1740 ~ France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1803 ~ The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1941 ~ World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
1971 ~ Snoop Dogg, American rapper, was born.
1977 ~ A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
1988 ~ Amy Catherine King, IUPUI student, was born.
1991 ~ The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
As you can see--lots of things happened on October 20. The good, the bad and the UGLY. Whether by coincidence or chance, or for some unknown purpose, I share my date of birth with all of these events, and more!
^_^ happy birthday to me.
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Happy birthday! er whoops belated now that it's past midnight hehe :)
It -is- neat to find out what all happened in the world the day you were born. I keep forgetting all the events on my b-day or others too, but I do find it fascinating.
^_^ thanks! yea, i find it funny that the whitest white person EVER (me) was born on the same day as snoop dogg. lol
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