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    TFF's Token Imp What's special about your birthday? Martin's Avatar
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    What's special about your birthday?

    Just a random thought I was having. We all know of the Official TFF Birthday Thread - see link here but what I was wondering was... do you know of anything that may interest us about your birthday? It could be something family-related perhaps, or maybe a celebrity having the same day or even major world events that have happened on the day you were born. It doesn't have to be year specific. So all you need do is tell us.

    I was born on the 18th of August which is a day I share with Edward Norton (of American Hixtory X and The Incredible Hulk fame) and Christian Slater, coincidentally both of which were born in the same year, 1969.

    Events-wise Helium was discovered in 1868, and in 1920 the 19th Constitutional Amendment was ratified which ensured the right for women's suffrage.

    So if you know of anything, why not spill

    EDIT: Also Roman Polanski was born on my birthday too.
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    I was born on February second during one of the greatest winter storms of Kentucky in the last four decades. They had amazing trouble getting my mother to a hospital and once they got there, there was no way to leave for a day and a half.

    February second also happens to be Groundhog's day, which means jack to me, but people enjoy making jokes about it, I have noticed.

    Other than that I was also two weeks late, there's not much to tell.

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    My birthday is interesting because, at present, I have been nineteen for roughly an hour and a half. I was quiet when I was born, completely silent. My dad likes to tell the story every now and again. My birth was a 'mother and baby in extreme distress' situation, and after 24 hours my mum got one of the best c-section teams in the country to come and excavate me, as the hospital we were in was a teaching hospital and this lot were on tour or something. I cost the NHS over Ł10,000 or something near that. So, nineteen years and an hour and a bit ago, I was totally new. I was a silent baby, which my dad said freaked him out a lot at the time. I just sat there and stared silently at everything, apparently. I guess I must've been pretty high on all the shit my mother'd been pumped with in the preceding 32 hours.

    Other than that, it's near the very middle of the year. Weather's usually mild. Probably someone famous born on it. Hopefully they played guitar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FFGuru View Post
    I was born on the 18th of August which is a day I share with Edward Norton (of American Hixtory X and The Incredible Hulk fame) and Christian Slater, coincidentally both of which were born in the same year, 1969.

    Events-wise Helium was discovered in 1868, and in 1920 the 19th Constitutional Amendment was ratified which ensured the right for women's suffrage.
    I was actually born on 18th August too! I'll try to find some more interesting facts ^^.

    It turns out that August the 18th is International Lighthouse Day. Go figure? XD.

    I was also born on the same day as Riko Narumi, a Japanese actress.

    Interesting.
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    Ok, i googled my birthday which is 11 december and found that on that date in 1941 Germany and italy declared war on the US,
    Apollo 17 became the 6th mission to land on the moon (1972)

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    I was born on "Pope Death Day," May 12.

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    I share my birthday, 30th of Jan, with many famous people lol! The list I found was LONG!

    What I found interesting was that King Charles I of England was beheaded on my brithday... Hmmm... AND I have the same birthday as Phil Collins... "I've been waiting for this moment... For all my life..."

    Anyways, this is what I got doing a Wiki:

    January 30 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A King was beheaded 343 years before I was born... Wow, sends a chill down my spine - but I've known that fact a while from a similar thread lol! But I found out more this time... Thanks FFGuru!
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    August 22nd:

    Battle of Bosworth Field (also the setting for the first ever episode of blackadder!!)
    The first ever air raid.....
    The first ring of neptune is discovered.

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    my birthday is Dec 6. and its kind of a boring day. nothing like spectacular happened on that day that i could find but of well. i f i was born a day later tho it would have been on pearl harbor lol

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    29th of august..

