[BundEnhamma]

President Félix Faure of France dies in office. (probably shagging his secretary at the time)

What, like Berlusconi...?

[Shinegayboyx]

Thank goodness for Wikipedia!

Best - the Amistad slavery ruled illegal (1841)

Because, my birthday:

1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, fifty-three rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.

Oh and some other stuff happened, combining the good, the bad and the ugly:

963 - The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.

1566 - Nostradamus, French astrologer dies

1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.

1776 - John Hancock signs Declaration of Independence

1777 - Vermont becomes the first American state to abolish slavery.

1917 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois (the state where I was born), as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.

1941 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. German soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder. (The bad)

1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.

1950 - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan was burned down by a young but very mad monk

1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate dies.

1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places. (The good)

1973 - Peter Kay, British comedian is born.

1985 - Nakura is born. (The ugly)

1999 - Mario Puzo, American author dies.

[layevymed]

Adolf Hitler was born and Benny Hill died

Prophet Muhammed was born and Apollo 16 lands on the moon

[BigBobdd]

Adolf Hitler was born and Benny Hill died

How wrong is that? It should have been the other way around...

[VemyhemiHef]

How wrong is that? It should have been the other way around...

Yaknow.. after visualizing Benny Hill up at the podium ranting and raving at the nazi masses... and Hitler running around in circles at the end of his comedy show with a group of people chasing him... I couldn't agree with you more

[yasalaioqe]

June 26th

I think the best is probably that Kennedy said the famous line "ich bin ein Berliner" in Berlin ( and it was on my birthday) or the fact the bicycle was patented in 1819.

The worst, and there seems to be more bad than good, is tied between the Pied Piper luring away 130 children from Hamlin in 1284 and the Yorkshire Ripper murdering a 16 year old girl, Jayne Macdonald ( the first who was not a prostitute) in 1977.

[verizon]

september 26th
hmmn
best thing: 1907 - New Zealand and Newfoundland each becomes a dominion of the British Empire.

worst thing maybe: 1987 - Long running children's TV show ChuckleVision begins.
though its a classic, they have been running short on material since pretty much when they started

[movlabs]

the good...

1982 - Conch Republic established
1968 - Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. see main article Columbia University protests of 1968

National Beer Day in Germany

the bad

1014 - Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.

1616 - Funeral of Miguel de Cervantes, who died on April 22

1961 - Judy Garland performs at Carnegie Hall.

1968 - Timothy McVeigh

[slimsex]

only thing really interesting i can find is following..

4004 BC - The universe was created, according to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar

don't know what that means..

pete

[ReginaPerss]

only thing really interesting i can find is following..

4004 BC - The universe was created, according to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar

don't know what that means..

pete

it's just the young earthers silly, the major flaw in thier theory is all the dinosaurs and the ice man.

[Reafnartefs]

Well this is my first post after reading through the forums for a couple of days.

May 7

Best: 1945 - World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.

Worst: 1915 - World War I: a German submarine U-20 sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people.

Coolest: 1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge.

[Penisvergroesserung]

Amazingly, Sid James actually died on Awooga Guy's birthday What's more, Chernobyl exploded on Awooga Guy's birthday also. Yes indeed.






That is all.

[Qvqnubpj]

Best:

1813 - The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
Born: 1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)

Worst:

202 BC - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal.
439 BC - The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
(I am such bad news for Carthage)

The Wierdest

Born: 1976 - 1962 - Evander Holyfield, American boxer

[FateHostera]

Born: 1976 - 1962 - Evander Holyfield, American boxer

And apparently the only person to ever officially time travel.

[Anypeny]

Amazingly, Sid James actually died on Awooga Guy's birthday What's more, Chernobyl exploded on Awooga Guy's birthday also. Yes indeed.

Were these two unrelated incidents?

[Siliespiriulk]

Charge of the Light Brigade!

[CurtisTH]

Were these two unrelated incidents?

Awooga Guy is innocent Guv, he never touched nothing.




That is all.

[trettegeani]

i was born on "Earth day" and "World poetry day"

worst:

1857 - An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
2005 - In Red Lake, Minnesota, 10 are killed in a school shooting,
1960 - Apartheid: Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
1933 - Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi Germany concentration camp, is completed.

good:
1945 - World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
1844 - The original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ.
1965 - Martin Luther King Jr leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.