What's happened in history on your bdayWas thinking because a friend had a bday yesterday and the date is remembered for the VT stuffAnyone born on 9/11?My bday (feb 28) had the waco, tx stuff with Koresh
4/17/2008 11:05:21 AM
Oklahoma City bombing
4/17/2008 11:09:55 AM
I thought you said Tww was blocked at work for youand I'm probably gonna order that stuff this weekend so I'll get your code before then
4/17/2008 11:10:25 AM
Jonathan Brandis committed suicide on my birthday back in 2003
4/17/2008 11:11:03 AM
damn it has already been a year for the vt stuff
4/17/2008 11:11:12 AM
4/17/2008 11:12:11 AM
My birthday is January 1stNothing bad EVER happens on new year's day
4/17/2008 11:14:00 AM
1998 - Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500.1964 - Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.1461 - the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Forbidden City (which were doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin found himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, lost three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution he fled to his house and committed suicide by jumping down a well located within the walled compound of his urban Beijing home.322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
4/17/2008 11:16:15 AM
Robert Kennedy was shotRonald Reagen diedConway twitty died
4/17/2008 11:17:48 AM
# 1966 - Two-thirds of Florence, Italy is submerged as the Arno rivers flood; considering also the contemporary flood of Po River in northern Italy, 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and numerous Renaissance artworks and books are destroyed.# 1970 - Genie, a 13 year old feral child was found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.November 4th# 1979 - Iran hostage crisis begins: Iranian people, mostly students, invade the United States embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).# 1993 - A series of fires destroy 1000 homes in southern California, causing between 500 million and 1 billion USD of damage. Half of the fires turn out to be arson.# 1993 - A China Airlines Boeing 747 overran Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.# 1995 - Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extreme right-wing Israeli.# 2004 - 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Côte d'Ivoire civil war.nothing exciting
4/17/2008 11:19:38 AM
a guy in my suite turned 21 on 9/11and his parents were in nyc at the time
4/17/2008 11:24:10 AM
My "birthday week" tends to have had bad things...Lincoln shot, Titanic sank, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma City, Columbine, etc.But my birthday (Friday) seems as yet unscathed by anything major.
4/17/2008 11:25:34 AM
January 28th, 1986 (my 1st bday) - NASA Shuttle Challenger explodes seconds after takeoff, killing all crew members
4/17/2008 11:26:32 AM
King Hussein of Jordan died on my birthday
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Sept 23:1941 - First gas murder experiments conducted at Auschwitz1971 - Eric Montross was born1972 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos implements martial law in the Philippines1988 - Jose Canseco becomes the first member of the 40/40 club
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1865 - In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes. 1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison. 1955 - In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It was the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. 1977 - Star Wars is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise. 1979 - American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground. 1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. 1995 - The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla. 2002 - China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people. 2002 - A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people. and yes, star wars is a tragedy
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30 BC - Cleopatra commits suicide after her lover, Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium.1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.1944 - Waffen SS troops massacre more than 500 civil people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.1952 - The Night of the Murdered Poets - Thirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals were murdered in Moscow.1985 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.2000 - The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.2005 - An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.on the plus side:1908 - First Model T Ford built.1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is released. (<-- the day i was born)
4/17/2008 11:30:20 AM
Apr. 4thPresident William Henry Harrison died after 30 days in officeMLK was assassinated
4/17/2008 11:30:53 AM
am i winning with 10,000 deaths?woot!
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4/17/2008 11:34:36 AM
hahaha
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4/17/2008 11:42:33 AM
June 1st birthday here.193999 sailors are lost with the sinking of British submarine HMS Thetis.1929Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in south eastern Italy, overlooking the Bay of Naples. Lava from the earliest recorded eruption, 79AD, buried several Roman cities including Pompeii.1915World War I: the first German Zeppelin airship bombing raid on London.
