bad omen of this day
Following Nigel, I had to participate in the Wikipedia what-happened-on-your-birthday meme. Here’s a selection of events…
- 68 BC - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
- 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1846 - George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor born.
- 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture
- 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1939 - Last Polish army is defeated in World War II.
- 1946 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician born
- 1966 - LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
- 1981 - Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
- 1998 - Gay-bashing: Near Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard is viciously attacked by two assailants for being gay.
- 2000 - Slobodan Milošević resigns.
Well, a few important moments in media history took place on my birthday, and I share birthdays with my congressman, as well as Le Corbusier and Thor Heyerdahl.
