What happened on your birthdate in history?

[BoldMushroom]

I got this idea from another forum.

The idea is simple. Go to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), type your date of birth into the search column on the left (just the month and day, not the year), and read what happened on your birthday over the course of history.

Don't post all of the results here. Not only will that make the thread excessively long, most people probably won't want to read your results. Just post the ones that are interesting to you.

On my birthday, September 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2)... nothing really interesting happened.

Events:
1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1944 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
1945 - World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
1945 - Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.

Births:
Keanu Reeves
Selma Hayek

Deaths:
Ho Chi Minh
J. R. R. Tolkien
Bob Denver

[Princely Dreaming Doll]

On my birthday January 1 st :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1st


Events
1801 - The first known asteroid, 1 Ceres, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi
1901 - The first official Mummers Parade is held.
45bc - The Juians Calender first takes effect.
Births
1874 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate
1966 - Embeth Daviidizt, American actress

Deaths
1994 - Cesar Romero, American actor
1679 - Jan Steen, Dutch painter

[Inarrca]

Apirl, 20........way to much happend on me b-day....so ill shorten it by 50 things.....lol

1657 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
1775 - state ("]American[/url] Revolutionary War: the siege of Boston begins, which followed the first battles at Lexington and Concord
1792 - France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the 570[/color] ("]students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves in the Columbine High School massacre.
-births-
Muhammad[/color] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad), Founder of Islam (d. 632 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/632))
1723 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1723) - Cornelius Harnett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Harnett), American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1781))1882 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1882) - Holland Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Smith), U.S. General (d. 1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967))
1889 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889) - Adolf Hitler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler), Austrian-born German dictator (d. 1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945))
......hmmmmm.......i got a messed b-day......
-Deaths-
1521 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1521) - Zhengde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengde), Emperor of China (b. 1491 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491))
1765 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1765) - Abigail Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Williams), American accuser in the Salem 1674 ("]witch trials (b. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1674))

[Piper]

Heh. May 8th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_8th), Pope John II, passed away. o_x

History


1450 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1450) - J (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade%27s_Rebellion)ack Cade's Rebellion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade%27s_Rebellion): Kentishmen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent) revolt against King Henry VI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England).
1541 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1541) - Hernando de Soto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_%28explorer%29) reaches the Mississippi River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River) and names it Río de Espíritu Santo (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_Esp%C3%ADritu_Santo&action=edit).
1886 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886) - Pharmacist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacist) Dr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.) John Styth Pemberton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Styth_Pemberton) invents a carbonated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated) beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola)".
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) - Paramount Pictures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures) is formed.
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): The Battle of the Coral Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea) comes to an end. This is the first time in the naval history where two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
1972 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972) - Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War) – U.S. President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._President) Richard M. Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Nixon) announces his order to place mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine) in major North Vietnamese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam) ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984) - The Soviet Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) announces that it will boycott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott) the 1984 Summer Olympics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics) in Los Angeles, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles%2C_California).
Births

1753 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1753) - Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Mandarte Villaseñor y Lomelí (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hidalgo) Mexico's father founder (d. 1811 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811))
1825 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825) - George Bruce Malleson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bruce_Malleson), Indian officer and author (d. 1898 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898))
1828 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1828) - Jean Henri Dunant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Dunant), Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize) (d. 1910 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910))
1829 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1829) - Louis Moreau Gottschalk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Moreau_Gottschalk), American composer and pianist (d. 1869 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869))


Deaths


535 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/535) - Pope John II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_II)
1278 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1278) - Emperor Duanzong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Duanzong) of China (b. 1268 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1268))
1319 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1319) - King Haakon V of Norway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_V_of_Norway) (b. 1270 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1270))
1538 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1538) - Edward Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fox_%28bishop%29), English bishop
1766 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766) - Samuel Chandler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Chandler), English non-conformist minister (b. 1693 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693))
1773 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1773) - Ali Bey Al-Kabir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Bey_Al-Kabir), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1728))
Holidays and Observations

