Your birthday

[Workdawg]

I stole this idea from 4chan's /b/... (it's not terrible like most of the board)

Just something interesting to read.

Go to wikipedia and type in your birthday, without the year. Post up cool events and/or birthdays that are on the same day. For bonus points maybe, other people read the events and try to guess what the date is, cheating is lame though.


On my birthday in...

1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.
1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).
1962 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1973 – Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
2002 – President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

These people were born in...
1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977)
1938 – Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1947 – David Bowie, English musician
1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
1967 – R. Kelly, American singer
1986 – Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French Canadian Pornstar

These people died in...
1324 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (b. 1254)
1642 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (b. 1564)
2002 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)

 

[Schmitty]

On my birthday in...

1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.
1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).
1962 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1973 – Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
2002 – President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

These people were born in...
1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977)
1938 – Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1947 – David Bowie, English musician
1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
1967 – R. Kelly, American singer
1986 – Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French Canadian Pornstar

These people died in...
1324 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (b. 1254)
1642 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (b. 1564)
2002 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)

Me and you share the same birthday.

 

[WhiteSpy9]

EVENTS

1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1905 – Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1957 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial.

Holidays and observances
Christianity – Feast day of St. Vincent, Anastasius of Persia.

 

[Schmitty]

^ im gunna guess Jan 22 - the Apple ad gave it away.

 

[Z-licious]

OMG Dan, you have the same birthday as Maria Ozawa! yummyyyyyyyyy!

 

[LASERBLUE135]

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1776 – South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1952 – In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

BORN...
1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park)
1975 – Will.i.am, American musician
1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress
1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football coach
1963 – Bret Michaels, American musician (Poison)
1961 – Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player ONLY NHLer from my hometown/area.

DIED...
44 BC – Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)

 

[Bartron8000]

1599 – The British East India Company is chartered.
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time.
1909 – Manhattan Bridge opens.
1946 – President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
1999 – Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, currently the tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
2007 – The massive Big Dig construction project in Boston, Massachusetts ends.

BIRTHS
1937 – Sir Anthony Hopkins
1942 – Andy Summers (The Police)
1943 – John Denver
1948 – Donna Summer
1959 – Val Kilmer

 

[Schmitty]

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1776 – South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1952 – In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

BORN...
1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park)
1975 – Will.i.am, American musician
1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress
1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football coach
1963 – Bret Michaels, American musician (Poison)
1961 – Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player ONLY NHLer from my hometown/area.

DIED...
44 BC – Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)

March 15th?

 

[WhiteSpy9]

that is correct

^ im gunna guess Jan 22 - the Apple ad gave it away.

 

[LASERBLUE135]

March 15th?

yepper-do

 

[YSOSLO]

Events-
1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1774 – Louis XVI becomes King of France.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is captured by a small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the 13 colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1796 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1837 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1857 – Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1863 – Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops during the American Civil War.
1864 – American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton was wounded slightly but immediately is promoted to Brigadier general.
1865 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
1865 – American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1877 – Romania declares itself independent from Turkey, following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. This act is recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
1893 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1940 – World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany.
1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1946 – First successful launch of a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
1969 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1979 – The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
1981 – François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French 5th republic.
1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers, mostly young women.
1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1996 – Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI).
1996 – A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.
2001 – In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
2002 – F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
2003 – The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
2005 – A hand grenade which was thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he was giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.

Holidays-
Confederate Memorial Day in North Carolina and South Carolina.....wtf....lol