JohnStone1987 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Heres some Events that happened on [b][size=3]APRIL 30[/size][/b] Just some interesting ones imo. [b]1492[/b] - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. [b]1812[/b] - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana. [b]1907[/b] - Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city. [b]1927 [/b]- The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States. [b]1945[/b] - World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the red flag over the Reichstag building. [b]1993 [/b]- The World Wide Web is born at CERN. [b]1995 [/b]- U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland. That's pretty cool for history of April 30. That Hitler part though blows me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Save_Us.Andy Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 4th December [url="javascript:;"]» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «[/url]Events 306 - Martyrdom of Saint Barbara 771 - Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. 1110 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. 1259 - Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. 1563 - The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545). 1619 - 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas). 1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois). 1676 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt. 1745 - Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite rising. 1783 - At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell. 1791 - The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. 1829 - In the face of fierce opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide. 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces did suffer more than three times the Confederate casualties, however. 1867 - Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). 1872 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for 9 days but was only slightly damaged). 1875 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain. 1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. 1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity in the United States established for men of African descent, is founded at Cornell University. 1909 - 1st Grey Cup game was played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6. 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. 1921 - The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. 1942 - Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization. 1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends. 1943 - World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. 1943 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States. 1945 - By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN was established on October 24, 1945). 1952 - Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. 1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States 1958 - Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community. 1967 - Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta. 1969 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. 1971 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan. 1971 - The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi. 1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". 1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. 1977 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100. 1978 - Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988). 1979 - The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee. 1981 - South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). 1982 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. 1984 - Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers. 1991 - Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. 1991 - Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations. 1992 - Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. 1993 - A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels. 1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. 2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage. 2006 - An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo. [edit] Births 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) 1580 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) 1585 - John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652) 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) 1646 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) 1660 - André Campra, French composer (d. 1744) 1670 - John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742) 1711 - Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758) 1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786) 1777 - Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849) 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881) 1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881) 1835 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902) 1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877) 1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914) 1852 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934) 1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922) 1866 (O.S.) - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born painter (d. 1944) 1868 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953) 1875 - Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945) 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (d. 1926) 1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (d. 1944) 1883 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969) 1889 - Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955) 1892 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975) 1895 - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990) 1899 - Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953) 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968) 1908 - Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997) 1909 - Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995) 1910 - Alex North, American film music composer (d. 1991) 1912 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988) 1913 - Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1978) 1914 - Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995) 1914 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993) 1915 - Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (d. 1989) 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (d. 1994) 1921 - Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress 1922 - Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959) 1923 - Charles Keating, American attorney and businessman 1924 - John Portman, American architect 1925 - Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer who made the first ascent of K2 1928 - Dena Dietrich, American actress 1930 - Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor 1930 - Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist 1931 - Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player 1931 - Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003) 1932 - Roh Tae-woo, President of South Korea 1933 - Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (d. 2003) 1934 - Victor French, American actor (d. 1989) 1934 - Wink Martindale, American game show host 1935 - Paul O'Neill, American businessman and former Secretary of the Treasury 1935 - Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007) 1937 - Max Baer, Jr., American actor 1938 - Andre Marrou, American politician, presidential candidate 1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano 1939 - Freddy Cannon, American musician 1940 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977) 1942 - Gemma Jones, English actress 1944 - Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds) 1944 - Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter 1944 - François Migault, French racing driver 1944 - Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983) 1945 - Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut 1947 - Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span) 1948 - Southside Johnny, American singer 1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor 1949 - Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress 1951 - Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1951 - Patricia Wettig, American actress 1953 - Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player 1954 - Tony Todd, American actor and producer 1955 - Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player 1956 - Bernard King, American basketball player 1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver 1957 - Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate 1959 - Susan W Krebs, American politician 1959 - Paul McGrath, Irish footballer 1959 - Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist 1960 - David Green, American baseball player 1960 - Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete 1961 - Frank Reich, American football player 1961 - Naomi Robson, American-born Australian journalist 1962 - Kevin Richardson, English footballest 1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter 1964 - Sertab Erener, Turkish singer 1964 - Jonathan Goldstein, American actor 1964 - Chelsea Noble, American actress 1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress 1965 - Ãlex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director 1966 - Fred Armisen, American actor and musician 1966 - Masta Ace, American rapper 1966 - Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter 1966 - Chris Shepherd, English film director 1969 - Jay-Z, American rapper 1970 - Kevin Sussman, American actor 1970 - John L. Adams, American actor 1970 - Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler 1971 - Shannon Briggs, American boxer 1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player 1972 - Nikki Tyler, American actress 1973 - Racci Shay, American Musician 1973 - Tyra Banks, American supermodel 1973 - Frank Boeijen, Dutch musician (The Gathering) 1973 - Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ 1973 - Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer 1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer 1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player 1976 - Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997) 1976 - Ysabella Brave, American singer 1976 - Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater 1977 - Big Pokey, American rapper 1978 - Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer 1978 - Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer 1979 - Jay DeMerit, American soccer player 1982 - Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver 1983 - Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer 1984 - Brooke Adams, American model 1984 - Lindsay Felton, American actress 1984 - Lauren London, American actress 1985 - Andrew Brackman, American baseball player 1985 - Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player 1986 - Martell Webster, American basketball player 1987 - Orlando Brown, American actor [edit] Deaths 749 - Saint John of Damascus 765 - Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) 771 - Carloman, King of the Franks (b. 751) 1075 - Archbishop Anno II of Cologne 1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) 1214 - William I of Scotland 1270 - Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre 1334 - Pope John XXII (b. 1249) 1340 - Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292) 1459 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401) 1576 - Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514) 1585 - John Willock, Scottish reformer 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet 1642 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585) 1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585) 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588) 1680 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) 1696 - Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) 1732 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685) 1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737) 1828 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) 1850 - William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (b. 1783) 1902 - Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company - Wall Street Journal) (b. 1851) 1926 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861) 1933 - Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868) 1935 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (b. 1864) 1935 - Charles Robert Richet, French physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1850) 1944 - Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879) 1945 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866) 1956 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891) 1967 - Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895) 1969 - Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948) 1975 - Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (b. 1906) 1976 - Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951) 1976 - Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913) 1976 - W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) 1980 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934) 1980 - Stanisława Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), Polish-born athlete (b. 1911) 1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1897) 1988 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899) 1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940) 1995 - Lionel Giroux (Little Beaver), Canadian midget wrestler (b. 1935) 1997 - Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925) 1999 - Rose Bird, American judge (b. 1936) 2003 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916) 2004 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943) 2005 - Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924) 2005 - Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963) 2005 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922) 2006 - James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971) 2006 - Ross A. McGinnis, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987) 2007 - Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932) 2007 - Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951) 2007 - Pimp C, American Rapper (b. 1973) [edit] Holidays and observances Roman festivals - secret ceremonies in honor of Bona Dea Calendar of Saints - Saint John of Damascus: optional memorial; also the Great Martyr Saint Barbara, St. Ada (feast day), St. Bernard degli Uberti Barbórka - Miners' Day in Poland First day that rain is prayed for in the Diaspora in Judaism. It is notably the only Jewish day which is tied to the civil calendar. SanterÃa, Lukumà - Day of Shango Navy Day in India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cordino Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 My Birthday Feb 14 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. 1009 - First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. 1014 - Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany. 1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews are burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg. 1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. 1743 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister. 1778 - The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. 1779 - James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. 1797 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent - John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar. 1803 - Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void. 1804 - Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. 1831 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. 1835 - The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio. 1849 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. 1855 - Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. 1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. 1879 - The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta. 1899 - Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections. 1900 - Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. 1900 - Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. 1903 - The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor). 1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. 1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. 1918 - The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar). 1919 - The Polish-Soviet War begins. 1920 - The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1924 - The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is founded. 1929 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois. 1942 - Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. 1943 - World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated. 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass - German General Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia. 1944 - World War II: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. 1945 - World War II: On the second day of the bombing of Dresden , the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. 1945 - World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden. 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship. 1945 - World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans. 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalized. 1949 - The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time. 1949 - The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. 1956 - The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech. 1961 - Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. 1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House. 1966 - Australian currency is decimalised. 1979 - In Kabul, Muslims kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police. 1981 - Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people 1983 - United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher is later convicted of fraud. 1989 - Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster. 1989 - Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie. 1989 - The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System are placed into orbit. 1990 - 92 people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India. 1994 - Andrei Chikatilo, a Russian serial killer is executed by shooting. 1996 - China launches a Long March 3 rocket, carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite. The rocket flies off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashes into a rural village. 1998 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing. 2000 - The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. 2002 - The Tullaghmurray Lass sinks off the coast of Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland killing three members of the same family on board. 2004 - In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others. 2005 - Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated, prompting the country to fall into chaos. 2005 - Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City. 2008 - Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 24 casualties; 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 18 injured. Famous People born on the same day as me 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter and philosopher (d. 1472) 1468 - Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522) 1483 - Babur, Moghul emperor of India (d. 1530) 1602 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676) 1680 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (d. 1737) 1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754) 1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773) 1763 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813) 1788 - Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (d. 1839) 1800 - Emory Washburn, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877) 1812 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846) 1819 - Joshua A. Norton, American eccentric (d. 1880) 1819 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (d. 1890) 1824 - Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War Union general (d. 1886) 1828 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885) 1838 - Margaret Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914) 1846 - Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. (d. 1901) 1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919) 1847 - Maria Pia of Italy, queen of Portugal (d. 1911) 1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934) 1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931) 1859 - George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer and inventor (d. 1896) 1860 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954) 1869 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959) 1871 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959) 1884 - Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor, film director (d. 1947) 1884 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1952) 1884 - Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974) 1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972) 1885 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) 1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956) 1892 - Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (d. 1948) 1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974) 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973) 1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974) 1902 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969) 1903 - Stu Erwin, American actor (d. 1967) 1904 - Charles Oatley, Professor of electrical engineering, (scanning electron microscope), (d. 1996) 1904 - Hertta Kuusinen, Finnish communist (d. 1974) 1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988) 1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996) 1913 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach (d. 1987) 1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader 1914 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007) 1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general 1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996) 1916 - Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) 1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, Nobel Prize Laureate 1921 - Hugh Downs, American television host 1922 - Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982) 1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (d. 2007) 1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982) 1931 - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (d. 2006) 1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005) 1931 - Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters) 1932 - Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director 1933 - Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969) 1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor 1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress 1936 - Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer and focus of a 1974 scandal involving Congressman Wilbur Mills. 1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor 1941 - Donna Shalala, American educator 1941 - Paul Tsongas, United States Senator from Massachusetts (d. 1997) 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City 1942 - Andrew Robinson, American actor 1942 - Ricardo RodrÃguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1962) 1943 - Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk) 1943 - Aaron Russo, American movie producer (d. 2007) 1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist 1944 - Alan Parker, British film director and writer 1944 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (d. 1978) 1945 - Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003) 1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003) 1947 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975) 1947 - Judd Gregg, American politician, senior senator from New Hampshire 1948 - Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host 1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller) 1950 - Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart) 1951 - Kevin Keegan, English footballer 1951 - JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater 1952 - Nancy Keenan, current NARAL president 1955 - Ronald Desruelles, Belgian athlete 1955 - James Eckhouse, American actor 1955 - Carol Kalish, American publishing executive (d. 1991) 1955 - Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler 1957 - Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs 1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano 1958 - Enrique Mansilla, Argentine racing driver 1958 - Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer 1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano 1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player 1960 - Meg Tilly, Canadian actress 1961 - Phillip Hamilton, American author 1961 - Latifa, Tunisian singer 1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002) 1962 - Michael Higgs, English actor 1962 - Philippe Sella, French rugby player 1962 - Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress 1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor 1963 - John Marzano, American baseball player 1964 - Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist 1964 - Zach Galligan, American actor 1966 - Petr Svoboda, National Hockey League player 1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player 1967 - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur 1968 - Jules Asner, American television personality 1968 - Scott McClellan, American politician 1969 - Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach volleyball player 1969 - Harry Colon, American football player 1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist 1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor 1971 - Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host 1971 - Gheorghe Muresan, Romanian basketball player 1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer 1971 - Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler 1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player 1972 - Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler 1972 - Hiroshi, Japanese comedian 1972 - Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress 1972 - Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty) 1973 - Tyus Edney, American basketball player 1973 - Steve McNair, American football player 1974 - Filippa Giordano, Italian singer 1974 - Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer 1975 - Scott Owen, Australian musician (The Living End) 1975 - Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant 1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes) 1977 - Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer 1977 - Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist 1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer 1977 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007) 1978 - Dean Gaffney, British actor 1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player 1978 - Darius Songaila, basketball player 1978 - Dwele, American R&B/Soul singer 1979 - Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer 1980 - Fátima Leyva, Mexican footballer 1980 - Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress 1980 - Josh Senter, American screenwriter 1982 - Marián GáborÃk, Slovak hockey player 1983 - Bacary Sagna, French footballer 1983 - Rhydian Roberts, Welsh Singer, X factor Runner Up 1984 - Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer 1985 - Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-English actress and model 1985 - Tyler Clippard, American baseball player 1985 - Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress 1985 - Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol 1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer 1985 - Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress 1986 - Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver 1986 - Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress 1986 - Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer 1987 - Joseph Pichler, American actor 1987 - Julia Savicheva, Russian singer 1987 - David Wheater, English footballer 1988 - Ãngel Di MarÃa, Argentine footballer 1988 - Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner 1988 - Eliska Sursova, American actress 1988 - Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7 1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor 1994 - Paul Butcher, American actor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Styles Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Febuary 17 [url="javascript:;"]» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «[/url]1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy. 1621 - Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony. 1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. 1801 - An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. 1814 - Battle of Mormans. 1819 - The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise. 1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State. 1864 - American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. 1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. 1871 - The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. 1904 - Madama Butterfly premiers at La Scala in Milan. 1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. 1924 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. 1925 - Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925. 1933 - The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time. 1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. 1936 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics. 1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22. 1944 - World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. 1947 - The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. 1957 - A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people. 1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television. 1959 - Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 - The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. 1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany. 1964 - In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. 1964 - Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his archrival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. 1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. 1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. 1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter. 1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins. 1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. 1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence. 1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. 1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. 2003 - The London Congestion Charge scheme begins. 2006 - A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. 2008 - Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. [edit] Births 1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527) 1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) 1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574) 1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) 1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713) 1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) 1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762) 1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831) 1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) 1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826) 1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) 1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) 1816 - Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) 1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) 1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881) 1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) 1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) 1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913) 1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) 1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902) 1861 - Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) 1862 - Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) 1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) 1864 - Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) 1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941) 1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956) 1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) 1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) 1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) 1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947) 1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969) 1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965) 1904 - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980) 1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992) 1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005) 1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979) 1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005) 1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984) 1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005) 1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990) 1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959) 1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002) 1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England (d. 1940) 1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002) 1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965) 1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001) 1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director 1922 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007) 1922 - Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969) 1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959) 1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. 2008) 1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) 1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor 1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer 1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player 1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002) 1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress 1930 - Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager 1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player 1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer 1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007) 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003) 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian 1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player 1939 - John Leyton, British singer 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen 1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006) 1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989) 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer 1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress 1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress 1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer 1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor 1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach 1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and composer 1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast 1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic 1954 - Rene Russo, American actress 1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician 1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician 1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player 1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director 1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995) 1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter 1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999) 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian 1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman 1963 - Rene Syler, American journalist 1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist 1965 - Michael Bay, American film director 1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004) 1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player 1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer 1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player 1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311) 1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier 1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) 1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day) 1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters) 1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model 1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary) 1973 - SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician 1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor 1974 - Bryan White, American singer 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress 1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player 1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player 1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress 1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player 1977 - Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian Badminton player 1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim 1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress 1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player 1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player 1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer 1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress 1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer 1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player 1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer 1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler 1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu 1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer 1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model 1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer 1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model 1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim 1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress 1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer 1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress [edit] Deaths 364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor 440 - Mesrop Mashtots 1339 - Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) 1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria 1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548) 1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) 1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) 1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622) 1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599) 1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. 1637) 1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646) 1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669) 1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691) 1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) 1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770) 1854 - John Martin, English painter (b. 1789) 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797) 1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) 1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806) 1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845) 1890 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819) 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829) 1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876) 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841) 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875) 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862) 1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859) 1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888) 1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872) 1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876) 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897) 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876) 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888) 1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901) 1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922) 1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922) 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917) 1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901) 1986 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895) 1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908) 1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906) 1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901) 1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951) 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911) 1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895) 1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921) 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948) 2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933) 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920) 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919) 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935) 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929) 2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948) 2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961) 2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965) 2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943) 2007 - Maurice Papon, French *censored* collaborator (b. 1910) 2008 - Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crack. Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [u][b]January 15[/b][/u]: [url="javascript:;"]» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «[/url] * 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. * 69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. * 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. * 1759 - The British Museum opens. * 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. * 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. * 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly. * 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. * 1865 - American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. * 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly). * 1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. * 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. * 1908 - The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women. * 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. * 1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company). * 1943 - World War II: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal. * 1943 - World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. * 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. * 1947 - The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. * 1949 - The Chinese Communist Party forces took over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government. * 1951 - Ilse Koch, The "Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany. * 1966 - The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d’état. * 1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. * 1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. * 1970 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. * 1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. * 1973 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * 1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. * 1977 - The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history. * 1986 - The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. * 1990 - AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. * 1991 - The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. * 1992 - The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. * 1993 - Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive * 1999 - The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces. * 2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. * 2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system. * 2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. * 2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aV Echelon Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 July 13th 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. 