[BlackJackal]

April 27th in History
1773: British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston
1937: First US social security payment made The AARP should celebrate
1937: The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco USA opens
1941: Athens, Greece, captured by the German army
1960: France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age
1961: Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic
1989: Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China


April 27th birthdays
1759: Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'
1791: Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code
1822: Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President
1896: Louis Victor de Broglie, French physicist and philosopher
1932: Anouk Aimee, French actress

[Tripper]

Originally Posted by Forte

Discovery of penicillin was announced.
The USSR and Israel resume diplomatic relations

Deborah Kerr, English born film actress

[Jotun]

September 14th in History
1812: Napoleon enters Moscow, during his invasion of Russia
1886: Typewriter ribbons patented in the United States
1992: UN troops land in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country and provide aid


September 14th birthdays
1769: Baron von Humboldt, German naturalist
1909: Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist

[Unknown_Sniper]

March 22nd in History
1945: Arab League formed by seven Middle East countries
1946: Jordan gains independence from British rule


March 22nd birthdays
1599: Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist
1910: Nicholas Monsarrat, English author
1923: Marcel Marceau, French Mime artist
1930: Stephen Sondheim, American songwriter
1948: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats'

[Machette]

June 1st in History
This Day in History > June 1st
June 1st in History
1952: East Germany closes its links with West
1958: General De Gaulle named the premier of France
1973: Greece becomes a republic, scrapping its monarchy


June 1st birthdays
1926: Andy Griffith, American film and television actor
1926: Marilyn Monroe, American film actress
1937: Morgan Freeman, American film actor ('Driving Miss Daisy'

[dr nein]

1485: Coronation of British king Henry VII
1922: Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy
1952: US detonate first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific

the_finger:

[Airborne Butters]

January 3rd in History
1521: Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
1918: US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor
1924: The sarcophagus of Tutankhamen is discovered by Howard Carter
1959: Alaska becomes the 49th United State, bought from Russia
1961: US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1993: The Russian and American leaders sign the second START agreement in Moscow


January 3rd birthdays
1892: J.R Tolkien, English author
1909: Victor Borge, Danish comedian and musician
1956: Mel Gibson, Australian actor



That's right bitches...the Road Warrior! HOLLAH!

[Tripper]

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[duncey]

May 21st in History
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May 21st in History
1851: Gold discovered in Australia
1927: Charles Lindbergh becomes the first to fly solo across the Atlantic


May 21st birthdays1527: King Philip II of Spain
1904: Fats Waller, American musician
1916: Harold Robbins, American novelist
1917: Raymond Burr, American actor

[Gonzo]

December 27th in History
1831: HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, sets sail on its world voyage
1927: Leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party
1945: International Monetary Fund established
1979: Russia invades Afghanistan
1989: Egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break


December 27th birthdays
1571: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer who stated that planets circle the Sun
1879: Sydney Greenstreet, American actor
1901: Marlene Dietrich, German actress

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

lithuania delcares independence from USSR

followed by 2 worthless news stories and 2 randoms birthdays oOo: cry:

[Judas]

August 9th in History
1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
1965: Singapore independence
1974: Gerald Ford becomes the 39th president of the United States


August 9th birthdays
1922: Philip Larkin, English poet



mia farrow is hot.

[Jakke]

April 20th in History
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April 20th in History
1441: During the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils
1775: British begin siege of Boston As a result, New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
1782: Netherlands recognizes US
1902: Marie Curie isolate radioactive element radium
1929: The first Italian parliament made up completely from Mussolinis Fascists opens
1945: Soviet troops enter Berlin
1961: Revolt in the South African country of Angola


April 20th birthdays
121: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
1745: Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist
1889: Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany
1893: Harold Lloyd, American silent film star
1893: Joan Miro, Spanish artist
1941: Ryan O'Neal, American actor
1949: Jessica Lange American actress


holy fuck Adolf Hitler oOo:

[Sgt. Paine]

August 7th in History
1858: Ottawa chosen as the capital of Canada by British Queen Victoria
1942: American marines begin assault on Guadalcanal
1960: The Ivory Coast gains independence from France

Wewt

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

Originally Posted by Judas

August 9th in History
1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

"what the fuck is that"- nagasaki citizen, 1945