January 07
[1325] Afonso IV succeeds Denis as King of Portugal.
[1430] Duke Philip the Good (33) formally celebrate marriage to Isabella of Portugal (32) in Sluys, Burgundy.
[1598] Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I.
[1601] Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth I.
[1610] Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede.
[1611] Trial of Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth B脿thory for killing and torturing hundreds of young women, later sentenced to house arrest for the rest of her life.
[1698] Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England.
[1790] French Revolution: A major riot breaks out in Versailles as people demand lower bread prices.
[1879] Dutch King William II weds Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont.
[1892] A massive mine explosion leaves nearly 100 dead in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns.
[1901] "Colorado Cannibal" Alfred Packer is paroled.
[1923] Baltimore Sun warns of the Ku Klux Klan.
[1934] Dutch Princess Juliana weds German Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld.
[1950] "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts.
[1971] American horror, sci-fi and fantasy author Stephen King weds Tabitha Spruce, author and activist.
[1989] Akihito becomes the 125th Emperor of Japan after the death of his father Emperor Sh艒wa (Hirohito).
[1994] United Express commuter plane crashed in Ohio, killing 5.
[2006] Punky pop singer P!nk (26) weds motocross daredevil and "The Surreal Life" actor Carey Hart (30) at the Four Seasons Resort at Peninsula Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
[2012] Lady A (formerly Antebellum) singer-songwriter Hillary Scott (26) weds drummer Chris Tyrrell (25) at the Appel Inn near Albany, New York.
[2015] 12 people die and 11 injured in shooting at French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" offices.
[2018] It snows in the Sahara desert - 15 inches reported in A茂n S茅fra, Northwest Algeria.
[2019] Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797B.
[2021] Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blocks President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram till Jan. 20, following suspension of his other social media accounts the previous day.
[2021] Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla, becomes the world's richest man, worth $186B, overtaking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
[2022] Three men convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Feb. 2020, sentenced to life in prison in Georgia court.
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Cursed necklace DPxDC AU
Vlad is a 24yr-old student who dies in college...in the early 1900s. Since then, he has haunted the University of Wisconsin by virtue of his his old necklace.
He likes the school- and the students like him! Since photography became accessible, students, teachers, staff, and visitors alike have been trying to get photos with him, students bribe him to help with homework (after all, he's been auditing classes for a century), mainly with cheep beer, fried cheese-related foods, and (since some kid introduced him to the Green Bay Packers), Packers memorabilia.
The students leave the game on for him, and the brave ones turn the lights off and leave a spot open for him in the hopes of seeing the Wisconsin University ghost up close and personal. (If they combine this with cheese sticks and beer, it's a near guarantee).
In general, he's a beloved figure. But then the Fentons start college there. At first, it's cool! These humans have made machines to let them listen to him (with some translation errors), they're building a portal to the GZ, which means he can have other ghosts to talk to, again, and they're fun!
Oh. Wait. They're being kicked out because they tried something unethical. Oh well! Somebody just turned on a Packers game, and he can smell the cheesesticks already.
Little does he know, the Fentons have created their prototype thermos. Until his necklace (and due to the lack of ambient ectoplasm), essentially his core is in there.
For 15. Long. Years.
Danny- not as Phantom, just Danny- finds the box and, with the curiosity of a 9-year-old opens the box. Soon, he's contaminated, despite his new buddy trying to keep him safe. And dies. Yep 9 year old Phantom.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! See Damian was a TWIN! Bruce is, when he tracks down said twin, Very Displeased by the lack of safety measures, and takes his other biological son (and his son's sister who is only 12 rn) home with him.
Bruce does NOT know about his hitchhiker; a centuries-old vampire ghost. He also doesn't know Danny's dead. More under the cut!
Clark gets mind controlled and tries to start a fight. Tries being the operative word here, because his 9-year-old is fighting a grown Kryptonian. And winning.
Plasmius steals cheese a lot, turns TVs to Packers games, and is generally a nuisance. Constantine is called.
Constantine has a new best friend because holy shit, a real ghost who's willing to talk to him! He can get so much info!
Bruce: Can you get him out of my house? Plasmius: Where Danny goes, I go.
Danny: Hey, can I have this? *eats a blob ghost in front of everyone*. *shares half with Plasmius*
Constantine is both horrified and curious. Clark gets punted across state lines by a vampire ghost who was Not Happy his kiddo got in a fight. Jason gets therapy a la a 12-year-old girl, a 9-year-old half-dead kid, and a centuries-old ghost.
There's enough ambient ectoplasm to thrive on, so Plasmius can roam and Danny can start learning powers. Vlad starts teaching Jason on the sly too.
Danny starts talking to bats, cats, rats, and a snake Damian rescued. Damian takes him to break into zoos to see what else he can talk to. Bruce is tired.
Plasmius uses his doubles for housework purposes in exchange for cheese from Alfred. Alfred abuses this shamelessly to drag Bruce up from the cave and make him eat.
Jasmine is Aggressively Normal. To the point where they're considering therapy, but then she gets kidnapped, talks to Harley, and embraces her alter identity as The Mindflayer.
Ok fine, she admits that is a little villainous. Maybe she can be Wraith or something? "Look, it seems you guys are being a little too upset about-", " Jazmine, you turned the Joker into a vegetable." Jason: YEAH she did! C'mon, we're going to have some fun, kids!
Just- Bruce thought he was getting two kids from an abusive household. He did NOT sign up for 2 half-dead OP kids, a cheese and football-obsessed vampire ghost, and a...NO, Danny, you CANNOT keep the giant green hellhound. Damien, stop encouraging him!
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