what happened in history. . .

[katt]

go to this website:

http://www.answers.com/

on the top of the page, find the search box. . .type in the month andday of your birthday. . . then click go. . .it will bring up events,birthdays, and deaths that happened on that day! here is mine:

[align=center]June 4[/align]

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  [align=left]in 780 bc the first solar eclipse was recorded in china[/align]
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  [align=left]1917 the first pulitzer prize was awarded[/align]
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  [align=left]1919 congress passed the 19th amendment[/align]
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  [align=left]i share my birthday with both Hippocrates (460 bc) and Socrates (470 bc)[/align]
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  [align=left]i also share my birthday with angelina jolie (1975)[/align]
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  [align=left]on my birthday in 1798 the giacomo casanova died[/align]

[align=left]now on winnie's birthday (july 16th) john f.kennedy jr. died in the plane crash, in 1973 the water gate scandal,she also shares her birthday with will ferrel, and it is national icecream day![/align]
[align=left]herman didn't have anything all to special on his birthday. . .[/align]

 

[Michaela]

August 16[suP]th[/suP]

1868 - Arica, Peru (nowChile) is devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake andtsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000people in all.

1987 - AMcDonnell Douglas MD-82carrying Northwest Airlines Flight255 crashes on take-off fromDetroit Metropolitan Airport,killing 155 passengers and crew. The sole survivor is four-year-oldCecelia Cichan.

2005 -West Caribbean Airways Flight708 crashes nearMachiques,Venezuela, killing the 160aboard.

I share my birthday withMadonna, the boy who plays Boyd in neighbours and the girl whowill play Luna Lovegood in the next Harry Potter film (she was born inthe same year as me too, and is from Ireland)

Elvis Presley died on my Birthday.

 

[maherwoman]

April 21st

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• 753BC - Romulusand Remus found Rome(traditional).
• 1509- Henry VIII ascendsthe throne of England (unofficially) at the death of his father,HenryVII
• 1836 -TexasRevolution:Battle of SanJacinto –Republic ofTexas forces underSam Houston defeattroops underMexicanGeneralAntonioLópez de SantaAnna.
• 1863 -Bahá'u'lláh declareshis mission as"Hewhom God shall make manifest". Considered the founder of theBahá'íFaith.
• 1898 -Spanish-AmericanWar: TheU.S.Congress, on April25, recognizes that a state of war exists between theUnited States andSpain as of thisdate.
• 1918 -World War I:German fighter aceManfred vonRichthofen, known as"The RedBaron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme inFrance.
• 1930- A fire at a Columbus,Ohio, USA,penitentiary kills 320people.
• 1944 - Womenin France receive theright to vote.
• 1952-Secretary'sDay (nowAdministrativeProfessionals' Day) is firstcelebrated.
• 1975 -Vietnam War:President ofSouth VietnamNguyen VanThieu fleesSaigon, asXuan Loc,the last SouthVietnamese outpost blocking a directNorth Vietnameseassault onSaigon,falls.
• 1994 - Thefirst discoveries ofextrasolarplanets are announced byastronomerAlexanderWolszczan.

Birthdays

1816 -CharlotteBrontë, English author (d.1855)
1947 -Iggy Pop, Americanmusician (TheStooges)
1926 -Queen Elizabeth IIof the United Kingdom
1951 -Tony Danza, Americanactor and talk show host
1954 -JamesMorrison, American actor
1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress
1959 - RobertSmith, British musician(The Cure)
1959 - Jerry Only,American musician (TheMisfits)
1959 - MichaelTimmins, Canadian musician(Cowboy Junkies)
1960 -Michel Goulet,Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Rosie "maherwoman", RO Mod (hehe)

Deaths

1073 - Pope Alexander II
1509 - KingHenry VII ofEngland (b. 1457)
1910 -Mark Twain, Americanauthor and humorist (b.1835)
1977 -Gummo Marx, Americanactor and comedian (b.1892)
1996 - Jimmy theGreek, American bookie and sports broadcaster (b.1919)
2003 -Nina Simone,American singer and pianist (b.1933)

Interesting.....
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[JadeIcing]

Bold ones are my fave. Bold Red ones Rock!

