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!

And so the young gentleman, after completing his duties as radio controlled operator, proceed to drive to his home in the beautiful north-land. He knew he was going to be leaving the very next day on the 'morn, and as such he began packing in haste. He and his two wonderful sisters also traveled to the local cinema to observe Jack Black in his natural form, as a panda.
Having rested through the night and waking up feeling well and good he then finished his hasty packing and loaded his bags into the 47 passenger behemoth that was a passenger bus. He was also joined by numerous friends and family, in number 35. These people all set off into the land which was not as far north as they were in the beginning of the day. In the course of the two days there was much fun and frivolity, a significant number of people lost their voices, in the end, everyone arrived home safe and refreshed. The young sir in our story did not even mind returning to work after the 3-day weekend.

I really should post more. But it's doubtful that I will. check out this shirt. Listen to this music.

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That's it and all, there is no more for now. Maybe later but not now.