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cochick
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This stems from the Election Free Zone thread where we started looking at what Saint's are celebrated on your birthday. I started to wonder what else went on on my birthday which is 1 December for all you who love to give out pressies [Big Grin] So this is what's happened so far:

1135 : Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
1145 : Pope Eugene III sends a papal bull to the King Louis VII, proclaiming the 2nd Crusade
1580 : Edmund Campion, English Jesuit priest martyred (hung) because he dared to disobey Queen Elizabeth and follow Rome.
1640 : Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 : Mass. becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1742 : Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1783 : Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon
1804 : Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique
1835 : Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1906 : Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st purpose-built cinema, opens (Paris)
1918 : Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1919 : Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
1929 : Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1930 : Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
1935 : Woody Allen [Allen Konigsberg] born in Brooklyn
1941 : Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1955 : Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus and give up her seat to a white man
1959 : 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1959 : The 1st colour photograph of Earth received from outer space
1969 : US govt holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1976 : Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
1978 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 : Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1987 : Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
1988 : Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
1990 : British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1988 : Date dedicated by UN as AIDS awareness day
1998 : Cuba's rulers declared that SANTA CLAUS and nativity scenes could return to the island for good, almost 30 years after Christmas was abolished as a public holiday

thisdaythatyear

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Apparently nothing happened on my birthday.

*pouts*

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You could share some from mine [Smile]

Events from History on April 17

1964 : "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
1968 : "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs
1964 : "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
1977 : "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1994 : "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 perfs
1875 : "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
1994 : "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1961 : 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1966 : 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1942 : 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
1989 : 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33
1972 : 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26
1629 : 1st commercial fishery established
1983 : 1st National Coin Week begins
1704 : 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
1912 : 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
1817 : 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
1995 : 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1973 : 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
1978 : 63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
1900 : 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
1972 : 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
1973 : 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03
1978 : 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Ga in 2:44:52
1978 : 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13
1945 : 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1989 : 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1995 : 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1930 : Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
1943 : Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
1960 : American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
1970 : Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
1596 : Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
1994 : Aruba govt of Oduber falls
1864 : Battle of Plymouth, NC
1793 : Battle of Warsaw
1808 : Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1969 : Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
1984 : Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
1864 : Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
1979 : Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London
1941 : British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis
1958 : Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
1956 : Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
1974 : Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA
1982 : Canada adopts its constitution
1937 : Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut
1711 : Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria
1492 : Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
1960 : Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
1969 : Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1421 : Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
1991 : Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1971 : Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
1907 : Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive
1932 : Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
1964 : Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
1758 : Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
1747 : French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
1990 : Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1945 : German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
1524 : Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
1864 : Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
1839 : Guatemala forms republic
1986 : IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
1983 : In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
1983 : India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1861 : Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy
1972 : into centerfield seats
1947 : Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1927 : Japan's Wakarsoeki govt falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
1994 : Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
1964 : Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
1939 : Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 : John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
1987 : Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
1975 : Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
1972 : Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes
1956 : Kominform disbands
1984 : Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1521 : Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church
1865 : Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
1989 : Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1924 : Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
1953 : Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium
1969 : Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
1974 : Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
1945 : Mussolini flees from Sal• to Milan
1986 : Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
1934 : New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
1983 : Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1925 : NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1941 : Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)
1942 : Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
1970 : Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
1925 : Paul Painlev‚ follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier
1975 : Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
1971 : People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1975 : Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war
1993 : Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
1989 : Polish labor union granted legal status
1956 : Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
1935 : Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
1978 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
1986 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
1863 : R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
1991 : Railroad workers go on strike in US
1983 : Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead
1981 : Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1972 : Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
1987 : Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
1824 : Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54ø 40' N
1976 : Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1967 : Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1555 : Siena surrenders for Spanish troops
1534 : Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower
1969 : Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy
1939 : SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in NYC
1989 : Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1943 : SS-lt-general Jrgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw
1939 : Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
1993 : STS-56 (Discovery) lands
1967 : Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
1946 : Syria declares independence from French administration
1969 : The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
1853 : Thorbecke govt resigns
1895 : Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
1853 : US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) forms
1905 : US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
1945 : US troops lands in Mindanao
1956 : USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
1861 : Virginia is 8th state to secede
1956 : Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
2003 : Indian Govt. talks with All India Motor Transport Congress members fails taking the strike for the 4th day.
2003 : India: First SAARS case reported in Goa, India
2003 : 2 policemen killed – 18 injured in militant attacks in J & K.
2003 : Action against Yadav not political vendetta – says Mayawati
2003 : Mayawati accuses Rajnath Singh of double stands.
2003 : Wipro’s poor results brings down Sensex
2003 : BSE Sensex ends at 2984.5 down by 47.82
2003 : NSE Nify ends at 940.07 down by 17.95
2003 : 1 USD = 47.34 INR