Events
331 BC - Greek Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa;later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the SouthAfrican College Schools.
1843 - News of the World began publication in London.
1854 - The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron LufkinDennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the WalthamWatch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
1890 - The Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1898 - Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
1908 - Ford introduces the Model T car.
1910 - A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1931 - The original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
1939 - After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city.
1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1943 - World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
1946 - Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1958 - NASA created to replace NACA.
1962 - Johnny Carson begins a 30-year run as the host of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at NBC.
1963 - California State Board of Education created.
1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 - EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.
1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1983 - Horizons opens at EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.
1992 - Cartoon Network debuts.
1993 - Polly Klaas is kidnapped by Richard Allen Davis during a slumberparty at her Petaluma, California, home; Davis will be sentenced todeath for murdering Klaas.
2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali.
2006 - Age discrimination in employment is made illegal in the United Kingdom.
2006 - The final patent claim on the GIF file format, held by IBM, expires.

Births
1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
1924 - James Earl Carter, Jr., 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player

 

[Michaela]

Oops, I forgot about Pebble and Ebony's Birthday!

March 17[suP]th[/suP] (green felt appropriate!)

Of course it's St Patrick's day

1845 - the rubber band is invented lol

1901 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

1958 - TheUnited States launches theVanguard 1satellite.

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Here's mine.

16th December:

Events

• 1392- Historku-cho -EmperorGo-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rivalclaimantGo-Komatsu.
• 1431-HenryVI of England is crownedKingof France atNotreDame inParis.
• 1598-SevenYear War:Battleof Noryang Point - The final battle ofthe Seven Year War is fought between the Korean and Japanese navies,resulting in a decisive Korean victory.
• 1653-EnglishInterregnum:TheProtectorate -OliverCromwell becomesLordProtector of theCommonwealthof England,ScotlandandIreland.
• 1689-ConventionParliament: The Declaration ofRight is embodied in theBill ofRights.
• 1761-SevenYears' War: After four-month siege, theRussians underPyotrRumyantsev take the Prussian fortress ofKolobrzeg.
• 1773-AmericanRevolution:BostonTea Party - Members of theSonsof Liberty disguised asMohawksdump crates of tea intoBostonharbor as a protest against theTeaAct.
• 1811- The first two in a series of severeearthquakesoccurs, in the vicinity ofNewMadrid, Missouri.
• 1838-Battleof Blood River:Voortrekkersled byAndriesPretorius combatZuluimpis,led by Dambuza (Nzobo) andNdlelakaSompisi in what is todayKwaZulu-Natal,SouthAfrica.
• 1850-Historyof New Zealand: TheCharlotte-Janeand theRandolphbring the first of theCanterburyPilgrims toLyttelton.
• 1864-AmericanCivil War:Franklin-NashvilleCampaign -Battleof Nashville - Major GeneralGeorgeH. Thomas'sUnionforces defeat Lieutenant GeneralJohnBell Hood'sConfederateArmy of Tennessee.
• 1893-AntonínDvo?ák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op.95, "From The New World" was given its world premiere at Carnagie Hall.
• 1899-BrooklynChildren's Museum opens.
• 1910- During a ground test of hisCoand?-1910plane,HenriCoand?, caught unaware by the power ofthe engine, finds himself briefly airborne and loses control of themachine which crashes to the ground.
• 1922-Presidentof PolandGabrielNarutowicz is assassinated byEligiuszNiewiadomski at the Zach?ta Gallery inWarsaw.
• 1925- A regular broadcasting service was instituted inCeylon.
• 1941-WorldWar II: Japanese occupyMiri,Sarawak
• 1942-Holocaust:Porajmos-HeinrichHimmler orders thatRomacandidates for extermination should be deported toAuschwitz.
• 1944-WorldWar II:Battleof the Bulge -GeneralDwightD. Eisenhower's allied forces andFieldMarshallGerdvon Rundstedt'sGermanarmy engage in the BelgianArdennes.
• 1946-LéonBlum becomesPrimeMinister of France.
• 1957-SirFeroz Khan Noon replacesIbrahimIsmail Chundrigar asPrimeMinister of Pakistan.
• 1960-1960New York air disaster: While approachingNew York'sIdlewildAirport, aUnitedAirlinesDouglasDC-8 collides with aTWALockheedSuper Constellation in a blindingsnowstormoverStatenIsland, killing 134.
• 1971-LiberationWar of Bangladesh &Indo-PakistaniWar of 1971: The surrender of thePakistanarmy simultaneously brings an end toboth conflicts.
• 1985-Mafia:InNewYork City,PaulCastellano andThomasBilotti are shot dead on the orders ofJohnGotti, who assumes leadership of theGambinofamily.
• 1989- Protest breaks out inTimi?oarain response to an attempt by the government to evict dissidentHungarianpastor,LászlóT?kés.
• 1991-UnitedNations General Assembly:UNGeneral Assembly Resolution 4686 revokesUNGeneral Assembly Resolution 3379 afterIsrael makes revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of itsparticipation in theMadridPeace Conference of 1991.
• 1997-TyphoonPaka makes landfall on the island ofGuamwith 150mphwinds.
• 1997 - ThePokémonepisodeElectricSoldier Porygon triggers attacks ofphotosensitiveepilepsy in hundreds ofJapanesechildren.
• 1998-Iraqdisarmament crisis:OperationDesert Fox - TheUnitedStates andUnitedKingdom bomb targets inIraq.
• 2005- The last scheduled edition of US radio programThe HowardStern Show is broadcast on terrestrialradio.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

All share the same Birthday date, (February 20) as me.

Sidney Poitier,BuffySainte-Marie,PhilEsposito,SandyDuncan,PeterStrauss,JenniferO'Neill,IvanaTrump,PattyHearst,CharlesBarkley,CindyCrawford,KurtCobain,LiliTaylor,BrentGretzky,andLaurenAmbrose.

1962 - JohnGlennbecomes the first American toorbit theearththree times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.

Rainbows!

 

[Pet_Bunny]

JadeIcing wrote:

Bold ones are my fave. Bold Red ones Rock!

October 1

Rainbows! arty:

 

[JadeIcing]

Pet_Bunny wrote:

JadeIcing wrote:

Boldones are my fave. Bold Red ones Rock!

October 1

Rainbows! arty:

How did you know???:shock:

 

[Pet_Bunny]

JadeIcing wrote:

How did you know???:shock:

Julie Andrews Birthday.

 

[JadeIcing]

Heh!

 

[Greta]

March 28 Events:

• 193 -Roman EmperorPertinax isassassinated byPraetorianGuards, who then sell the throne in anauction toDidiusJulianus.

• 845 -Paris is sacked byViking raiders, probablyunder RagnarLodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

• 1802 -Heinrich WilhelmMatthäus Olbers discovers2 Pallas, the secondasteroid known toman.

• 1935 -Robert Goddardlaunches the world's first successfulliquid-fuelledrocket.

• 1834 - TheUnited StatesSenate censuresPresidentAndrew Jacksonfor his actions in defunding theSecondBank of the United States.

• 1979 - InPennsylvania, apump in the reactor cooling system fails atThree MileIsland, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated watercausing a nuclearmeltdown.

• 2005 - The2005 Sumatranearthquake rocksIndonesia, and atmagnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since1960.

Births:

• 1842 -William HarveyCarney, American Civil War hero

• 1851 -BernardinoMachado, Portuguese President

• 1915 -Jay Livingston,American composer and songwriter

• 1921 -HerschelGrynszpan, German political assassin

• 1928 -AlexanderGrothendieck, German mathematician

• 1970 -Vince Vaughn,American actor

• 1968 -Iris Chang, Americanauthor

• 1976 -David Keuning,American guitarist(TheKillers)

• 1981 -Julia Stiles,American actress

• 1975 -Shanna Moakler,Former beauty queen

• 1969 -Brett Ratner,American film director

Deaths:

• 1285- Pope MartinIV

• 1870 -George HenryThomas, American general

• 1941 -Virginia Woolf,English feminist writer

• 1910 -David JosiahBrewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

• 1969 -Dwight D.Eisenhower, 34thPresidentof the United States

• 2006 -CasparWeinberger,UnitedStates Secretary of Defense

 

[maherwoman]

See my notes in red below...

Greta wrote:

March 28 Events:

• 193 -Roman EmperorPertinax isassassinated byPraetorianGuards, who then sell the throne in anauction toDidiusJulianus.

• 845 -Paris is sacked byViking raiders, probablyunder RagnarLodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

• 1802 -Heinrich WilhelmMatthäus Olbers discovers2 Pallas, the secondasteroid known toman.

• 1935 -Robert Goddardlaunches the world's first successfulliquid-fuelledrocket.

• 1834 - TheUnited StatesSenate censuresPresidentAndrew Jacksonfor his actions in defunding theSecondBank of the United States.

• 1979 - InPennsylvania, apump in the reactor cooling system fails atThree MileIsland, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated watercausing a nuclearmeltdown.

• 2005 - The2005 Sumatranearthquake rocksIndonesia, and atmagnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since1960.

Births:

• 1842 -William HarveyCarney, American Civil War hero

• 1851 -BernardinoMachado, Portuguese President

• 1915 -Jay Livingston,American composer and songwriter

• 1921 -HerschelGrynszpan, German political assassin

• 1928 -AlexanderGrothendieck, German mathematician

• 1970 -Vince Vaughn,American actor

• 1968 -Iris Chang, Americanauthor

• 1976 -David Keuning,American guitarist(TheKillers)

• 1981 -Julia Stiles,American actress

• 1975 -Shanna Moakler,Former beauty queen

• 1969 -Brett Ratner,American film director
• 2006 - Flower born

Deaths:

• 1285- Pope MartinIV

• 1870 -George HenryThomas, American general

• 1941 -Virginia Woolf,English feminist writer

• 1910 -David JosiahBrewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

• 1969 -Dwight D.Eisenhower, 34thPresidentof the United States

• 2006 -CasparWeinberger,UnitedStates Secretary of Defense

 

[kellyjade]

June 13

1920 -The United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sentvia parcel post.

1934 - Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolinilater describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

1935 - In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the 10 to 1underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer in Long Island City, NewYork, and became the heavyweight champion of the world.

1970 - "TheLong and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.

I share a birthday with Tim Allen and Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen.
Alexander The Great died on my birthday.

Apollo shares a birthday with Virginia Woolf and Alicia Keys.:littlecake
Sophie shares a birthday with Paris Hilton.:littlecake

 

[BinkyRabbit33]

March 3rd

1920- Star Trek actor James Doohan born

1931- Star Spangled Banner became our national anthem

1845- Florida became the 27th US state


Same b-days: Alexander Graham Bell, Jessica Biel, Jean Harlow


yep, today's my birthday

 

[Johncdn]

September 18

323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battleof Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the RomanEmpire.

1759 - The British capture Quebec City.

1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.

1867 - John Alexander Macdonald 1815-1891 wins first Dominionof Canada election, defeating George Brown with 51.1% of the popularvote; gets 108 seats to Liberal 72; balloting took place from Aug 9 toSept 18

1919 - The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.

1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.

1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.

1947 - The United States Air Force becomes an independent service.

1948 - Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman electedto the US Senate without completing another senator's term when shedefeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.

1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.

1983 - Members of the rock band KISS reveal their faces on television for the first time.

 

[JadeIcing]

Dallas Jinx Jones born Febuary 11th 2006.
The births are awesome!


Events

• 660BC - Traditional founding date ofJapanbyEmperorJimmu.
• 1752-PennsylvaniaHospital, 1st hospital in theUnitedStates, opens.
• 1790-ReligiousSociety of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitionsU.S.Congress forabolitionofslavery.It failed.
• 1794- First session ofUnitedStates Senate open to the public.
• 1861-AmericanCivil War:UnitedStates House of Representatives unanimously passes aresolution guaranteeing noninterference withslaveryin any state.
• 1916- EmmaGoldman arrested for lecturing onbirthcontrol.
• 1941- First Gold record presented toGlennMiller for"ChattanoogaChoo Choo".
• 1963- TheBeatles tape 10 tracks for their first album,including"Please,Please Me".
• 1964- At theWashington,DCColiseum,TheBeatles have their 1st live appearance in theUnitedStates.
• 1973-VietnamWar: First release ofAmericanprisonersof war fromVietnamtakes place.
• 1990-NelsonMandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freedfrom Victor Verster prison outsideCapeTown,SouthAfrica.
• 2006- U.S. Vice PresidentDickCheney accidentally shootsHarryWhittington while hunting.

1917-SidneySheldon, American author

[*]1919- EvaGabor, Hungarian-born actress (d.1995)
[*]1936-BurtReynolds, American actor
[*]1956-CatherineHickland, American actress
[*]1962-SherylCrow, American singer/songwriter, musician
[*]1964- KenShamrock, American martial artist, professionalwrestler and actor
[*]1969-JenniferAniston, American actress
[*]1972- CraigJones, AmericanSampler(Slipknot)
[*]1974-D'Angelo,American singer
[*]1977- MikeShinoda, American singer(LinkinPark)
[*]1979-BrandyNorwood, American singer
[*]1980-NatashaBobo, American actress
[*]1980 -MatthewLawrence, American actor
[*]1981-KellyRowland, American singer(Destiny'sChild) [/list]

 

[Crystalballl]

August 27
Events

• 479BC -Greco-PersianWars:Persianforces led byMardoniusare routed byPausanias,theSpartancommander of theGreekarmy in theBattleof Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on thesame day in theBattleof Mycale, thePersianinvasion ofGreeceended.
• 410-Visigothsack ofRomeends after three days.
• 1232- TheFormularyof Adjudications is promulgated byRegentH?j?Yasutoki. (TraditionalJapanesedate:August10,1232)
• 1776-Battleof Long Island, in present dayBrooklyn,NewYork,Britishforces underGeneralWilliamHowe defeatAmericansunderGeneralGeorgeWashington.
• 1798-UnitedIrishmen andFrenchforces clash with theBritisharmy in theBattleof Castlebar, part of theIrishRebellion of 1798.
• 1813-Napoleondefeats theAustrians,RussiansandPrussiansat theBattleof Dresden.
• 1828- TheRussiansdefeat theTurksat theBattleof Akhalzic.
• 1859-Petroleumdiscovered inTitusville,Pennsylvania. World's first successfuloilwell.
• 1861-Unionforces attackCapeHatteras,NorthCarolina
• 1883-Krakatoa,anIndonesianvolcano,erupts. It is one of the most violent volcanic events in modern times.
• 1896-Anglo-ZanzibarWar: the shortestwarin world history (9:02 to 9:40) between theUnitedKingdom andZanzibar.
• 1900-BritishdefeatBoercommandos at Bergendal.
• 1920- Radio Argentina begins regularly scheduled transmissions from theTeatro Coliseo inBuenosAires, considered the world's first public broadcaststation.
• 1928-Kellogg-BriandPact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations.
• 1937- The automobile division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works is spun offinto theToyotaMotor Corporation.
• 1939- First flight of theHeinkelHe 178, the first modernjetaircraft.
• 1952- Reparation negotiations betweenWestGermany andIsraelend inLuxembourg;WestGermany to pay 3 billionDeutschmark.
• 1957- TheConstitutionof Malaysia came into force.
• 1962- Mariner2 launched toVenus.
• 1969- The first installment of theOtokowa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man)movies is released inJapan.Director and screenplay writerYojiYamada went on to make 48 installments of the series,which is recognized in theGuinnessBook of World Records as the longest running movieseries.
• 1979- AnIRAbomb killsLordMountbatten and 3 others on holiday inSligo,Republicof Ireland. Another nearWarrenpoint,NorthernIreland kills 18Britishsoldiers.
• 1985- TheNigeriangovernment is peacefully overthrown byArmyChief of Staff Maj. Gen.IbrahimBabangida. Rohit Mallick is born in Perth Amboy, NJ.
• 1990- TheBritishBroadcasting Corporation launchesBBCRadio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports,news, and children's programming. The station broadcasts for eighteenhours per day.
• 1991- TheEuropeanCommunity recognizes the independence of theBalticstates:Estonia,LatviaandLithuania.
• 1991 -Moldovadeclares independence from theUSSR.
• 1993- TheFloridaDepartment of Transportation decides to ceaseproducing its distinctive coloredU.S.Highway shields so that it can make use ofFederalfunds for those signs.
• 1993 - TheRainbowBridge, connectingTokyo'sShibauraand the island ofOdaiba,is completed.
• 2000-OstankinoTower inMoscowcatches fire, three people are killed.
• 2003-Marsmakes its closest approach toEarthin nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles(55,758,006 kilometers) fromEarth.
• 2006-ComairFlight 5191 crashed en route fromBlueGrass Airport inLexington,Kentucky, toHartsfield-JacksonInternational Airport inAtlanta,Georgia. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard theflight were confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.

