Happy birthday and many happy returns to Juicymymy Le and those others born on this day, including 1201 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian, founder of the Collège de Sorbonne (d. 1274) 1581 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638) 1704 – Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) 1796 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English egyptologist and sculptor (d. 1878) 1873 – Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916) 1893 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (d. 1945) 1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw (d. 1982) 1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac) (d. 1980) 1966 – David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1975 – Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Plastic Ono Band, and Cibo Matto) 1994 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress October 9: Hangul Day in South Korea (1446); Leif Erikson Day in the United States Mary Tudor 1514 – Mary Tudor (pictured), sister of Henry VIII of England, became queen consort of France. 1874 – The Universal Postal Union, then known as the General Postal Union, was established with the signing of the Treaty of Bern to unify disparate postal services and regulations so that international mail could be exchanged freely. 1919 – In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players were later found to have lost intentionally. 1970 – The Khmer Republic, headed by General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, was proclaimed in Cambodia. 2006 – North Korea conducted a nuclear test, reportedly near Kilchu, with an explosive force of less than one kiloton, that was condemned and denounced by many countries and the United Nations Security Council. Sister has done well. International mail is exchanged freely. Say it aint so, Joe. Pol Pot was given too much. So you better party.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:53:34 +0000
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