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| So do you share a birthday with a famous person or a special event (like a holiday or some other significant day) or born the same day and year as one died (you just might be the re-incarnation, lol) | June 20
451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1919 – 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
And i consider my self the re-incarnation of those 150 lol ! :D | 21 september
Events:
19BCE The death of the Roman poet Virgil; the creator of the Aeneid.
455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in Battle of Matthew's Day.
1435 – An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.
1745 – Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792 – The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
1843 – John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly-independent Chilean government.
1860 – In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
1896 – British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
1897 – The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun.
1898 – Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
1921 – A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
1933 – Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre
1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1939 – Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by far-right legionnaires of the fascist paramilitary organization called the Iron Guard.
1942 – On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
1942 – In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1942 – The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1953 – LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
1961 – Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
1964 – Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
1965 – Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
1971 – Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation ¹ 1081, placing the entire country under martial law and marking the beginning of his authoritarian rule.
1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
1976 – Seychelles joins the United Nations.
1977 – A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.
1981 – Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1984 – Brunei joins the United Nations.
1991 – Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
1999 – Chi-Chi ear | 1999 – Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
2001 – Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
2003 – Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
2013 – Gunmen attack a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 72 people.
Birthdays:
1051 – Bertha of Savoy (d. 1087)
1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1411 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (d. 1460)
1415 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
1428 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1433 – Guillaume Fichet, French scholar
1452 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian-Dominican priest and philosopher (d. 1498)
1559 – Cigoli, Italian painter (d. 1613)
1629 – Philip Howard, English cardinal (d. 1694)
1645 – Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
1706 – Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1735)
1756 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder (d. 1836)
1758 – Christopher Gore, American politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
1760 – Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (d. 1837)
1819 – Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, French wife of Charles III, Duke of Parma (d. 1864)
1840 – Murad V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)
1842 – Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
1846 – Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian-Slovene author (d. 1906)
1849 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (d. 1905)
1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
1859 – Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan army officer and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (d. 1933)
1860 – Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (d. 1963)
1862 – James E. Talmage, American religious leader and author (d. 1933)
1863 – John Bunny, American actor (d. 1915)
1866 – H. G. Wells, English author (d. 1946)
1866 – Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1867 – Henry L. Stimson, American statesman, lawyer, and politician (d. 1950)
1872 – Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
1873 – Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1966)
1874 – Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934)
1882 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian-Syrian bishop (d. 1953)
1890 – Max Immelmann, German pilot (d. 1916)
1890 – Charles William Train, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1965)
1892 – Olof Ås, Swedish actor and stage manager (d. 1949)
1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
1896 – Walter Breuning, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
1899 – Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
1902 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
1902 – Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books (d. 1970)
1902 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1937)
1903 – Preston Tucker, American automobile designer, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
1905 – Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1999)
1906 – Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
1909 – Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (d. 1972)
1912 – Chuck Jones, American animator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2002)
1912 – György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005)
1914 – Slam Stewart, American bassist (d. 1987)
1916 – Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
1917 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician (d. 1968)
1918 – John Gofman, American scientist (d. 2007)
1918 – Karl Slover, German-American actor (d. 2011)
1919 – Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
1919 – Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (d. 1993)
1919 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988)
1921 – John McHale, American baseb | 1921 – John McHale, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1924 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
1925 – Konrad B. Knutsen, Norwegian civil servant (d. 2012)
1926 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1926 – Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (d. 2000)
1926 – Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
1927 – Ward Swingle, American singer
1929 – Héctor Alterio, Argentinian actor
1929 – Shafi Hadi, American saxophonist
1929 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
1929 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003)
1930 – John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2004)
1930 – Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
1933 – Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2011)
1933 – Dick Simon, American race car driver
1934 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and author
1935 – Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager
1935 – Henry Gibson, American actor (d. 2009)
1936 – Dickey Lee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936 – Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician, 2nd Mayor of Moscow
1936 – Sunny Murray, American drummer
1936 – Diane Rehm, American radio host
1937 – John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey referee (d. 2005)
1938 – Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach
1939 – Agnivesh, Indian activist and politician
1939 – Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
1940 – Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
1940 – Bill Kurtis, American journalist
1941 – Jack Brisco, American wrestler (d. 2010)
1941 – R. James Woolsey, Jr., American 16th Director of Central Intelligence
1942 – U-Roy, Jamaican singer and DJ
1944 – Steve Beshear, American politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky
1944 – Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist
1944 – Hamilton Jordan, American White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008)
1944 – Bobby Tench, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gass, Hummingbird, Humble Pie, and Streetwalkers)
1945 – Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
1945 – G. C. Cameron, American singer (The Spinners)
1945 – Richard Childress, American race car driver
1945 – Shaw Clifton, Irish 18th General of The Salvation Army
1945 – Kay Ryan, American poet and educator
1946 – Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of Switzerland
1947 – Don Felder, American guitarist and songwriter (Eagles)
1947 – Stephen King, American author
1947 – Marsha Norman, American playwright and author
1949 – Henry Butler, American pianist
1949 – Artis Gilmore, American basketball player
1949 – Odilo Scherer, Brazilian cardinal
1950 – Charles Clarke, English politician
1950 – Bill Murray, American comedian and actor
1951 – Bruce Arena, American soccer player and coach
1951 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 2005)
1952 – Dave Gregory, English guitarist (XTC and Big Big Train)
1952 – Anneliese Michel, German woman believed to be possessed by demons (d. 1976)
1953 – Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver
1954 – Shinzō Abe, Japanese politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
1954 – Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English drummer (Motörhead)
1955 – François Cluzet, French actor
1955 – Gulshan Grover, Indian actor
1955 – Richard Hieb, American astronaut
1955 – Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director
1956 – Jack Givens, American basketball player
1956 – Marta Kauffman, American scriptwriter and producer
1956 – Ricky Morton, American wrestler
1957 – Ethan Coen, American film director, screenwriter and producer
1957 – Mark Levin, American attorney and author
1957 – Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player
1957 – Kevin Rudd, Australian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
1957 – Penny Smith, English journalist
1958 – Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
1958 – Rick Mahorn, American ba | She Died on the day i was born
1997 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920) | | 4th august on the day Friendship Day is celebtrated :) | for _elf_007_:
it varies every year..:P | | Prince William and I share June 21st as our birthday. | | September 21st - World peace day and alll the hings barbmaster said lol | | December 21 . My Birthday :) :P | | september 20 -.- dunno anything special. | | ^^ lol for ayush20: | for Stupefy:
Yea but many times it fall on my birthday :D | I share with Thiery Henry :D
Player banned by moderator ElfPride until 2013-10-02 05:38:11 // FR#1.7//Add. characters aren't allowed to post in main forums | | november 27 dunno anything special. | | closed by Lucid-Naz (2013-10-02 06:22:14) |
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