What happend on your b-day

[Mustafa]

This site is cool it shows you what kind of important stuff happend on your b-day! :w00t:
For mine(May 15) Great Britian Droped the Hydrogyn Bomb on Chirstmas Island...i thought that was pretty cool ^_^ :yup:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/onthisday.aspx (http://www.codboards.com/redirect.php?http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/onthisday.aspx)

[Kingox]

Some 100 year war ended between france and brittan. I think frace won.

[thejackel21]

quite a few things happen on my bday april 15th

1865: U.S. president Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous night at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.
1912 - The British luxury liner Titanic sinks after colliding with an iceberg; it is among the worst maritime disasters in history, with over 1,500 dead.

1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American in the 20th century to play in a major league baseball game.

and

Leonardo da Vinci is born on this day in 1452

[Billy The Mountain]

Hitler fooed itself on my B-Day! Woohooo now thats something to celebrate.

Also it is Queens day or Free trade day in Amsterdam on my B-Day! Party! Me and Beatrice oh yeah!

The Day 04/30

[Black-hawk]

I was born on the 13th of april and on the 13th of april:



1796: The first known elephant brought to the United States arrives from Bengal, India.
Learn more about the Elephant.

1943: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.


1964: Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American actor to win an Academy Award, for his performance in Lilies of the Field.

1970: An oxygen tank explodes aboard the U.S. lunar landing mission Apollo 13 as it nears the moon, forcing the astronauts to return to Earth.


1997: Golfer Tiger Woods, 21, becomes the youngest person to win the Masters and the first African American and Asian American champion.


Born on this day




Frank Winfield Woolworth, merchant (1852)

Eudora Welty, writer (1909)

Samuel Beckett, playwright, poet, and novelist (1906)

Garry Kasparov, chess player (1963)

Sir Robert Watson-Watt, physicist (1892)

Black-hawk, member at codboards.com

[Poochie Lue]

John Lennon, British singer and songwriter (1940) :thumbsup:

[prank munkey]

19th January

This Day in History

1840: United States explorer Charles Wilkes claims part of Antarctica for the United States.
Learn more about Charles Wilkes.

1937: Howard Hughes flies from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours and 28 minutes, setting a new transcontinental flight speed record.
Learn more about Howard Hughes.

1949: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians signs a contract worth $30,000, making him the highest paid pitcher in the big leagues to date.
Learn more about Bob Feller.

1953: Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) gives birth to little Ricky. More viewers tuned in to watch that blessed event than the following day's inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Learn more about Lucille Ball.

1966: Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, becomes prime minister of India.
Learn more about Indira Gandhi.


Born on this day

Dolly Parton, singer (1946)

Paul Cézanne, painter (1839)

Robert E. Lee, Confederate general (1807)

James Watt, inventor (1736)

Janis Joplin, singer (1943)




Nothing too great... except for the fact I was born on the same day as James Watt :w00t:

[edwin writer]

well here are the stuff that happend on september 15

September 15, 1983 Event: Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting NYC subway

September 15, 1977 Event: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

September 15, 1946 Born: Tommy Lee Jones, actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive)

September 15, 1935 Event: Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany

September 15, 1904 Event: Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

and the best for last September 15, 1620 Event: Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims [OS May 8]

[Jardel]

January 13

This Day in History

1854: Anthony Faas of Pennsylvania patents the accordion.

1930: The comic strip "Mickey Mouse" debuts in American newspapers.

1966: Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by appointment of Lyndon B. Johnson.

1986: The Wall Street Journal prints a photograph on the cover for the very first time in its history.

1990: Virgina elects Douglas L. Wilder, making him the first African American governor in the United States.

Born on this day

Horatio Alger, writer (1832)

Mike Tyson, boxer (1966)

Sophie Tucker, entertainer (1906)

[Black-hawk]

Hey, this is a pretty cool thread ^_^

[bl0ss0m]

Aug 30.


This Day in History

1800: A planned slave revolt near Richmond, Virginia, led by former slave Gabriel Prosser, is foiled by a thunderstorm and betrayed by participants. Prosser and his main conspirators are captured and hanged.


1928: Indian nationalist Jawarhalal Nehru organizes the Independence of India League to challenge British rule in India.


1983: Aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger, astronaut Guion Bluford becomes the first African American to go into space.


1991: Long overshadowed by his rival Carl Lewis, American Mike Powell breaks Bob Beamon's 1968 world record in the long jump, leaping 8.95 m (29.36 ft) at the track and field World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

1993: After leaving NBC for CBS, comedian David Letterman debuts his new late-night talk show, the Late Show with David Letterman.


30 BC: Under the threat of being taken prisoner by Roman emperor Octavian, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisons herself. According to legend, she dies by allowing an asp to bite her.

Born on this day

Ted Williams, baseball player (1918)

Jacques-Louis David, painter (1748)

Huey Long, politician (1893)

Roy Wilkins, civil rights leader (1901)

Lord Ernest Rutherford, physicist (1871)

Jean-Claude Killy, skier (1943)


Oh the horror, David Letterman..

[edwin writer]

Whoa thats cool,I never knew david letterman was on nbc ;)