Anything interesting happen on your birthday?

[IGetNoSlack]

May 20.

First Council of Nicea -325 A.D.
First modern atlas published - 1570 A.D.
Shakespeare's sonnets first published - 1609 A.D.
Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law - 1862 A.D.
Krakatoa goes ham on Indonesia and erupts - 1883 A.D.
First public display of the kinetoscope - 1891 A.D.
Cuban independence - 1902 A.D.
Charles Lindbergh begins Trans-Atlantic flight - 1927
First prisoners arrive at Auschwitz - 1940 A.D. <---(O_O)
Martial Law declared in China, setting stage for Tiananmen Square massacre - 1989 A.D.
U.S. Supreme Court hands down verdict in Romer v Evans 1996 A.D.
My birth 1997 A.D.

 

[Roxas1359]

Well a few things happened on my birthday, April 15th:

Titanic sank and 1500 people lost their lives
Abraham Lincoln was pronounced dead on my birthday
It's a national holiday in North Korea since it's Kim Jon-Un's Grandfather's birthday
Oh and in the US your taxes are due by my birthday

...no wonder my uncle used to say my birthday sucked. XD

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

January 28, 1986 was when the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

Fun fact: I was born minutes before it blew up.

 

[RedDeadFred]

September 6th, 1991:

Leningrad has its name changed back to St. Petersburg. I had to Google that, I'm not actually a history buff. Still, pretty neat if you ask me.

 

[Charli]

It's earth day. So apparently I'm not allowed to be happy that it's my birthday, I have to turn off my lights for x-amount of hours and starve...

Booo. Gtfo.

 

[Ronald Nand]

I checked Wikipedia for April 26 and I got:
-Pazzi attack Lorenzo Medici
-The Gestapo are established
-The Geneva Convention Begins
-Shooting Spree in South Korea
-Chernobyl Disaster
-World's deadliest Tornado in India
-Syrian occupation of Libya ends

 

[Buffoon1980]

Let's see what Wikipedia has to say...

Scipio defeated Hannibal to end the second Punic war. That was like 200BC though, I wonder if they factored in the different calendars.

In the American Civil War, The Battle of Cedar Creek ended. Don't think I've heard of that one.

Bla-de-bla-de-bla, something about Max Planck's Law of Black-Body Emission, a cure for TB and the US blowing up some oil rigs. Not hugely fascinating.

 

[Black Reaper]

A few years back, i was playing the first Dead Space on my birthday, and i got (one of)the hardest achievement(s) in the game
Basically, there is a turret section where you have to shoot a bunch of asteroids, to get the achievement, you have to basically ace the section, it is harder than it sounds

I was never able to get that achievement again when i switched xboxes

 

[The Hero Killer]

My birthday is in the summer and normally coincides with the release of whatever superhero blockbuster is coming out that year so I normally just eat with friends and go to the movies. This past July though I did something a bit more daring...and mature.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, was arrested on the day I was born.

Not sure if that counts as 'interesting' or 'creepy'.

[sub][sub]Or prophetic...[/sub][/sub]

 

[SonOfMethuselah]

Well, mine is the 21st of January. I don't think anything of note happened this year, but historically, there have been a some points of interest. To name a few, we've had: the foundation of the Anabaptist movement in Switzerland, the execution of Louis XVI, and the start of the production of the DeLorean DMC-12.

Also, if I remember right, the Sullivan Ordinance was passed in New York City in 1908 or '09 on that date. It would have made it illegal for women to smoke in public places, but the mayor exercised veto power, and got rid of it after a couple of weeks. There was only one woman who was fined under the ordinance, (it was something like a $5 fine), and she was arrested for refusing to pay it.

Also also, the battle of Khe Sanh (Vietnam War, if you were curious), started on that date, assuming, again, that I'm remembering right. It was one of the more heavily publicized battles of an overtly publicized war.

 

[meowchef]

September 3

Richard The Lionheart became King of England
The Mamluks defeated the Mongols to end Mongol expansion
The US flag is flown for the first time in battle
The American Revolution ends with The Treaty of Paris
Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery
Malcolm Campbell becomes the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland
Charlie Sheen is born
Shaun White is born
Michael Clark Duncan died

Shaun White being born is the only one that happened on the day of my birth... the others are just interesting.

