| Re: Your Birthday??
Events
1284 - According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away.
1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
1819 - The bicycle is patented.
1870 - The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1974 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1993 - The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
Births
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player
1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer
1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player
1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player |