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Notable EVENTS that happened on your b-day
Stratophony
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because this one has better things than people (for my b-day)
August 13
3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
^ fucking br00tal
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
August 13
3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
^ fucking br00tal
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
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Interesting Events:
*986 – A Byzantine army is destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron.
*1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, realized by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
***1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
*1998 – Monica Lewinsky scandal
Holidays and observances
* Christian Feast Day
o Clare of the Cross
o Saint Hyacinth of Poland
o Mammes of Caesarea (Roman Catholic Church)
* Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
* Independence Day, celebrate the announcement of Indonesia's independence from Japan in 1945.
* The birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet. (Rastafari movement)
* Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
1244 Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem
1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium
1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders)
1347 Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US
1789 U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
1812 U.S. invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
1848 London's Waterloo Station opens
1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published
1889 Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city
1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3
1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act
1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal
1955 Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust"
1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA Champion.
1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
1962 Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in same inning
1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
1969 David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity'
1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep)
The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that Kurt Cobain was found dead at his home on my birthday in 1994.
1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.
1562, – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel.
1812 – War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1918 – The Japanese Imperial Navy battle ship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 – The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1979 – Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL
2007 – The July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike took place. Two Reuters employees were killed by U.S. forces.
1998 – Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
^fuckin brutal
thats all that was interesting
1944 Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
not much else
THE HAUNTED releases their late studio album, Versus. On my 18th birthday. Another reason I want 'VERSUS' tattooed on my arm. lol
Fuck you all
1971 – Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
2000 – The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
2004 – A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.
thats pretty cool