What was going on in the world on the day you were born?

enudzio · 08/05/14 - 17:19

you can find out here.http://www.historyorb.com/dates-by-year.php

this all happened on mine

- Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok kills 145
- Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
- Paul Cézanne still life painting sells for US$28,600,000 in NYC
- Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol

plus they were both born on the same day (never heard of either of them)
Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
- Mirai Shida, Japanese actress

ianx · 08/05/14 - 17:20

Would you like my mother's maiden name and my favourite colour as well as my date of birth?

swingaleg · 08/05/14 - 17:23

Interesting site !

Unfortunately nothing interesting on my birthday.....

- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
- Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government

and 4 people born who I've never heard of.....

- Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
- J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
- Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
- Reuben Gant, American professional football player

edEx · 08/05/14 - 17:26

Space launches and nuclear tests. I was born into t a Sci-Fi film :cool:

1fab · 08/05/14 - 17:27

My dad was thinking "another mouth to feed". My sister was quite pleased, though, apparently.

valkay · 08/05/14 - 18:30

I was being bombed by the Luftwaffe.

ppaupy · 08/05/14 - 18:42

May 15th - Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
May 15th - Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
May 15th - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
May 15th - 5th Grammy Awards: I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Robert Goulet wins

1963 not a huge amount happened.

blueblade · 08/05/14 - 18:46

Leonid Brezhnev visited the US.

spanglerokapi · 08/05/14 - 18:48

Doris Day was number one in the "hit parade" with the song Secret Love!

Elanor · 08/05/14 - 19:14

My mum has always talked about lying in hospital with the radio on talking about the abduction and then assassination of the Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.

charlie1 · 08/05/14 - 19:22

Nothing much happened in the year that I was born (not going to tell you

)
Another interesting site is this one: http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/
Sorry, not trying to steal the OP thunder.

Julzei · 08/05/14 - 19:43

Absolutely nothing happened on the day I was born. It just goes from the 24th the 26th on that list.

Tess-g · 08/05/14 - 19:46

Nothing for me either. To be honest, I'm a little miffed.

rory r · 08/05/14 - 19:55

ianx wrote: »

Would you like my mother's maiden name and my favourite colour as well as my date of birth?

Your bank account details would help also, cheers

DiscoPants · 08/05/14 - 19:56

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rikstan87 · 08/05/14 - 20:09

charlie1 wrote: »

Nothing much happened in the year that I was born (not going to tell you )
Another interesting site is this one: http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/
Sorry, not trying to steal the OP thunder.

in dog years im 189 !!!

charlie1 · 08/05/14 - 20:23

rikstan87 wrote: »

in dog years im 189 !!!

That's nothing compared to me!
Though, I'm really not that ancient!

Hogzilla · 09/05/14 - 11:46

A lot of things in what I suspect might be American football. And something about golf. And something about something called NASCAR that I don't even know what that is. And the birthday of a playwright I never heard of.

terry45 · 09/05/14 - 12:26

Julzei wrote: »

Absolutely nothing happened on the day I was born. It just goes from the 24th the 26th on that list.

The most important thing to happen on the day you were born is the fact that you were born.

Super_Steve · 09/05/14 - 13:20

A world chess championship final was abandoned.

No wonder so many people came to see me...

John146 · 09/05/14 - 13:26

Right in the middle of World War 2, the sky was full of angry Germans

Cryolemon · 09/05/14 - 13:47

Not much on the exact day (only "Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline""), but I was born just about a week* after the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

*that would have been early-mid afternoon UK time on 28/1, and I was born just after midnight UK time on 5/2, so it's 7 and a bit days.

CBFreak · 09/05/14 - 13:49

- "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 8 perfs
- 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
- 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God & Evita win
- 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
- Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900) died

Nothing really major really then

CBFreak · 09/05/14 - 13:51

charlie1 wrote: »

Nothing much happened in the year that I was born (not going to tell you )
Another interesting site is this one: http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/
Sorry, not trying to steal the OP thunder.

You were born on a Sunday.
You were born in a leap year.
Your star sign is Gemini.
Your birthstone is Perl or Moonstone.
Your birth flower is Rose.
The season was Summer.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Monkey.
The US President was Jimmy Carter (Democratic).
The UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative).
You are 33 years 11 months 1 day old.
It is 29 days until your next birthday.
In dog years you are 231 years old.
You are 12,388 days old.
You are approximately 297,326 hours old.
You are approximately 1,070,373,018 seconds old.

November_Rain · 09/05/14 - 13:58

Events:

"Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 perfs
Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson

Births:

Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer

CrazyLoop · 09/05/14 - 14:04

3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Phila)
H Wayne Huizenga buys ½ of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m
Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins (I knew this though)
Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50

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