4/18/2009

Today in History

Just some things i Googled and found out happened in history on this day of April 18th.


1775 - Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
1946 - Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
1955 - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1962 - 16th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers 4 games to 3
1990 - Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1991 - John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
1993 - David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
1994 - Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
1994 - Former President Nixon suffered a stroke & dies 4 days later
1995 - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football

Birthdays today...

1963 - Conan Chris O'Brien, Brookline Mass, TV host (Late Night)
1968 - Christian Slater, actor (Tucker, Wizard, Young Guns 2) [or Aug 19]
1976 - Melissa Joan Hart, Sayville NY, actress (Clarissa, Sabrina)
1984 - America Ferrera, American actress

but then it made me want to see what cool stuff happened on my birthday (besides blessing the world with my presence, lol) and this is what i found.

on March 25th...

421 - Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded
[Water City baby!... but check the CPTime that it was founded... why so afternoon-ish??? LOL]
1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.
[Getting shot with a bow has to be worst than anything else during that time]
1306 - Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland
[i added this fact cuz the dude nme is Robert and he was crowned king... lol]
1634 - The first settlers arrive in Maryland.
[iLike Maryland... very important people in my heart live there {wink}{wink}]
1882 - 1st demonstration of pancake making (Dept store in NYC)
[LMAO! VERY SIGNIFICANT!... MAKES..... SENSE!]
1895 - Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
[NOT.............. COOL!]
1896 - Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece [NS=Apr 6]
[Oh yes! i Lovett!]
1916 - Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
[WTF! so they were turned down at the door before????]
1920 - Greek Independence Day
[Yay Greeks!.......... i guess]
1957 - NBA modifies the free-throw rule
[and Shaq still having trouble... they can't make it any easier... smh]
1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times
[Momma said knock you out!]
1961 - Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
[During the Cold War when Russia and USA battling to see who's more N*E*R*D-ish?]
1965 - Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al
[A.K.A the Million Man March... I'm glad this day is of significance]
1967 - The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1
[iLove this song!]
1988 - Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
[Mannnnnn! F**k this B*tch!]
1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
[Mike from Brownsville that's probably the only reason i like him]
2006 - Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
[that's MAD wack to body people just to end up bodying yaself.... shooa just did that 1st and save the trouble of killing mad people]

Birthdays on my day...
1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress
[MY WIFEY!, iLovett!]
1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, Texas, WNBA forward (Houston Comets. Oly-gold-96)
[She cool i guess...]
1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story)
[I loved her when she was sarah; the good looking witch from "Hocus Pocus"... not this Sex & The City crap!]
1947 - Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman)
[... the man wrote good music.... that's it]
1944 - Frank Oz, muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
[If it wasn't for you, i would never know that C is for cookie... and that's good enough for me]
1942 - Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect)
[I knew she was a boss for a reason... She's an Aries!]

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