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"The day I was born..."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday /hi/dates/stories/may/31/ newsid_2481000/2481543.stm


The US Senate decided to stop bombing Cambodia, basically the end of the Vietnam War.
What happened on yours?

er-no wrote:
> I was born.
>
> That was special enough.

Heh, nice one.
:-D

Some pretty interesting ones on Christmas day.

Did you know Charlie Chaplin died on the 25th of December?
Groovy.

Oh, I also happen to know that Sooty was first aired on my b'day in 1958, and that the actual day I was born (1988) there was a train crash in London.

14th December 2402 - Federal Union of Earth declares holy war on Arachnid homeworld.

14th December 0 CE - Jesus kicks Mary so hard she begins to bleed inwardly, forcing her to spend the night in an inn called 'The Sleazy Shepherd'


Blame the drink.

September 27,

2001: Swiss gunman kills 14 in shooting spree

A gunman runs amok in a central Switzerland government building, killing at least 14 people before turning the gun on himself.


1996: Afghan forces routed as Kabul falls

The capital of Afghanistan has fallen to opposition militia after three days of fierce fighting.

1988: Johnson stripped of Olympic gold

Sprinter Ben Johnson is sent home from the Seoul Olympic Games in disgrace.

1962: World relief as Cuban missile crisis ends
The world has breathed a collective sigh of relief after the Soviet President Khrushchev agrees to dismantle missile bases in Cuba.

2001: Worshippers killed in Pakistan church massacre
Masked gunmen have burst into a church in eastern Pakistan killing 18 people including children who were at prayer.

1974: Minister's wife survives bomb attack
Sports Minister Denis Howell's wife and young son survive a bomb attack on their car.

1986: Bamber found guilty of family murders
Jeremy Bamber has been found guilty of killing five members of his family.

August 18th

1992: Serbian prison camps condemned Conditions in two Serbian detention camps have been condemned as "hell on earth" by the man leading a delegation to inspect them.

1989: Man U sold in record takeover deal
Manchester United Football Club has been sold for £20m in the biggest takeover deal in the history of British football.

1971: Army shot 'unarmed' disabled man.The British Army has been accused of shooting dead an unarmed, disabled man during disturbances in Northern Ireland.

1969: Woodstock music festival ends
Three days and nights of sex, drugs and rock and roll come to a peaceful end as the Woodstock music festival winds down.

Gorbachev resigns as Soviet Union breaks up.

On my birthday the world's first real life superhero was born.






*cough*

Totoro wrote:
> February 14th
> Where's all the happy news?

Erm don't forget the St Valentine day massacre.