 

[Aina]

July 21

1969 -Neil A.Armstrong and Edwin"Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon. - Apollo11

Births:

• 356 BC -Alexander theGreat

This year on my birthday the final Harry Potter book comes out. :colors:

 

[Matsuro]

August 3rd

Events

• 8 -Roman EmpiregeneralTiberius defeatsDalmatians on theriver Bathinus.
• 435 -DeposedPatriarchof ConstantinopleNestorius, consideredthe originator of theChristological"heresy" (at the time)known asNestorianism, wasexiled byByzantineEmperorTheodosius II toa monastery inEgypt.
• 881- Battleof Saucourt-en-Vimeu, whereLouis III ofFrance defeated theVikings, an eventcelebrated in the poemLudwigslied
• 1492- ChristopherColumbus sets sail fromPalos de laFrontera,Spain.
• 1492 - TheJews ofSpain are expelled by theCatholicMonarchs.
• 1527- First known letter was sent fromNorth America byJohn Rut while atSt.John's,Newfoundland.
• 1635- The third of theTokugawashoguns,Iemitsu,establishes the system of alternate attendance(sankin kotai) bywhich the feudal daimy?are required to spend one year atEdo Castle inTokyo and one year backhome at their feudal manor, while their families remained inTokyo as virtualpolitical hostages. (TraditionalJapaneseDate: June 21,1635).
• 1645- Thirty Years'War:SecondBattle of Nördlingen (Battle of Allerheim) - A French army underthe command ofLouisde Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien andMarshalHenri,Vicomte de Turenne attacks and defeats anImperialarmy, led by FieldMarshal Franz,Freiherr von Mercy at Alerheim, nearNördlingen,Germany.
• 1678-RobertLaSalle builds theLe Griffon,the first known ship built inAmerica.
• 1783- Mount Asamaerupts in Japan, killing35,000 people.
• 1860- The SecondMaori War begins inNewZealand.
• 1900-FirestoneTire & Rubber Companyfounded.
• 1914 -World War I:Germany declares waragainstFrance.
• 1916- World War I:Battle ofRomani - Allied forces, under the command ofArchibaldMurray, defeat an attackingOttoman army,under the command ofKress vonKressenstein, securing theSuez Canal, andbeginning the Ottoman retreat from theSinai.
• 1923 - Thedeceased Warren G.Harding succeeded byVicePresidentCalvin Coolidgeas the 30thPresidentof the UnitedStates.
• 1934 -Adolf Hitlerbecomes the supreme leader ofGermany by joining theoffices of Presidentand Chancellor intoFührer.
• 1936- Jesse Owens winsthe 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at BerlinOlympics.
• 1940 -World War II:Italy invadesBritishSomaliland.
• 1946-NationalBasketball Association is founded in theUnitedStates.
• 1948 -WhittakerChambers accusesAlger Hiss of beinga communist and aspy for theSovietUnion.
• 1958 -The nuclearsubmarineUSSNautilus travels beneath theArctic icecap.
• 1960 -Niger gains independencefromFrance.
• 1972- U.S. Senateratifies theAnti-BallisticMissileTreaty.
• 1975 -A privately charteredBoeing 707 impacts themountainside nearAgadir,Morocco killing188.
• 1977 -United StatesSenate Hearing onMKULTRA.
• 1981- In the UnitedStates,Air trafficcontrollers affiliated with theProfessionalAir Traffic Controllers Organization walk off the job. PresidentRonald Reaganultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return towork.
• 1981 -Senegalese oppositionparties, under the leadership ofMamadou Dia,launches theAntiimperialistAction Front-Suxxali ReewMi.
• 1996 -GeneralWilliam F.Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the1993 raid inSomalia, and he retiredfrom militaryservice.
• 1997 -OuedEl-Had and Mezouara massacre inAlgeria; 40-76villagerskilled.
• 2001 - TheRealIRA detonate a car bomb inEaling,London,U.K injuringseven people. (See3 August2001 Ealingbombing).
• 2004- The pedestal of theStatue ofLiberty reopens after being closed since theSeptember 11,2001attacks.
• 2005- PresidentMaaouyaOuld Sid'Ahmed Taya ofMauritania isoverthrown in a militarycoup while attending thefuneral ofKing Fahd inSaudiArabia.
• 2006 -Pamela Andersonand Kid Rock, getmarried.

