s/o from SB: What awful/weird/ironic/funny thing in history happened on your wedding date?

smalfrie19

Google your wedding day (month/day) and pull up the wikipedia article and share something from the list of events that you find interesting!  

October 18th : Canadian Supreme Court ruled that women were indeed "persons" under Canadian Law  

cupcait927

September 27th - The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.

SBmini

This is definitely the most notable thing that happened

April 26, 1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.

AprilH81

January 25th

1858 - Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

HisGirlFriday13

Oct. 13, 1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.

afox007

June 20 is the date we are leaning towards:

1893 - Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass

1973 - SF Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs

ETA-there was more important stuff but I liked these 2 the best!

labro

October 18th - 1867 - United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.

wandajune6

My favorites on October 11th:

1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland
1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host

and, because I posted about this on another board...

1997- FI married his ex wife!

tcnoble

The first thing that comes up..

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 278 days remaining until the end of the year.

ETA things I found interesting..

• 1942 – World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
• March 28th is the birthday of Vince Vaugh (who I love), and Lady GaGa. ha.

pinkshorts27

December 27th

• 1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
• 1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
• 1845 – Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny". (Oregon is where I am from)
• 1939 – Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000.

LakeR2014

wandajune6 said:

My favorites on October 11th:

1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland
1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host

and, because I posted about this on another board...

1997- FI married his ex wife!

Wait...so you're marrying him on his first marriage's anniversary date?  Is this so he can't possibly have a reason for forgetting it? :-p

pinkshorts27

LakeR2014 said:

wandajune6 said:

My favorites on October 11th:

1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland
1975 - Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host

and, because I posted about this on another board...

1997- FI married his ex wife!

Wait...so you're marrying him on his first marriage's anniversary date?  Is this so he can't possibly have a reason for forgetting it? :-p

If you saw the thread about it, he didn't even remember it was his first marriage anniversary date, nor did anyone in his family.

laceybird

March 14th - National Pi Day (3.14159...)

Next year will have significant importance, as the date will be 3/14/15 (the first 5 digits in Pi). I didn't even realize this until after I Google'd it.

Steak & a Blowjob Day - You won't find this on Wikipedia, but it's apparently also "Steak & a Blowjob Day". The logic behind it is that women get Feb. 14th for receiving gifts from their SOs, and so men get their own "love day" a month later.

There's even a website for it, lol.

phira

Ahahaha.

Best ones (in my opinion) I found for November 16th:

1957: Ed Gein kills his final victim

2001: First Harry Potter Film opens

I am a weird person. You're welcome.

Maggie0829

July 16th:

Strange - 

1439:  Kissing is banned in England to prevent the spread of germs

Sad -

1999:  John F. Kennedy Jr and his wife are killed in a plane crash.

lizandmark2014

3/16
The first liquid fueled rocket.

ShallowSeas

September 6th:

1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time.

1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)

pumpkinsandturkeys

A lot of interesting stuff happened on May 24 -- I can't decide! 

• 1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
  
• 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
• 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• 1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 2001 – Mountain climbing: Temba Tsheri, a 15-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

smalfrie19

pumpkinsandturkeys said:

A lot of interesting stuff happened on May 24 -- I can't decide! 

• 1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
  
• 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
• 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
• 1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 2001 – Mountain climbing: Temba Tsheri, a 15-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

Also my sister was born..I know nobody cares about that! But she is going to be 20 this year...I am excited! 

Peaseblossom55

June 14th

This is just off the top of my head, FI & I discussed these thing and we actually talked about naming our table "On this day"... but we couldn't find enough good ones

Flag Day

6/14/14 20th anniversary of when the rangers won the stanley cup, FI is a huge rangers fan

it's also the day the germans marched into Paris

 

emmaaa

December 27:

1845 - Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery of his own child in Jefferson, GA.

1892 - Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)

1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens (NYC)

1981 - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)

1986 - "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Wash DC

 

 

 

jdluvr06

August 15

This cracked me up.

1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.

 

1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.

 

1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.

 

1969 – Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.

 

 

 

doeydo

August 2nd

1791  Samuel Briggs and his son Samuel Briggs, Jr. received a joint patent for their nail-making machine. They were the first father-son pair to receive a patent.
1865  Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
1870  Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
1873  The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1875  World first roller skating rink opens in London
1918  The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1990  Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait

daria24

June 8

Most significant event:

632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina 

Feminist can I get a hellz yeah event:

1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

It's about fucking time event:

1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

Scratch that-the TRUE most important event:

1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer born

hikebikebemerry

November 15th:

1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.

1920 – First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland

1939 – In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

1959 – The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas, which inspired Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood

kmmssg

Well, I didn't Google it but my first wedding was May 17, 1980.  The folowing morning Mount St Helens blew up.  I have always figured that it was a final warning from God since I didn't listen/see all the red flags that were there ahead of the wedding.

JaxInBlue

November 26

The reasons why everyone asked if we were serving turkey at dinner:

• 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
• 1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)

It the category of so that just happened...

• 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
• 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named "Vrillon", claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
• 2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
• 2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

vollebell

June 12 - 

1942 - Anne Frank receives a diary for her birthday.

1963 - Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith

1967 - The United States Supreme Court  in Loving v. Virginia delcares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.

It is also Loving Day in the United States!

Cookie Pusher

laceybird said:

March 14th - National Pi Day (3.14159...)

Next year will have significant importance, as the date will be 3/14/15 (the first 5 digits in Pi). I didn't even realize this until after I Google'd it.

Steak & a Blowjob Day - You won't find this on Wikipedia, but it's apparently also "Steak & a Blowjob Day". The logic behind it is that women get Feb. 14th for receiving gifts from their SOs, and so men get their own "love day" a month later.

There's even a website for it, lol.

FI proposed on Pi Day as that is my favorite holiday (I bake a pie every year!). I also make him steak and then blow on his arm because giving a blowjob is NOT what I want to do after slaving over the stove all day! haha

July 5th:

• 1946 – The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France

LadyMillil

April 5 (2063) Earth's first contact with the extra-terrestrial Vulcan species. FI is a huge Star Trek nerd

JCbride2015

May 30:

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.  Also a lot of wars and natural disasters.

And hey, it's Colm Meaney's birthday!