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Copying cruelvicious I typed my B-Day in at wikipedia and this is what happened on that date.
Events
* 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
* 1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
* 1788 - Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
* 1789 - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
* 1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
* 1862 - American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 1867 - Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois
* 1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
* 1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
* 1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
* 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by members of the Italian resistance movement.
* 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
* 1950 - King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, got married with his queen, Queen Sirikit, after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
* 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO in order to run for President of the United States.
* 1952 - Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends.
* 1965 - United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. citizens.
* 1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal, Québec, Canada
* 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
* 1970 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
* 1977 - The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
* 1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
* 1978 - President of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
* 1980 - Nintendo releases their first Game & Watch game, Ball.
* 1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy
* 1987 - U.S. engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by US-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
* 1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii, a flight attendant is sucked out of Aloha Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when an upper part of the plane's cabin area rips off in mid-flight. Metal fatigue is later found to be the cause of the failure.
* 1990 - After 6,237 performances, the Broadway musical A Chorus Line closes.
* 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
* 1996 - Whitewater scandal: President Bill Clinton gives 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
* 1996 - Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people and wounds another 18 in Tasmania, Australia.
* 1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect. Russia, Iraq and North Korea were notable nations who had not ratified the treaty.
* 2001 - Millionnaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
* 2003 - Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store launches, selling 1 million songs in its first week.
* 2003 - Iraq: 15 unarmed teenagers were killed by American forces in front of a school during a demonstration; marking the beginning of the Falluja riots that took place during April 2003.
* 2004 - Pictures of abuse and torture of prisoners by U.S. armed forces at Abu Ghraib prison are first shown on 60 Minutes.
* 2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
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Births
* 1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
* 1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
* 1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
* 1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
* 1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
* 1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
* 1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1913)
* 1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
* 1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
* 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
* 1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet (d. 1913)
* 1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
* 1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
* 1903 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
* 1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
* 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and anti-Nazi resistance worker (d. 1974)
* 1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
* 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
* 1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist and commentator (d. 2001)
* 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
* 1926 - Harper Lee, American author
* 1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
* 1930 - James Baker, American politician
* 1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
* 1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
* 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
* 1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
* 1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
* 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
* 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
* 1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
* 1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
* 1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
* 1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
* 1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
* 1966 - John Daly, American golfer
* 1966 - Too $hort, American rapper
* 1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
* 1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
* 1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
* 1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
* 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
* 1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
* 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
* 1986 - Keri Sable, American pornographic actress
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Deaths
* 1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s), fatally stabbed by Hashshashin at Tyre.
* 1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
* 1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
* 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
* 1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
* 1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
* 1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
* 1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
* 1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
* 1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
* 1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
* 1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
* 1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
* 1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
* 1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
* 1944 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (b. 1874)
* 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
* 1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
* 1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
* 1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
* 1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
* 1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (shot) (b. 1909)
* 1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
* 1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
* 1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
* 1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
* 1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
* 2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
* 2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
* 2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
* 2005 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (b. 1972)
Events
* 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
* 1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
* 1788 - Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
* 1789 - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
* 1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
* 1862 - American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 1867 - Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois
* 1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
* 1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
* 1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
* 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by members of the Italian resistance movement.
* 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
* 1950 - King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, got married with his queen, Queen Sirikit, after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
* 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO in order to run for President of the United States.
* 1952 - Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends.
* 1965 - United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. citizens.
* 1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal, Québec, Canada
* 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
* 1970 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
* 1977 - The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
* 1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
* 1978 - President of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
* 1980 - Nintendo releases their first Game & Watch game, Ball.
* 1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy
* 1987 - U.S. engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by US-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
* 1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii, a flight attendant is sucked out of Aloha Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when an upper part of the plane's cabin area rips off in mid-flight. Metal fatigue is later found to be the cause of the failure.
* 1990 - After 6,237 performances, the Broadway musical A Chorus Line closes.
* 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
* 1996 - Whitewater scandal: President Bill Clinton gives 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
* 1996 - Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people and wounds another 18 in Tasmania, Australia.
* 1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect. Russia, Iraq and North Korea were notable nations who had not ratified the treaty.
* 2001 - Millionnaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
* 2003 - Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store launches, selling 1 million songs in its first week.
* 2003 - Iraq: 15 unarmed teenagers were killed by American forces in front of a school during a demonstration; marking the beginning of the Falluja riots that took place during April 2003.
* 2004 - Pictures of abuse and torture of prisoners by U.S. armed forces at Abu Ghraib prison are first shown on 60 Minutes.
* 2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
[edit]
Births
* 1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
* 1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
* 1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
* 1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
* 1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
* 1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
* 1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1913)
* 1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
* 1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
* 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
* 1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet (d. 1913)
* 1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
* 1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
* 1903 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
* 1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
* 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and anti-Nazi resistance worker (d. 1974)
* 1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
* 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
* 1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist and commentator (d. 2001)
* 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
* 1926 - Harper Lee, American author
* 1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
* 1930 - James Baker, American politician
* 1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
* 1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
* 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
* 1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
* 1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
* 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
* 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
* 1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
* 1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
* 1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
* 1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
* 1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
* 1966 - John Daly, American golfer
* 1966 - Too $hort, American rapper
* 1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
* 1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
* 1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
* 1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
* 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
* 1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
* 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
* 1986 - Keri Sable, American pornographic actress
[edit]
Deaths
* 1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s), fatally stabbed by Hashshashin at Tyre.
* 1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
* 1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
* 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
* 1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
* 1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
* 1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
* 1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
* 1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
* 1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
* 1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
* 1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
* 1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
* 1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
* 1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
* 1944 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (b. 1874)
* 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
* 1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
* 1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
* 1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
* 1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
* 1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (shot) (b. 1909)
* 1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
* 1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
* 1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
* 1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
* 1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
* 2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
* 2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
* 2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
* 2005 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (b. 1972)