Famous peoples' birthdays (9 Viewers)
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July 15:
1973 Brian Austin Green
1951 Jesse Ventura
1946 Linda Ronstadt
1944 Jan-Michael Vincent
1935 Alex Karras
1779 Clement Clarke Moore
1606 Rembrandt Van Rijn
July 16:
1971 Corey Feldman
1968 Barry Sanders
1958 Michael Flatley
1924 Bess Myerson
1911 Ginger Rogers
1907 Barbara Stanwyck
1872 Roald Amundsen
1821 Mary Baker Eddy
July 17:
1954 J. Michael Stracznski
1952 David Hasselhoff
1952 Phoebe Snow
1935 Diahann Carroll
1934 Donald Sutherland
1917 Phyllis Diller
1912 Art Linkletter
1899 James Cagney
1889 Erle Stanley Gardner
July 18:
1967 Vin Diesel
1941 Martha Reeves
1939 Hunter S. Thompson
1938 Paul Verhoeven
1929 Dick Button
1921 John Glenn
1918 Nelson Mandela
1914 Harriet Nelson
1913 Richard "Red" Skelton
1911 Hume Cronyn
1895 George "Machine Gun" Kelly
July 19:
1962 Anthony Edwards
1947 Brian May
1941 Vikki Carr
1922 George McGovern
1860 Lizzie Borden
1834 Edgar Degas
July 20:
1964 Chris Cornell
1947 Carlos Santana
1946 Kim Carnes
1938 Diana Rigg
1938 Natalie Wood
1933 Chuck Daly
1919 Sir Edmund Hillary
1873 Alberto Santos-Dumont
July 21:
1988 Hatty Jones
1978 Josh Hartnett
1957 Jon Lovitz
1952 Robin Williams
1948 Cat Stevens
1946 Kenneth Starr
1926 Norman Jewison
1924 Don Knotts
1922 Kay Starr
1920 Isaac Stern
1911 Marshall McLuhan
1899 Ernest Hemingway
July 22:
1973 Daniel Jones
1973 Rufus Wainwright
1949 Alan Menken
1947 Albert Brooks
1947 Danny Glover
1947 Don Henley
1943 Bobby Sherman
1940 Alex Trebek
1939 Terrence Stamp
1934 Louise Fletcher
1928 Orson Bean
1923 Bob Dole
1898 Alexander Calder
1890 Rose Kennedy
July 23:
1989 Daniel Radcliffe
1980 Michelle Williams
1973 Nomar Garciapara
1973 Monica Lewinsky
1972 Marlon Wayans
1970 Charisma Carpenter
1965 Slash
1961 Woody Harrelson
1940 Don Imus
1936 Don Drysdale
1933 Bert Convy
1920 Amália Rodrigues
1918 Harold "Pee Wee" Reese
1894 Arthur Treacher
1893 Karl Menninger
1973 Brian Austin Green
1951 Jesse Ventura
1946 Linda Ronstadt
1944 Jan-Michael Vincent
1935 Alex Karras
1779 Clement Clarke Moore
1606 Rembrandt Van Rijn
July 16:
1971 Corey Feldman
1968 Barry Sanders
1958 Michael Flatley
1924 Bess Myerson
1911 Ginger Rogers
1907 Barbara Stanwyck
1872 Roald Amundsen
1821 Mary Baker Eddy
July 17:
1954 J. Michael Stracznski
1952 David Hasselhoff
1952 Phoebe Snow
1935 Diahann Carroll
1934 Donald Sutherland
1917 Phyllis Diller
1912 Art Linkletter
1899 James Cagney
1889 Erle Stanley Gardner
July 18:
1967 Vin Diesel
1941 Martha Reeves
1939 Hunter S. Thompson
1938 Paul Verhoeven
1929 Dick Button
1921 John Glenn
1918 Nelson Mandela
1914 Harriet Nelson
1913 Richard "Red" Skelton
1911 Hume Cronyn
1895 George "Machine Gun" Kelly
July 19:
1962 Anthony Edwards
1947 Brian May
1941 Vikki Carr
1922 George McGovern
1860 Lizzie Borden
1834 Edgar Degas
July 20:
1964 Chris Cornell
1947 Carlos Santana
1946 Kim Carnes
1938 Diana Rigg
1938 Natalie Wood
1933 Chuck Daly
