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25. December

1 BC – Incarnation of Jesus (conception on 25 March and birth on 25 December), as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to most scholars (Dionysius used the word "incarnation", but it is not known whether he meant conception or birth).[1][2] However, at least one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the incarnation of Jesus in the next year, AD 1.[1][2] Most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier

1066 – William the Conqueror is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.

1776 – George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.

1946 – The first in Europe artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within Soviet nuclear reactor F-1.

1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

1990 – The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.

Birthdays:

1642 – Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician (d. 1727)

1745 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges – "Black Mozart", African–French Swordsman, Soldier of Fortune, and Composer (d. 1799)

1876 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)

1899 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)

1907 – Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)

1945 – Noel Redding, English musician (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2003)

1954 – Annie Lennox, Scottish singer

1957 – Shane MacGowan, Irish musician

1971 – Dido, English singer

Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)

Constitution Day (Republic of China)

 

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27. December

537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.

1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.

1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

2002 – The company Clonaid announces that it has successfully cloned a human being, although it has never presented any verifiable evidence.

Birthdays

1571 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)

1822 – Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)

1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)

1951 – Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico

Constitution Day (North Korea)

 

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^^thanks Supa !

 

[Rane1071]

December 27th


1703
The Methuen Treaty was signed between Portugal and England, giving preference to the import of Portuguese wines into England.

1825
The first public railroad using steam locomotive is completed in England.

1845
Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery of his own child in Jefferson, GA.

1927
Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.

1945
The World Bank was created with an agreement signed by 28 nations.

1949
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands granted sovereignty to Indonesia after more than 300 years of Dutch rule.

1968
Apollo 8 returns to Earth.

1985
Dian Fossey, an American naturalist, was found murdered at a research station in Rawanda.

2001
U.S. President George W. Bush granted China permanent normal trade status with the United States.



Silly Quote of The Day


"A bachelor's life is no life for a single man."
Samuel Goldwyn.


Quick Fact of the Day


Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.


Quick Article of the Day



Operation [NOBABE]Ivory Coast[/NOBABE],
Operation [NOBABE]Ivory Coast[/NOBABE] was a failed rescue mission conducted by US special forces during the Vietnam War. The goal of the mission was to rescue 61 American prisoners of war thought to be held at a prison camp in North Vietnam. After months of planning and training, an elite team of soldiers helicoptered in and stormed the compound in the early morning of November 21, 1970. The raid was executed successfully, with only a few injuries, but the mission was ultimately deemed a failure when it was found during the raid that all the prisoners had been previously moved to another camp.

 

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very nice Rane .^^

 

[Ace Bandage]

very nice Rane .^^

Don't thank him, thank Wikipedia.

 

[Supafly]

6. January

1781 – In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.

1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.

1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army.

1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.

1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.

Birthdays:

1412 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Roman Catholic Saint (legendary date) (d. 1431)

1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)

1908 – Menachem Avidom, Austro-Hungarian born Israeli composer (d. 1995)

1925 – John DeLorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)

1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor

1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006)

1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)

1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer

1964 – Henry Maske, German boxer

1983 – Mithra Jin, South-Korean hip hop musician

The beginning of the Carnival period, from Epiphany until Shrove Tuesday. (Roman Catholicism)

 

[Rane1071]

Don't thank him, thank Wikipedia.

Actually, I didn't get any of that from Wikipedia.



January 7th


1558
Calais, the last English possession on mainland France, was recaptured by the French.

1610
Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

1785
French aeronaut/balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard successfully made the first air-crossing of the English Channel from the English coast to France.

1894
W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film.

1904
The distress signal "CQD" was established. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio.

1929
The debut of "Buck Rogers 2429 A.D." occurred in newspapers around the U.S. The title of the comic strip was later changed to "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."

1949
The announcement of the first photograph of genes was shown at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

1954
The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled this day. The TV set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time.

1990
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed to the public. The accelerated rate of "leaning" raised fears for the safety of its visitors.

2002
Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates introduced a new device code named Mira. The device was tablet-like and was a cross between a handheld computer and a TV remote control.



Silly Quote of The Day


"These people haven't seen the last of my face. If I go down, I'm going down standing up."
Chuck Person, NBA Basketball player.



Quick Fact of the Day


In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while [NOBABE]Judy Garland's[/NOBABE] was $500 a week.



Quick Article of the Day



Emelian Ivanovich Pugachev,
Pugachev was a Russian peasant leader and head of the peasant rebellion of 1773 to 1774. A Don Cossack, he exploited a widespread peasant belief that Peter III had not actually been murdered. Claiming to be Peter III, he soon found himself at the head of an army and of a revolutionary movement. His army won early victories and threatened the throne of Catherine II, but Pugachev was betrayed, taken to Moscow, and beheaded.

 

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10. January

1776 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.

1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.

1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.

1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.

1984 – The United States and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.