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_D ay&action=edit)
VE Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VE_Day)
Parents' Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents%27_Day) in South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea)

[Myrcice Maeghym]

Wow...A LOT happened on my birthday...O.o Good thing I don't have to post it all...Sheesh. xD

Events
1960 - The first episode of ITV soap-opera Coronation Street is aired.
1961 - The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with him being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
1965 - Kecksburg UFO incident
1981 - Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner is shot and killed during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Abu-Jamal's younger brother.
1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
1987 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
1990 - Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
1992 - The separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced
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Births
1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1508 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
1561 - Sir Edwin Sandys, British-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1579 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
Deaths
1165 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland
1292 - Sheikh Saadi, Persian sufi poet
1437 - Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)
1544 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
1565 - Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)
1603 - William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
1625 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)

[Piper]

Don't post all of the results here. Not only will that make the thread excessively long, most people probably won't want to read your results. Just post the ones that are interesting to you.http://animeforum.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[wizz-o-matic]

mhm ... you asked for it ..,
Events
* 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
* 1311 - Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena Italy.
* 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.
* 1772 - British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island.
* 1790 - Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.
* 1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: new European political situation is set.
* 1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
* 1934 - Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.
* 1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, since 1941 occupied by Finland.
* 1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
* 1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain).
* 1959 - The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
* 1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
* 1991 - The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.
* 1999 - Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Births
* 1508 - Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
* 1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)
* 1810 - Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
* 1898 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
* 1961 - Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor
* 1963 - Johnny Depp, American actor

Deaths
* 62 - Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (b. 40)
* 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
* 630 - King Shahrbaraz of Persia
* 1870 - Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
* 1959 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
* 1989 - George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
* 1994 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

Holidays and observances
* Catholicism - Saint Columba (called Saint Columcille in Ireland, where he is honoured as one of the islands three patron saints).
* Roman Empire - third day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta

I'm so proud of the white text!!!

[~DizzyElf~]

July 15


1099 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1099) - First Crusade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade): Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian) soldiers take Church of the Holy Sepulchre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre) in Jerusalem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem) after a difficult siege.
1162 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1162) - Ladislaus II of Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_II_of_Hungary) declared King of Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Hungary).
1207 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1207) - John of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_England) expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury) Stephen Langton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton)
1240 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1240) - A Novgorodian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novgorod) army led by Alexander Nevsky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky) defeats the Swedes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedes) in the Battle of the Neva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Neva)
1381 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1381) - John Ball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_%28priest%29), a leader in the Peasants' Revolt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt), hanged, drawn and quartered (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_and_quartering) in the presence of Richard II of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England).
1410 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1410) - Battle of Grunwald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald) (a.k.a. Tannenberg or Zalgiris): power of the Teutonic Knights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Knights) broken by a defeat from Poles and Lithuanians
1685 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1685) - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth) is executed at Tower Hill, England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedgemore) on 6 July (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_6) 1685 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1685).
1789 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789) - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier%2C_marquis_de_La_Fayette), by acclamation, named colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_of_Paris&action=edit).
1799 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1799) - Rosetta Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone) is found in the Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt) village of Rosetta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta), by French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) Captain Pierre-François Bouchard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bouchard).
1806 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1806) - Pike expedition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_expedition): Near St. Louis, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%2C_Missouri), United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army) Lieutenant Zebulon Pike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Pike) begins an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Belle_Fountaine&action=edit) to explore the west.
1815 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815) - Napoléon Bonaparte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte) surrenders from aboard HMS Bellerophon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellerophon)
1862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862) - American Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War): Confederates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America) break naval blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg%2C_Mississippi).
1870 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1870) - Post-American-Civil-War Reconstruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction): Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29) becomes the last of the former Confederate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America) states to be readmitted to the Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_%28American_Civil_War%29).
1870 - Rupert's Land (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land) and the North-Western Territory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-Western_Territory) are transferred to Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) from the Hudson's Bay Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company), and the province of Manitoba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba) and the North-West Territories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Territories) are established from these vast territories.
1895 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895) - Archie MacLaren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_MacLaren) scores County Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Championship) record cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket) innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton.
1916 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916) - In Seattle, Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle%2C_Washington), William Boeing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boeing) and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing)).
1918 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918) - World War I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I): Second Battle of the Marne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne) - The battle begins near the River Marne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Marne) with a German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) attack.
1926 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926) - BEST (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Electric_Supply_and_Transport) buses make its début in Mumbai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai).
1927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927) - Massacre of July 15, 1927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_July_15%2C_1927): 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria) police in Vienna.
1929 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929) - First weekly radio broadcast of Mormon Tabernacle Choir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Tabernacle_Choir) radio show, Music and the Spoken Word (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_the_Spoken_Word).
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) - Kid Chocolate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Chocolate) becomes Cuba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba)'s first world boxing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing) champion.
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) - President Harry Truman disembarks the heavy cruiser the USS Augusta (CA-31) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Augusta_%28CA-31%29) in Antwerp en route to Potsdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam) for the Potsdam Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference).
1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953) - John Reginald Christie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reginald_Christie), British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) serial killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer) executed.
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) - First flight of the Boeing 707 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707), the first American jet passenger airliner.
1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958) - In Lebanon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon), 5,000 United States Marines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marines) land in the capital Beirut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut) in order to provide military support to the pro-Western government there.
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) - In Nicosia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia), Cyprus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus), Greek-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat), deposing President Makarios (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makarios) and installing Nikos Sampson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Sampson) as Cypriot president.
1974 - Christine Chubbuck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck) becomes the first person to commit suicide on-air.
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) - Apollo Soyuz Test Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Soyuz_Test_Project): Apollo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program) and Soyuz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_spacecraft) spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space.
1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979) - U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States) Jimmy Carter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter) gives his famous "malaise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaise)" speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation."
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) - Albert Belle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Belle) of the Cleveland Indians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians) caught with a corked bat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corked_bat).
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) - Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fluid_Concepts_%26_Creative_Analog ies:_Computer_Models_of_the_Fundamental_Mechanisms _of_Thought&action=edit) by Douglas Hofstadter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter) becomes the first item sold on Amazon.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com)
1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996) - MSNBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC) cable-DBS channel launched
1996 - A Belgian Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Air_Force) C-130 Hercules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules) carrying the Royal Netherlands Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Army) marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven_Airport). Thirty-two people die in the flames, two people die of their injuries, and seven people sustain severe burns.
1997 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997) - In Miami, Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%2C_Florida), serial killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer) Andrew Phillip Cunanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Phillip_Cunanan) guns down Gianni Versace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Versace) outside his home.
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) - Safeco Field (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeco_Field) opens in Seattle, Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle%2C_Washington).
2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002) - "American Taliban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban)" John Walker Lindh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_Lindh) pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony). Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each of the charges.
2002 - Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh) and three other suspects convicted of murdering Wall Street Journal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal) reporter Daniel Pearl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl).
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) - AOL Time Warner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Time_Warner) disbands Netscape Communications Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporation). The Mozilla Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation) is established on the same day.
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) - Monorail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monorail) service begins in Las Vegas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada).
2004 - The BBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC) airs the documentary The Secret Agent, exposing racism by members of the British National Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party).
2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) - Jack Nicklaus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus) plays his last hole of competitive golf during The Open Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Championship) at Hole 18 at St Andrews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Course_at_St_Andrews), finishing with a birdie.
2005 - Disneyland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland) "re-launches" Space Mountain in Anaheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim), California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California).
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Births


Vladimir the Bold[/color] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_the_Bold), Russian prince (d. 1410 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1410))
1553 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1553) - Archduke Ernest of Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Ernest_of_Austria) (d. 1595 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1595))
1573 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1573) - Inigo Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Jones), English architect (d. 1652 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1652))
1606 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1606) - Rembrandt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn), Dutch artist (d. 1669 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1669))
1631 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1631) - Jens Juel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Juel_%28diplomat%29), Danish diplomat (d. 1700 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700))
1704 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1704) - August Gottlieb Spangenberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Gottlieb_Spangenberg), German religious leader (d. 1792 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792))
1779 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779) - Clement Clarke Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore), American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863))
1796 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796) - Thomas Bulfinch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bulfinch), American mythologist (d. 1867 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867))
1808 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1808) - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Edward_Cardinal_Manning), English Catholic archbishop (d. 1892 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892))
1812 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812) - James Hope-Scott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope-Scott), English barrister (d. 1873 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873))
1848 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1848) - Vilfredo Pareto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilfredo_Pareto), Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923))
1850 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1850) - Mother Cabrini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Cabrini), Italian-born Catholic saint (d. 1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917))
1870 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1870) - Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dmitrievich_Nabokov), Russian publisher and politician (d. 1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922))
1871 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871) - Kunikida Doppo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunikida_Doppo), Japanese writer (d. 1908 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908))
1892 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892) - Walter Benjamin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin), German literary critic and writer (d. 1940 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940))
1894 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894) - Tadeusz Sendzimir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Sendzimir), a Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989))
1899 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899) - Sean F. Lemass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_F._Lemass), Irish leader (d. 1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971))
1902 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902) - Jean Rey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rey_%28politician%29), Belgian politician and President of the European Commission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission) {d. 1983 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983))
1911 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911) - Edward Shackleton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Shackleton), English explorer (d. 1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994))
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) - Hammond Innes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Innes), English writer (d. 1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998))
1914 - Howard Vernon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Vernon), Swiss actor (d. 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996))
1918 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918) - Bertram N. Brockhouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_N._Brockhouse), Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (d. 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003))
1919 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919) - Iris Murdoch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Murdoch), Irish writer (d. 1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999))
1921 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921) - Robert Bruce Merrifield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Merrifield), American chemist, Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate
1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922) - Leon M. Lederman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_M._Lederman), American physicist, Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate
1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923) - Philip Carey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Carey), American actor
1926 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926) - Driss Chraïbi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driss_Chra%C3%AFbi), Moroccan author
1926 - Leopoldo Galtieri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_Galtieri), Argentine dictator (d. 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003))
1928 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928) - Carl Woese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Woese), American microbiologist
1930 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930) - Jacques Derrida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida), French philosopher (d. 2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004))
1930 - Stephen Smale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Smale), American mathematician
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) - Clive Cussler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Cussler), American author
1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933) - Julian Bream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Bream), English guitarist and lutenist
1933 - Guido Crepax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Crepax), Italian comics artist (d. 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003))
1934 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934) - Harrison Birtwistle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Birtwistle), English composer
1934 - Risto Jarva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_Jarva), Finnish filmmaker (d. 1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977))
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) - Diahann Carroll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diahann_Carroll), American actress
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) - Mil Mascaras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mascaras), Mexican professional wrestler
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) - Jürgen Möllemann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_M%C3%B6llemann), German politician (d. 2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003))
1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946) - Linda Ronstadt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt), American singer
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah), Sultan of Brunei (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Brunei)
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) - Peter Banks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Banks), British rock guitarist (Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_%28band%29))
1949 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) - Carl Bildt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bildt), Swedish politician
1949 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) - Trevor Horn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn), British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggles), Art of Noise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Noise), Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_%28band%29))
1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950) - Arianna Huffington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington), Greek-born newspaper columnist
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) - Jesse Ventura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura), professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota
1952 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952) - Johnny Thunders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Thunders), American guitarist and singer (The New York Dolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Dolls), Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbreakers)) (d. 1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991))
1952 - Terry O'Quinn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_O%27Quinn), American actor
1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953) - Jean-Bertrand Aristide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide), President of Haiti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Haiti)
1953 - John Denham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yorke_Denham), British politician
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) - Mario Kempes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kempes), Argentine football player
1956 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956) - Ian Curtis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis), British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division)) (d. 1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980))
1956 - Barry Melrose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Melrose), Canadian hockey player, coach, and commentator
1956 - Marky Ramone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Ramone), American musician (The Ramones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramones))
1956 - Joe Satriani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Satriani), American guitarist
1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958) - Mac Thornberry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Thornberry), American politician
1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) - Kim Alexis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Alexis), American supermodel and actress
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) - Scott Ritter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter), UN weapons inspector in Iraq
1961 - Forest Whitaker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker), American actor
1963 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963) - Steve Thomas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Thomas_%28ice_hockey%29), Canadian ice hockey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey) player
1966 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966) - Irène Jacob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Jacob), French-born Swiss actress
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) - Eddie Griffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Griffin), American actor
1968 - Stan Kirsch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kirsch), American actor
1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) - Chi Cheng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Cheng_%28musician%29), American musician
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) - Danijela (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danijela_Martinovi%C4%87), Croatian singer
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) - John Dolmayan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dolmayan), Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_a_Down))
1973 - Brian Austin Green (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Austin_Green), American actor
1978 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978) - Ray Toro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Toro), American musician (My Chemical Romance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Chemical_Romance))
1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992) - Koharu Kusumi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koharu_Kusumi), Japanese singer (Morning Musume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume))
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Deaths