1558 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. 1573 - Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months. 1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller. 1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. 1794 - Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria 1830 - The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. 1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon. 1863 - New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. 1878 - Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire. 1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. 1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. 1941 - World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). 1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in. 1985 - The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. 1985 - United States Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Imperio Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [b]February 24[/b] * 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. * 1387 - King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. * 1538 - Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya. * 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. * 1607 - L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, premieres. * 1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. * 1739 - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. * 1803 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review. * 1804 - London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. * 1822 - The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad was inaugurated. * 1826 - The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. * 1831 - The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. * 1839 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel. * 1848 - King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. * 1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory. * 1868 - The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. * 1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate. * 1875 - The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries. * 1881 - China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. * 1890 - Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition * 1893 - The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America. * 1895 - Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, which ended with the Spanish-American War in 1898. * 1899 - Western Washington University is established. * 1909 - The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded. * 1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States. * 1918 - Estonian Declaration of Independence. * 1920 - The *censored* Party is founded. * 1925 - A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York. * 1938 - A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to * 1942 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day. * 1945 - Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. * 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué. * 1970 - National Public Radio is founded in the United States. * 1971 - The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, was killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar appointed as the new chairman. * 1976 - Cuba : national Constitution proclaimed. * 1981 - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. * 1981 - An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city. * 1983 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. * 1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. * 1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section. * 1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. * 1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. * 1999 - The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him. * 1999 - A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61. * 2006 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. * 2008 - Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. Births * 1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) * 1304 - Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer * 1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d. 1494) * 1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558) * 1545 - Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) * 1557 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619) * 1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) * 1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) * 1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) * 1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) * 1693 - James Quin, English actor (d. 1766) * 1709 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782) * 1723 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792) * 1774 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) * 1786 - Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869) * 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859) * 1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899) * 1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910) * 1842 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918) * 1846 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922) * 1848 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907) * 1852 - George Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933) * 1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912) * 1866 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961) * 1874 - Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955) * 1877 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936) * 1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966) * 1885 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939) * 1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975) * 1898 - Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983) * 1909 - August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971) * 1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965) * 1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005) * 1919 - Ãrpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004) * 1919 - Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998) * 1921 - Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1992) * 1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor * 1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989) * 1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter * 1922 - Steven Hill, American actor * 1923 - David Soyer, American cellist * 1926 - Jean Alexander, English actress * 1926 - John Gunther Dean, American diplomat * 1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress * 1928 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress * 1931 - Dominic Chianese, American actor * 1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer * 1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005) * 1933 - Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher * 1934 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000) * 1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano * 1934 - Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress * 1938 - James Farentino, American actor * 1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer * 1938 - Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend * 1940 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971) * 1940 - Denis Law, Scottish footballer * 1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress * 1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politician * 1942 - Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann) * 1942 - Colin Bond, Australian racing driver * 1943 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer * 1943 - Terry Semel, American business executive * 1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician * 1944 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994) * 1945 - Barry Bostwick, American actor * 1946 - Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician * 1946 - John Stapleton, English television presenter * 1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician * 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor * 1948 - J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician * 1948 - Walter Smith, Scottish football manager * 1948 - Tim Staffell, English singer * 1948 - Dennis Waterman, British actor * 1950 - George Thorogood, American Singer and Guitarist * 1951 - Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990) * 1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress * 1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress * 1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer * 1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver * 1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist * 1956 - Judith Butler, American philosopher * 1956 - Eddie Murray, American baseball player * 1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician * 1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer * 1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress * 1959 - Owen Gleiberman, American film critic * 1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician * 1962 - Teri Weigel, American pornography actress * 1962 - Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress * 1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player * 1964 - Andy Crane, British children's television presenter * 1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director * 1964 - Bill Bailey, British comedian * 1964 - Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver * 1965 - Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer * 1965 - Jane Swift, American politician * 1966 - Billy Zane, American actor * 1966 - René Arocha, Cuban baseball player * 1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005) * 1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player * 1970 - Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor * 1970 - Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets * 1971 - Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver * 1971 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player * 1972 - Manon Rhéaume, Canadian female ice hockey player * 1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot) * 1973 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast * 1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player * 1973 - Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player * 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes) * 1974 - Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer * 1974 - Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player * 1974 - Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer * 1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler * 1975 - Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller * 1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio, Heavens) * 1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist * 1976 - Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist * 1976 - Crista Flanagan, American television comedian * 1976 - Zach Johnson, American professional golfer * 1976 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995) * 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer * 1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer * 1977 - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player * 1978 - Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) * 1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run) * 1979 - Jesse Billauer, American quadriplegic surfer * 1980 - Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003) * 1980 - Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler * 1980 - Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer * 1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player * 1981 - Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer * 1982 - Nick Blackburn, American baseball player * 1982 - Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer * 1982 - Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player * 1984 - Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver * 1984 - Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler * 1986 - Wojtek Wolski, Polish ice hockey player * 1987 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur * 1987 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model * 1987 - Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress * 1989 - Kosta Koufos, American basketball player Deaths * 616 - King Ethelbert of Kent * 1525 - Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier * 1563 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (b. 1519) * 1588 - Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist * 1666 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588) * 1674 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) * 1685 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) * 1704 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643) * 1714 - Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) * 1721 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) * 1732 - Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675) * 1777 - King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) * 1779 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) * 1781 - Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) * 1799 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b. 1742) * 1810 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b. 1756) * 1812 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775) * 1815 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765) * 1825 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (b. 1754) * 1856 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1792) * 1876 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809) * 1914 - Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg * 1925 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860) * 1929 - André Messager, French composer and conductor (b. 1853) * 1953 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875) * 1970 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897) * 1975 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) * 1982 - Virginia Bruce, America actress and singer (b. 1910) * 1984 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (b. 1912) * 1986 - Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904) * 1987 - Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940) * 1989 - Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894) * 1990 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945) * 1990 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917) * 1990 - Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (b. 1896) * 1990 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927) * 1991 - John Daly, South African game show host (b. 1914) * 1991 - George Gobel, American comedian (b. 1919) * 1991 - Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921) * 1993 - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917) * 1993 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941) * 1994 - Jean Sablon, French singer (b. 1906) * 1994 - Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916) * 1998 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (b. 1921) * 1998 - Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906) * 1999 - Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936) * 1999 - Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (b. 1916) * 2001 - Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b. 1916) * 2002 - Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932) * 2002 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b. 1912) * 2003 - John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912) * 2003 - Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951) * 2004 - John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915) * 2006 - Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947) * 2006 - Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924) * 2006 - John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947) * 2006 - Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925) * 2006 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924) * 2007 - Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906) * 2007 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932) * 2007 - Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935) * 2007 - Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982) * 2008 - Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947) Holidays and observances * Regifugium, in the Roman calendar. * Independence Day in Estonia (1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation). * Flag Day in México. * Dragobete in Romania. * National Artist Day in Thailand. * St. Matthias * St. Modest * St. Sergius * February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haas3-16 Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [b][u]29th January Events [/u][/b][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/904"][color="#002bb8"]904[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sergius_III"][color="#002bb8"]Sergius III[/color][/url] comes out of retirement to take over the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope"][color="#002bb8"]papacy[/color][/url] from the deposed [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Christopher"][color="#002bb8"]antipope Christopher[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1676"][color="#002bb8"]1676[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_III_of_Russia"][color="#002bb8"]Feodor III[/color][/url] becomes [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar"][color="#002bb8"]Tsar[/color][/url] of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"][color="#002bb8"]Russia[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814"][color="#002bb8"]1814[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"][color="#002bb8"]France[/color][/url] defeats [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"][color="#002bb8"]Russia[/color][/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia"][color="#002bb8"]Prussia[/color][/url] in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brienne"][color="#002bb8"]Battle of Brienne[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834"][color="#002bb8"]1834[/color][/url] - US President [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson"][color="#002bb8"]Andrew Jackson[/color][/url] orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union"][color="#002bb8"]labor[/color][/url] dispute. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1845"][color="#002bb8"]1845[/color][/url] - "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven"][color="#002bb8"]The Raven[/color][/url]" by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe"][color="#002bb8"]Edgar Allan Poe[/color][/url] is published in the [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Evening_Mirror"][color="#002bb8"]New York Evening Mirror[/color][/url][/i]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1850"][color="#002bb8"]1850[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay"][color="#002bb8"]Henry Clay[/color][/url] introduces the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850"][color="#002bb8"]Compromise of 1850[/color][/url] to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States"][color="#002bb8"]U.S. Congress[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856"][color="#002bb8"]1856[/color][/url] - Queen [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom"][color="#002bb8"]Victoria[/color][/url] institutes the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross"][color="#002bb8"]Victoria Cross[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861"][color="#002bb8"]1861[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas"][color="#002bb8"]Kansas[/color][/url] admitted as the 34th [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state"][color="#002bb8"]U.S. state[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863"][color="#002bb8"]1863[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_River_Massacre"][color="#002bb8"]Bear River Massacre[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886"][color="#002bb8"]1886[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Benz"][color="#002bb8"]Karl Benz[/color][/url] patents the first successful [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline"][color="#002bb8"]gasoline[/color][/url]-driven [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile"][color="#002bb8"]automobile[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891"][color="#002bb8"]1891[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliuokalani_of_Hawaii"][color="#002bb8"]Liliuokalani[/color][/url] is proclaimed Queen of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii"][color="#002bb8"]Hawaii[/color][/url], its last monarch. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900"][color="#002bb8"]1900[/color][/url] - The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League"][color="#002bb8"]American League[/color][/url] is organized in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania"][color="#002bb8"]Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[/color][/url] with 8 founding teams. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916"][color="#002bb8"]1916[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"][color="#002bb8"]World War I[/color][/url]: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris"][color="#002bb8"]Paris[/color][/url] is first bombed by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany"][color="#002bb8"]German[/color][/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin"][color="#002bb8"]zeppelins[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936"][color="#002bb8"]1936[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_(chronological)"][color="#002bb8"]The first inductees[/color][/url] into the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame"][color="#002bb8"]Baseball Hall of Fame[/color][/url] are announced. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940"][color="#002bb8"]1940[/color][/url] - Three gasoline multiple units carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumesaki_Line"][color="#002bb8"]Yumesaki Line[/color][/url] ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nishinari&action=edit&redlink=1"][color="#ba0000"]Nishinari[/color][/url] Line), [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka"][color="#002bb8"]Osaka[/color][/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"][color="#002bb8"]Japan[/color][/url], killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943"][color="#002bb8"]1943[/color][/url] - The first day of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rennell_Island"][color="#002bb8"]Battle of Rennell Island[/color][/url], U.S. cruiser [i]Chicago[/i] is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944"][color="#002bb8"]1944[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)"][color="#002bb8"]USS [i]Missouri[/i][/color][/url] the last battleship commissioned by the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Navy"][color="#002bb8"]US Navy[/color][/url] is launched. <LI>1944 - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II"][color="#002bb8"]World War II[/color][/url]: The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cisterna"][color="#002bb8"]Battle of Cisterna[/color][/url] takes place in central [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"][color="#002bb8"]Italy[/color][/url]. <LI>1944 - World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koniuchy_massacre"][color="#002bb8"]Koniuchy massacre[/color][/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland"][color="#002bb8"]Poland[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944"][color="#002bb8"]1944[/color][/url] - In [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna"][color="#002bb8"]Bologna[/color][/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"][color="#002bb8"]Italy[/color][/url], the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_Theatre_of_the_Archiginnasio"][color="#002bb8"]Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio[/color][/url] is destroyed in an air-raid bombing <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963"][color="#002bb8"]1963[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees"][color="#002bb8"]First inductees[/color][/url] into the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame"][color="#002bb8"]Pro Football Hall of Fame[/color][/url] are announced. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"][color="#002bb8"]1978[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden"][color="#002bb8"]Sweden[/color][/url] outlaws [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosol_spray"][color="#002bb8"]aerosol sprays[/color][/url] due to their harmful effect on the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer"][color="#002bb8"]ozone layer[/color][/url], becoming the first [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation"][color="#002bb8"]nation[/color][/url] to enact such a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_(law)"][color="#002bb8"]ban[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979"][color="#002bb8"]1979[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Ann_Spencer"][color="#002bb8"]Brenda Ann Spencer[/color][/url] kills 2 and injures 9 in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Elementary_School&action=edit&redlink=1"][color="#ba0000"]Cleveland Elementary School[/color][/url] shootings, inspiring the song "I Don't Like Mondays" song by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomtown_Rats"][color="#002bb8"]Boomtown Rats[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989"][color="#002bb8"]1989[/color][/url] - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary-South_Korea_relations"][color="#002bb8"]Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea[/color][/url], making them the first [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Bloc"][color="#002bb8"]Eastern Bloc[/color][/url] nation to do so <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996"][color="#002bb8"]1996[/color][/url] - President [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chirac"][color="#002bb8"]Jacques Chirac[/color][/url] announces a "definitive end" to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"][color="#002bb8"]French[/color][/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_testing"][color="#002bb8"]nuclear testing[/color][/url]. <LI>1996 - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fenice"][color="#002bb8"]La Fenice[/color][/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice"][color="#002bb8"]Venice[/color][/url]'s opera house, is destroyed by fire. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998"][color="#002bb8"]1998[/color][/url] - In [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama"][color="#002bb8"]Birmingham, Alabama[/color][/url], a bomb explodes at an [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion"][color="#002bb8"]abortion[/color][/url] clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph"][color="#002bb8"]Eric Robert Rudolph[/color][/url] is suspected as the culprit. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001"][color="#002bb8"]2001[/color][/url] - Thousands of student protesters in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia"][color="#002bb8"]Indonesia[/color][/url] storm parliament and demand that [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President"][color="#002bb8"]President[/color][/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid"][color="#002bb8"]Abdurrahman Wahid[/color][/url] resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002"][color="#002bb8"]2002[/color][/url] - In his [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_Address"][color="#002bb8"]State of the Union Address[/color][/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"][color="#002bb8"]United States[/color][/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States"][color="#002bb8"]President[/color][/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush"][color="#002bb8"]George W. Bush[/color][/url] describes "regimes that sponsor [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism"][color="#002bb8"]terror[/color][/url]" as an [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_evil"][color="#002bb8"]Axis of Evil[/color][/url][/i], in which he includes [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq"][color="#002bb8"]Iraq[/color][/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran"][color="#002bb8"]Iran[/color][/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea"][color="#002bb8"]North Korea[/color][/url]. <LI>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"][color="#002bb8"]2005[/color][/url] - The first direct commercial flights from the mainland [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China"][color="#002bb8"]China[/color][/url] (from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou"][color="#002bb8"]Guangzhou[/color][/url]) to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan"][color="#002bb8"]Taiwan[/color][/url] since 1949 arrived in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei"][color="#002bb8"]Taipei[/color][/url]. Shortly afterwards, a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines"][color="#002bb8"]China Airlines[/color][/url] carrier landed in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing"][color="#002bb8"]Beijing[/color][/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3T Raven Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [u][b]November 13[/b][/u] * 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre. * 1160 - Marriage of Louis VII of France to Adele of Champagne. * 1642 - First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green - the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London. * 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec defended by British General Guy Carleton. * 1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis. * 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington. * 1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted. * 1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London. * 1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster. * 1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields. * 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. * 1918 - Allied troops occupy Constantinople the capital of the Ottoman Empire. * 1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. * 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, sinking the following day. * 1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal. * 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas. * 1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. * 1956 - The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott. * 1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB. * 1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives. * 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death. * 1970 - Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster. * 1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars. * 1982 - Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport. * 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. * 1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. * 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor. * 1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what became known as the Aramoana Massacre. * 1994 - In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. * 1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility. * 2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada. * 2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar. * 2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. * 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. * 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill. * 2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six. Births * 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430) * 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377) * 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543) * 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567) * 1572 - Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638) * 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773) * 1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792) * 1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763) * 1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d. 1762) * 1732 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808) * 1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820) * 1761 - John Moore, British general (d. 1809) * 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844) * 1782 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846) * 1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873) * 1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877) * 1814 - Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879) * 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895) * 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893) * 1837 - James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883) * 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918) * 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913) * 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) * 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894) * 1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927) * 1856 - Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941) * 1866 - Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959) * 1869 - Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943) * 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962) * 1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952) * 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973) * 1894 - Artur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945) * 1897 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975) * 1899 - Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan (d. 1969) * 1900 - Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985) * 1904 - H. C. Potter, American film and theater director (d. 1977) * 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986) * 1906 - Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer * 1907 - Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000) * 1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999) * 1910 - William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986) * 1911 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006) * 1913 - Jack Dyer, Australian rules footballer (d. 2003) * 1913 - Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985) * 1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986) * 1913 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985) * 1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005) * 1917 - Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) * 1918 - Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003) * 1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host (d. 2008) * 1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984) * 1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress * 1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994) * 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland * 1927 - Billy Klüver, American scientist (d. 2004) * 1928 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978) * 1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor * 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress * 1932 - Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000) * 1933 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress * 1934 - Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist * 1934 - Jimmy Fontana, Italian actor, composer and singer * 1934 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005) * 1934 - Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor * 1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor * 1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury * 1938 - Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994) * 1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979) * 1939 - Karel Brückner, Czech football manager * 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer * 1940 - Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor * 1941 - Eberhard Diepgen, German politician * 1941 - Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994) * 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach * 1942 - John Hammond, American musician * 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977) * 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer * 1943 - Jay Sigel, American golfer * 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American musician * 1945 - John B. Craig, American diplomat * 1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver * 1947 - Toy Caldwell, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993) * 1947 - Gene Garber, American baseball player * 1947 - Amory Lovins, American environmentalist and author * 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor * 1948 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker * 1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver * 1949 - Terry Reid, English singer * 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) * 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player * 1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor * 1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress * 1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician * 1953 - Andrew Ranken, English musician (The Pogues) * 1953 - Tracy Scoggins, American actress * 1954 - Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems * 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor * 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and singer * 1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress * 1957 - Stephen Baxter, English author * 1959 - Caroline Goodall, English actress * 1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor * 1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player * 1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung, Hong Kong musician Beyond * 1967 - Juhi Chawla, Indian actress * 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host * 1967 - Steve Zahn, American actor * 1968 - Pat Hentgen, American baseball player * 1969 - Lori Berenson, American criminal * 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor * 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author * 1971 - Noah Hathaway, American actor * 1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor * 1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer * 1975 - Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008) * 1975 - Alain Digbeu, French basketball player * 1975 - Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer * 1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer * 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler * 1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete * 1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer * 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer * 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes) * 1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player * 1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer * 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress * 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater * 1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player * 1981 - Rivkah, American cartoonist * 1981 - Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer * 1982 - Samkon Gado, Nigerian/American football player * 1982 - Koda Kumi, Japanese singer * 1982 - Michael Copon, American actor and singer * 1985 - Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player * 1990 - Jibbs, American rapper * 1997 - Brent Kinsman, American actor * 1997 - Shane Kinsman, American actor Deaths * 867 - Pope Nicholas I * 1004 - Abbon of Fleury * 1093 - King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1031) * 1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem * 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg * 1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen * 1345 - Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323) * 1359 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1326) * 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394) * 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530) * 1619 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555) * 1650 - Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595) * 1770 - George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712) * 1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712) * 1777 - William Bowyer (printer), English printer (b. 1699) * 1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787) * 1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806) * 1868 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792) * 1903 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830) * 1952 - Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author (b. 1910) * 1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881) * 1961 - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897) * 1963 - Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863) * 1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895) * 1973 - Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901) * 1973 - Bruno Maderna, Italian/German conductor and composer (b. 1920) * 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901) * 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946) * 1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910) * 1977 - Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944) * 1979 - Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907) * 1982 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec (b. 1911) * 1983 - Junior Samples, American comedian (Hee Haw) (b. 1926) * 1985 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898) * 1986 - Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952) * 1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906) * 1988 - JaromÃr Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902) * 1989 - Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964) * 1991 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, archbishop of Montreal (b. 1904) * 1993 - Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones), American professional wrestler (b. 1933) * 1994 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924) * 1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916) * 1996 - Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925) * 1997 - André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925) * 1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953) * 1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907) * 1998 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917) * 1998 - Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920) * 1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975) * 1999 - Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915) * 2001 - Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915) * 2002 - Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925) * 2003 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967) * 2004 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962) * 2004 - Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928) * 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968) * 2005 - Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967) * 2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933) * 2007 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (b. 1960) * 2007 - John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935) * 2007 - Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937) * 2007 - Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (b. 1923) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuKe ˙ Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [b]SEPTEMBER 20TH[/b] I share a birthday with Arn Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le` Baller Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Guys, how about from now on don't copy and paste all of them, just go through and select the most important ones. 1803 - The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. 1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings. 1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. 