drako Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Well today is my b-day. I am swamped with work and actually forgot today was my birthday. To add to it my phone was off so I was meandering about until my mom and dad came and wished me the happy birthday. So anyways in a few weeks I will actually celebrate it, woot woot. Well the purpose of this thread is to find out if anything cool/bad/important happened on the date of your birth. I searched April 19 and came out with a few things. Wikipedia has the most info from my quick search on google. Heres a have at the ones that strike me 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement. 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor. 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War. 1839 - The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom. 1861 - American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861, a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. 1892 - Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine. 1943 - World War II: In Poland, German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. 1961 - The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure. 1971 - Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC. 1987 - The Simpsons make their television debut in the short "Good Night" a segment for The Tracey Ullman Show. 1989 - A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. 1993 - The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die. 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168. That same day convicted murder Richard Wayne Snell, who had ties to bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, was executed in Arkansas. So what happened on your birthday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreySS Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I was born April 9th, 1983..... This is all I could find. 1940: Germany invades Norway During World War II, Nazi Germany invades neutral Norway, surprising the Norwegian and British defenders of the country and capturing several strategic points along the Norwegian coast. During the invasion's preliminary phase, Norwegian fascists under Vidkun Quisling acted as a so-called fifth column for the German invaders, seizing Norway's nerve centers, spreading false rumors, and occupying military bases and other locations. In June, Norway fell to the Nazis. Quisling was made head of a puppet government, but was vigorously opposed by the Norwegian resistance, the most effective resistance movement in all of Nazi-occupied Europe. After the German surrender in May 1945, he was arrested, convicted of high treason, and shot. From his name comes the word quisling, meaning traitor in several languages. 1983 English trainer Jenny Pitman becomes the first woman to train the winner of the Grand National - Corbiere - at Aintree, Liverpool. 1969 Maiden flight of the British-built supersonic airliner, Concorde. 1945 The American warship USS Liberty explodes in Bari Habour, Italy killing more than 350. 1944 World War II: Charles de Gaulle, in exile in England, is appointed leader of the Free French Government. 1940 World War II: Germany invades Denmark. 1865 Confederate General Robert E.Lee surrenders to General Grant in Virginia bringing the American Civil War to a close. 1838 Opening of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. 1770 English explorer Captain Cook discovers Australia -K- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hot rod truck Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Happy B-Day Jose I have not checked wikpedia for info on my birthday, but I did find this: The 3rd Man in History to Walk on Water The 1st one was Jesus... The 2nd one was Peter (the apostle)... Then there was this guy .......Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertss Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) feb 17th......... i was born..... isnt that enough damage to the world 1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian calendar. 1864 - American Civil War: H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. 1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. 1924 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. 1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. 1964 - In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. 1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens. 1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. 1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter. 1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. 1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence. 1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. 1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. 2000 - Microsoft released the Windows 2000 computer operating system. 2006 - Over 1,000 people perished and buried alive in the town of St. Bernard in Southern Leyte, Philippines mudslide. BIRTHS 1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913) 1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959) 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player 1963 - Daniel Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress Edited April 20, 2007 by desertss (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drako Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Happy B-Day Jose You ever try to milk a bull? Yeah well....there you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Happy birthday dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitches040 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Happy Birthday Drako!!!!! Screw the studying and work, and go out and get a few drinks into you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 happy birthday fellow SS'er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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