Groundhog Day
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, many years before I was born.
Not much out of the ordinary. Occasionally (like this year) it coincides with Mothers’ Day.
A lot of cool things occurred on October 14:
The Battle of Hastings, 1066.
The Battle of Old Byland, 1322. Robert the Bruce defeats King Edward II.
Apparently, because of the switch to the Gregorian calendar, for the year 1582 this day (along with the 9 days preceding it) does not exist in Italy, Portugal, Poland, and Spain.
George Eastman receives a US patent for photographic film, 1884.
The Cubs win their last World Series, 1908.
Winnie-the-Pooh is first published on this day, 1926.
Nazi Germany withdraws from the League of Nations, 1933.
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier, 1947.
The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Jim Hines breaks the “10-second barrier,” running the 100-meter dash in 9.95 seconds at the Mexico City Summer Games, 1968.
The birth of me, 1977.
The Steve Bartman Incident, 2003.
Groundhog Day
I see what you did there. 
Not a damn thing. But I feel better knowing that Robert Frost, Diana Ross, Sterling Hayden, Joseph Campbell, Tennessee Williams, Strother Martin, Sandra Day O’Connor, Leonard Nimoy, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Dawkins, Vicki Lawrence, Teddy Pendergrass, Martin Short, Jennifer Grey, and Kenny Chesney all feel the same way.
Both Dakotas admitted to the Union. Only flight of Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose. The Balfour Declaration. MLK day established as a federal holiday.
A mixed bag.
I was born on the day “Perry Mason” premiered, and Olav V became King of Norway.
Nothing of cultural significance happened on the actual day of my birth, but these events happened in other years:
-Big Ben started keeping time
-Madison Square Garden opened
-The hull of the Titanic was launched
-Adolf Eichmann was hanged
-Vanity Fair revealed the identity of Deep Throat
-Tito Puente died
Plus, I share a birthday with Clint Eastwood, Joe Namath, Brooke Shields and Colin Farrell. And it happens to be today. 
I don’t think I’ve looked this stuff up recently. Let’s see:
Anne Boleyn is beheaded so Henry VIII can take a whack at yet another woman (1536)
Parliament declares England a commonwealth (1649)
Mexico cedes California, Utah, Nevada, and other territory to the U.S. as the Mexican-American War ends (1848)
Turkish War of Independence begins (1919)
I knew I share a birthday with historical figures including Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Pete Townshend and Kevin Garnett, but Wikipedia reminds me that Pol Pot was also born on May 19. So were Johns Hopkins and Joey Ramone.
You guys do realize that you’ve just revealed your birthdays on the internet, right? It’s a rather dangerous question to answer - like those “Movie Star Name” type quizzes that just happen to coincide with the types of confirmation questions websites use for password security.
I’m not accusing the OP, but these are classic social engineering techniques. Regardless of the OP’s or anyone else’s intentions, your answers could be used for evil. It amazes me how often these things get by on the Dope, of all places. :smack:
What’s someone gonna do, send me a cake made with stuff I don’t like?
By the way, I hate, hate, hate vanilla cake with keylime buttercream frosting, so whatever you do, don’t send me one on Groundhog Day, which for the record is February 2.
It was Thanksgiving, so…a day of national turkey murdering.
So sad.
But a turkey dies, a turkey is born…circle of life.
On the day of my birth:
Plus, Dan Marino was born.
It’s not that hard to find out someone’s birthday. If that knowledge gives someone the ability to rob us blind, we’re already doomed. We might as well go ahead and build Thunderdome.
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, on the actual day I was born.
Happy birthday!
I think you need to take your anti-paranoia med. Telling people that my birthday is May 13th reveals nothing, especially since I’m not using my real name. With the year attached, it might give somebody a tidbit of useful information, but then we’re not doing that, are we?