#christine de bruin

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.1

800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. 1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. 1662 – Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine. 1768 – The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway. 1821 – José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti. 1822 – Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil. 1824 – United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1828 – Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution. 1834 – Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. 1862 – In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation. 1865 – Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1878 – President Rutherford B. Hayes gets the first telephone installed in the White House. 1900 – Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty 1913 – The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation. 1913 – Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece. 1918 – Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28) and thus concluding the Great Union. 1918 – Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom. 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. 1919 – Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.) 1924 – The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility. 1939 – World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes. 1941 – World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States. 1941 – World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol. 1952 – The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery. 1955 – American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott. 1958 – The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. 1958 – The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. 1959 – Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. 1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. 1969 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. 1971 – Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. 1971 – Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate 1973 – Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia. 1974 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board. 1974 – Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. 1981 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board. 1984 – NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes. 1988 – World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. 1989 – Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. 1989 – Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state. 1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed. 1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. 1997 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. 1997 – Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky. 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history. 2018 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland. 2019 – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals. 2020 – The Arecibo Telescope collapsed.

[artschoolglasses]

Team Canada: Women’s Monobob Bobsleigh

Christine de Bruin, Bronze

[canadachronicles]

My first ever World Cup race I got last place, so then to come in Bronze right now is just insane.

Christine de Bruin, after winning a beautiful Bronze Medal at the Olympic debut of monobob  yesterday

[canadaattheolympics]

Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski have placed fourth in run two of 2-women bobsleigh, placing them in fourth overall so far.

[sportscrunchind]

IBSF World Cup: Elana Meyers Taylor wins title in 2-woman Bobsleigh

#SportsCrunch: #ElanaMeyersTaylor wins 2-woman Bobsleigh #IBSFWorldCup

Bobsleigh World Champion Elana Meyers Taylor of the USA has celebrated her second win of the season at home World Cup race in Lake Placid (USA). Taylor is a USA bobsledder who has competed since 2007.

In Bobsleigh: Francesco Friedrich wins in Lake Placid

With Lake Kwaza as her brakewoman, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChangOlympic silver medalist scored the…

[johnchima]

El entrenador de baloncesto universitario del Salón de la Fama, John Wooden, describió una vez una entrevista extremadamente productiva que tuvo con un recluta potencial talentoso. Estaba en la casa del jugador y, en un momento de la conversación, la madre del joven le hizo una pregunta educadamente a Wooden. Entonces su hijo la miró y espetó: “¿Cómo puedes ser tan ignorante? ¡Solo mantén la boca cerrada y escucha lo que dice el entrenador! Wooden se sorprendió. Encontró el comportamiento del jugador completamente inaceptable e instantáneamente lo llevó a reconsiderar su oferta de beca. "Si él no podía respetarla", razonó, "¿cómo podría respetarme cuando las cosas se pusieron difíciles?" El entrenador Wooden terminó cortésmente la reunión y no ofreció la beca. El jugador recibió otras ofertas y se convirtió en un jugador extremadamente exitoso con un programa superior. —HL Mencken Incluso ayudó a derrotar al equipo de Wooden, los UCLA Bruins, en más de una ocasión. Entonces, ¿cómo podría esa entrevista considerarse productiva? Bueno, como dijo Wooden, "[Estaba] encantado de haber descubierto algo tan importante antes de que fuera demasiado tarde, antes de permitirle contaminar a nuestro equipo con sus 'valores'". Para Wooden, tratar bien a los demás era primordial: “Lo importante”, señaló una vez, “es que tienes que preocuparte por los demás, y no solo usarlos para tus propios fines comerciales. Y tienes que comunicar eso. Si no te preocupas por ellos, nunca tendrán ese sentimiento por ti y la organización sufrirá cuando las cosas cambien”. La cultura de civismo de Wooden, como tantas otras que he visto, comenzó con la forma en que su organización reclutó. Para Wooden, exigir a los miembros altos ideales y mantener estándares excepcionales de selección era responsabilidad del líder, y tenía la habilidad de eliminar los problemas antes de que pudieran contaminar a sus Bruins, o, como él lo expresó, "mantener una manzana podrida fuera de un barril de buenos.”

