# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2004
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40064 "2015-12-05T04:31:48Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA. Named after Amelia Reid. Already played at #2. In play: Airports named after an honored woman 1. Bandaranaike, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2. RHV: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose CA, USA (Amelia Reid, 1924-2001, aviation pioneer) 3. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India 4. Amelia Earhart Airport, Atchison, KS 5. Princess Juliana, St. Maarten 6. Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey 7. Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba 8. Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South), Canary Islands 9. Maria Montez airport, Barahona, Dominican Republic. 10. TRM: Jacqueline Cochrane Regional Airport, Thermal CA, USA (Cochrane, 1906-1980, pioneer, racer, helped form WASP and WAAC) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40065 "2015-12-05T04:38:40Z")
Airports named after an honored woman 1. Bandaranaike, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2. RHV: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose CA, USA (Amelia Reid, 1924-2001, aviation pioneer) 3. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India 4. Amelia Earhart Airport, Atchison, KS 5. Princess Juliana, St. Maarten 6. Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey 7. Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba 8. Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South), Canary Islands 9. Maria Montez airport, Barahona, Dominican Republic. 10. TRM: Jacqueline Cochrane Regional Airport, Thermal CA, USA (Cochrane, 1906-1980, pioneer, racer, helped form WASP and WAAC) 11. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40066 "2015-12-05T04:48:44Z")
Airports named after an honored woman 1. Bandaranaike, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2. RHV: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose CA, USA (Amelia Reid, 1924-2001, aviation pioneer) 3. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India 4. Amelia Earhart Airport, Atchison, KS 5. Princess Juliana, St. Maarten 6. Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey 7. Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba 8. Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South), Canary Islands 9. Maria Montez airport, Barahona, Dominican Republic. 10. TRM: Jacqueline Cochrane Regional Airport, Thermal CA, USA (Cochrane, 1906-1980, pioneer, racer, helped form WASP and WAAC) 11. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan 12. TIA: Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Rinas, ALB (Mother Teresa, 1910-1997) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40067 "2015-12-05T05:56:59Z")
Airports named after an honored woman 1. Bandaranaike, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2. RHV: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose CA, USA (Amelia Reid, 1924-2001, aviation pioneer) 3. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India 4. Amelia Earhart Airport, Atchison, KS 5. Princess Juliana, St. Maarten 6. Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey 7. Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba 8. Reina Sofía Airport (Tenerife South), Canary Islands 9. Maria Montez airport, Barahona, Dominican Republic. 10. TRM: Jacqueline Cochrane Regional Airport, Thermal CA, USA (Cochrane, 1906-1980, pioneer, racer, helped form WASP and WAAC) 11. Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, Pakistan 12. TIA: Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, Rinas, ALB (Mother Teresa, 1910-1997) 13. Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport, Welland, Ontario, Canada I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40068 "2015-12-05T06:01:15Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40069 "2015-12-05T06:50:24Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40070 "2015-12-05T11:22:43Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK And deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley of course. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40071 "2015-12-05T11:51:31Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40072 "2015-12-05T12:45:58Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 21 July 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps upon the lunar surface. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40073 "2015-12-05T13:00:25Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. \*\*5. 21 July 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps upon the lunar surface. \*\* Infamy? 1. 06 March 1836 - Remember the Alamo. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40074 "2015-12-05T13:05:53Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 March 1836 - Remember the Alamo. Point taken. I misinterpreted infamy: my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40075 "2015-12-05T13:15:53Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 March 1836 - Remember the Alamo. 6. 19 May 1999 - _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_ released to theaters. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40076 "2015-12-05T13:21:43Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us > \ > 6. 19 May 1999 - _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_ released to theaters. I like the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40077 "2015-12-05T14:21:30Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836 - Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40078 "2015-12-05T14:24:34Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836 - Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40079 "2015-12-05T14:30:22Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar, 44 BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963- Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001 - destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836 - Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) 8. 15 Apr 1865: Assassination of Pres. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40080 "2015-12-05T14:32:58Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar 44BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963: Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001: destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836: Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) 8. 15 Apr 1865: Assassination of Pres. Lincoln 9. 02 Dec 2015: San Bernardino shooting ETA: the second-deadliest mass shooting in California after the 1984 San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre, and the deadliest in the U.S. since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40081 "2015-12-05T14:39:27Z")
Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar 44BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963: Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001: destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836: Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) 8. 15 Apr 1865: Assassination of Pres. Lincoln 9. 02 Dec 2015: San Bernardino shooting 10. 30 Jan 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany ---
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Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar 44BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963: Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001: destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836: Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) 8. 15 Apr 1865: Assassination of Pres. Lincoln 9. 02 Dec 2015: San Bernardino shooting 10. 30 Jan 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany 11. 19 April 1995: Oklahoma City bombing ---
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Days of Infamy, Since December 7th is Upon Us 1. 07 Dec 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 2. 15 Mar 44BCE: Julius Caesar assassinated. Beware the Ides of March. 3. 22 Nov 1963: Assassination of JFK 4. 11 Sep 2001: destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and a section of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. 5. 06 Mar 1836: Remember the Alamo. 6. 26 Feb 1993: World Trade Center bombing, NYC 7. 14 Dec 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, resulting in 28 dead (including the shooter) 8. 15 Apr 1865: Assassination of Pres. Lincoln 9. 02 Dec 2015: San Bernardino shooting 10. 30 Jan 1933: Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany 11. 19 Apr 1995: Oklahoma City bombing 12. 23 Oct 1983: Beirut bombing of USMC barracks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2003) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2005)