on the 9th of May...
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bronze_ribbons[Birthday meme: Go to Wikipedia. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.]
Events:
1671 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
1941 - World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1960 - Reproductive rights: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves sale of the birth control pill.
Birthdays:
1934 - Alan Bennett, British author
1936 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
Death:
1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
Events:
1671 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
1941 - World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1960 - Reproductive rights: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves sale of the birth control pill.
Birthdays:
1934 - Alan Bennett, British author
1936 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
Death:
1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
