December 11th events in history!!

The Mona Lisa

1913: "Mona Lisa", stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered

1931: Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd

1946 - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established

1981 - Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick

2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization

MONIQUE ANGELA HICKS

Mo'Nique

Born Dec 11, 1967 (Age 47) *bday*

American comedian & actress

Series;
*The Parkers

Films;
*Phat Girlz
*Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
*Precious
Etc
&
Won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

She hosted The Mo'Nique Show, a late-night talk show that premiered in 2009 on BET; it was cancelled in 2011

www.moniqueworldwide.com

Holidays Today

Thursday 11th December

*KI* Human Rights & Peace Day (Kiribati)

*US* Indiana Day (US)

(*) International Mountain Day

(*) National Tango Day
(Buenos Aires)

(*) 1 of the 4 Agonalia (Roman Empire)
..This day in honor of Sol Indiges

*PH* Pampanga Day (Pampanga Province, the Philippines)

*BF* Republic Day (Burkina Faso)
..Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958

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Popular Misconceptions

Albert Einstein didn't fail maths in school

Upon seeing a column making this claim, he said

"I never failed in mathematics.. Before I was 15 I had mastered differential & integral calculus"

He did fail the entrance exam into the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School on his 1st attempt (1895)

He was 2 years younger than his fellow students at the time & scored exceedingly well in the maths & science

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Report: Diddy and Drake Involved in Fight at Miami Nightclub

Drake may be recovering from a dislocated shoulder after a scuffle with Diddy this weekend.

The two were partying at LIV in Miami for DJ Khaled's birthday party and, according to Rick Ross's DJ, there was a fight between the hip hop stars.

"Diddy put hands on that boy ... And he Ain't go 0-100 ... That boy left," DJ Sam Sneaker tweeted. "Drake at the Hospital Smh ... N***a caught a 3 Pc ... He dislocated his Shoulder."

MTV News spoke to a source who was in attendance at the Miami hot spot that confirmed there was an altercation between the stars. Though the reason for the tussle is not known, early rumors had already started circulating that it was over Diddy's girlfriend, Cassie. Of course, that may be because Drake is the usual suspect when it comes to everybody's girlfriend. On Saturday night, he was pulled into the Chris Brown and Karrueche drama when Breezy accused her of dating the OVO rapper.

DJ Sam Sneaker says that isn't the case. "It definitely wasn't bout Cassie," he wrote, adding, "Yall pray for Drake."

Stay tuned to BET.com for more details on this developing story.

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Jimi Agbaje wins Lagos PDP governorship primaries

Mr Olujimi Agbaje has been declared the winner of the Lagos PDP governorship primaries.

Agbaje scored 434 votes to defeat former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.
Mr Tokunbo Kamson scored 46, Engineer Deji Doherty scored 21, while Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi also scored 21 votes.

About 846 delegates across the 20 local government areas of the state participated in the governorship primaries.

Obanikoro scored 346

Announcing the winner of the primaries, chairman of the governorship electoral committee, Senator Saidu, Umar Kumo said “I hereby declare Mr Jimi Agbaje as the candidate of the PDP for the. 2015 governorship elections.”

The exercise was nearly marred by violence following a controversy which surrounded the number of votes cast by the delegates.

When the voting started, the Chairman of the electoral committee, Senator Shehu Kumo, announced that there were 806 delegates.

But when votes were being sorted, it was discovered that the number of votes cast were 863.

All efforts to get the number of votes and the number of delegates to tally proved abortive but Kumo insisted that the exercise should continue.

Amid the resistance by supporters of some of the aspirants, about 60 armed policemen formed a barricade around the ballot boxes and ensured that the counting continued.

When tables and chairs were overturned at the centre, Obanikoro immediately stormed out.

Immediately after the announcement, Agbaje commended the committee and promised to work with other aspirants.

As the tension heightened, about 200 policemen and operatives of the Department of State Service stormed the venue. Agbaje was whisked away before policemen began firing gunshots into the air.

It was however victory galore for many of the PDP governors as most of their preferred candidates triumphed during the race in their states.

But the Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, had a shocker as he was beaten by a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, at the old Parade Ground, Abuja where the exercise for the state took place.

There were however boycotts and protests by many aspirants in states like Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ogun and Oyo.

What are your thoughts? kindly share them below

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