10-22-2013, 07:35 PM
The rules are simple. Type in your birthday on wikipedia but exclude the year. In my case it is "December 19". Post some results.
1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service
1941 – World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army.
1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
1975 – John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
2012 – Park Geun-hye becomes the first female elected President of South Korea
1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist is born.
1370 – Pope Urban V dies.
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
O Radix
Pope Anastasius I
December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Liberation day (Goa)
Opalia (Roman Empire)
Now, do it!
1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service
1941 – World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army.
1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
1975 – John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
2012 – Park Geun-hye becomes the first female elected President of South Korea
1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist is born.
1370 – Pope Urban V dies.
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
O Radix
Pope Anastasius I
December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Liberation day (Goa)
Opalia (Roman Empire)
Now, do it!