4/17/2008 11:44:55 AM
My birthday is Judgement Day. beat that.[Edited on April 17, 2008 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ads]
4/17/2008 11:45:17 AM
^^ June 1st here too
4/17/2008 11:46:13 AM
March 8:1765 - The British House of Lords passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Some 90 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity had their skulls crushed with mallets by Pennsylvanian militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians. 1874 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States dies1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.1924 - The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States dies 1963 - The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a Coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command. 1965 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam1985 - A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175. 1999-Joe DiMaggio diedHowever:1927 - Dick Hyman was born. 1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
4/17/2008 11:48:04 AM
On March 10th Chuck Norris escaped the womb and struck germany with a swift roundhouse kickmillions were injured
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November 12, 2001 American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failureNovember 12, 1999 Earthquake kills 700 in Duzce, TurkeyNovember 12, 1998 New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streakNovember 12, 1997 Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004November 12, 1997 Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1996 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1995 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06November 12, 1995 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00November 12, 1995 Last day of Test cricket for Martin CroweNovember 12, 1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003November 12, 1995 New York MTA raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50November 12, 1995 STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbitNovember 12, 1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th timeNovember 12, 1991 "Full House" 100th episode-twins are bornNovember 12, 1991 Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1991 Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 dieNovember 12, 1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performancesNovember 12, 1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 yearsNovember 12, 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York CityNovember 12, 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)November 12, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.November 12, 1987 "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performancesNovember 12, 1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to MaineNovember 12, 1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss WorldNovember 12, 1986 France performs nuclear testNovember 12, 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimouslyNovember 12, 1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at BrisbaneNovember 12, 1985 STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch padNovember 12, 1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at AqueductNovember 12, 1984 Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"November 12, 1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvageNovember 12, 1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall TexasNovember 12, 1983 New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3November 12, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test SiteNovember 12, 1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leaderNovember 12, 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215November 12, 1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle VNovember 12, 1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)November 12, 1981 Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York CityNovember 12, 1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A'sNovember 12, 1981 Great Britain performs nuclear testNovember 12, 1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss WorldNovember 12, 1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1980 U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of SaturnNovember 12, 1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oilNovember 12, 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goalNovember 12, 1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assetsNovember 12, 1978 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performancesNovember 12, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf OpenNovember 12, 1977 Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New OrleansNovember 12, 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora IslandNovember 12, 1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" MorialNovember 12, 1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 yearsNovember 12, 1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policiesNovember 12, 1973 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 14th String Quartet premieresNovember 12, 1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 dieNovember 12, 1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103November 12, 1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cellNovember 12, 1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers UnionNovember 12, 1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVPNovember 12, 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19November 12, 1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcastNovember 12, 1968 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcastingNovember 12, 1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutionalNovember 12, 1967 Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf ClassicNovember 12, 1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7November 12, 1966 Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champNovember 12, 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 recordNovember 12, 1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fameNovember 12, 1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of PhilippinesNovember 12, 1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
