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Happy Hyborian Holidays! (AKA Another Khemi Whatever) DateTime:7/21/2009 11:56:42 AM
Merry Christmas! Best wishes to you. Whether you celebrate it or not, it's typically a day off work! It's also A'Phabet Day (Or No "L" Day) and Pumpkin Pie Day. Mmm, love me some pumpkin. Birthdays... Annie Lennox , Dido , Sir Isaac Newton and Sissy Spacek . Have a great day all! You can buy cheap AOC gold here !
On this day in history...
- 0001 - 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus.
- 0337 - Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th.
- 0352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th.
- 1621 - Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas.
- 1651 - Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas".
- 1741 - Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale.
- 1831 - Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday.
- 1997 - For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion.
- 1997 - Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show.
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