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Here are some intresting historical events that strike me that occured on my bday.
1181 - Supernova seen in Cassiopia (i wish i was there to see it)
1578 - Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1944 - Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis (opps)
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association (dear god why on my birthday?i hate basketball)
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR (yes a nuke went off 2 times)
1970 - Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1971 - US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site (anybody see a pattern?)
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - France performs nuclear test (holy crap!)
1984 - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks (ugh that accutally happened on the day I was born)
1994 - Howard Stern drops out of NY gubernatorial race
1994 - Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway (hahahahaha)
AND NOW BEHOLD TEH DEATHZ!!!11!1!1!
1060 - Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1204 - Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered
1265 - Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle
1306 - V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered
1430 - Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
1476 - Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1526 - Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
1566 - Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
1578 - 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle
1578 - Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1584 - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
1598 - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1633 - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
1639 - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1666 - Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle
1708 - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
1712 - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
1821 - William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86
1850 - Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68
1856 - Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
1889 - Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
1891 - George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
1892 - Andrew & Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?)
1904 - Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
1915 - Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68
1919 - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
1920 - Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
1922 - Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40
1925 - Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies
1927 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61
1931 - Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
1936 - Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
1938 - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
1938 - Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
1938 - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
1940 - Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies
1942 - Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
1967 - Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
1975 - John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57
1977 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
1981 - Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80
1984 - Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1984 - Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
1984 - Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1985 - Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
1987 - Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56
1991 - Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
1992 - Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93
1992 - Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer
1993 - Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies
1993 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1994 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69
1994 - Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC, dies at 65
1994 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile, dies at 85
1995 - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
1995 - J Howard Smith Oil Tycoon, dies
1996 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59
1997 - Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122
People that share my birthday
1755 - Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
1900 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)
1929 - Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor (Sling Blade)
1960 - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round & Round)
1962 - Wesley Snipes, Orlando Fla, actor (New Jack City, Passenger 57)
1962 - Paul Williams, rock guitarist (Flock of Seagulls)
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior) (yes power warrior )
1969 - Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura) (intresting)
1984 - Brandon Steele (lazy american metalhead pc gamer who contributes dick to society)
1181 - Supernova seen in Cassiopia (i wish i was there to see it)
1578 - Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1944 - Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis (opps)
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association (dear god why on my birthday?i hate basketball)
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR (yes a nuke went off 2 times)
1970 - Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1971 - US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site (anybody see a pattern?)
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - France performs nuclear test (holy crap!)
1984 - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks (ugh that accutally happened on the day I was born)
1994 - Howard Stern drops out of NY gubernatorial race
1994 - Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway (hahahahaha)
AND NOW BEHOLD TEH DEATHZ!!!11!1!1!
1060 - Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1204 - Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered
1265 - Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle
1306 - V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered
1430 - Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
1476 - Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1526 - Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
1566 - Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
1578 - 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle
1578 - Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1584 - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
1598 - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1633 - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
1639 - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1666 - Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle
1708 - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
1712 - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
1821 - William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86
1850 - Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68
1856 - Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
1889 - Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
1891 - George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
1892 - Andrew & Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?)
1904 - Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
1915 - Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68
1919 - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
1920 - Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
1922 - Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40
1925 - Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies
1927 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61
1931 - Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
1936 - Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
1938 - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
1938 - Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
1938 - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
1940 - Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies
1942 - Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
1967 - Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
1975 - John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57
1977 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
1981 - Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80
1984 - Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1984 - Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
1984 - Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1985 - Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
1987 - Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56
1991 - Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
1992 - Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93
1992 - Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer
1993 - Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies
1993 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1994 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69
1994 - Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC, dies at 65
1994 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile, dies at 85
1995 - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
1995 - J Howard Smith Oil Tycoon, dies
1996 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59
1997 - Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122
People that share my birthday
1755 - Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
1900 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)
1929 - Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor (Sling Blade)
1960 - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round & Round)
1962 - Wesley Snipes, Orlando Fla, actor (New Jack City, Passenger 57)
1962 - Paul Williams, rock guitarist (Flock of Seagulls)
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior) (yes power warrior )
1969 - Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura) (intresting)
1984 - Brandon Steele (lazy american metalhead pc gamer who contributes dick to society)