What events have happened on your birthday?!
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1373 ? Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love.
1568 ? Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
1787 ? Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1830 ? Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
1846 ? Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
1848 ? First performance of Finland's national anthem.
1861 ? American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
1880 ? In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
1888 ? With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
1912 ? The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
1913 ? Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft.
1917 ? Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1939 ? The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
1950 ? The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
1958 ? During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
1958 ? The trade mark Velcro is registered.
1960 ? Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
1969 ? Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1972 ? Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
1994 ? Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
2000 ? In Enschede, Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately ?450 million in damage.
2005 ? The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
2006 ? 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
1568 ? Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
1787 ? Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1830 ? Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
1846 ? Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
1848 ? First performance of Finland's national anthem.
1861 ? American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
1880 ? In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
1888 ? With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
1912 ? The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
1913 ? Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft.
1917 ? Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1939 ? The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
1950 ? The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
1958 ? During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
1958 ? The trade mark Velcro is registered.
1960 ? Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
1969 ? Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1972 ? Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
1994 ? Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
2000 ? In Enschede, Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately ?450 million in damage.
2005 ? The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
2006 ? 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
Well, pretty cool at least, a lot of tragedy too though...
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Robert Patterson is born...
August 13 I am born upon EPICNESS
Events
3114 BC ? According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar
1704 ? War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim ? English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1806 ? Battle of Mi?ar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans
1918 ? Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 ? Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 ? Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1937 ? The Battle of Shanghai begins.
1969 ? The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
2008 ? Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for the most gold medals (8 in Beijing and 6 in Athens) won by an individual in Olympic history (this one really odd since we both live in the same state, maybe 25 min drive from each other).
Births
1860 ? Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
1899 ? Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
Deaths
1946 ? H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
2004 ? Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
* Cassian of Imola
* Hippolytus of Rome
* Maximus the Confessor
Hercules Victori (Roman Empire)
Events
3114 BC ? According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar
1704 ? War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim ? English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1806 ? Battle of Mi?ar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans
1918 ? Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 ? Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 ? Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1937 ? The Battle of Shanghai begins.
1969 ? The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
2008 ? Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for the most gold medals (8 in Beijing and 6 in Athens) won by an individual in Olympic history (this one really odd since we both live in the same state, maybe 25 min drive from each other).
Births
1860 ? Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
1899 ? Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
Deaths
1946 ? H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
2004 ? Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
* Cassian of Imola
* Hippolytus of Rome
* Maximus the Confessor
Hercules Victori (Roman Empire)
29th of December, not much happened...
Some language was rendered extinct, Ted Danson (Becker, I think?) was born, and the first YMCA opens in America, in Boston. Woohoo.
Some language was rendered extinct, Ted Danson (Becker, I think?) was born, and the first YMCA opens in America, in Boston. Woohoo.
May 29:
John F. Kennedy was born.
Rhode Island becomes the 13th state.
The first advertisement for Coca-Cola appears in Atlanta Journal.
Pretty cool stuff.
John F. Kennedy was born.
Rhode Island becomes the 13th state.
The first advertisement for Coca-Cola appears in Atlanta Journal.
Pretty cool stuff.
May 12
1932 - Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1940 - Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
1942 - Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1951 - 1st H Bomb test
yeah nazi, man my birthday sucks
1932 - Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1940 - Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
1942 - Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1951 - 1st H Bomb test
yeah nazi, man my birthday sucks
Beside sharing a birthday on July 12th with Julius Caesar and George Washington Carver (I love PB), let's see...
- The siege of Acre end during the third crusade and Saladin's gets his butt kicked
- The Americans invade Canada in 1812... they didn't know that two years later we would march into DC and burn down the Capitol and the White House
-Hmmm, the rules say 3 events, so I would choose: 927 ? England is unified by Athelstan of England after a long process of annexation.
- The siege of Acre end during the third crusade and Saladin's gets his butt kicked
- The Americans invade Canada in 1812... they didn't know that two years later we would march into DC and burn down the Capitol and the White House
-Hmmm, the rules say 3 events, so I would choose: 927 ? England is unified by Athelstan of England after a long process of annexation.
April 4th 1987. While I had enter to this world, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa had left this world.
Thats cause canadians know how to kick ass when we need to ;DTriaed said:
I\ve done this a few times already lol...March 4th
YEAR 1918 - awww, the spanish flu started on my bday, how awesome
YEAR 51 ? Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
YEAR 1798 - 1933 - almost all presidents inaugurated on march 4th, unless it was a sunday
Jesus, lots of people died on my bday o.o so many wars going on during it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_4
March 1st and on that day,Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery, and President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp.