What Happened on your B-Day other then you?

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

Copy/paste that link and replace month and day with the month and day of your birthday.

Now brag to everyone about special things that happened on your birthday.



Good Times:

753 BC - Rome is Founded.
1671 - Some guy named JOHN LAW is born, I just found his name funny. (oh no, it's John Law!)
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II is born.
1947 - Iggy Pop is born - Never heard his music, but I've heard of him, supposedly father of Punk?
1951 - Tony Danza is born - I don't know who he is, but I know he's a fairly famous actor


Bad Times:

1910 - Mark Twain Dies
1944 - Women in France receive the right to vote - so sad..
1952 - Secretaries Day is first celebrated - boo.
 
1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment

Nothing memorable.
 
1878 - Greece declares war on Turkey.
1933 - Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament.
1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.


Hmm hmm hmm.
 
1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1917 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire.
1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy.
1994 - First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
 
451 - The Battle of Chalons, in North Eastern France. Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun in a day of combat, considered to be the largest battle in the ancient world.
1187 - Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1378 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the Butcher of Cesena, is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan - set sail from Sanl?car de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
1633 - Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.
1737 - Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km?) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1792 - French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy.
1835 - Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1848 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science was created.
1854 - Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
1857 - The Indian Mutiny ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
1860 - The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.
1870 - Bersaglieri corps enters Rome through Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy; see capture of Rome.
1871 - Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.
1879 - Cliftonville Football Club, the oldest club in Ireland, is founded.
1881 - Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
1891 - The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.
1917 - Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 - Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1930 - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church was formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios
1939 - A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 is shot down by Fairey Battle gunner Sgt. F. Letchard during a patrol near Aachen. This is the RAF's first aerial victory of the Second World War.
1942 - Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews
1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
1954 - New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports just ten days after concluding hearings.
1962 - James Meredith, an African-American, is barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1967 - The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
1970 - Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen. The Jordanians knock out 30 of the Syrian tanks.
1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
1976 - Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hit Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
1977 - The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations
1979 - Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1979 - A coup d'?tat in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
1979 - The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML).
1979 - Assassination of French left-wing militant Pierre Goldman.
1981 - Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized Amazon River, Obidos, Brazil, killing at least 300.
1982 - National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
1984 - A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1988 - Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs becomes the first player to get 200 hits in six consecutive seasons.
1990 - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1998 - Baltimore Orioles third baseman Cal Ripken, Jr. chooses to sit out the Orioles' game against the New York Yankees, ending his record streak for consecutive Major League Baseball games played at 2,632.
2000 - The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building was attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile
2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American People president George W. Bush declares "war on terror".
2002 - Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started.
2003 - A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union.
2003 - Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Mal
 
1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

most interesting as far as I care.
 
May 9th.

1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the New World.

1941 - World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.

1950 - Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.




And lots of other stuff... but I picked these.
 
September 5th

1666 - Great Fire of London ends
1839 - The First Opium War begins in China
1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war
1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War

1977 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay
 
This is more fun when you pretend that the person posting is responsible for the events correlating with his/her birthday.

1954 - The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

2005 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
 
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

1934 - Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island.

1965 - Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.

1972 - Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam.

And here's my favorite:

480 BC - Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)

**** YEAH, 300 TOOK PLACE ON MY BIRTHDAY
 
* 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
* 1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
* 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
* 1552 - Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
* 1780 - John Andr?, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
* 1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
* 1835 - The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
* 1851 - The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
* 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
* 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
* 1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
* 1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
* 1925 - John Logie Baird performers first test of the working television system.
* 1928 - The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemar?a Escriv?.
* 1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
* 1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
* 1938 - Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
* 1941 - World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
* 1944 - World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
* 1950 - Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published
* 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
* 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
* 1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
* 1970 - A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
* 1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
* 1992 - The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in S?o Paulo, Brazil.
* 1996 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
* 1996 - An AeroPer? Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
* 2001 - The NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
* 2002 - The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
* 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
* 2005 - Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
* 2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
* 2006 - Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
* 2007 - President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.



Go me!
 
  • 45 BC - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
  • 1756 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time.
  • 1805 - The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
  • 1845 - The rubber band is patented.
  • 2008 - New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute.

Cop my rubber band patent and sex-scandal bitches.
 
46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
871 - Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
1490 - Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.
1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey.
1642 - King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
1698 - Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
1717 - The Netherlands, England, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
1762 - England declares war on Spain and Naples.
1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1854 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1878 - Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
1884 - The Fabian Society is founded in London.
1885 - The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
1903 - Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
1912 - The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
1944 - World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
1944 - World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
1948 - Burma regains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
1958 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (it was launched on October 4, 1957).
1959 - Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1962 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
1965 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
1974 - United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1975 - Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes the first American-born saint.
1987 - The Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.
1989 - Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
1998 - Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
1998 - A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
1999 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.
2004 - Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2006 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.




Jan 4th is the best birthday ever. Ever!

/shakes fist
 
BTW there are 18 unique posters in this thread, when we hit 20 there is about a 40% chance that one of us will share another's birthday.
 
Far too much information to sort through, so I'll just say what I knew already:

United States - April 15 is the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension) in most areas of the country (see Tax Day).

:D
 
If I had been born a week later than I was I would've been born exactly 100 years after Hitler.
 
a couple of the more interesting ones:

1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.

1781 - William Herschel discovers Uranus.

1862 - American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1881 - Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him.

1925 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.

1943 - The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Krak?w.

1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

1996 - Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer who then commits suicide.

births:

1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)

1942 - Scatman John, (real name John Larkin) American singer (d. 1999)

Deaths:

1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)

1988 - John Holmes, American porn star (b. 1944)
 
January 30th

Highlights:

Events:

1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.

1835 - In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson.

1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.

1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

1945 - The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, leading to the deadliest maritime disaster in known history, killing roughly 9,000 people.

1945 - World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th anniversary of his coming to power. (A subsequent address on February 24 was not read by Hitler.)

1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.

1956 - American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam.

1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.

1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA.

1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".

2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.

Births:

1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor

1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress

1941 - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States

1951 - Phil Collins, English musician

1958 - Brett Butler, American actress and comedian

1961 - Dexter Scott King, American actor and son of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King

1962 - King Abdullah II of Jordan

1962 - Mary Kay Letourneau, American convicted statutory rapist

1968 - Prince Felipe of Spain

1974 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor

1976 - Andy Milonakis, American comedian

1980 - Leilani Dowding, British glamour model

1980 - Wilmer Valderrama, American actor

2005 - Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II, of Jordan

Deaths:

1649 - King Charles I of England (executed) (b. 1600)

1730 - Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)

1836 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)

1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1869)

1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b. 1871)

1980 - Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)

1982 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)

2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)

2007 - Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Holidays and Observances:

St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux (+1917)
St. Hippolytus
St. Hyacintha Mariscotti
St. Aldegonde
St. Bathild
St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, c. 226 AD
St. Savina, martyred under Emperor Diocletian
St. Anthony the Great's feast in the Coptic Church
King Charles the Martyr (Anglicanism)
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs
This Feast honors the three great Fathers of the Eastern Church --St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom
 
July 5

* 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.
* 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
* 1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophi? Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
* 1770 - Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
* 1775 - US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
* 1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
* 1809 - Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
* 1811 - Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
* 1813 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
* 1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
* 1830 - France invades Algeria.
* 1833 - Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
* 1865 - The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
* 1878 - The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established.
* 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
* 1934 - "Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
* 1935 - The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
* 1937 - Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
* 1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45? C (113? F).
* 1940 - World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
* 1941 - World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River.
* 1943 - The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history, included world largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village, July 12.
* 1943 - World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
* 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
* 1946 - The bikini is introduced in Paris, France.
* 1947 - Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)
* 1948 - British National Health Service Act enacted.
* 1950 - Korean War: Task Force Smith - First clash between American and North Korean forces.
* 1950 - Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
* 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
* 1954 - The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
* 1954 - Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
* 1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth.
* 1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France.
* 1970 - Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
* 1971 - Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
* 1973 - Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
* 1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
* 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
* 1977 - Military coup in Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan overthrown.
* 1987 - First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born and in the following years continue to use it to deadly effect.
* 1989 - Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service.
* 1994 - The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
* 1996 - Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
* 1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
* 2003 - SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO.
* 2004 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
* 2006 - North Korea launched at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
* 2006 - Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.


Births

* 1321 - Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
* 1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
* 1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
* 1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
* 1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
* 1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
* 1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
* 1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
* 1805 - Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865)
* 1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
* 1820 - William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
* 1829 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
* 1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
* 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
* 1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
* 1872 - Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
* 1874 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (d. 1967)
* 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)

* 1879 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
* 1880 - Jan Kubel?k, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
* 1882 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).
* 1885 - Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
* 1885 - Andr? Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1886 - Willem Drees, Dutch politician (d. 1988)
* 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963)
* 1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
* 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
* 1891 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
* 1891 - Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
* 1895 - Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
* 1898 - Yip Man, Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (d. 1972)
* 1899 - Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
* 1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
* 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
* 1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
* 1904 - Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
* 1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
* 1905 - Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990)
* 1910 - Georges Vedel, French public law (d. 2002)
* 1911 - Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
* 1913 - Smiley Lewis, American musician (d. 1966)
* 1915 - John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007)
* 1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
* 1918 - Ren? Lecavalier, French Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999)
* 1920 - Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
* 1924 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
* 1924 - J?nos Starker, Hungarian cellist
* 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
* 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, French politician
* 1928 - Katherine Helmond, American actress
* 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
* 1932 - Gyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister
* 1935 - John Gilmore, American true crime author
* 1936 - Shirley Knight, American actress
* 1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1938 - Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
* 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
* 1940 - Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
* 1942 - Johannes L?hr, German footballer and trainer
* 1943 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
* 1943 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band).
* 1945 - Humberto Ben?tez Trevi?o, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of M?xico.
* 1946 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, Quebecois lawyer, physician and politician
* 1946 - Paul Smith, British fashion designer
* 1946 - Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete
* 1948 - William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician (Huey Lewis & The News)
* 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
* 1951 - Rich Gossage, American baseball player
* 1951 - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
* 1954 - Leni Bj?rklund, Swedish politician
* 1954 - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
* 1954 - Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
* 1955 - Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
* 1956 - Patsy Pease, American actress
* 1956 - James Lofton, American football player and coach
* 1957 - David Hanson, politician
* 1957 - David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer
* 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
* 1958 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
* 1958 - Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
* 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
* 1959 - Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
* 1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
* 1960 - James M. Kelly, American politician
* 1960 - Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
* 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
* 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress
* 1963 - Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
* 1965 - Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
* 1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress
* 1966 - Susannah Doyle, British actress
* 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
* 1967 - Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
* 1968 - Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka
* 1968 - Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
* 1968 - John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist
* 1968 - Alex Z?lle, Swiss cyclist
* 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player
* 1969 - RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
* 1969 - Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
* 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
* 1971 - Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
* 1972 - Letha Weapons, porn actress
* 1973 - Marcus Allb?ck, Swedish footballer
* 1973 - Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
* 1973 - R?is?n Murphy, Irish musician
* 1973 - Ren? Spies, German bobsledder
* 1974 - M?rcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
* 1975 - Hern?n Crespo, Argentinian footballer
* 1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (T?r)
* 1975 - Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
* 1975 - Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
* 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
* 1976 - Marina Dias, Brazilian model
* 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
* 1977 - Royce Da 5'9", American rapper
* 1977 - Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player.
* 1979 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
* 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
* 1979 - Am?lie Mauresmo, French tennis player
* 1980 - Eva Green, French actress
* 1980 - Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
* 1980 - David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
* 1981 - Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
* 1981 - Ryan Hansen, American actor
* 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
* 1982 - Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
* 1983 - Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
* 1984 - Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
* 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
* 1985 - Nick O'Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
* 1989 - Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)
* 1991 - Jason Dolley, American actor

Holidays and Observances

* Venezuela: Independence Day (1811).
* Algeria: Independence Day (1962).
* Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975).
* Armenia: Constitution Day (1995)
* Czech Republic and Slovakia: Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia (around 863).
* Isle of Man: Tynwald Day (1266).
* Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998).
* United States: Bloody Thursday, Longshoremans Union Holiday.
* Saint Antonio Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539)
* Saint Nicomedes, martyr
* Saint Peter of Luxemburg, bishop of Metz, cardinal, confessor
* Saint Wendelin, confessor
* Saint Catherine, virgin, martyr (Translation) Regensburg
 
# 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
# 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.

Hehe, poor Maxentius.

