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Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
21st June 2012, 11:44
...and some other interesting stuff.

Births:

Jean-Paul Satre, 1905
Prince William, 1982
Rebecca Black, 1997

Events: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982)

1940 – France signs an armistice with Germany at Compiègne

1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York

1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan

2000 – Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

And many many more..

Any interesting historical events or shared births on your bdays comrades?
(sorry if too personal)

danyboy27
21st June 2012, 15:04
December 20th

1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) – National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong) is formed.
1924 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924) – Hitler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler) is released from Landsberg Prison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsberg_Prison)
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) – The Zodiac Killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer) kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Faraday) in Vallejo, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallejo,_California).