Happy birthday and many happy returns Natalie Nicole Ngo. Born on a day in which in 1900, A Daoist monk discovered the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of documents from the 5th to 11th centuries, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. In 1913, More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held. In 1944, World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombarded Cherbourg, France, to support U.S. Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. In 1978, The rainbow flag representing gay pride first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. And, in 2009, Swedish authorities removed eight-year-old Domenic Johansson from the custody of his parents on the grounds that he was not being properly educated. What a Day! Raise the flag in pride. Expect many to attend. That birth certificate is a precious document. But then a well educated person such as yourself (they are your parents, right?) would know that. Matches 524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce. 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine. 1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors ofGermany. 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua. 1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. 1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. 1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. 1910 – Igor Stravinskys ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. 1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913. 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane 1935 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established. 1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis. 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. 1948 – The Berlin airlift begins. 1949 – Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theatres. 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World 1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has a state of internal Emergency declared in India. 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. Hatches 1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275) 1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634) 1860 – Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956) 1887 – George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) 1900 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979) 1903 – George Orwell, English author (d. 1950) 1924 – Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) 1925 – June Lockhart, American actress 1926 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973) 1927 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel (d. 2013) 1928 – Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992) 1934 – Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author 1935 – Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (d. 2004) 1940 – Clint Warwick, English bass player (The Moody Blues) (d. 2004) 1945 – Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter, actress, and author (Elephants Memory) 1946 – Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (King Crimson and Foreigner) 1952 – Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Finn Brothers, Crowded House, and Split Enz) 1960 – Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer 1961 – Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, and producer 1962 – Phill Jupitus, English comedian and actor 1963 – George Michael, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Wham!) 1975 – Chenoa, Argentinian-Spanish singer 1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player 1979 – La La, American television host and actress 1982 – Rain, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor 1984 – Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer 1991 – Christa Theret, French actress 1993 – Piero Vergara, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor Despatches 635 – Emperor Gaozu of Tang (b. 566) 1218 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160) 1533 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France (b. 1496) 1579 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541) 1593 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician (b. 1541) 1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore dArtagnan, French captain (b. 1611) 1876 – Boston Custer, American general (b. 1848) 1876 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839) 1876 – Thomas Custer, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845) 1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (b. 1926) 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947) 2009 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (The Jackson 5) (b. 1958)
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