Roman Emperor Anastasius I[/color] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor_Anastasius_I)
1085 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1085) - Robert Guiscard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Guiscard), French adventurer
1262 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1262) - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare%2C_6th_Earl_of_Hertford), English soldier (b. 1222 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1222))
1274 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1274) - Bonaventure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure), Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1221))
1291 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1291) - Rudolph I of Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_I_of_Germany), Holy Roman Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor) (b. 1218 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1218))
1381 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1381) - John Ball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_%28priest%29), English priest
1406 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1406) - Duke William of Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Austria)
1410 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1410) - Ulrich von Jungingen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_von_Jungingen), German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1360))
1544 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1544) - René of Châlon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_of_Ch%C3%A2lon), Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1519))
1571 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1571) - Shimazu Takahisa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Takahisa), Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1514))
1609 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1609) - Annibale Carracci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale_Carracci), Italian painter (b. 1560 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1560))
1614 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1614) - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Bourdeille%2C_seigneur_de_Brant%C3%B4me) , French historian and biographer
1655 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1655) - Girolamo Rainaldi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Rainaldi), Italian architect (b. 1570 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1570))
1685 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1685) - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott%2C_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth), illegitimate son of Charles II of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England) (b. 1649 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1649))
1750 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750) - Vasily Tatishchev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Tatishchev), Russian statesman (b. 1686 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1686))
1765 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1765) - Charles-André van Loo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Andr%C3%A9_van_Loo), French painter (b. 1705 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1705))
1767 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1767) - Michael Bruce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bruce), Scottish poet (b. 1746 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1746))
1782 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1782) - Farinelli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinelli), Italian castrato (b. 1705 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1705))
1789 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789) - Jacques Duphly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Duphly), French composer (b. 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1715))
1828 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1828) - Jean Antoine Houdon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Antoine_Houdon), French sculptor (b. 1741 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1741))
1839 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839) - Winthrop Mackworth Praed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Mackworth_Praed), English poet (b. 1802 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1802))
1844 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844) - Claude Charles Fauriel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Charles_Fauriel), French historian (b. 1772 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1772))
1857 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857) - Carl Czerny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Czerny), Austrian composer (b. 1791 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791))
1890 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890) - Gottfried Keller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Keller), Swiss writer (b. 1819 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819))
1904 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904) - Anton Chekhov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov), Russian writer (b. 1860 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860))
1919 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919) - Hermann Emil Fischer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Emil_Fischer), German chemist, Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (b. 1852 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852))
1929 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929) - Hugo von Hofmannsthal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal), Austrian writer (b. 1874 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874))
1930 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930) - Leopold Auer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Auer), Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1845))
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_Bortkiewicz), Russian economist (b. 1868 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868))
1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933) - Irving Babbitt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Babbitt), American literary critic (b. 1865 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865))
1933 - Freddie Keppard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Keppard), American musician (b. 1890 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890))
1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946) - Razor Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_Smith), English cricketer (b. 1877 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877))
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) - Walter Donaldson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Donaldson), American songwriter (b. 1893 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893))
1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) - John J. Pershing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Pershing), U.S. general (b. 1860 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860))
1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957) - James M. Cox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cox), American politician (b. 1870 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1870))
1959 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959) - Ernest Bloch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bloch), Swiss composer (b. 1880 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880))
1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) - Lawrence Tibbett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Tibbett), American actor (b. 1896 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896))
1960 - Set Persson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_Persson), Swedish communist politician (b. 1897 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897))
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) - John E. Brownlee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Brownlee), Canadian politician (b. 1884 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1884))
1965 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965) - Francis Cherry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cherry), American politician (b. 1908 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908))
1986 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986) - Billy Haughton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Haughton), American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923))
1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991) - Bert Convy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Convy), American actor (b. 1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933))
1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992) - Hammer DeRoburt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_DeRoburt), first President of Nauru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Nauru) (b. 1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922))
1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996) - Dana Hill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Hill), American actress (b. 1964 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964))
1997 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997) - Gianni Versace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Versace), Italian fashion designer (b. 1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946))
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) - Roberto Bolaño (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bola%C3%B1o), Chilean writer (b. 1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953))
2003 - Tex Schramm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Schramm), American football team president and general manager (b. 1920 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920))
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Botswana ("]

