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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Why is Today Special? P.1

In a new series I will be posting interesting facts about the current day to get your day going. Who knows maybe you will learn something new. I cant post every single thing that happened that will just be way too long of read but I will try to post the most interesting things.

Today is April 13 2011.

-Famous Birthdays-
*Thomas Jefferson (1743) Would be 268 today. He was a past United States President.
*Max Weinberg (1951) He is 60 today. He was the band leader for Conan O'Brien show.
*Don Adams (1926) He would be 85. He was the star of the tv series Get Smart.
*Al Green (1946) He is 65 today. He is a famous R&B singer.

-Holidays-
*Thomas Jefferson Day-Self explanatory
*Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka) - This is Sri Lankas New Year. Many other South and Southeast Asian countries celebrate around this time.

-Historical Events-
*837 - Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
*1204 - Crusaders occupy Constantinople
*1241 - Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV
*1250 - The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured
*1556 - Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope

Thank you for taking the time to read my first part of many installments of Why is Today Special? Hope you enjoyed it.
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    I like the idea.

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  2. MarianApril 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    constantinople was occupied on this day?.. hmm this is big

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  3. LemmiwinksApril 13, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    great post as always

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  4. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Max Weinberg is/was also Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band drummer.

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  5. Ryan LylesApril 13, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    ive heard of thomas jefferson before

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  6. LichApril 13, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    That's very interesting, please continue with this

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  7. My ThoughtsApril 13, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Interesting!

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  8. DynamiteGanjaApril 13, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Thanks for keeping me updated. Without history we wouldn't be where we are today :)

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  9. KENGApril 13, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Interesting post, kip it up

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  10. KaduceusApril 13, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    some interesting facts, thanks!

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  11. ­­ wangApril 13, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    never knew today was so great, thanks. followed bro.

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  12. ConnorApril 13, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    Nice info. Keep the posts up

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  13. Long_DingApril 13, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    Great series idea! Keep up the good posting.

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  14. thoff74April 13, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    Everyday is a special day.

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  15. UnknownApril 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    I really like this concept, can't wait to see what happened on my b-day.

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  16. LucasApril 13, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    cool learn something new every day
    followed.

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  17. FenixApril 13, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    love this blog. now my new homepage for random information. thx!
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    I came, I clicked, I conquered (and followed)

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  18. MoobeatApril 13, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    happy b-day big tj!

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