Archive for October, 2005

* More October 13th Birthdays *

October 15th, 2005 at 2:42 pm

1970 - Mel Jackson, actor and R&B musician
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian
1971 - Pyrros Dimas, Albanian weightlifter
1971 - Billy Bush, American TV host
1972 - Summer Sanders, American Olympic swimmer
1973 - Brian Dawkins, American football player
1973 - Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress
1973 - Matt Hughes, Mixed Martial Fighter
1974 - Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown […]

* October 13th Birthdays *

October 14th, 2005 at 2:43 pm

709 - Emperor K¨nin Japan (d. 781)
1162 - Leonora of England, wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1381 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1415)
1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)
1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician […]

* October 13th: My birthday *

October 13th, 2005 at 2:41 pm

Today is my 35th birthday and I share this day with many people:
Margaret Thatcher: Born October 13, 1925.  The first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, nicknamed the “Iron Lady”.
Chris Carter:  Born October 13, 1956.  Created The X-Files
Paul Simon: Born October 13, 1941.  Singer, song-writer.
Sammy Hagar, born October 13, 1947. Lead singer of Van Halen

* October 21 to October 30, 1970 *

October 6th, 2005 at 2:40 pm

October 21 - A U.S. Air Force plane makes an emergency landing near Leninakan, Soviet Union. The Soviets release the American officers, including two generals, November 10.
October 22 - Chilean army commander Rene Schneider is shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25.
October 24 - Salvador Allende is elected […]

* October 17 to October 20, 1970 *

October 5th, 2005 at 2:30 pm

October 17 - October Crisis: Pierre Laporte is found killed in south Montreal.
October 17 - A cholera epidemic breaks out in Istanbul.
October 17 - Anwar Sadat officially becomes President of Egypt.
October 20 - The Soviet Union launches the Zond 8 lunar probe.
October 20 - Algerian ex-minister Krim Belkacem is found strangled in his hotel room […]