    1533: Pizarro executes last Incan emperor

    Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro executes Atahuallpa, the last Incan emperor. High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, the Inca built a dazzling civilization that thrived for three centuries. Although they had no writing system, they had an elaborate government, great public works, and a brilliant agricultural system. However, 180 Spanish conquistadors led by Pizarro destroyed the civilization. After winning Emperor Atahuallpa's trust, Pizarro laid an ambush for the Inca leader and his army. Buckling under an assault by the terrifying Spanish artillery and cavalry, thousands of Incas were slaughtered. Pizarro imprisoned Atahuallpa, exacted a room full of gold as ransom for his life, and then treacherously executed him.

    Also..

    1997
    The British Government invites members of Sinn Fein to take part in the Northern Ireland peace talks for the first time.
    1981
    Vandals slash the picture of Diana, Princess of Wales hanging at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
    1966
    British group The Beatles give their last live concert performance to a crowd of around 25,000 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, USA.
    1964
    The musical 'Mary Poppins' starring Julie Andrews and **** Van Dyke goes on official release.
    1949
    The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb - although news of the test explosion isn't announced for another three weeks
    1943
    World War II: Denmark abandons its policy of co-operation with German invasion forces with the start of a popular uprising which includes the scuttling of the remaining 30 ships of the Danish Navy.
    1929
    German airship Graf Zeppelin completes a 21 day voyage around the world.
    1916
    World War I: General Hindenburg is appointed German Chief of Staff.
    1897
    Star of David becomes the official emblem of Jews throughout the world.
    1885
    The first motorcycle is patented by Gottlieb Daimler in Germany.
    1882
    The England cricket team loses to Australia, in England, for the first time. An 'obituary' printed in the Sporting Times, talks of 'the Ashes' of English Cricket being taken back to Australia. Test Series between the two countries are now played for 'The Ashes'.
    1842
    Britain and China sign the Treaty of Nanking - ending the Opium War and leasing the Hong Kong territories to Britain.
    1835
    Founding of the Australian city of Melbourne.
    1831
    Scientist Michael Faraday demonstrates the production of electricity from magnetism using the world's first transformer - at the Royal Institute in London.
    1782
    100-tonne British battleship HMS Royal George sinks off Spithead with the loss of more than 900 crew while repairs are being carried out beneath the ship's waterline.
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    The date on which dancing girl Salome is said to have been presented by King Herod with a plate bearing the head of John the Baptist.
    Blargh?!?!

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    Sparkly Beanie Baby of Doom! What's special about your birthday? Tallulah's Avatar
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    It's today!

    I don't like being 25.

    I share my birthday with Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame. (the skinny one)

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    Hmm... 13th September.

    I searched it but so far I've found nothing of interest, just some boring looking stuff really. The only remotely interesting thing about my birthday is that something to do with Nintendo was released some years before on the same date. I don't share it with any celebrities that I recognise... it was obviously a very uneventful day.

    ...

    Actually, I just found out today I share the same birthday as Roald Dahl! Yey, something interesting!
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    August 13th...

    Last US troops leave Vienam in '72.
    Death of Florence Nightingale 1910.
    Fidel Castro was born.
    1816; apparently a big Earthquake in Scotland...
    1961, Berlin Wall goes up.
    1977, In London 350 people were injured in a National Front rally in Lewisham.
    1941; World War II: German spy Josef Jakobs is the last person to be executed at the Tower of London.
    Annie Oakley was born.
    Alfred Hitchcock was born.
    Sir Basil Spence was born (British Architect).
    John Logie Baird was bornb (funny because he died on my boyfriends' birthday. Weird?)

    Other than that, there's a bunch of War shit on my birthday.

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    well, on January 28th....

