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Wiki it, what happened on your birthday? March 7th: Bloody Sunday Death of Stanley Kubrick Matthew Vaughn's birthday
ITS MY BIRTHDAY RIGHT NOW! I am 18, 16 minutes ago this was the case. So we have yet to see!
21.12: [b]Screw u 21 december[/b] Births: 1878 – Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee (d. 1953) Well fuck Events: 1969 – The Gay Activists Alliance is formed in New York WELL FUCK
My birthday back in 2006 was exactly 06/06/06.
2008 - George Bush dodged some shoes in Iraq.
December 16th: -Birth of Ludwig van Beethowen and Philip. K. Dick. -Victory day on Bangladesh and India. -The infamous epilepsy-inducing Pokemon episode is aired in Japan. -Independence of Kazakhstan. I feel a bit more important now :buddy:
MLK day.
I was born.
[QUOTE=Jorori;25903227]December 16th: -Birth of Ludwig van Beethowen and Philip. K. Dick. -Victory day on Bangladesh and India. -The infamous epilepsy-inducing Pokemon episode is aired in Japan. -Independence of Kazakhstan. I feel a bit more important now :buddy:[/QUOTE] And i feel like shit. Or a communist dictator. I dunno.
Date the 13th Amendment is signed I think... Oh and the execution date of Guy Fawkes. Ham the Chimp travels into outer space. Holy shit yes.
May 23, 1934 - Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and killed by police.
The US declared war on Germany and Italy and vice versa. UNICEF was formed. The Libertarian Part was formed. Apollo 17 landed on the moon. Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from golf to focus on his marriage. Bettie Paige died. Ordered from least to most significant.
sexytime, and Easter.
1998 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. 1976 – RJD2 was born, American hip-hop producer It's also Mother's day in Bolivia.
December 31 1600- The British East India Company is chartered. 1759- Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. 1955- General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion USD in a year. 1994- This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC-11 to UTC+13 and UTC-10 to UTC+14, respectively. 1999- The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal over to Panama Every Year- New Year's Eve
[b]October 23[/b] [b]Events[/b] * 42 BC – Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide. * 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. * 502 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. * 1086 – At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI. * 1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. * 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. * 1641 – Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. * 1642 – Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War. * 1694 – British/American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec from the French. * 1707 – The first Parliament of Great Britain meets. * 1739 – War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. * 1812 – Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris. * 1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. * 1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases. * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City. * 1867 – 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate. * 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory. * 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. * 1911 – First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. * 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins. * 1915 – Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote. * 1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution. * 1929 – Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic. * 1929 – The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California. * 1935 – Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey in what will become known as The Chophouse Massacre. * 1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow. * 1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt. * 1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii"). * 1942 – World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26. * 1944 – World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines. * 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. * 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. * 1956 – Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4). * 1958 – The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74. * 1958 – The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou. * 1965 – Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands). * 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. * 1972 – Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months. * 1973 – The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations. * 1973 – A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria. * 1983 – Lebanon Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. Marines. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops. * 1989 – The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic. * 1989 – Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314. * 1992 – Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil. * 1993 – Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. * 1998 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement. * 2001 – Apple releases the iPod. * 2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. * 2004 – A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. * 2007 – A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig. [b]Births[/b] * 1503 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) * 1516 – Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) * 1634 – Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) * 1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782) * 1705 – Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) * 1715 – Peter II of Russia (d. 1730) * 1762 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843) * 1766 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847) * 1771 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813) * 1790 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860) * 1796 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857) * 1801 – Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851) * 1805 – John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886) * 1813 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848) * 1815 – João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889) * 1817 – Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875) * 1835 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, and 23rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1914) * 1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930) * 1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918) * 1869 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936) * 1870 – Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948) * 1873 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975) * 1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946) * 1876 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970) * 1880 – Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959) * 1885 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) * 1888 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961) * 1893 – Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977) * 1894 – Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966) * 1896 – André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930) * 1900 – Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958) * 1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995) * 1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983) * 1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003) * 1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) * 1909 – Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992) * 1910 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993) * 1918 – James Daly, American actor (d. 1978) * 1919 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992) * 1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998) * 1922 – Coleen Gray, American actress * 1923 – Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet * 1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer * 1923 – Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974) * 1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005) * 1925 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994) * 1925 – Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990) * 1928 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971) * 1928 – Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1985) * 1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (d. 2009) * 1931 – Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician * 1931 – William P. Clark, American jurist, and 44th United States Secretary of the Interior * 1931 – Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984) * 1935 – Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer * 1936 – Philip Kaufman, American film director * 1937 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military turned guerrilla leader (d. 1971) * 1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer (d. 2009) * 1940 – Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar" * 1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer * 1941 – Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician * 1942 – Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008) * 1942 – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007) * 1944 – Mike Harding, English singer and comedian * 1945 – Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter * 1945 – Kim Larsen, Danish singer * 1946 – Mel Martinez, American politician * 1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur * 1948 – Brian Ross, American journalist * 1949 – Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead) * 1949 – Nick Tosches, American writer * 1951 – Charly García, Argentine singer * 1951 – Fatmir Sejdiu, former (2nd) President of Kosovo * 1952 – Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005) * 1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director * 1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer * 1957 – Martin Luther King III, American human rights advocate * 1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author * 1958 – Rose Nabinger, German singer * 1959 – Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor * 1959 – Sam Raimi, American film director * 1959 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist * 1960 – Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (d. 2008) * 1960 – Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist * 1961 – Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer * 1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer * 1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player * 1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American Author * 1964 – Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica) * 1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American writer * 1965 – Al Leiter, American baseball player * 1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver * 1967 – Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont) * 1969 – Trudi Canavan, Australian writer * 1969 – Brooke Theiss, American actress * 1970 – Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster * 1970 – Zoe Wiseman, American Model and Photographer * 1971 – Carlo Forlivesi, Italian composer * 1971 – Christopher Horner, American cyclist * 1972 – Bryan Pratt, Missouri Politician * 1972 – Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress * 1973 – Christian Dailly, Scottish footballer * 1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer * 1975 – Michelle Beadle, American television personality * 1975 – Odalys García, Cuban actress * 1975 – Jessicka, American artist * 1975 – Keith Van Horn, American basketball player * 1976 – Cat Deeley, English model and television personality * 1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor * 1977 – Brad Haddin, Australian cricket player * 1978 – Jimmy Bullard, English footballer * 1978 – Steve Harmison, English cricketer * 1978 – Archie Thompson, Australian footballer * 1979 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer * 1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer * 1979 – Ramón Castro, Venezuelan baseball player * 1980 – Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player * 1981 – Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver * 1981 – Ben Francisco, American baseball player * 1981 – Shoo, South Korean singer and actress * 1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer * 1983 – Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer * 1983 – Josh Strickland, American entertainer * 1984 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model * 1984 – Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain * 1985 – Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress * 1985 – Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer * 1986 – Briana Evigan, American actress * 1986 – Jake Robinson, English footballer * 1986 – Jessica Stroup, American actress * 1987 – Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play) * 1990 – Stevie Brock, American singer * 1991 – Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan [b]Deaths[/b] * 42 BC – Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC) * 930 – Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) * 1456 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) * 1550 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) * 1581 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) * 1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) * 1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) * 1730 – Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683) * 1764 – Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683) * 1774 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715) * 1869 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799) * 1872 – Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811) * 1885 – Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829) * 1893 – Alexander Battenberg, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1857) * 1910 – Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853) * 1915 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848) * 1921 – John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b. 1840) * 1939 – Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872) * 1942 – Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901) * 1943 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876) * 1944 – Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) * 1944 – Hana Brady, Holocaust victim (b. 1931) * 1950 – Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886) * 1953 – Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (b. 1869) * 1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905) * 1959 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885) * 1959 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871) * 1978 – Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909) * 1983 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947) * 1984 – James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892) * 1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922) * 1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893) * 1988 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929) * 1989 – Armida, Mexican actress (b. 1911) * 1990 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918) * 1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928) * 1996 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930) * 1997 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916) * 1998 – Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946) * 2000 – Rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1966) * 2001 – Ronald William Kirby, British artist (b. 1928) * 2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (b. 1917) * 2002 – Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915) * 2003 – Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944) * 2003 – Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897) * 2004 – Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919) * 2004 – Bill Nicholson, English Footballer (b.1919) * 2005 – William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948) * 2005 – John Muth, American economist (b. 1930) * 2005 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945) * 2006 – Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977) * 2007 – John Ilhan, Australian entrepreneur (b. 1965) * 2007 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-born Chinese businessman (b. 1918) * 2008 – Kevin Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1948) * 2010 – Francis Crippen, American long-distance swimmer (b. 1984) * 2010 – Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 1942) [b]Holidays and observances[/b] * Christian Feast Day: o Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius o Giovanni da Capistrano o Ignatius of Constantinople * Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) * Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia) * Mole Day (Chemists) * National Day (Hungary)
18th January 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor. 474 – Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor. 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. 1520 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden. 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru. 1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session. 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day. 1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama. 1701 – Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. 1777 – Representatives of the New Hampshire Grants declare the independence of the Vermont Republic from Britain. 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands". 1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay. 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. 1866 – Wesley College, Melbourne is established. 1871 – Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans. 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom. 1886 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. 1896 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. 1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States. 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. 1913 – A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece. 1915 – Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. 1916 – A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri. 1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. 1919 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland. 1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded. 1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa. 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. 1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. 1944 – Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad. 1945 – Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army. 1955 – Battle of Yijiangshan is fought. 1958 – Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut. 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. 1969 – United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. 1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. 1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. 1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. 1978 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. 1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. 1994 – The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute. 1997 – In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. 1997 – Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. 2000 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth. 2002 – Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over. 2003 – A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France 2007 – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Births; 885 – Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) 1519 – Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) 1543 – (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588) 1641 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691) 1659 – Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher (d. 1708) 1672 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) 1688 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) 1689 – Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755) 1743 – Louis Claude de Saint-Martin French philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu. (d. 1803) 1779 – Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869) 1782 – Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852) 1795 – Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865) 1813 – Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906) 1815 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874) 1840 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921) 1841 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. 1894) 1842 – Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911) 1848 – Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) 1849 – Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920) 1850 – Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916) 1853 – Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (d. 1900) 1854 – Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934) 1856 – Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931) 1867 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916) 1877 – Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d. 1961) 1879 – Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949) 1880 – Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (d. 1933) 1881 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975) 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956) 1886 – Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962) 1888 – Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989) 1892 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957) 1892 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956) 1896 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967) 1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973) 1904 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006) 1904 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986) 1905 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002) 1908 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974) 1908 – Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972) 1910 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1993) 1913 – Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987) 1913 – Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and musician (d. 1972) 1914 – Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979) 1914 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (d. 1987) 1915 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984) 1917 – Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008) 1918 – Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. 