Christine Porath

[maceikblog]

Co się dzisiaj działo? #45 14.2.2022

Super Bowl LVI: Rams-Bengals 23:20

Krykiet, mecze Twenty20:

Oman (165/3, Kashyap Prajapati 69*, Aamir Kaleem 5/29) pokonał ZEA (164/8, Muhammad Waseem 84, Kashid Dauf 1/13) 7 wicketami

Irlandia (127, George Dockrell 28, Andy McBrine 2/13) pokonała Nepal 16 runami

Turniej WTA w Dubaju: Iga Świątek-Daria Kasatkina 6:1 6:2

Ekstraklasa: Górnik Zabrze-Jagiellonia 1:2

Liga VTB: Zastal Zielona Góra-Zenit Sankt Petersburg 52:79

Premier League Pool:

Mieszko Fortunśki-Naoyuki Oi 4:5

Mieszko Fortuński-Albin Ouschan 3:5

Mieszko Fortuński-Skyler Woodward 1:5

Igrzyska Olimpijskie w Pekinie, Dzień 10

Łyżwiarstwo figurowe, pary sportowe, program dowolny:

1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)

2. Victoria Sinitzina/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS)

3. Madison Hubbel/Zachary Donohue (USA)

17. Natalia Kaliszek/Maksym Spodyriew

Skoki narciarskie, konkurs drużynowy:

1. Austria (Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Jan Hoerl, Manuel Fettner)

2. Słowenia (Lovro Kos, Cene Prevc, Timi Zajc, Peter Prevc)

3. Niemcy (Constantin Schmid, Stephan Leyhe, Markus Eisenbichler, Karl Geiger)

6. Polska (Paweł Wąsek, Piotr Żyła, Dawid Kubacki, Kamil Stoch)

Curling:

Turniej kobiet:

Chiny-Japonia 2:10

Kanada-Rosja 11:5

USA-Korea Południowa 8:6

Szwajcaria-Szwecja 5:6

Wielka Brytania-Kanada 3:7

Japonia-Korea Południowa 5:10

Dania-Rosja 10:5

Turniej mężczyzn:

Kanada-Włochy 7:3

Dania-Norwegia 6:5

Szwecja-Rosja 7:5

Szwajcaria-Wielka Brytania 5:6

Hokej kobiet:

Półfinały

Kanada-Szwajcaria 10:3

USA-Finlandia 4:1

Pozostałe konkurencje medalowe:

Bobsleje, monobob kobiet:

1. Kaillie Humphries (USA)

2. Elana Mayers Taylor (USA)

3. Christine de Bruin (CAN)

Skoki akrobatyczne kobiet

1. Xu Mengtao (CHN)

2. Hanna Huśkowa (BLR)

3. Megan Nick (USA)

[krakenbait]

olympic update: 2/14

Good morning everyone, and happy Valentines Day! After the weekend delay, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. Apparently yesterday was the Sunday of the Superb Owl, and two teams of men named after animals were playing a game of football (not soccer), and there was also a mid-game concert of some sort. Mostly, said Superb Owl thing was why there was no primetime Olympics coverage for me to watch. Anyway, here’s what happened while the Rams and the Bengals were going at it, plus more.

Kailie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor went 1-2 in the women’s monobob, earning the US a gold and a silver. It was a journey for Humphries to get here. She competed for Canada at the last Olympics and won a bronze medal in two-woman bobsled. Then she filed a formal complaint alleging verbal and mental abuse against one of the coaches and asked to be released from the program. She became a US-Canada dual citizen in December, with just enough time to qualify for the games, and now she’s won a gold medal under the American flag. Meyers Taylor, already an American bobsledding legend, adds another medal to her collection. Christine de Bruin of Canada was the bronze medalist.

In women’s hockey, Canada beat up Switzerland in a semifinal match with a lot of similarity to the preliminary round game they had last week. The final score was 10-3. Two of the Swiss goals game from Lara Stalder and the other from Alina Mueller. Nine different Canadians scored goals.

In another women’s hockey game that literally just finished as I was writing this, the US defeated Finland 4-1 to lock their spot in the gold medal game. It’ll be a rematch of 2018, and pretty much every women’s hockey final, with Team USA taking on Canada, so we’ll see how it goes. In this game, Cayla Barnes and Hilary Knight each had a goal and an assist for the effort. The lone goal for Finland came from Susana Tapani. Finland will face Switzerland for the bronze.

Xu Mengtao of China won gold in freestyle skiing women’s aerials. Australia has been known to dominate this event, but they were left off the podium. On a bitterly cold night, -10 degrees Fahrenheit, Xu executed a near-perfect back-full-full-full combo that brought the usually quiet Chinese audience to their feet. Hanna Huskova of Belarus and Megan Nick from the US got silver and bronze. ⁃ Eileen Gu took on slopestyle, putting in her two qualifying runs in the freestyle skiing event. She had a rough start, but the score on her second run was enough to get her into the finals in third place. American Maggie Voisin is right behind her in fourth.

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, with a beautiful, precise performance in the free dance, won gold in ice dance. After a narrow defeat in 2018, the French pair finally gets to add a gold medal to their list of achievements, including four would championships. Their combined score was over six points more than the Russian pair of Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, who took silver. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue from the US won bronze, the fifth consecutive ice dance medal for Team USA. The other Americans, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, were right behind them in fourth place.

