Happy birthday and many happy returns Vasthi M Quezada, Jana Foley and Theodore Mallos. Born on the same day, across the years, along with 1521 – Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590) 1640 – Robert Plot, English chemist (d. 1696) 1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) 1780 – Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist (d. 1849) 1816 – Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892) 1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln, American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States (d. 1882) 1860 – Philo McGiffin,First American Naval Officer to command a modern battleship in wartime(d.1897) 1887 – George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 1985) 1887 – Alvin York, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964) 1903 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1993) 1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and producer 1948 – Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees, and Damnocracy) 1954 – John Anderson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 – Jamie Foxx, American actor and singer 1989 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 1989 – Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author and activist, oldest daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger 1991 – Senah Mango, Togolese footballer December 13: Arbaeen (Shia Islam, 2014); St Lucys Dayin Italy and Scandinavia William Waller 1643 – First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller (pictured) led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry. 1758 – While transporting Acadians from Prince Edward Island to France, the Duke William sank in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 360 lives, one of the greatest marine disasters in Canadian history. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces captured Nanjing in China and then began to commit numerous atrocities over the next several weeks. 1989 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. 2001 – The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, resulting in 12 deaths, including those of the perpetrators. You have united us. You are shocked by the loss of the Duke. And of the behaviour of those trying to be like us. You hold the checkpoint. Parliament continues. Lets party.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:56:26 +0000
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