On your birthday....

[Pot noodles for everyone]

2002 Kerry Katona is the number one girl's name in Togo

1955 NFL makes helmets compulsory after linebacker Troy Kaputchlik's head falls off in a game

1942 A spate of monkeys being brutally killed with corkscrews in Los Angeles zoo is blamed on the Gorilla Driller Killer. The culprit was never caught.

1674. The Isle of Wight, England is discovered and claimed by the British.

774 Muslim cleric Al-O'Saler is burnt at the stake

 

[KZNSeagull]

On the actual day I was born, England beat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup Quarter Finals 1966.

 

[Gritt23]

Without looking it up, I know that the Dallas Cowboys played their opening game in Texas Stadium on the very day I was born. Quite apt seeing as I've been a big Cowboys fan for the last 25 years.

 

[grummitts gloves]

Shakespeare was born and died and it's St. Georges Day

 

[Cpt. Spavil]

1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comte
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Absp of Canterbury