Birthdays:

1843 – Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)

1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer

1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist, radio astronomer, Nobel laureate

1940 – Walter Hill, American film director

1943 – Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)

1945 – Rod Stewart, Scottish singer

1949 – Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)

1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO)

1986 – Abigail Clancy, English model

Traditional Day (Benin)

Silly Quote of the day

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do."
Ronald Reagan

 

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^^:laugh: @ Reagan. thanks Supa :thumbsup:

 

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11. January

630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.

1569 – First recorded lottery in England.

1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.

1693 – Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.

1919 – Romania reincorporates Transylvania.

1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

2002 – The first twenty captives arrive at Camp X-Ray. (Guantanamo)

Birthdays

889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)

1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevis born American Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)

1815 – John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)

1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1934 – Sir C. A. R. Hoare, British computer scientist

1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress

1952 – Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer

1961 – Jasper Fforde, British author

1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer

Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)

Silly Quote of the day

In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

(Fredrick Nietzsche)

 

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brilliant Supa! my favorite thread this :thumbsup:

 

[Supafly]

Due to the fact that that Wikipedia is down for today in english, today's thread edition is in german

18. November

474: Der sechsjährige Leo II. wird neuer oströmischer Kaiser.

1367: Ferdinand I., der Schöne, besteigt als letzter Burgunder-König den portugiesischen Thron.

1671: Der englische Freibeuter Henry Morgan erobert mit seinen Leuten die zum spanischen Vizekönigreich Peru gehörende Stadt Panama. Die Plünderung erbringt für die Angreifer ein Vermögen, die Stadt wird in Brand gesetzt, ihre Einwohner werden massakriert.

1709: Die Städte Berlin, Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt und Friedrichstadt werden durch einen Erlass von Preußens König Friedrich I. mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 1710 zur „Königlichen Haupt- und Residenzstadt Berlin“ vereinigt.

1778: James Cook entdeckt auf seiner dritten Südseereise als erster Europäer Hawaii und tauft die Inseln Sandwich-Inseln.

1919: In Versailles wird die Pariser Friedenskonferenz 1919 eröffnet, auf welcher der Erste Weltkrieg völkerrechtlich beendet und die Nachkriegsordnung festgelegt werden soll.

1974: Durch Vermittlung des US-amerikanischen Außenministers Henry Kissinger schließen Ägypten und Israel ein Abkommen über eine Truppenentflechtung nach dem Jom-Kippur-Krieg.

2009: Mit einem einseitigen Waffenstillstand beenden die israelischen Streitkräfte die seit 27. Dezember des Vorjahres laufende Operation Gegossenes Blei gegen Einrichtungen und Mitglieder der Hamas im Gazastreifen.

Geburtstage:

1820: Neville Bowles Chamberlain, britischer Feldmarschall

1882: Alan Alexander Milne, britischer Schriftsteller

1892: Oliver Hardy, US-amerikanischer Komiker und Filmschauspieler

1904: Cary Grant, britisch-US-amerikanischer Schauspieler

1913: Danny Kaye, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Komiker und Sänger

1955: Kevin Costner, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Produzent und Regisseur

1958: Volker Pispers, deutscher Kabarettist

1969: Dave Batista, US-amerikanischer Wrestler

1983: Samantha Mumba, irische Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Fotomodell

Stupid Quote of the Day:

"If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."

-Brooke Shields

 

[Rane1071]

January 19th

1419
Rouen surrendered to Henry V, completing his conquest of Normandy.

1793
King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the guillotine.

1778
Captain James Cook 'stumbles' over Hawaiian Islands.

1861
Georgia seceded from the Union.

1883
Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.

1913
Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole.

1915
George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs.

1966
Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.

1977
U.S. President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino (the [NOBABE]"Tokyo Rose"[/NOBABE]).

1993
IBM announced a loss of $4.97 billion for 1992. It was the largest single-year loss in U.S. corporate history.

1997
Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in more than 30 years. He joined 60,000 Palestinians in celebration over the handover of the last West Bank city in Israeli control.


Silly Quote of The Day


"I didn't know Onward Christian Soldiers was a Christian song."
Aggie Pate, at a non-denominational mayor's breakfast, Fort Worth, Texas.


Quick Fact of the Day


Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.



Quick Article of the Day


Housecarls,
Housecarls were servants or household troops that acted as personal bodyguards to medieval Scandinavian lords and kings. They were free men, not slaves or thralls, and were in service voluntarily. Royal housecarls also served in Anglo-Saxon England after its conquest by the kingdom of Denmark in the 11th century, fulfilling a number of military and administrative roles there. Housecarls are well-known for having fought under Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

 

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Some more:

1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź ghetto. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.

1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.

Birthdays:

1736 – James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819)

1807 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)

1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)

1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)

1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)

1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress

1980 – Jenson Button, English Formula One driver

Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty), first day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)

Quote of the Day:

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

- Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

 

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20. January

1265 – In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".

1841 – Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.

1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

1929 – In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.

1942 – World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

1999 – The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.

Birthdays:

1775 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)

1920 – Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)

1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut

1946 – David Lynch, American film director

1952 – Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)

1956 – Bill Maher, American author, comedian, and political analyst

1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor

1971 – Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)

United States presidential inauguration, held every four years since 1937 (with 2 exceptions by Eisenhower & Reagan, on January 21st because January 20 was a Sunday [1957 and 1985]) in odd-numbered years after years when the United States Presidential Election takes place (as the election takes place in years divisible by four – 2004, 2008, 2012, and so on – the inauguration takes place in 2005, 2009, 2013, etc.). The incoming/reelected President traditionally swears-in as close to Noon as possible.

Quote of the Day

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record.

Tom Masson

 

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23. January

1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

1510 – Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.

1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.

1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.

1950 – The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

Birthdays:

1783 – Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)

1910 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (d. 1953)

1944 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor

1957 – Princess Caroline of Monaco

1975 – Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter

1984 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer

Blessed Marianne of Molokai

Quote of the Day:

All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Letter to his sister, Nov. 14, 1947

 

[Rane1071]

January 26th


1500
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovered Brazil.

1736
Stanislaus I formally abdicated as King of Poland.

1784
In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey.

1788
The first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became known as Sydney. The group had first settled at Botany Bay eight days before. This day is celebrated as Australia Day.

1827
Peru seceded from Colombia in protest against Simón Bolívar's alleged tyranny.

1841
Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which the Chinese had ceded to the British.

1962
The U.S. launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon. The probe missed its target by about 22,000 miles.

1972
In Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia, a JAT Yugoslav Airlines flight crashed after the detonation of a bomb in the forward cargo hold killing 27 people. The bomb was believed to have been placed on the plane by a Croatian extremist group. Vesna Vulovic, a stewardess, survived after falling 33,000 feet in the tail section. She broke both legs and became paralyzed from the waist down.

1992
Russian president Boris Yeltsin announced that his country would stop targeting U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

1999
Gary Busey was released from jail after being arrested the night before for investigation of misdemeanor spousal abuse. Tiana Busey had no visible injuries.

2010
It was announced that James Cameron's movie "Avatar" had become the highest-grossing film worldwide. At the time it was the second highest-grossing film in the United States.


Silly Quote of The Day


"I don't know all the certain words to word it."
Vanilla Ice, Rap Star, on why he hired a ghostwriter for his autobiography.



Quick Fact of the Day


Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.



Quick Article of the Day



Ondine,
In folklore, an ondine is a female water nymph who can acquire a soul by marrying a human man and bearing a child. The legend is the subject of many works of fiction, including German novelist Baron de La Motte-Fouqué's fairy tale Undine and French dramatist Jean Giraudoux's play Ondine. In some versions of the myth, Ondine curses an unfaithful partner to stop breathing if he ever falls asleep. This tale gives its name to Ondine's curse, a real medical condition, also called Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) or primary alveolar hypoventilation,

 

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26. January (Some more)

1808 – Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.

Now that's some rebellion I would instantly join

1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.

Here's to you, Apollo, from the Godfather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4CnauVtKs

1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India.

2004 – President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.

Birthdays:

1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttjyC5aliyk

1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)

1891 – Frank Costello, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1973)

1918 – Nicolae Ceauşescu, 1st President of Romania (d. 1989)

1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner (d. 2008)

1928 – Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)

1944 – Angela Davis, American feminist and activist

1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician (Van Halen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQTA0kG--A

1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian

1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Republic Day (India)

 

[Rane1071]

January 28th


1547
England's King Henry VIII died. He was succeeded by his 9 year-old son, Edward VI.

1788
The first British penal settlement was founded at Botany Bay.

1871
France surrendered in the Franco-Prussian War.

1909
The United States ended direct control over Cuba.

1915
The Coast Guard was created by an act of the U.S. Congress to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.

1935
Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion.

1986
The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.

1994
In Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg declared a mistrial in the case of Lyle Menendez in the murder of his parents. Lyle, and his brother Erik, were both retried later and were found guilty. They were sentenced to life in prison without parole.

1999
Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden's Volvo AB for $6.45 billion.


Silly Quote of The Day


"We didn't lose, we weren't beaten, we just came in second."
U.S. commentators, after Canadian Donavon Bailey won the 100 metre gold medal at the 1996 Olympics



Quick Fact of the Day


In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.



Quick Article of the Day



Clovis Points,
Clovis points are the characteristically-fluted projectile points associated with the North American Clovis culture. They date to the Paleoindian period around 13,500 years ago. Clovis fluted points are named after the city of Clovis, New Mexico, where examples were first found in 1929.

Whether Clovis toolmaking technology was native to the Americas or originated through influences from elsewhere is a contentious issue among archaeologists. Lithic antecedents of Clovis points have not been found in northeast Asia, from where the first human inhabitants of the Americas are believed by the majority of archaeologists to have originated ("pleistocene overkill" as more contemporary archeologists have called it). Strong similarities with points produced by the Solutrean culture in the Iberian peninsula have been noted, leading to the controversial Solutrean Hypothesis that the technology was introduced by hunters traversing the Atlantic ice-shelf.