# 1941 - Holocaust in Kaunas, Lithuania: German SS forces arrange the massacre of more than 9,000 Jews of the Kaunas ghetto. After the victims assembled on the Demokratu square at 6 am to be shot they are buried in gigantic ditches.
# 1942 - Holocaust: 2,000 Jewish children and 6,000 Jewish adults from Krak?w are deported by Germans to Belzec death camp.
# 1942 - Holocaust: SS directive orders all Jewish children's mittens and stockings to be sent from the death camps to the SS families.

D:

I also share a birthday with Bill Gates and John Romero. Romans, nazis, and nerds. Go me!
 
1985 - British Telecom announces the retirement of the United Kingdom's red telephone boxes.
 
2008 - Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Edit - Ugh I share my birthday with Drake Bell...

Edit - And Tobey Maguire.
 
1912 - The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,503 lives.
 
Events
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.
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 travelled 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.
1953 - President Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia.
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".
1994 - President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords.
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.

[edit] Births
83 BC - Marcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)
1131 - King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522)
1477 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
1507 - Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
1551 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
1615 - John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
1684 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
1684 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
1705 - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
1767 - Maria Theresia of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827)
1780 - Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
1792 - Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
1793 - John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
1798 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand K?chel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
1806 - Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
1806 - Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
1818 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
1824 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
1841 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
1845 - 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
1850 - Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
1850 - Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor (d. 1925)
1856 - J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
1863 - Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1870 - Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1882 - Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
1883 - Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
1886 - Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
1892 - Martin Niem?ller, German theologian (d. 1984)
1901 - Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
1904 - Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
1904 - Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
1904 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
1905 - Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
1906 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
1907 - Georges-?mile Lapalme, Quebec politician (d. 1985)
1908 - Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
1909 - Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
1911 - Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
1912 - Tillie Olsen, American writer (d. 2007)
1914 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
1917 - Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
1919 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
1919 - Andy Rooney, American journalist
1921 - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
1924 - Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)
1925 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
1925 - Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
1926 - Frank Aletter, American actor
1926 - Warren Mitchell, English actor
1926 - Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
1927 - Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist
1928 - Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer
1928 - Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
1928 - Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
1931 - Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer
1931 - Caterina Valente, French-born singer
1932 - Don Garlits, American race car driver
1933 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
1934 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
1934 - Richard Briers, English actor
1935 - Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
1937 - Ken Higgs, English cricketer
1937 - Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
1937 - Shoban Babu, Indian actor
1938 - Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
1938 - Jack Jones, American singer
1938 - Allen Toussaint, American singer
1940 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
1940 - Sir Trevor Nunn, English theatre director and film director
1940 - Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
1941 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
1941 - Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman
1942 - Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
1942 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player
1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
1943 - Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
1943 - Jos? Luis Rodr?guez, Venezuelan singer
1944 - Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
1944 - Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
1944 - Nina Totenberg, American journalist
1945 - Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
1945 - Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator
1946 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
1947 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
1948 - T-Bone Burnett, American producer
1948 - Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player (d. 1981)
1948 - Carl Weathers, American actor
1949 - Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
1949 - Lawrence Kasdan, American director
1949 - Mary Robison, American writer
1950 - Marco Ant?nio da Silva Ramos, Brazilian composer
1952 - Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
1952 - Maureen Dowd, American writer
1952 - Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
1954 - Jim Duggan, American wrestler
1956 - ?tienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian singer
1957 - Suzanne Danielle, English actress
1957 - Anchee Min, Chinese writer
1959 - Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensr?che)
1962 - Michael McCaul, American politician
1963 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
1964 - Mark Addy, British actor
1964 - Ernest Miller, American wrestler
1964 - Shepard Smith, American news anchor
1965 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
1965 - Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
1965 - Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
1965 - Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and folk musician
1967 - Kerri Green, American actress
1967 - Emily Watson, English actress
1967 - Saskia Wickham, British actress
1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
1968 - LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
1968 - Ruel Fox, English footballer
1969 - Jason Bateman, American actor
1969 - David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1970 - Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
1971 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
1971 - Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
1972 - Kyle Brady, American football player
1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
1972 - Raimondas Rum?as, Lithuanian cyclist
1973 - Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
1974 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer
1978 - Just Blaze, American hip hop producer
1978 - Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
1979 - Karen Elson, British supermodel
1979 - Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
1979 - John Reuben, American hip hop artist
1980 - Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
1980 - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
1980 - Ossama Haidar, a Lebanese soccer player
1980 - Byron Leftwich, American football player
1980 - Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
1980 - Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model
1981 - Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football
1981 - Rosa L?pez, Spanish singer
1981 - Pitbull, American rapper
1982 - L?o Lima, Brazilian footballer
1982 - V?ctor Vald?s, Spanish goalkeeper
1984 - Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
1986 - Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
1986 - Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
1988 - Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
1994 - Samir Patel, American spelling bee winner