    1077: Excommunication of Henry IV is lifted
    1547: Henry the VIII dies
    1573: Articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning Freedom of Religion in Poland.
    1754: Horace Walpole coins the word "serendipity"
    1624: Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Carribean, on Saint Kitts.
    1724: Peter the Great founds Russian Academy of Sciences, in St. Petersburg
    1813: "Pride and Prejudice" first published in the U.K.
    1820: Russian expedition discovered the Antarctic continent
    1855: First locomotive runs from Atlantic the Pacific Ocean on Panama Railway
    1871: Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War ends in French defeat, and an armistice
    1878: Yale Daily News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the US
    1887: World's largest snowflakes reported in Montana, being 15 inches across, and 8 inches thick (I kind of doubt this, but w/e)
    1902: Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington D.C.
    1915: Congress creates U.S. Coast Guard
    1917: Municipally owned street cars hit the streets in San Francisco
    1918: Rebels sieze the capital of Helsinki during the Finnish Civil War
    1921: A symbolic "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier installed beneath Arc de Triomphe in Paris to honor the unknown dead of WWI.
    1932: Japanese forces attack Shanghai
    1934: First ski town in the United States begins operation in Vermont
    1935: Iceland becomes first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
    1938: World Land Speed record on a public road is broken by a driver in a Mercedes-Benz W195
    1958: Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks
    1980 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
    1986: Space Shuttle Challenger breaks up after liftoff killing all aboard
    2002 - TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
    2004: Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of U.N. Weapons Inspector Dr. David Kelly.



    Wow, more than a lot of random stuff has happened on my birthday in the past, lol
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    My birthday is special in that it's the day my life started to suck.

    Other than that, it's the day Julius Caesar was assassinated. And a whole bunch of other stuff, but none if it really stood out.

    Ironically enough, it's apparently celebrated in Japan during Hōnen Matsuri, a festival celebrating prosperity and fertility.

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    June the Eighteenth.

    My cousin was born on the day Steve Irwin died. My other cousin was born on my Father's birthday. I was born two days after dad's birthday.

    Wiki says-

    1923 - Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.

    1981 - The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.


    And other stuff.

    Also, a bunch of people were born. A bunch of people died.

    It's also Autistic Pride Day.
    I've been on this site since 2006 woah

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    I was born on July 20th 1989. I don't know if anything special happened on that day that year however July 20th 1969 was when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong did his thing!

    *goes on google*

    Apparently on the the actual year and date of my birth Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's show opens at Washington, D.C.'s Project for the Arts after the Smithsonian Institution's Corcoran Gallery cancels it, and Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.

    A few other things i've found which are quite interesting:
    1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war.
    1944 - World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt (known as the July 20 Plot) led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
    2003 - Richard Sambrook, the Director of BBC News, reveals that David Kelly was the source of claims that Downing Street had "sexed up" the "Dodgy Dossier". (more the phrasing over the actual event- ha!)

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    My birthday is on Valentine's Day, and I share it with Simon Pegg.


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    Ooh, Chez, you share a birthday with my baby brother. Haha.

    My Birthday - May 15th.

