Things that happened on your birthday- Page 2

[erikaamato]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:14pm

Akiva: We're a good matched set, then. Pearl Harbor Day and D-Day.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:27pm

Hah. Don't we just spread sunshine and happiness in the world then.

Akiva

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:32pm

I was born on October 25, 1984... the exact date that Hepatitis was discovered.

Updated On: 10/23/07 at 04:32 PM

[Yawper]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 4:33pm

the World Trade Center collapsed - don't bother Googling, it's too depressing

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 5:10pm

1533 Anne Boleyn crowned queen of England
1843 It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
1949 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US
1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens
1975 "Chicago" opens
1986 40th Tony Awards
1997 51st Tony Awards

I share a birthday with Marilyn Monroe too.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 5:42pm

My birthday is the "date which will live in infamy." (Pearl Harbor, for those who don't know the quote.)

1941? I don't think so. lol.

Add maybe....3.5 decades?

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:00pm

Events

* 1493 - Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
* 1783 - George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
* 1793 - The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
* 1823 - The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (AKA The Night Before Christmas) is published in the Sentinel.
* 1888 - Vincent van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
* 1913 - The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve.
* 1914 - World War I: The Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo.
* 1916 - World War I: Battle of Magdhaba - Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
* 1921 - Visva-Bharati University inaugurated.
* 1936 - Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
* 1937 - First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
* 1938 - South Africa Discovery of the first modern coelacanth.
* 1941 - World War II: Japanese Imperial Army occupied Wake Island.
* 1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
* 1948 - Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East were executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
* 1954 - The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1958 - Dedication of Tokyo Tower, world's highest self-supporting iron tower.
* 1972 - The Nicaraguan capital of Managua is struck by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake, killing more than 10,000.
* 1972 - The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
* 1979 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
* 1982 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
* 1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California and becomes the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.
* 1990 - History of Slovenia: 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum.
* 2002 - A MQ-1 Predator was shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat.
* 2004 - Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is hit by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake.
* 2005 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
* 2005 - Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

[edit] Births

* 245- Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
* 1173 - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
* 1513 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
* 1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
* 1582 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
* 1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
* 1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
* 1621 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 167
* 1621 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)
* 1689 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
* 1732 - Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
* 1743 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)
* 1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
* 1777 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
* 1790 - Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)
* 1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869)
* 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844)
* 1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
* 1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875)
* 1843 - Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)
* 1854 - Henry B. Guppy, British botanist (d. 1926)
* 1864 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
* 1867 - Madam C.J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon(d. 1919)
* 1878 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)
* 1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964)
* 1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956)
* 1900 - Otto Soglow, American comics artist (d. 1975)
* 1902 - Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
* 1907 - Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942)
* 1908 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born, Canadian portrait photographer (d. 2002)
* 1911 - Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
* 1911 - James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)
* 1918 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
* 1918 - José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001)
* 1921 - Guy Beaulne, French Canadian actor and theatre director (d. 2001)
* 1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (d. 2001)
* 1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist
* 1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
* 1923 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral (d. 2005)
* 1923 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954)
* 1926 - Robert Bly, American poet
* 1928 - Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
* 1929 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 198
* 1931 - Ronnie Schell, American actor
* 1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
* 1935 - Paul Hornung, American football player
* 1935 - Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)
* 1936 - Frederic Forrest, American actor
* 1937 - Barney Rosenzweig, American television producer
* 1938 - Bob Kahn, American Internet pioneer
* 1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, American musician
* 1940 - Robert Labine, former mayor of old city of Gatineau, Quebec
* 1940 - Eugene Record, American singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005)
* 1941 - Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
* 1942 - John Peterman, American fashion designer
* 1943 - Mikhail Gromov, Russian-born mathematician
* 1943 - Harry Shearer, American actor
* 1943 - Ron Allen, baseball player
* 1943 - Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (d. 1987)
* 1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
* 1944 - Wesley Clark, U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
* 1945 - Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly)
* 1946 - Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano
* 1946 - Susan Lucci, American actress
* 1947 – Heikki Lahtinen, Finnish race walker
* 1948 - Jack Ham, American football player
* 1949 - Adrian Belew, American musician
* 1950 - Michael C. Burgess, American politician
* 1951 - Anthony Phillips, British guitarist (Genesis)
* 1952 - William Kristol, American political commentator
* 1956 - Dave Murray, English guitarist (Iron Maiden)
* 1956 - Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001)
* 1957 - Dan Bigras, Canadian singer
* 1957 - Trisha Goddard, English television presenter
* 1958 - Victoria Williams, American singer
* 1958 - Joan Severance, American actress
* 1959 - Geoff Willis, British engineer
* 1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality
* 1962 - Keiji Muto, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1962 - Bertrand Gachot, Belgian racing driver
* 1963 - Jim Harbaugh, American football player
* 1963 - Donna Tartt, American author
* 1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)
* 1968 - Carla Bruni, Italian-French model, songwriter and singer
* 1969 - Martha Byrne, American actress
* 1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater
* 1970 - Raymont Harris, American football player
* 1971 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor
* 1971 - Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1971 - Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
* 1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
* 1974 - Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1975 - Sky Lopez, American actress
* 1975 - Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1976 - Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler
* 1976 - Brad Lidge, American baseball player
* 1976 - Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Greek footballer
* 1977 - Alge Crumpler, American football player
* 1977 - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer
* 1977 - Paul Shirley, American basketball player
* 1978 - Andra Davis, American football player
* 1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician and singer
* 1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1978 - Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress
* 1978 - Jodie Marsh, British pornographic model
* 1979 - Summer Altice, American model and actress
* 1979 - Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
* 1981 - Beth, Spanish singer
* 1983 - Michael Chopra, English footballer
* 1985 - Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
* 1985 - Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor
* 1988 - Eri Kamei, Japanese singer
* 1990 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress, model, and singer
* 1991 - Joe Wilson, Australian musician, lead vocalist for (Powderfinger)