1919 Sir Edmund Hillary
1873 Alberto Santos-Dumont
July 21:
1988 Hatty Jones
1978 Josh Hartnett
1957 Jon Lovitz
1952 Robin Williams
1948 Cat Stevens
1946 Kenneth Starr
1926 Norman Jewison
1924 Don Knotts
1922 Kay Starr
1920 Isaac Stern
1911 Marshall McLuhan
1899 Ernest Hemingway
July 22:
1973 Daniel Jones
1973 Rufus Wainwright
1949 Alan Menken
1947 Albert Brooks
1947 Danny Glover
1947 Don Henley
1943 Bobby Sherman
1940 Alex Trebek
1939 Terrence Stamp
1934 Louise Fletcher
1928 Orson Bean
1923 Bob Dole
1898 Alexander Calder
1890 Rose Kennedy
July 23:
1989 Daniel Radcliffe
1980 Michelle Williams
1973 Nomar Garciapara
1973 Monica Lewinsky
1972 Marlon Wayans
1970 Charisma Carpenter
1965 Slash
1961 Woody Harrelson
1940 Don Imus
1936 Don Drysdale
1933 Bert Convy
1920 Amália Rodrigues
1918 Harold "Pee Wee" Reese
1894 Arthur Treacher
1893 Karl Menninger
July 24th:
1984 Dhani Lennevald
1982 Anna Paquin
1970 Jennifer Lopez
1964 Barry Bonds
1951 Lynda Carter
1949 Michael Richards
1936 Ruth Buzzi
1900 Zelda Fitzgerald
1898 Amelia Earhart
1802 Alexandre Dumas
1783 Simon Bolivar
July 25:
1982 Brad Renfro
1978 Louise Brown
1967 Matt LeBlanc
1954 Walter Payton
1935 Barbara Harris
1924 Estelle Getty
1894 Walter Brennan
1870 Maxfield Parrish
1984 Dhani Lennevald
1982 Anna Paquin
1970 Jennifer Lopez
1964 Barry Bonds
1951 Lynda Carter
1949 Michael Richards
1936 Ruth Buzzi
1900 Zelda Fitzgerald
1898 Amelia Earhart
1802 Alexandre Dumas
1783 Simon Bolivar
July 25:
1982 Brad Renfro
1978 Louise Brown
1967 Matt LeBlanc
1954 Walter Payton
1935 Barbara Harris
1924 Estelle Getty
1894 Walter Brennan
1870 Maxfield Parrish
Happy Birthday Erik!!
Judging from the recent reactions I won't post the famous birthdays today because they aren't well known. However I will post an event that happened on July 28th 1976. It isn't a nice event but a big one. If anyone wants it removed I will.
WORST MODERN EARTHQUAKE:
At 3:42 a.m., an earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude on the Richter scale flattens Tangshan, a Chinese industrial city with a population of about one million people. As almost everyone was asleep in their beds, instead of outside in the relative safety of the streets, the quake was especially costly in terms of human life. An estimated 242,000 people in Tangshan and surrounding areas were killed, making the earthquake one of the deadliest in recorded history, surpassed only by the 300,000 who died in the Calcutta earthquake in 1737, and the 830,000 thought to have perished in China's Shaanxi province in 1556.
Caught between the Indian and Pacific plates, China has been a very active location for earthquakes throughout history. Earthquakes have also played a significant part in China's culture and science, and the Chinese were the first to develop functioning seismometers. The area of northern China hit by the Tangshan earthquake is particularly prone to the westward movement of the Pacific plate.
