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February 3rd:
1959- Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddly Holly die in plane crash
Morgan Fairchild, Bob Griese, Fran Tarkenton, and Mr. Fred Rogers all born that day. My actually birthdate is shared by some soap opera actress named Maitland Ward.
She can jump out of my cake!
July 30, 1971 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
July 30, 1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away
July 30, 1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
July 30, 1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator
BirthsDecember 28, 1981 Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby
December 28, 1958 Joe Diffie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer/guitarist,
December 28, 1954 Denzel Washington, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere
December 28, 1924 Rod Serling, Syracuse, New York, writer/host, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery
Deaths
December 28, 1983 Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
December 28, 1978 Harry Winston, U.S. jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at 82
December 28, 1976 Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42
December 28, 1923 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
December 28, 1916 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
Events
December 28, 1997 Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship
December 28, 1976 Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa
December 28, 1975 "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass
December 28, 1945 Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance
December 28, 1816 American Colonization Society organizes
Birthdays: January 12
John Han
Howard Stern
Kirstie Alley
Dominique Wilkins
Rob Zombie
Zach De La Rocha
Rush Limbaugh
Joe Frazier
Drew Pearson
In the headlines:
2003 Maurice Gibb, singer-keyboardist of the Bee Gees, dies of cardiac arrest at age 53 in Miami.
1991 Congress gives the go-ahead for US military action against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm.
1991 Key Luke, movie and TV actor best known as "Number One Son" in numerous Charlie Chan movies, dies of a stroke at age 86.
1986 The space shuttle Columbia blasts off with a crew of seven, including Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz -- the first Hispanic-American astronaut.
1973 Yassar Arafat is re-elected to lead the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1971 Carroll O'Connor stars in All In the Family, debuting on CBS-TV.
1966 Adam West and Burt Ward star as the Dynamic Duo in Batman, which makes its colorful, action-packed debut on ABC-TV.
1949 The children's show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, a Chicago TV favorite, makes its NBC nationwide TV debut.
1932 Oliver Wendell Holmes steps down from the US Supreme Court at age 90.
1932 Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman US Senator.
1928 Vladimir Horowitz debuts as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.
1915 The US Congress establishes the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
1896 H.L. Smith takes the world's first x-ray picture.
1773 The first public museum in the US is established in Charleston, SC.
December 7
'nuff said.
Yeah..but what year?
My birthday is next Wednesdayish. Get me something good.
January 19, 1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
January 19, 1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation
January 19, 1986 Spain recognizes Israel
January 19, 1981 US and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
January 19, 1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
January 19, 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
January 19, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
January 19, 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
January 19, 1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
January 19, 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines
January 19, 1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
January 19, 1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston
January 19, 1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
January 19, 1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
January 19, 1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England
January 19, 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
January 19, 1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
January 19, 1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
January 19, 1493 France cedes Roussillon and Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
January 19, 1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
I share a birthday with Janis Joplin, Edgar Allen Poe, and the prophet Mohammed.
Events:
April 29, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno California on KFRR 104.1 FM
April 29, 1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
April 29, 1992 Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
April 29, 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"
April 29, 1991 Croatia declares independence
April 29, 1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
April 29, 1991 Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
April 29, 1990 STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands
April 29, 1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
April 29, 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library
April 29, 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
April 29, 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
April 29, 1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
April 29, 1977 British Aerospace forms
April 29, 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
April 29, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 29, 1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
April 29, 1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
April 29, 1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
April 29, 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 29, 1953 Joe Ad is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
April 29, 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
April 29, 1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
April 29, 1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
April 29, 1945 US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
April 29, 1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France
April 29, 1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx and Queens opens
April 29, 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5
April 29, 1934 Pitts is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
April 29, 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens
April 29, 1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
April 29, 1927 Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed
April 29, 1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard
April 29, 1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
April 29, 1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
April 29, 1905 2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX
April 29, 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
April 29, 1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
April 29, 1857 US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF)
April 29, 1856 Peace between England and Russia
April 29, 1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth
April 29, 1845 Macon B Allen and Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
April 29, 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia
April 29, 1813 Rubber is patented
April 29, 1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
April 29, 1701 Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
April 29, 1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
April 29, 1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
Birtdays:
April 29, 1970 Andre Agassi
April 29, 1965 Reggie Miller
April 29, 1958 Mic e Pfeiffer
April 29, 1955 Jerry Seinfeld
April 29, 1953 Dale Earnhardt
Deaths:
April 29, 1984 Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45
April 29, 1980 Alfred Joseph Hitch , British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80
April 29, 1676 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69
Thanks for the link!
April 29 Birthdays in History
April 29, 1970 Uma Thurman, Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction
April 29, 1965 Reggie Miller, NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
April 29, 1957 Jimcs50, Illinois, super stud with the ladies, prognosticator extraordinair, dentist, all around great guy.
April 29, 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor, Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot
April 29, 1958 Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress, Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
April 29, 1958 Mic e Pfeiffer, Midway City California, actress, Married to the Mob
April 29, 1958 Simon Edwards, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love
April 29, 1957 Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist, Fabulous Poodles
April 29, 1956 Ron Verlin, rocker, Shooting Star
April 29, 1955 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor, Jerry-Seinfeld
And also look above in Alamo 50's for other stuff.
January 31 (three of the most famous baseball players of all time...guess I didn't get the memo)
Ot a Harrington, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets
Minnie Driver, actress, Good Will Hunting
Greg Skrepenak, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers
Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995
Doug Pederson, NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
Michael Sinclair, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
Charles Dimry, NFL cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles
Adam Johnson, Portland, Oregon, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics
Sharon Cain, San Antonio, Texas, team handball center back 1996 Olympics
Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside, New York, rocker, Anthrax-Protest and Survive
Anthony LaPaglia, actor, Murder One
Kelly Lynch, actress, Drugstore Cowboy
Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion
Shirley F Babashoff, California, swimmer, Olympics-6 silver/2 gold-72, 76
Johnny Rotten, [John Lydon], rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen
Harry Casey, [KC], rock vocalist, KC and Sunshine Band-Give It
Nolan Ryan, pitcher, Mets, Angels, Astros, 7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks
Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog
Richard A Gephardt, Rep-D-MO, 1977-
Jessica Walter, Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss
Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980-(for you Alamo!)
Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show
Ernie Banks, "Mr Cub" Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman
Chuck Willis, rock vocalist, C C Rider
Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
Norman Mailer, New Jersey, New York City mayoral candidate/novelist, Naked and the Dead
Carol Channing, Wash, actress, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, o Dolly
Jackie Robinson, Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers
Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ, 1951-52
Don Hutson, NFL end, Packers
9-11
Some funny ones, some seem to make sense --
Birthdays:
May 29, 1975 Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary e", Leeds, vocalist, e Girls
May 29, 1972 Bill Curley, NBA forward, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves
May 29, 1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC
May 29, 1961 Melissa Etheridge, U.S. singer, songwriter and guitarist, Never Enough
May 29, 1956 La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, "singer", Playboy, Millipede
May 29, 1953 Danny Elfman, Los Angeles, California, composer, Simspon Show Theme
May 29, 1948 Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor, Luke/Bill-General Hospital
May 29, 1939 Al Unser, auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1970, 71
May 29, 1917 John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Sen-D-Mass, 35th President, 1961-1963
May 29, 1736 Patrick Henry, U.S., patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
Deaths:
May 29, 2004 Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92
May 29, 2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79
May 29, 1998 Barry Goldwater, politician, Arizona senator, dies at 89
May 29, 1997 Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
May 29, 1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
May 29, 1979 Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
May 29, 1978 Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49
May 29, 1942 John Barrymore, U.S. actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
Events:
May 29, 1994 Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
May 29, 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm
May 29, 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
May 29, 1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
May 29, 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor [Vic Morrow (Jennifer Jason Leigh's dad) and a couple of Asian kids chopped up by helicopter blade - CD]
May 29, 1982 "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62 [important !]
May 29, 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
May 29, 1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
May 29, 1953 Edmund P Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
May 29, 1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to an rust laws
May 29, 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
May 29, 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
May 29, 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
Was that the big white doofus that Ali knocked out in the 2nd round?May 29, 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
That's a pretty good piece of bar trivia.May 29, 1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
Bummer. I think I'd pick a different day.
December 30, 1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles
December 30, 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
December 30, 1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
Hm. Bad day for music.
Wow Demi Moore was born on the same day and year as me. Why can't I find any hot babes that look half as good as her?
Anyway Leonardo DeCaprio, Johnathan Winters, Steve Young, Lisa Welch (playboy plamate) and General George S. Patton also share the same birth date as me
....what list would be complete if I didn't mention Sancho I King of Portugal (1700's)
Tim Duncan was born on my birthday.
July 22, 1966 Tim Brown, NFL wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
July 22, 1965 Shawn Michaels, [Mike Hickenbottom], San Antonio, wrestler, WWF/AWA
Feb 29... I'm only 6 years old.
Louis Pasteur was born on my birthday (27 dec) and I was born in a hospital on Louis Pasteur Dr. woo.
Oh yeah, Gérard Depardieu was also born on my birthday :-D
Birthdays:
May 29, 1975 Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary e", Leeds, vocalist, e Girls
May 29, 1972 Bill Curley, NBA forward, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves
May 29, 1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC
May 29, 1961 Melissa Etheridge, U.S. singer, songwriter and guitarist, Never Enough
May 29, 1956 La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, "singer", Playboy, Millipede
May 29, 1953 Danny Elfman, Los Angeles, California, composer, Simspon Show Theme
May 29, 1948 Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor, Luke/Bill-General Hospital
May 29, 1939 Al Unser, auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1970, 71
May 29, 1917 John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Sen-D-Mass, 35th President, 1961-1963
May 29, 1736 Patrick Henry, U.S., patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
Deaths:
May 29, 2004 Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92
May 29, 2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79
May 29, 1998 Barry Goldwater, politician, Arizona senator, dies at 89
May 29, 1997 Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
May 29, 1985 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
May 29, 1979 Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
May 29, 1978 Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49
May 29, 1942 John Barrymore, U.S. actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
Events:
May 29, 1994 Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
May 29, 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm
May 29, 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
May 29, 1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
May 29, 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor [Vic Morrow (Jennifer Jason Leigh's dad) and a couple of Asian kids chopped up by helicopter blade - CD]
May 29, 1982 "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62 [important !]
May 29, 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
May 29, 1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
May 29, 1953 Edmund P Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
May 29, 1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to an rust laws
May 29, 1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
May 29, 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
May 29, 1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
May 29, 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
May 29, 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
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