Mikaela Shiffrin is going to ski the downhill, another event she has never done at the Olympics before. Traditionally a more technical skier, speed races like the downhill aren’t her strong suit, but Shiffrin said she was feeling confident after training runs and looking to prepare for the downhill segment of the combined event.

Jamie Anderson failed to qualify for the snowboarding big air event, capping a disappointing Olympics in similar manner. Slopestyle gold medalist Zoi Sadowski Synott had the top score in qualifying. Hailey Langland was the only American to qualify after many of her teammates sustained injuries.

The IOC and the Court of Arbitration for Sport made their decision on Kamila Valiyeva. She can compete in the women’s singles, but if she lands in medal position, there will be no medals handed out and no medal ceremony. There will also be no medal ceremony for the team event, where she and Russia took first place. These ceremonies will happen when the whole case concludes. This panel was not charged with deciding whether ROC gets to keep the gold medal from the team event, or if Valiyeva took the banned substance on purpose.

Here’s today’s watch list (times in EST as usual):

Men’s curling, USA vs Switzerland (8:05 pm)

Freestyle skiing women’s slopestyle (8:30 pm)

Snowboarding women’s big air (8:30 pm)

Alpine skiing women’s downhill (10 pm)

Freestyle skiing men’s slopestyle qualifiers (11:30 pm)

Snowboarding men’s big air (12 am)

Yesterday’s funny photo was of a Finnish coach yelling at a biathlon competitor during one of the snowy cross-country skiing segments. The best captions were:

“The force choke” - Logan

“If you don’t finish this race, we’re not getting McDonalds!”

Here’s today’s funny photo.

Medal count below. Have a great day everyone!

tag list: @washyourdamnhands @sonnymilano @18minutemajor @ethan-bears​ @cadopan​ @howsimplemyheart​

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2022 Winter Olympics: What Canada did on day 10

2022 Winter Olympics: What Canada did on day 10

Canada added another medal early Monday while the women’s hockey team secured a spot in the gold medal final at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Here’s a look at some of the 2022 Winter Games events you may have missed overnight on day 10 in Beijing. Bobsled Canada’s Christine De Bruin celebrates winning the bronze medal in the women’s monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP…

[dermontag]

Deutschlands Gold-Abo endet Im Olympia-Eiskanal liegt erstmals Blech 14.02.2022, 08:15 Uhr Im siebten Wettbewerb im Eiskanal endet die wahnsinnige Gold-Serie des deutschen Olympia-Teams. Im Monobob reicht es nicht einmal zu einer Medaille. Die Kritik der deutschen Frauen an der Disziplin ist ohnehin groß. Am Ende gewinnt eine Ausnahmepilotin. Das sonst so herzerfrischende Dauerlächeln bei Laura Nolte kippte nach der Olympia-Premiere im Monobob, Tränen kullerten plötzlich beim TV-Marathon. Ausgerechnet die erst 23 Jahre alte Olympia-Debütantin musste nach ihrem vierten Platz erklären, warum die Goldserie der Deutschen im Eiskanal Yanqing gerissen ist. "Zwei gute Läufe reichen bei Olympia nicht, bei Olympia braucht man vier Läufe für eine Medaille", sagte die Winterbergerin. Anerkennend ging sie zur 36-jährigen Kaillie Humphries und umarmte die Siegerin. "Kaillie hat so ein krasses Gespür, die merkt sofort, wenn der Schlitten einen Millimeter schräg steht und kann sofort korrigieren", lobte Nolte. Als sie in der Grundschule Bob im Fernsehen sah, bewunderte Nolte schon die einst für Kanada fahrende Humphries, die nach Zwistigkeiten mit dem Verband nun erstmals Gold für die USA holte. Zweite wurde ihre Landsfrau Elana Meyers Taylor. Bronze sicherte sich die Kanadierin Christine de Bruin, die letztlich 0,30 Sekunden schneller als Nolte war. Europameisterin Mariama Jamanka aus Oberhof fuhr auf Rang 13. "Im Endeffekt war es mir ein Anliegen, dass ich den Mono-Wettkampf irgendwie gut abschließen kann. Das ist mir gelungen. Abhaken, auf den Zweier konzentrieren", sagte Jamanka. Harsche Kritik an Disziplin Die Kritik an der weiterhin ungeliebten Disziplin erneuerte sie, da spielte auch der EM-Titel zuletzt in St. Moritz keine Rolle. "Meine Meinung hat sich nicht geändert. Meine Anschieberinnen haben jetzt eine schöne Woche gehabt", sagte sie sarkastisch: "Sie haben mir den Schlitten geschleppt, die Kufen poliert und hatten jetzt nichts vom Wettkampf." Viele Pilotinnen kritisieren die neue Disziplin, wären lieber mit dem Viererbob gefahren, da der Teamgedanke im Monoschlitten nicht gelebt werden kann. Zudem gab es kaum Vorlaufzeit. Erste Wettkämpfe vor zwei Jahren, im Olympia-Winter erstmals auch beim Weltcup. "Normalerweise ist die Vorbereitungszeit auf ein olympisches Event in der Regel länger als zwei Jahre inklusive der Olympia-Saison. Aber wir haben versucht, das Beste daraus zu machen und eine enorme Entwicklung hingelegt", sagte Jamanka. Nolte betonte, dass die Vorbereitungszeit zwar für alle gleich war, doch die Pilotinnen im Vorteil sind, "die generell mehr Gefühl in den Lenkseilen haben". Dennoch ist sie froh, "dass es Monobob bei Olympia gibt." Immerhin erlernte sie das Fahren in so einem kleinen Schlitten und gewann 2016 im Monobob bei den Olympischen Jugendspielen. Hoffnung auf Zweierbob Nach dem Training träumte sie nach drei Bestzeiten schon von einer Medaille. Auch Jamanka war einmal die Schnellste. "Da war die Hoffnung schon sehr groß, dass wir mit beiden um die Medaillen kämpfen können", sagte Cheftrainer René Spies. "Am Ende sind genau die Drei vorne, die am meisten Erfahrung haben", meinte Spies. Mehr zum Thema Für Jamanka waren die Medaillen schon nach dem ersten Tag außer Reichweite. "Gestern war unfassbar schlecht, deshalb bin ich unzufrieden. Man hat gesehen, was gegangen wäre", sagte die 31-Jährige. "Der erste Tag war so katastrophal. Egal, was herausgekommen wäre, es wäre kein guter Wettkampf gewesen." Jamanka bleibt nun nur der Blick auf den Zweierbob, wo sie wie vor vier Jahren zum Olympiasieg fahren will. "Ich hoffe, dass ich es da konstant besser hinbekommen", sagte Jamanka. Die beiden soliden Läufe am Montag dürften ihr Auftrieb gegeben haben. Zudem fahren die Deutschen nun alle in ihrem eigenen FES-Schlitten, statt dem Einheitsbob vom Weltverband.