Holidays and observances


[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana) - President's Day
Brunei (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei) - Birthday of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
Palermo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo), Sicily (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily) - Festival of Santa Rosalia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosalia)
Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) - Third day of Obon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obon) feast period
Saint Swithun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Swithun)'s feast day (Anglican Church)
Saint Vladimir the Great (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vladimir_the_Great)'s day (Eastern Orthodox; Roman Catholic)
Confuflux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confuflux) (Discordianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism))
Brazil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil) - International Men's Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day)



wow didnt know alot happened on my birthday oO;

[animeglobe]

5509 BC - The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.
462 - possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle
1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England
1644 - Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause
1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — the longest of any major European monarch.
1752 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1804 - Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1807 - Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.
1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
1873 - Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
1894 - Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.
1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 - the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.
1910 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, from Brazil, is founded
1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 - The last Passenger Pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1923 - The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.
1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Polish September Campaign.)
1939 - George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 - The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht and SS soldiers is instituted.
1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1954 - Paul "Bear" Bryant opens his infamous 10-day football mini-camp in Junction, Texas: The Junction Boys.
1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.
1962 - Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
1969 - A coup in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I.
1972 - In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
1974 - The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds
1975 - The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.
1979 - The American Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
1980 - Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha.
1982 - Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
1983 - Cold War: Korean Air Flight KAL-007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed.
1985 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
1990 - The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
1999 - A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 74, including 10 on the ground.
2001 - Almost every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in 2000 - the largest change in North America.
2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.

[Essex]

March 21st... mostly death and destruction actually. And in '89, birth of a hero, a superior being. That is I. MOHAHAHAH

[Eris]

Birthday: December 21.
* Stalin was born.
* Winter solstice (darkest day of the year).

Birthyear: 1986
* Challenger disaster.
* Chernobyl disaster.
* Swedish Prime Minister assassinated.
* Lake Nyos tragedy (2000 dead)
* 2.2 lb (1kg) hail stones in bangladesh kill 92.
* Soviet passenger liner sinks, 398 die.
* Earthquake in El Salvador, estimated deaths: 1500.

