# 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:** 467
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9322 "2012-01-06T19:50:18Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. 9. _Tarzan of the Apes_ by Edgar Rice Burroughs is released/becomes an immediate bestseller 10. Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at his home in Dayton, Ohio He was worth 55 points in the 1912 Celebrity Deathpool ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9323 "2012-01-06T20:53:09Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. 9. _Tarzan of the Apes_ by Edgar Rice Burroughs is released/becomes an immediate bestseller 10. Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at his home in Dayton, Ohio 11. Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot in the chest while campaigning on the Bull Moose Party ticket ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9324 "2012-01-06T21:18:54Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. 9. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs is released/becomes an immediate bestseller 10. Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at his home in Dayton, Ohio 11. Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot in the chest while campaigning on the Bull Moose Party ticket 12. African National Congress established in South Africa ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9325 "2012-01-08T01:56:26Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. 9. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs is released/becomes an immediate bestseller 10. Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at his home in Dayton, Ohio 11. Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot in the chest while campaigning on the Bull Moose Party ticket 12. African National Congress established in South Africa 13. Socialist Eugene V. Debs of Indiana wins 6% of the popular vote in the presidential election (He received just as many votes numerically in the 1920 election; women could vote for the first time so almost twice as many votes were cast, so while he received roughly the same numerically it was only 3.5% of the popular vote. Still not bad considering he was in prison during the election of 1920 and all votes were write-ins.) Somebody else may choose the next up. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9326 "2012-01-08T02:16:55Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9327 "2012-01-08T02:47:20Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons The only British Prime Minister ever assassinated ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9328 "2012-01-08T03:51:06Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9329 "2012-01-08T04:55:21Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9330 "2012-01-08T06:16:58Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9331 "2012-01-08T15:30:50Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans Not really pithy for a headline ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9332 "2012-01-08T15:34:08Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9333 "2012-01-08T19:37:26Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9334 "2012-01-08T19:59:09Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9335 "2012-01-09T01:58:48Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Furious over the Battle of Tippecanoe and viewing the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 as a sign, Tecumseh travels widely in the midwest and southern states preaching American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War 9. Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire, England ---
**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:** [January 9, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9336 "2012-01-09T02:17:38Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in lobby of House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Tecumseh preaches American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War 9. Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire, England 10. Frigate USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere Using my prerogative as OP, #2 corrected, #5 shortened, if that’s all right. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9337 "2012-01-09T03:59:06Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in lobby of House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Tecumseh preaches American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War 9. Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire, England 10. Frigate USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere 11. Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes _The Analytical Theory of Probabilities_, laying the foundations of statistics ---
**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:** [January 9, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9338 "2012-01-09T04:44:30Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in lobby of House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Tecumseh preaches American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War 9. Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire, England 10. Frigate USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere 11. Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes The Analytical Theory of Probabilities, laying the foundations of statistics 12. Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, Calif. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9339 "2012-01-09T20:54:38Z")
Headlines from 1812 1. President James Madison is reelected, defeating DeWitt Clinton 2. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated in lobby of House of Commons 3. Earthquake in Caracas claims at least 15,000 lives 4. French forces under Napoleon invade Russia 5. Tecumseh preaches American Indian solidarity against the Americans 6. Louisiana admitted as 18th state 7. George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States, is dead. 8. Treaty of Bucharest ends Russo-Turkish War 9. Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire, England 10. Frigate USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere 11. Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes The Analytical Theory of Probabilities, laying the foundations of statistics 12. Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, Calif. 13. Americans repulsed by Canadians and Brits. ([Militarily](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Queenston_Heights) that is; not a matter of taste or anything.) Next Up: Actors (superstars, character actors, etc.) you seem most likely to see at least once whenever you sit through several trailers at the movies 1. J.K. Simmons ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9340 "2012-01-09T21:41:19Z")
Actors (superstars, character actors, etc.) you seem most likely to see at least once whenever you sit through several trailers at the movies 1. J.K. Simmons 2. Zach Galifianakis ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9341 "2012-01-09T23:07:14Z")
Actors (superstars, character actors, etc.) you seem most likely to see at least once whenever you sit through several trailers at the movies 1. J.K. Simmons 2. Zach Galifianakis 3. Daniel Craig [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=468)