While I was looking for cool people I share my birthday with,
(Napoleon, Melinda Gates, Tom Kelly, Tim Foreman) and I happen upon
Wikipedia, (what are the odds?) and it turns out that August 15 is a
very violent and disastrous day! Here is but a small sampling of what
has happened on this day.
927 - The Saracens are conquered and destroyed Taranto.
1461 - The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan
Mehmet II. This is the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David
is exiled and later murdered.
1599 - Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh
Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers
Clifford, were sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1863 - The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan
and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
1914 - A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright set fire
to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin,
murdered seven people, and burned the living quarters to the ground. It
is unknown if the servant was arrested or not.
1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 - 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
1952 - Devon, United Kingdom A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
1974 - Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea is killed amid an
apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park
Chung-hee, during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.
1984 - PKK, Kurdish people in Turkey gain arms and start a Guerrilla warfare campaign against the Turkish military
1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, becoming the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
1999 - Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people killed at a false
roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with
Morocco.
2007 - An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica
and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
This doesn't really have a meaning, just thought it was interesting. btw: Check out Children 18:3, they totally rock!
Comments (3)
hey! happy birthday!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN!!!!! so, what does it feel like to be 17? =)
Hello Mervin,
You made your site simple yet good-looking but I see that you don’t write here much anymore!
I want to help people to really get to know Jehovah God, especially in these troubled times. 7 "But always, first of all, I warn you through my servants the prophets. I, the Sovereign LORD, have now done this." (Amos 3:7) (NLT)