1509 -Étienne Dolet,French scholar (d.1546)[*]1604- John Eliot,English missionary (d.1690)[*]1692- John Henley,English clergyman (d.1759)[*]1770- KingFriedrichWilhelm III of Prussia (d.1840)[*]1801- Joseph Paxton,English gardener (d.1865)[*]1808- Hamilton Fish,American politician (d.1893)[*]1811- Elisha GravesOtis, American inventor (d.1861)[*]1817-ArchdukeAlbert, Austrian general (d.1895)[*]1832- Ivan Zajc, Croatiancomposer (d.1914)[*]1856- Alfred Deakin,2ndPrimeMinister of Australia (d.1919)[*]1860- W.K.Dickson, Scottish inventor (d.1935)[*]1867- StanleyBaldwin,PrimeMinister of the United Kingdom (d.1947)[*]1872- King HaakonVII of Norway (d.1957)[*]1887- Rupert Brooke,English poet (d.1915)[*]1894- HarryHeilmann, baseball player (d.1951)[*]1895- MargueriteNichols, American actress (d.1941)[*]1899- Louis Chiron,race car driver (d.1979)[*]1900- Ernie Pyle,American war correspondent (d.1945)[*]1900 -John T. Scopes,American defendant (d. 1970)[*]1901- Stefan CardinalWyszy?ski, Polish Catholic prelate (d.1981)[*]1903- HabibBourguiba, Tunisian Politician (d.2000)[*]1904- Clifford D.Simak, American author (d.1988)[*]1905- Dolores delRio, Mexican-born actress (d.1983)[*]1905 -Franz CardinalKönig, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d.2004)[*]1916- José ManuelMoreno, Argentine footballer (d.1978)[*]1918- SidneyGottlieb, American CIA official (d.1999)[*]1920- P. D. James,Englishnovelist[*]1920 -Hayden Carruth,American poet and literarycritic[*]1923 -ShenoudaIII of Alexandria, Pope of theCopticChristianity[*]1924- Leon Uris, Americannovelist (d.2003)[*]1925- Marv Levy, Americanfootball coach[*]1926- Tony Bennett,American singer[*]1926 -AnthonySampson, British journalist (d.2004)[*]1927- Gordon Scott,American actor[*]1934- HaystacksCalhoun, wrestler (d.1989)[*]1934 -Jonas Savimbi,Angolan political leader {d.2002)[*]1935- Georgi Shonin,cosmonaut (d.1997)[*]1936- EdwardPetherbridge, Englishactor[*]1937 -Steven Berkoff,British actor[*]1937 -Diane Wakoski,American poet[*]1938 -Terry Wogan, Irishtelevisionpresenter[*]1939 -Jimmy Nicol,British musican[*]1940- Lance Alworth,American football player[*]1940 -Martin Sheen,American actor[*]1941- Beverly Lee,American singer(Shirelles)[*]1941- MarthaStewart, American mediapersonality[*]1946 -JackStraw, Britishpolitician[*]1948 -Jean-PierreRaffarin, Prime Minister ofFrance[*]1950 -John Landis,American filmdirector[*]1951 -Marcel Dionne,Canadian hockey player[*]1951 -Jay North, Americanactor[*]1952 -OsvaldoArdiles, Argentinefootballer[*]1952 -FrankSchaeffer, Americanauthor[*]1957 -Mani Shankar,Indian filmmaker[*]1959 -John C.McGinley, AmericanActor[*]1959 -Martin Atkins,English drummer[*]1959 -Koichi Tanaka,Japanese scientist,Nobellaureate[*]1961- Lee Rocker,American musician (StrayCats)[*]1961 -Molly Hagan,AmericanActress[*]1963 -James Hetfield,American musician(Metallica)[*]1963- Ed Roland, Americanmusician (CollectiveSoul)[*]1964 -Lucky Dube, SouthAfrican reggaemusician[*]1966 -Eric "Butterbean"Esch, Americanboxer[*]1970 -Gina G, Britishsinger[*]1971 -DJ Spinderella,American rapper(Salt-N-Pepa)[*]1972- SandisOzolinsh, Latvian hockeyplayer[*]1976 -Troy Glaus, Americanbaseball player[*]1977- Tom Brady, Americanfootball player[*]1978- Mariusz Jop,Polish footballplayer[*]1979 -EvangelineLilly, Canadianmodel/actress[*]1984- Jon Foster,American Actor[*]1986- CharlotteCasiraghi, daughter ofPrincessCaroline of Monaco[/list]

