0870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
1066 Westminster Abbey opens
1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
1646 Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
1653 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
1692 Salem witch hunt begins
1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1993 Gun battle erupts at Waco TX between FBI & Branch Davidians

0837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1557 1st Russian Embassy opens in London
1814 Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1890 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 hours 39 minutes), San Francisco; match is draw
1900 Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party
1908 Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma
1924 Belgium's Theunis government falls
1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1960 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
1992 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years

1531 Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000
1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
1797 Bank of England issues 1st £1-note
1804 Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad
1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die
1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan
1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"
1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed

1358 Dalmatië flees Venice
1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine
1643 Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-Indians
1746 Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen
1905 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms

1389 Battle at Falköping Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
1527 Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia
1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia
1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain
1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days
1903 US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
1923 Flying Scotsman goes into service
1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX

1660 Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
1689 Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England
1822 Boston is incorporated as a city
1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated
1886 London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad
1915 Germany sinks US ships Carib & Evelyn & torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
1940 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio", released

1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state
1900 Hawaii became a US territory
1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"

I would like to thank Dakid for all the hard work he has done in COD2. Due to time constraints he will be stepping down as GOA of COD2 Battalion. He will now be at a GEN rank and part of the COD command staff.

With that being said I have promoted Plumley to GOA COD2 Battalion Commander.

I would also like to Congratulate Quicksilver on his promotion to GEN of Alpha Co.

Congrats to both of you! I have no doubt you both will do an awesome job!
Luther

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With the previous COD2 promos listed, we must also look toward the platoon that I will be exiting for further leadership. Thus, Theobliz is hereby promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) and Platoon Leader of Alpha One Platoon. As well, Hanz Solo is now promoted to First Lieutenant (1LT) and will serve as Theo's right hand man. Both of these promos are going to long time dedicated members who have brought nothing but a good time and a positive, friendly atmosphere to all of us in the clan in Spearhead and COD2 alike. These gents embody the spirit of the comradely of the platoon. Thanks again for the dedication and great memories fellas!

Quicksilver

News for the past from around the world

1525 Swiss & German mercenaries desert François I's army

1547 King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII

1613 Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies

1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Admiral Blake off Portsmouth

1710 Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Netherlands

1732 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna

1792 President George Washington signs legislation creating the U.S. Postal Service.

1962 From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Hershel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.

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Please join me in congratulating Lawah and Combat Tomo they have both been promoted to SPC.

Good work guys.. keep the good work up...

Stinky

1959 Castro sworn in 1959 six years after he launched his guerrilla war against dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro is sworn in as premier of Cuba.

Please join me in congratulating the new leader of D4.

Eddie

As of today ( 14th Feb 2006 ) he is promoted to the rank of Captain.

Congrats Man.

Mike

Sadly, I must announce that our Greatly Respected Storm has chosen to retire due to time limitations. Storm has been with OBC nearly since its start and has been responsible for the growth and success of the Euro Spearhead Battalion. He has put his heart and soul into this clan and for that we cannot say Thank You enough!!!!!!!!
Join me in thanking Storm for all his hard work and dedication and welcome him to the Rocking Chair Platoon where he will continue to play and join us on voice.
Graham

I am sorry to see a long time gaming friend has retired but if anyone does deserved to retire it is =Storm=. He was the one that got the NL members of OBC started and I think if he had not joined we may have not had any members beyond the UK. I hope my friend the best and thanks for the job you have done with the clan.

In light of recent events in promoting a another member to a senior position to help Kop we over looked a member that had been with the clan since June 2003 a member in good standing who should have been promoted a lot sooner

Firstly the JCS apologies to Dentist for the promotion then demotion in a short space of time, had senior staff followed there own rules this oversight would not have happened

Secondly we would like to Congratulate No-Entry who has been given the promotion to the rank of General a little jump in rank but one that was well deserved

He will run the European battalion jointly along with kop

I sure you will all agree a long time overdue.

Please congratulate the following on their promotions:

XEAXOA to PFC
Silent Stalker to PFC
Priest to W01 and 2nd in Command of Å3

I appreciate your participation in [OBC] and in Å3! Great job everyone!

FoolOnHill

The following personnel have recieved promotions:

JD Viper MSG
Burned Again SFC
Farmer SSG

There hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated!

The Professor

Let's all give Sarge a big congrats for recieving the distinguished service cross.Sarge has setup at least 70 or so recruits in his tenure as DI in our clan.He works hard at this job,never asked for anything,never expected anything,so Sarge today I am proud to pin this well deserved recognition on you,you deserve this!!!

Please join me in congratulating the following members on their recent promotions:

Roadkill: Corporal
Suspect: Corporal
Angel: Corporal
Tech Sarge: Specialist
Gridlox: Private First Class
Eagle: Private First Class

Congrats all, and thanks for your continued commitment to OBC and Älpha 1st platoon.

It must incorporate our 3 year anniversary and all the games we play at OBC. Malaci came up with the idea of making it a contest for the members that like making SIGS and banners.

You can be mail them to admin@oldbastardsclan.com . We will post all of them in the forums or on the website but the vote on who is the winner will be a vote by the command staff. So you will have to please all the game commanders plus the JCS to make the most brownie points. Malaci may state some more information because of loading time and size of screen for best viewing he is the master. So look for notes from him for guidance or contact him at admin@oldbastardsclan.org .

The winner will be awarded the Presidential Citation Medal by me. The only way to ever get this medal is from me out of 600 + members there are no more than you can count on one hand has been give out. The first one ever given out was to Rattler for the 2 year anniversary banner. Make sure you beat him so he will not get a second one!