What happend the day you were born?

[Jazza]

The exact day and year:

ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, killing all 23 aboard.
Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947) Dies
John Tower, American politician (b. 1925) Dies

[Vulnerable]

Freddie Mercury died on mine.

November 24th, '91.

[drama]

Robbie williams celebrated his birthday.

[Wootzeh]

* 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
* 1384 - Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
* 1491 - An auto de fe, held in Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
* 1532 - Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
* 1632 - The Battle of Lützen, where king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is killed.
* 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
* 1776 - American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States, the first country in the world to do so (This is a controversial statement, because other sources say that the Kingdom of Morocco was the first to extend diplomatic recognition to the new United States).
* 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern - Russian force under Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Murat.
* 1821 - American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
* 1849 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his execution is canceled at the last minute.
* 1857 - Second relief of Lucknow. The most Victoria Crosses won in a single day (24).
* 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee. Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
* 1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason.
* 1896 - First transmission of electricity between a power plant and a city was sent from the Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant to industries in Buffalo, New York.
* 1904 - John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
* 1906 - Opera star Enrico Caruso is charged with an indecent act after allegedly pinching a woman's bottom in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo.
* 1907 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
* 1907 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
* 1914 - The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
* 1920 - Qantas, the national airline of Australia is registered as an aerial carrier under the name of “Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited”. Only KLM (now part of Air France-KLM) and Avianca are older.
* 1932 - New York City's Palace Theatre fully coverted to a cinema, which is considered the final death knell of vaudeville as a popular entertainment in the United States.
* 1933 - The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
* 1934 - James J. Braddock won one of the most important fights of his career against then future heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis
* 1940 - World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
* 1940 - Holocaust: In occupied Poland, German Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
* 1940 - New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
* 1943 - World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vermork, Norway.
* 1944 - Dueren, Germany is completely destroyed by Allied aerial bombers.
* 1945 - Cold War: The United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists & engineers to help in the production of rocket technology.
* 1957 - Serial killer Edward Gein murders his last victim, Bernice Worden.
* 1959 - The Broadway musical, The Sound of Music, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.
* 1965 - Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
* 1973 - Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
* 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
* 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens in theaters.
* 1979 - The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
* 1981 - Luke and Laura marry on the U.S. soap opera General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in daytime television history.
* 1984 - Queen Elizabeth II visited Uppingham School, Rutland, UK on the occasion of its Quatercentenary.
* 1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that Estonia was "sovereign" but stopped short of declaring independence.
* 1988 - In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
* 1989 - A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
* 1989 - Devastating tornado strikes Huntsville, Alabama.
* 1989 - UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.
* 1996 - Mother Teresa receives honorary US citizenship.
* 1996 - The Jumbotron at Buffalo's HSBC Arena falls to the ice hours before a hockey game; no one is injured.
* 1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
* 2000 - Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
* 2004 - X-43A scramjet becomes the fastest air-breathing jet flying at nearly Mach 10 at approx. 11,200 km/h or 3.11 km/s.

[cocaine]

Events

* 1223 - In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.
* 1698 - The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.
* 1771 - Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
* 1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners.
* 1790 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
* 1791 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
* 1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
* 1825 - The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society was founded at the University of Virginia.
* 1827 - The first Roman Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by Fathers Abraham Armand and Alexis Bachelot of France and Patrick Short of the United Kingdom, members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It would be the foundation of the present-day Diocese of Honolulu.
* 1865 - First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent.
* 1902 - The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
* 1933 - Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
* 1940 - World War II: Andrew George Latta McNaughton takes command of the 7th Army Corps consisting of British, Canadian and New Zealand troops.
* 1943 - In Joplin, Missouri, George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of a black American.
* 1948 - Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot near to the Italian Parliament.
* 1954 - The central region of the United States suffers extremely hot weather, with the temperature reaching 118° F (48° C) in Warsaw and Union, Missouri, and 117° F (47° C) in East St. Louis, Illinois, setting new all-time state record high temperatures.
* 1958 - Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists and Abdul Karim Kassem becomes the nation's new leader.
* 1965 - Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
* 1966 - In Chicago, Richard Speck murders eight student nurses in their dormitory.
* 1966 - A fire at a mental hospital in Guatemala City kills 225.
* 1969 - Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer game against El Salvador, rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Of the 300,000 Salvadoran workers in Honduras, tens of thousands are expelled, prompting a brief Salvadoran invasion of Honduras. The OAS works out a cease-fire on July 18, taking effect on July 20.
* 1969 - Large denominations of United States currency, namely the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills, are officially withdrawn from circulation by the Federal Reserve System due to "lack of use," leaving the $100 bill as the largest unit of circulating United States currency. [1]
* 1981 - MCLN bombs a popular cinema in Bangui, Central African Republic. Afterwards a declaration is issued, demanding withdrawal of French troops from the country.
* 1984 - New Zealand elects the Fourth Labour Government bringing in David Lange as Prime Minister of New Zealand, and thus breaking nine years of National party governance under Robert Muldoon. It was this government that introduced the world's first and only nuclear free legislation.
* 1988 - Volkswagen's automobile plant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania - the first auto assembly plant operated by a non-American car manufacturer in the United States - closes after little more than a decade of operation. The plant built Volkswagen's Rabbit model in its first six years, then produced the Golf and some Jetta models until its closing.
* 1992 - A major fire consumes an entire city block in tourist destination Gatlinburg, Tennessee, destroying the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" Museum and several other local businesses and attractions in the process.
* 1995 - The MP3 format was named.
* 2000 - George Speight, the principal instigator of the Fiji coup of 2000, was arrested with 369 of his followers and charged with treason.
* 2002 - During Bastille Day celebrations, French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed.
* 2005 - Europe holds a two minute silence at 12:00 BST in remembrance of the 7/7 bombings of London, United Kingdom
* 2006 - The verdict in the Italian Football Match Fixing Scandal was delivered- Juventus were relegated, Lazio, Fiorentina and AC Milan were spared relegation.
* 2007 - Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

[GhostFace-]

The Smash Tour was punk rock band The Offspring's concert tour to promote their third album Smash, which lasted only two years, making it the first time they would tour that long.

the 7th or sumtin 1 of that ws on my birfday

[Energizer]

* 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
* 362 - Roman Emperor Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.
* 1454 - In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
* 1703 - In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
* 1783 - American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.
* 1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
* 1792 - George Washington is unanimously elected to a second term as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
* 1794 - The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
* 1801 - John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
* 1810 - British Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
* 1825 - The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
* 1859 - Codex Sinaiticus discovered in Egypt.
* 1861 - American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, Delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form The Confederate States of America.
* 1899 - The Philippine-American War begins.
* 1915 - Germany establishes a submarine blockade around the UK and declares any vessel in it a legitimate target.
* 1932 - World War II: Japan occupies Harbin, China.
* 1936 - Radium E. becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
* 1941 - World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
* 1943 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad ends.
* 1945 - World War II: The Yalta Conference begin .
* 1948 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
* 1957 - USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logs her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
* 1966 - All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
* 1969 - Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
* 1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
* 1976 - In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
* 1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
* 1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose.
* 1992 - A Coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez Frías, against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
* 1996 - Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-22°C).
* 1997 - En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
* 1997 - After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
* 1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
* 1999 - Hugo Chávez Frías, Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela.
* 1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
* 1999 - The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon
* 2000 - German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
* 2003 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
* 2006 - A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 88..

FEB 4TH!!!

[Geraint]

1002 - English king Ethelred ordered killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1642 - At the Battle of Turnham Green of the First English Civil War the Royalist forces withdrew in face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to take London.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal defended by British General Guy Carleton. Allen and his troops were disorganised and soundly defeated; however, U.S. Brigadier General Richard Montgomery's force entered Montreal unopposed.
1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what will become Seattle, Washington.
1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London
1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the InteriorRichard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskancoal fields.
1916 - Prime Minister of AustraliaWilliam Morris Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrierHMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, she sinks on November 14.
1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal
1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assassinated in Caracas.
1954 - Great Britain defeated France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
1956 - United States Supreme Court declared Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses illegal; this ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March Against Death."
1970 - Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).
1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, has become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars without a hitch.
1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Kim Duk Koo. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
1990 - The World Wide Web first began.
1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum.
1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility for the attack.
2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
2001 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine PresidentJoseph Estrada.
2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2002 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.

November 13th

[Metric.]

Some guy was murdered the day I died. I watched some program on it.

[le harry]

1985 - 56 spectators die when a flash fire strikes a football ground during a match in Bradford, England.