Your birthday and historical events

[lordoftherings]

www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/this_day_in_history/this_day_September_11.php

I was born on September 11. In addition to the events in the site, I know of another 3. Bashar Assad's birthday was on that date, and the democratic rule in Chiley was removed in 1973 also at the same date. The famous mensioned event is the planes that hit the WTC. What is the date of your birthday? And what events happened at that time?

[lordoftherings]

No one wants to share? Come on. You don't have to say the year so I won't know your age. It is only the month and the day of the month. It is just for fun. I am apparently a looser among you, having drastic events and dictators born at my date of birth. ;D

[Fnord Fred]

Ah, I'll bite.

June 18th in History...

1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

On this day, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history. Forced to abdicate as French emperor in 1814, Napoleon escaped from a brief exile on the island of Elba in 1815 to France, where he raised a new Grand Army. For the next 100 days, Napoleon, once regarded as an invincible military commander, again enjoyed success on the battlefields of Europe. However, on June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, he suffered his last defeat against an allied force under Wellington. Soon after, Napoleon was arrested and exiled to the island of St. Helena, where he died six years later.



1997
Sirhan Sirhan, jailed for the assassination of US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, has his 10th appeal for parole turned down.
1996
Benjamin Netanyahu is sworn in as Israel's youngest ever Prime Minister at the head of a right-wing coalition government.
1983
American Sally Ride becomes the first woman US astronaut in space with the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
1979
US President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev sign a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 2) in Vienna.
1975
In Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia, the public beheading in a shopping centre car park of Prince Faisal Ibn Musead Abdul Aziz for the murder of his uncle, King Faisal.
1963
British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper comes close to becoming world champion - knocking Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali) to the floor at the end of the fourth round of their world championship bout at Wembley Stadium, London. Clay wins the fight in Round Six when the referee decides the cut above Cooper' eye is too bad for the fight to continue.
1953
Following a military coup, Egypt is declared a republic.
1935
Germany signs a treaty with Britain limiting the size of the German fleet to 35 percent that of the Royal Navy.
1928
American air pioneer Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1867
Mexican Emperor Ferdinand Maximillian Josepoh is executed by firing squad following a revolution.
1822
London unveils its first nude statue - a bronze figure of Achilles in Hyde Park by sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott. The statue later acquires a discreet fig leaf.
1817
In London, the opening of Waterloo Bridge across the River Thames – originally Strand Bridge but re-named in honour of the British victory at Waterloo in 1815.
1815
Battle of Waterloo between the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and the combined armies of Britain, led by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian forces commanded by Field Marshal Blucher.
1778
American War of Independence: Colonial forces enter Philadelphia following the British evacuation of more than 12,000 troops.
1633
In Edinburgh, Charles I is crowned King of Scotland.
1429
The French, led by Joan of Arc, defeat the English at the Battle of Patay.
1961
English singer Alison Moyet.
1942
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England.
1942
South African President Thabo Mbeki.
1941
English TV cookery broadcaster Delia Smith.
1929
Hungarian actress Eva Bartok.
1920
British actor Ian Carmichael.
1913
American songwriter Sammy Cahn.
1912
American singer Perry Como.
1901
American actress/singer Jeanette MacDonald born in Philadelphia.
1886
English mountain climber George Mallory.
1982
German actor Curt Jurgens aged 66.
1975
In Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia, the public beheading in a shopping centre car park of Prince Faisal Ibn Musead Abdul Aziz for the murder of his uncle, King Faisal.
1958
Former England cricket captain Douglas Jardine - captain of the England touring side during the controversial 'bodyline' series against Australia in 1932-1933.
1936
Russian writer Maxim Gorky aged 68.
1928
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen .
1916
German Chief of Staff during World War I, Helmuth von Moltke, aged 67.
1867
Mexican Emperor Ferdinand Maximillian Josepoh is executed by firing squad following a revolution.

[lordoftherings]

lots of execusions

[truthseeker]

I share my birthday with leonardo Da Vinci!

Yay!!!!!

lol

[PhantomWolf]

The only thing worth mentioning was the first ever F1 GP, so I didn't bother.

[james]

For Nov. 2nd

Out of the interesting ones:

1962
US President John Kennedy announces that the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' is over - after ships carrying nuclear missiles to Cuba are ordered to return to Russia.

1944
German World War II military commander Field Marshall Erwin Rommel commits suicide after being arrested for his involvement in the failed plot to assassinate German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.

1930
Ras Tafari, King of Ethiopia, is crowned Emperor Haile Selassie.

1917
Britain issues the 'Balfour Declaration on Palestine' - promoting the idea of creating a national Jewish homeland in the Middle East.

1899
Boer War: Start of the siege of Ladysmith in Natal when Boers encircle British troops and civilians inside the town.

1871
British police begin their 'Rogue's Gallery' - taking photographs of all convicted prisoners.

1841
Start of the Second Afghan War.

[gwiz]

For some reason, my birthday always coincides with Burns Night.

[reynoldbot]

Einstein published his theory of relativity on my birthday March 20. It's also the day of the vernal equinox. Of course, the most important thing to happen on March 20 is that I was born. "The Acme of evolution" is my motto.