Events that happened on the day and year of your birthday.

[Dusty12]

December 26, 1994 – French anti-terrorist police storm a hijacked jet at Marseille and kill 4 Islamist terrorists.

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[dkamm65]

I share the same birthday as John Kruk, Vladimir Guerrero, Akinori Iwamura, and Dioner Navarro. All of them fairly well known pro baseball players. Yes I'm a huge baseball fan.

Also bump.

[Makingblah]

December 26, 1994 – French anti-terrorist police storm a hijacked jet at Marseille and kill 4 Islamist terrorists.

It would be really cool if you were born on the 25th. :D

[Comatose]

I share a birthday with Denzel Washington.

[Makingblah]

1922 – In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.

:o

1944 – The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.

Some really historic stuff has happened on the date of my birthday :O

The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the London School of New London, Texas[1], a community in Rusk County previously known as "London." The disaster killed in excess of 295 students and teachers, making it the worst catastrophe to take place in a U.S. school building.

[Qwepir]

June 6, 1994: The 50th anniversary of D-Day

[paulcall]

1493, Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage. I just got that from a website. :D

[Qwepir]

1493, Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage. I just got that from a website. :D

events that happened on the YEAR of your birthday. You were not born in 1492.

[Makingblah]

events that happened on the YEAR of your birthday. You were not born in 1492.

OR date.

[Anybody]

1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_21

[ModderSlodder]

honestly... nothing.

1996 Jan.13 wasn't there. the closest thing was 1998.

[Oasis]

August 16

1513 Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) - King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who were forced to retreat.

1665 The arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.

1841 U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.

1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan

1858 U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.

1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed

1868 Arica, Peru (now Chile) is devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all.

1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion

1898 Roller coaster patented

1936 11th Olympic games close in Berlin

1940 World War II: The Communist Party is banned in German-occupied Norway.

1945 An assassination attempt was made on Japan's prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.

[Colten]

January 6 1995 – A chemical fire occurs in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen led by watch commander Aida Fariscal and investigators find a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. The mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, is arrested 1 month later.

[aml]

January 21st, 1996

I was born on the same day as Stonewall Jackson.
Who just so happens to be related to me.

[Kevdude]

June 13, 1996
1934 Adolf Riddler and Blue Meanie meet in Venice, Italy; Blue Meanie later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
1977 Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1978 Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
1996 The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
1996 Visitor posting - Anna Radwell was born. - United Kingdom
2005 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.