The Birthday Thing
I am trying to outdo Mryn....
Facts:
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
1945 - A US Army bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.
Births:
1866 - Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
1941 - Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor (formerly of the Philadelphia Orchestra)
1943 - Bill Bradley, basketball player and U.S. Senator (and I would have voted for him during the primary in 2000 if PA's wasn't so damn late)
1951 - Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
Deaths:
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman
1741 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678)
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685)
2004 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916)
Facts:
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
1945 - A US Army bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.
Births:
1866 - Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
1941 - Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor (formerly of the Philadelphia Orchestra)
1943 - Bill Bradley, basketball player and U.S. Senator (and I would have voted for him during the primary in 2000 if PA's wasn't so damn late)
1951 - Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
Deaths:
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman
1741 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678)
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685)
2004 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916)