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    • Births
    • 1567 - (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
    • 1608 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
    • 1720 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
    • 1749 - Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
    • 1773 - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
    • 1786 - General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
    • 1817 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
    • 1848 - Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
    • 1856 - L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
    • 1857 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)
    • 1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
    • 1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
    • 1890 - Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
    • 1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
    • 1891 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (d. 1971)
    • 1892 - Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
    • 1895 - William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (d. 1941)
    • 1898 - Arletty, French model and actress (d. 1992)
    • 1899 - Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
    • 1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
    • 1902 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
    • 1903 - Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
    • 1905 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
    • 1907 - Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
    • 1909 - James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
    • 1910 - Constance Cummings, British actress (d. 2005)
    • 1911 - Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
    • 1911 - Herta Oberheuser, Nazi doctor (d. 1978)
    • 1912 - Arthur Berger, American composer (d. 2003)
    • 1914 - Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
    • 1914 - Tenzing Norgay, (adopted birthdate) Nepalese Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest (d. 1986)
    • 1915 - Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. 2006)
    • 1915 - Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
    • 1915 - Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1915 - Gus Viseur, French button accordionist (d. 1974)
    • 1918 - Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (d. 2008)
    • 1918 - Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor
    • 1922 - Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
    • 1923 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
    • 1923 - John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
    • 1923 - Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
    • 1924 - Maria Koepcke, ornithologist (d. 1971)
    • 1926 - Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
    • 1926 - Peter Shaffer, English playwright
    • 1930 - Jasper Johns, American painter
    • 1931 - Ken Venturi, American golfer
    • 1935 - Utah Phillips, American labor organizer and folk singer
    • 1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
    • 1936 - Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
    • 1936 - Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
    • 1936 - Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
    • 1937 - Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
    • 1937 - Trini López, American musician
    • 1938 - Mireille Darc, French actress
    • 1938 - Lenny Welch, American singer
    • 1939 - Dorothy Shirley, British athlete
    • 1940 - Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
    • 1940 - Don Nelson, American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
    • 1941 - K.T. Oslin, American musician
    • 1942 - Jusuf Kalla, vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.
    • 1942 - Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
    • 1944 - Ulrich Beck, German sociologist
    • 1944 - Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
    • 1945 - Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
    • 1945 - Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
    • 1947 - Graeham Goble, Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of Little River Band)
    • 1948 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
    • 1948 - Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, governor of Kansas
    • 1948 - Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
    • 1950 - Nicholas Hammond, American actor
    • 1951 - Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
    • 1952 - Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director
    • 1953 - George Brett, American baseball player
    • 1953 - Mike Oldfield, English composer
    • 1954 - Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
    • 1955 - Lee Horsley, American actor
    • 1956 - Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
    • 1957 - Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
    • 1957 - Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
    • 1958 - Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
    • 1959 - Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
    • 1959 - Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
    • 1959 - Luis Perez-Sala, Spanish racing driver
    • 1960 - Rob Bowman, American film director
    • 1961 - Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
    • 1961 - Melle Mel, American musician
    • 1965 - Raí, Brazilian footballer
    • 1966 - Pete Wiggs, English musician (Saint Etienne)
    • 1967 - Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
    • 1967 - John Smoltz, baseball player
    • 1968 - Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
    • 1968 - Seth Putnam, American musician
    • 1969 - Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player
    • 1969 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
    • 1969 - Asalah Nasri, Syrian singer
    • 1970 - Martin Rossiter, Welsh Musician
    • 1970 - Frank de Boer, Dutch football player
    • 1970 - Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
    • 1970 - Desmond Howard, American football player
    • 1970 - Rod Smith, American football player
    • 1971 - Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
    • 1972 - David Charvet, French actor
    • 1973 - Pedro Reyes, Mexican engineer
    • 1974 - Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
    • 1974 - Ahmet Zappa, American musician
    • 1975 - Ray Lewis, American football player
    • 1976 - Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
    • 1976 - Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
    • 1976 - Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
    • 1976 - Ryan Leaf, American football player
    • 1976 - Tyler Walker, baseball player
    • 1978 - Amy Chow, American gymnast
    • 1978 - Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
    • 1978 - Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
    • 1978 - Edu, Brazilian footballer
    • 1978 - David Krumholtz, American actor
    • 1978 - Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
    • 1980 - Josh Beckett, American baseball player
    • 1980 - Rocky Marquette, American actor
    • 1981 - Patrice Evra, French-Senegalese footballer
    • 1981 - Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
    • 1981 - Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
    • 1981 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
    • 1982 - Alex Breckenridge, American actress
    • 1982 - Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete
    • 1982 - Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
    • 1982 - Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
    • 1982 - Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (The *****cat Dolls)
    • 1983 - Devin Bronson, American guitarist (Avril Lavigne)
    • 1984 - Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
    • 1985 - Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
    • 1986 - Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
    • 1986 - Adam Moffat, Scottish football player
    • 1987 - Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
    • 1987 - Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina Actress and Singer
    • 1987 - Andrew "Andy" Murray, Scottish tennis player
    • 1990 - Joe Mattock, English Football Player
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    • 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
    • 1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
    • 1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
    • 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
    • 1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
