Happy birthday and many happy returns Quyen Le Qttl, Anna Vasilyeva, Hoang Pham, Kymberley Wang, Hans-leo Rehbaum and Jade Guttenbeil. Born on the same day, across the years, along with 1127 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) 1679 – Ann Putnam, Jr., American witness in the Salem witch trials (d. 1716) 1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1926 – Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991) 1927 – George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999) 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) 1960 – Erin Moran, American actress 1960 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and director 1990 – Bristol Palin, American author 1998 – Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress October 18: Feast day of Saint Luke; Independence Dayin Azerbaijan (1991); Alaska Day (1867) Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg 1009 – Under orders from Fatimidcaliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was destroyed. 1386 – A special Pontifical High Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit (pictured) commemorated the opening of Heidelberg University. 1540 – An expedition led by Spanish conquistadorHernando de Soto destroyed the fortified village of Mabila in what is now the U.S. state of Alabama, killing Chief Tuskaloosa in the process. 1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American Bob Beamon set a world record of 8.90 m in the long jump, a mark that stood for 23 years. 2004 – SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe announced that Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt was permitted to retire on health grounds, but then had him arrested. Orders are followed. The university has opened. They have conquered. The jump was long. We can party on health grounds.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:03:05 +0000