[edit] Deaths

* 910 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
* 913 - Conrad of Franconia
* 918 - Conrad I of Germany
* 1230 - Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
* 1556 - Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
* 1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
* 1575 - Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)
* 1588 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (b. 1550)
* 1631 - Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)
* 1646 - François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)
* 1652 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1585)
* 1675 - Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)
* 1722 - Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
* 1771 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)
* 1761 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy
* 1779 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)
* 1789 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of signed French (b. 1712)
* 1793 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
* 1793 - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (b. 1697)
* 1795 - Henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)
* 1805 - Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
* 1834 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)
* 1846 - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)
* 1902 - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1821)
* 1912 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850)
* 1931 - Wilson Bentley, American scientist
* 1939 - Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890)
* 1946 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)
* 1948 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (hanged) (b. 1884)
* 1948 - Akira Muto, Japanese army commander (hanged) (b. 1883)
* 1953 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899)
* 1954 - René Iché, French sculptor (b. 1897)
* 1970 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)
* 1972 - Andrei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (b. 188
* 1973 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (b. 1892)
* 1973 - Irna Phillips, American television writer, director, and producer (b. 1901)
* 1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 189
* 1982 - Jack Webb, American actor, producer, and director (b. 1920)
* 1983 - Colin Middleton, Northern Irish artist (b. 1910)
* 1992 - Vincent Fourcade, French American interior designer and socialite (b. 1934)
* 1992 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Funkadelic) (b. 1950)
* 1994 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (b. 1905)
* 2000 - Noor Jehan, Mallika-e-Tarranum (Queen of Melody) (b. 1926)
* 2000 - Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
* 2000 - Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909)
* 2004 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
* 2005 - Norman D. Vaughan, polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905)
* 2005 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1914)
* 2006 - Charlie Drake, English comedian (b. 1925)
* 2006 - Marilyn Waltz, American actress, model & Playboy Playmate (b. 1931)


[edit] Holidays and observances

* Roman festivals - Larentalia, a festival in honour of Larenta
* R.C. Saints - O Emmanuel, John Cantius ; Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland
* Japan - The Emperor's Birthday - Birthday of Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan
* Ancient Latvia - Ziemassvētki held
* Sweden - Birthday of Queen Silvia, an official flag day
* Oaxaca - Night of the Radishes
* Secular humanism (American) - HumanLight observed
* Saint Abassad, in the Coptic Church
* Saint Psote, in the Coptic Church
* Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld. A Festivus for the Rest of Us

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:02pm

The only thing I keep on finding about my birthdate is that it's the day the Tet Offensive began.