[animeglobe]

you how come on my brithday theres been alot of violence ? O_o can't i have a nice peacful days that happen on my brithday. people being bombed and murdered and such. lol it's kinda funny

[souske]

My birthday was in June 2 so here are the events.


Events



1763 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1763) - Pontiac's Rebellion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac%27s_Rebellion): At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinaw_City%2C_Michigan), Chippewas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa) capture Fort Michilimackinac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Michilimackinac) by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse), then chasing a ball into the fort
1886 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886) - U.S. President Grover Cleveland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland) marries Frances Folsom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Folsom) in the White House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House), becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
1985 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985) - Serial killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer) Leonard Lake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lake) is arrested near San Francisco, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California) for shoplifting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoplifting).
1985 - R.J. Reynolds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.J._Reynolds) and Nabisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco) propose a merger
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) - United States Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) Captain Scott O'Grady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_O%27Grady)'s F-16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16) is shot down over Bosnia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina) while patrolling the NATO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO) no-fly zone.
1997 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997) - Timothy McVeigh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh) is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) terrorist bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing) of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Murrah_Federal_Building) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City%2C_Oklahoma).
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) - Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe) launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28planet%29). The European Space Agency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency)'s Mars Express (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express) probe launches from the Baikonur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur) space centre in Kazakhstan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan). [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2947018.stm)
2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) - The construction of Northrop Grumman X-47B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B), the world's first unmanned surveillance attack aircraft that can operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers, was launched.

[Storm Strife]

December 5th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_5th

Events:
1492 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola.
1848 - California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1932 - German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1934 - Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
1941 - In Battle of Moscow Zhukov launched a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre.
1945 - Flight 19, a squadron of five U.S. Navy TBF Avenger bombers on a training flight out of Fort Lauderdale, is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
1958 - Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 - The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway opens to traffic for the first time, now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
1964 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1974 - Party Political Broadcast, the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, is broadcast on BBC 2.

Births:
1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1859 - John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935)
1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)
1985 - Frankie Muniz, American child actor

Deaths:
1926 - Claude Monet, French impressionist painter (b. 1840)
1989 - Sir John Pritchard, British conductor (b. 1921)

Events:
Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK - Saint Nicholas Eve (whom Dutch speakers call Sinterklaas, which became in other languages Santa Claus)
Day of the Ninja

[Chibi Goku]

Year I was born

July 26th 1989 - A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Errr seems interesting o_o;;; and i'm actually learning about Computer Fraud, Misuse & Abuse Act for the course i'm doing at school at the moment xD! kinda freaky.

[Kushan]

WOW
i got alot of Stuff happening on my Birthdate. my B-day is September 8th
these are Just Events.