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November 12, 1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champNovember 12, 1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward VenusNovember 12, 1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of LuxembourgNovember 12, 1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPHNovember 12, 1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164November 12, 1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem failsNovember 12, 1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVPNovember 12, 1958 Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young AwardNovember 12, 1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sightedNovember 12, 1955 1st West German officers sworn inNovember 12, 1955 Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II"November 12, 1955 E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fameNovember 12, 1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closedNovember 12, 1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of IsraelNovember 12, 1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home gamesNovember 12, 1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVPNovember 12, 1951 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performancesNovember 12, 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock AlaNovember 12, 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic CardsNovember 12, 1948 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunalNovember 12, 1947 KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)November 12, 1947 Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentencedNovember 12, 1946 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)November 12, 1946 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" releasedNovember 12, 1945 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)November 12, 1944 RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord NorwayNovember 12, 1943 Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in NetherlandsNovember 12, 1942 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal beganNovember 12, 1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow haltedNovember 12, 1941 WOV-AM and WNEW-AM in New York City swaps call lettersNovember 12, 1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)November 12, 1939 Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of DavidNovember 12, 1938 Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homelandNovember 12, 1936 Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'NeillNovember 12, 1936 Oakland Bay Bridge opensNovember 12, 1936 St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWittNovember 12, 1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)November 12, 1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0November 12, 1933 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is takenNovember 12, 1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in GermanyNovember 12, 1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosionNovember 12, 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1November 12, 1931 Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in LondonNovember 12, 1928 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110November 12, 1927 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opensNovember 12, 1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for greenNovember 12, 1927 Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictatorNovember 12, 1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debtsNovember 12, 1924 Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in ChevronNovember 12, 1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze powerNovember 12, 1921 Washington Conference for Limitation of ArmamentsNovember 12, 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissionerNovember 12, 1919 Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to AustraliaNovember 12, 1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republicNovember 12, 1915 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelagoNovember 12, 1915 Theodore W. Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistryNovember 12, 1914 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy warNovember 12, 1912 Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in AntarcticaNovember 12, 1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloonNovember 12, 1906 C W Gregory (NSW vs. Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumpsNovember 12, 1900 World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitorsNovember 12, 1899 British troops reach Durban NatalNovember 12, 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football playerNovember 12, 1892 Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in footballNovember 12, 1885 Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship gameNovember 12, 1873 Bay District Race Track opensNovember 12, 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his nameNovember 12, 1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opensNovember 12, 1813 Allied troops occupy Zwolle NethNovember 12, 1775 General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacksNovember 12, 1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treatyNovember 12, 1682 Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchyNovember 12, 1673 Dutch troops under Willem III occupy BonnNovember 12, 1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory endsNovember 12, 1591 Castiliaans army occupies ZaragozaNovember 12, 954 Lotharius becomes king of FranceNovember 12, 607 Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic PopeNovember 12, 295 Origin of Era of Ascension
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Not all of these were tragedies, but I thought some were a little odd2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.January 10, 1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) January 10, 1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL January 10, 1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, PeruJanuary 10, 1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 January 10, 1945 No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
4/17/2008 12:10:05 PM
not necessarily only tragedies, but general events. July 71994: North Yemeni forces capture Aden to bring an end to the two-month civil war.1990: American tennis player Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th women's singles title at Wimbledon.1990: In football, England goalkeeper Peter Shilton plays the last of his 125 games for his country in the World Cup third-place play-off against Italy in Bari.1985: German tennis player Boris Becker, an unseeded 17 year old, becomes the youngest player to win the men's singles championship at Wimbledon.1985: Robert Mugabe becomes the first President of the newly named Zimbabwe1982: In London, an intruder in Buckingham Palace - Micheal Fagan - breaks into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II and asks her for a cigarette while sitting on the end of her bed. The incident reveals a serious flaw in Palace security.1981: In Britain, the Church of England decides that divorcees are allowed to re-marry in a church ceremony.1974: In football's World Cup final, West Germany beat Holland 2-1.1967: England's round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.1967: British group The Beatles release All You Need Is Love which was recorded during the first live European television link-up.1955: In Britain, the first episode of the television police drama Dixon of Dock Green starring actor Jack Warner as London policeman George Dixon. The programme runs for 367 episodes during the next 21 years.1941: United States occupies Iceland.1937: In Britain, the Peel Report on the future of Palestine, recommends the setting up of separate Arab and Jewish states.1929: In Italy, the Vatican in the centre of Rome becomes a sovereign state.1927: Christopher Stone becomes first Britain's first radio disc jockey.1898: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA.1890: In America, the first execution by electric chair is carried out in New York.1883: The puppet character, Pinocchio, first appears in print. Carlo Lorenzini, under his pen name of Collodi, writes the cautionary children's story but is paid only 12 weeks' rent for the rights to what is to become one of the world's most popular children's classics.1814: The world's first authentic historical novel, 'Waverley' by Sir Walter Scott, is published.]