[Stagioni D'Amore]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:22pm

# 1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City
# 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes first woman pilot to cross the English Channel
# 1922 Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record
# 1935 The first radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
# 1945 US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
# 1947 Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank
1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 15 performances
# 1958 Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament
1959 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances
# 1962 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1967 "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances
# 1972 2 giants pandas arrive in the US, from China
# 1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 4 performances
# 1974 200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif
1974 "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances
# 1977 Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1978 "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances
1981 "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 13 performances
1985 "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 79 performances
# 1987 Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1990 "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances
1991 M Leander and E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London
# 1992 "Metro" opens at Minskoff theater on Broadway

but worst of all- the Virginia Tech massacre this year

As for sharing a birthday- Lukas Haas, Selena, Jon Cryer, Ellen Barkin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dusty Springfield, Henry Mancini, Polly Adler, Charlie Chaplin, & Wilbur Wright.

Updated On: 10/23/07 at 06:22 PM

[pemberlee]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 6:31pm

My birthday is Pi Day (3/14), so in high school I always got a slice in math class on my b-day.

[futurenala]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:06pm

1989 Chile amends its constitution
1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
1975 Simon Grays "Otherwise engaged," premieres in London
and Teamster Union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears
1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993
and Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
1992 Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65)
1994 Record 103.8øF (39.9øC) in Preschen Lausitz Germany
1995 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame
1870 Staten Island ferry 'Westfield' burns, killing 100.
1971 Japanese F86 Sabrejet collides with All-Nippon Airways 727
at 20,000 feet. Killing all 162 aboard. (Morioha, Japan)
1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger was born

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:28pm

blueroses, you remembered!

Ann Coulter, huh?

[singingwendy]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 11:42pm

SOMMS----So, I'm looking at your list and going "wow, that looks familiar"...and I realize, it's because that's my birthday too!

And I'll add an "important event" for that day too:

1879--the first production of "The Pirated of Penzance" (one of my all time favorite shows!)

[mattonstage]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 12:30am

May 25th:
1878: HMS Pinafore premieres
1895: Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor as a sodomite.
1935: Jesse Owens sets 6 world records, annoying Adolph Hitler.
1964: The Subject Was Roses premieres
1968: The Rolling Stones release Jumpin' Jack Flash
1969: Midnight Cowboy premieres
1977: Last episode of The Brady Bunch Hour (the variety show)LOVE
IT!!!!!!!!!
1986: Live Aid and Hands Across America (proud participant)

It's also Towel Day in honor of Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)!!??!!

Births:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bill "Bonjangles" Robinson (Cool!)
Ian McKellan (Way Cool!!)
Jamie Kennedy
Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (the young Ingall on Little House...)
Miles Davis
Frank Oz
Hilary B. Smith (Nora from One Life to Live)
Mike Meyers
Anne Heche
Leslie Uggams
Dixie Carter
John Gregory Dunne
Beverly Sills
Jeanne Crain
Hal David
Sandra Oh

[Andante]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 1:36am

May 27th (only marking the noteworthy events)

1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1930 - The 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall Chrysler Building in New York (tallest man-made structure at the time) opens to the public.
1933 - The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
1933 - The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago.
1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County.
1995 - In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

Births:
1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650) (YEAH Glorious Revolution1!!)
1818 - Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, American composer (d. 1910)
1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (d. 197
1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993) (that's right. I share a birthday with Vincent Price. Be jealous.)
1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
1923 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America and actress
1943 - Bruce Weitz, American actor (who is now playing the creepy Anthony Zacharra and on my favorite soap opera, General Hospital)
2006- that stupid baby they call Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. Totally stole the news on my 17th birthday.

Deaths:
1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473) (such a Tudor history nerd)
1831 - Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
1949 - Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) (b. 1890)
1993 - Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903) (Christine in the silent film version of Phantom)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 1:40am

October 22

4004 BC - THE UNIVERSE IS CREATED. (This is according to the 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated by James Ussher the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh.)





1883 - THE Original METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE In New York OPENS With A Performance Of Gounod's "Faust."



1966 - THE SUPREMES Become The First All-Female Music Group To Attain A No. 1 Selling Album ("The Supremes A' Go-Go")



2007 - Roger Bart Is Out Of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

[Tchi4Lif188]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 2:19am

Heinrich Himmler, Yo Yo Ma, Simon Cowell, and Toni Braxton were born.

1849-Edgar Allen Poe died
1982-Cats opened on Broadway
1998-Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence
2001-US invaded Afganistan
2002-The only child victim of the Sniper attacks was shot

Those were just the events I knew off the top of my head (I searched for dates though). Talk about depressing.

