My Birthday today, What Happened On Yours ?
DoubleDime
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My birthday January 24th gold was discovered in California in 1848.
My wife August 16th the Battle of Bennington, Vermont 1777.
Daughter February 12th Abraham Lincoln was born 1809,
Another daughter September 16th the Star-Spangled Banner was written 1814.
So what happened on yours ?
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The pandemic got a start in 2020! 🙂
Correction should be September 14th not 16th.
This is a VERY cool thing to happen on your birthday.
What happened the day I was born????
I was born of course!
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
DoubleDime
My birthday
Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Happy Birthday, and Best Wishes for Many More!!!
Well, there was a poem written about my birthday, actually about 183 years before my birthday...
'Twas the 18th of April in '75...
Bringing it up to the 20th century and given your MC avatar, Doolittle bombed Tokyo in 1942, Yamamoto was shot down in 1943.
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Happy birthday 🎂
Happy Birthday @DoubleDime !!!
Important Events on my Birthday (Both Good and Bad):
1609-Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1916 - National Park Service established.
1944 - WWII Paris liberated.
1975 - Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" released.
1989 - Voyager 2 reaches Neptune.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina makes first landfall.
2009 - Senator Edward Kennedy dies.
2012-Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies.
Famous people who share my birthday:
-Ivan The Terrible LOL
-Sean Connery
-Tim Burton
-Rollie Fingers
-Gene Simmons of KISS
-Rob Halford of Judas priest
WOW, Thanks-I really learned something.........LOL!!
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Dale Earnhardt died on my birthday
Happy Birthday. Mine is December 7th. A day that will live in infamy.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday!
Many cities hold parades in my honor on my birthday and many people raise glasses of beer to honor me.
At least, that's what I tell myself.
Proof Buffalo Registry Set
Capped Bust Quarters Registry Set
Proof Walking Liberty Halves Registry Set
Happy Birthday!
According to Wikipedia, on my Birthday, in 1879 (long before my time) ... Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13.5 hours before burning out). I liked that one best of all the ones I found there.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
100th Anniversary of the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
April 2. On April 2, 1792 the Coinage Act was passed establishing the United States Mint. 🎂💰🎂
The chain cent was produced from my brother's birthday to my birthday (March 1 to 12) 1793.
Much more recently, the NHL season was suspended on my birthday 2020, greatly affecting my plans to celebrate my birthday with a steak, beer, and hockey game on TV.
On my birthday... many years ago... there were the following facts of interest. Cheers, RickO
Price of gold: $35.5 (oz.)
Dow Jones: 98.02
Median new home price: $3,821
Price of a new car: $1,006
Gallon of gas: $0.20
Loaf of bread: $0.09
Coin related:
1868: Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
1906: American suffragist Susan B Anthony dies
On May 19th 1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason.
1962 : Marilyn Monroe performed a rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy for his forty-fifth birthday during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden. The dress she wore that night was noted for being sheer and flesh colored with 2500 rhinestones sewn into it and designed by Jean Louis.
I'll go with Marilyn
Happy Birthday!
The day I was born was also my mother's birthday.
I also found out it is referred to as Helium Discovery Day. Maybe that's why I've been told I'm full of hot air.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
A little late, but happy birthday!
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1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus's orders.
Happy Birthday!
On my birthday, a few years before I was born, King Gaiseric and his merry band of Vandals sacked Rome and then looted for 14 straight days back in the year 455 A.D.
On my actual birthdate about 3,500 people attended a rally at the Washington Monument organized by followers of Henry A. Wallace to urge enactment of civil rights legislation and protest the Mundt-Nixon Communist Control Bill.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso