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April 20th
2001 - China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses

Sweeeeet

Oh and I share a birthday with Adolf Hitler, hows that for being awesome

1858 - Denver, Colorado was founded.
1859 - Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was first offered for sale, in London, England
1942 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded.
1943 - World War II: War in the Pacific - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1963 - In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by an assassin, identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, who was later captured and charged with the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. That same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.
1972 - Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2008 - YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live.


Births:
1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis
1984 - Scarlett Johansson

Birthdates Which Occur on April 30:
1309 Kazimierz III de Great King of Poland (1333-70)
1602 William Lilly England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler
1651 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle French priest/theorist/saint
1717 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer
1743 Robert Jasper van de Capellen mister of Marsch/politician
1767 Jean Henri Appelius lawyer/minister of Finance
1770 David Thompson English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River)
1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss world's great mathematician
1790 John Cockerill English/Belgian industrialist
1792 Johann Friedrich Schwencke composer
1796 Isa„c M "Isaac A" Cr‚mieux French lawyer/minister of Justice
1797 Andreas V Michiels Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra
and Paul van Vlissingen Dutch ship owner
1805 William Kerley Strong Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1812 Kaspar Hauser German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
1823 George JD Campbell Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
1830 Davis Tillson Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1837 Alfred Gaul composer
1851 Indrië Einarsson Iceland playwright (Nyj rsn¢ttin)
1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison 1st lady (1889-1893)
1864 Frans Netscher Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
1870 Franz Lehar operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
1874 Cyriel Verschaeve Belgian priest/writer
1882 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf author (To the Invisible)
1883 David John de Lloyd composer
1884 Albert Israel Elkus composer
1885 Luigi Russolo composer
1886 Frank Merrik composer
1888 John Crowe Ransom US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
1889 Acario Cotapos composer
and Rudolph Hermann Simonsen composer
1891 Watze Cuperus Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
1893 Joachim von Ribbentrop German SS f�hrer/foreign minister
1896 Gary Davis Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
1899 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal author (regional novels)
and Lucie Mannheim Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps)
19-- Robyn Griggs actress (Maggie-Another World)
and T T Boy XXX actor ($exce$$, Patriot Dames)
and Thom Bray Camden NJ, actor (Cyril-Breaking Away)
1902 Andre-Fran‡ois Marescotti composer
and Rudolf Wittelsbach composer
1903 G�nther AR Raphael German composer (Symphony Breve)
1905 Henrich Schl„ppi Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
1909 Juliana Queen of Netherlands (1948-80)
1910 Al Lewis actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
1911 Hans Studer composer
and John-Baptist J Walgrave [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist
1912 Eve Arden Mill Valley Calif, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks)
1916 Dugo D Schenker Suriname/Antillian producer
and Robert Shaw Red Bluff Calif, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale)
1917 Bea Wain US actress/radio hostess
1918 W Donald McNeill tennis champ (US Open-1940)
1919 Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove Flemish writer/producer
1920 Leen 't Hart Dutch organist/composer
1924 Sheldon Harnick Broadway songwriter (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
1925 Corinne Calvet Paris France
1926 Cloris Leachman Des Moines Iowa, actress (Last Picture Show)
and Corinne Calvet France, actress (Apache Uprising)
and Edmund Cooper UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day)
1927 Johnny Horton Los Angeles Ca, rocker
and Lars Hall Sweden, Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 Peter Carsten Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)
1931 William L [Bill] Clay (Rep-D-MO, 1969-  )
1932 Anton Larrauri composer
1933 Willie Nelson Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
1936 Zohra Lampert actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra)
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Queen of Netherlands (1980-  )
and Gary Collins Venice Calif, actor (6th Sense, Home Show)
and Larry [Van Cott] Niven US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star)
1939 Ellen Taafe Zwilich Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982)
and Pieter van Vollenhoven husband of Dutch Princess Margriet
1940 Burt Young NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
1941 Johnny Farina rocker (Santo & Johnny)
and Wilfried Jentzsh composer
1943 Bobby Cattle US rock vocalist (Take Good Care of My Baby)
and Bobby Vee Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes)
and Robert L Livingston (Rep-R-Louisiana, 1977-  )
1944 Jill Clayburgh NYC, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough)
and Richard Shoff rocker (Sandpipers)
1945 Annie Dillard American writer (An American Childhood)
and Claude van de Berge [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
and Michael J Smith Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
and Mike Beacon rocker (Ox)
and Mimi Farina rocker
1946 Donald Schollander Charlotte NC, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64)
and Karl XVI Gustav F H King of Sweden (1973-  )
1947 Robert Scott (Rep-D-Virginia)
1948 Perry King Alliance OH, actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad")
and Wayne Kramer rocker
1951 Panuta Rosani Poland, discus (Olympic 1976) drug disqualified
1952 Tom Pesek creator of HAL 9000 program for the PC
1953 Merrill Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1954 G�nther Tiersch German DR, 8 man cox (Olympic-gold-1968)
1955 Dimitra Papandreau Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau
1956 Richard Farina folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
1959 Kamaran Abdalla Iraq/English/Neth actor
1961 Isiah Thomas NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)
1966 David Meggett NFL running back (NY Giants)
1968 Babette Van Veen Neth
and Paulo Jr Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
1969 Joey Restivo Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
1971 Matt Martin Hamden Conn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1975 Beverley Peele model
and Johnny Galecki actor (Danny-American Dreamer)
1982 Kirsten Dunst actress (Interview with the Vampire)

Deaths Which Occured April 30:
313 Gaius G V Maximus [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
535 Amalaswintha queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
1030 Mohammud van Ghazna Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
1196 Boudouin II bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
1214 Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa Italian bishop, dies
1328 ... Eckhard German theologist/mystic, dies
1630 Ercole Porta composer, dies at 44
1632 Jean de Tilly fieldmarshal, dies
     Sigismund III King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1660 Peter Scriverius Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
1671  . . . Frangep n Hungarian nobleman/plotter, beheaded
     P‚ter Zrinyi Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49
1708 Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
1712 Philippus van Limborch remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
1743 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck German free mason, dies
1785 Frederick Philipse 3 land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
1792 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at 36
     John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich English Naval minister, dies at 73
1793 Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at 88
1795 Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies
1800 John H Midderigh Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
1828 Shaka the great Zulu King, killed
1829 George Washington Adams son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
1847 Charles L J archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1855 Henry Rowley Bishop composer, dies at 68
1859 Sergei T Aksakov Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer, dies at 71
1893 Edouard Manet French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
     Gyula Beliczay composer, dies at 57
1896 Antonio Cagnoni composer, dies at 68
1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
1903 Fran‡ois Cr‚pin Belgian botany, dies at 72
1912 Frantisek Kmoch composer, dies
1922 David M Chumaceiro Cura‡aos poet, dies
1929 Friedrich Lienhard German publisher (T�rmer), dies at 63
1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1934 William Henry Welch dies at 75
1942 Catherine Murphy Urner composer, dies at 51
1943 Beatrice Potter Webb British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
     Etty Hillesum diary writer (Auschwitz), dies
1945 Adolph Hitler German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
     Eva Braun girlfriend/wife of Hitler, dies
1952 Charles Radoux-Rogier composer, dies
1956 Alben W Barkley (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
1957 Ludwig Schiedermair German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1959 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick composer, dies at 81
1963 Bryant Washburn actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
1965 Helen Chandler actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
1966 Richard Farina rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1968 Frankie Lymon rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
1970 Hall Johnson composer, dies at 82
     Inger Stevens actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
     Jacob Presser historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies
1971 Elmo Roper pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
1972 Gia Scala actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
     Ntare V king of Burundi, murdered
1973 Josie Sedgwick actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
1974 Agnes Moorehead actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
1976 Edvard Fliflet Braein composer, dies at 51
1977 Clive Martin Douglas composer, dies at 73
1980 Mary McCarty actress (French Line), dies
1982 Albert TLCA Bird lecture artist, dies
     Herman Tholen cabaretier (Juveniles), dies
     Taisen Deshimaru founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1983 George Balanchine Russian choreographer, dies at 78
     Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
     Muddy Waters US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
1984 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris bombed nazi-Germany, dies
     Muddy Waters blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
1985 George Pravada actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
1987 Hugh Dempster actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
1988 James McCracken US tenor, dies at 61
1989 Sergio Leone Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 67
1991 George Sperti Sperti inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
     Michael G Hagerty actor (Overboard), dies at 39
1992 Dan van Driel cartoonist (Nervous Cop), dies
1993 Dave Waymer NFLer, dies at 34
1994 David Langton dies of a heart at 81
     Ferdinando Scarfiotti Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
     Richard Scarry US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
     Roland Ratzenberger Austria Formula 1-cyclist, dies in accident at 31

Holidays Which Occur April 30:
     Louisiana Admission Day (1813)
     Netherland, Neth Antilles, Suriname Queen Juliana's Birthday (1938)
     Switzerland May Day Eve/Maitag Vorabend
0501 Germany Walpurgisnacht

Religious Observances on April 30:
     RC Quirinus of Neuss/St-Grein, Roman martyr
     RC Severus, bishop of Naples
     RC Wolfhard, hermit
     Witch Walpurgis Night or Bealtaine, sabbat
1380 RC, Luth Commemoration of St Catherine of Siena, virgin/doctor
1572 RC Memorial of St Pius V, pope (1566-72) (opt)

Things to Remember for April 30:
      Flower-Sweet Pea & Daisy               Gem-Diamond
     America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month
     International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month
     National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month
     National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month
20 Days Astrological sign:  Taurus

Highlights in History Which Occur April 30:
1888  Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad, India.
311 Roman emperor Galerius delegates tolerance edict of Serdica
1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed
1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland
1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated
1396 Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon
1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
and Spain announces it will expels all Jews
1506 Philip of Bourgondy & England sign trade agreement
1527 England & France sign treaty of Westminster
1562 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut & Hugenot
1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)
1616 English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen
1650 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
1661 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa
1695 William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London
1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
1725 Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
1748 Ceasefire at Aken ends
and French troops occupy Maastricht
1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower
1772 John Clais patents 1st scale
1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US
1790 Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village
1798 Dept of Navy forms
1803 US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
1804 Hague's Theater opens
1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
1852 Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
1857 San Jose State University forms
1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)
1861 Federal Troops, under orders from Lincoln, evacuate Indian Territory
1862 Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
and New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
1865 -5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia
1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized
1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in
     Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
1888 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi
1889 1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
and George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl
1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match
and USA annexes Hawaii
1902 Debussy's opera "Pell‚as et M‚lissande," premieres in Paris
1903 Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home opener; Chesbro beats Senators 6-2
1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1910 Cleve Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox
1911 Portugal approves woman suffrage
1913 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis
1916 Chic Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
1919 Phillies beat Bkln Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
1921 American Professional Football Assn reorganizes in Akron
and Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
1922 Chic White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0
1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State
1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957)
1929 Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austrian
1934 Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution
1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1355 Magoeba & #1368 Numidia
and World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
1937 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth
1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair
and Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms
1940 Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0
1941 Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms
and Dutch strike against obligatory Labor camps
and No‰l Coward's "This Happy Breed," premieres in London
1944 NY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
and NY Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time
1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
and Concentration camp M�nchen-Allag freed
and Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks
and Red Army occupies Demmin
and Red army storms German parliament
and Russian Army frees Ravensbr�ck concentration camp
and US troops attack the Elbe
1946 Cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0
1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
1948 Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia
and US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orch premieres in Haifa
1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced
and Imperial Bank of India nationalized
and Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks
and West German unions protest for 40-hour work week & more wages
1961 1st shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)
and Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk USSR
and Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
and SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m
and Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (USSR)
and NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
and Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
1969 Cin Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0
and WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 US troops invade Cambodia
1971 Milwaukee Bucks sweep Balt Bullets for NBA championship
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
and Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"
and Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
1975 US civilian forces evacuate Vietnam; Saigon surrenders
1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Jimmy Young in Landover Md
and Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba
and Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands
and Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London
and Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
and Iran offensive in Khusistan
1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are, Sweden
and Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
and Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
1987 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
and NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
and NY Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in LA)
and NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec
and World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
1989 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
and US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
and Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th
and US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space
1991 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh
1992 208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)
1995 After 120 years the last 15 A & S dept stores close

Your Special Reminders for April 30:
     120th day of year with 245 days left   (Numerology = 7)
and 1874   32øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_March

Events:

1791 - The United States Mint is created by the Congress of the United States.
1817 - The Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory.
1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1891 - The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season.
1904 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.
1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1961 - Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1985 - Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."
2002 - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.


Births:

1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)

Deaths:

1703 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635)

Holidays and observances

Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day) - Japanese celebration day for girls.
Bulgaria - Liberation Day.
March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Australia - Labour Day.

The murder of Julius Caesar is the only one I can remember.

# 2008 - Isaac Hayes, American musician and actor (b. 1942)

1938 - The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_13

january 30th 1992
highlights
1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
1945 - World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th anniversary of his coming to power. (A subsequent address on February 24 was not read by Hitler.)
1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1956 - American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA.
1979 - Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.

births
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
1941 - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States
1981 - Peter Crouch, English footballer



deaths

1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1869)
1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b. 1871)

March 4, 2005 - United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by the HIV virus in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.

26th June.

Things that are important to me. My Uncle Ken died of an allergic reaction to meds on my birthday. I also broke my collarbone that day. Fun day...

* 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
    * 715 - Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
    * 1212 - Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
    * 1580 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
    * 1687 - The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
    * 1687 - The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
    * 1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
    * 1783 - Fayette County, Pennsylvania is created.
    * 1789 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
    * 1792 - Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
    * 1810 - A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
    * 1872 - The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.
    * 1907 - New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
    * 1908 - Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
    * 1914 - The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
    * 1918 - World War I: Battle of Meuse.
    * 1934 - Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
    * 1944 - World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
    * 1944 - World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
    * 1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans.
    * 1950 - Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
    * 1954 - Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
    * 1960 - In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
    * 1960 - Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.
    * 1962 - The Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
    * 1970 - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
    * 1973 - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
    * 1981 - Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
    * 1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war.
    * 1983 - Australia II, the first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup.
    * 1984 - The United Kingdom agrees to handover of Hong Kong
    * 1997 - A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
    * 1997 - An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
    * 2000 - Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
    * 2000 - The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
    * 2002 - The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.
    * 2008 - Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.

September 26th

I'm born in 1992

Gulfwar started...

FatherTed wrote:

Oo ETHER oO wrote:

Gulfwar started...

I went to Tucson a few years back. Middle of august, hot hot hot place

Hell yes it is, it is 90 outside right now... I remember back a few years ago it was so hot here that the airport shut down because the tires on the planes were melting to the runway it was like 125 that day.