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Events

* 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional).
* 43 BC - Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Although Antony fails to capture Mutina, Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly afterwards.
* 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England (unofficially) at the death of his father, Henry VII
* 1792 - Tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged and quartered.
* 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of San Jacinto - Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
* 1863 - Bahá'u'lláh declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". Considered the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
* 1894 - Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
* 1898 - Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.
* 1918 - World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France.
* 1930 - A fire at a penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, kills 320 people.
* 1944 - Women in France receive the right to vote.
* 1945 - World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
* 1952 - Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
* 1960 - Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
* 1960 - Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, DC.
* 1962 - The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the U.S. since World War II. [1]
* 1963 - The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í faith is elected for the first time.
* 1965 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
* 1966 - Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
* 1967 - A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
* 1970 - The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia
* 1975 - Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
* 1982 - Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
* 1987 - The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, killing 106 people.
* 1989 - Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
* 1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

[edit] Births

* 1555 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
* 1651 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
* 1652 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
* 1671 - John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
* 1673 - Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1742)
* 1713 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1793)
* 1729 - Empress Catherine II of Russia (d. 1796)
* 1767 - Elisabeth of Württemberg, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1790)
* 1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862)
* 1775 - Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (d. 1870)
* 1810 - John Putnam Chapin, American politician (d. 1864)
* 1811 - Alson Sherman, American politician (d. 1903)
* 1814 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)
* 1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (d. 1855)
* 1837 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1922)
* 1838 - John Muir, American environmentalist (d. 1914)
* 1851 - Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939)
* 1864 - Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
* 1870 - Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
* 1879 - Kartini, Indonesian national figure (d. 1904)
* 1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
* 1887 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
* 1889 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
* 1896 - Henry de Montherlant, French novelist and essayist (d. 1972)
* 1905 - Pat Brown, American politician (d. 1996)
* 1911 - Ivan Combe, American inventor (d. 2000)
* 1912 - Marcel Camus, French film director (d. 1982)
* 1914 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
* 1915 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (d. 2001)
* 1919 - Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
* 1920 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
* 1920 - Ronald Magill, British actor (d. 2007)
* 1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (d. 1987)
* 1923 - John Mortimer, English barrister and writer
* 1926 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
* 1927 - Gerald Flood, British actor (d. 1989)
* 1930 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
* 1932 - Elaine May, American comedian
* 1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor
* 1935 - Thomas Kean, former Governor of New Jersey and 9/11 Commission Chairman
* 1936 - James Dobson, American evangelist
* 1938 - Ernie Maresca, American singer, songwriter and record executive
* 1939 - Helen Prejean, American writer
* 1944 - Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
* 1945 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
* 1947 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
* 1947 - John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)
* 1948 - Gary Condit, American politician
* 1948 - Paul Davis, American singer
* 1949 - Patti Lupone, American singer and actress
* 1951 - Tony Danza, American actor and comedian
* 1951 - Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician
* 1951 - Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire)
* 1951 - Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1954 - James Morrison, American actor
* 1954 - Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer
* 1956 - Phillip Longman, American demographer
* 1958 - Edward Leslie, American professional wrestler
* 1958 - Andie MacDowell, American actress
* 1958 - Michael S. Zarnock, American author/columnist/Guinness World Record Holder
* 1959 - Gene Callahan, American writer
* 1959 - Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure)
* 1959 - Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
* 1959 - Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies)
* 1960 - Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 - Les Lancaster, American baseball player
* 1963 - Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (d. 2004)
* 1963 - Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
* 1963 - John Cameron Mitchell, American film director
* 1964 - Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
* 1964 - Alex Baumann, Canadian Olympic swimmer
* 1965 - Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1965 - Karen Foster, American model (Playboy)
* 1966 - Michael Franti, American musician
* 1969 - Robin Meade, American reporter
* 1970 - Rob Riggle, American comedian
* 1970 - Nicole Sullivan, American actress
* 1970 - Glen Hansard, Irish song-writer/actor
* 1971 - Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player
* 1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor
* 1971 - Michael Turner, American comic book artist
* 1972 - Severina Vu%u010Dkovi%u0107, Croatian singer
* 1972 - Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
* 1977 - Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
* 1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)

Remembrance Day.

(Wacky events).

1939 - Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, giving them an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.

Significant births (source Wikipedia)
12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
1945 - Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician
1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hizballah (a party designed for the goal of Destruction of Israel).

Deaths
1888 - Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845) (Grandfather of all serial Killers.... of the Modern age)

1997 Princess Di. dies!

i have a special birthdate:

24\7\93

24 hours a day
7 days a week
XPPP

march 11th
3-11
Shitty band.

I was born on the day of the Newcastle earthquake, 3 days after Christmas of 1989.