**2001? **
No
1987?
Yes
Could anyone tell me what happened September 4th in 1987? 
Mark McGwire his his 44th career homerun.
But I hardly see why that’s historic.
Does this have anything to do with Saddam?
The Revolting Cocks performed at the Cabaret Metro.
Not exactly the The Beatles at Shea Stadium, but if the Revolting Cocks are your thing…
Wait!
Don’t tell me. It’s your birthday?
Well, according to this page the START treaty was ratified in July of 1991, so that can’t be it …
I think I was getting ready to start the 7th grade.
[nonpolar]Hey ,dudes ,my cock is revolting ,when I become moderator I will tell you all about it.[/nonpolar]
Oh.
I thought you meant my anniversary on the 8th.
That was a fateful day.
In the best possible sense.
Hey, that’s the day I turned 14.
Happy Birthday!
Umm… space shuttle blew up?
I’d met my ex-wife only two weeks earlier. It could have been the first time she touched me.
Naw, all the American space ship disasters happened in late January/ early February and the Challenger disaster was in 1986.
The History Channel has a “This Day In History” feature on their site-I’m looking to see if I can’t find anything.
Surely there’s a site where you can type in a date and find out if anything happened on said day.
I’m not sure how one would go about searching for it, though.
Tiramisu
Yes, the Apollo launchpad fire occurred January 27, 1967.
http://history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/grissom.html
I googled on the phrase ‘September 4, 1987’ and got this box score from Wrigley Field (and you a Chicagoan, tsk, tsk), and, along with a baseball scoreboard from that date (Orioles lost, damnit), the hidden potato trick. There was also a report of the top movies for that weekend and a transcript of Questions in the Saskatchewan Assembly.
I swear, my heart is going pitter-pat.
Oh, here we go. (Warnings - popups galore)
Yarrr, from the title, I thought this was going to be about Int’l. Talk Like a Pirate Day, 'ya lubbers.
Yes I know, that’s why I didn’t specify “shuttles”. I get annoyed that Apollo 1 usually gets overlooked in the memorial anniversaries because the Challenger explosion occured on Jan. 28th. I live in a city with a hospital named after Ed White and a lot of people have no idea who he was.
Sorry for the hijack.
Happy Birthday, START!
Sorry this is late… I haven’t been around for more than a month!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, START!!!
Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!)
“Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!”
Approximate English Translation of Above:
“Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!”
Hope you had a good birthday, and will have a great year to come! 