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Faytie Alone Kitchens Karlovic took this oath of allegiance to regain her rights as a U.S. citizen 11/20/1942.

From 1907 to 1922, American women lost their American citizenship after marrying non-Americans.

Series: Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1941 - 1950

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009

Transcription:

Form N-415

(Old 2234)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

(EDITION OF 9-15-41)

ORIGINAL

(To be retained as court

record)

APPLICATION TO TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE

ACT OF JUNE 25, 1936, AS AMENDED, AND FORM OF SUCH OATH

To the Honorable, the U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Arkansas Little Rock, Ark.

This application, hereby made and filed, respectfully shows:

(1) My full, true, and correct name is FAYTIE ALONE KITCHENS KARLOVIC

(2) My present place of residence is Route #`1 Rison Cleveland Arkansas

(3) My occupation is Housewife

(4) I am 47 years old. (5) I was born on June 9, 1895 in Hamburg,

Arkansas United States

(6) My personal description is as follows: Sex Female; color White, complexion Dark,

color of eyes Grey, color of hair Dark Brown, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 135 pounds;

visible distinctive marks None

(7) I am -- married; the name of my husband is Andrew Matt Karlovic; we were married

on April 21, 1912 at Hamburg, Arkansas; he was born

at Klana Istrea Austria on November 6, 1888; and now resides

at Route #1 Rison, Arkansas U.S.A.

(8) I lost, or believe that I lost, United States citizenship solely by reason of my marriage on April 21, 1912

to Andrew Matt Karlovic then an alien, a citizen or subject of Austria,

and my marital status with such person was not terminated on     by    

(9) I have resided continuously in the United States since the date of my marriage shown in paragraph 8 hereof,

to wit, since April 21, 1912

(10) I hereby apply to take the oath of renunciation and allegiance as prescribed in Section 335 (b) of the Nationality

Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1157) to become repatriated and obtain the rights of a citizen of the United States.

[signature]

  Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named applicant, in the office of the clerk of said court at

Little Rock, Ark. this 20th day of November, Anno Domini 1942

Grady Miller

Clerk

By [signature] Lillian M. Vaughan [seal]

Deputy Clerk.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

COUNTY OF PULASKI }ss:  In the U.S. District Court

                                                 of Eastern District of Arkansas

    Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that the above application be granted; that

the applicant named therein be repatriated as a citizen of the United States, upon taking the oath of renunciation and

allegiance to the United States; and that the clerk of this court enter these proceedings of record.

                 By the Court:

[signature]

Judge.

OATH OF RENUNCIATION AND ALLEGIANCE

     I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign

prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support

and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; thatI

will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or

purpose of evasion: SO HELP ME GOD. In acknowledgment, whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

         [signature]

The foregoing oath was administered to the petitioner in open court this 20th day of November, 1942

        Grady Miller

        Clerk

By Lillian M. Vaughan

Deputy Clerk

16-16869-1

[SEAL]

Note to Clerk of Court: No fee is to be

collected in connection with the filing of

this application. The applicant, upon

demand, should be furnished with the

triplicate copy, duly certified, for which a

fee not in excess of $1 may be collected.

Events 1.1 (before 1830)

153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1. 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar. 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. 404 – Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable). 947 – Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty captures Daliang, ending the dynasty and empire of the Later Jin. 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable). 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor. 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers the coast of Brazil. 1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese. 1515 – Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII. 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin. 1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25. 1604 – The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace. 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire. 1707 – John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon. 1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island,[21] is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company. 1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action. 1776 – General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at Prospect Hill. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781. 1788 – The first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed. 1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in North America after the United States. 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished. 1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves. 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

literally WHEN and WHERE does qs want to reveal all jgy's done in public? at what point does she want drama? she'd have to be the stupidest person alive to want to publicly reveal she's a product of rape and has committed incest. i was about to ask why we're in us of a in anno domini 2023 but i don't think any sane person would want to drag it all out in modern times either. jgy haters really will just say things