    • 1618 - Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
    • 1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
    • 1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
    • 1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.
    • 1776 - American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • 1791 - Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
    • 1792 - War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • 1793 - Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
    • 1796 - First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
    • 1800 - George III survives two assassination attempts in one day.
    • 1811 - Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
    • 1817 - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • 1836 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
    • 1849 - Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
    • 1851 - Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    • 1858 - Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
    • 1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
    • 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
    • 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
    • 1869 - Woman's suffrage: in New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
    • 1891 - Rerum Novarum, the first document of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition, is published by Pope Leo XIII.
    • 1897 - The Greek army retreats with heavy losses in the Greco-Turkish War.
    • 1905 - Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km˛), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • 1910 - The last time a major earthquake happened on the Elsinore Fault Zone.
    • 1911 - The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
    • 1911 - The Georgios Averof cruiser is bought by Greece.
    • 1914 - Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
    • 1918 - The Finnish Civil War ends.
    • 1919 - The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
    • 1919 - Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. The responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. Hasan Tahsin fires the first shot of the Turkish War of Independence.
    • 1920 - Council of Lithuania adjourns as the newly elected Constituent Assembly of Lithuania meets for the first time in Kaunas.
    • 1929 - A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
    • 1932 - The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
    • 1934 - Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
    • 1935 - The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
    • 1936 - Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
    • 1940 - World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
    • 1940 - McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
    • 1941 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.
    • 1942 - World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
    • 1943 - Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
    • 1945 - World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
    • 1948 - Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel.
    • 1951 - The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.
    • 1955 - The Austrian Independence Treaty is signed.
    • 1955 - The first ascent of Makalu, the world's fifth highest mountain.
    • 1957 - At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
    • 1958 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
    • 1960 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
    • 1963 - Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
    • 1970 - President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
    • 1970 - Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
    • 1972 - The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
    • 1972 - In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
    • 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: A total of 31 people, including hostage takers, are killed.
    • 1987 - The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
    • 1988 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    • 1990 - Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
    • 1991 - Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
    • 1997 - The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
    • 2008 - California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
    Code:
    • Deaths
    • 913 - Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
    • 1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
    • 1157 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
    • 1174 - Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
    • 1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
    • 1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
    • 1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
    • 1591 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
    • 1609 - Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
    • 1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
    • 1698 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
    • 1699 - Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
    • 1714 - Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
    • 1740 - Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
    • 1760 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
    • 1773 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
    • 1782 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
    • 1879 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
    • 1886 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
    • 1924 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
    • 1935 - Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
    • 1937 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
    • 1940 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
    • 1945 - Charles Williams, UK writer (b. 1886)
    • 1948 - Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
    • 1954 - William March, American writer (b. 1893)
    • 1956 - Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b. 1886)
    • 1967 - Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
    • 1971 - Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
    • 1978 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
    • 1982 - Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
    • 1984 - Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
    • 1986 - Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
    • 1986 - Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
    • 1989 - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
    • 1991 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
    • 1991 - Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
    • 1992 - Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
    • 1993 - Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
    • 1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1905)
    • 1995 - Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
    • 1996 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
    • 1998 - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
    • 2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
    • 2003 - George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
    • 2005 - Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
    • 2007 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
    • 2007 - Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
    • 2008 - Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
    • 2008 - Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
    • 2008 - Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
    Code:
    • Holidays and observances
    • International Conscientious Objectors' Day
    • Paraguay - Independence Day. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, 14 May.
    • Roman Empire - Mercuralia in honor of Mercury held.
    • Buddha's Birthday in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea (2005).
    • United States - Peace Officers Memorial Day.
    • Slovenia - Day of Slovenian armed forces.
    • Teacher's Day in Mexico (Día del Maestro) and South Korea (스승의 날).
    • Nakba Day in Palestinian communities.
    • In the Roman Catholic Church:
    • Saint Achillius
    • Hilary of Galeata
    • Saint Isidore the Labourer
    • Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
    • Saint Reticius
    • Saint Denise
    • Saint Dymphna
    • Saint Hallvard (in Norway)
    • In the Coptic Church
    • Athanasius of Alexandria
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    The 18th of June.

    1815
    Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.

    1948
    The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly would give it final approval on Dec. 10, 1948.

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    There was a full moon. HA!!!! It was great. Thanks planetary alignments!
    I remember when you were happy with a RADISH.

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    Haha.. what about the fact that I was born that day? That's probably the most special thing I can think of...

    (So was Willie Nelson, many years prior.)


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    March 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    My Birthday isn't shared with many celebrities I don't think.

    1955 - Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
    1974 - Eva Mendes, American actress

    I think that is all I know, there was a huge list but I had no idea as to who any of them were.

    As for events..

    SPOILER!!:
    * 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
    * 1046 - Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
    * 1496 - England King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to explore unknown lands.
    * 1689 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
    * 1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
    * 1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
    * 1784 - Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade.
    * 1793 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Ličge is recaptured.
    * 1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
    * 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
    * 1842 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
    * 1848 - Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.
    * 1850 - The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
    * 1860 - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
    * 1861 - The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
    * 1868 - A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.
    * 1868 - Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala.
    * 1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
    * 1894 - Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury.
    * 1904 - Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation.
    * 1905 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days.
    * 1907 - The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
    * 1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
    * 1915 - World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
    * 1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
    * 1933 - In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections.
    * 1936 - First flight of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
    * 1940 - Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
    * 1943 - First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
    * 1945 - World War II: The "Battle of the Ruhr" begins.
    * 1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
    * 1946 - Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
    * 1949 - The Jharkhand Party is founded in India.
    * 1958 - The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is established.
    * 1958 - Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit.
    * 1960 - The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
    * 1964 - Ceylon declares emergency crisis due to unrest.
    * 1965 - March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
    * 1966 - BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
    * 1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
    * 1970 - Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively.
    * 1973 - Donald DeFreeze, the future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.
    * 1974 - Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
    * 1976 - The British pound falls below $2 USD for the first time.
    * 1978 - The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
    * 1979 - Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
    * 1979 - Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
    * 1982 - Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus.
    * 1988 - Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
    * 1991 - Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners.
    * 1998 - NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony.
    * 1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
    * 2001 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
    * 2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
    * 2005 - The Burkinabé Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its first National Convention.


    Holidays on March 5th..

    * Learn from Lei Feng Day in China.
    * Approximate beginning of month of jīngzhé in Chinese calendar.
    * St Piran's Day - Cornwall's national day.
    * Feast of St. Ciarán Saighir, patron of the Diocese of Ossory, in Irish calendar.
    * Saint Theophile (d. 195)
    * Saint Olivia (d. 308)
    * March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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    My Birthday - April 2nd:

