tedp6873 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Moving on from the last 2 threads about birthdays was thinking while looking at wiki what happened on your birthday.Here is a few from mine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. 1923 - Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel. 1945 - World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommythejambo Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 1910 - Yellow cab was founded. That about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Hates Hibees Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 1791 - The United States Mint is created by the Congress of the United States 1817 - The Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory. 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. 1891 - The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season. 1931 - The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem. 1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. 1985 - Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures. 1997 - The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. 2002 - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations. 2004 - Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer. 2005 - Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. 2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I got pumped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Moving on from the last 2 threads about birthdays was thinking while looking at wiki what happened on your birthday.Here is a few from mine.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. 1923 - Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel. 1945 - World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning. You can see mine on my bebo:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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