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MaydayDesiax
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Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a long list:

Events from History on March 23

1066 : 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1153 : Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III
1490 : 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published
1490 : Maimonides Mishneh Torah published
1534 : Arag¢n legal
1568 : Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
1579 : Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
1593 : English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
1630 : French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1657 : France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1708 : English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
1743 : English premiere of H„ndel's "Messiah"
1743 : George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London
1752 : Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later
1775 : Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
1794 : 1st US patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine)
1794 : Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine
1794 : Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1801 : Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1806 : Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
1808 : Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1832 : British Parliament passes reform bill
1835 : Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
1836 : Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1839 : 1st known use of term OK (Boston)
1839 : 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)
1840 : Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)
1849 : Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)
1857 : Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)
1858 : Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Phila)
1860 : Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered (Named for goddess of peace)
1861 : London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr Train of NY, begins operating
1862 : Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
1864 : Encounter at Camden AR
1865 : General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC
1867 : Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over Pres Johnson's veto
1868 : U of Calif founded (Oakland Calif)
1873 : Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico
1880 : Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)
1881 : Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war
1881 : Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1889 : Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
1891 : 1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall
1896 : Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Ch‚nier," premieres in Milan
1901 : Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
1903 : Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1910 : 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
1912 : Dixie Cup invented
1915 : Zion Mule Corp forms
1917 : Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US
1918 : Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
1918 : Cr‚py-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed
1918 : Lithuania proclaims independence
1918 : Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)
1919 : Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
1919 : Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy
1919 : Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
1920 : Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
1922 : 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC
1922 : KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions
1922 : WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
1923 : Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
1925 : Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
1929 : 1st telephone installed in White House
1930 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1930 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1933 : Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers
1933 : Kroll Opera in Berlin opens
1934 : US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
1936 : Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
1937 : LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
1938 : Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers
1940 : 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS
1940 : All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland
1942 : #5535 Annefrank
1942 : 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported
1942 : Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean
1942 : US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1943 : German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia
1944 : Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die
1944 : Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute & lives
1945 : British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
1945 : Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa
1945 : Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen
1946 : 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40
1948 : John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))
1949 : Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC
1950 : "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs
1950 : 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford & De Havilland win
1950 : Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
1950 : UN World Meteorological Org established
1951 : Wages in France increase 11%
1952 : 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds
1952 : Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing
1956 : 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats Iowa 83-71
1956 : Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day)
1956 : Sudan becomes independent
1957 : 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs)
1957 : US army sells last homing pigeons
1960 : Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 : JFK visits SF
1962 : Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play & coach
1962 : William DeWitt buys Cin Reds for $4,625,000
1963 : 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT)
1963 : Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin
1964 : UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
1965 : Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young)
1965 : Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
1966 : 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
1968 : 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats NC 78-55
1968 : Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC
1969 : Rally for Decency (Miami)
1970 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 : Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
1971 : USSR performs underground nuclear test
1972 : Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
1972 : NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
1973 : After a 5« year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends
1973 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 : Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
1976 : International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
1978 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 : #3128 Obruchev, #3349, #4236 Lidov & #5859 Ostozhenka
1979 : Wings release "Goodnight Tonight"
1980 : Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan
1980 : France performs nuclear test
1980 : Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1981 : Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions,
1981 : Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men
1981 : parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions
1982 : Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees
1982 : Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals
1983 : US president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)
1984 : Andrea Sch”ne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
1984 : Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB)
1984 : Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill & Paul Martini (CAN)
1984 : Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
1984 : Men's Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1985 : Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley
1985 : Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission
1985 : Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas)
1985 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 : 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins
1986 : Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
1987 : Soap "Bold & Beautiful" premieres
1987 : US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf
1987 : West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns
1989 : 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature
1989 : Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter
1990 : Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up
1990 : Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill
1991 : 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt
1991 : 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
1991 : 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
1991 : Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
1992 : #6330 Koen, #6565 Reiji, #6656 Yokota, #6832, #7293, #7342, #7773
1992 : Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
1993 : Belgian govt of Dehaene, resigns
1993 : NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
1994 : Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail
1994 : Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
1994 : Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
1994 : Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days
1994 : Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway
1994 : Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
1994 : for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)
1995 : "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers NYC for 548 perfs
1995 : Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record)
1997 : "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
1997 : 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins
1997 : Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title
1997 : wins Standard Register PING
1998 : 70th Academy Awards -