but Also the scene is really painful to read. qs was one of the two people (not counting ms) who treated jgy like a person and genuinely liked him, and one letter and conversation later she doesn't even want his explanations and just assumes he's a horrible, evil person who's do everything to keep his position. just what the fuck was in that letter, hm, mr national health service

but also Also i hate when jgy is accused of doing things for his Position. Position means influence, riches, fame. jgy doesn't want that, he wants safety and basic respect. and he won't get that as a random bookkeeper or whatever else people think he'd EXCEL AT once kicked out from jinlintai, because once it's revealed whose son he is, we're back to social ostracism. this is not aimed at qin su even though her words HURT ME but rather at real life people who I assume must have read the book/watched the series at some point. but the more takes I see, the more k start thinking that perhaps there are more people who participate in fandom/write fanfiction without ever interacting with the canon material than i thought

06/17/2022 Click here for Spotify or Apple Music. This is my 14th official release. Written within the last 18 months “My Word” is a thank you to my fans in advance and a celebration of rapping for ten years. It’s a fun dedication to my career in hip-hop and tells the story of my journey in rapping.

The beat is from Anno Domini Nation. The track was professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered by They Call Me Heat of Crack House Recording Studio in Lansing Michigan. You can stream or download the track wherever music is sold. Thank you for your support. Be sure to follow because new music is released every first and third Friday of every month.

Lyrics: 

I’ll never stop til I make it  Take off like a space ship  Work hard at what it is Til I have a Catalog of hit I’ll be grind’n  til I’m on stage shine Just give me a chance And you’ll see where my mind at

got My word, my bond, My verse , my mom been rhyme’n ten years and ain’t never gonna stop  I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous So To the hip-hop heads, come rock with me, I’m ill. Well read, and got what you need   I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous

I’ll tell you what started this  Talent working hard at this Rap’n with a heart for it  And passion go’n far with it just wanna be the hit, You play up at the crib When you drink’n get’n lit  or laid and make’n   a kids Been rhyme’n a decade and still haven’t made it  Write better than most but my story faded  Got sick- and had a chip on my shoulder Doctors tell me I have Schizoeffective disorder  Left the hits, that don’t make sense lyrical tracks that are conceptually wack Now I’m on my medication focussed and patient  Grateful audacious  happy And gracious  wanna love what it is And give them this gift So I’ve decided to shine And stick with my rhymes  This a time stamp Of where I’m at  EricLeo.org is where you can Find me at

got My word, my bond, My verse , my mom been rhyme’n ten years and ain’t never gonna stop  I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous So To the hip-hop heads, come rock with me, I’m ill. Well read, and got what you need   I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous

I’m glad I waited To try and make it Don’t wanna be famous in mental anguish  But now I got my mind right,  time to shine the lime light  Rhythm with the rhyme tight Glaring with the Shine like Came from obscurity Say’n absurdities  Stay humble-- but I Got game assuredly  I do it for the fun I do it for the love I do it for the fans Love the grind and the buzz Buy an album, buy the book  I really need it, listen, look.  can’t make it without you  Please help me shine through J ust wanna be a come up Make music they covet Dedicate my life  Make people happy i’zz alive write my story in pages  And tell it on stages  nostalgia, here’s where you’ll Find that I’m nice with mine, just wanna remind cats

got My word, my bond, My verse , my mom 2:18 been rhyme’n ten years and ain’t never gonna stop  I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous So To the hip-hop heads, come rock with me, I’m ill. Well read, and got what you need   I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous

Another idea, another album Another year, of remaining stagnant Something gotta change My anthems bang  I gotta find a way to get my albums played I wanna be the man But I ain’t shit without fans So Listen this the plan  Gotta get it till they stans Request the track, create demand Know it’s you where it all began  So if you hear this, and like it,  then help me shine  Here’s a thank you in advance for being a fan of mine  If you be my scooter brun I’ll be your beiber Just get me a guest spot, a prop, or feature If you be my dray I be your shady If you be my wayne I’ll be your drake G Don’t got a lot but live’n happy at home This a snap shot in time, I just want you to know

got My word, my bond, My verse , my mom 2:18 been rhyme’n ten years and ain’t never gonna stop  I got stage hits, way lit  They gon rage when i get famous So To the hip-hop heads, come rock with me, I’m ill. Well read, and got what you need   Hip-hop my home, you can find me here Cheers to you and  another ten year

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A Brief History of Christmas, Part 1

Christmas is a worldwide Christian celebration that holds numerous moving pieces that can trace their origins back to different points in the mists of history. While the spiritual origins of Christmas and its traditions are well known, the historical origins hold as much, if not more significance.

