kalinin Medical Institute from Ghana, was found near Moscow. On 18 December, African students in Moscow organized a rally in memory of Asare-Addo on the Red Square. They were convinced that their mate was stabbed by a Soviet student. The accounts of this rally are extremely scarce. I have found only three sources. One of them is a transcript of a program by RFE/RL, broadcasted on 19 December 1963: Africans March on the Kremlin”

http://minaev.blogspot.com/2007/12/december-18-in-russian-history.html

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“BATTLE OF PAKISTAN: DECEMBER 17-18”

http://muslimname.com/node/140

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As many already know, 12/18/2009 is the 1st of moharrem, the Islamic New Year, this year.

Could this finally be the year they make it out of the 7th Century?

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hmm kay