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December 15

Events

1791 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed
1891 - James Naismith introduces basketball.
1939 - Gone with the Wind premiers in Atlanta, Georgia
1960 - King Baudouin of Belgium marries Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón
1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 is first released

Births

1892 - J. Paul Getty, American oil tycoon (d. 1976)
1949 - Don Johnson, American actor
1979 - Adam Brody, American actor

Deaths

1966 - Walt Disney, American animator (b. 1901)

Holidays and Observances

Roman Empire - Consualia in honor of Consus is held.
Feast day of St. Valerian, martyred in 457
Zamenhof Day celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
Bill of Rights Day in the United States, in honor of the 1791 ratification of the United States Bill of Rights

Well, Rome was founded.

If Rome wasn't built in a day, how can they pinpoint a day for the founding?

Corny, yes. Begging to be said, also yes.

May 2

-1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
-1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin – The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy.

There's more, but that's all I found somewhat interesting.

Birthdays:
-1972 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor

Deaths:
-1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter

December 28

Events:
1836 - Spain recognizes independence of Mexico.
1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1902 - The first indoor professional American football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance
1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born (Norfolk, Virginia).

Births:
1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
1954 - Denzel Washington, American actor
1978 - John Legend, American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Deaths:
No one I know

Holidays/Observances
- The third day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
- Also called Massacre of the Innocents or el Día de los Santos Inocentes, it is a day of practical jokes, in the same spirit as April Fool's Day.
- Proclamation Day (South Australian public holiday), for the foundation of the Australian state of South Australia

Actually, Rome was built in a day. May 3, 325 BC. You can look it up in America: The Book.

My birthday's on November 13th

1990 - The first known World Wide Web page is written.

Ooh, that's cool! =D

1981 - The first Friday the 13th event held by motorcyclists in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.

Actually, I was born on Friday the 13th....XD

I share a birthday with Whoopi Goldberg (I already knew that, though.)

And 2 kings died on my birthday. :O

March 27

Events:
1306 - Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned king and Queen of the Scots
1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.
1871 - First international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

Births:
1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1863 - Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
1901 - Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000)
1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer, and producer
1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer

Deaths:
1625 - King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
1770 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian artist (b. 1696)
1864 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)
1968 - Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances
2005, 2016: Easter
Angolan Victory Day
Feast day of Rupert of Salzburg in the Roman Catholic Church

May 31st

Events

1884 - John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes.
1961 - Creation of the Republic of South Africa.
1990 - The pilot episode of Seinfeld premires.

Births

1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander, President of Finland (d. 1942) (ha!)
1923 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco (d. 2005)
1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
1965 - Brooke Shields, American model and actress
1976 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor

Deaths

1809 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)

Holidays and observances

Feast day of Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
The Godiva procession
World No Tobacco day

And that's about all I found worth mentioning.

January 20th

The only one that interested me:

1934 - Tom Baker, British actor

He's my grandpa's cousin. Cool, eh?

*could cry for joy*
I share my birthday with John Constable an AMAZING british painter. Oh my goodness.
And Jacques Cousteau, but i'd known that one for awhile. Still quite awesome.

1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

I have one bloody birthday. *stares* Yeah this is... scary.
Oh my goodness.
Who knew June was such a violent month. Man... thats one long list of dead kings on my birthday.

Jim Henson was born on my birthday.

Two Popes, one Emperor, Dr. Suess and King Pippin the Short all died on my birthday.

A lot of battles happened on my birthday. o_0


I like that one though. And the Ford Motor Company was incorporated nearly a cnetury before I was born, too.

October 18

1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV

1851 - Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.

1867 - United States takes possession of Alaska, from Russia, celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ($7.2 million paid).

1898 - United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.

1985 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States.

1988 - Green Day plays their first ever concert.

2005 - The Nameless Novel aka Book The Twelfth of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is released to the public.

1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy, was born

1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor, is born


Wow. 3 popes have died on October 18th.

A lot.

45 BC - The Julian calendar first takes effect.
404 - Last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
630 - Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
1801 - The first known asteroid 1 Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect.
1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California.
1908 - For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year.
1912 - The Republic of China is established.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
1998 - Smoking is banned in all bars and restaurants in the State of California.
2001 - First Day of the Third Millennium.

There are a lot of births and deaths, but I'll see if I can find a few interesting ones..

1735 - Paul Revere, American silversmith and patriot
1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress
1860 - George Washington Carver, American educator, inventor, and botanist

1782 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer

The last one's the only interesting death. (I didn't recognize anyone else)

It should be fairly obvious what my birthday is if you read all of them XP