This Day in History, November 14thFriday 14, 2003: Planetoid 90377 Sedna is discovered. (hopefully it won't hit us "When I'm Sixty-Four).
Thursday 14, 2002: The US House of Representatives votes to not create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
Wednesday 14, 2001: Attack on Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
Tuesday 14, 2000: Netscape Navigator version 6.0 is launched following two years of open source development.
Saturday 14, 1998: Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are married in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tuesday 14, 1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums.
Sunday 14, 1993: Michael Jackson enters a drug rehabilitation program to treat an addiction to painkillers.
Thursday 14, 1991: A fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five, before committing suicide. [thus, 'going postal' was born]
Wednesday 14, 1990: Germany modifies its Basic Law to recognise the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
Thursday 14, 1985: Tragedy in Colombia: eruption of volcano Nevado del Ruiz killed 23,000 people in city of Armero (was buried).
Sunday 14, 1982: Lech Wallensa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
Wednesday 14, 1979: Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
Tuesday 14, 1972: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
Saturday 14, 1970: Southern Airways DC-9 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75.
Saturday 14, 1970: Southern Airways DC-9 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75.
Friday 14, 1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
Sunday 14, 1965: the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. Lyndon Johnson sends 90,000 troops to South Vietnam, the "police action," is greatly escalated.
And, I was born.
Look up your birthday in a Google search of "this day and history." I certainly hope your list isn't as spectacularly depressing as mine.
Happy Birthday Steve! I hope your birthday this year is much better than past birthday. At least Obama will be in office for the next 4 birthdays. Well try not to have a heart attack blowing out all your candles :)
ReplyDeleteLove you man, even though we have our disagreements.