Anything interesting happen on your birthday?
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Well apparently when I was born this happened: Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
And in 1128: Pope Honorius II grants a Papal Sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God
And those that like Orlando Bloom, I share his birthday though he was born 8 years prior to me(I found that out either when FotR came out or when the first Pirates movie came out)
Oh and Wyatt Earp died in LA on my birthday in 1929....
And in 1128: Pope Honorius II grants a Papal Sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God
And those that like Orlando Bloom, I share his birthday though he was born 8 years prior to me(I found that out either when FotR came out or when the first Pirates movie came out)
Oh and Wyatt Earp died in LA on my birthday in 1929....
anyone who wants linkage to things that happened on my birthday (there was something about hitler in there...i skimmed it) can go here:
http://www.historyorb.com/events/january/13
http://hereisthecity.com/2012/01/13/11-things-that-happened-this-day-in-history-13th-january/
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january13th.html
it's where I got everything from
http://www.historyorb.com/events/january/13
http://hereisthecity.com/2012/01/13/11-things-that-happened-this-day-in-history-13th-january/
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january13th.html
it's where I got everything from
Holy crap, it's my birthday today too! (It is, honest!) I'm 22 now. I've always loved the meteor shower being on my birthday. I like to joke about it being 'the heavens declaring my glory.'Malconvoker said:
Also, I enjoy being a Leo. The description is always uncannily accurate too... heh, sometimes that's good, sometimes it's bad.
Yesterday my girlfriend gave me a few presents, including a little figurine of Khal Drogo, a beautiful pouch for my pipe tobacco, and the DVD set of the last season of Spartacus. And the Castlevania pre-order coming out this month on Steam.
At the end of this week, I will be having a gathering of friends, at which we will probably /hopefully/ get a bit too drunk.
All this sounds awesome, I know... But this day, the day of my birthday, is always a touch disappointing for some reason. I can't remember ever being able to celebrate on my actual birthday. I know it doesn't matter and it's 'just another day,' but it's hard to shake the feeling that I'm doing something wrong haha wasting time or something
December, 23th
-Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
-Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca, Mexico)
-1688 ? As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
-1936 ? First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
-1972 ? A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
-1972 ? The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
-1982 ? The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
-2003 ? PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
Uhm.... radishes are pretty cool, I guess?
-Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
-Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca, Mexico)
-1688 ? As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
-1936 ? First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
-1972 ? A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
-1972 ? The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
-1982 ? The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
-2003 ? PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
Uhm.... radishes are pretty cool, I guess?
July 16th
1945- The Atomic age begins as the US successfully detonates the first plutonium based nuclear weapon.
1969- The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11 is launched from Cape Canaveral
1979- Sudam Hussein becomes leader of Iraq
1999- Jon Kenedy Jr. And his wife die when he crashes his personal plane in Martha's Vineyard
1945- The Atomic age begins as the US successfully detonates the first plutonium based nuclear weapon.
1969- The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11 is launched from Cape Canaveral
1979- Sudam Hussein becomes leader of Iraq
1999- Jon Kenedy Jr. And his wife die when he crashes his personal plane in Martha's Vineyard
9/22
1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
1792 - The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863.
1903 - Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.
1914 - Three British cruisers were sunk by one German submarine in the North Sea. 1,400 British sailors were killed. This event alerted the British to the effectiveness of the submarine.
1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully.
1955 - Commercial television began in Great Britain. The rules said that only six minutes of ads were allowed each hour and there was no Sunday morning TV permitted.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a congressional act that established the Peace Corps.
1964 - "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." debuted on NBC-TV.
1966 - The U.S. lunar probe Surveyor 2 crashed into the moon.
1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.
1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war.
1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressed the U.N. General Assembly and voiced a new hope for arms control. He also criticized the Soviet Union for arresting U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
1988 - Canada's government apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadian's during World War II. They also promised compensation.
1990 - Saudi Arabia expelled most of the Yememin and Jordanian envoys in Riyadh. The Saudi accusations were unspecific.
1991 - An article in the London newspaper "The Mail" revealed that John Cairncross admitted to being the "fifth man" in the Soviet Union's British spy ring.
1992 - The U.N. General Assembly expelled Yugoslavia for its role in the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1994 - The U.S. upgraded its military control in Haiti.
1998 - The U.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia's nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton addressed the United Nations and told world leaders to "end all nuclear tests for all time". He then sent the long-delayed global test-ban treaty to the U.S. Senate.
1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
1792 - The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863.
1903 - Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.
1914 - Three British cruisers were sunk by one German submarine in the North Sea. 1,400 British sailors were killed. This event alerted the British to the effectiveness of the submarine.
1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully.
1955 - Commercial television began in Great Britain. The rules said that only six minutes of ads were allowed each hour and there was no Sunday morning TV permitted.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a congressional act that established the Peace Corps.
1964 - "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." debuted on NBC-TV.
1966 - The U.S. lunar probe Surveyor 2 crashed into the moon.
1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.
1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war.
1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressed the U.N. General Assembly and voiced a new hope for arms control. He also criticized the Soviet Union for arresting U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
1988 - Canada's government apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadian's during World War II. They also promised compensation.
1990 - Saudi Arabia expelled most of the Yememin and Jordanian envoys in Riyadh. The Saudi accusations were unspecific.
1991 - An article in the London newspaper "The Mail" revealed that John Cairncross admitted to being the "fifth man" in the Soviet Union's British spy ring.
1992 - The U.N. General Assembly expelled Yugoslavia for its role in the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1994 - The U.S. upgraded its military control in Haiti.
1998 - The U.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia's nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton addressed the United Nations and told world leaders to "end all nuclear tests for all time". He then sent the long-delayed global test-ban treaty to the U.S. Senate.
Wow, you developed pretty fast. Doesn't this make you the smartest man who has ever lived or is this some aging condition wherein you live your life in a single day? Strange that I haven't heard anything of a meteor shower today, not that I'd be able to see anything through these clouds.Malconvoker said:
All history remembers of my birthday is that three people died. What a downer.
21st December. Could have had the apocalypse last year, if the Mayans got their numbers right!
As for historical value, nothing really interesting happened. But I did learn I celebrate my birthday alongside this badass:
As for historical value, nothing really interesting happened. But I did learn I celebrate my birthday alongside this badass:
Woke up in Bangkok at 2 am with explosive diarrhoea, while on the bog I then puked over all of the bathroom, the spasms caused me to go from both ends at the same time, and it was my birthday
Well next year, my birthday (March 2nd) shares the date with the 2013-2014 Oscars. So for the 18th birthday I am hosting a fancy tie oscar party. Cause why not?
I also share a birthday with Daniel Craig. *girly squee*
I also share a birthday with Daniel Craig. *girly squee*
I share a birthday with Saddam Hussein, Vernon Kay, Lauren Laverne and the Escapist's very own Trollnystan as I found out earlier this year.