Updated On: 10/24/07 at 02:19 AM

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 2:45am

I was born the same day Big River opened on Broadway.
It is also the latest possible day that Easter can occur.

People I share birthdays with:
Tchaikovsky
Ella Fitzgerald
Edward R. Murrow
Al Pacino
Hank Azaria
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Renee Zellweger
James Barbour

David Merrick also died on my birthday.

[overthemoonboy]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:01am

July 13. A freaking lot of things happened! And I was born on a Friday...

Events
982 - Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens, Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento killed in battle.
1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
1558 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
1573 - Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.
1772 - HMS Resolution, under the command of Captain James Cook, sets sail from Plymouth, England.
1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
1794 - Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
1822 - Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat Ottoman forces at Thermopylae.
1830 - Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
1832 - The source of the Mississippi River is discovered, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
1837 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first British monarch to live there.
1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
1863 - New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
1878 - Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
1900 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers.
1908 - Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time.
1909 - Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
1912 - Leader of the Indian freedom movement and scholar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad brought out his noted Urdu news journal, al-Hilal.
1914 - Simone Pianetti's mass murder action in Camerata Cornello, Italy
1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1936 - A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
1941 - World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
1942 - World War II: German U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1948 - The Coptic and Ethiopian Churches reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate.
1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
1978 - Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.
1985 - The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
1985 - Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
2002 - A lightning strike sets off the Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
2005 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

[edit] Births
100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
40 AD - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 AD)
1527 - John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609)
1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
1607 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born artist (d. 1677)
1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
1745 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 181
1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
1793 - John Clare, English poet (d. 1864)
1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893)
1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. 1877)
1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 191
1858 - Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
1859 - Sidney Webb, British socialist (d. 1947)
1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
1895 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
1896 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
1898 - Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (d. 1936)
1900 - George Lewis, American musician (d. 1969)
1901 - Eric Portman, English stage and film actor (d. 1969)
1913 - Dave Garroway, American television host (d. 1982)
1918 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
1920 - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
1921 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
1921 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (d. 2005)
1921 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
1924 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (d. 2003)
1927 - Simone Veil, French politician
1928 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 197
1928 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (d. 2000)
1929 - Alan Civil, English musician (d. 1989)
1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast
1931 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball player
1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate
1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
1935 - Jack Kemp, American football player and politician
1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)
1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
1941 - Robert Forster, American actor
1941 - Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker
1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
1942 - Roger McGuinn, American musician
1944 - Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor
1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor
1948 - Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
1950 - George "Pinky" Nelson, American astronaut
1950 - Ma Ying-jeou, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang(KMT)
1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
1954 - Louise Mandrell, American musician
1954 - Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
1956 - Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler
1956 - Michael Spinks, American former boxer
1957 - Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
1957 - Cameron Crowe, American film director
1957 - Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
1959 - Richard Leman, English field hockey player
1960 - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
1961 - Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player
1963 - Spud Webb, American basketball player
1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
1967 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
1967 - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
1968 - Robert Gant, American actor
1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist
1969 - Mark Greenway, British vocalist
1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player
1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler
1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor contestant
1976 - Al Santos, American model and actor
1977 - Ashley Scott, American actress
1978 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer
1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1982 - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
1985 - Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor
1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor

[edit] Deaths
939 - Pope Leo VII
1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
1205 - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
1551 - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
1621 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)
1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
1628 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
1693 - Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
1705 - Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
1755 - Edward Braddock, British general
1760 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (b. 1696)
1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
1762 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
1793 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743)
1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
1882 - Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845)
1922 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
1955 - Ruth Ellis, last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (b. 1926)
1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
1965 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (b. 1895)
1967 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
1973 - Willy Fritsch, German film actor (b. 1901)
1974 - Patrick Blackett, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1976 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (b. 1915)
1980 - Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
1993 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961)
1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
1996 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 196
2002 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 190
2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1951)
2004 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)

[edit] Holidays and observances
Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
Mongolia - Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í calendar
Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)

[edit] Liturgical observances
Abd-al-Masih, Christian saint and martyr [1]
Abel of Tacla Haimonot in the Coptic Church[1]
Saint Anacletus, pope, martyr [southern France, Franciscans]
Saint Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, and companions, confessors (died 505)
Saint Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, confessor [common] (died 1024)
Saint Silas, apostle northern France
Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen, confessor (Ordination) Bremen
Saint Margaret, virgin, martyr common