Happy birthday and many happy returns Wei SU. Born on this day, across the years, along with 1463 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525) 1574 – Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637) 1666 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (d. 1723) 1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American politician, scientist, and publisher, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790) 1820 – Anne Brontë, English author and poet (d. 1849) 1863 – David Lloyd George, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1945) 1899 – Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947) 1922 – Betty White, American actress and singer 1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008) 1928 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and entrepreneur (d. 2012) 1931 – James Earl Jones, American actor 1942 – Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist 1949 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (d. 1984) 1997 – Jack Vidgen, Australian singer-songwriter January 17: National Day in Minorca (1287) Pope Gregory XI 1377 – Pope Gregory XI (pictured) entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the Papacy to its original city and effectively becoming the last Avignon Pope. 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani. 1946 – The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House in London. 1955 – USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, put to sea for the first time from Groton, Connecticut, with the message, Underway on nuclear power. 2010 – The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths. We have come home. Public safety is important. We are secure. We are underway. We arent violent. We win. Lets party.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:13:51 +0000
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