World events on your birthday.

Daikun · **Daikun**

The And We Shall March blog created this interesting game (thanks to Jeff for pointing this out at Thoughtnami).

Nobuyuki · **Nobuyuki**

Notables for February 28th:

Events

1883 - The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

1935 - Nylon is discovered by Wallace Carothers.

1953 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; formal announcement April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).

1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source)

Births

1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (d. 1994)

1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)

1907 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (d. 1988)

Deaths

1621 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)

1916 - Henry James, American writer (b. 1843)

1967 - Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
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Fodder · **Fodder**

363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is impossible to conquer it.
1733 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (d. 1799)
1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)

1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)

(and why not just add holidays as well)
* Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
* United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day
* Nigeria: Democracy Day Nigeria returns to democratical form of governance after 16 years of military dictatorship.
* Venezuela: Tree Day
* Argentina: Army Day

FinalDivineDragoon · **FinalDivineDragoon**

Unless Doug wants to cover 5 other things I got both of us covered for May 7th....

1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

1824 - World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. Work was conducted by Michael Umlauf, under the deaf composer's supervision.

1915 - World War I: a German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people.

1952 - The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.

1992 - Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its maiden voyage.

1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director
1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)

973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer (b. 1564)
2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)

Russia - Radio Day (see Alexander Popov)
Bulgaria - Radio and Television Day
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JJc14 · **JJc14**

June 3

1864 - American Civl War: Battle of Cold Harbor

1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

1969 - The science fiction television series Star Trek airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC after a three-season run.

1973 - Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album Exodus, which will be named Time magazine's "Album of the Century" in 1999.

1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

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1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)

1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American songwriter and musician (d. 1999)

1958 - My mother and father (not on Wiki, but maybe it should be...)

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1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)

1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)

1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
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