Friday, March 26, 2010

My Birthday in History

There is no significant event in the Philippine History on this day. However, here's a list in the world history:

* 366 – The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire
* 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy
* 1492 – Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders
* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey
* 1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution
* 1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War
* 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
* 1833 – Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.
* 1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris
* 1871 – Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
* 1900 – John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China
* 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China
* 1920 – The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
* 1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
* 1941 – World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales
* 1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history — the Duquesne Spy Ring
* 1942 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces
* 1945 – World War II: Nuremberg (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces
* 1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
* 1955 – Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated
* 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
* 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match
* 1974 – President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo
* 1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported
* 2001 – Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico
* 2002 – Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
* 2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that were returned to Earth.
* 2010 – For the first time since August 31, 1380, the full year, in MM-DD-YY form, forms a palindrome.

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