What happened on your birthday?

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Warbsywoo

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Well, what did happen on your birthday?
Post, 'cause I'm sure we'd all like to know.

Here's a link to the thingy:

http://www.history.com/
{Don't worry, it's nothing scary :P}

It should be in the middle of the page, input your birth date, and figure what happened on your birthday. It's under the 'This Day in History' bar.
 
My Birthday is: September 11th:

September 11th, 2001. One of the worst terrorist attacks in History.

At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the world Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767--United Airlines Flight 175--appeared out of the sky, turned sharply towards the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower at about the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack.
 
Sky Television (I think it is basically like TiVo for you Americans) was launched on my birthday 5/2/89. Nothing great. :dry:
 
Whoa, really!

I was born December 8, 1990. Guess what? That's 10 years after John Lennon was shot and killed.
However, since I was born in S.E. Asia, which is a day ahead of most Western nations, I was born on Dec. 7, which is, of course, the day Japan attacked Pearl harbor.

It's interesting how I love the Beatles and history at the same time. ^_^
 
Really! We were just talking about this the other week, in light of the VT massacre.

That's quite interesting.
 
My b-day is on March 24th

Here is all the events that happened...

General Interest
1989 : Exxon Valdez runs aground
1603 : Queen Elizabeth I dies
1996 : Shannon Lucid enters Mir
1999 : NATO bombs Yugoslavia

American Revolution
1765 : Parliament passes the Quartering Act

Automotive
1954 : AMC is born

Civil War
1862 : Wendall Phillips booed in Cincinnati

Cold War
1977 : United States and Cuba engage in direct negotiations

Crime

1998 : A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas kills five

Disaster
1989 : Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska

Entertainment
1934 : Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour kicks off craze
1939 : Basil Rathbone debuts as Sherlock Holmes
1945 : Billboard's first Top Album chart published
1958 : Elvis joins the army
1980 : Nightline debuts

Literary
1955 : Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens

Old West
1834 : John Wesley Powell born

Presidential
1949 : Truman signs off on aid to Palestine

Vietnam War
1965 : First teach-in conducted
1975 : North Vietnamese launch "Ho Chi Minh Campaign"

Wall Street
1890 : Supreme Court makes surprise decision
1900 : Carnegie incorporates

World War I
1918 : German forces cross the Somme River

World War II
1944 : Wingate dies in Burma
 
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