4/17/2008 12:21:25 PM
the worst tragedy of them all occured on my birthday:February 13, 1795 1st state university in U.S. opens, University of North Carolina
4/17/2008 12:24:52 PM
And here's how I win the thread:
4/17/2008 12:27:12 PM
the watts riots
4/17/2008 12:28:28 PM
the wat???!?s riots?
4/17/2008 12:28:57 PM
My birthday is 9/5. The only thing i found was that the events that the movie Munich was based on happened on 9/5/72i've got two close friends with b-days on 9/11. sucks for them.ok found more.other 9/5 tragedies:1698 - In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.1938 - Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.1969 - My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.]]
4/17/2008 12:29:41 PM
^^^^^[/thread]1963-President Kennedy assassinated.[Edited on April 17, 2008 at 12:32 PM. Reason : -]
4/17/2008 12:32:20 PM
pearl harbor
4/17/2008 12:34:35 PM
Yeah, some of you aren't listing your bdays. It's not like it's hard to get off the internets!and JFK means you were born Nov. 22
4/17/2008 12:36:25 PM
Few significant things happened on August 4th:1944: Anne Frank capturedOn August 4, 1944, the Nazi Gestapo captures Anne Frank and her family, who are hiding in Holland. 1984South African-born bare-foot athlete Zola Budd, controversially allowed to run for Great Britain, accidentally trips American medal hope Mary Decker in the 3,000 metres final during the Los Angeles Olympics - causing one of the most dramatic upsets in the history of the Games.1981Three British mountaineers are killed climbing the East Face of the Matterhorn1978In Britain, politician Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal Party, is charged with conspiracy to murder a male model, Norman Scott. Thorpe is later cleared.1975A streaker interupts the Test match between England and Australia at Lords Cricket Ground in London1972Ugandan dictator Idi Amin expels Ugandan-Asians from the country.1966During an American radio programme, John Lennon - founder-member of the British group The Beatles claims his group is probably currently more popular than Jesus Christ. His comment leads to Beatle records being banned from many American states.1940World War II: Italy invades Kenya, the Sudan and British Somaliland.1917Captain Noel Chavasse, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, only the second man to be awarded the additional bar to the Victorian Cross for bravery, dies from wounds.1914World War I: Britain declares war on Germany for violating the Treaty of London. US President Woodrow Wilson proclaims America to be neutral.1870Founding of the British Red Cross Society by Lord Wantage.1265Battle of Evesham: Defeat of Baron Simon de Montfort by the Royalist forces of the future King Edward I.
4/17/2008 12:38:08 PM
I was born.
4/17/2008 12:54:11 PM
Tww isn't blocked, I just don't dare delve into it. If I post during the day it's from my Blackberry...as I am doing now
4/17/2008 12:56:17 PM
J- J- J- J- January 9th. (m m m m m monster killll)1947 - Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.]
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thats coolcan you see this on your blackberry?
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September 7th:70 - A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.1860 - Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered-heavier-than-air-craft.1929 - Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives were lost.1940 - World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.1996 - American rapper Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive by.1999 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
4/17/2008 1:02:30 PM
i couldn't really find anything interesting on my bday (july 3) i got bored of reading after awhile...it was all about the us open golf, wimbeldon, baseball. and apparently its lou gehrig's day. oh and tom cruise was born...that is the biggest tragedy of all i guess.
4/17/2008 1:08:19 PM
December 17th: * 546 - Gothic War (535–552): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison. * 920 - Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII. * 942 - Assassination of William I of Normandy.# 1718 - Great Britain declares war on Spain.# 1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.# 1939 - World War II: Battle of the River Plate - The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.# 1941 - World War II: Beginning of the Siege of Sebastopol.# 1941 - World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.# 1944 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge - Malmedy massacre - American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.but, on the good side: # 1989 - The longest-running American sitcom The Simpsons had its debut.
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4/17/2008 1:26:32 PM
I'm not going to bother looking up other stuff, but Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated on my birthday.[Edited on April 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM. Reason : ]
4/17/2008 1:30:03 PM