Any historic events the day you were born?

[SG1973]

Re: Any historic events the day you were born?

My birth!!! Nuff said

[karenbrown18]

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Th Big Freeze of late 1962 & early 1963... not necessarily historical - but my Mum remembers it well!!

[ZipperCat]

Re: Any historic events the day you were born?

Closest notable birth
Kellie Waymire (American actress)

Closest notable death
Alfred Krupp (German industrialist)

On the day
An explosion and fire aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin claims the lives of 134 crew members and injures 161.

An earthquake in Caracas kills 240 people.

Georges Bidault receives political asylum in Belgium.

Ongoing events

Expo '67

[Danny]

Re: Any historic events the day you were born?

Closest I can get is Britain exploded its first H bomb the week before I was born

[astrabug]

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On mine, Open University honours first

Eight hundred and sixty seven men and women, became the first students
in Britain to graduate with out attending college in the conventional way when they were given their degrees by the Open University.

[rokerbloke]

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apparentley WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast on the day i was born lol

[suzannewozere2]

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I have a first day cover from the day I was born celebrating England winning the world cup but the match was a little while before.

[Trickyvee]

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Closest is the first service flight of concorde, 4 days after I popped into the world.

[Richard1978]

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On my birtday 16/3/1978 Italian ex-prime Minister Aldo Moro was kidnapped by the Red Brigade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Moro

[branny]

Re: Any historic events the day you were born?

It was a Sunday so lots of people went to church. Apart from that diddley squat.

[stockportyears]

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Pele was celebrating his 29th birthday.

[Agnetha352]

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I share my birthday with Julian Lennon, Vivienne Westwood and Hywel Bennett. But to reveal details of events on or around my introduction to the world would 'date' me!

[Roxxy]

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Sesame Street BANNED??! What on Earth for??

[Roxxy]

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I was born on 5th May 1969- that day saw Harold Wilson deliver a reposte to the May Day strikes of four days previously, and huge anti-Fascist demonstrations in Greece against the military government, led by actress Merlina Mercouri and others. Also two USAF pilots were killed in Vietnam when their plane was shot down. Anti-Soviet demonstrations continued in Czechoslovakia as well.

[Roxxy]

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Oh God yes, I remember that, I was nearly 9 at the time. The poor guy was released in the end, but during his captivity the *******s forced him to listen to deafening heavy rock music through headphones, so his hearing was permanently damaged.