1181 -Pope AlexanderIII (b.1105?)[*]1460- King James IIof Scotland (b.1430)[*]1527- ScaramucciaTrivulzio, Italiancardinal[*]1546 -Antonioda Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b.1484)[*]1546 -Étienne Dolet,French scholar and printer (b.1509)[*]1604- Bernardino deMendoza, Spanish militarycommander[*]1621 -Guillaume duVair, French writer (b.1556)[*]1667- FrancescoBorromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b.1599)[*]1712- Joshua Barnes,English scholar (b.1654)[*]1720- AnthonieHeinsius, Dutch statesman (b.1641)[*]1721- GrinlingGibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b.1648)[*]1761- JohannMatthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b.1691)[*]1773- Stanis?awKonarski, Polish writer (b.1700)[*]1780- ÉtienneBonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b.1715)[*]1792- RichardArkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b.1732)[*]1797-JeffreyAmherst, British military commander (b.1717)[*]1805- ChristopherAnstey, English writer (b.1724)[*]1857- Eugène Sue, Frenchnovelist (b.1804)[*]1867- Philipp AugustBöckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b.1785)[*]1877- William ButlerOgden, American politician, 1st Mayorof Chicago(b.1805)[*]1879- Joseph Severn,English painter (b.1793)[*]1916- Sir RogerCasement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b.1864)[*]1917- FerdinandGeorg Frobenius, German mathematician (b.1849)[*]1924- Joseph Conrad,Polish-born writer (b.1857)[*]1929- Emil Berliner,German-born telephone and recording pioneer (b.1851)[*]1929 -ThorsteinVeblen, American economist (b.1857)[*]1942- RichardWillstätter, German chemist,Nobel PrizeLaureate (b.1872)[*]1954- Colette, Frenchwriter (b.1873)[*]1964- FlanneryO'Connor, American writer (b.1925)[*]1966- Lenny Bruce,American comedian (b.1925)[*]1973- RichardMarshall, U.S. Army general (b.1895)[*]1977- Alfred Lunt,American actor (b.1892)[*]1977 -Makarios III,Archbishopand firstPresident ofCyprus (b.1913)[*]1979- Bertil Ohlin,Swedish economist,Nobel PrizeLaureate (b.1899)[*]1983- Carolyn Jones,American actress (b.1930)[*]1993- SwamiChinmayananda,spread the teachings ofVedanta (b.1916)[*]1995- Ida Lupino,English actress and director (b.1914)[*]1995 -EdwardWhittemore, American writer (b.1933)[*]1998- AlfredSchnittke, Russian composer (b.1934)[*]2001- ChristopherHewett, British actor (b.1922)[*]2002- CarmenSilvera, British actress (b.1922)[*]2003- RogerVoudouris, American singer and songwriter (b.1954)[*]2004- HenriCartier-Bresson, French photographer (b.1908)[*]2005- Françoised'Eaubonne, French feminist (b.1920)[*]2005 -Steven Vincent,American journalist (b.1955)[*]2006- ArthurLee, American psychedelic rock musician (b.1945)[*]2006 -ElisabethSchwarzkopf, German opera singer (b.1915)[/list]EquatorialGuinea -Armed ForcesDay.[*]Niger -IndependenceDay.[*]Jewish dayof mourning, known asTisha B'Av, of thedestruction of the first - and the secondtemple inJerusalem.[*]Kentucky- Watermelon Day[/list]