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customers_suck about people being jerks about a birthday celebration led to a long list of comments about the horrible things that happened on birthdays. A link was given to Wikipedia's date entries (and as an aside, I am loving Wiki more and more..)
So, why can't I celebrate my birthday anymore?
1187 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
1712 - 12 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites
1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family
1941 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1998 - Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.
2002 - A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25
So, what awful things happened on your birthday?
customers_suck about people being jerks about a birthday celebration led to a long list of comments about the horrible things that happened on birthdays. A link was given to Wikipedia's date entries (and as an aside, I am loving Wiki more and more..)So, why can't I celebrate my birthday anymore?
1187 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
1712 - 12 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites
1918 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family
1941 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1998 - Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.
2002 - A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25
So, what awful things happened on your birthday?
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1836 - The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1887 - The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1898 - Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Captain Alfred Dreyfus in jail.
1900 - In South Africa the Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart's Hill.
1919 - Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy.
1945 - World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers.
1947 - International Organization for Standardization(ISO) is founded. (Dude, have you ever had to WRITE to their standards?)
1958 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
1966 - A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government.
1975 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States. (I hate DST)
1997 - A large fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
1999 - An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.