[edit] Deaths
1163 - Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
1235 - Saint Sava, Serbian saint (b. 1175)
1301 - King Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
1331 - Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
1640 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
1676 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
1679 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1701 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
1753 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
1786 - Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
1786 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
1788 - Fran?ois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
1819 - Peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738)
1825 - George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
1833 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox saint (b. 1759)
1867 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
1888 - Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer (b. 1813)
1889 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
1892 - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, British prince (b. 1864)
1898 - Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
1901 - Bishop Mandell Creighton, English historian and ecclesiastic (b. 1843)
1901 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
1905 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
1907 - Sir James Fergusson, British politician, and governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay (b. 1832)
1908 - Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and dramatist (b. 1846)
1915 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
1920 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)
1923 - Z?beyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk (b. 1857)
1937 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
1942 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
1949 - Joaqu?n Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
1952 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
1957 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1966 - Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
1968 - Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885)
1970 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
1972 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
1976 - Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
1977 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
1977 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
1977 - Ana?s Nin, French author (b. 1903)
1978 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)
1978 - Kurt G?del, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
1978 - Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
1978 - Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
1979 - Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
1980 - Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
1981 - John O'Grady, Australian writer (Nino Culotta) (b. 1907)
1984 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
1986 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
1987 - Douglas Sirk, German-U.S. film director (b. 1900)
1988 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
1990 - Mani Madhava Chakyar, [Koodiyattam]] artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
1991 - Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914)
1995 - Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
1997 - Dollard M?nard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
1999 - Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b. 1933)
2001 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
2003 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
2004 - Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
2004 - Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
2004 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)
2005 - Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
2005 - Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
2005 - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
2005 - Jes?s-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
2006 - Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
2006 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
2006 - Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
2006 - Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
2007 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
2007 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924)
2008 - Judah Folkman, Surgeon that developed Angiogenesis (b. 1933)
 
We invaded Normandy.

Effin' D-Day is the best birthday one could ever have.

June 6th, 2005 - The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
Click to expand...

Oh, what the **** man.
 
This is by far the coolest thing that happened on my birthday:
1927 - Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

I share birthdays with both the philosopher Plato and Mr. T. Pretty cool contrast.
 
Jan 1st

1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
1957 - An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
1962 - United States Navy SEALs established.
 
1942 - World War II: Nazi Germany completed their occupation of France.
 
September 13th

122 - The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
1503 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner
1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
1923 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
1956 - IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305.
1985 - Japan Super Mario Bros. released for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

A few familiar people under births but nothing to interesting.
 
December 21st

1968 - Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the Moon is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

Births:

1948 - Samuel L. Jackson
1957 - Ray Romano
1965 - Andy Dick
1966 - Kiefer Sutherland
 
does anyone else see the pron on wikipedia's homepage or is it just me? :S
 
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