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Just a couple of many interesting things that have happened on May 23rd. I find Bonnie and Clyde to be especially interesting, but not fun (I'm Bonnie - luckily, I'm not marrying Clyde).

1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
1934 - American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.

Oh, and it's World Turtle Day!

Message edited 10/10/2008 9:12:47 AM.

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didnt realize there were so many things behind my date! lol you can go to answers.com and find out about your date

Events
238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.
1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 - Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 - The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1809 - Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
1849 - The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
1871 - In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1873 - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
1888 - The Football League is formed.
1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
1895 - First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
1923 - The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1941 - Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
1942 - World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, Britain's Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 - World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
1945 - The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1954 - Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1975 - A fire at the Brown's Ferry nuclear reactor in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.
1978 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher puts down an Early Day Motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan.
1984 - Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
1989 - Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat in one of the most grusome sports injuries of all time.
1993 - The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
1996 - Göran Persson succeeds Ingvar Carlsson as Swedish prime minister.
1997 - Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world figure skating competition.
1997 - The comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth.
2004 - Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
2006 - ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.
2006 - BC Ferries' Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
2006 - Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.

Births
841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
1663 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1712 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
1723 - Charles Carroll, American statesman (d. 1783)
1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
1817 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1857 - Paul Doumer, French President (d. 1932)
1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
1866 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)
1868 - Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines Republic (d. 1964)
1878 - Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
1880 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)
1896 - He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
1901 - Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
1907 - James Gavin, American general and ambassador (d. 1990)
1907 - Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
1908 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
1908 - Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)
1909 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)
1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (d. 1979)
1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
1912 - Karl Malden, American actor
1913 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913 - Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
1917 - Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
1918 - Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)
1920 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)
1920 - Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)
1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
1923 - Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (d. 2007)
1924 - Allen Neuharth, American businessman
1924 - Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
1928 - Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
1928 - Ed Macauley, American basketball player
1930 - Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist
1930 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
1931 - Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor
1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress
1934 - Orrin Hatch, American politician
1934 - Larry Martyn, comedy actor (d. 1994)
1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
1936 - Ron Carey, American labor leader
1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer
1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
1941 - Jeremy Clyde, British actor
1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
1941 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
1942 - Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
1942 - **** Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
1943 - George Benson, American musician
1943 - Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
1944 - Jeremy Clyde, English singer (Chad and Jeremy)
1946 - Rudy Rucker, American author
1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress
1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator
1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
1955 - Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
1958 - Laurie David, American political activist
1958 - Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
1959 - Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor
1965 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
1966 - Song Kwang Sik, Korean singer
1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
1968 - David Macmillan, Materials Engineer
1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1972 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
1972 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
1973 - Joe Nedney, American football player
1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
1975 - Jirí Novák, Czech tennis player
1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
1977 - Joey Porter, American football player
1978 - Tom Poti, Professional Hockey Player
1979 - Aaron North, American musician
1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
1980 - Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
1981 - Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
1981 - MIMS, American rapper
1982 - Pete Bennett, British musician and winner of Big Brother 2006
1988 - Tania Raymonde, American actress

Holidays and observances
World Water Day.

Liturgical feasts
Easter Sunday - 1818, 2285. In the Gregorian Calendar 22 March is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can fall (25 April is the latest).

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April 2 It's on a Thursday

1870 - Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. pres

1921 Alberrt Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity

1949 My Grandparents got married


1989 My newphew was born

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1949 My Grandparents got married

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February 7th History:

1900: Labour Party forms in England
1984: US astronaut Bruce McCandless is the first person to 'Spacewalk' untethered to a spacecraft
1990: The Soviet Communist Party leadership agrees to surrender its 70-year monopoly on power, paving the way for a multi-party democracy
1992: European Community ministers formally sign the Maastricht Treaty, paving the way for the creation of the European Union.

February 7th Birthdays:
1812: Charles Dickens, British writer
1932: Gay Talese, American actor.
1943: Gareth Hunt, British actor
1945: Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.

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Im getting married on Father's Day! I was born on Mother's day, So we thought it would be nicel to give my father and his father a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law on Father's Day!!

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Wow...TONS happened on 4-4... soo... I'll just post the interresting ones..LOL

1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.

1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

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7-11 we are in there like every other day at least basically why we picked it so there was NO excuse forgeting it

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2/27/1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

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Our date falls on Shirley MacLaine's and Barbra Streisand's birthday!

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These are just a few...

1912 - Eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. Second largest volcanic eruption in historic time.

1933 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States

1944 - D-Day

1969 - The first Internet connection was created

1990 - U.S. District court judge Jose Gonzales rules that the rap album As Nasty As They Wanna Be by the 2 Live Crew violates Florida's obscenity law

2005 - the United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana

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We will have the same anniversary as Howard Stern& Beth Ostrosky! They were married Oct 3, 08 (we're Oct 3, 09)..
FH is a huge fan of Stern, and I adore Beth..

How fitting!

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Im getting married on Father's Day! I was born on Mother's day, So we thought it would be nicel to give my father and his father a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law on Father's Day!!

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November 20th is Joe Bidens Bday

Also- Bobby Kennedy

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7/11--our 6th anniversary

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Posted by VickiR510

Obviously, my wedding date is the most romantic day of the year. The Day of LOVE!

VALENTINES DAY!

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Birthdays:

1423: Louis XI, king of France (Bourges, France; died 1483)

1883: Franz Kafka, novelist/short-story writer (Prague, Austria-Hungary; died 1924)

1956: Montel Williams, TV personality (Baltimore, MD)

1962: Tom Cruise, actor (Syracuse, NY). Thomas Gibson, actor (Charleston, SC)

1963: Taylor Dayne, singer (Long Island, NY)

History:

1608: French explorer Samuel de Champlain founds the first European settlement on the site of the present city of Québec, Canada.

1775: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army.

1890: Idaho is admitted to the Union as the 43d state.

1988: Mistaking a commercial Iranian airliner for an F-14 fighter plane, the U.S. Navy warship Vincennes, in the Persian Gulf, fires a missile that destroys the plane, killing all 290 on board.

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wow 7-11 girls check this out

July 11, 1999 20th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa
July 11, 1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas
July 11, 1995 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
July 11, 1993 14th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus
July 11, 1993 Nancy Lopez wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
July 11, 1992 President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people"
July 11, 1991 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
July 11, 1991 Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Saudi-Arabia, 261 die
July 11, 1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
July 11, 1990 New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
July 11, 1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals)
July 11, 1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
July 11, 1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
July 11, 1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks
July 11, 1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
July 11, 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
July 11, 1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
July 11, 1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
July 11, 1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep)
July 11, 1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden
July 11, 1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
July 11, 1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
July 11, 1984 All star MVP: Gary Carter, Mont Expos
July 11, 1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
July 11, 1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
July 11, 1984 Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana
July 11, 1983 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of NZ, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
July 11, 1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 5 performances
July 11, 1982 3rd U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Miller Barber
July 11, 1982 Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
July 11, 1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
July 11, 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
July 11, 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
July 11, 1981 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets record for 1K (2:12.18)
July 11, 1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
July 11, 1979 U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
July 11, 1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
July 11, 1978 All star MVP: Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers
July 11, 1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed
July 11, 1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr
July 11, 1976 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American)
July 11, 1976 31st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
July 11, 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
July 11, 1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks"
July 11, 1975 Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC
July 11, 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
July 11, 1974 World Football League plays 1st games
July 11, 1973 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
July 11, 1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes U.S. copper mines
July 11, 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
July 11, 1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row
July 11, 1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"
July 11, 1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"
July 11, 1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles
July 11, 1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so
July 11, 1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
July 11, 1967 All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cin Reds)
July 11, 1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
July 11, 1965 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion
July 11, 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Midwest Golf Open
July 11, 1963 South-African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested
July 11, 1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
July 11, 1962 Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in same inning
July 11, 1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days
July 11, 1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
July 11, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
July 11, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
July 11, 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
July 11, 1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
July 11, 1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
July 11, 1960 Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution
July 11, 1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence
July 11, 1960 Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence
July 11, 1955 Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust"
July 11, 1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colorado with 300 cadets
July 11, 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss
July 11, 1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate
July 11, 1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
July 11, 1948 1st air bombing of Jerusalem
July 11, 1946 Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA
July 11, 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
July 11, 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term
July 11, 1943 7th day of battle at Kursk
July 11, 1943 Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily
July 11, 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily
July 11, 1943 U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily
July 11, 1941 German troops attack Dnjepr
July 11, 1940 British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay
July 11, 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
July 11, 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens
July 11, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal
July 11, 1931 New York Giants beat Phillies 23-8
July 11, 1930 Bradman scores 309 in a day vs England at Leeds, goes on to 334
July 11, 1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government
July 11, 1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi
July 11, 1923 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
July 11, 1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
July 11, 1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work
July 11, 1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted
July 11, 1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act
July 11, 1915 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
July 11, 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3
July 11, 1905 Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement
July 11, 1905 Niagara Movement founded by W. E. B. Dubois
July 11, 1902 British premier Lord Salisbury resigns
July 11, 1900 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
July 11, 1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole
July 11, 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere show film for scientists
July 11, 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
July 11, 1889 Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city
July 11, 1888 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)
July 11, 1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall
July 11, 1882 British fleet bombs Alexandria
July 11, 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)
July 11, 1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C.
July 11, 1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4
July 11, 1862 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief
July 11, 1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels
July 11, 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender
July 11, 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published
July 11, 1848 Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent vs. England)
July 11, 1848 London's Waterloo Station opens
July 11, 1818 Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly"
July 11, 1812 U.S. invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
July 11, 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet
July 11, 1792 Prussia army moves into French territory
July 11, 1789 U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
July 11, 1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US
July 11, 1740 Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews
July 11, 1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne
July 11, 1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
July 11, 1690 Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire)
July 11, 1673 Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty
July 11, 1635 Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan
July 11, 1588 French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League
July 11, 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
July 11, 1525 Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague
July 11, 1423 Arnold van Egmont becomes duke of Gelre
July 11, 1376 English "Good Parliament" meets
July 11, 1347 Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
July 11, 1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders)
July 11, 1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium
July 11, 1244 Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem

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and birthdays.........