 

[meowchef]

January 28, 1986 was when the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

Fun fact: I was born minutes before it blew up.

That was the day my mother found out she was going to have me. And her birthday.

 

[Alcom1]

I was born on September 5th, the same month as my dad (September 29th), and the same corresponding day of my mom (June 5th).

As for events... I got nothing.

 

[Sherokain]

22nd of November 1990 the date of my birthday and the resignation, of the first and only female prime minister of the UK Margaret Thatcher.

 

[ace_of_something]

On my birthday there is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night, it's also my twin brother's birthday though he's 7 minutes older.

January 28, 1986 was when the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

Fun fact: I was born minutes before it blew up.

That was the day my mother found out she was going to have me. And her birthday.

I feel old, I remember that happening we had a moment of silence at school and Regan talked ALL Saturday morning so I couldn't watch He-Man or Ghost Busters.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

January 28, 1986 was when the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger

Fun fact: I was born minutes before it blew up.

That was the day my mother found out she was going to have me. And her birthday.

This just confirms my suspicions about the whole thing.

We stole their souls so that we may live.

We're monsters.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Well according to Wikipedia:

Spoiler: Events

537 ? The Hagia Sophia is completed.
1512 ? The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
1655 ? Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Cz&#281;stochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
1657 ? The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1703 ? Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1814 ? War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1831 ? Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
1836 ? The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 ? Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1911 ? "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1918 ? The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1922 ? Japanese aircraft carrier H&#333;sh&#333; becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1923 ? Daisuke Namba, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
1927 ? Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1932 ? Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York, New York.
1939 ? Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.
1939 ? Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet Union attack in the Battle of Kelja.
1942 ? The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1945 ? The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1949 ? Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
1966 ? The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
1968 ? Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
1978 ? Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 ? The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1985 ? Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
1996 ? Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
1997 ? Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
2001 ? China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002 ? Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
2004 ? Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 ? Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
2007 ? Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2008 ? Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead.
2009 ? Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