In the days preceding the earthquake, people began to notice strange phenomena in and around Tangshan. Well-water levels rose and fell. Rats were seen running in panicked packs in broad daylight. Chickens refused to eat. During the evening of July 27 and the early morning hours of July 28, people reported flashes of colored light and roaring fireballs. Still, at 3:42 a.m. most people were sleeping quietly when the earthquake struck. It lasted for 23 seconds and leveled 90 percent of Tangshan's buildings. At least a quarter-of-a-million people were killed and 160,000 others injured. The earthquake came during the heat of midsummer, and many stunned survivors crawled out of their ruined houses naked, covered only in dust and blood. The earthquake started fires and ignited explosives and poisonous gases in Tangshan's factories. Water and electricity were cut off, and rail and road access to the city was destroyed.
The Chinese government was ill-prepared for a disaster of this scale. The day following the quake, helicopters and planes began dropping food and medicine into the city. Some 100,000 soldiers of the People's Liberation Army were ordered to Tangshan, and many had to march on foot from Jinzhou, a distance of more than 180 miles. About 30,000 medical personnel were called in, along with 30,000 construction workers. The Chinese government, boasting self-sufficiency, refused all offers of foreign relief aid. In the crucial first week after the crisis, many died from lack of medical care. Troops and relief workers lacked the kind of heavy rescue training necessary to efficiently pull survivors from the rubble. Looting was also epidemic. More than 160,000 families were left homeless, and more than 4,000 children were orphaned.
Tangshan was eventually rebuilt with adequate earthquake precautions. Today, nearly two million people live there. There is speculation that the death toll from the 1976 quake was much higher than the official Chinese government figure of 242,000. Some Chinese sources have spoken privately of more than 500,000 deaths.
Judging from the recent reactions I won't post the famous birthdays today because they aren't well known. However I will post an event that happened on July 28th 1976. It isn't a nice event but a big one. If anyone wants it removed I will.
WORST MODERN EARTHQUAKE:
At 3:42 a.m., an earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude on the Richter scale flattens Tangshan, a Chinese industrial city with a population of about one million people. As almost everyone was asleep in their beds, instead of outside in the relative safety of the streets, the quake was especially costly in terms of human life. An estimated 242,000 people in Tangshan and surrounding areas were killed, making the earthquake one of the deadliest in recorded history, surpassed only by the 300,000 who died in the Calcutta earthquake in 1737, and the 830,000 thought to have perished in China's Shaanxi province in 1556.
Caught between the Indian and Pacific plates, China has been a very active location for earthquakes throughout history. Earthquakes have also played a significant part in China's culture and science, and the Chinese were the first to develop functioning seismometers. The area of northern China hit by the Tangshan earthquake is particularly prone to the westward movement of the Pacific plate.
In the days preceding the earthquake, people began to notice strange phenomena in and around Tangshan. Well-water levels rose and fell. Rats were seen running in panicked packs in broad daylight. Chickens refused to eat. During the evening of July 27 and the early morning hours of July 28, people reported flashes of colored light and roaring fireballs. Still, at 3:42 a.m. most people were sleeping quietly when the earthquake struck. It lasted for 23 seconds and leveled 90 percent of Tangshan's buildings. At least a quarter-of-a-million people were killed and 160,000 others injured. The earthquake came during the heat of midsummer, and many stunned survivors crawled out of their ruined houses naked, covered only in dust and blood. The earthquake started fires and ignited explosives and poisonous gases in Tangshan's factories. Water and electricity were cut off, and rail and road access to the city was destroyed.
The Chinese government was ill-prepared for a disaster of this scale. The day following the quake, helicopters and planes began dropping food and medicine into the city. Some 100,000 soldiers of the People's Liberation Army were ordered to Tangshan, and many had to march on foot from Jinzhou, a distance of more than 180 miles. About 30,000 medical personnel were called in, along with 30,000 construction workers. The Chinese government, boasting self-sufficiency, refused all offers of foreign relief aid. In the crucial first week after the crisis, many died from lack of medical care. Troops and relief workers lacked the kind of heavy rescue training necessary to efficiently pull survivors from the rubble. Looting was also epidemic. More than 160,000 families were left homeless, and more than 4,000 children were orphaned.
Tangshan was eventually rebuilt with adequate earthquake precautions. Today, nearly two million people live there. There is speculation that the death toll from the 1976 quake was much higher than the official Chinese government figure of 242,000. Some Chinese sources have spoken privately of more than 500,000 deaths.