The earliest records of Christmas being celebrated is within Roman records in the 2nd century AD, (AD standing for Anno Domini, which is Latin for “In the Year of our Lord”). In those early years, Orthodox Christians in the East, living in what would become the Byzantine Empire, celebrated Christmas on January 6, not celebrating Christ’s birth, but his baptism. Eventually, the date of December 25th in the Roman calendar was decided on as the official date to celebrate the holiday, and it remained as such ever since.

There are multiple theories as to why December 25th was designated as the Christmas day by Christian authorities. The most commonly accepted theory is that it’s the day closest to the Roman winter solstice, which was already a holiday celebrated in the Roman Empire, which was the center of Christianity at the time. Among these theories are the mathematical connection, which is based on the idea that Jesus’ conception was in the spring, and that December 25th is the required 9 months later for him to be born, and the coincidental connection, which is based on the premise that as other holidays based on the solstice already existed, Christianity just hijacked them for Christmas, and the religious connection, based on the symbology of the winter solstice, and how it relates to Christ.

Traditionally, Christmas was a raucous celebration, a carnival celebration that was loud and in many ways riotous. It was for these reasons that when the Puritans conquered England in their rebellion, the holiday was outlawed. Indeed, in the heavily-Puritan influenced American colonies, later the United States, Christmas was not celebrated often either, to the point where it was not made a national holiday until 1870. In 1821, a man named William Gilley printed a poem about “Santeclaus”, marking the first time the somewhat well-known Saint Nicolas began being given the new name of “Santa Claus”. Throughout the 19th century, images of Santa Claus and Christmas grew more and more common, until, by the final quarter of the century, the foundation of the holiday we know today was settled. Christmas meant Santa Claus brought gifts to children, it meant decoration and love brought to the world, and as it was from the beginning of Santa Claus, it was centered around commercialization and marketing.

Events 1.1

153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1. 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar. 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. 404 – Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable). 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable). 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor. 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers the coast of Brazil. 1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese. 1515 – Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII. 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin. 1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25. 1604 – The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace. 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire. 1707 – John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon. 1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island, is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company. 1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action. 1776 – General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at Prospect Hill. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781. 1788 – The first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is proclaimed. 1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black-majority republic and second independent country in North America after the United States. 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished. 1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves. 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. 1834 – Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states. 1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world. 1860 – The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use. 1861 – Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City. 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory. 1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India. 1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones). 1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. 1892 – Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States. 1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. 1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba. 1900 – Nigeria becomes British protectorate with Frederick Lugard as high commissioner. 1901 – The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire. 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister. 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California. 1910 – Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson. 1912 – The Republic of China is established. 1914 – The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft. 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS. 1927 – New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War. 1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc. 1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver. 1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. 1934 – Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison. 1934 – A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany. 1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations. 1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. 1947 – Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany. 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen. 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly. 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. 1957 – George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. 1957 – Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect. 1958 – The European Economic Community is established. 1959 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces. 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom. 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia. 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan. 1970 – The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00. 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. 1973 – Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community. 1976 – A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board. 1978 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. 1979 – Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States. 1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community. 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. 1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet. 1984 – The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom. 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone. 1987 – The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor. 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. 1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion. 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor. 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. 1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas. 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. 1995 – The World Trade Organization comes into being. 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU. 1998 – Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. 1998 – Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity. 1999 – Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece adopts the euro two years later). 2004 – In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007. 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board. 2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. 2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. 2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. 2011 – Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country. 2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. 2017 – An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others.