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What famous events happened on your b-day?
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BALLISTIC SOLUTION31 Oct 2003, 16:16 well, i started this topic for the hell of it while listening to hendrix, & i already knew when he died....6 years to the day i was born SEP 18th 1976...that means that Elvis was still alive when i was born!!!! :PR3v0Lu7iOn 1931 Oct 2003, 17:34 Well i was born on April 14th...that the same day Titanic hit an Iceberg :o but it wasnt till the nxt day it sunk!T3CHNOJUNKIE42031 Oct 2003, 19:45 I was born on August 15th......the same day the first Woodstock festival opened in 1969! B)David McGowan1 Nov 2003, 02:36 June 1rst ...
1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls
of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller
WOHO yay for whiskey ;)
David :lol:BALLISTIC SOLUTION1 Nov 2003, 04:00 David McGowan wrote: June 1rst ...
1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls
of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller
WOHO yay for whiskey ;)
David :lol:
:lol: & from my motherland as well B)ephex1 Nov 2003, 15:20 Jan 8... the same day Elvis was born.
The sad part is I never knew that until just now :lol:Trancefuzion2 Nov 2003, 00:47 Where do you find all this?David McGowan2 Nov 2003, 01:28 dragongirl3 Nov 2003, 23:52 I was born February 18th- same as john travolta! :lol: swordfish is one of my favorite movies too- if you havent seen it, you should ^_^djdarkshade6 Nov 2003, 05:58 Washington became a state, 100 years before.OneLoneMan6 Nov 2003, 19:20 June 12th...
1952 - 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX
1979 - Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
Both things of great importance I am sure...
:DAlle21 Nov 2003, 16:19 October 5, 1976 for me....
Kinda wierd - it's the exact same date that I turned 27!!! :)
And 1989, ten months after being indicted by a federal grand jury, televangelist Jim Bakker, 50, was found guilty on 24 counts of mail and wire fraud. Three weeks later, on October 24th, Bakker was fined $500,000 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Dragongirl: Yeah it's an awesome movie - I'm not 100% sure but I think the Subways they're sitting @ in the start of the movie is right on top of Lakeshore Drive, near Loyola Campus in Chicago - Had breakfast there every day during our stay in Chicago 3 years ago :)
Best,
AlexMiGhTy-MaX21 Nov 2003, 23:16 July 21, 1982 for me.
1990 Pink Floyds' "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood
1952 Robin Williams Chicago Ill, comedian (Mork & Mindy, Awakenings)
1924 Don Knotts Morgantown WV, actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company)
1899 Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954)OldDude28 Nov 2003, 20:24 Sticking with the Elvis theme, December 20, 1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service. I was 10 that year.
:devil2: :devil:teknodave28 Nov 2003, 20:48 Alot had happened on the day of my birth, DECEMBER 25th.
The no-brainer: Jesus of Nazerth was born. 4 BC
Other Birthdays :::
1946: Jimmy Buffet, singer/songwriter
1960: Amy Grant, singer
Major Events :::
1888: 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia
1896: "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
1946: Constitution accepted in Taiwan
1950: Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1959: Richard Starkey [Ringo Starr] receives his 1st drum set
1963: Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released
1964: "Goldfinger" premieres in US
1974: Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia
1983: 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
1987: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
1997: For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
1997: Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
Christmas is supposed to be a time to kick back and relax! Alot has happened on December 25th! :)