Dates in History: What Happened on the Day you were Born?
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i didn't choose one from the site
but i was born on 6th July
and one i know off by heart is that (within the same hour i was born) the wedding present released their single 'U.F.O'
but i was born on 6th July
and one i know off by heart is that (within the same hour i was born) the wedding present released their single 'U.F.O'
I prefer using wiki since it has more
1st of October
1st of October331 BC ? Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
959 ? Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
1189 ? Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1553 ? Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
1787 ? Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 ? First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1795 ? Belgium is conquered by France.
1800 ? Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1811 ? The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1814 ? Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
1827 ? The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
1829 ? South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1843 ? The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
1847 ? German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1854 ? The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
1869 ? Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 ? John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
1880 ? First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
1887 ? Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1890 ? The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 ? In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1898 ? Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
1898 ? The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1903 ? Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1905 ? Franti?ek Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leo? Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1908 ? Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1910 ? Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1918 ? World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
1920 ? Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
1928 ? The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1931 ? The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1936 ? Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1937 ? The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
1938 ? Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
1939 ? After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
1940 ? The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1942 ? USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
1942 ? First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1943 ? World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
1946 ? Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1946 ? Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1947 ? The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1949 ? The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1957 ? First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
1958 ? NASA is created to replace NACA.
1960 ? Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1961 ? East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1962 ? First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1964 ? The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1964 ? Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1965 ? Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
1965 ? General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
1966 ? West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1968 ? The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
1969 ? Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 ? Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1975 ? The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
1975 ? Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1978 ? Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1978 ? The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
1979 ? The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1982 ? Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
1982 ? EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 ? Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1985 ? The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
1987 ? The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
1989 ? Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
1991 ? New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force.
1992 ? Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet is crippled causing 27 deaths and injuries, by missiles negligently launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
1994 ? Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
1998 ? Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
2009 ? The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
959 ? Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
1189 ? Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1553 ? Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
1787 ? Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 ? First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1795 ? Belgium is conquered by France.
1800 ? Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1811 ? The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1814 ? Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
1827 ? The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
1829 ? South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1843 ? The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
1847 ? German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1854 ? The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
1869 ? Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 ? John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
1880 ? First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
1887 ? Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1890 ? The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 ? In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1898 ? Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
1898 ? The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1903 ? Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1905 ? Franti?ek Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leo? Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1908 ? Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1910 ? Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1918 ? World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
1920 ? Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
1928 ? The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1931 ? The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1936 ? Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1937 ? The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
1938 ? Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
1939 ? After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
1940 ? The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1942 ? USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
1942 ? First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1943 ? World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
1946 ? Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1946 ? Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1947 ? The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1949 ? The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1957 ? First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
1958 ? NASA is created to replace NACA.
1960 ? Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1961 ? East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1962 ? First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1964 ? The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1964 ? Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1965 ? Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
1965 ? General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
1966 ? West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1968 ? The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
1969 ? Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 ? Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1975 ? The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
1975 ? Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1978 ? Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1978 ? The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
1979 ? The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1982 ? Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
1982 ? EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 ? Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1985 ? The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
1987 ? The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
1989 ? Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
1991 ? New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force.
1992 ? Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet is crippled causing 27 deaths and injuries, by missiles negligently launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
1994 ? Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
1998 ? Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
2009 ? The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
1792 ? French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
Sweet, December 11th.
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
Sweet, December 11th.
Yeah, mine isn't that cool, but my teacher is born on November 23rd. In 1963, Doctor Who was first shown. The day before that, Kennedy got shot.
one thousand nine hundred and ninety two, congratulations on being born on the most epic day of the yearjmroutson1988 said:
6th June - D-Day, Steve Vai was born, bloke who played Barry Scott from Cillit Bang was born... thats all I can think of.
Well nothing on the year of my birht But Apollo 12 came back that day and Darwin published his famous book. Oh and the first ever live broadcasted murder, Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot.
But Apollo 12 came back that day and Darwin published his famous book. Oh and the first ever live broadcasted murder, Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot.
*1979 Number one hit on UK music charts - Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
This is awesome because I love that song. (10/20)
This is awesome because I love that song. (10/20)