Happy birthday and many happy returns to those born on this day, across the years, along with 1093 – Isaac Komnenos, Byzantine sebastokratōr (d. 1152) 1245 – Edmund Crouchback, English prince and crusader (d. 1296) 1516 – Bayinnaung, Burmese king (d. 1581) 1728 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800) 1853 – André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (d. 1931) 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984) 1933 – Susan Sontag, American author (d. 2004) 1948 – John Carpenter, American director 1974 – Kate Moss, English model 1979 – Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2001) 1995 – Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer January 16: Mattu Pongal (Tamils, 2015) Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman 27 BC – Gaius Octavianus was given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor. 1780 – American Revolutionary War: The British Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent(pictured). 1862 – The beam of a pumping engine broke at the Hartley Colliery in Northumberland, England, and fell down the shaft trapping the men below, resulting in the deaths of 204 men. 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker, where he would eventually commit suicide. 1969 – Student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the previous year. You deserve your title. Any victory can change the revolution. We must change the way we do things. To the Bunker, and meet my friend Archie. Remember Jan Palach. Lets party.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:44:32 +0000
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