what happen'd on your birth date

[Grandpa]

number one hit , march 31 1968

He could really croon nicely, and he had such creepy songs.

Anyway for me:

Black Thursday, the official start of the Great Depression. I learned that as a kid and never forgot it. You can say, oh, the UN Charter was adopted, or, hey, that's when the Soviet Union invaded Hungary. Nope. I'm keeping Black Thursday.

 

[Grannie CeeCee]

on Aug 4, 1959 some lead up to the Vietnam War happened, but I forget what. I also read somewhere that 8/4/59 was the date that the Dalai Lama left Tibet for India.

And I was born, "lacking only that much" of being a boy. Or so my father says to this day, holding his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart. har daddy har

 

[Kurben]

1646: Roger Scott was tried in court in Massachusetts for sleeping in church!!
1710: The Battle of Helsingborg. A swedish army of 14000 men won a devastating victory over a likesized army of danes.
1847: The US defeats Mexico in the Battle of Sacramento.
1939: The UK recognizes Francos regime in Spain.

 

[Arcadevere]

just google'd and i found a lots of interestign stuff during my birthday, August 15

• 1684 Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France
• 1741 French troops attack the Rhine
• 1748 United Lutheran Church the American colonies organized
• 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia
• 1785 French cardinal De Rohan arrested
• 1795 Joseph Haydn leaves England forever
• 1824 Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African coast through the American Colonization Society (ACS)
• 1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
• 1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
• 1843 Tivoli Gardens amusement park opens in Copenhagen, world's 2nd oldest
  
• 1848 M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
• 1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins

and the list goes on. . .

source : August 15 - Historical Events - On This Day

 

[fljoe0]

number one hit , march 31 1968

Number 1 song july 1 1961

 

[rockerchick]

Nothing of interest.

 

[mal]

The doctor hit me.

 

[Out of Order]

The doctor hit me.

The doctor slapped my Mother.....thank you Rodney Dangerfield!

 

[GNTLGNT]

The doctor slapped my Mother.....thank you Rodney Dangerfield!

....Rodney Dangerfield was your Obstetrician??...

 

[AnnaMarie]

He could really croon nicely, and he had such creepy songs.

Anyway for me:

Black Thursday, the official start of the Great Depression. I learned that as a kid and never forgot it. You can say, oh, the UN Charter was adopted, or, hey, that's when the Soviet Union invaded Hungary. Nope. I'm keeping Black Thursday.

I had to google that actual date. It's Very close to my mom's birthdate.

Funny story....One year on her birthday someone asked how old she was. I quickly did the math and said "that's when the Great Depression started". My mom turns to me and says "your dad has blamed me for a lot of things, but even he never blamed THAT on me".

 

[FlakeNoir]

1801 Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm
1969 1st Moon Landing: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11, 530 million watch live global broadcast

I think the two might be linked.

 

[Grandpa]

1801 Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm
1969 1st Moon Landing: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11, 530 million watch live global broadcast

My dad let me stay up late to watch that fuzzy, "snow"-encrusted moment. After we watched it for a while, we stepped outside, looked up at the moon, and marveled at what we had just seen and what was in our field of vision way up there.

So much potential for the human race at that moment. Sigh.

I think the two might be linked.

That is funny.

But.....
....yeah, I believe it's all linked.

 

[Kingunlucky]

I was born.

 

[grin willard]

July 10, 1921, former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta, nicknamed The Bronx Bull and The Raging Bull was born. 96 & Still alive! And in July 10, 1040, Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes! Makes me feel a bit ... inconsequential.

 

[Grandpa]

July 10, 1921, former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta, nicknamed The Bronx Bull and The Raging Bull was born. 96 & Still alive! And in July 10, 1040, Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes! Makes me feel a bit ... inconsequential.

Don't feel inconsequential!

I'm sure we can find you a horse.




Not apropos to much, the term "Peeping Tom" comes from the probably apocryphal tale of Ms. Godiva's equestrian outing.

 

[Srbo]

Nothing.
Maggie May was the number one single and The French Connection the number one movie.
That`s it.

 

[Srbo]

And sadly, The Raging Bull mentioned above just died the other day.
RIP, legend.

 

[Tiny]

August 6, 1991 - What Happened - On This Day

 

[The Nameless]

Nobody of note was born or died on my birth date. While I could only find one thing of note that happened on that day (one website said El Salvador army kills 900), it appears that the aids epidemic was 1st brought into the news.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 10 | 1981: Mystery disease kills homosexuals

The headline read "mystery disease kills homosexuals".

 

[muskrat]

Ooka Shaka oooka oooka...

Blue Swede's version of Hooked on a Feeling went #1 on the charts.

That's how Muskie makes an intro.