1331 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1331) - Stefan Dusan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Dusan) declares himself king of Serbia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia)
1380 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1380) - Battle of Kulikovo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kulikovo) - Russian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatars) and Mongols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol), stopping their advance.
1449 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1449) - Battle of Tumu Fortress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tumu_Fortress) - Mongolians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol) capture the Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China) emperor.
1504 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1504) - Michelangelo's David (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo%27s_David) is unveiled in Florence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence).
1514 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1514) - Battle of Orsha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orsha) - In one of the biggest battles of the century, Belarussians and Poles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_people) defeat the Russian army.
1565 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1565) - Pedro Menéndez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez) de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine%2C_Florida).
1565 - The Knights of Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Malta) lift the Turkish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey) siege of Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta) (the Siege of Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_%281565%29) started on May 18 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_18)).
1636 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1636) - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony) establishes the first college in what would become the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), today known as Harvard University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University).
1664 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1664) - The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British who renamed it New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York) in 1669 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1669).
1727 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1727) - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell%2C_Cambridgeshire) in Cambs, UK kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755) - French and Indian War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War): Battle of Lake George
1796 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796) - Napoleonic Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars): Battle of Bassano - French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) forces defeat Austrian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria) troops at Bassano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassano).
1810 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1810) - The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor) with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor)'s newly created Pacific Fur Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Fur_Company) on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River) and Astor's men established fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria%2C_Oregon).
1831 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831) - William IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom) was crowned King of Great Britain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain).
1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863) - American Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War): Second Battle of Sabine Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sabine_Pass) - On the Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas)-Louisiana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana) border at the mouth of the Sabine River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_River_%28Texas-Louisiana%29), a small Confederate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America) force thwarts a Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) invasion of Texas.
1888 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888) - In London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London), the body of Jack the Ripper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper)'s second murder victim, Annie Chapman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Chapman), is found.
1888 - In England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) the first six Football League (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_League) matches ever are played.
1900 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900) - Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Hurricane_of_1900): a powerful hurricane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone) hits Galveston, Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston%2C_Texas) killing about 8,000 people.
1921 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921) - 16-year-old Margaret Gorman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gorman) won the Atlantic City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City) Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America).
1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923) - Honda Point Disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster): Nine US Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Navy) destroyers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer) run aground off the California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) coast. Seven are lost.
1926 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926) - Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) was admitted to the League of Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations).
1930 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930) - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1934 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934) - Off the New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey) coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle) kills 135 people.
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) - US Senator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate) from Louisiana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana), Huey Long (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long), nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Siege of Leningrad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad) begins. German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union)'s second-largest city, Leningrad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg). Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_Deutsche) deported to Siberia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia).
1943 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943) - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) General Dwight D. Eisenhower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) publicly announces the Allied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies) armistice with Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Italy).
1943 - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Julius Fucik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Fucik) is executed by Nazis.
1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) is hit by a V2 rocket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V2_rocket) for the first time.
1944 - World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Menton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menton) is liberated from Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany).
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) - Cold War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War): United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea) in response to Soviet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) - Treaty of San Francisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco): In San Francisco, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California), 48 nations sign a peace treaty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_treaty) with Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War).
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization) (SEATO) is established.
1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) - In Huntsville, Alabama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville%2C_Alabama), US President Dwight D. Eisenhower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Space_Flight_Center) (NASA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA) had already activated the facility on July 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_1)).
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) - Newly independent, Algeria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria), by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
1966 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966) - "The Man Trap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Trap)", the first episode of the science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) television series Star Trek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) airs.
1966 - The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) - In Washington, DC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_DC), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts) is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein)'s Mass.
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) - Watergate Scandal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_Scandal): US President Gerald Ford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford) pardons former President Richard Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1974 - Evel Knievel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel)'s attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Falls%2C_Idaho), Idaho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho), fails after a parachute prematurely deploys on his "sky cycle."
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) - Gays in the military (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gays_in_the_military): US Air Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich), a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War), appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_magazine) with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual." He is later given a general discharge.
1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991) - Republic of Macedonia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia) becomes independent.
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) - A Boeing 737 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737) operating USAir Flight 427 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_427) carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_International_Airport). There are no survivors.
1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998) - At Busch Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busch_Stadium) in St. Louis, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%2C_Missouri), Mark McGwire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McGwire) breaks Roger Maris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Maris)' 1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) record of 61 home runs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run) hit in a single season.
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) - US Attorney General Janet Reno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno) names former US Senator John Danforth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Danforth) to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Davidian) church near Waco, Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco%2C_Texas) in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco:_The_Rules_of_Engagement) contradicting the official government stories.
2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000) - The Republic of Albania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania) officially joins the World Trade Organization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization), as Albania.
2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001) - Durban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban), South Africa hosts the World Conference against Racism.
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) - Brianna LaHara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brianna_LaHara), a 12-year-old U.S. schoolgirl, is sued by the RIAA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA) for sharing music illegally.
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) - The NASA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA) unmanned spacecraft Genesis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28spacecraft%29) crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.