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cochick
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I didn't copy all of mine - just the ones I found interesting. I probably should have suggested that.
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cochick
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Stan the Man I'm jealous of:

1937 : Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut

and MayDayDesaix: you have some cool ones

1066 : 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1839 : 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)
1840 : Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)

but we both had Nuclear tests done on our birthdays [No No]

but somethings wrong somewhere my list had:

1878 : 1st White House telephone installed

whereas yours says:

1929 : 1st telephone installed in White House

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Mine (September 3rd btw) didn't have anything either.
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A whole lot of people were born on my birthday.

What else... ooh... (judicous editing due to the length of the list)

1568 : Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1588 : King Henri III flees Paris
1607 : English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA

1767 : Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
1777 : University library at Vienna opens
1779 : War of Bavarian Succession ends

1918 : 1st US airmail stamps issued (24›)
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quote:
So What Happened On Your Birthday?
Um... I turned a year older.
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quote:
1924 : Ephraim Kishon, writer
Ooooh! I love him!!

And Gene Kelly, as well, was born on my birthday, but I already knew that. [Smile]

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quote:
1966 : Heather Hunter, NYC, XXX actress (Heather Hunted, Hung Jury, Torch)
...
1969 : Heather Hunter, Bkln, XXX actress (Dark Star, Frankenhooker)

Hmmm, the odds that two porn stars named Heather Hunter were born in NYC three years apart on my birthday seem far-fetched.

More "research" is required...

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On MY birthday ... I was BORN!!! [Party]
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MaydayDesiax
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cochick: I was wondering why your list was short... And two toally different years for the telephone?

Maybe one was one of those cup-and-string deals? [Dont Know]

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Cross thread interest: Moby Dick was published on my birthday in 1851.
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Oct. 3
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I don't have the year but on my birthday St. Mark's Cathedral was finished being built, interrestingly enough, my name is Mark. And I wasn't named after the cathedral.
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4 Apr 1968, one minute before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was shot, according to my Dad.

Interestingly, that site doesn't seem to find this a significant event, though it does seem a number of dutch soccer players share my birthday.

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I was born 1095 days after my older sister, which would be on her birthday, if it had not been for leap year.
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On my birthday (the exact day and year) Goetz was indicted for shooting 3 kids of the subway, NASA launched a spaceship, the pope announced a synod for later that year that would go over the results of vatican II (seeking to negate it) and some football player transferred teams.

We had to write research papers on this in 9th grade. It was horrible.

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I share a birthday with Groucho Marx, Bud Abbot, Don McLean, Neil Tennant, Sting, Clive Barker, Kelly Ripa, and Tiffany, among many others.

Funny how the birthday list only goes to 1991. I guess nobody under 14 years old has had the chance to make themselves famous enough to make the list.

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On my birthday, approximatly 0.274% of all of earths history from the year 0 onward occured.
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There's a lot of gloom and doom that happened on my birthday, March 20. The first day of spring should be cheery!

1345: Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1760: Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
1944: Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
1944: Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
1956: Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
1972: 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche

These are still fresh in my mind...
1991: Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
1995: Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured

On a lighter note, Carl Reiner (1922), Spike Lee (1957), Fred "Mr." Rogers (1928) and Jane March (1973) can share the doom with me.

[ November 04, 2004, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: Defenestraitor ]

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