1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens. 1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot. Oh, and I share my birthday with the following: Bela Lugosi Mickey Mantle Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Willis McGahee Snoop Dogg Viggo Mortenson Scott Hall Tom Petty Juan Marichal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyRS Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 [u][b]February 2nd[/b][/u] 1976 - The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. 1989 - Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched. 1998 - A Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104. Not much happened on my birthday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guiding Light Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 July 19th (200th Day of The Year) [b]1799 -[/b] A group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time. [b]1963[/b] - Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. [b]1964[/b] - Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. [b]Births[/b] [b]1814[/b] - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor [b]1947[/b] - Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles) [b]1947[/b] - Brian May, English musician (Queen) [b]1952[/b] - Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) [b]1958[/b]- Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler [b]1962 [/b]- Anthony Edwards, American actor [b]1968[/b] - Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head) [b]1973 [/b]- Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth) [b]1974 [/b]- Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler [b]1977[/b] - Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler [b]1982[/b] - Jared Padalecki, American actor [b]1990[/b] - Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 April 5th 456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1242 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1566 - Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II. 1609 - Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. 1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain. 1792 - U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. 1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil. 1818 - In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement - led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San MartÃn - win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. 1874 - Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead. 1879 - Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. 1897 - The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. 1904 - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. 1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt. 1932 - Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores. 1932 - Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. 1942 - World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. 1944 - World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans. 1945 - Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory." 1946 - Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation. 1949 - Fireside Theater debuts on television. 1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements. 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union. 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. 1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba. 1956 - In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister. 1957 - In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister. 1958 - Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. 1969 - Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. 1971 - In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. 1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth with his 714th home run. 1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident. 1986 - Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, Germany. 1991 - An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard. 1992 - Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. 1992 - Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. 1992 - The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge. 1998 - In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. 1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow™ Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 JANUARY 14TH: 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary. 1501 - Martin Luther, age 17, enters the University of Erfurt. 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. 1539 - Spain annexes Cuba. 1639 - The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut. 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne. 1761 - The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changed the course of Indian History. 1784 - American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England. 1814 - Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti. 1858 - Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. 1907 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. 1913 - First Balkan War: The Greek army defeats the Turks at Bizani. 1938 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. 1942 - Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins. 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. 1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office He traveled from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II. 1950 - The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. 1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. 1967 - Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend. 1969 - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people. 1972 - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. 1975 - Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). 1998 - An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people. 2000 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. 2004 - The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. 2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V to I Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Only posting things I know of: 1787 - American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia. 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service 1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. 1945 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge ends. 1949 - At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. 1960 - The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records. 1961 - In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. 1971 - Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. 1981 - Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death. 1995 - The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile. Births 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American general notorious for treason (d. 1801) 1825 - George Pickett, American Confederate General (d. 1875) 1953 - The Honky Tonk Man, American professional wrestler 1955 - Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash) 1973 - Chris Guy, American professional wrestler 1975 - Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress 1980 - Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler 1981 - Alicia Keys, American singer Deaths 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stinger Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 July 14 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France. 1698 - The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama. 1769 - The de Portolá Expedition establishes a base in California, and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California). 1771 - Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar JunÃpero Serra. 1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. 1790 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération. 1791 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England. 1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government. 1865 - First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent. 1881 - Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner. 1902 - The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta. 1933 - Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the *censored* Party. 1943 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of a African American. 1948 - Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot near to the Italian Parliament. 1958 - Iraqi Revolution: in Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces lead by Abdul Karim Kassem, who becomes the nation's new leader. 1965 - The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. 1969 - Football War: after Honduras loses a soccer game against El Salvador, rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. 1969 - The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation. 1992 - 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds release his Linux soon afterwards. 2002 - French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations. 2007 - Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA CHA DESMOND Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 One I know right of the top of my head is on March 15, Julius Ceasar was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Zombie Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 September 2 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 44 BC - The first of Cicero’s Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months. 31 BC - Final war of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium - off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 1649 - The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro. 1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. 1752 - The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. 1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded. 1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. 1807 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. 1833 - Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart. 1856 - Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. 1859 - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service. 1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run. 1864 - American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city. 1867 - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she's called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken. 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner. 1885 - Rock Springs Massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. 1898 - Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in the Sudan. 1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. 1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14. 1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423. 1939 - World War II: following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by *censored* Germany. 1945 - Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 1945 - Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 1958 - U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost. 1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day. 1963 - CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. 1967 - The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates. 1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York. 1970 - NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation was re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. 1990 - Transnistria unilaterally proclaimed as Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void. 1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. [b]1994 - Nirvana~Fan~EHW Is Born[/b] 1996 - A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace. 1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed. 1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chivalry Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 October 29 1390 - First trial for witchcraft in Paris. Yeyy!! They killed witches on my b-day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseAlberto Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 April 11th [b]EVENTS:[/b] 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. 1079 - Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland. 1241 - Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi. 1512 - War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna. 1689 - William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht. 1775 - The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place. 1814 - The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time. 1828 - Foundation of Bahia Blanca. 1856 - In Rivas, Nicaragua, Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up. 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech. 1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. 1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. 1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. 1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States. 1905 - Albert Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity (special relativity). 1919 - The International Labour Organization is founded. 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio takes place. 1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created. 1921 - Iowa becomes the first U.S. state to impose a cigarette tax. 1945 - World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. 1951 - Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea. 1951 - The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey. 1952 - The Battle of Nanri island takes place. 1955 - The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. 1957 - Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule. 1961 - The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem. 1965 - The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people. 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. 1968 - German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin. 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched. 1976 - The Apple I is created. 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. 1981 - A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries. 1981 - President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt. 1987 - The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. 1990 - Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. 1993 - 450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. 2000 - AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open. 2001 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released. 2002 - The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. 2002 - An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez takes place. 