[reportwire]

From Covid isolation to silver medal for Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor

From Covid isolation to silver medal for Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor

Germany’s Laura Nolte slides during the women’s monobob bobsleigh heat 3 on Monday. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) The second half of the women’s monobob competition is underway, with Team USA’s Kaillie Humphries in the lead, followed by Canada’s Christine de Bruin and fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor. It’s the first time the event has appeared at an Olympic Games, but what exactly is the…

[canadaattheolympics]

Medal Alert: Bronze!

Christine de Bruin has won the bronze medal in women's monobob.

[divyabhashkar]

France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron win gold in figure skating ice dance

France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron win gold in figure skating ice��dance

Germany’s Laura Nolte slides during the women’s monobob bobsleigh heat 3 on Monday. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) The second half of the women’s monobob competition is underway, with Team USA’s Kaillie Humphries in the lead, followed by Canada’s Christine de Bruin and fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor. It’s the first time the event has appeared at an Olympic Games, but what exactly is the…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.1

800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican. 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris. 1577 – Francis Walsingham is knighted. 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. 1662 – Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine. 1768 – The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway. 1821 – José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti. 1822 – Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil. 1824 – United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1828 – Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution. 1834 – Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. 1862 – In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation. 1865 – Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina. 1900 – Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty 1913 – The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation. 1913 – Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece. 1918 – Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28) and thus concluding the Great Union. 1918 – Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom. 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. 1919 – Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.) 1924 – The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility. 1934 – In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge. 1939 – World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes. 1941 – World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States. 1941 – World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol. 1952 – The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery. 1955 – American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott. 1958 – The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. 1958 – The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. 1959 – Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. 1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. 1969 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. 1971 – Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. 1971 – Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate 1973 – Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia. 1974 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board. 1974 – Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. 1981 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board. 1984 – NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes. 1988 – World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. 1989 – Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. 1989 – Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state. 1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed. 1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. 1997 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. 1997 – Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky. 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history. 2018 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland. 2019 – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.

[snbc]

From Covid isolation to silver medal for Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor

From Covid isolation to silver medal for Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor

Germany’s Laura Nolte slides during the women’s monobob bobsleigh heat 3 on Monday. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) The second half of the women’s monobob competition is underway, with Team USA’s Kaillie Humphries in the lead, followed by Canada’s Christine de Bruin and fellow American Elana Meyers Taylor. It’s the first time the event has appeared at an Olympic Games, but what exactly is the…