Spoiler: Births

1390 ? Anne de Mortimer, Irish wife of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (d. 1411)
1571 ? Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
1572 ? Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech composer, poet, and playwright (d. 1622)
1654 ? Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1683 ? Conyers Middleton, English clergyman (d. 1750)
1714 ? George Whitefield, English-American preacher (d. 1770)
1715 ? Philippe de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1794)
1717 ? Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
1721 ? François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
1761 ? Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal (d. 1818)
1773 ? George Cayley, English engineer (d. 1857)
1776 ? Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
1796 ? Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
1803 ? François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839)
1822 ? Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895)
1823 ? Mackenzie Bowell, Canadian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)
1832 ? Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d. 1897)
1858 ? Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean politician, 17th President of Chile (d. 1930)
1863 ? Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (d. 1941)
1864 ? Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)
1879 ? Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (d. 1954)
1883 ? Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1888 ? Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954)
1892 ? Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian pilot (d. 1917)
1896 ? Louis Bromfield, American author (d. 1956)
1896 ? Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
1896 ? Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977)
1900 ? Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
1901 ? Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (d. 1992)
1901 ? Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987)
1906 ? Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
1907 ? Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
1907 ? Mary Howard, English author (d. 1991)
1907 ? Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist (d. 2002)
1907 ? Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)
1909 ? James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000)
1910 ? Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
1911 ? Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)
1915 ? Mary Kornman, American actress (d. 1973)
1915 ? William H. Masters, American gynecologist (d. 2001)
1915 ? Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1916 ? Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953)
1917 ? T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and lawyer (d. 2004)
1917 ? Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)
1918 ? John Celardo, American illustrator (d. 2012)
1919 ? Charles Sweeney, American general (d. 2004)
1920 ? Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
1923 ? Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2012)
1924 ? James A. McClure, American politician (d. 2011)
1925 ? Maurice Bambier, French politician (d. 1994)
1925 ? Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer
1926 ? Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
1927 ? Antony Gardner, English politician (d. 2011)
1927 ? Nityanand Swami, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012)
1927 ? Audrey Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1930 ? Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist
1930 ? Wilfrid Sheed, English-American author (d. 2011)
1931 ? Scotty Moore, American guitarist (The Blue Moon Boys)
1934 ? Larisa Latynina, Russian gymnast
1938 ? Stanislav Stanojevic, Serbian-French director, screenwriter, and actor
1939 ? John Amos, American actor
1941 ? Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Moody Blues)
1941 ? Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach
1942 ? Byron Browne, American baseball player
1942 ? Charmian Carr, American actress and singer
1942 ? Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston
1942 ? Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach
1943 ? Cokie Roberts, American journalist
1943 ? Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 ? Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer
1943 ? Roy White, American baseball player
1944 ? Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Foreigner and Spooky Tooth)
1944 ? Tracy Nelson, American singer (Mother Earth)
1946 ? Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1946 ? Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (d. 2012)
1946 ? Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
1947 ? Bill Eadie, American wrestler
1947 ? Janet Perry, American soprano
1947 ? Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
1947 ? Mickey Redmond, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 ? Gérard Depardieu, French actor
1950 ? Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter
1950 ? Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
1950 ? Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter (Missing Persons UK, and HoBoLeMa)
1950 ? Morgan Chu, American lawyer
1950 ? Doug Stone, Canadian voice actor
1951 ? Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico
1952 ? Karla Bonoff, American singer-songwriter (Bryndle)
1952 ? Tovah Feldshuh, American actress and singer
1952 ? Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1952 ? David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dire Straits)
1952 ? Raimund Krauth, German footballer (d. 2012)
1955 ? E. E. Bell, American actor
1955 ? Brad Murphey, Australian race car driver
1955 ? Barbara Olson, American journalist (d. 2001)
1957 ? Jerry Gaskill, American drummer (King's X)
1957 ? Greg Mortenson, American author
1958 ? Barbara Crampton, American actress
1958 ? Steve Jones, American golfer
1958 ? Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (d. 1998)
1959 ? Gerina Dunwich, American author
1959 ? Andre Tippett, American football player
1960 ? Maryam d'Abo, English actress
1960 ? Victoria Paige Meyerink, American actress and producer
1960 ? Donald Nally, American conductor
1962 ? Mark Few, American basketball coach
1962 ? Bill Self, American basketball player and coach
1962 ? Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
1962 ? Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (d. 1999)
1963 ? Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director
1964 ? Ian Gomez, American actor
1964 ? Theresa Randle, American actress
1965 ? Salman Khan, Indian actor
1965 ? Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (d. 2007)
1966 ? Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American author
1966 ? Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler, and actor
1966 ? Eva LaRue, American actress
1966 ? Fabian Núñez, American politician
1969 ? Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
1969 ? Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
1970 ? Chyna, American wrestler and actress
1970 ? Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver
1970 ? Tracey Cherelle Jones, American actress
1970 ? Lorenzo Neal, American football player
1971 ? Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1971 ? Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator and author, founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society
1971 ? Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player
1971 ? Savannah Guthrie, American journalist and co-host of The Today Show
1972 ? Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
1972 ? Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby player
1972 ? Kevin Ollie, American basketball player
1972 ? Matt Slocum, American guitarist and songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer)
1973 ? Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor
1973 ? Dee Ferris, English painter
1973 ? Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer and pianist
1974 ? Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
1974 ? Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1974 ? Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
1974 ? Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (d. 2005)
1975 ? Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
1976 ? Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer
1976 ? Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009)
1976 ? Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player
1976 ? Aaron Stanford, American actor
1977 ? Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
1978 ? Deuce McAllister, American football player
1979 ? David Dunn, English footballer
1979 ? Carson Palmer, American football player
1980 ? Bernard Berrian, American football player
1980 ? Antonio Cesaro, Swiss wrestler
1980 ? Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
1980 ? Dahntay Jones, American basketball player
1981 ? David Aardsma, American baseball player
1981 ? Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
1981 ? Javine Hylton, English singer
1981 ? Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner
1981 ? Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Me
1983 ? Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby player
1983 ? Cole Hamels, American baseball player
1984 ? Pleasure P, American singer-songwriter and producer (Pretty Ricky)
1984 ? Gilles Simon, French tennis player
1985 ? Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer
1985 ? Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver
1985 ? Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1988 ? Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer
1988 ? Rick Porcello, American baseball player
1988 ? Ok Taecyeon, South Korean rapper, dancer, and actor (2PM)
1988 ? Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter (Paramore)
1989 ? Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player
1990 ? Lazaro Arbos, Cuban-American singer
1990 ? Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
1991 ? Chloe Bridges, American actress
1991 ? Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
1997 ? Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player