July 11, 1981 Mary Beth Arnold, born in Reno, Nevada, gymnast, World-bronze-95
July 11, 1977 Brandy Gold, born in Northridge, California, actress, Annie-Baby Makes 5
July 11, 1975 Dawn Piepenbrink, wildrose Wis, pairs skater, & Nick Castaneda
July 11, 1975 Lil' Kim, American Musician
July 11, 1974 Andre Ooyer, soccer player, Ajax/FC Volendam
July 11, 1973 Albert Guardado, Jr., born in Redlands, California, light flyweight boxer, Olymp-96
July 11, 1973 Christine Monge, born in San Francisco, California, female pitcher, Colo Silver Bullets
July 11, 1972 Jerrott Willard, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
July 11, 1972 Joe Johnson, NFL defensive end for the New Orleans Saints
July 11, 1972 Ken Irvin, NFL cornerback for the Buffalo Bills
July 11, 1972 Michael Rosenbaum, American Actor
July 11, 1971 Brett Hauer, born in Edina, Minnesota, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers
July 11, 1970 Billy Ashley, born in Taylor, Michigan, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
July 11, 1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993
July 11, 1968 Esera Tuaolo, NFL defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings
July 11, 1967 Andy Ashby, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
July 11, 1967 Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros
July 11, 1966 Butch Reid, horse trainer
July 11, 1966 Debbe Dunning, born in Burbank, California, actress, Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement
July 11, 1966 Mel Appleby, rocker, Mel and Kim-Coming to America
July 11, 1966 Rod Strickland, NBA guard, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards
July 11, 1965 Lisa Rinna, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Billie-Days of Our Life
July 11, 1964 Earl Jones, born in Inkster, Michigan, 800m runner 1984 Olympics bronze
July 11, 1964 Craig Charles, British Actor
July 11, 1963 Al MacInnis, Inverness NS, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, St. Louis
July 11, 1962 Dale Hellestrae, NFLer for the Dallas Cowboys
July 11, 1959 Richie Sambora, guitarist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name
July 11, 1959 Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner
July 11, 1958 Mark Lester, born in Oxford, England, actor, Oliver, Prince and Pauper
July 11, 1958 Ray Dodds, rocker, Fairground Attraction-You Send Me
July 11, 1957 Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive
July 11, 1957 Pete Murphy, rocker, Love Hysteria
July 11, 1957 Vince Williams, actor, Hamp-Guiding Light
July 11, 1956 Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters
July 11, 1955 Sergey Babinov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey star, Olympics gold 1972
July 11, 1954 Benny Defranco, rocker, Defrnco Family
July 11, 1953 Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Olympics gold 1976
July 11, 1953 Peter Bergman, born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, actor, Eat or Be Eaten
July 11, 1952 Stephen Lang, born in New York City, actor, Another You, Death of a Salesman
July 11, 1951 Bonnie Pointer, singer, The Pointer Sisters
July 11, 1951 Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 50
July 11, 1951 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1983
July 11, 1950 Bonnie Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited
July 11, 1950 Jim Higgs, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1978-81
July 11, 1946 Beverly Todd, born in Ohio, actress, Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show
July 11, 1946 Edward J Markey, Rep-D-MA, 1976-
July 11, 1946 Ed Markey, American Politician
July 11, 1945 Adrienne Barbeau, born in Sacramento, California, actress, Maude
July 11, 1945 Robin Muyser, Dutch bassist, Les Baroques
July 11, 1944 Bill Boggs, born in Philadelphia, TV host/producer, Midday, Morton Downey, Jr. Show
July 11, 1944 Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire
July 11, 1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless
July 11, 1942 Marian Sarstadt, dancer/ballerina
July 11, 1940 Rafael Martinez, horse trainer
July 11, 1940 Terry Patchett, politician
July 11, 1939 Larry Laoretti, born in Mahopac, New Jersey, PGA golfer, U.S. Seniors Open 1992
July 11, 1939 Seth Gaaikema, Dutch night club performer
July 11, 1938 Terry Garthwaite, U.S. guitarist/singer, Joy of Cooking
July 11, 1935 Earlene Dennis Brown, born in Latero, Texas, shot putter 1960 Olympics bronze
July 11, 1934 Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo
July 11, 1933 Olga Havlova, political activist
July 11, 1932 Alex Hassilev, rocker, Limeliters
July 11, 1932 Ron McAnally, horse trainer
July 11, 1931 Hans Klein, politician
July 11, 1931 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor
July 11, 1931 Tab Hunter, actor, Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry
July 11, 1931 Thurston Harris, born in Indianapolis, vocalist, Little Bitty Pretty One
July 11, 1930 Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold
July 11, 1930 John Alabaster, cricketer, NZ most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts
July 11, 1930 Harold Bloom, American Critic
July 11, 1929 Hermann Prey, born in Berlin, Germany, baritone, Wolfram-Tannhauser
July 11, 1928 Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter, Jonas and the Whale
July 11, 1928 Robert Washburn, composer
July 11, 1928 Carl Olson, American Athlete
July 11, 1927 Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61
July 11, 1926 Patrick Wymark, born in Cleethorpes, England, actor, Skull, Tomb of Ligeia
July 11, 1926 Ralph D Abernathy, U.S., president, SCLC
July 11, 1926 Rodolfo Arizaga, composer
July 11, 1926 Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman
July 11, 1925 Mattiwilda Dobbs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, soprano
July 11, 1925 Nicolai Gedda, born in Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor, Opera Two to Six
July 11, 1924 Claus Bremer, writer
July 11, 1924 Brett Somers, Canadian Actress
July 11, 1922 Gene Evans, born in Hollbrook, Arizona, actor, My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo
July 11, 1916 Gough Whitlam, ALP, Australia, PM, 1972-75