    Events:
    Code:
        * 68 - Galba, governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Roman emperors begun with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
        * 1453 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which would fall on May 29.
        * 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first European known to do so.
        * 1755 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
        * 1792 - The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
        * 1801 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen - The British destroy the Danish fleet.
        * 1804 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
        * 1810 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
        * 1863 - Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand the Confederate government to release emergency supplies.
        * 1865 - American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken - Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
        * 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
        * 1900 - The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.
        * 1902 - Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
        * 1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
        * 1917 - World War I: The Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the German trenches. At that time it was the biggest artillery bombardment in history.
        * 1917 - World War I: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
        * 1917 - The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.
        * 1930 - Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
        * 1945 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
        * 1962 - The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
        * 1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s .
        * 1972 - Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins - North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province.
        * 1973 - Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
        * 1975 - Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
        * 1975 - Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
        * 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
        * 1982 - Falklands War: The Falkland Islands are invaded by Argentina.
        * 1984 - Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
        * 1989 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
        * 1991 - The first female Premier of a Canadian province takes office. Rita Johnston succeeds William Vander Zalm, who resigned, as Premier of British Columbia.
        * 1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
        * 1997 - Tennessee accepts the 15th Amendment.
        * 2002 - Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated. A siege ensues.
        * 2004 - Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
        * 2005 - James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motor sports event.
        * 2006 - Over 60 tornadoes break out, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.
    Births:
    Code:
        * 742 - Charlemagne (d. 814)
        * 1348 - Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
        * 1527 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
        * 1565 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
        * 1618 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
        * 1653 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
        * 1719 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
        * 1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
        * 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (Old style date) (d. 1826)
        * 1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
        * 1788 - Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
        * 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
        * 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
        * 1812 - Louise-Marie of France, queen of Belgium (d. 1850)
        * 1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
        * 1827 - William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
        * 1838 - Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
        * 1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
        * 1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
        * 1867 - Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
        * 1869 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
        * 1875 - Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
        * 1884 - Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958))
        * 1891 - Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
        * 1900 - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
        * 1902 - Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
        * 1903 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
        * 1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
        * 1908 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
        * 1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
        * 1912 - Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
        * 1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
        * 1917 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
        * 1917 - Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
        * 1920 - Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
        * 1923 - G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
        * 1923 - Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
        * 1923 - Gloria Henry, American actress
        * 1926 - George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
        * 1926 - Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and co-founder of eponymous race team
        * 1927 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer
        * 1927 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
        * 1927 - Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
        * 1928 - Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
        * 1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
        * 1934 - Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
        * 1934 - Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
        * 1937 - **** Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
        * 1938 - John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
        * 1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
        * 1938 - Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
        * 1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
        * 1939 - Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
        * 1940 - Penelope Keith, English actress
        * 1941 - Dr. Demento, American radio personality
        * 1942 - Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist session musician
        * 1942 - Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
        * 1945 - Linda Hunt, American actress
        * 1945 - Reggie Smith, American baseball player
        * 1945 - Don Sutton, American baseball player
        * 1945 - Anne Waldman, American poet
        * 1946 - Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
        * 1947 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
        * 1947 - Camille Paglia, American feminist writer
        * 1948 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
        * 1949 - Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
        * 1949 - Pamela Reed, American actress
        * 1949 - Ron Palillo, American actor
        * 1951 - Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
        * 1951 - Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
        * 1952 - Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
        * 1952 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
        * 1952 - Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
        * 1953 - Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
        * 1953 - David Robinson, American musician
        * 1953 - Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
        * 1954 - Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
        * 1954 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
        * 1955 - Michael Stone, British terrorist
        * 1959 - Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
        * 1959 - Yves Lavandier, French film director
        * 1959 - Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
        * 1960 - Linford Christie, English athlete
        * 1960 - Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
        * 1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor
        * 1961 - Keren Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
        * 1962 - Pierre Carles, French documentarist
        * 1962 - Clark Gregg, American actor
        * 1962 - Mark Shulman, American children's author
        * 1963 - Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
        * 1963 - Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
        * 1964 - Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
        * 1965 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
        * 1966 - Bill Romanowski, American football player
        * 1966 - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
        * 1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
        * 1967 - Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
        * 1967 - Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
        * 1970 - Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican actress
        * 1971 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
        * 1971 - ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
        * 1972 - Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
        * 1974 - Hĺkan Hellström, Swedish musician
        * 1975 - Adam Rodriguez, American actor
        * 1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
        * 1977 - Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
        * 1977 - Michael Fassbender, Actor
        * 1977 - Aiden Turner, British actor
        * 1976 - Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
        * 1978 - John Gall, American baseball player
        * 1979 - Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
        * 1980 - Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
        * 1980 - Adam Fleming, English news reporter
        * 1980 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
        * 1981 - Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
        * 1981 - Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
        * 1982 - Marco Amelia, Italian World Cup-winning footballer
        * 1982 - Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
        * 1982 - Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
        * 1982 - Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
        * 1982 - Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
        * 1983 - Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
        * 1983 - Yung Joc, American rapper
        * 1983 - Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
        * 1984 - Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
        * 1991 - Taylor Henderson, Australian musician
    Deaths:

    Code:
        * 1118 - Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. circa 1058)
        * 1272 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
        * 1335 - Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)
        * 1412 - Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)
        * 1502 - Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
        * 1507 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
        * 1657 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
        * 1657 - Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
        * 1720 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
        * 1742 - James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
        * 1747 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
        * 1754 - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
        * 1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
        * 1791 - Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
        * 1801 - Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. circa 1761)
        * 1803 - Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
        * 1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
        * 1827 - Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
        * 1845 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
        * 1865 - General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
        * 1872 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
        * 1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw, shot in the back of the head by Robert Ford (b. 1847)
        * 1902 - Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
        * 1914 - Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
        * 1922 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
        * 1928 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
        * 1930 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
        * 1936 - Jean-Baptiste Eugčne Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
        * 1953 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
        * 1958 - Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
        * 1966 - C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
        * 1972 - Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
        * 1972 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
        * 1972 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
        * 1974 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
        * 1987 - Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
        * 1992 - Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
        * 1992 - Juan Gómez González, Spanish footballplayer (b. 1954)
        * 1994 - Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
        * 1995 - Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
        * 1995 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
        * 1998 - Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
        * 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
        * 2001 - Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
        * 2001 - Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
        * 2003 - Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
        * 2004 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
        * 2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
        * 2006 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
    Thank you Wikipedia! ^^

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    The famous posting The Third of May correlates with my birthday.

    I also share a birthday with Machiavelli, Sebastian Shaw, and Joseph Addai. Paul Vario died on the day I was born, too.

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    August 11:

    1953 - Born: Hulk Hogan,

    2003 - A heat wave in Paris resulted in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.

    August 11 (best day ever): We get the Hulkster and a bunch of French people die!

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    Yahaire
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    I think my birthday is especial because in Mexico May 5th was the battle in Puebla

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    My bday is july 10th its the 191st day of the year except in leapier lol (it would be the 192nd day)

    In 1978 World news tonight first premiered on abc
    in the bahamas its their independence day
    Dublin was also founded in 988



    Also I usually get hurt on my bday(almost every year after my 10th bday) But I think I broke the streak last year cause I was fine.
    Last edited by Rikkuffx; 06-28-2008 at 07:17 AM.
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    It means...I HAVEN'T DIED YET!!! =D
    But really nothing special ever happened on Nov. 17 1976...
    "Knowledge, without mileage, is just Bullshit" - Henry Rollins

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    I share a birthday with winterborne86, apparently. o.O Same year and everything. Neat, in a creepy twin sort of way.

    Other famous people I share a birthday with:

    1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
    1830 - Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872 on his birthday) It's over NINE THOUSAND!!! Hahaha
    1943 - John Kerry, American politician - Eww!
    1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor - Yay!

    And, it's Tango Day in Argentina, woo!

    Lots of other stuff happened too, I just haven't heard of most of them.

    ~DragonHeart~
    Family: Psiko, Mistress Sheena, Djinn

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    well seeing how I don't know the new shortened spoiler code yet (^^;;;;; ), I'll just proved a link to everything that hapens on my birthday. April 5th xD To be honest when I say the list I was a bit shocked. The only thing I knew about my birthday is that Kurt Cobain commited suicide on that day.
    Quote Originally Posted by Itachi Uchiha
    Foolish Brother. If you want to kill me, then blame me. Hate me. And live on in shame. Run and run. Cling desperately to life.
    <img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z127/Captain_Snowy/Akastuki2Custom.png">

    I've been told to advertise this forum. So just hurry up and join since we need members.

    My family so far- My heartless sister: al bhed psycho, My other seymour loving sister: superjj, My Anime Chasing Little Brother: Kawaii chaser, My kickass older brother: geordanuk, My Cat loving older brother: Wizardcat My blood sucking, vampire nephew: bangaathief, My crazy younger sister: Firefly, My other, not so easily slain son: Darkwolf, My easily slain illegitimate son: Wyatt Arkham, My third and very sporty son: zell_dincht0808, My very demented uncle who you've just got to love: Mariko, My evil grandfather who needs a good kicking: Hannya, My level 99 grandson with a blood soaked lance: Dragoon Nick, Official play thing of: Kyo-san

    PM me if you would like to join my evil family


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