Well yeah I found this website that shows you what happened on the date and year of when you were born. It's pretty cool, here's what happened for me! HistoryOrb.com 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east 762 - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire. 1168 - Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope 1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI. 1272 - Edward I proclaimed King of England 1342 - Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht 1347 - Coke di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome 1407 - A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy. 1431 - 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies 1520 - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm 1521 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine 1583 - Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst 1616 - Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1637 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden 1695 - Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed. 1719 - Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm 1755 - English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1759 - -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French 1789 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights 1795 - Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday 1805 - Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna 1815 - 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1815 - Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" same day as Treaty of Paris 1817 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida 1829 - Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia 1833 - Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay 1852 - Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London 1861 - Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government. 1862 - Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg 1866 - 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1866 - Howard University founded (Washington DC) 1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle 1873 - Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary 1888 - Willard Bundy patents timecard clock 1889 - Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony 1890 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions" 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua 1901 - Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris) 1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1906 - George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London 1909 - Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game 1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero 1911 - Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich 1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports 1915 - 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 1917 - 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1917 - Ukrainian Republic declared 1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az) 1920 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson 1922 - Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in NYC 1923 - Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal 1923 - Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark 1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 1928 - WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions 1929 - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio 1929 - Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show 1931 - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) 1932 - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands 1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0 1934 - Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in NYC 1934 - New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers) 1934 - Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period 1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad. 1938 - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin) 1940 - German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 - Hungary joins 3 Power pact 1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers. 1941 - Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note And much more! What about you guys?
@MrDavyJones Before I visited the website, all I knew was that Danica Patrick's birthday is the same as mine as well as Elton John (so is Sarah Jessica Parker...) Also, March 25th is like 1/4 of the year away from Christmas. March 25th used to be around the date of Bristol's spring race, Elliott Sadler won his first career victory at Bristol in 2001.
1969 - John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ 1969 - Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress 1970 - "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 84 performances 1970 - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1508 performances 1970 - Marxist government takes over in Congo 1970 - WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 1971 - "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 72 perfs 1971 - Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game 1971 - Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game 1973 - George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million 1974 - Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain 1974 - Burma accepts its constitution 1974 - Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London 1974 - Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in NYC 1974 - NY Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 - Apple Computers incorporate 1977 - Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) 1978 - Chandrasekar takes 6-52 & 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 1980 - Gold hits record $634 an ounce 1981 - 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) 1981 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr 1981 - Greg Chappell scores 204 v India at the SCG 1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) 1983 - Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota 1984 - Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson 1985 - Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings 1985 - Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews 1987 - "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 56 performances 1987 - "Smile" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 48 performances 1987 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin 1988 - Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut 1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century 1989 - Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 1989 - Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement 1990 - Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities 1991 - Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years 1991 - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against NY Islanders 1992 - 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter 1992 - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney 1993 - "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 452 perfs 1993 - "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 22 perfs 1993 - "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 780 perfs 1993 - "Secret Garden" closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances 1993 - "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin NYC after 10 performances 1993 - Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months 1994 - "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 13 performances 1994 - 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt 1994 - Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed 1994 - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1997 - Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV 1997 - Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick v England at Harare 1997 - Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series v England 3-0 1997 - The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion USD to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys. 1998 - "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 91 performances 1998 - Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke 1999 - Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned Christians. 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched. 2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. 2007 - National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport. 2009 - Israeli ground forces invade Gaza. 2013 - 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq Mel Gibson was born on my birthday ^-^
1941 - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years 1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes 1942 - Gasoline rationed in US 1942 - The Beveridge Report is published by the British government unveiling plans for a post-war welfare state Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco 1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 1944 - Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres 1944 - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 - Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres 1945 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg 35-0 at Toronto 1946 - Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1947 - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba 1947 - India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1948 - Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan as King of Palestine 1948 - Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player 1949 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1951 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd" premieres in London 1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1952 - The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation. 1953 - Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen 1953 - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 - WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 - Walter Alston named Dodger manager 1954 - Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement 1954 - Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal) Civil Rights Activist Rosa Lee Parks 1955 - Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1956 - "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances This is my history on my Birthday Dec 1
May 14, today. 649 - Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1027 - Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 1264 - Battle of Lewes, 2nd Barons' War: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats English King Henry III 1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable"). 1509 - Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1576 - Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten 1607 - 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va 1608 - The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen. 1610 - Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne. 1638 - Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon 1643 - Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4 1664 - Turkish great Kiprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1702 - England & Netherlands declare war on France & Spain 1702 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre. 1767 - British government disbands Americans import duty on tea 1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution 1796 - English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire 1800 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth" premieres in Weimar The Sun King of France Louis XIV1804 - Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast 1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) 1832 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" premieres 1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile 1842 - Illustrated London News; the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, begins publication 1845 - Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens 1853 - Gail Borden, land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor, patents HIS process for condensed milk 1861 - The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain. 1862 - Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson, MS takes place. 1868 - Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. 1874 - 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats Uni of McGill (Montreal) 3-0 1878 - Vaseline is first sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) 1879 - The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas. 1884 - Anti-Monopoly party forms in US Naturalist Charles Darwin1885 - 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25 1886 - 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50 1888 - 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00 1889 - The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is launched in London. 1890 - 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 1892 - Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem 1894 - Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings 1896 - Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10°F /-23°C at Climax, Colorado) 1897 - Great Britain signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco 1905 - 2nd official international soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0 1906 - Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising 1908 - 1st passenger flight in an airplane 1910 - Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins 1913 - Frans Hals museum opens in Haarlem, Netherlands 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt1913 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings 1914 - Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0 1918 - Sunday baseball is made legal in Washton, DC 1919 - 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 1919 - Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta 1920 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit 1920 - Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season 1921 - Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 - Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliamentary seats 1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published. 1927 - "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the singles chart by Ben Bernie 1927 - 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06 1927 - Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. 1927 - The University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity. 1928 - John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab & suffers a broken leg Such 10000 characters. ;_;