Apr 12, 2006 10:40
Stolen from Juba:
3 events:
1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1964 - American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
2 Births:
1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
1983 - Vanessa Lane, American porn star
1 Death:
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
And just for fun.... it is World Organ Donation Day!