Happy birthday and many happy returns to those born on this day, across the years 1465 – Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) 1680 – Emanuele dAstorga, Italian composer (d. 1736) 1803 – Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) 1912 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007) 1918 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) 1926 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984) 1938 – Reg Livermore, Australian actor and singer 1950 – Christina Onassis, American businesswoman (d. 1988) 1954 – Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Jackson 5) 1996 – Hailee Steinfeld, American actress December 11: Republic Day in Burkina Faso (1958) The Old Well, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills most recognized landmark 220 – Emperor Xian abdicated the throne and the Han Dynasty broke apart, beginning the Three Kingdoms period. 1789 – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (The Old Well pictured), one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, received its charter. 1905 – In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of Workers Deputies of Kiev stage a mass uprising, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in the city. 1962 – Convicted murderers Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last two persons to be executed in Canada. 2006 – The first action in the Mexican Drug War took place as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican military and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán. There are three awaiting your throne. You have your charter. Your chicken is Kiev. You have done your job. They await your orders. Lets party.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:03:09 +0000