2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium. 2007 - 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others. [b]BIRTHS[/b] Boring people....and... 1972 - [b]Balls Mahoney[/b], American professional wrestler [b]DEATHS[/b] 2006 - [b]Proof[/b], American rapper (D12) (b. 1973) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fame Monster Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Events * 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. * 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca. * 1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. * 1524 - Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China. * 1562 - France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. * 1595 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. * 1605 - First publication of Don Quixote. * 1648 - England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. * 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. * 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. * 1799 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, was executed. * 1852 - The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. * 1873 - A group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War. * 1885 - A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. * 1893 - The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii. * 1899 - The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. * 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. * 1912 - Sir Robert Falcon Scott (Scott of the Antarctic) reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. * 1913 - Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France. * 1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. * 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. * 1941 - Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II. * 1945 - Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. * 1945 - The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. * 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody. * 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. * 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. * 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. * 1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex". * 1966 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident. * 1973 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes "President for Life" of the Philippines. * 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States. * 1982 - "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. * 1985 - British Telecom announces the retirement of the United Kingdom's red telephone boxes. * 1989 - Stockton massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life. * 1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. * 1991 - Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. * 1994 - 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. * 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. * 1996 - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. * 1997 - A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. * 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment. * 2001 - President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain. * 2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. * 2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. [edit] Births * 1463 - Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525) * 1484 - George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) * 1501 - Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (d. 1566) * 1504 - Pope Pius V (d. 1572) * 1560 - Gaspard Bauhin Swiss botanist (d. 1624) * 1600 - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish playwright (d. 1681) * 1612 - Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. 1671) * 1666 - Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (d. 1723) * 1686 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766) * 1706 - Benjamin Franklin American statesman (d. 1790) * 1712 - John Stanley, English composer (d. 1786) * 1719 - William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806) * 1732 - Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1798) * 1734 - François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian composer (d. 1829) * 1761 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832) * 1789 - August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850) * 1798 - Auguste Comte, French sociologist (d. 1857) * 1814 - 'Mrs Henry Wood', English novelist (d. 1887) * 1820 - Anne Brontë, British author (d. 1849) * 1828 - Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898) * 1828 - Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War general (d. 1918) * 1831 - Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) * 1832 - Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. 1906) * 1834 - August Weismann, German biologist (d. 1914) * 1850 - Aleksandr Taneyev, Russian composer (d. 1918) * 1851 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928) * 1853 - Alva Belmont, American socialite (d. 1933) * 1857 - Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (d. 1935) * 1857 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (d. 1941) * 1858 - Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer (d. 1940) * 1860 - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. 1949) * 1863 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1945) * 1863 - Constantin Stanislavski, Russian theatre practitioner (d. 1938) * 1865 - Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951) * 1867 - Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939) * 1871 - David Earl Beatty British admiral (d. 1936) * 1871 - Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer (d. 1940) * 1875 - Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan dramatist (d. 1910) * 1876 - Frank Hague, American politician (d. 1956) * 1877 - May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969) * 1880 - Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. 1960) * 1881 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (d. 1941) * 1882 - Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946) * 1883 - Sir Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist (d. 1972) * 1886 - Ronald Firbank, British novelist (d. 1926) * 1886 - Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer (d. 1955) * 1887 - Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) * 1897 - Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946) * 1899 - Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947) * 1899 - Nevil Shute, English author (d. 1960) * 1901 - Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-born philosopher (d. 1973) * 1903 - Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. 1953) * 1905 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966) * 1905 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007) * 1905 - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005) * 1907 - Henk Badings, Dutch composer (d. 1987) * 1908 - Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985) * 1911 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) * 1914 - William Stafford, American poet and essayist (d. 1993) * 1914 - Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007) * 1914 - Irving Brecher, American Screenwriter * 1917 - M. G. Ramachandran, Indian politician, actor (d. 1987) * 1917 - Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (d. 2007) * 1918 - Keith Joseph, British politician (d. 1994) * 1921 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998) * 1922 - Luis EcheverrÃa Ãlvarez, President of Mexico * 1922 - Nicholas Katzenbach, American politician * 1922 - Betty White, American actress * 1923 - Carol Raye, Australian actress * 1925 - Robert Cormier, American author (d. 2000) * 1925 - Abdul Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1996) * 1925 - Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member * 1925 - Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (d. 2000) * 1926 - Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman * 1926 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (d. 2006) * 1927 - Dr Tom Dooley, American humanitarian (d. 1961) * 1927 - Norman Kaye, Australian actor and musician (d. 2007) * 1927 - Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer * 1928 - Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973) * 1928 - Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist * 1929 - Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986) * 1930 - Eddie LeBaron, American football player * 1931 - James Earl Jones, American actor * 1931 - L. Douglas Wilder, 66th Governor of Virginia * 1931 - Don Zimmer, American baseball coach * 1932 - Sheree North, American actress (d. 2005) * 1933 - Dalida, French singer (d. 1987) * 1933 - Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003) * 1933 - Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. 1998) * 1935 - Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware * 1937 - Alain Badiou, French philosopher * 1939 - Maury Povich, American talk show host * 1940 - Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner * 1941 - Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist * 1942 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer * 1942 - Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and businesswoman * 1942 - Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist * 1942 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (d. 2001) * 1943 - René Préval, President of Haiti * 1943 - Geoffrey Deuel, American actor * 1943 - Chris Montez, American singer * 1944 - Françoise Hardy, French singer * 1945 - Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter * 1946 - Michèle Deslauriers, Quebec actress * 1948 - DavÃð Oddsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland * 1948 - Jim Ladd, American freeform (radio format) Disc Jockey * 1948 - Anne Queffélec, French pianist * 1949 - Mick Taylor, British musician (The Rolling Stones) * 1949 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (d. 1984) * 1950 - Luis López Nieves, Latin American writer * 1952 - Darrell Porter, American baseball player (d. 2002) * 1952 - Larry Fortensky, seventh husband of Elizabeth Taylor * 1952 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician * 1954 - Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge * 1954 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist * 1955 - Steve Earle, American musician * 1956 - Paul Young, English musician * 1957 - Keith Chegwin, English television presenter * 1957 - Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality * 1957 - Ann Nocenti, American comic book writer * 1957 - Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist * 1959 - Susanna Hoffs, American musician * 1959 - Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress * 1960 - John Crawford, American musician * 1960 - Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American baseball player * 1960 - Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor * 1961 - Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director * 1961 - Maia Chiburdanidze, Russian women's Chess grandmaster * 1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian * 1962 - Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author * 1963 - Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray) * 1964 - Andy Rourke, English bass guitarist (The Smiths) * 1964 - Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama * 1965 - Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player * 1965 - Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer * 1966 - Stephin Merritt, American singer and songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies) * 1966 - Joshua Malina, American actor * 1966 - Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer * 1967 - Richard Hawley, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (Pulp, The Longpigs) * 1967 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007) * 1967 - Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor * 1968 - Craig Strong, American actor & voice actor * 1968 - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch writer * 1968 - Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete * 1969 - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director * 1969 - Naveen Andrews, British actor * 1969 - Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tiësto) Dutch DJ * 1970 - Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player * 1970 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator * 1970 - James Wattana, Thai snooker player * 1971 - Kid Rock, American singer * 1971 - Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. 2005) * 1971 - Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician * 1971 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress * 1971 - Sylvie Testud, French actress * 1971 - Ann Wolfe, female boxer * 1972 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter * 1972 - Benno Fürmann, German actor * 1973 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer * 1973 - Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain * 1973 - Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player * 1974 - Yang Chen, Chinese footballer * 1974 - Derrick Mason, American football player * 1974 - Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician * 1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) * 1975 - Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor * 1975 - Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer * 1977 - Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler * 1977 - Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor * 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress * 1980 - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer * 1980 - Kimberly Spicer, American model * 1980 - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist * 1981 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer * 1981 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor * 1981 - Ray J, American R&B singer * 1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player * 1982 - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer * 1983 - Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer * 1983 - Johannes Herber, German basketball player * 1983 - Andrea Lowell, American Model * 1983 - Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver * 1983 - Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician * 1985 - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) * 1985 - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU * 1985 - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ManWithAPlan Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 1914 - World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China. 1944 - Freckleton Air Disaster - A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people. 2006 - Natascha Kampusch, who was abducted at the age of 10, managed to escape from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil, after 8 years of captivity. 1912 - Gene Kelly (star of Singin in the Rain) was born. 1971 - the Original Shamu the Sea World Orca dies. Also, my birthday is the International Day for the Rememberance of the Slave Trade and It's Abolition. yes, a very boring day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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