Friday, January 30, 2009
Notable Events today - seven squared
133 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor born
1505 - Thomas Tallis, English composer born
1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian born
1648 - Eighty Years war ends. The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between Netherlands and Spain.
1649 - King Charles 1 of England is beheaded.
1790 - The first boat specialising as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States born.
1913 - The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
1913 - Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener born.
1915 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister born.
1927 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden born.
1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor born.
1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress born.
1937 - Boris Spassky, Russian chess player born.
1941 - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States born.
1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer dies.
1951 - Phil Collins, English musician born.
1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 - Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers kill fourteen civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland.
1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
1974 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor born.
1974 - Jemima Khan, English socialite born.
1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA.
1981 - Peter Crouch, English footballer born.
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.
Oh, yes and I am really really old today!
1505 - Thomas Tallis, English composer born
1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian born
1648 - Eighty Years war ends. The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between Netherlands and Spain.
1649 - King Charles 1 of England is beheaded.
1790 - The first boat specialising as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States born.
1913 - The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
1913 - Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener born.
1915 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister born.
1927 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden born.
1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor born.
1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress born.
1937 - Boris Spassky, Russian chess player born.
1941 - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States born.
1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer dies.
1951 - Phil Collins, English musician born.
1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 - Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers kill fourteen civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland.
1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
1974 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor born.
1974 - Jemima Khan, English socialite born.
1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA.
1981 - Peter Crouch, English footballer born.
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.
Oh, yes and I am really really old today!
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Congratulations on being an Arts graduate who knows that "Seven Squared" is 49.
But being a product of a grammer school I shouldn't be all that surprised that you've got a better than working knowledge of mathematics.
Happy Birthday! I take it you are going to blog "Notable Events today - eight squared" in 2024
But being a product of a grammer school I shouldn't be all that surprised that you've got a better than working knowledge of mathematics.
Happy Birthday! I take it you are going to blog "Notable Events today - eight squared" in 2024
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: 9:23 AM
Jan 30 was also the date of an attempt on the life of US President Andrew Jackson (1835) and the first German submarine attack of World
War I (1915). Add those to Hitler being made Chancellor of Germany, Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, the Tet Offensive and Phil Collins and you should be worried.
Many happy returns, anyway.
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War I (1915). Add those to Hitler being made Chancellor of Germany, Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, the Tet Offensive and Phil Collins and you should be worried.
Many happy returns, anyway.
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