you know what else happened the exact day you were born?
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OOH! um actually that's pretty boring. let's see if anything else happened that day (but a different year)
1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
1687 - Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1831 - The City Bank of New York becomes the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).
1863 - The Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana was destroyed on her maiden voyage. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and adventurer E. Lee Spence.
1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina.
1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
1944 - World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
1953 - Academy Awards are first televised.
2007 - Partial solar eclipse in Western Asia and the south Pacific.
Oh and these peeps were born:
1848 - Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter
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you know what else happened the exact day you were born?
House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
OOH! um actually that's pretty boring. let's see if anything else happened that day (but a different year)
1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
1687 - Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1831 - The City Bank of New York becomes the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).
1863 - The Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana was destroyed on her maiden voyage. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and adventurer E. Lee Spence.
1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina.
1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
1944 - World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
1953 - Academy Awards are first televised.
2007 - Partial solar eclipse in Western Asia and the south Pacific.
Oh and these peeps were born:
1848 - Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter
4:00 PM
now, 'cause i'm "working" let's see who was born on my birthday.
Adam Sandler, Hugh Grant, and Otis Redding.
4:02 PM
Working hard, or hardly working?
11:16 PM
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