1996) 1922 – Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997) 1925 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995) 1927 – Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990) 1931 – Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea 1932 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007) 1933 – John Boorman, Irish film director 1933 – Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system) 1934 – Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator 1935 – Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director 1935 – Jon Stallworthy, English poet 1935 – Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007) 1937 – John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 1938 – Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997) 1938 – Anthony Giddens, British sociologist 1940 – Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971) 1941 – Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer 1941 – David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991) 1943 – Paul Freeman, British actor 1943 – Kay Granger, American politician 1944 – Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia 1944 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983) 1945 – José Luis Perales, Spanish singer 1946 – Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor 1947 – Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player 1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director 1949 – Bill Keller, American newspaper editor 1949 – Philippe Starck, French designer 1950 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) 1951 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982) 1951 – Bob Latchford, English footballer 1952 – Michael Angelis, British actor 1952 – Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design 1952 – R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer 1953 – Brett Hudson, American musician 1954 – Ted DiBiase, Retired Professional Wrestler 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor 1955 – Fergus Martin, Irish artist 1956 – Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress 1961 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer 1961 – Bobby Hansen, American basketball player 1961 – Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player 1961 – Jeff Yagher, American actor 1962 – Alison Arngrim, American actress 1962 – David O'Connor, American equestrian rider 1963 – Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician 1963 – Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland 1963 – Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter 1964 – Brady Anderson, American baseball player 1964 – Jane Horrocks, British actress 1964 – Andrea Leand, American tennis player 1964 – Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor 1965 – Dave Attell, American writer and comedian 1966 – Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player 1966 – André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver 1967 – Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999) 1967 – Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer 1968 – Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist 1969 – Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler 1969 – John Eder, American politician 1969 – Jesse L. 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McKay, American religious figure (b. 1873) 1971 – Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914) 1975 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897) 1978 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and writer (b. 1919) 1978 – Carl Betz, American film and television actor (b. 1921) 1978 – Walter H. 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And then everyone starts pasting stuff from Wikipedia
December 15 EVENTS [LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/533"]533[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire"]Byzantine[/URL] general [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisarius"]Belisarius[/URL] defeats the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals"]Vandals[/URL], commanded by King [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelimer"]Gelimer[/URL], at the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ticameron"]Battle of Ticameron[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1167"]1167[/URL] – Sicilian chancellor [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_du_Perche"]Stephen du Perche[/URL] moves the royal court to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messina"]Messina[/URL] to prevent a rebellion. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1256"]1256[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan"]Hulagu Khan[/URL] captures and destroys the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashshashin"]Hashshashin[/URL] stronghold at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamut"]Alamut[/URL] in present-day [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran"]Iran[/URL] as part of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol"]Mongol[/URL] offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1467"]1467[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_III_of_Moldavia"]Stephen III of Moldavia[/URL] defeats [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Corvinus_of_Hungary"]Matthias Corvinus of Hungary[/URL], with the latter being injured thrice, at the [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baia"]Battle of Baia[/URL][/I]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791"]1791[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights"]United States Bill of Rights[/URL] becomes law when ratified by the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly"]Virginia General Assembly[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863"]1863[/URL] – In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania"]Romania[/URL] the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_railway"]mountain railway[/URL] from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anina"]Anina[/URL] to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oravita"]Oravita[/URL] is used for the first time. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864"]1864[/URL] – In the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nashville"]Battle of Nashville[/URL], Union forces under [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Thomas"]George H. Thomas[/URL] almost completely destroy the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Tennessee"]Army of Tennessee[/URL] under [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Hood"]John B. Hood[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868"]1868[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogunate"]Shogunate[/URL] rebels found [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezo_Republic"]Ezo Republic[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D"]Hokkaidō[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891"]1891[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith"]James Naismith[/URL] introduces the first version of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball"]basketball[/URL], with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903"]1903[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers"]Wright brothers[/URL]' first attempt to launch the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer"]Wright Flyer[/URL] at Kitty Hawk, NC [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905"]1905[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin_House"]Pushkin House[/URL] is established in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg"]St. Petersburg[/URL] to preserve the cultural heritage of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin"]Alexander Pushkin[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906"]1906[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground"]London Underground[/URL]'s [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway"]Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway[/URL] opens. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913"]1913[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua"]Nicaragua[/URL] becomes a signatory to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Convention"]Buenos Aires Convention[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914"]1914[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"]World War I[/URL]: The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Army"]Serbian Army[/URL] recaptures [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade"]Belgrade[/URL] from the invading [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Army"]Austro-Hungarian Army[/URL]. [*]1914 – A gas explosion at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi"]Mitsubishi[/URL] Hojyo coal mine, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB"]Kyūshū[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japan[/URL], kills 687. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917"]1917[/URL] – World War I: An armistice is reached between the new [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik"]Bolshevik[/URL] government and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers"]Central Powers[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939"]1939[/URL] – [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28film%29"]Gone with the Wind[/URL][/I] receives its première at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loew%27s_Grand_Theatre"]Loew's Grand Theatre[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia"]Atlanta, Georgia[/URL], USA. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941"]1941[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust"]Holocaust[/URL]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany"]German[/URL] troops execute over 15,000 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews"]Jews[/URL] at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobitsky_Yar"]Drobitsky Yar[/URL], a ravine southeast of the city of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv"]Kharkiv[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine"]Ukraine[/URL]. [*]1941 – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_Labor"]American Federation of Labor[/URL] adopts a no-strike policy in war industries. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942"]1942[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Austen,_the_Galloping_Horse,_and_the_Sea_Horse"]Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse[/URL] begins during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign"]Guadalcanal campaign[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945"]1945[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan"]Occupation of Japan[/URL]: General [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur"]Douglas MacArthur[/URL] orders that [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto"]Shinto[/URL] be abolished as the state religion of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japan[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954"]1954[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands"]Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands[/URL] was signed. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955"]1955[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Olsen%27s_World_Clock"]Jens Olsen's World Clock[/URL] is started by Danish King [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_IX"]Frederick IX[/URL] and Jens Olsen's youngest grandchild Birgit. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960"]1960[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Pavlick"]Richard Paul Pavlick[/URL] is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy"]John F. Kennedy[/URL] only four days earlier. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961"]1961[/URL] – In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem"]Jerusalem[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Eichmann"]Adolph Eichmann[/URL] is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965"]1965[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_program"]Gemini program[/URL]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_6A"]Gemini 6A[/URL], crewed by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Schirra"]Wally Schirra[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Patten_Stafford"]Thomas Stafford[/URL], is launched from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral"]Cape Kennedy[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida"]Florida[/URL]. Four orbits later, it achieves the first [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rendezvous"]space rendezvous[/URL], with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_7"]Gemini 7[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967"]1967[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge"]Silver Bridge[/URL] collapses, killing 46 people. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970"]1970[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Constitution"]Illinois State Constitution[/URL] is adopted at a special election. [*]1970 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean"]South Korean[/URL] ferry [I]Namyong Ho[/I] capsizes off [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Strait"]Korean Strait[/URL] killing 308. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973"]1973[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III"]John Paul Getty III[/URL], grandson of American billionaire [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty"]J. Paul Getty[/URL], is found alive near [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples,_Italy"]Naples, Italy[/URL], after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976"]1976[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa"]Samoa[/URL] becomes a member of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations"]United Nations[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States"]U.S. President[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter"]Jimmy Carter[/URL] announces that the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL] will recognize the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]People's Republic of China[/URL] and cut off all relations with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan"]Taiwan[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993"]1993[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Northern_Ireland"]History of Northern Ireland[/URL]: The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_Declaration"]Downing Street Declaration[/URL] is issued by British [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom"]Prime Minister[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major"]John Major[/URL] and Irish [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach"]Taoiseach[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Reynolds"]Albert Reynolds[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994"]1994[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau"]Palau[/URL] becomes a member of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations"]United Nations[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997"]1997[/URL] – A chartered [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_TU-154"]Tupolev TU-154[/URL] from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan"]Tajikistan[/URL] crashes in the desert near [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharja_%28emirate%29"]Sharja[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates"]United Arab Emirates[/URL] airport killing 85. [*]1997 – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Bangkok"]Treaty of Bangkok[/URL] is signed allowing the transformation of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia"]Southeast Asia[/URL] into a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-Weapon-Free_Zone"]Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000"]2000[/URL] – The 3rd reactor at the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant"]Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant[/URL] is shut down. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001"]2001[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa"]Leaning Tower of Pisa[/URL] reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002"]2002[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Center"]Capital Center[/URL] (formerly [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Arena"]US Airways Arena[/URL]) is demolished. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"]2005[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia"]Latvia[/URL] amends its [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Latvia"]constitution[/URL] to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage"]marry[/URL]. [*]2005 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina"]Argentina[/URL]'s president [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Kirchner"]Néstor Kirchner[/URL] announces the early repayment of its external debt to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMF"]IMF[/URL]. [*]2005 – Introduction of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-22_Raptor"]F-22 Raptor[/URL] into [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAF"]USAF[/URL] active service. [*]2005 – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_Power_Outage"]2005 Atlantic Power Outage[/URL] began. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006"]2006[/URL] – First flight of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II"]F-35 Lightning II[/URL]. [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009"]2009[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing"]Boeing's[/URL] new [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787"]787 Dreamliner[/URL] makes its maiden flight from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle"]Seattle[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28U.S._state%29"]Washington[/URL]. [/LIST] BIRTHS [LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37"]37[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero"]Nero[/URL], Roman emperor of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-Claudian_dynasty"]Julio-Claudian dynasty[/URL] (d. 68) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/130"]130[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus"]Lucius Verus[/URL], Roman [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor"]co-emperor[/URL] (d. 169) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1832"]1832[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel"]Gustave Eiffel[/URL], French engineer and architect ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_tower"]Eiffel tower[/URL]) (d. 1923) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852"]1852[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Becquerel"]Henri Becquerel[/URL], French physicist, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics"]Nobel laureate[/URL] (d. 1908) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859"]1859[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof"]L. L. Zamenhof[/URL], Polish initiator of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto"]Esperanto[/URL] (d. 1917) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860"]1860[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Ryberg_Finsen"]Niels Ryberg Finsen[/URL], Danish physician, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine"]Nobel laureate[/URL] (d. 1904) [*]1860 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Powell"]Abner Powell[/URL], American baseball player (d. 1953) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861"]1861[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duryea"]Charles Duryea[/URL], American automobile pioneer (d. 1938) [*]1861 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud"]Pehr Evind Svinhufvud[/URL], Finnish politician (d. 1944) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875"]1875[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Jacinto"]Emilio Jacinto[/URL], Filipino poet and revolutionary (d. 1899) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878"]1878[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Carossa"]Hans Carossa[/URL], German writer (d. 1956) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885"]1885[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Pitamic"]Leonid Pitamic[/URL], Slovenian philosopher (d. 1971) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888"]1888[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Anderson"]Maxwell Anderson[/URL], American writer (d. 1959) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892"]1892[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty"]J. Paul Getty[/URL], American oil tycoon (d. 1976) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896"]1896[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Smith"]Betty Smith[/URL], American author (d. 1972) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899"]1899[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Abrahams"]Harold Abrahams[/URL], English sprinter (d. 1978) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902"]1902[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Bradford"]Robert F. Bradford[/URL], 57th [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts"]Governor of Massachusetts[/URL] (d. 1983) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903"]1903[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamanishiki_San%27emon"]Tamanishiki San'emon[/URL], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuuchi#Yokozuna"]Yokozuna[/URL] (d. 1938) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907"]1907[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer"]Oscar Niemeyer[/URL], Brazilian architect [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910"]1910[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Hammond"]John H. Hammond[/URL], American musician (d. 1987) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911"]1911[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Dallis"]Nicholas P. Dallis[/URL], American psychiatrist and comic strip writer (d. 1991) [*]1911 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton"]Stan Kenton[/URL], American musician (d. 1979) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912"]1912[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Eames"]Ray Eames[/URL], American designer (d. 1988) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913"]1913[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gaudry"]Roger Gaudry[/URL], French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (d. 2001) [*]1913 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Rukeyser"]Muriel Rukeyser[/URL], American poet (d. 1980) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916"]1916[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Cole_%28musician%29"]Buddy Cole[/URL], American pianist (d. 1964) [*]1916 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkins"]Maurice Wilkins[/URL], New Zealand-born physicist, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine"]Nobel laureate[/URL] (d. 2004) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917"]1917[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan-ul-Haq_Haqqee"]Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee[/URL], linguist and writer of Pakistan (d. 2005) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918"]1918[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Chandler_%28actor%29"]Jeff Chandler[/URL], American actor (d. 1961) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919"]1919[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Yasgur"]Max Yasgur[/URL], owner of the Woodstock Festival site (d. 1973) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920"]1920[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Schaffenberger"]Kurt Schaffenberger[/URL], American comics artist (d. 2002) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921"]1921[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"]Alan Freed[/URL], American disc jockey (d. 1965) [*]1921 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Todd"]Bob Todd[/URL], British comedian (d. 1992) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923"]1923[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson"]Freeman Dyson[/URL], English-born American physicist [*]1923 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziel_Gal"]Uziel Gal[/URL], Israeli firearm designer (d. 2002) [*]1923 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Varennikov"]Valentin Varennikov[/URL], Russian general and statesman [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925"]1925[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Pollock"]Sam Pollock[/URL], Canadian ice hockey general manager [*]1925 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasey_Rogers"]Kasey Rogers[/URL], American actress (d. 2006) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928"]1928[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedensreich_Hundertwasser"]Friedensreich Hundertwasser[/URL], Austrian artist (d. 2000) [*]1928 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wallace"]Jerry Wallace[/URL], American singer (d. 2008) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929"]1929[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Harris"]Barry Harris[/URL], American bebop jazz pianist [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930"]1930[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_O%27Brien"]Edna O'Brien[/URL], Irish novelist and short story writer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932"]1932[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Belvin"]Jesse Belvin[/URL], American musician (d. 1960) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933"]1933[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bapu_%28artist%29"]Bapu[/URL], Indian cartoonist, designer and film director [*]1933 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Conway"]Tim Conway[/URL], American actor and comedian [*]1933 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Woods"]Donald Woods[/URL], South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (d. 2001) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938"]1938[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Shaw"]Billy Shaw[/URL], American football player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939"]1939[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Birdsong"]Cindy Birdsong[/URL], American singer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supremes"]The Supremes[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940"]1940[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti"]Nick Buoniconti[/URL], American football player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942"]1942[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Clark_%28musician%29"]Dave Clark[/URL], English musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dave_Clark_Five"]The Dave Clark Five[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943"]1943[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Blanco"]Kathleen Blanco[/URL], American politician [*]1943 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_den_Arend"]Lucien den Arend[/URL], Dutch artist [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944"]1944[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leyland"]Jim Leyland[/URL], American baseball manager [*]1944 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes"]Chico Mendes[/URL], Brazilian campaigner (d. 1988) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945"]1945[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaao_Penghlis"]Thaao Penghlis[/URL], Australian actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946"]1946[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Howe"]Art Howe[/URL], American baseball player and manager [*]1946 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Appice"]Carmine Appice[/URL], American musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Fudge"]Vanilla Fudge[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947"]1947[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Bingenheimer"]Rodney Bingenheimer[/URL], American [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_personality"]radio personality[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948"]1948[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Chartoff"]Melanie Chartoff[/URL], American actress [*]1948 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Harris"]Cassandra Harris[/URL], Australian actress (d. 1991) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949"]1949[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Johnson"]Don Johnson[/URL], American actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952"]1952[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Simonsen"]Allan Simonsen[/URL], Danish footballer [*]1952 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Protrudi"]Rudi Protrudi[/URL], American musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fuzztones"]The Fuzztones[/URL]) [*]1952 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Taymor"]Julie Taymor[/URL], American director [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953"]1953[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._DeMatteis"]J. M. DeMatteis[/URL], American comic book writer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954"]1954[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner"]Mark Warner[/URL], American politician [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955"]1955[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"]Paul Simonon[/URL], English bassist ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash"]The Clash[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956"]1956[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit"]William Orbit[/URL], English producer, mixer and musician [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957"]1957[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Marois"]Mario Marois[/URL], Canadian ice hockey player [*]1957 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McAlary"]Mike McAlary[/URL], American journalist (d. 1998) [*]1957 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuuichi_Nagashima"]Yuuichi Nagashima[/URL], Japanese voice actor [*]1957 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Molina_%28artist%29"]Laura Molina[/URL], American artist, musician and actress [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958"]1958[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Annys"]Eddy Annys[/URL], Belgian high jumper [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960"]1960[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Werzowa"]Walter Werzowa[/URL], Austrian composer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961"]1961[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Resetarits"]Karin Resetarits[/URL], Austrian journalist [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963"]1963[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Luster"]Andrew Luster[/URL], Max Factor heir [*]1963 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Slater"]Helen Slater[/URL], American actress [*]1963 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wingate_%28basketball%29"]David Wingate[/URL], American basketball player [*]1963 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_J._Grossfeld"]Norman J. Grossfeld[/URL], American television producer and screenwriter [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966"]1966[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos_Papayiannis"]Manos Papayiannis[/URL], Greek fashion model and actor [*]1966 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Price"]Molly Price[/URL], American actress [*]1966 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hooper"]Carl Hooper[/URL], former West Indian cricket player and captain [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967"]1967[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Howells"]David Howells[/URL], English footballer [*]1967 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Vaughn"]Mo Vaughn[/URL], American baseball player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968"]1968[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javid_Hussain"]Javid Hussain[/URL], Indian film producer [*]1968 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Ali_Maher"]Osama Ali Maher[/URL], Swedish politician [*]1968 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Wang"]Garrett Wang[/URL], American actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969"]1969[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Petitclerc"]Chantal Petitclerc[/URL], Canadian wheelchair athlete [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970"]1970[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Dettori"]Frankie Dettori[/URL], Italian jockey [*]1970 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Funderburke"]Lawrence Funderburke[/URL], American basketball player [*]1970 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shanks"]Michael Shanks[/URL], Canadian actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971"]1971[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Quinze"]Arne Quinze[/URL], Belgian conceptual artist [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971"]1971[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Lowery"]Clint Lowery[/URL], American guitarist (Sevendust) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972"]1972[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Harrison"]Rodney Harrison[/URL], American football player [*]1972 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Townsend"]Stuart Townsend[/URL], Irish actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973"]1973[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Bonaly"]Surya Bonaly[/URL], French-born American figure skater [*]1973 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryu_Seung-wan"]Ryu Seung-wan[/URL], South Korean actor and director [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976"]1976[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baichung_Bhutia"]Baichung Bhutia[/URL], Indian footballer [*]1976 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Miles"]Aaron Miles[/URL], American baseball player [*]1976 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elix_Skipper"]Elix Skipper[/URL], American professional wrestler [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977"]1977[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mackintosh"]Dave Mackintosh[/URL], Scottish drummer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonforce"]Dragonforce[/URL]) [*]1977 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Stults"]Geoff Stults[/URL], American actor [*]1977 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camerton_%28band%29"]Eba[/URL], Mongolian entertainer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jansen"]Mark Jansen[/URL], Dutch guitarist ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epica_%28band%29"]Epica[/URL]) [*]1978 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_McDougle"]Jerome McDougle[/URL], American football player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979"]1979[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brody"]Adam Brody[/URL], American actor [*]1979 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Young_%28wrestler%29"]Eric Young[/URL], Canadian professional wrestler [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980"]1980[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Pizzorno"]Sergio Pizzorno[/URL], English guitarist ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasabian"]Kasabian[/URL]) [*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Wilhelm"]Manuel Wilhelm[/URL], German rugby player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981"]1981[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najoua_Belyzel"]Najoua Belyzel[/URL], French singer [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Fletcher"]Brendan Fletcher[/URL], Canadian actor [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gonz%C3%A1lez"]Andy González[/URL], Puerto Rican baseball player [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Herrion"]Thomas Herrion[/URL], American football player (d. 2005) [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creighton_Lovelace"]Creighton Lovelace[/URL], American Baptist minister [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Pavlyuchenko"]Roman Pavlyuchenko[/URL], Russian footballer [*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Dockery"]Michelle Dockery[/URL], British actress [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"]1982[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borja_Garc%C3%ADa"]Borja García[/URL], Spanish racing driver [*]1982 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O._Gore_II"]George O. Gore II[/URL], American actor [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983"]1983[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goguen"]René Goguen (René Duprée)[/URL], Canadian professional wrestler [*]1983 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delon_Armitage"]Delon Armitage[/URL], England rugby player [*]1983 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Hao_%28table_tennis%29"]Wang Hao[/URL], Chinese table tennis player [*]1983 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delon_Armitage"]Delon Armitage[/URL], English Rugby Union player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984"]1984[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsty_Lee_Allan"]Kirsty Lee Allan[/URL], Australian actress [*]1984 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0krtel"]Martin Škrtel[/URL] Slovakian footballer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985"]1985[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Fernandes"]Diogo Fernandes[/URL] Brazilian footballer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986"]1986[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snejana_Onopka"]Snejana Onopka[/URL], Ukrainian supermodel [*]1986 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiah"]Xiah[/URL], South Korean singer [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVXQ"]TVXQ[/URL] [*]1986 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Slade"]James Slade[/URL], American college-basketball player [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987"]1987[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Jiroux"]Mandy Jiroux[/URL], American dancer & singer [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994"]1994[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Lockhart"]Emma Lockhart[/URL], American teen actress [/LIST] DEATHS [LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1025"]1025[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II"]Basil II[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor"]Byzantine Emperor[/URL] (b. 958) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1072"]1072[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alp_Arslan"]Alp Arslan[/URL], Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1230"]1230[/URL] – King [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otakar_I_of_Bohemia"]Otakar I of Bohemia[/URL] (b. 1155) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1263"]1263[/URL] – King [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_IV_of_Norway"]Haakon IV of Norway[/URL] (b. 1204) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1598"]1598[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_van_Marnix,_lord_of_Sint-Aldegonde"]Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde[/URL], Dutch writer and statesman (b. 1538) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1621"]1621[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Luynes"]Charles de Luynes[/URL], Constable of France (b. 1578) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1673"]1673[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Cavendish"]Margaret Cavendish[/URL], English writer (b. 1623) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1675"]1675[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer"]Johannes Vermeer[/URL], Dutch painter (b. 1632) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1683"]1683[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton"]Izaak Walton[/URL], English writer (b. 1593) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1688"]1688[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Fagel"]Gaspar Fagel[/URL], Dutch statesman (b. 1634) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1715"]1715[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hickes"]George Hickes[/URL], English minister and scholar (b. 1642) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1753"]1753[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington"]Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington[/URL], English architect (b. 1694) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792"]1792[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Martin_Kraus"]Joseph Martin Kraus[/URL], Swedish composer (b. 1756) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1855"]1855[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sturm"]Jacques Charles François Sturm[/URL], French mathematician (b. 1803) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890"]1890[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull"]Sitting Bull[/URL], Sioux nation leader (b. c. 1831) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943"]1943[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Waller"]Fats Waller[/URL], American musician (b. 1904) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944"]1944[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller"]Glenn Miller[/URL], American musician (legal date of death, exact date unknown) (b. 1904) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947"]1947[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen"]Arthur Machen[/URL], Welsh author (b. 1863) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950"]1950[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel"]Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel[/URL], Indian political leader, [I]Iron Man of India[/I] (b. 1875) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958"]1958[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Ernst_Pauli"]Wolfgang Ernst Pauli[/URL], Austrian-born American physicist, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics"]Nobel laureate[/URL] (b. 1900) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962"]1962[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Laughton"]Charles Laughton[/URL], English actor (b. 1899) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966"]1966[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney"]Walt Disney[/URL], American animator (b. 1901) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968"]1968[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Barrette"]Antonio Barrette[/URL], Canadian politician, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quebec_premiers"]premier of Quebec[/URL] (b. 1899) [*]1968 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard"]Jess Willard[/URL], American boxer (b. 1881) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969"]1969[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Theodor_Bleek"]Karl Theodor Bleek[/URL], German politician (b. 1898) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971"]1971[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pierre_L%C3%A9vy"]Paul Pierre Lévy[/URL], French mathematician (b. 1886) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974"]1974[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_Litvak"]Anatole Litvak[/URL], Ukrainian-born screenwriter and film producer (b. 1902) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977"]1977[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Kitching"]Wilfred Kitching[/URL], the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chill_Wills"]Chill Wills[/URL], American actor (b. 1903) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980"]1980[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostas_Biris"]Kostas Biris[/URL], Greek architect, city planner and folklorist (b. 1899) [*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_Partsalidis"]Dimitrios Partsalidis[/URL], Greek politician (b. 1905) [*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komninos_Pyromaglou"]Komninos Pyromaglou[/URL], Greek teacher and politician (b. 1899) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984"]1984[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennard_Pearce"]Lennard Pearce[/URL], English actor (b. 1915) [*]1984 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Peerce"]Jan Peerce[/URL], American tenor (b. 1904) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985"]1985[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam"]Seewoosagur Ramgoolam[/URL], 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989"]1989[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Moss"]Arnold Moss[/URL], American actor (b. 1910) [*]1989 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Underdown"]Edward Underdown[/URL], English actor (b. 1908) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991"]1991[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grigoryevich_Zaitsev"]Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev[/URL], Soviet sniper (b. 1915) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001"]2001[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Haas"]Russ Haas[/URL], American professional wrestler (b. 1974) [*]2001 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Thomas"]Rufus Thomas[/URL], American musician (b. 1917) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003"]2003[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fisher_%28cartoonist%29"]George Fisher[/URL], American political cartoonist (b. 1923) [*]2003 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Magnuson"]Keith Magnuson[/URL], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1947) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004"]2004[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_LaFon_Gore"]Pauline Gore[/URL], mother of Al Gore (b. 1912) [*]2004 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_Gadoengin"]Vassal Gadoengin[/URL], Nauruan politician (b. 1943) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"]2005[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gross"]Heinrich Gross[/URL], Austrian physician (b. 1914) [*]2005 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Leonard"]Stan Leonard[/URL], Canadian golfer (b. 1915) [*]2005 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Proxmire"]William Proxmire[/URL], U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (b. 1915) [*]2005 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Russell_%28football_player%29"]Darrell Russell[/URL], American football player (b. 1976) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006"]2006[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Regazzoni"]Clay Regazzoni[/URL], Swiss [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One"]Formula One[/URL] driver (b. 1939) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007"]2007[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berg_%28actor%29"]John Berg[/URL], American actor (b. 1949) [*]2007 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Carson"]Julia Carson[/URL], U.S. Congresswoman from Indiana (b. 1938) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008"]2008[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Febres_Cordero"]León Febres Cordero[/URL], Ecuador's former President (b. 1931) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009"]2009[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts"]Oral Roberts[/URL], American television evangelist and author (b. 1918) [*]2009 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_A%27Court"]Alan A'Court[/URL], British football player (b. 1934) [/LIST] Holidays and Shit [LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#Display_and_honoring_of_the_Bill_of_Rights"]Bill of Rights Day[/URL], honors the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights"]United States Bill of Rights[/URL] on the anniversary of its ratification. ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL]) [*]Christian [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_Day"]Feast Day[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drostan"]Drostan[/URL] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Breviary"]Aberdeen Breviary[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Crocifissa_di_Rosa"]Maria Crocifissa di Rosa[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmin"]Mesmin[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nino"]Nino[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_of_Abbenza"]Valerian of Abbenza[/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Centurione_Bracelli"]Virginia Centurione Bracelli[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consualia"]Consualia[/URL], in honor of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consus"]Consus[/URL]. ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire"]Roman Empire[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Channel_Islands#Legacy"]Homecoming Day[/URL], celebrates the return of evacuated citizens to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney"]Alderney[/URL] after [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II"]World War II[/URL]. ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney"]Alderney[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninkrijksdag"]Kingdom Day[/URL] or [I]Koninkrijksdag[/I], commemorates the signing of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands"]Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands[/URL] in 1954. ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands"]Netherlands[/URL]) [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamenhof_Day"]Zamenhof Day[/URL] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperantist"]International Esperanto Community[/URL]) [/LIST] /wikipaste
31st May Events: 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. 1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. 1961 – Republic of South Africa created. 2010 – Shayetet 13 soldiers tried to stop the flotilla that wanted to break the blockade on Gaza Strip. Famous People: 1857 – Pope Pius XI 1930 – Clint Eastwood 1976 – Colin Farrell Can you guys stop pasting mile-long wikipedia links and pick out the good parts, no-one will read them anyway.
1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is later given a general discharge. 1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. 2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC. 1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. well :v: sept 8th
My b-day in 2007 was 07/07/07 July 7th ftw
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_23[/url] [code]1122 – Concordat of Worms. 1409 – Battle of Kherlen, the second significant victory over Ming China by the Mongols since 1368. 1459 – Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land's End. 1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College. 1779 – American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships. 1780 – American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides. 1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. 1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States. 1821 – Tripolitsa, Greece, falls and 30,000 Turks are massacred. 1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York. 1846 – Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; the discovery is verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. 1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard. 1868 – Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. 1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda. 1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries. 1908 – University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded. 1909 – The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois. 1922 – In Washington D. C., Charles Evans Hughes signs the Hughes-Peynado agreement, that ends the occupation of Dominican Republic by the United States. 1932 – The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1938 – Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis. 1941 – World War II: The first gas chamber experiments are conducted at Auschwitz. 1942 – World War II: First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. 1943 – World War II: The so-called Salò Republic is born. 1952 – Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech". 1959 – Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. 1959 – The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait. 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the completion of the first building, the Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic. 1969 – The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago. 1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law. 1973 – Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina. 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations. 1983 – Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion. 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board. 1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets the major-league record by striking out the first eight batters of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. 1988 – José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club. 1992 – A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys forensic laboratories in Belfast. 1999 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter. 1999 – Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm. Although some passengers only receive minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas's history since 1960. 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released. 2004 – Hurricane Jeanne: At least 1,070 in Haiti are reported to have been killed by floods. 2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide. [edit] Births 480 BC – Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC) 63 BC – Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14) 1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) 1161 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) 1215 – Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) 1434 – Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) 1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) 1647 – Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720) 1650 – Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726) 1713 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759) 1740 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813) 1759 – Clothilde of France, Queen of Piedmont-Sardinia (d. 1802) 1771 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840) 1781 – Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860) 1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865) 1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896) 1838 – Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927) 1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922) 1861 – Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942) 1863 – Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (d. 1954) 1864 – Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903) 1865 – Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947) 1869 – Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, first carrier of typhoid (d. 1938) 1876 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1968) 1880 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1971) 1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974) 1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957) 1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975) 1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985) 1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984) 1899 – Tom C. Clark, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1977) 1900 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988) 1900 – Bill Stone, British serviceman who served during World War I (d. 2009) 1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1986) 1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003) 1906 – Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat (d. 1995) 1907 – Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998) 1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976) 1909 – Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo Albanian composer (d. 1991) 1911 – Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003) 1912 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005) 1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980) 1913 – Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish artist, member of the CoBrA movement (d. 2007) 1914 – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986) 1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 2001) 1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978) 1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor 1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978) 1924 – Heinrich Schultz, Estonian cultural functionary 1925 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006) 1925 – Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress (d. 2007) 1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist (d. 1967) 1929 – Wally Whyton, English musician (d. 1997) 1930 – Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004) 1930 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet (d. 1996) 1930 – Colin Blakely, British actor (d. 1987) 1931 – Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004) 1934 – Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan 1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician 1936 – Sylvain Saudan, Swiss extreme skier 1936 – Dr. Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, nephrologist 1937 – Jacques Poulin, Canadian novelist 1938 – Tom Lester, American actor 1938 – Romy Schneider, French actress (d. 1982) 1939 – Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator 1939 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988) 1939 – Janusz Gajos, Polish actor 1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American former sports executive 1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player 1941 – George Jackson, American civil-rights activist (d. 1971) 1942 – Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician 1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer 1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach 1943 – Tanuja, Indian actress 1944 – Eric Bogle, British/Australian singer and songwriter 1945 – Paul Petersen, American actor 1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician 1946 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician 1947 – Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player 1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress 1947 – Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper's drummer) 1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter 1952 – Jim Morrison, American baseball player 1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996) 1954 – Cherie Blair, British lawyer and spouse of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair 1955 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer 1956 – Peter David, American writer 1957 – Rosalind Chao, American actress 1957 – Tony Fossas, Cuban baseball player 1957 – Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer 1958 – Danielle Dax, British musician 1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football coach 1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer 1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor 1959 – Martin Page, English singer and songwriter 1961 – Chi McBride, American actor 1961 – Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003) 1961 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress 1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress 1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer 1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z) 1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and head coach 1964 – Bill Phillips, American author 1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player 1966 – LisaRaye, American actress 1968 – Yvette Fielding, English television presenter 1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer 1969 – Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver 1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player 1969 – Michelle Thomas, American actress (d. 1998) 1970 – Ani DiFranco, American musician 1970 – Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer 1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer 1971 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress 1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player 1972 – Ana Marie Cox, American blogger and author 1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper 1972 – Karl Pilkington, British radio personality 1972 – Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress 1972 – Sarah Bettens, Belgian singer (K's Choice) 1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist 1973 – Artim Šakiri, Macedonian football player 1974 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler 1974 – Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model 1975 – Jaime Bergman, American model and actress 1975 – Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) 1975 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality 1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player 1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player 1976 – Faune A. Chambers, American actress 1976 – Kip Pardue, American actor and model 1976 – Wladimir Sidorenko, Ukrainian boxer 1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player 1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter 1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player 1977 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008) 1978 – Worm Miller, American filmmaker 1978 – Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress 1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player 1979 – Lote Tuqiri, Fijian/Australian Rugby League and Rugby Union Player 1980 – Cameron Litvack, American television producer 1980 – Matt White, American singer 1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver 1981 – Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada) 1981 – Misti Traya, American actress 1982 – Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player 1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress 1983 – Märt Israel, Estonian discus thrower 1983 – Joffery Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player 1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, American actress 1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player 1985 – Brian Brohm, American football player 1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player 1985 – Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer 1985 – Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer 1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player 1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer 1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player 1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player 1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player 1990 – Agustin Sierra, Argentine actor 1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player [edit] Deaths 79 – Pope Linus 1193 – Robert de Sablé, Grand Master of the Knights Templar 1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) 1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) 1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) 1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522) 1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524) 1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French poet 1675 – Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603) 1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655) 1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668) 1764 – Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703) 1773 – Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) 1789 – John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) 1830 – Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, American First Lady (b. 1768) 1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801) 1851 – Émilie Gamelin, Canadian Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800) 1844 – Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783) 1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818) 1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan soldier and statesman (b. 1764) 1867 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1840) 1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803) 1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786) 1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) 1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811) 1889 – Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824) 1900 – William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816) 1917 – Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897) 1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1865) 1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist, founder of Psychoanalysis (b. 1856) 1943 – Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864) 1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875) 1945 – Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian Carabiniere (b. 1920) 1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892) 1958 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1876) 1968 – Francesco Forgione, Italian Catholic saint (b. 1887) 1970 – Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917) 1971 – J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (b. 1888) 1971 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894) 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1904) 1974 – Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905) 1974 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish musician (Average White Band) (b. 1950) 1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950) 1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899) 1987 – Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927) 1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Jewish-Yugoslavian explorer (b. 1912) 1992 – James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892) 1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916) 1994 – Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917) 1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (b. 1900) 1996 – Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933) 1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943) 1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909) 1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (b. 1910) 2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947) 2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925) 2001 – Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928) 2002 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927) 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939) 2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937) 2004 – André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951) 2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918) 2004 – Bob Mason, English actor (b. 1952) 2005 – Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933) 2005 – Roger Brierley, English actor (b. 1935) 2006 – Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921) 2006 – Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b. 1913) 2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942) 2009 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (b. 1918 2010 – Malcolm Douglas, Australian conservationist (b. 1941) 2010 – Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969) [edit] Holidays and observances Autumnal equinox related observances (see September 22): Shūbun no Hi (Japan) Celebrate Bisexuality Day (Bisexual community) Christian Feast Day Adomnán Padre Pio Thecla (Roman Catholic Church) September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). National Day (Saudi Arabia) Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox Churches; because of the birthday of Augustus, not because of the equinox.[/code]
On my birthday was my birthday.
July 10th: 138 – Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. 1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground. 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain. 1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world. 1962 – Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. 1976 – One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. 2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes. Just picked up a few interesting ones.
On my birthday, Jurassic Park came out.
1212 - London gets burned down 1645 - The battle of Langport occurs in the English Civil War 1856 - Nikola Tesla is born - fuck yeah, I was born on the same date as motherfucking Tesla! 1859 - Big Ben rings for the first time 1913 - California's Death Valley reaches 134 °F, the highest recorded temperature in the US 1980 - Alexandra Palace got burned down a second time 2005 - Hurricane Dennis hits Florida
SETI Institute founded, Microsoft Windows 1.0 release, launch of the ISS and Ukraine became a Republic.
[QUOTE=PX1K;25903020]ITS MY BIRTHDAY RIGHT NOW! I am 18, 16 minutes ago this was the case. So we have yet to see![/QUOTE] Why the fuck are you on Facepunch on your 18th birthday.
France gained independence on my birthday.
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