July 11, 1916 Howard Brubeck, composer
July 11, 1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II
July 11, 1915 George Ivan Smith, diplomat
July 11, 1915 Yul Brynner, born in Sakhalin Island, Japan, actor, King and I, 10 Commandments
July 11, 1914 Ahti Sonninen, composer
July 11, 1913 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S., sci-fi author, Space Lords
July 11, 1913 Kofi Busia, Statesman
July 11, 1910 Irene Hervey, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Aunt Meg-Honey West
July 11, 1910 John Francis Boyd, journalist
July 11, 1907 Richard de Bury, English Writer
July 11, 1906 Harry Von Zell, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, TV announcer, Burns and Allen
July 11, 1906 Herbert Wehner, German communist/anti-communist politician, SPD
July 11, 1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58
July 11, 1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist
July 11, 1899 E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style
July 11, 1898 Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness
July 11, 1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange
July 11, 1897 Blind Lemon Jefferson, rocker
July 11, 1894 Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], U.S. producer, Stagecoach
July 11, 1893 Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921
July 11, 1892 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer
July 11, 1892 Thomas Mitchell, born in New Jersey, academy award winning actor, Outlaw, Adventures
July 11, 1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II
July 11, 1890 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter
July 11, 1889 Alfred E. Green, born in Perris, California, director, Copacabana, Jolson Story
July 11, 1888 Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer, Verfassungslehre
July 11, 1888 Lyman Bryson, Valentine Nebr, educator, U.N. Casebook
July 11, 1885 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter
July 11, 1882 Leonard Nelson, German philosopher, Democracy und Fuhrerschaft
July 11, 1876 Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem
July 11, 1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party
July 11, 1866 R Beer-Hofmann, writer
July 11, 1862 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer
July 11, 1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer
July 11, 1861 George William Norris, Rep/Sen-Neb, Lame duck-amendement
July 11, 1860 Johannis J van Laar, Dutch chemist, thermodynamics
July 11, 1857 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist
July 11, 1857 Iacob Moresianu, composer
July 11, 1851 Millie and Christine, North Carolina, siamese twins
July 11, 1844 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia
July 11, 1841 Daniel de Lange, Dutch composer
July 11, 1841 William Paul Roberts, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1910
July 11, 1838 John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store
July 11, 1837 Paul Lacombe, composer
July 11, 1836 Carlos Gomez, composer
July 11, 1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russ story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki
July 11, 1825 Edward Henry Hobson, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1901
July 11, 1824 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer
July 11, 1816 French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect
July 11, 1811 Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy, died in 1874
July 11, 1810 Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor
July 11, 1767 John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Quincy, Massachusetts, 6th President, D, 1825-1829
July 11, 1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare
July 11, 1738 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands
July 11, 1697 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer
July 11, 1694 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer
July 11, 1662 Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern
July 11, 1657 Frederik I, King of Prussia, 1701-13
July 11, 1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist, Friar Bacon
July 11, 1540 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg
July 11, 1274 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29
July 11, 154 Bar Daisan, [Bardesanes], Syrian theologist

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

Mine is on Halloween!!!

Cant think of any other interesting fact...

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.

On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.

1837 Queen Victoria, the longest serving monarch in British history, ascended the throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.

1863 West Virginia became the 35th state.


1948 The TV variety series "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan debuted on CBS.

1963 The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two superpowers.

1975 The movie "Jaws" was released.

2007 Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers became the fifth major leaguer to hit his 600th career home run.



AND MOST IMPORTANTLY it's the US Open and it is also The LaSalle Graduation which just so happens to be ruining my hotel accommodations.

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

http://www.brainyhistory.com/

try that site it shows basically everything that happened for that day

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

10/25/47 - My mom's birthday :)

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is the exact midpoint of all years! Very cool!

And Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall was born July 2, 1908, which is very cute because I work at Thurgood Marshall Academy High School in DC

Re: Post fun facts about your wedding date

Oh this is super fun

1614 Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1910: France bans kissing on trains.
A variety series (The Tracey Ullman Show). Which spawned the longest-running sitcom and animated series in U.S. history
The Simpsons First Episode (unsure of year)


April 5th, 2009 - The day that I will marry my best friend