According to Wikipedia, the following Interesting (to me) Events happened
on my birthday:
- 55 BC – Julius Ceaser invades Britain
- 1071 – Battle of Manzikert – Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire
- 1346 – Hundred Years’ War – The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
- 1839 – The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
- 1883 – Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
- 1920 – 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
- 1978 – Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.
Interesting Births:
- 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
- Me. Really, there aren’t and others on there that I find interesting.
Intersting Deaths:
- 1346 – Charles II of Alençon, Louis I of Flanders, John I, Count of Luxemburg, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine – All during the Battle of Crecy
- 1930 – Lon Cheney
- 1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams
- 1974 – Charles Lindbergh
- 1980 – Tex Avery