Spoiler: Deaths

1076 ? Sviatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
1087 ? Bertha of Savoy, (b. 1051)
1381 ? Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)
1543 ? George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)
1548 ? Francesco Spiera, Italian jurist (b. 1502)
1603 ? Thomas Cartwright, English clergyman (b. 1535)
1704 ? Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
1707 ? Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632)
1737 ? William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1743 ? Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1771 ? Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
1782 ? Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 ? Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
1812 ? Joanna Southcott, English prophet (b. 1750)
1812 ? Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1745)
1834 ? Charles Lamb, English author (b. 1775)
1836 ? Stephen F. Austin, American army officer and politician (b. 1793)
1858 ? Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer and pianist (b. 1785)
1896 ? John Brown, English businessman (b. 1816)
1900 ? William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
1914 ? Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (b. 1863)
1923 ? Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
1925 ? Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895)
1938 ? Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
1938 ? Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (b. 1891)
1950 ? Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884)
1952 ? Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
1953 ? Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
1955 ? Alfred Carpenter, English navy officer (b. 1881)
1956 ? Lambert McKenna, Irish lexicographer (b. 1870)
1958 ? Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
1965 ? Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
1966 ? Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1905)
1972 ? Lester B. Pearson, Canadian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1974 ? Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist (b. 1898)
1978 ? Chris Bell American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Star) (b. 1951)
1978 ? Houari Boumediene, Algerian politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)
1978 ? Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
1979 ? Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
1981 ? Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899)
1982 ? Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931)
1985 ? Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932)
1988 ? Hal Ashby, American director (b. 1929)
1992 ? Kay Boyle, American author (b. 1902)
1993 ? Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
1993 ? André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
1994 ? Fanny Cradock, English chief, author, and critic (b. 1909)
1994 ? J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
1995 ? Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
1995 ? Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player (b. 1910)
1997 ? Brendan Gill, American journalist (b. 1914)
1997 ? Billy Wright, English-Irish commander (b. 1960)
2002 ? George Roy Hill, American director (b. 1922)
2003 ? Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
2003 ? Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
2003 ? Vestal Goodman, American singer (b. 1929)
2004 ? Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
2005 ? William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
2007 ? Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
2007 ? Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director (b. 1922)
2007 ? Jaan Kross, Estonian author (b. 1920)
2008 ? Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (b. 1939)
2008 ? Robert Graham, Mexican sculptor (b. 1938)
2009 ? Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian composer (b. 1923)
2011 ? Catê, Brazilian footballer (b. 1973)
2011 ? Michael Dummett, English philosopher (b. 1925)
2011 ? Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1928)
2011 ? Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2012 ? Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (b. 1933)
2012 ? Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
2012 ? Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (The Uniques) (b. 1938)
2012 ? Maurice Paul Delorme, French bishop (b. 1919)
2012 ? Hamid Ghodse, Iranian-English academic (b. 1938)
2012 ? Sohrab Hossain, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1922)
2012 ? Jorma Kortelainen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
2012 ? Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1931)
2012 ? Edgar May, American politician (b. 1929)
2012 ? John Quimby, American politician (b. 1935)
2012 ? Albert Riederer, American jurist and politician (b. 1945)
2012 ? Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer (b. 1924)
2012 ? Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (b. 1934)
2012 ? Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (b. 1933)
2012 ? Mla&#273;a Veselinovi&#263;, Serbian actor (b. 1915)
2012 ? Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)

Spoiler: Holidays and Observances

Christian Feast Day:
Fabiola
John the Apostle
Nicarete
Constitution Day (North Korea)
St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)
The third day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

I didn't think that much had happened on my Birthday.

 

[-Seraph-]

Birthday is on August 20th. Not all that much interesting happens as over time I've just become rather apathetic towards it. A normal day as any other as I've gotten older and just stopped caring about all these "special days"

Events, Births, and Deaths that stood out to me when browsing wiki:

Events:
1866 ? President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
1975 ? Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
1977 ? Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

Births:
1890 ? H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
1935 ? Ron Paul, American physician, author, and politician
1970 ? John D. Carmack, American game programmer, co-founded Id Software

Deaths:
1984 ? Pope John XIV
1823 ? Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
1914 ? Pope Pius X (b. 1835)

Having the same birthday as Lovecraft is awesome. Having 3 popes deaths be on my birthday is....interesting.